Posted May 25, 201114 yr Published earlier this evening: Final (Combined): 01 221 Azerbaijan 02 189 Italy 03 185 Sweden 04 159 Ukraine 05 134 Denmark 06 125 Bosnia & Herzegovina 07 120 Greece 08 119 Ireland 09 110 Georgia 10 107 Germany 11 100 United Kingdom 12 097 Moldova 13 096 Slovenia 14 085 Serbia 15 082 France 16 077 Russia 17 077 Romania 18 064 Austria 19 063 Lithuania 20 061 Iceland 21 057 Finland 22 053 Hungary 23 050 Spain 24 044 Estonia 25 019 Switzerland Final (Televoting): 01 223 Azerbaijan (=) 02 221 Sweden (+1) 03 176 Greece (+4) 04 168 Ukraine (=) 05 166 United Kingdom (+6) 06 151 Bosnia & Herzegovina (=) =07 138 Georgia (+2) =07 138 Russia (+9) 09 113 Germany (+1) 10 101 Ireland (-2) 11 099 Italy (-9) 12 098 Moldova (=) 13 089 Serbia (+1) 14 079 Romania (+3) 15 076 France (=) 16 073 Spain (+7) 17 064 Hungary (+5) 18 061 Denmark (-13) 19 060 Iceland (+1) 20 055 Lithuania (-1) 21 047 Finland (=) 22 039 Slovenia (-9) 23 032 Estonia (+1) 24 025 Austria (-6) 25 002 Switzerland (=) Final (Jury): 01 251 Italy (+1) 02 182 Azerbaijan (-1) 03 168 Denmark (+2) 04 160 Slovenia (+9) 05 145 Austria (+13) 06 119 Ireland (+2) 07 117 Ukraine (-3) 08 111 Serbia (+6) 09 106 Sweden (-6) 10 104 Germany (=) =11 090 Bosnia & Herzegovina (-5) =11 090 France (+3) 13 086 Romania (+4) 14 084 Greece (-7) 15 082 Moldova (-3) 16 079 Georgia (-7) 17 075 Finland (+4) 18 074 Estonia (+6) 19 072 Iceland (+1) 20 066 Lithuania (-1) 21 060 Hungary (+1) 22 057 United Kingdom (-11) 23 053 Switzerland (+2) 24 038 Spain (-1) 25 025 Russia (-9) Semi Final 1 (Combined): 01 133 Greece 02 122 Azerbaijan 03 103 Finland 04 100 Iceland 05 081 Lithuania 06 074 Georgia 07 072 Hungary 08 067 Serbia 09 064 Russia 10 055 Switzerland 11 054 Malta 12 054 Armenia 13 047 Turkey 14 047 Albania 15 041 Croatia 16 034 San Marino 17 030 Norway 18 022 Portugal 19 018 Poland Semi Final 1 (Televoting): 01 154 Greece 02 124 Azerbaijan 03 111 Finland 04 093 Russia 05 090 Georgia 06 079 Iceland 07 075 Armenia 08 073 Hungary 09 056 Norway 10 054 Turkey 11 052 Lithuania 12 045 Switzerland =13 042 Albania =13 042 Serbia 15 039 Portugal 16 032 Croatia 17 025 Poland 18 024 Malta 19 008 San Marino Armenia, Norway, Turkey through instead of Lithuania, Switzerland and Serbia Semi Final 1 (Jury): 01 113 Lithuania 02 109 Azerbaijan 03 104 Iceland 04 102 Serbia 05 086 Finland 06 084 Malta 07 076 Switzerland 08 074 Greece 09 074 San Marino 10 065 Hungary 11 061 Albania 12 058 Turkey 13 051 Georgia 14 049 Croatia 15 033 Armenia 16 031 Russia 17 029 Norway 18 013 Poland 19 006 Portugal Malta and San Marino instead of Georgia and Russia Semi Final 2 (Combined): 01 155 Sweden 02 135 Denmark 03 112 Slovenia 04 111 Romania 05 109 Bosnia & Herzegovina 06 081 Ukraine 07 069 Austria 08 068 Ireland 09 060 Estonia 10 054 Moldova 11 053 Belgium 12 048 Bulgaria 13 048 Slovakia 14 045 Belarus 15 038 Israel 16 036 Macedonia 17 025 Latvia 18 016 Cyprus 19 013 Netherlands Semi Final 2 (Televoting): 01 159 Sweden 02 131 Bosnia & Herzegovina 03 121 Romania 04 115 Denmark 05 091 Ukraine 06 078 Ireland 07 068 Slovenia 08 061 Moldova 09 054 Belarus 10 052 Austria 11 051 Israel 12 050 Belgium 13 046 Estonia =14 043 Bulgaria =14 043 Latvia 16 040 Slovakia 17 033 Macedonia 18 023 Cyprus 19 017 Netherlands Belarus instead of Estonia Semi Final 2 (Jury): 01 146 Slovenia 02 129 Denmark 03 099 Sweden 04 095 Austria 05 085 Romania 06 083 Estonia 07 076 Ukraine =08 071 Belgium =08 071 Slovakia 10 066 Ireland 11 065 Bosnia & Herzegovina 12 059 Bulgaria 13 053 Moldova 14 047 Macedonia 15 038 Belarus 16 036 Israel 17 024 Cyprus 18 022 Netherlands 19 011 Latvia Belgium and Slovakia instead of Bosnia and Moldova So yeah, the jury screwed us completely!
May 25, 201114 yr And WHAT THE f*** at Ireland doing better with juries than Televoting, that is a real shock too.
May 25, 201114 yr Well, I'm utterly outraged. The juries really are failing in their brief (I can't find it right now, but they definitely are given a set of criteria to judge upon in deciding their votes, aren't they?) completely with such massive inconsistency - loving up Jedward and Italy at the same time? Completely trashing Blue and Russia? Ridiculous.
May 25, 201114 yr And I think we can ALL BE ANGRY that we were ROBBED of the most exciting result in years by the juries :manson: Although I'd have probably had a heart attack and screamed with Azerbaijan triumphing on that one.
May 25, 201114 yr Author It would have been a tense finish if we'd just had televoting too! 2 points between Azerbaijan and Sweden! Quite surprised the televoters weren't very impressed with the Danish entry. Austria and Slovenia doing deservedly better with the juries but the fact they put us in 22nd is beyond a joke. Russia last though :heehee: Really annoying how the jury stopped Norway, but thank goodness they saved Estonia! Belgium and Malta did better on televoting than I expected, I thought both were definite 0 pointers. 84 points for Malta from the jury though, really? :manson: Also, juries not taking to the Bosnian and Latvian entries much surprises me a bit. 2 points in the final for Switzerland in the televoting is also very harsh!
May 25, 201114 yr Oh Bosnia's a REAL surprise. I knew it'd pull in the televoters but I always thought it'd get just as much love from the juries. Really, short of sending in Michael Buble or someone with hot vox there's really no way of telling what the juries will go for now. I actually could've lived without Estonia really. It always had a hint of fan favourite blown out of proportion to it, and I was expecting Armenia and Turkey anyway - and to get Norway and Belarus in with them as well would've more than made up for Estonia missing out. On the upside at least Switzerland got through. Poor Netherlands though!
May 25, 201114 yr 2 points for Switzerland in the final isn't too surprising, it's not very instant and was probably overshadowed by Blue. The juries are really making truly ridiculous decisions though, they need to try and 1) enforce their judging criteria more stringently or 2) try and compose them of PROPER fans and 'music experts'
May 25, 201114 yr Oh dear! :manson: Was the jury high or something at the point of voting?! What awful, awful results from them. I wouldn't have mind about the televoting results as the UK had the top 10 position that we deserved! Also, big woah at how close it would have been between Azerbaijan & Sweden had it just been televotes! :o I think it's safe to say that we were genuinely ROBBED. -_- I can't believe how low we were with the jury. :puke: Also; do we think the Jury gave Italy the most points, just to get them back and keep them in the competition?
May 26, 201114 yr Not at all. It is the sort of thing I'd expect to do well with juries and 'real music' fans. Jedward not so much.
May 26, 201114 yr wow, can't believe how low we were with the jury yet did really well in the televote :( Ireland actually did better with the Jury! either way top 10 was assured for them! :o <_< at the Jury being the reason Italy finished so high Edited May 26, 201114 yr by chart wizard
May 26, 201114 yr That said I'm not in QUITE as bad a mood anymore as I've realised I'd have lost money anyway as neither Russia nor the UK were top four. Oh well! Which reminds me, you still owe me £20 Tom for me to break even :kink:
May 26, 201114 yr Author Also; do we think the Jury gave Italy the most points, just to get them back and keep them in the competition? I think so, yes the juries would like that sort of entry, but not THAT much surely?! Also quite a few unexpected high results were dished out by them to failing countries this year, with Malta and Belgium being the most baffling. I'm also quite surprised Slovakia got that level of support from them.
May 26, 201114 yr I think so, yes the juries would like that sort of entry, but not THAT much surely?! Also quite a few unexpected high results were dished out by them to failing countries this year, with Malta and Belgium being the most baffling. I'm also quite surprised Slovakia got that level of support from them. That said, the juries did quite like Albania last year (they had them 4th in their semi and 12th in the final), and Malta was essentially the Albanian entry done by a man so it's not that out of the ordinary :lol: I'm shocked the juries weren't at all swayed by France!
May 26, 201114 yr Judging by Switzerland getting just two points on the televote I think we can probably conclude that we gave them their sole two points and they must have gotten 12 from our jury for us to give them 10...
May 26, 201114 yr Denmark SO low down there, they did terribly in the televote! It was always completely obvious that Italy landslided the jury vote, thank GOD they weren't top ten on the televote. But seriously, what the hell at the UK? Absolutely disgusted :( How can they be so out of sync with the televoters? It IS an anthemic song and I thought that they gave a great performance, surely their performance in the jury rehearsal wasn't that bad as to completely ruin the song, Azerbaijan's vocals were ropey throughout and it didn't seem to harm them. Lithuania topping the Semi 1 jury vote? I love it but where did they find these people on the juries this year - gathering cobwebs in the corner of an antiques shop? How old fashioned can their taste be. And Stella with her deserved place in the final thanks to the televoters! Well, I stand by what I said in that case - the contest IS still contemporary, but the juries had to go and spoil the party with their ludicrous voting across the board. For once this year, the televoters got it right. I hope Blue see these split results (can somebody tweet them a link? :P) and aren't too disheartened as the UK coming top five on the televote alone, which even Jade couldn't do, is a massive achievement. Would it really be that much of a logistical nightmare for the juries and televoters to both vote on the night of the final, rather than across two separate days? God help those that have an off day in the jury rehearsal.
May 26, 201114 yr Not surprised to see the Juries f***ed us over after what I hear was a god awful rehearsal, but they seem to be comlpetley failing in what they're there for.
May 26, 201114 yr It really shows that despite performing right in the middle, Blue came top 5 and if Blue performed where Ukraine performed they could have been top 2 in the tele voting. So, I really do think it's possible for the UK to win again, they just need everything to go their way :)
May 26, 201114 yr I don't think the UK should've been 22nd because the rehearsal wasn't THAT bad, but 12 - 16 would've been more realistic (the rehearsals for Blue really weren't that great). They pulled it out of the bag in the live show though, which is why I think they did well in the televote. With regards Azerbaijaysus, I think they had a good rehearsal from what I can remember. Ireland doing better with the juries than in the televote is a complete shock! :lol: I assumed that because Lipstick was such a hit after the contest that it cleaned up the televote and did average with the juries. :heehee: That said, they had a good rehearsal too. But it would've been a Top 10 finish either way so I'm happy. ^_^ The juries got a lot right this year though. Denmark, Austria and Slovenia did abysmally in the televote, only to be saved by the juries. There's always been huge differences in how the public and juries would vote - I thought that's why they were there in the first place? :lol:. I understand the frustration (I really do), but the jury result is actually very good. I'd swap the UK with Romania (because I didn't like Romania), and Switzerland with Azerbaijan (because the latter's performance was dull and awful), but that's it. :P I'd have to disagree with most of you in that you can't just be ticked off because they didn't like your entry. A lot of people worked themselves up into a frenzy thinking Blue would win, despite what us nay-sayers were saying. I will probably be lynched for saying this, but Keith Mills wouldn't have been that far off with regards the UK if we had juries only. :kink: Note: I loved the UK entry, so please don't hate me for the above post. :P
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