Viewers' anger - the figures that SVT refuses to show
Voting is questioned: "Scandal" • The image that is spread
PUBLISHED: YESTERDAY 18.56
MELODIFESTIVALEN
Viewers are convinced: The intermediate result was wrong.
Despite this, SVT refuses to put an end to the speculation and report the votes.
"It is obvious that they have mixed up the numbers," writes one of many Aftonbladet readers.
"The numbers are correct," says Melodifestival director Anette Brattström.
After the nerve wracking in the broadcast between who of
Lisa Miskovsky , 46, and
Faith Kakembo , 36, who would pinch the last final place and who had to settle for the semifinals, the viewers are now convinced that it was actually Lisa Miskovsky who went straight to the final .
Lisa Miskovsky (Photo: Robin Lorentz Allard)
Speculation that something has gone wrong in the scoring has continued well into Sunday, the day after the broadcast, in various Eurovision forums online, in tips and reader emails to Aftonbladet and also on SVT's and Melodifestivalen's own social media. There is also a picture of the end result from Wikipedia, where viewers have circled the numbers they think can not be correct.
In addition, it was one of the hottest topics of conversation among songwriters and artists and others involved in the competition at the Melodifestivalen's afterparty late on Saturday night.
The image spread from Wikipedia with the end result (Photo: Screenshot / Wikipedia)
"You must have mixed Lisa and Tribe Friday's points for the last jury group, must you?" and "Something must have gone wrong tonight look at the votes again please" are just a few posts written by viewers on social media.
"Something in the count must have gone wrong", and "Lisa Miskovsky led too big to lose it in the end", write some of Aftonbladet's readers.
Miskovsky suddenly got only one point
It is the age group 16-29 that has confused the viewers.
Lisa Miskovsky, who consistently got high points from all the other groups, suddenly got only one point in the last category, 16-29.
At the same time, Tribe Friday, which consistently got low points in all the other groups, suddenly got ten points, ie the second highest, in just 16-29.
Tribe Friday (Photo: Robin Lorentz Allard)
So far, SVT has refused to report how many actually voted for Lisa Miskovsky and the other participants in the age category that have made viewers react. SVT also does not say how many votes have entered the respective age category.
SVT: "Presented after the final"
When Aftonbladet on Saturday night asked Anette Brattström if SVT can guarantee that the figures are correct, she replied "Yes, we can", in a text message.
Anette Brattström (Photo: Robin Lorentz-Allard)
The figures that viewers now demand to see are not planned for SVT until mid-March, when the final has already taken place.
"We go out with all the statistics after the final. The points awarded are based on how the votes in that particular group are distributed. Points are thus weighted ", wrote Anette Brattström in a text message on Saturday night.
When Aftonbladet asks again on Sunday, Anette Brattström insists on refusing to report the votes.
"The numbers are correct and we will present all the competitions' statistics after the final," she writes in a text message.
