Results...

Well, another Eurovision is over. I thought the final on Saturday was great fun, despite the fact that there were not that many tracks to root for this year. Unlike previous years, it was impossible to predict the winner. Out of the ones that most people seem to be betting on (UK, France etc), Sweden was the one that did best. My absolute faveourite this year, the Swedish entry was in the lead for quite some time and finished in the third place (being bumped down from the second place at the very end).

So, the highlights for me were:

Sweden doing so well!
Finland and Iceland doing so badly!
The bloody ballads doing badly!
Spain being such a fun act!
Exciting voting and a great looking show!



The winning entry was a bit of a surprise, not to mention that godawful thing from Italy finishing in the second place! Ukraine, Greece and Georgia also did better than expected, while France (zzzzzzz) delivered one of their weakest entries in the last few years, and the UK performance didnt really manage to sell the song (the same can certainly be said for the otherwise excellent track from Hungary).

I voted for Sweden, Spain, Hungary and Germany. Below are the final results for the final, and both semifinals. And BTW: Australian voters voted the winning entry into the last place in their voting! They put Ireland on top...

1. Azerbaijan    221
2. Italy    189
3. Sweden    185
4. Ukraine    159
5. Denmark    134
6. Bosnia & Herzegovina    125
7. Greece    120
8. Ireland    119
9. Georgia    110
10. Germany    107
11. United Kingdom    100
12. Moldova    97
13. Slovenia    96
14. Serbia    85
15. France    82
16. Russia    77
17. Romania    77
18. Austria    64
19. Lithuania    63
20. Iceland    61
21. Finland    57
22. Hungary    53
23. Spain    50
24. Estonia    44
25. Switzerland    19

Semifinal 1

1. Greece (133)
2. Azerbaijan (122)
3. Finland (103)
4. Iceland (100)
5. Lithuania (81)
6. Georgia (74)
7. Hungary (72)
8. Serbia (67)
9. Russia (64)
10. Switzerland (55)
11. Malta (54)
12. Armenia (54)
13. Turkey (47)
14. Albania (47)
15. Croatia (41)
16. San Marino (34)
17. Norway (30)
18. Portugal (22)
19. Poland (18)

Semifinal 2

1. Sweden (155)
2. Denmark (135)
3. Slovenia (112)
4. Romania (111)
5. Bosnia & Herzegovina (109)
6. Ukraine (81)
7. Austria (69)
8. Ireland (68)
9. Estonia (60)
10. Moldova (54)
11. Belgium (53)
12. Bulgaria (48)
13. Slovakia (48)
14. Belarus (45)
15. Israel (38)
16. F.Y.R. Macedonia (36)
17. Latvia (25)
18. Cyprus (16)
19. The Netherlands (13)

Already looking forward to next year...