Thursday 13 June 2024

The 2024 Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest is now available!

We are delighted to announce that our Complete and Independent Guide to Eurovision 2024 is now out and available to order from us directly using the links below. The Guide can be purchased in both paperback and hardcover formats. We have all new covers for this year after 15 years but the same great content, updated fully to include this year's Contest.

Our prices are much cheaper here and on our eBay store than on Amazon, as Amazon take over 50% of the cover price. By buying direct from us, the publishers, you can make big savings and support what we do.

For full details on the contents and to buy our Eurovision Complete Guide see here:


The Complete & Independent Guide to Eurovision 2024 - PAPERBACK edition







The Complete & Independent Guide to Eurovision 2024 - HARDCOVER edition






If you want to ask us anything, leave a comment below and we are on twitter at @silverthornpub. You can email us at silverthorn-publishing@outlook.com.

Previous years books are still available:

Tuesday 13 June 2023

Now available! The 2023 edition of our Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest

We are delighted to announce that our Complete and Independent Guide to Eurovision 2023 is now out and available to order from us directly using the links below. The Guide can be purchased in both paperback and hardcover formats.

For full details on the contents and to buy our Eurovision Guide see here:


The Complete & Independent Guide to Eurovision 2023 - PAPERBACK edition







The Complete & Independent Guide to Eurovision 2023 - HARDCOVER edition






If you want to ask us anything, leave a comment below and we are on twitter at @silverthornpub. You can email us at silverthorn-publishing@outlook.com.

Previous years books are still available:

Monday 22 May 2023

Coming soon! the 2023 edition of our Complete & Independent Guide to Eurovision


We're hard at work putting together our 2023 edition of the Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest following the phenomenal event in Liverpool earlier this month.

Both the paperback and hardcover will be available direct from us and we aim to beat Amazon's prices! Expected publication date is Friday 16 June.

If you want to ask us anything or just want to say hi, we don't mind! Leave a comment below or we are on twitter at @silverthornpub and you can email us at silverthorn-publishing@outlook.com.

Previous years books are still available:


Tuesday 7 June 2022

Our 2022 Eurovision Yearbook is now available!


We are pleased to announce that the 2022 edition of our annual Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest is now available! We have squeezed thousands of statistics and records into over 330 pages in both large format paperback and gorgeous hardcover. It will be available to buy on Amazon and other online retailers sites in around a month but the books can be bought at a discount direct from us right now.




So what does the Eurovision Yearbook 2022 contain?

Contents

Eurovision Winners since 1956

Section One: Qualifying for the 2022 Contest

Section Two: Contest Details & Votes
Contest performers and voting tables: 1950's
Contest performers and voting tables: 1960's
Contest performers and voting tables: 1970's
Contest performers and voting tables: 1980's
Contest performers and voting tables: 1990's
Contest performers and voting tables: 2000's
Contest performers and voting tables : 2010's
Contest performers and voting tables : 2020's
2022 First Semi-Final performers, jury voting, televoting and combined results
2022 Second Semi-Final performers, jury voting, televoting and combined results
2022 Final performers, jury voting, televoting and combined results
2022 Final: Voting Order & Spokespersons
Round by Round voting & changes to scoreboard: Jury Voting
Round by Round voting & changes to scoreboard: Public Televoting & combined results
Previous voting sytem: First Semi-Final results
Previous voting sytem: Second Semi-Final results
Previous voting sytem: Final results
Country-by-Country History

Section Three: Statistics & Analysis
Predicting the Winners, the history of votes for the best song
Predicting the Winners, who gives the most 12's and who gives nothing
Marcel Bezençon Awards
OGAE poll result
Internal selection or national competition
Winners' Ages & Genders since 1956
2019 Contestants profile - singers & backing performers
Language history by country
Most Successful Countries League Table
Least Successful Countries League Table
Most Finishes in Top 3
Most Finishes in Bottom 3
Best & worst at qualifying from the semi-finals
Best semi-final to compete in
Most consecutive semi-final failures
Unluckiest semi-finals for each country
Performance of the "Big 5"
Running Order analysis, where is best to perform? Previous voting system
Running Order analysis, where is best to perform? New voting System
Winners & losers position in the order of performance since 1975
Double Douze!
Are You Sure? When Juries and the Public Disagree
Highest number of 12's received by one country
Lowest number of 12's received by a winning country
12 Points Go To… a 10 year history by country
History of 12 points from juries and public since 2016
Sharing The Love: the concentration of points awarded
The host country's performance since 1975
Nil Points!
Highest scores in finals
Largest and smallest winning margins
Performance of debutant countries since 1956
League Table of Appearances
Closest voting relationships
Each Country's Best Friends & their 10 year voting history
The most one-sided voting - who doesn't reciprocate?
And countries who have never voted for another
The least friendly pairs of countries: all results since 1975
The least friendly pairs of countries: the effect of the public vote from 2016 onwards
Jury/Public split of points in finals since 2016
Most Points Received since 1975
East v West - the impact of geographical voting
Bloc voting by juries and the public in the 2022 Final
Complete country-by-country voting analysis since 1975 - who votes for who?

How can I buy the book?

It's easy! All our Yearbooks since 2008 are available to buy direct from us, and if you do so, you support a small publishing business and help keep the Yearbook going. Each book is available in paperback and hardcover (apart from three of the earlier years which we are still in the process of revising for a new edition) and payment can be made securely through Paypal and by credit/debit card. Alternatively, the books are available on Amazon and other online book stores.

How can I contact you?

If you want to ask us anything or just want to say hi, we don't mind! Leave a comment below or we are on twitter at @silverthornpub and you can email us at silverthorn-publishing@outlook.com.