Simon Barclay

The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Simon Barclay

The 6th annual edition. Details of all the Contests from 1956 to 2013, the performers, composers & writers. Full details of the national qualifying competitions, voting histories for each country, analysis of best and worst countries, who favours who and who doesn't, the best position in the running order to perform and lots more. The expanded Guide this year includes 17 more pages of facts, statistics and records, including: Average age and gender of previous winners back to 1956, Five year history of the language each country has performed their songs in, Analysis of the type of entry from each country this year, Worst semi-final runs since last qualifying for the Final, Analysis of the best and worst semi-finals to compete in compared to success in the Final, National spokespersons & order of announcing the votes.