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    IS IT ALL WORTH IT? 'PROMOTION TOURS HARDLY CONTRIBUTE'

    esctoday.com, Netherlands
    May 23 2006

    2006 has been the year of the promotion tours. After Ruslana and
    Helena Paparizou toured Europe and ended their Eurovision Song Contest
    adventure with a victory, several of this year's participants travelled
    around Europe, trying to enlarge their potentials.

    15 countries, 1 point

    Fabrizio Faniello, Malta's representative at this year's Eurovision
    Song Contest, is probably the most unfortunate example. Visiting
    Ukraine, Germany, Romania, Belgium, the Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia,
    Andorra, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Cyprus, Latvia, Bulgaria and Greece
    was not enough to bring him more than the 1 point he received... from
    Albania, the country he didn't visit to promote I do.

    All countries, 20th place in the semifinal Treble from the Netherlands
    visited all 37 participating countries, after they promised the Dutch
    audience to do so when they would win the national final. They came
    20th in the semifinal of this year's contest and thus didn't qualify
    for the final.

    Good result Mihai Traistariu, who represented Romania with Tornero,
    visited Greece, Slovenia, Malta, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Monaco,
    Spain, Germany, Croatia, Bulgaria and Moldova to promote his entry. He
    came 4th in the final, a respectable place. He received 12 points
    from Spain and Moldova, 10 from Cyprus and Malta, which he all visited.

    But Mihai also got 10 points from Israel and Portugal, countries he
    didn't visit to promote his song.

    Armenian singer Andre hardly did any promotion at all in the countries
    where he received his 10 and 12 points from. The band with singers
    from six different countries, that represented Switzerland, could
    only count on 12 points from Malta.

    Kate Ryan Belgian representative Kate Ryan visited more than 10
    countries to promote her Je t'adore. Not even half of her points
    comes from the countries she visited.

    No big tours The winners of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Lordi,
    didn't do any big promotion tours through Europe. Although visiting
    some countries on his way to Athens, Dima Bilan didn't cross Europe
    either, nor did Bosnia & Herzegovina Hari Mata Hari.

    Extensive promotion Although some participants with an extensive
    promotion schedule did very well, others didn't reach a high position
    in the final or even failed to qualify for the final. Those who
    did an extensive amount of promotion and reached a high position,
    generally received points from all over Europe and not just from the
    countries they visited.
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