Nul Points | Matt Gray

These are the results of the Twitter jury, posted like this:

example: "I loved that! 9/10 #eurovision"

Click here to tweet the results!

The Rules: One vote per person per song. Yeah, we're checking. Only votes out of ten count, no funny business. Include your rating out of ten and #eurovision. Voting opens 30 seconds into the song and ends when the next song starts, with a few seconds given for satellite and internet lag. Full details below.
Who's is this?: Hi, I'm Matt Gray, and I'm running Nul Points this year. Tom Scott came up with the idea, making this on the day of Eurovision 2010. As he's not around this year to run it, he's handed it over to me. You can follow us both on twitter @tomscott and @unnamedculprit

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What is this?: This is Nul Points. It tracks, live and up-to-the-minute, what people on Twitter think of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Who's is it?: Hi, I'm Matt Gray, and I'm running Nul Points this year. Tom Scott came up with the idea, making this on the day of Eurovision 2010. As he's not around this year to run it, he's handed it over to me. You can follow us both on twitter @tomscott and @unnamedculprit
How do I vote?: Tweet #eurovision and your rating out of 10 for each song, like this: That was amazing! 8/10 #eurovision You can vote from 30 seconds into the song until the next song starts, with a few seconds' leeway. To be sure of your vote counting, tweet immediately after the song ends. You can put the rating and hashtag in any order, and include other comments, or the name of the country; Nul Points will just ignore them.
What do Rating and Controversy mean?: Rating gives songs from zero to five stars depending on how they've scored. It's not tied to the actual scores — a lot of songs will end up in the middle around 5 or 6, so the star ratings are stretched out a bit. Controversy measures the standard deviation of the results — how divisive the song is. A high controversy rating means that opinions were divided.
Is this official?: Not in the slightest. The votes you give here do not affect the result, and this is not affiliated with Eurovision, the EBU, or any national broadcaster.
How does it work?: With an unholy combination of the Twitter Streaming API, the fantastic Phirehose PHP class, and jQuery for the live updating. Tweets are scored within two seconds; the results are computed every 15 seconds and uploaded to a static JSON file.
Can this predict the result?: Let's find out.
It's broken!: Refresh, it'll probably have fixed it. This was coded in a few hours' frenzy after getting the idea — less than 24 hours before Eurovision started — and there are almost certainly bugs.
I have another question!: Ask Matt, @unnamedculprit on twitter