So, Sweden took its 5th victory after 1974, 1984, 1991 and 1999. Zeljko Joksimovic has now 2nd and 3rd place as a singer plus 3rd and 6th as a composer! Albania got its best placement ever with Rona Nishliu and UK, France, Cyprus, Norway, Ireland and Iceland must be very disappointed. I'm so happy for Albania, Estonia and Macedonia doing so well. Not so happy for Italy and especially Azerbaijan's 4th place. And who would have thought Lithuania ends up 14th??!!
In my prediction I got 8 right :-) Sweden, Russia, Serbia, Estonia, Romania, Macedonia, Hungary and France. A few others were a close call.
22 countries managed to score the top-3 marks. Sweden got the most 12s with 18 (a new record; Rybak got 16) followed by Albania, Azerbaijan and Serbia with four. Macedonia, Greece and Cyprus got two and Turkey, Moldova, Russia, Lithuania, Spain and Romania one. Serbia got most 10s (9) folloed by Sweden, Russia and Germany (5), Azerbaijan and Estonia (3). Russia got the most 8s (8) followed by Macedonia, Turkey and Estonia (4). So, in all Sweden got 26 top-3 placings, Serbia and Russia both 14, Azerbaijan 10, Albania 9 and Estonia 8. Sounds like a fari game, doesn't it?
In my prediction I got 8 right :-) Sweden, Russia, Serbia, Estonia, Romania, Macedonia, Hungary and France. A few others were a close call.
22 countries managed to score the top-3 marks. Sweden got the most 12s with 18 (a new record; Rybak got 16) followed by Albania, Azerbaijan and Serbia with four. Macedonia, Greece and Cyprus got two and Turkey, Moldova, Russia, Lithuania, Spain and Romania one. Serbia got most 10s (9) folloed by Sweden, Russia and Germany (5), Azerbaijan and Estonia (3). Russia got the most 8s (8) followed by Macedonia, Turkey and Estonia (4). So, in all Sweden got 26 top-3 placings, Serbia and Russia both 14, Azerbaijan 10, Albania 9 and Estonia 8. Sounds like a fari game, doesn't it?
1. SWEDEN 372
2. RUSSIA 259
3. SERBIA 214
4. AZERBAIJAN 150
5. ALBANIA 146
6. ESTONIA 120
7. TURKEY 112
8. GERMANY 110
9. ITALY 101
10. SPAIN 97
11. MOLDOVA 81
12. ROMANIA 71
13. MACEDONIA 71
14. LITHUANIA 70
15. UKRAINE 65
16. CYPRUS 65
17. GREECE 64
18. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 55
19. IRELAND 46
20. ICELAND 46
21. MALTA 41
22. FRANCE 21
23. DENMARK 21
24. HUNGARY 19
25. UNITED KINGDOM 12
26. NORWAY 7
Marcel Bezençon Awards
- Press Award - Given to the best entry as voted on by the accredited media and press during the event: Sabina Babayeva (Azerbaijan)
- Artistic Award - Presented to the best artist as voted on by the commentators: Loreen (Sweden)
- Composer Award - A jury consisting of the participating composers vote for the best and most original composition: Thomas G:son & Peter Boström (Sweden)
Comments
Disappointed with Iceland and Denmark's low results. But it's true, someone has to come last, and this year's songs were a million times better than last year, so it was really hard.