Eurovision 2015 - money talks

Well, Royaume-Uni may have finished in the bottom four (of 27) with only 5 points (3 alone of those from San Marino) but we finished ahead of France (on 4 points) and Austria (the hosts) and Germany with nul points.  So humiliation for last year's winner but the UK, France and Germany being the main funders of Eurovision will not need a semi-final qualifying round (or even being excluded for a year).  Money talks.