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Eurojury, which is run by the Eurovoix fansite, have revealed Malta as their winner, full results in the picture. Their USP however is the jury vote which tries its best to replicate the actual Eurovision jury voting which has shown up signs of potential surprises in the past. Their top 20 was as follows; Malta – 286 Points Switzerland – 257 Points France – 219 Points Israel – 210 Points Iceland – 204 Points Italy – 163 Points Sweden – 127 Points Cyprus – 123 Points Bulgaria – 107 Points Romania – 95 Points Finland – 77 Points United Kingdom – 76 Points Portugal – 74 Points Germany – 68 Points Lithuania – 60 Points Slovenia – 59 Points Azerbaijan – 58 Points Ukraine – 56 Points Austria – 52 Points Estonia – 51 Points Any of these twenty likely to be the surprise Jury winners?

The delegations have been arriving all throughout today and will be kicking off rehearsals tomorrow - still doesn't really feel...real yet!

Jo being the only guest lead to not end up dead or in prison though! That final scene of Davidson, Corbett, Huntley, Waldron, Denton and Gates all being put in the box, along with the constant call-backs to earlier seasons, made it feel like a final episode but after the record viewing figures this has had I don't think the BBC be the reason why there won't be another series. Either way, if it comes back then it'd have to be the start of a "new story" that isn't linked to the previous seasons.

Biggest examples for me would probably be Breaking Bad and Game Of Thrones. I also haven't seen any of the "Got Talent" franchise beyond the occasional clips on YouTube/Gogglebox here and there

So your top 10 of 2020 are/were: Azerbaijan: Efendi - Cleopatra Bulgaria: Victoria - Tears Getting Sober Denmark: Ben & Tan - YES Germany: Ben Dolic - Violent Thing Iceland: Dadi Freyr - Think About Things Israel: Eden Alene - Feker Libi Lithuania: The Roop - On Fire Norway: Ulrikke - Attention Russia: Little Big - Uno Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Repondez Moi So who do we think has made top 5? And have we given a dose of the buzzvision curse to somebody who'll be back this year or have we safely given it to a non-returner?

RECAP 11 134 Italy 12 118 Serbia 13 117 Ireland (one 18) 14 117 Australia (no 18s) 15 116 Armenia 16 111 Sweden 17 106 Ukraine 18 104 Latvia 19 99 Malta 20 76 Albania 21 72 Cyprus 22 66 Greece 23 56 Netherlands 24 51 Moldova 25 50 Romania 26 48 North Macedonia 27 47 Georgia 28 43 Austria 29 41 Belarus 30 37 United Kingdom 31 35 Belgium 32 34 Finland 33 33 Czech Republic 34 29 Slovenia 35 21 Poland 36 14 Spain 37 13 Croatia 38 10 France 39 7 San Marino 40 4 Estonia 40 4 Portugal

11. Italy: Diodato - Fai Rumore (134 points) 18 points - Jason 15 points - uhsting, Liam, gooddelta 13 points - Sergej 11 points - Bre, LUKE 10 points - Iz 9 points - Jerick 5 points - Jahq 4 points - NocheLuna, Jade 2 points - n4yr, SevenSeize Ogyi0GPR_Ik 12. Serbia: Hurricane - Hasta La Vista (118 points) 18 points - AdamAloud 13 points - Cameron 11 points - nickthenoodle, Iz 10 points - RobBob, Alex! 9 points - Bre 8 points - Vulker 5 points - Pave, dan-G, Jade 4 points - LexC, Liam 3 points - n4yr 2 points - Oliver 7fqZevYLUMs Two foreign language songs just fall short of the top 10 with both of them representing the two ends of the non-English song spectrum with Italy's poetic ballad and Serbia's balkan trashpop. For me, I know which side of the bread I'd butter but your own taste may vary. Interestingly enough there's only a few people who voted for both of these songs and only Bre and Iz who gave them both high points. I decided to include the live version of Italy because even if you're not a huge fan of that song, the symbolism of the empty arena is truly iconic.

Ireland was definitely a post-cancellation Lockdown 1 nostalgia fuelled staple for me!

13. Ireland: Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life (117 points inc. one 18) 18 points - RiseR 15 points - DionTheSats123, LexC 12 points - WhoOdyssey 11 points - Jason 10 points - Colm, PeteFromLeeds 7 points - Jahq 6 points - Jafet, SevenSeize 4 points - gooddelta 1 point - Alex!, AdamAloud, RobBot HLgE0Ayl5Hc 14. Australia: Montaigne - Don't Break Me (117 points inc. no 18s) 15 points - NocheLuna 13 points - Alex! 12 points - Liam 11 points - Jerick 10 points - gooddelta, Jason 8 points - Jafet 7 points - Pavel, uhsting 6 points - PeteFromLeeds, Colm 4 points - LUKE, WhoOdyssey, Ghosty gr-wWxu4974 So our second but this time actually separable tie are the saphic duo of Ireland and Australia with Riser's 18 being the lone point of differentiation for Ireland to pip them for 13th place. Other than the queer connection there's also a strong theme of bold artistic choices that may or may not have paid off, be that Mr Mime realness or Dublin Pride 2010 throwback realness. Up next are the two unlucky entries who fell just short of Buzzjack's top 10...

Also thanks for the 18 Michael!

OMG I love the Beaver!

“If in doubt bet on FARC” is once again proving to be a pretty good failsafe!

Rise pop hoes, rise!

Leaving Klum to be last off zero feels like a DEEP troll!

I'm just here for Jafet's magnum opus of a hosting gig at this point!

My votes are in Jafet's box xx

Yaboi's a keyworker you get results when you get them!

This was obviously setting up for next week's finale so not quite as dramatic as last week but still gripping television. Some spoilery thoughts ahead I know Line of Duty often utilises the same themes for their finales so part of me wonders if Carmichael's going to be rumbled as bent in the series finale leaving Ted as the only plausible candidate to lead the new Anti-Corruption Unit leaving this all open for another series?

The amount of recognition we are giving this incursion of Persephonian invaders, far too high!

Greenfroze have to be through out of those last four!

Yasss come thru deduction survivor!

I only recognise the New Lexican spelling of these country names!

LMAO not me derailing the results the minute I make a post in the thread!

I also gave this 2 points, not that it'll make much difference!

Votes have made a fashionably late arrival in Jafets box