Balkan Bloc

Regional bloc voting is the tendency of some groups of neighbouring countries at the Eurovision Song Contest to give one another high points year after year; the Nordic countries are the best-known example. Statistical analysis of the 2001-2005 results suggests such blocs exist, but it is debated how much is down to diaspora voting, a sense of kinship, political ties or simply similar musical tastes in culturally close countries. Countries also commonly reward their neighbours even when they are not part of a bloc.