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Lotunia and Summericia have just been patched in and we have their votes.... Lotunia (28/60) Summericia (29/60) Persephonia and The Spodic Empire both come out on top with these set of votes, both receiving an 18. Fljotavik, Deandria, Summericia and Pagasa also do very well, picking up the other podium finishes. Our next set of votes come from our 30th voter, N DNTN and we'll also get a look at how the scores look at the halfway point.

Altyr Muunilinst and Pestolia have our next set of votes ready to be revealed.... Altyr Muunilinst (26/60) Pestolia (27/60) This time it's New Lexico and Bøtanikkä who take the gold medals while Lookylion, Ojnoj, Wholune and Cheiron also receive some high points.

The Land of DW is calling and they have votes to share.... Land of DW (25/60) and another look at the current standings: Harmonica has now edged ahead of Kluminican Republic, pushing them into 2nd place. Altyr Muunilinst, Hendinia and New Lexico also round out the current top five.

We've gotten in contact with both Flynnonda and Séyetana and we've gotten confirmation that they're ready to present their votes... Flynnonda (23/60) Séyetana (24/60) Sovarasma pick up a second 18 in a short span of time from Flynnonda. While Zanmatony gets the gold podium finish from Séyetana! Our next voter will be Land of DW and we'll get another look at how things are shaping up!

I'm trying to figure out if there are other ways to say that another two voters are here. (I guess this is a way?) It's the votes of Deandria and East Rukahavian next! Deandria (21/60) East Rukahavian (22/60) Sovarasma pick up an 18 from Deandria and Scotland 2 also receives a 15 from them. Dalisska gets a bronze medal from Deandria and the home crowd goes wild. Whereas with East Rukahavian it's FSR Rontvia, Bøtanikkä and Cor Lupus that pick up the top marks.

Now our next set of votes comes from Neliönoir... Neliönoir (20/60) and now let's have another look at the updated scoreboard: Kluminican Republic is still in the lead, followed up by Altyr Muunilinst, New Lexico and Harmonica.

The Spodic Empire along with Harmonica are our next two voting nations... The Spodic Empire (18/60) Harmonica (19/60) Summericia pick up another score with an 18 from The Spodic Empire while Harmonica hands out their 18 to New Lexico! Our 20th voter tonight will be Neliönoir along with our 4th scoreboard update.

The next nations to vote are FSR Rontvia and Ajanaeda. Let's see how they've voted... FSR Rontvia (16/60) Ajanaeda (17/60) Wholune picks up the top mark from FSR Rontvia while it's Summericia who gets the gold medal from Ajanaeda. Scotland 2 and Mothertopia also do well both picking up a 15.

Here comes Ojnoj with their votes! With these votes we're now a quarter of the way through. Ojnoj (15/60) and another look at the current leaderboard: Kluminican Republic retains the lead but Harmonica is not that far behind them. Altyr Muunilinst, New Lexico and Trifoski round out the current top five.

Calling Lentyll and Hushkanukia....are you ready to present your votes to us? Lentyll (13/60) Hushkanukia (14/60) Harmonica pick up yet another 18 points while Fljotavik also pick up an 18. Eledan, Wholune, Ojnoj and Yehesi also pick up some high scores from this batch of votes. Next we'll go to Ojnoj along with our third scoreboard update.

We move onwards now to Mothertopia and Dobago, who both have a set of votes to share with us... Mothertopia (11/60) Dobago (12/60) New Lexico pick up an 18 from Mothertopia while Harmonica picks up another 18 pointer from Dobago.

We now go to the Elëdan who are now ready to present their votes.... Elëdan (10/60) and now that 10 countries have voted let's have a look again at the current standings: Kluminican Republic holds on to the lead however Harmonica, FARC and Trifoski are now inching closer.

We've got another two sets of votes coming and this time they're from Terra Avium and Sovarasma. Terra Avium (8/60) Sovarasma (9/60) Pagasa receives an 18 along with Zanmatony. Trifoski and Elëdan also pick up high points with this new set of votes. Next up we'll be getting the votes from Elëdan and our next scoreboard update.

Cheiron....Jadakissnia....may we get both of your votes now? Cheiron (6/60) Jadakissnia (7/60) Aeroche get their first points of the night and it's an 18! Trifoski also pick up an 18. Altyr Muunilinst get another high score with a 15 while Dalisska also receives a 15 from Jadakissnia! @Scene I was going to say here are the Aeroche votes...but they're you're votes. 🤣

Our next (and only voter) for this vote update comes to us from Ben's Sanctuary! Ben's Sanctuary (5/60) and now we get our first look at the current standings: Kluminican Republic has taken the early lead ahead of Altyr Muunilinst, Harmonica, FSR Rontvia and New Lexico but there's still many more votes to come! (there will be icons on the left in the next scoreboards to show who's going up, down or remain unchanged)

Next up we go to Bronzil and the host nation Dalisska to see how they've voted! Bronzil (3/60) Dalisska (4/60) This time around it's Kluminican Republic and Harmonica who pick up the top marks, but FSR Rontvia and Altyr Muunilinst also pick up some significant points. Next up is Ben's Sanctuary along with our first proper scoreboard!

The first two sets of votes come to us from Lookylion and Zephyra Continuum, let's see how they've voted! Lookylion (1/60) Zephyra Continuum (2/60) Altyr Muunilinst and Jupiterdonia get the first two 18s of the night. With Kluminican Republic, Cor Lupus, Land of DW and Fljotavik also picking up some high points!

The show will be starting in 5 minutes but first I'll post the scoreboard we'll be using: (this will show up every 5 votes) It's using the colours of the Dalisska flag. (hopefully it doesn't look too busy 😅) At 8:00PM I'll start posting the votes.

Actually false alarm, there wasn't an error at all. I was going through all of the quotes of everyones votes and I had accidentally posted someone elses vote quote in place of another persons....so I thought the votes were wrong when they weren't. 😅

I just wanted to say that I've noticed an error in my recording of a set of votes. It doesn't change the winner but it does change some placements around. So I'm not sure if I should postpone the results while I fix the scoreboards or if it would still work out....

Welcome one last time for the grand final results! 42 nations have taken to the stage but only 1 country can take home the trophy. Will it be your favourite? Will it be you? Tune in at 8:00PM GMT tonight to find out! If you want one last reminder of all the songs this edition before the results get underway, you can listen again to the recap: When the results start I'll post two sets of votes at a time and every 5 votes we'll get a scoreboard update to see what the current standings are.

I'm hoping to start the final results at 8:00PM GMT tonight. I'll open the final results thread closer to that time.

Just awaiting the votes from FARC and Cumulonimbia now. (the late deadline is at 2:00PM GMT today, so just less than 2 hours away) EDIT: (13:41) Everyone has voted!

The deadline has now passed. Cumulonimbia, FARC, Pagasa and Yehesi failed to vote by the deadline so the latter three will receive a 15% point deduction. They can still send their votes into me by 2:00PM GMT tomorrow. Not voting by tomorrow's 2:00PM deadline will result in a 33% point deduction and a ban from competing in the next edition.

I think that's fine as long as you get your votes in before the deadline.