[Brekkie]

Ridiculous and unnecessary change that nobody asked for.

[Jon]

Ridiculous and unnecessary change that nobody asked for.

Obviously to some extent the producers are just trying to see to what extent they’re able to fix running order.

[strollfan]

Imagine this will irritate broadcasters such as RTSH and CT who have seen their entries repeatedly get given bad "draws" by producers already, the last thing these smaller nations will want is to give those producers more power to shaft them

[Earlie37]

This sounds very confusing and a lot of effort for something that didn't really need addressing. I've read the article through three times and still don't quite understand what real benefits it brings. They might as well just have numbers 1 through to 26 and pick their place at random.

I have a feeling that this may be something that is quietly dropped after a short number of years. SVT were moaning about how complicated things were getting and also wanted to reduce the length of the show. Problem is... most of these things were elements they introduced! (e.g. the flag parade, separating out jury and viewer voting, getting producers to decide some of the running order from 2013). They've done the same with Melfest and just need to strip things back. The re-attempt at 'Andra Chansen' this year in Melfest completely fell apart... the old adage 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'!