The new millennium saw a sea
change in many countries fortunes with more and more entrants
from the former Soviet Union leading to a massive issue with
neighbour and diaspora voting, most shamelessly in those
countries and those of the former Yugoslavia, that threatened the
very future of the event. The power base in Eurovision
most definitely moved to the East and South of the continent and
to a select bunch of countries within that region. However
in the last year of the decade the rules were changed to bring
in 50/50 jury and televoting so maybe the next decade will see
another shake-up.
