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Just to clear up for those of you not living in Europe about the "mafia" thing, it has some things going for it and also explains why so many small countries are in the final.
Due to the soviet occupation / influence and lots of russians native speakers and former russians are scattered in these countries. Just like Germany always gives a lot of votes for Turkey romanians in moldova, these will be more likely to vote for russia. As some of you might've noticed, lots of people were booing when russia got votes...
Most of the countries in the final have a population less than half of the biggest metropolitan areas of the captials of the biggest nations. Still, their votes count just as much. Imagine South Carolinia having just as many representatives voting for the next president as California... Instead of adding San Marino they should've added "Ile - de France" or "London Metropolitan" IMO.
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