VOTING ANALYSIS
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countries, Iceland took the dreaded 11th place, 30 points behind Estonia. Georgia took 12th place with Greece in 13th scoring two points from Armenia and 12 from (surprise, surprise) Cyprus. Iceland returned the favour by awarding Denmark all of its six points, leaving Romania and San Marino to share the ignominy of scoring zero. Many were surprised to learn that Australia won the semi with 149 points, with Austria and the much-maligned Poland not far behind. Only 50 points separated the first six qualifiers, but it was interesting to see Belgium, who had proved so popular in the arena only finish in eighth position.
The UK voted in the second semi-final and, in what has become something of a tradition, Lithuania and Poland topped the British televote, probably reflecting their large communities living in the UK. The points were awarded as follows: 12 points Lithuania 10 points Poland 8 points Australia 7 points Austria 6 points Belgium 5 points Albania 4 points Cyprus 3 points Slovenia 2 points Estonia 1 point Iceland
SEMI-FINAL 2 A tough fight!
THE GRAND FINAL Such excitement!
The second semi was definitely the weaker of the two and the scores were all over the place. No fewer than 12 of the 16 competing countries scored at least one maximum 12 points. Australia and Slovenia secured three 12 pointers, Poland, Lithuania, Armenia and Albania all scored two 12 pointers, with Austria, Cyprus, Belgium, Iceland, Georgia and Greece all securing one maximum 12 points. Such was the spread of scores that, despite receiving 12 points from Denmark, and points from 11 other
(Tables are at the end of the feature.) After an electrifying show we settled down for the voting and the first appearance of the 2023 juries. It soon became clear that Loreen was on course for a big score with no fewer than 15 juries awarding the maximum 12 points. Käärijä only received top marks from two juries (neighbours Norway and Sweden) while both Israel and Italy received 12 points from five juries each. Sweden piled on the points amassing 340 out of a maximum 444 jury points (77%) and taking an
SEMI-FINAL 2 VOTES
Voting was entirely by televote except for San Marino where they had to use a jury
Denmark Armenia Romania Estonia Belgium Cyprus Iceland Greece Poland Slovenia Georgia Austria Albania Lithuania Australia San Marino
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8 5 1 12 4 4 8 1 2 10 3
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74 1 6 5 90 8 1
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UNITED KINGDOM
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