Back in the day, there was this idea that the host country automatically recieved a bucket full of complimentary points regardless of what their entry sounded like. Politeness points.
I'm not so sure about that, honestly. Wouldn't the host countries win a whole lot more often, then? In the 57 contests to date, only six occasions saw the host entry win.
In some years, the home ground entries have not exactly been drowned in points. Like in Bergen in 1986, where Norway didn't really make a splash.
Ketil Stokkan - Romeo (Norway 1986) - 12th place of 20
When Ireland first organised Eurovision back in 1971 - and went colour just for the occasion - the panel of expert jurors showed no excessive politeness anyway.
Angela Farrell - One Day Love (Ireland 1971) - 11th place of 18
Latvia had a very promising start at Eurovision and hosted the 2003 ESC in Riga, where their own act were red hot favourites to secure them a second consecutive victory. Those predictions proved a bit on the positive side and in the end, the Latvians only recieved a modest five points, all awarded by neighbour Estonia.
F.L.Y - Hello From Mars (Latvia 2003) - 24th place of 26
Swedish eurovision general was - as you all know - a contestant at the 1992 ESC in Malmö and was the opposite of a hit with the juries. Maybe he sees this year's event - hosted in his city of defeat - as a revenge for the second last place he got back then? Hopefully the 2013 Swedish entrant Robin Stjernberg will have more understanding from Europe this time around.
Christer Björkman - Imorgon är en annan dag (Sweden 1992) - 22nd place of 23
At least he should avoid the fate of the 1958 Dutch entry - the only time in history that the host country ended in the very last place.
Corry Brokken - Heel de wereld (Netherlands 1958) - Equal 9th place of 10
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