Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

After the highest scoring televote Top-10 (see previous post) here comes the ten highest scoring jury favorites.  Here Salvador Sobral from Portugal still reigns but this year's winner Nemo came close with his endless string of 12 points by juries. One can question does the juries favor Sweden but indeed here we have four Swedes in the Top-10. Does it feel like right? No, if you ask me. Australia's runner up is featured here as is Norway's Alexander Rybak and Kristian Kostov but indeed the Top-10 differs from the televote one as there are only four songs in common: Amar pelos dos, Fairytale, Euphoria and Beautiful mess.  Salvador Sobral - Amar pelos dos  382 (Portugal 2017 /winner) Nemo - The Code  365 (Switzerland 2024/winner) Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes  353 (Sweden 2015 /winner) Loreen - Tattoo  340 (Sweden 2023/winner) Dami Im - Sound of silence  320 (Australia 2016 /2nd) Alexandr Rybak - Fairytale  312 (Norway 2009/winner) Loreen - Euphoria...

Ok, it's time to reveal my own personal ranking this year. The first song I heard was France and it has stayed the clear number one for me all this time, and I still think it can win it all - maybe not winning neither the jury nor the televotes but ending up winning as a compromise. The other that still moves me every time I hear it, and I just like still as much as the first impact is Ukraine. Italy and Croatia were on top ever since they won their national finals and Albania was my favorite in FiK and even if it took awhile for me to adjust to the new version I still like it a lot. United Kingdom didn't impress that much at first but has been climbing all the time. Azerbaijan was a favorite as well right away while Switzerland took some time to appreciate while Luxemburg and Austria in the end made my top-10.  A special mention bubbling under are Belgium, Netherlands, San Marino, Spain, Lithuania and Israel not forgetting Ireland and Australia.  1. FRANCE - Slimane - Mon amo...

So, we have reached the Top-10! Who are left? Certainly some very big surprises if we compare to any fan poll. We have Azerbaijan and Poland, Ireland and Switzerland. Netherlands and Estonia. But also Italy and Israel, and of course Sweden and Finland. But in what order? Find out in coming days! Meanwhile here's a recap of the ranking so far: 11. United Kingdom 12. Norway 13. Slovenia 14. France 15. Germany 16. Ukraine 17. Australia 18. Moldova 19. Armenia 20. Denmark 21. Belgium 22. Greece 23. San Marino 24. Malta 25. Austria 26. Cyprus   NQ 27. Latvia   NQ 28. Lithuania   NQ 29. Serbia   NQ 30. Czechia   NQ 31. Georgia   NQ 32. Iceland   NQ 33. Portugal   NQ 34. Spain 35. Croatia   NQ 36. Albania   NQ 37. Romania   NQ