Edited sentence: And that the 12 points awarded to Great Britain was a protest at the way so many countries vote for their neighbours.Ireland, Andorra and Malta have all announced that they may withdraw from the 2008 contest due to the way the voting went and there have been calls from many people to return to a traditional jury system as before 1997.Malta awarded UK entry Scooch with 12 points.Many were angry at the amount of 'neighbourly voting' used.Robert Abela, who headed Malta's contingent, said many results were "not based solely on the public vote".The contest was heavily criticised in Western Europe.This was evident when in the final, all the top 15 countries were Eastern European and not a single Western European country qualified from the semi-final