2017. Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Sweep.

Sweep Eurovision Song Contest.    Directors of Contest – Brandybee and Lover.

It's that magic time of year again when the Eurovision Song Contest will grace our screens and pollute, oops, I mean enrich our ears.
The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the Kyiv, Ukraine. The arena for Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will be “Kyiv International Exhibition Centre”.  
The Semi-Finals will be held on Tues 9th and Thurs 11th May.
The Grand Final will take place on Saturday 13th May. 
All shows will be broadcast at 21:00 CEST.

Did you know the first ever Eurovision Song Contest took place 1956 ? 

The 42 countries taking part this year are :-  http://eurovisionworld.com/?eurovision=2017&event

43 countries were originally competing in Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. After the withdrawal from Russia, the number of participants is now 42:

  Albania
  Armenia
  Australia
  Austria
  Azerbaijan
  Belarus
  Belgium
  Bulgaria
  Croatia
  Cyprus
  Czech Republic
  Denmark
  Estonia
  Finland
  France
  FYR Macedonia
  Georgia
  Germany
  Greece
  Hungary
  Iceland
  Ireland
  Israel
  Italy
  Latvia
  Lithuania
  Malta
  Moldova
  Montenegro
  Netherlands
  Norway
  Poland
  Portugal
  Romania
  San Marino
  Serbia
  Slovenia
  Spain
  Sweden
  Switzerland
  Ukraine
  United Kingdom

2016 Eurovision Song Contest – Semi-Final 1-  Tues 9 May 2017

1. Sweden
2. Georgia
3. Australia
4. Albania
5. Belgium
6. Montenegro
7. Finland
8. Azerbaijan
9. Portugal
10. Greece
11. Poland
12. Moldova
13. Iceland
14. Czech Republic
15. Cyprus
16. Armenia
17. Slovenia
18. Latvia

2017 Eurovision Song Contest – Semi-Final 2-  Thurs 11 May 2017

1. Serbia
2. Austria
3. FYR Macedonia
4. Malta
5. Romania
6. Netherlands
7. Hungary
8. Denmark
9. Ireland
10. San Marino
11. Croatia
12. Norway
13. Switzerland
14. Belarus
15. Bulgaria
16. Lithuania
17. Estonia
18. Israel

2016 Eurovision Song Contest – Grand Final –  Sat 13 May 2016

1. France
2. Germany
3. Italy
4. Spain
5. Ukraine. (Hosts)
6. United Kingdom

I propose a little sweep stake here,  depending on how many are interested.  Sign up here…

The countries are shared out between the volunteers, by random chance. A live draw will happen at

Date yet to be fixed.  Watch out for details here.

The volunteers gift A$50  to play  to  Pythia,  our Forum bank account

The first 3 winners takes all collected.
1st place =  50%  of the takings
2nd place = 30%
3rd  place = 20%.

Sign up to show your interest.  Once the players ( Sweepers ) are known, countries are shared equally. The Stake of  A$50 is paid to  Pythia. 

When the Eurovision Song contest final is broadcast and winners decided. The players here holding the winning countries , wins the Stake , ie – all the A$ collected as indicated above.  If in the event the actual winners are not held by a Sweeper, then the sweeper holding the next highest rated country will win the Stake indicated.

You only qualify as playing this sweepstake , when your donation is received by Pythia.  Please Post & PM the directors when you have made your A$50 donation so we can confirm it has been received and also please post your interest to play in this topic.  Thank you.

The winners receive the collected amount as soon as possible after the winning countries are announced in the media, and following a confirmation Post by a director of the winner. 
This is a bit of fun and it’s always nice to receive a little windfall.  Hopefully there will be enough interest for the winner to buy a new pose or outfit.

Good luck to all.  Tell you your friends…

To find out more about the contest and listen to the songs  – 

The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest     http://eurovisionworld.com/?eurovision=songs_videos

and    http://eurovisionworld.com/?eurovision=2017&event

Sweep Stake will be closed to new players once the 42 slots are taken or an hour before the contest begins.