A fact from The Voice (Eimear Quinn song) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 September 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that public displeasure with "The Voice", Ireland's fourth Eurovision victory in five years, led to the introduction of televoting?
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The jury decision 1996 Contest was greeted with dismay amongst the public opinion of the audience, which began to leave the arena once the count had become a foregone conclusion. As a result of the differences between public and jury opinion, partial televoting was introduced for the following year's contest.
To me, it makes sense that the audience in Oslo would react with "dismay," once their own Norwegian entry was eclipsed by Ireland about halfway through the vote. I wouldn't say that Ireland's win in 1996 was the reason televoting was introduced the following. Any opinions? Thewriter2120 (talk) 08:03, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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