For the seventh consecutive year, the second fan network of the Eurovision Song Contest, the INFE Network, in collaboration with the website EscToday, is conducting the INFE Poll.
Network members in the 21 local fan clubs have already voted for their favorite songs from Eurovision 2023 and via ESCToday, they are announcing their scores.
Here are the results of INFE Türkiye:
Georgia – 1 point
Armenia – 2 points
Czechia – 3 points
Israel – 4 points
Austria – 5 points
Norway – 6 points
France – 7 points
Spain – 8 points
Sweden – 10 points
Finland – 12 points
After incorporating INFE Türkiye’s votes, the updated scoreboard stands as follows:
Sweden – 109 points
Finland – 87 points
Norway – 81 points
Italy – 57 points
France – 54 points
Austria – 48 points
Spain – 44 points
Israel – 41 points
Czechia – 34 points
Moldova – 22 points
United Kingdom – 18 points
Armenia – 16 points
Georgia – 10 points
Germany – 10 points
Slovenia – 10 points
Serbia – 8 points
Greece – 8 points
Croatia – 7 points
Iceland – 5 points
Romania – 4 points
Albania – 4 points
Switzerland – 4 points
Latvia – 3 points
Cyprus – 3 points
Netherlands – 2 points
Australia – 2 points
Estonia – 2 points
San Marino – 1 point
Portugal – 1 point
Belgium – 1 point
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun.com for all the updates regarding the INFE Poll 2023 results!
The announcement of the OGAE fan club rankings continues! The fifth fan club to announce their results is the Turkish one, with turkish fans keeping the Eurovision spirit alive despite the country’s abstention from the contest.
The members of OGAE Turkiye have voted as follows:
12 points: Sweden
10 points: Finland
8 points: Norway
7 points: United Kingdom
6 points: Israel
5 points: France
4 points: Austria
3 points: Italy
2 points: Spain
1 point: Czechia
The added up results after the votes of the first five fan clubs are as follows:
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding the OGAE Poll 2023 and Eurovision 2023!
In Turkey. some days ago, the six parties which constitute the main country’s political opposition announced that their leader is going to be Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who is already the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP). That specific party was founded by Kemal Ataturk himself approximately 100 years ago.
According to the recent exit polls which took place in Turkey, Kılıçdaroğlu seems to be the odds-on favourite to win the elections, since his political beliefs are more acceptable by the majority of the Turkish people and more friendly towards the West World, in contrast to Erdoğan’s. Driven by those data, there are a lots of people who actually believe that Kılıçdaroğlu’s policy could mark the possible return of Turkey in the contest.
Turkey’s Republican People’s Party can be characterized by its oppostition towards the old, traditional islamic beliefs that are supported by Erdoğan’s current policy and system of governance. Kılıçdaroğlu himself has mentioned multiple times during these last months that if he actually wins in Turkey’s elections on May 14th, he will be a trustworthy member between Turkey and West’s discussions for a much better cooperative future and that his primary goal will be the restoration between Turkey and West World’s policies.
It is a shame for Turkey to withdraw from Eurovision
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu commented also on Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest, under Erdoğan’s rule in 2013, describing it as a shameful decision.
It is a shame for Turkey to withdraw from Eurovision. Our artists will go there, sing their songs and folk songs. Countries will vote, someone will win. This is a competition. Artists become even more popular by taking part in international competitions and by winning awards. That’s the proper form of a foreign policy.
To make a long story short, Turkey’s elections in spring seem to be of high importance regarding not only the serious political decisions for the people but also the country’s possible return in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Let’s keep in mind that Turkey last took part in 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, represented by Can Bonomo singing “Love Me Back” which came seventh at the end of the Grand Final. Take a look:
Would you like to see Turkey returning? Let us know in the comments below!
Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for even more!
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For yet another year, just some hours before the New Year, Eurovision TV reveales the 50 songs that got the most views throught the year, on the contest’s official YouTube channel.
On the list, there are 13 winning songs, while 23 more from the 40 songs that took part in Eurovision 2022.
Let’s see the songs that the TOP 50: Most watched in 2022 is consisted of:
50) Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad” – Latvia 2022
49) Efendi – “Mata Hari” – Azerbaijan 2021
48) Blind Channel – “Dark Side” – Finland 2021
47) Nadir Rustamli – “Fade To Black” – Azerbaijan 2022
46) Helena Paparizou – “My Number One” – Greece 2005
16) Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers – “Trenulețul” – Moldova 2022
15) S10 – “De Diepte” – Netherlands 2022
14) Mahmood & BLANCO – “Brividi” – Italy 2022
13) Ronela Hajati –“Sekret” – Albania 2022
12) Netta – “TOY” – Israel 2018
11) Rosa Linn – “Snap” – Armenia 2022
10)Konstrakta – ”In Corpore Sano” – Σερβία 2022
9)WRS – ”Llámame” – Ρουμανία 2022
8) Go_A – ”Shum” – Ουκρανία 2021
7)Alexander Rybak – ”Fairytale” – Νορβηγία 2009
6) Måneskin – ”Zitti E Buoni’‘ – Ιταλία 2021
5) Subwoolfer – ”Give That Wolf A Banana” – Νορβηγία 2022
4)Sam Ryder – ”SPACE MAN” – Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο 2022
3)Little Big – ”Uno” – Ρωσία 2020
2)Chanel – ”SloMo” – Ισπανία 2022
1)Kalush Orchestra – ”Stefania” – Ουκρανία 2022
What do you think of the TOP 50, do you agree with the results? Write us in the comments below!
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Eurovision Song Contest!
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Α revelation that shook the waters of the competition took place earlier today. The EBU has announced changes to the voting system of the Eurovision Song Contest.
One of the most important changes are that now only the public will choose the finalists in the two semi-finals, while now global viewers from countries all around the world that do not participate in the competition will also be able to vote!
The most important question is, What would have changed in the contest’s Semi-Finals if only the public chose the 10 finalists?
We will answer this question through this article, by seeing which countries would have qualified for the final from 2010 to 2022, if only the public vote was used, and which countries would have ultimately failed to qualify due to the lack of the juries.
Changes in the Results (2010-2022)
2010
In 2010, the system of 50% juries and 50% public vote, was applied for the first time in the Semi-Finals. There we find the first differences.
In the first Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Finland who finished sixth in the public vote, against Bosnia and Herzegovina who finished eleventh and were favored by the jury’s fifth place.
In the second Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Lithuania and Sweden, against Israel and Ireland. In addition, the winner of the Semi-Final would be Azerbaijan and not Turkey.
Which means Sweden wouldn’t have failed to qualify once in their history at the competition.
2011
In the first Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Armenia, Norway and Turkey, against Switzerland, Lithuania and Serbia. In fact, Lithuania was first by the juries and eleventh in the audience.
That means Turkey would have no non-qualifications in their history in the competition.
In the second Semi-Final, we would only have the qualification of Belarus, against the fan favorite that year, Estonia.
2012
Another year with huge changes in the results of the semi finals. In the first Semi-Final we would have Switzerland qualifying instead of Hungary.
In the second Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Bulgaria and the Netherlands, instead of Malta and Ukraine. Also, Norway was last in the jury vote and was saved by the public.
With these results, Ukraine would have lost the record as the only that has never failed to qualify for a final!
2013
Moving forward in 2013.
In the first Semi-Final, Croatia and Montenegro would have qualified against Estonia and Moldova. In fact, Moldova was third in the juries, while Montenegro was fourth in the audience.
In the second Semi-Final, Bulgaria and Switzerland would have qualified instead of Armenia and Georgia. While Romania would have been the winner of the semi final, instead of Azerbaijan.
2014
This year we can see two big changes. In the first Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Portugal instead of Azerbaijan, while in the second semi the qualification of Ireland, instead of Malta. In fact, Malta was third in the jury vote and twelfth in the public vote.
2015
In the first Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Finland, instead of Hungary, while in the second the Czech Republic instead of Azerbaijan.
2016
Moving on to the next year, in the first Semi-Final we would have seen the qualification of Bosnia-Herzegovina, instead of the Czech Republic and in the second Semi-Final we would have the qualification of North Macedonia and Belarus, instead of Georgia and Israel.
Τhe winner of the second semi final would have been Ukraine with Jamala, instead of Australia.
2017
In the first Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Finland instead of Australia, while in the second the qualification of Switzerland and Estonia, instead of Austria and Denmark. In fact, Australia was fifteenth in the audience and second in the juries.
2018
Let’s go to 2018 and see that in the first Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Greece and Yianna Terzi, instead of Eugent Bushpepa, from Albania. Also, the winner would be Eleni Foureira and not Netta.
In the second Semi-Final, we would have Poland qualifying instead of the Netherlands, while the winner of the Semi-Final would be Denmark and not Norway. In fact, Denmark was twelfth in the juries.
2019
We can see some changes in 2019 too.
Poland would once again go through to the final instead of Belarus, while the winner of the first Semi-Final would be Iceland rather than Australia.
In the second Semi-Final, Lithuania would have qualified instead of Denmark, while the winner of the Semi-Final would have been Norway and not the Netherlands.
2021
Eurovision Song Contest came back after one year and in the first Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Croatia with Albina, against Hooverphonic from Belgium. Finally, the winner of the Semi-Final would be Ukraine and not Malta.
In the second Semi-Final we would have the qualification of Denmark and Fyr og Flamme, against Anxhela Peristeri from Albania, while the winner of the Semi-Final was Finland, instead of Switzerland.
Last but not least we have this year’s edition of the contest. In the first Semi-Final, we would have seen the qualification of Ronela Hajati from Albania and not Marius Bear from Switzerland.
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Finally, in the second Semi-Final, we would have the qualification of Andromache (last in the jury vote), against Nadir Rustamli, who had zero points in the televoting.
Based on the above, we notice that the removal of the juries from the Semi-Finals, can change a lot in the Semi-Final score, with obvious results in the Final as well.
The countries that we would say are favored by this change are Lithuania and Poland, countries with a large diaspora across Europe. Also, this change could make it easier for Turkey to return to the Competition.
The Balkan countries Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, as well as Armenia, which has a strong diaspora, also benefit from the changes.
What are the implications?
Jury favourites, Azerbaijan, Australia and Malta seem to have some difficulty in the competition as their qualification in recent years has been largely down to the juries.
Ranking changes
Changes are also observed in the ranking. In particular, audiences seem to prefer funny presentations and ethnic and dance songs instead of ballads or vocally challenged entries in general that usually are more appreciated by the juries.
General Conclusion
With all the above, we can say that in 2023 the TV viewers seems to have the main responsibility with the results of the contest. Although, on the Grand Final we see the casual jurors deciding half of the results, things will changes dramatically since from this year the goal for a lot of countries will be to first reach the final by having a song that the public will support. This also means that EBU seems to want to attract more and more of the public attention, but what would happen if a lot of good entries stay out of the final and more and more “funny” songs qualify but the juries still ignore on their final voting?
What a country will have to do to win both is find the entry that can surprise both the viewers and the jurors on the final night.
Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all developments regarding the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurovision is heading to the third decade of the 21st century and it has clearly changed not only in comparison with the past, but also with the recent years. In this article we investigate how countries scored during the first 2 years of the 20s, as well as their average score.
As you can see below, we cannot identify a group of 5-6 performing performing always well, as it used to happen the last years. Only a few countries are consistently doing well, despite the fact that the scores studied are only of the last 2 years. Tougher competition, the success of the contest on social media (TikTok had a business partnership with the contest this year featuring exclusive clips of the first rehearsals on the platform), as well as the high interest by record labels are only some of the reasons why it is harder to perform consistently well, since entries are of higher lever than the past.
Lets see in detail the average score of the countries during this decade:
Country 2022 2021 Average
Ukraine 1 5 3
Italy 6 1 3,5
Greece 8 10 9
Sweden 4 14 9
Russia – 9 9
Switzerland 17 3 10
Moldova 7 13 10
Serbia 5 15 10
Portugal 9 12 10.5
Lithuania 14 8 11
France 24 2 13
Spain 3 24 13.5
Iceland 23 4 13.5
Finland 21 6 13.5
United Kingdom 2 26 14
Norway 10 18 14
The Netherlands 11 23 17
Azerbaijan 16 20 18
Belgium 19 19 19
Armenia 20 – 20
Malta 35 7 21
Estonia 13 31 22
Poland 12 33 22.5
Cyprus 29 16 22.5
Romania 18 28 23
Israel 30 17 23.5
Albania 28 21 24.5
Australia 15 34 24.5
Bulgaria 38 11 24.5
Germany 25 25 25
Croatia 26 27 26.5
St. Marino 33 22 27.5
Czech Republic 22 36 29
Denmark 31 29 30
North Macedonia 27 35 31
Austria 36 30 33
Ireland 34 37 35.5
Latvia 32 39 35.5
Slovenia 40 32 36
Montenegro 37 – 37
Georgia 39 38 38.5
As you can see in the table above, there are very few countries where the average of their positions in these two years is below 10. This proves how difficult it has become to be in the top ten. It is even more difficult to have continuous results within top 10, since only three countries have achieved this, Ukraine, Italy and Greece!
It is evident that Italy and Ukraine are the two powerhouses of the competition for this decade (so far). Sweden remains high on the list, but far from the first place it was in the last decade. Greece is recovering dynamically since it is in third place, when in the previous decade it was out of the 20s. Cyprus gets lower scores year by year, unfortunately making us believe that 2018 was just a coincidence and is currently in 24th place!
Regardless of personal taste and opinions, the numbers speak themselves and is clear that Ukraine, Italy and Greece are doing great during this decade. The new strategy of the management of ERT to chose the artist and the song internally, is proven to be successful, after years of bad results and 2 NQ (2016,2018).
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun because the journey to Eurovision 2023 has already begun!
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For the sixth consecutive year the second Network of Eurovision Song Contest fans ,the INFE Network, in cooperation with ESCToday, carries out the INFE Poll.
The members of the Network in the 22 local fan clubs, have already voted their favorite songs of Eurovision 2022 and with the help of ESCToday, announce their results.
Today, we have the results from INFE Turkey:
1 point goes to San Marino
2 points go to Australia
3 points go to Ukraine
4 points go to Poland
5 points go to The Netherlands
6 points go to Sweden
7 points go to Azerbaijan
8 points go to Albania
10 points go to Cyprus and
12 points go to… Spain
Chanel with Slomo, received 12 points from Turkey.
The overall results are as follows:
Sweden 46
Spain 44
Italy 43
United Kingdom 38
The Netherlands 29
Poland 23
Albania 17
Austria 15
Greece 15
Cyprus 14
Serbia 10
Ukraine 8
Azerbaijan 7
Finland 7
France 6
Belgium 5
Estonia 5
Czech Republic 4
Portugal 3
Australia 2
Malta 2
Germany 2
San Marino 1
Norway 1
Croatia 1
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the results of the INFE Poll 2022!
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On the last episode of Euro Trip, Jon Ola Sand, the ex-Executive Supervisor of Eurovision, talked about the possibility to see a debut of Kossovo or Kazakhstan but also for a returning country to come back any time soon.
At first, in his interview with the host of the show, he mentioned Kazakhstan and if the have chances to debut in Eurovision:
“There is a really keen interest from the broadcaster in Kazakhstan to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. There has never been any serious discussion to bring them in.They are not a member of the EBU, and we really don’t need to broaden our scope of participating countries in the Eurovision Song Contest.”
After that he talked about Kossovo and their chances of a debut, when he mentioned:
“There has been no attempt from the EBU to bring Kosovo into the Eurovision Song Contest. There have been discussions as a broadcaster, but they lack the status to allow them to compete.“
Australia have been an exception because the country’s public broadcaster SBS has competed in every edition of the competition since owing to its associate EBU membership.
Last but not least, he talked about the possibility to see Luxembourg, Andorra, Slovakia, Monaco or Turkey returning in Eurovision Song Contest:
“We had talks with all the broadcasters you mentioned . It hasn’t been a priority for us to bring them in. There isn’t a need to grow the number of participants. But Turkey would have a higher priority than say, Monaco for instance”
Jon Ola Sand served as Executive Supervisor between 2011 and 2020. Prior to this role he was Executive Producer for Eurovision when the contest was held in Oslo, Norway in 2010.
Stay tuned in Eurovisionfun for all the latest news of Eurovision!
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Through the official account of the Eurovision Contest on Twitter, a few minutes ago we had an important piece of information. The countries that will take part in Eurovision 2022, will be more than 40!
A few days ago again through Twitter, the Eurovision account asked fans how many countries they think will take part in Turin.
Soooo how many countries do you think will join the party in Turin 2022? 🎶🥳🇮🇹
The above practically means that apart from Montenegro, which has already announced its return to Eurovision 2022, but also Armenia, which, although it has not yet opened its papers, its participation in Junior Eurovision in December makes us almost sure that the Caucasian country will return. We may have other countries that will either return or make their debut in the contest that will take place next May in Turin.
Andorra, Monaco, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Hungary do not seem willing to return. On the other hand, Turkey has so far kept a low profile. However, the EBU’s announcement this summer, for discussions with the country’s public broadcaster regarding the possibility of its return, leaves some hope.
Soon, however, we will find out the full list of countries that will compete in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest and all our questions will be answered!
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments related to our favorite contest!
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Citi Zēni – “Eat Your Salad” – Latvia 2022 
Efendi – “Mata Hari” – Azerbaijan 2021
Blind Channel – “Dark Side” – Finland 2021
Helena Paparizou – “My Number One” – Greece 2005
Mor ve Ötesi – “Deli” – Turkey 2008
Marija Šerifović – “Molitva”– Serbia 2007
Lena – “Satellite” – Germany 2010
Måns Zelmerlöw – “Heroes”– Sweden 2015
Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira – “Run Away” – Moldova 2010
Mahmood – “Soldi” – Italy 2019
Jérémie Makiese – “Miss You” – Belgium 2022 
Ruslana – “Wild Dances” – Ukraine 2004
Sergey Lazarev – “You Are The Only One” – Russia 2016
MARO – “saudade, saudade” – Portugal 2022
Barbara Pravi – “Voilà” – France 2021
Ochman – “River” – Poland 2022
Eleni Foureira – “Fuego” – Cyprus 2018
Duncan Laurence – “Arcade” – Netherlands 2019
LUM!X feat. Pia Maria – “Halo” – Austria 2022
Ronela Hajati –“Sekret” – Albania 2022
Netta – “TOY” – Israel 2018
Rosa Linn – “Snap” – Armenia 2022
WRS – ”Llámame” – Ρουμανία 2022
Alexander Rybak – ”Fairytale” – Νορβηγία 2009
Sam Ryder – ”SPACE MAN” – Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο 2022
Chanel – ”SloMo” – Ισπανία 2022
