Country	SumOfPts	Entries	AverageScore	2000?	For the 2000 contest, some countries will be disqualified based upon poor scoring in the past 5 contests. This table shows the average scores over the past 5 years. The big four countries (in yellow) pay more, so are guaranteed entry, as is the 1999 winner Sweden (white). Countries disqualified last year can now return. These are Greece, FYR Macedonia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Romania & Finland (purple). Italy did not show the 1999 contest so cannot return in 2000. The position of Russia & Hungary is unclear. 23 entries are expected for 2000; the ones marked in purple, white & yellow are assured, so there are 12 more spaces to go to the best scoring countries. Turkey & Austria are most at risk on this analysis if Russia & Hungary return, or another country joins. Of course a country may decline to enter, and Belgium and Slovenia may then be able to enter. There's a long way to go yet!
United Kingdom	584	5	117	Y
Israel	346	3	115	Y
Italy	114	1	114	N
Croatia	462	5	92	Y
Sweden	452	5	90	Y
Ireland	445	5	89	Y
Malta	407	5	81	Y
Netherlands	304	4	76	Y
Estonia	302	4	76	Y
Norway	376	5	75	Y
Denmark	188	3	63	Y
Germany	249	4	62	Y
Iceland	246	4	62	Y
Cyprus	288	5	58	Y
Austria	212	4	53	Y
Spain	254	5	51	Y
Turkey	245	5	49	Y
Belgium	190	4	48	N
Slovenia	227	5	45	N
France	224	5	45	Y
Greece	155	4	39	Y
Bosnia-Herzegovina	135	4	34	N
Portugal	145	5	29	N
Poland	136	5	27	N
Russian Federation	50	2	25	?
FYRMacedonia	16	1	16	Y
Finland	31	2	16	Y
Hungary	46	3	15	?
Slovakia	27	2	14	Y
Lithuania	13	1	13	N
Switzerland	27	3	9	Y
Romania	6	1	6	Y