Isn it so that when theres a tie, the country that received votes from more countries ends up higher?
Let’s have a look at the official rules of (and until) 2008: “Should there be a tie for the last position in a Semi-Final or for the first place in the Grand Final, the winner shall be the song which has obtained points from the highest number of countries. If the tying songs received votes from the same number of countries, then the highest number of 12-point scores shall be decisive […]; if necessary, this method shall continue until account has been taken of the number of times one point has been awarded. In the very unlikely case that […] there is still a tie in a Semi-Final […], the tie shall be resolved by giving precedence to the country which was earlier in the running order.” This clearly states that this rule should be used only to decide the winner in the Grand Final and qualifiers in a Semi-Final. The rules don’t say anything about ex aequo’s for the other positions, so they just end up in the same position. As of 2009 this has changed, and the rules now specify that
