Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Here we are, ta-dah! The final part and the Top-5 of our amateur, first time hearing demoscopic jury. In the end the most divisive entries were Lithuania (scoring several 1's and 2's and then mainly 9's), Russia (everything from 1 to 8), Norway (from 1 to 9), Ukraine (either 1-3 or straight 8's), Georgia (1's or 8's mostly), Portugal (from 1 to 9, and everything in between), Denmark (either 1-3 or 9's). Finland, Italy and France suffered from some jurors giving 1's or 2's.  As one can expect the results were sometimes quite different in different age groups, and most everyone had not listened the songs beforehand, nor is a keen follower but just a regular viewer that watches the show when it happens. So, there are some surprises in the ranking that are far from the various fan polls or betting odds indicating all is possible come May 22.  United Kingdom scored big with the youngest group along with Romania, Finland and Greece while they really didn...

And here we reach already the Top-10 and its lower half. Some compromising entries here, those you like even if you kinda shouldn't, guilty pleasures. That end up placing a bit higher than they maybe should. Or? 6. CYPRUS  8.0 "It's very Lady Gaga" "I know I should hate this but in the end I love it" "Sounds so familiar" 7. GREECE  7,7 "The video ruins it" "Fantastic 80s flash back" "We all want to fly with horses" "Great song" "She's got a great voice, hope she can deliver it live!" 8. GERMANY  7,2 "Despite the important themes I don't think I ever want to hear this again"  "His joy is infectious and the whole thing is totally bonkers!" "Now that was... something else!" 9.  SWEDEN  7,0 "This gives me goosebumps" "Swedes know the productions"  "With a backstory like his how could he lose?" "A bit weird, but sings well" 10....

Here comes the third part of this demoscopic jury results. Some fan poll and odds favorites didn't make it any higher than this, just outside the Top-10,  including Malta and Switzerland with Italy. 11. MALTA  6,8 "She's good, deserves a better song"  "I could dance to this in a club" "Netta and Toy already won, this feels a bit copycat even if the song's very different" 12. THE NETHERLANDS  6,7 "Despite disturbing broccoli, I love this!" "Great colorful video" "Church music?" "What an earth is that language?" 13. CROATIA  6,4 "The bit in Croatian was best, why not fully in Croatian?" "13 in a dozen of these but this is so Eurovision!" "Tiktok? That's a bit lame" 14. BULGARIA  6,3 "I know that wallpaper" "Huge hair" "Sleepy" "Pretty song and voice" 15. SERBIA  6,2 "Hearing this right after San Marino (in our viewings, Ed.note) ...

And here we go again. Here comes the second set of ranking. Super fan and odds favorite France didn't really win our jury on her side, nor Lithuania but both Georgia and North Macedonia got some unexpected love instead as did Denmark! 21. DENMARK  5,5 "I can see this on Eurovision cruise already!" "Good vibes!" "I'm speechless, the styling?!" "Brings back memories, could be Denmark 1984 entry" 22. AUSTRALIA  5,5 "I would like to know what caused that styling, what is her thing?" "Somehat irritating but still somehow I like this" "Won't pass by unnoticed and forgotten but will people vote for this?" 23. LITHUANIA  5,2 "2am after a few drinks I'd dance the hell out of this" "Finns co-wrote this!" "I think last year's entry was more instant but I like this, too" 24. IRELAND  5,1 "Hysterical, in a wrong way,  this leaves me breathless, there's no stop at all...

For some reason I just couldn't be bothered to do the usual own personal ranking and review this year so I put the together a very own demoscopic jury of friends and relatives instead, that can be divided in three categories: pre-teens, 20/30somethings and 40/50somethings. They got together in separate gatherings in different cities over the week and here are the results!  All the comments are personal views of one or more reviewers and are ment to hurt no one. Especially the artists in question or the songwriters. Anyone's personal tastes cannot be disputed.  The points are the average in scale 1 to 10.  31. NORWAY  4,2 "Boyband energy and innocent clear voice" "The rhythm is too fast for this somehow" "What IS this look about?!" 32. RUSSIA  3,8 "I like the fact this comes from Russia for the things she represents! Equality and female power!" "The Russian folklore part is fabulous!" 33. CZECH REPUBLIC  3,7 "Video makes no ...