Behind the scenes at the Eurovision voting: “Of course Joost Klein will get points from Belgium” | Eurovision songfestival

MusicThat douze points getting is synonymous with nail biting and astonished faces, you will notice during the Eurovision Song Contest. The song competition will start again next week in Malmö, Sweden. Our candidate Mustii hopes to convince with ‘Before The Party’s Over’, the Netherlands sends Joost Klein and his ‘Europapa’ into the arena. But how feasible is it for two small shrimps to get any points at all? Do certain countries only vote for each other? Or worse: are some nations just trying to screw things up? We asked Eurovision experts André Vermeulen and Jasper Van Biesen. “Some countries will never grant each other the highest score.”