Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Grand Final Extended Voting Analysis

Host country: Sweden (SVT)
Venue: Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden
Hosts: Petra Mede, Malin Åkerman
Date: Saturday 11 May 2024

My main Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Grand Final review, including the opening act, songs, interval acts, jury voting and announcement of the televoting results is available here. This supplement is intended to be read in addition to, and not instead of, that report.

N.B. Any use of “tonight” or “this evening” throughout this post means Saturday 11 May 2024. Any use of “Tuesday” means Tuesday 7 May 2024, whereas any reference to “Thursday” means Thursday 9 May 2024. Any use of “this year” means 2024, whereas “last year” means 2023 and “next year” means 2025. All times in this post are in BST.

To make this report easier to read, I've split it into sections. Click the applicable link below to jump to the section you want to read:
Winner and Top Marks
Country Groups
Points to United Kingdom
Alternative Voting Presentation
Conclusion

Winner and Top Marks

Points Levels to Winner

Jury Voting

Switzerland, which won the jury vote, and was the overall winner, received points from 35 of the other 36 countries in the jury vote. The 22 countries which awarded 12 jury points to Switzerland were: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine. That alone amounted to 264 out of the 365 jury points which Switzerland received. 6 countries gave 10 jury points to Switzerland; those were: Australia, Belgium, Czechia, Serbia, Slovenia, United Kingdom. Another 7 countries gave between 5 and 7 jury points to Switzerland. Interestingly, no country gave 8 jury points to Switzerland, and no country gave Switzerland 1 to 4 jury points. Croatia was the only country (other than Switzerland itself) which gave no jury points to Switzerland.

The 2 countries which awarded 12 jury points to Croatia (which finished third in the jury vote and second overall) were: Cyprus and Serbia. 28 other countries gave between 1 and 10 jury points to Croatia. Amazingly, Croatia received more points from 10-point scores than 12-point scores, and more points from 8-point scores than 10-point scores, in the jury voting. The 5 countries which awarded 10 jury points to Croatia were: Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Malta, Sweden. The 9 countries which awarded 8 jury points to Croatia were: Australia, Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom; that alone amounted to 72 out of the 210 jury points which Croatia received. Interestingly, Croatia received no 5-point scores in the jury voting. 6 countries (other than Croatia itself) gave no jury points at all to Croatia, those being Belgium, Greece, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain.

The number of times Switzerland and Croatia received each particular points level (or no points at all) from the other juries is summarised in the following table:

Points level	Jury to Switzerland	Switzerland Pts	Jury to Croatia	Croatia Pts
0	1	0	6	0
1	0	0	1	1
2	0	0	2	4
3	0	0	1	3
4	0	0	3	12
5	3	15	0	0
6	2	12	5	30
7	2	14	2	14
8	0	0	9	72
10	6	60	5	50
12	22	264	2	24
TOTAL	36	365	36	210

Televoting

Switzerland, which finished fifth with 226 points in the televote (but won the jury vote, and was the overall winner) received just one 12 televote point score (which was from Ukraine), and just one 10 televote point score (which was from Azerbaijan). 34 other countries gave between 1 and 8 televote points to Switzerland. Amazingly, Switzerland received more points from 8-point scores than 12 and 10-point scores combined, more points from 7-point scores than 8-point scores, and more points from 6-point scores than 7-point scores, in the public vote. Altogether, Switzerland received 170 televote points from 8, 7 and 6-point scores, which was over three quarters of the 226 televote points they achieved altogether. In fact, the greatest number of individual scores to Switzerland, at one points level, was 11 sets of 6 televote points. This alone amounted to 66 of the 226 televote points which Switzerland received. The 11 countries which awarded 6 televote points to Switzerland were: Belgium, Cyprus, France, Iceland, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Rest of the World. Interestingly, Switzerland received at least one of each 1 to 12 points level on televoting. Israel was the only country (other than Switzerland itself) which gave no televote points at all to Switzerland.

Croatia, which won the televote and finished second overall, received points from all the other 37 countries (including Rest of the World) on televoting. The 9 countries which awarded 12 televote points to Croatia were: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia. That alone amounted to 108 out of the 337 televote points which Croatia received. Amazingly, Croatia received more points from 10-point scores than 12-point scores. In fact, the greatest number of individual scores to Croatia, at one points level, was 12 sets of 10 televote points, which amounted to a further 120 of the 337 televote points which Croatia received. The 12 countries which awarded 10 televote points to Croatia were: Australia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine. The remaining 16 countries gave between 5 and 8 televote points to Croatia. Interestingly, no country gave Croatia less than 5 televote points.

The number of times Switzerland and Croatia received each particular points level (or no points at all) in the televoting is summarised in the following table:

Points level	Tele to Switzerland	Switzerland Pts	Tele to Croatia	Croatia Pts
0	1	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0
2	1	2	0	0
3	1	3	0	0
4	2	8	0	0
5	4	20	4	20
6	11	66	1	6
7	8	56	5	35
8	6	48	6	48
10	1	10	12	120
12	1	12	9	108
TOTAL	37	226	37	337

Number of 12s Received

Jury Voting

9 of the 25 finalists received at least one 12-point vote from the juries. The number of 12-point votes received by each of those 9 countries from the juries is shown in the table below.

12 Points to	No of 12s Received	Total From 12s
Croatia	2	24
France	4	48
Greece	1	12
Ireland	1	12
Luxembourg	1	12
Portugal	3	36
Sweden	1	12
Switzerland	22	264
Ukraine	2	24
	37	444

Here, the country which received the highest number of 12-point scores (22 altogether) is clearly obvious: Switzerland. It’s hardly surprising Switzerland won the jury vote by a landslide, and ended up winning overall; the 264 jury points they received from that many 12-point scores amounted to 72.33% of their overall jury total of 365 points, and 44.67% of their overall total of 591 points. With 37 countries voting, and 22 sets of 12 jury points allocated to just one finalist, that left 15 sets of 12 jury points to share among the remaining finalists. France, which finished second in the jury vote, and fourth overall, received the second highest number of 12-point scores (4 altogether). The 48 jury points which France received, from 12-point scores, amounted to 22.02% of their jury total of 218 points. Portugal received the third highest number of 12-point scores (3 altogether), but finished just seventh in the jury vote, and tenth overall. Croatia and Ukraine each received two 12-point jury scores; Croatia finished third in the jury vote and second overall, whereas Ukraine finished fifth in the jury vote, and third overall. Four countries (Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden) each received just one 12-point score in the jury voting. Of those, Ireland finished sixth, and Sweden finished eighth, in the jury vote. However, Luxembourg finished eleventh, and Greece fourteenth, in the jury vote. This shows that one 12-point jury score wasn’t enough to guarantee a top ten placing in the jury voting.

Televoting

10 of the 25 finalists received at least one 12-point vote from the televoting. The number of 12-point votes received by each of those 10 countries in the televoting is shown in the table below.

12 Points to	No of 12s Received	Total From 12s
Croatia	9	108
Cyprus	1	12
Estonia	1	12
France	1	12
Greece	1	12
Israel	15	180
Luxembourg	1	12
Serbia	1	12
Switzerland	1	12
Ukraine	7	84
	38	456

Here, the country which received the highest number of 12-point scores (15 altogether) is clearly obvious: Israel. The 180 televote points they received from that many 12-point scores amounted to 55.73% of their televote total of 323 points. However, Israel finished just second in the televote, and fifth overall. Croatia, which won the televote, and finished second overall, received the second highest number of 12-point scores (9 altogether); the 108 televote points they received from those 12-point scores amounted to 32.05% of their winning televote total of 337 points. This shows that, on this occasion, receiving the most 12-point televote scores wasn’t enough for Israel to win the public vote, and that Croatia managed to win the public vote, despite receiving only the second highest number of 12-point televote scores. It’s worth pointing out that, a) there was only a) there was only a 14-point separation between first-placed Croatia and second-placed Israel in the public vote, and that b) Croatia received 12 sets of 10 points, whereas Israel received 7 sets of 10 points, in the public vote. Ukraine, which received the third highest number of 12-point televote scores (7 altogether), ended up third in the televote and third overall.

With 38 countries voting (including Rest of the World), and 31 sets of 12-point scores allocated to the top three finalists in the televote, that left just 7 sets of 12-point scores for other finalists. In fact, those remaining seven sets of 12 televote points went to seven separate countries (Cyprus, Estonia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Serbia, Switzerland). France finished fourth, Switzerland fifth and Greece eighth, in the public vote. However, Cyprus, Estonia, Serbia and Luxembourg all ended up below the top ten in the public vote. Clearly one 12-point televote score wasn’t enough to guarantee a top ten placing in the televoting.

All 12 Points

Jury Voting

The complete list of 12 jury point scores, and jury points awarded to Switzerland (jury vote winner and overall winner) and Croatia (jury vote third place and second place overall) is shown below.

#	From Country	12 Points to	Switzerland	Croatia
8	Albania	Switzerland	12	3
16	Armenia	France	7	6
11	Australia	Ireland	10	8
24	Austria	Switzerland	12	8
4	Azerbaijan	Switzerland	12	4
29	Belgium	France	10	0
7	Croatia	Portugal	0	0
34	Cyprus	Croatia	6	12
9	Czechia	Ukraine	10	2
12	Denmark	Switzerland	12	8
22	Estonia	Switzerland	12	8
27	Finland	Switzerland	12	10
25	France	Portugal	5	2
18	Georgia	Switzerland	12	1
15	Germany	Sweden	5	6
21	Greece	Switzerland	12	0
30	Iceland	France	6	10
32	Ireland	Switzerland	12	7
10	Israel	Luxembourg	5	4
26	Italy	Switzerland	12	8
31	Latvia	Switzerland	12	6
35	Lithuania	Switzerland	12	10
3	Luxembourg	Switzerland	12	6
6	Malta	Switzerland	12	10
20	Moldova	Ukraine	7	8
23	Netherlands	Switzerland	12	7
14	Norway	Switzerland	12	0
33	Poland	Switzerland	12	8
28	Portugal	Switzerland	12	0
5	San Marino	Switzerland	12	0
36	Serbia	Croatia	10	12
17	Slovenia	France	10	6
13	Spain	Switzerland	12	0
37	Sweden	Switzerland	12	10
19	Switzerland	Greece	0	8
1	Ukraine	Switzerland	12	4
2	United Kingdom	Portugal	10	8
	TOTAL		365	210

Televoting

The complete list of 12 televote point scores, and televote points awarded to Switzerland (televote fifth place and overall winner) and Croatia (televote winner and second place overall) is shown below.

#	From Country	12 Points to	Switzerland	Croatia
8	Albania	Croatia	3	12
16	Armenia	France	8	7
11	Australia	Israel	7	10
24	Austria	Croatia	8	12
4	Azerbaijan	Croatia	10	12
29	Belgium	Israel	6	8
7	Croatia	Serbia	1	0
34	Cyprus	Greece	6	5
9	Czechia	Ukraine	7	8
12	Denmark	Croatia	5	12
22	Estonia	Ukraine	7	10
27	Finland	Israel	8	10
25	France	Israel	6	7
18	Georgia	Ukraine	7	5
15	Germany	Israel	7	10
21	Greece	Cyprus	8	6
30	Iceland	Croatia	6	12
32	Ireland	Croatia	6	12
10	Israel	Luxembourg	0	5
26	Italy	Israel	7	8
31	Latvia	Estonia	4	5
35	Lithuania	Ukraine	8	10
3	Luxembourg	Israel	2	10
6	Malta	Ukraine	6	10
20	Moldova	Ukraine	5	7
23	Netherlands	Israel	7	10
14	Norway	Croatia	6	12
33	Poland	Ukraine	8	10
28	Portugal	Israel	6	7
5	San Marino	Israel	5	8
36	Serbia	Croatia	6	12
17	Slovenia	Croatia	4	12
13	Spain	Israel	6	8
37	Sweden	Israel	7	10
19	Switzerland	Israel	0	10
1	Ukraine	Switzerland	12	10
2	United Kingdom	Israel	5	7
38	Rest of the World	Israel	6	8
	TOTAL		226	337

24 Points

Obviously, the maximum combined score a country can give to, or receive from another country is 24 points, that being 12 jury points and 12 televoting points. 6 of the 37 voting countries gave their 12 jury points and 12 televoting points to the same finalist, those being:

From Country	12+12 Points to
Armenia	France
Czechia	Ukraine
Israel	Luxembourg
Moldova	Ukraine
Serbia	Croatia
Ukraine	Switzerland

N.B. This year it was not possible for Rest of the World to give 24 points to a finalist country as this was an international online vote only (part of the public vote); there was no Rest of the World jury vote on this occasion.

As a result, just 5 countries (Croatia, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Ukraine) received at least one set of 12 jury points + 12 televoting points. The number of 12 jury points + 12 televoting points received by those 5 receiving countries is summarised in the table below. This time no country received more than two 24-point combined scores.

12+12 Points to	No of 24s Received	Total from 24s
Croatia	1	24
France	1	24
Luxembourg	1	24
Switzerland	1	24
Ukraine	2	48
	6	144

Ukraine, which received the most 24-point combined scores (2 altogether) finished fifth in the jury vote, third in the televote and third overall. This shows that, on this occasion, getting the most 24-point combined scores wasn’t enough to win either half of the voting, let alone overall. Switzerland managed to win the jury vote and be the overall winner, and Croatia managed to win the public vote, and finish second overall, despite receiving just one 24-point combined score. The lowest placed country of these five, Luxembourg, ended up just thirteenth overall. Clearly, receiving one 24-point combined score from another country wasn’t enough to guarantee a top ten, let alone a top five place, in the overall results.

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Country Groups

Now for a look at points awarded within certain groups of countries. N.B. In the following tables, boxes for a particular country to itself (e.g., from Finland to Finland) are marked “n/a” rather than 0, as no country can vote for itself.

Nordic Area

Sweden, as the host country, was automatically in the Grand Final this year. Two of the remaining four Nordic countries (Finland, Norway) qualified for the Grand Final this year via the semi-finals, but all five Nordic countries voted in the final as follows. Denmark and Iceland, which were eliminated in the semi-finals, could only give and not receive points this time.

Jury Voting

From Country	Jury to Finland	Jury to Norway	Jury to Sweden
Denmark	0	0	5
Finland	n/a	2	7
Iceland	0	0	1
Norway	0	n/a	3
Sweden	0	0	n/a
Group Total	0	2	16
Overall Jury Total	7	12	125
% of Jury Total	0.00%	16.67%	12.80%

Anyone expecting high jury points to be exchanged in the Nordic area must have been disappointed this year, because the highest individual jury score from one Nordic country to another was 7 jury points from Finland to Sweden. In fact, Sweden did best in this group, because they received points from each of the other Nordic countries. Even so, Sweden collected just 16 jury points within this group, which was only a third of the maximum they could have achieved within this group. Most of Sweden’s 125 jury points had to come from outside this group. Norway received just 2 jury points from Finland, and no jury points from the other members of this group. Although Norway ended up with the highest percentage of their jury total, it must be remembered Norway’s jury total was just 12 points. When a country has such tiny scores, analysing its results in this way is rather meaningless. In any case, Norway’s remaining 10 jury points (five sixths of their jury total) had to come from outside this group. Finland received no jury points at all from the other four Nordic countries, so the 7 jury points that Finland ended up with all had to come from outside the Nordic area. This clearly shows that the Nordic countries don’t necessarily give their highest jury scores to each other, and that a Nordic finalist isn’t automatically guaranteed jury points from other Nordic countries.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Finland	Tele to Norway	Tele to Sweden
Denmark	2	0	6
Finland	n/a	1	0
Iceland	1	0	7
Norway	1	n/a	10
Sweden	5	0	n/a
Group Total	9	1	23
Overall Tele Total	31	4	49
% of Tele Total	29.03%	25.00%	46.94%

Nearly twice as many televote points were exchanged among the Nordic countries compared to jury points. Even so, the highest individual televote score from one Nordic country to another was 10 televote points from Norway to Sweden. Once again, Sweden did best here, both in terms of group total (23) and percentage of its overall televote total (49). That said, Sweden still had to get over half of its televote points from outside the Nordic area. Interestingly, Sweden received no televote points from Finland. Finland was the only Nordic country to receive televote points from every other Nordic country, but the televote points Finland received from Denmark, Iceland and Norway were all very low. As a result, Finland collected 9 televote points within this group, which was less than three tenths of Finland’s televote total of 31 points. Consequently, Finland had to obtain over seven tenths of its televote points from outside this group. Norway received just 1 televote point from Finland, and none from the other members of this group. Although getting a quarter of their televote total here sounds impressive, one must remember Norway ended up with a disappointing televote total of just 4 points. When a country has such tiny scores, analysing its results in this way is rather meaningless. Once again, this table shows that the Nordic countries don’t necessarily give their highest televote scores to each other, and that a Nordic finalist isn’t automatically guaranteed televote points from other Nordic countries.

Baltic States (Ex USSR)

All three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) qualified for the Grand Final this year. The upshot of this was Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were able to give each other jury and televoting points.

Jury Voting

From Country	Jury to Estonia	Jury to Latvia	Jury to Lithuania
Estonia	n/a	1	2
Latvia	0	n/a	0
Lithuania	0	0	n/a
Group Total	0	1	2
Overall Jury Total	4	36	32
% of Jury Total	0.00%	2.78%	6.25%

Anyone expecting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to each give their top two jury points to the applicable other two members of this group must have been disappointed this year. The only country to give jury points at all to other members of this group was Estonia, which gave 1 to Latvia and 2 to Lithuania. In other words, Estonia gave its bottom two jury scores within this group. Latvia and Lithuania gave no jury points at all to their applicable other two countries in this group. The upshot of this is, Estonia scored no points within this group, so the 4 jury points they ended up with (last place in the jury vote) all had to come from outside this group. Latvia and Lithuania, whose jury totals were in the 30s, had to get most of their jury points from outside this group.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Estonia	Tele to Latvia	Tele to Lithuania
Estonia	n/a	3	4
Latvia	12	n/a	8
Lithuania	6	4	n/a
Group Total	18	7	12
Overall Tele Total	33	28	58
% of Tele Total	54.55%	25.00%	20.69%

All three Baltic nations gave some televote points to the applicable other two members of this group. However, the televote points exchanged between pairs of countries in this group varied considerably. Latvia was most generous here; they gave 12 televote points to Estonia and 8 televote points to Lithuania. The lowest individual televote score was 3 points from Estonia to Latvia. This clearly shows that the three Baltic countries don’t necessarily give their top two televote points to the other members of this group when they have the chance to. As the table shows, Estonia did best in terms of televote points received within this group; their group total of 18 televote points was over half their televote total of 33 points. Even so, the rest of their televote points still had to come from outside this group. Lithuania, which achieved the highest overall televote total of this group (58 televote points), scored just 12 televote points within this group, so nearly four fifths of their televote points had to come from outside the Baltic area.

Nordic and Baltic

Things get even more interesting when the Nordic and Baltic countries are analysed together as one group, because it’s possible to see how Nordic countries favour (or not favour) Baltic countries and vice versa.

Jury Voting

From Country	Jury to Estonia	Jury to Finland	Jury to Latvia	Jury to Lithuania	Jury to Norway	Jury to Sweden
Denmark	0	0	4	0	0	5
Estonia	n/a	0	1	2	0	6
Finland	0	n/a	0	0	2	7
Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	1
Latvia	0	0	n/a	0	0	5
Lithuania	0	0	0	n/a	2	5
Norway	0	0	0	0	n/a	3
Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	n/a
Group Total	0	0	5	2	4	32
Overall Jury Total	4	7	36	32	12	125
% of Jury Total	0.00%	0.00%	13.89%	6.25%	33.33%	25.60%

From this table, it can be clearly seen that Estonia and Finland both scored no jury points in this combined area, just like in they did in the separate Baltic and Nordic areas respectively. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that Finland (and perhaps other Nordic countries) would give some jury points to Estonia, and at least one of the three Baltic countries would give some jury points to Finland. The only exchange of jury points from a Nordic country to a Baltic country was 4 jury points from Denmark to Latvia. As for jury points from Baltic to Nordic countries, Lithuania gave 2 jury points to Norway, and all three Baltic countries gave some jury points to Sweden. As a result, Sweden received a total of 16 from the three Baltic countries, which together with Sweden’s 16 jury points from the Nordic countries, meant Sweden scored a total of 32 jury points in this combined area; by far the front runner here. Even so, that was just over a quarter of their overall jury total of 125 points, so nearly three quarters of their jury points still had to come from outside the Nordic and Baltic areas.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Estonia	Tele to Finland	Tele to Latvia	Tele to Lithuania	Tele to Norway	Tele to Sweden
Denmark	0	2	4	1	0	6
Estonia	n/a	8	3	4	0	1
Finland	7	n/a	0	0	1	0
Iceland	0	1	0	4	0	7
Latvia	12	1	n/a	8	0	0
Lithuania	6	0	4	n/a	0	1
Norway	0	1	2	3	n/a	10
Sweden	0	5	0	3	0	n/a
Group Total	25	18	13	23	1	25
Overall Tele Total	33	31	28	58	4	49
% of Tele Total	75.76%	58.06%	46.43%	39.66%	25.00%	51.02%

Finland gave 7 televote points to Estonia, and Estonia gave 8 televote points to Finland, which was hardly surprising. In fact, these were the highest individual televote scores from a Nordic to a Baltic, and a Baltic to a Nordic country, respectively this year. Interestingly though, Finland was the only Nordic country which gave televote points to Estonia, but none to Latvia or Lithuania. Altogether Finland scored 18 televote points within this combined area, which was nearly three fifths of their televote total of 31 points. Even so, Finland still had to get over two fifths of their televote points from outside the Nordic and Baltic areas. Estonia scored 25 televote points within this combined area, which was 75.76% (the highest percentage of overall televote total for the receiving countries shown here), or just over three quarters, out of their televote total of 33 points. Although that was an impressive achievement in itself, Estonia still had to get nearly a quarter of their televote points elsewhere.

The other four Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) all gave some televote points to Lithuania, albeit low scores (4 or less each). Altogether, Lithuania received 11 televote points from Nordic countries, making Lithuania the Baltic country to receive the most televote points from Nordic countries. However, Lithuania’s group total of 23 points from Nordic and Baltic countries was just under two fifths of their televote total of 58 points, so Lithuania had to get just over three fifths of their televote points elsewhere. Estonia and Lithuania each gave 1 televote point to Sweden, but none of the three Baltic nations gave televote points to Norway.

Benelux

The only country from this group, whose entry was performed in the Grand Final, was Luxembourg. The Netherlands qualified from the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Second Semi-Final, but was subsequently disqualified on the morning of the Grand Final. Belgium failed to qualify. Nonetheless, Belgium and the Netherlands still voted in the Grand Final, but they could only give and not receive jury and televoting points.

Jury Voting

From Country	Jury to Luxembourg
Belgium	0
Luxembourg	n/a
Netherlands	0
Group Total	0
Overall Jury Total	83
% of Jury Total	0.00%

Neither Belgium nor the Netherlands gave any jury points to Luxembourg. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that Luxembourg would automatically get 12 jury points from both Belgium and the Netherlands. The upshot of this was, Luxembourg had to get all its jury points from outside this group. Obviously, Luxembourg was unable to give any jury points to Belgium or the Netherlands. For the record, Luxembourg gave its 12 jury points to Switzerland.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Luxembourg
Belgium	1
Luxembourg	n/a
Netherlands	0
Group Total	1
Overall Tele Total	20
% of Tele Total	5.00%

Things weren’t much better for Luxembourg in the public vote. As this table shows, Belgium gave just 1 televote point to Luxembourg, and the Netherlands gave no televote points to Luxembourg. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that Luxembourg would automatically get 12 televote points from both Belgium and the Netherlands. The upshot of this was, Luxembourg had to get all bar one of its televote points from outside this group. Obviously, Luxembourg was unable to give any televote points to Belgium or the Netherlands. For the record, Luxembourg gave its 12 televote points to Israel.

Ex-Yugoslavia

Only three of the former Yugoslav countries (Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia) entered this year, but this was a lucky year for them in that all three of them qualified for the Grand Final. The upshot of this was Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia were able to give each other jury and televoting points.

Jury Voting

From Country	Jury to Croatia	Jury to Serbia	Jury to Slovenia
Croatia	n/a	3	10
Serbia	12	n/a	0
Slovenia	6	4	n/a
Group Total	18	7	10
Overall Jury Total	210	22	15
% of Jury Total	8.57%	31.82%	66.67%

Unsurprisingly, Serbia gave 12 jury points to Croatia. However, this was the only exchange of 12 jury points within the former Yugoslav area. Croatia gave 10 jury points to Slovenia, but Serbia gave no jury points to Slovenia. Serbia received just 3 jury points from Croatia and 4 jury points from Slovenia. This clearly shows that the ex-Yugoslav countries don’t necessarily give each other high jury points. In terms of group total, Croatia did best here, scoring 18 jury points within this area. However, that was less than an eleventh of their overall jury total of 210 points, so most of their jury points had to come from outside the former Yugoslav area. Slovenia scored 10 jury points within the former Yugoslav area. Although that was an impressive sounding two thirds of their overall jury total, it must be remembered they ended up with just 15 jury points after all 37 countries had announced their jury scores. In any case, Slovenia still had to get had to get their remaining 5 jury points (the remaining third) from outside this group.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Croatia	Tele to Serbia	Tele to Slovenia
Croatia	n/a	12	10
Serbia	12	n/a	2
Slovenia	12	5	n/a
Group Total	24	17	12
Overall Tele Total	337	32	12
% of Tele Total	7.12%	53.13%	100.00%

Unsurprisingly, both Serbia and Slovenia gave their 12 televote points to Croatia. The upshot of this is, Croatia achieved this year’s maximum possible total of 24 televote points within this group. Even so, that was less than a fourteenth of their winning televote score of 337 points. Consequently, most of their televote points had to come from outside the former Yugoslav area. In return, Croatia gave its top two televote scores to the other members of this group, that being 12 to Serbia and 10 to Slovenia. One might have expected Serbia and Slovenia to have given each other 10 televote points but that wasn’t the case. As the table shows, Serbia gave just 2 televote points to Slovenia; this was the lowest individual televote score between two countries in this group.

The 17 televote points which Serbia received within this group were over half their overall televote score of 32 televote points. Even so, nearly half their televote points still had to come from outside the former Yugoslav area. Perhaps the most concerning country here is Slovenia. Their group total, 12 televote points, wasn’t just the lowest group total here, but it equalled their overall televote score. In other words, Slovenia received all its televote points within this area. No other country was willing to give televote points to Slovenia.

English Speaking Countries

Another group worth looking at here are the English-speaking countries Australia, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom. Within this group, the United Kingdom automatically qualified for the Grand Final as a Big Five member. Of the other three countries, which took part in the semi-finals, Ireland qualified for the Grand Final, whereas Australia and Malta failed to qualify. Of course, Australia and Malta still voted in the Grand Final, but could only give and not receive jury and televoting points in the final.

Jury Voting

From Country	Jury to Ireland	Jury to United Kingdom
Australia	12	4
Ireland	n/a	4
Malta	7	0
United Kingdom	7	n/a
Group Total	26	8
Overall Jury Total	142	46
% of Jury Total	18.31%	17.39%

One particularly notable pairing, within this group, is between the United Kingdom and Ireland. The United Kingdom gave 7 jury points to Ireland and Ireland gave 4 jury points to the United Kingdom. Evidently, the United Kingdom and Ireland don’t necessarily give each other 12 jury points when they have the chance to. Only one set of 12 jury points was given within this group; that being from Australia to Ireland. Altogether, Ireland scored 26 jury points, and the United Kingdom scored 8 jury points, within this group. Even so, both of those countries had to get over four fifths of their jury points from outside this group.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Ireland	Tele to United Kingdom
Australia	8	0
Ireland	n/a	0
Malta	4	0
United Kingdom	10	n/a
Group Total	22	0
Overall Tele Total	136	0
% of Tele Total	16.18%	Incalculable

The United Kingdom received no televote points at all, let alone within this group. This clearly shows that the United Kingdom cannot rely on Australia, Ireland or Malta to get some televote points. The highest individual televote score from one country to another, within this group, was 10 televote points from the United Kingdom to Ireland. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that the United Kingdom would automatically give 12 televote points to Ireland. Australia and Malta also gave some televote points to Ireland, as shown in the table. Altogether, Ireland scored 22 televote points within this group. Even so, this was less than a sixth of their televote total of 136 points, so Ireland had to get over five sixths of their televote points from outside this group.

Central Europe

Another group is the Central European countries Austria, Czechia, Germany, Poland, Slovenia and Switzerland (Hungary and Slovakia didn’t enter this year). Within this group, Germany automatically qualified for the Grand Final as a Big Five member. Of the other five countries which took part in the semi-finals, Austria, Slovenia and Switzerland qualified for the Grand Final, whereas Czechia and Poland failed to qualify. The upshot of this was, Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Switzerland were all able to exchange jury points and televote points among each other in the Grand Final. Czechia and Poland could only give, and not receive, jury points and televote points in the Grand Final.

Jury Voting

From Country	Jury to Austria	Jury to Germany	Jury to Slovenia	Jury to Switzerland
Austria	n/a	0	0	12
Czechia	0	5	0	10
Germany	0	n/a	0	5
Poland	0	4	0	12
Slovenia	0	0	n/a	10
Switzerland	0	0	0	n/a
Group Total	0	9	0	49
Overall Jury Total	19	99	15	365
% of Jury Total	0.00%	9.09%	0.00%	13.42%

This group seems a bit more complicated with countries favouring one another. It’s hardly surprising the clear front runner here was Switzerland, which won the jury vote by a landslide. As the table shows, Switzerland received jury points from every other country in this group. However, only two other countries within this group (Austria and Poland) gave 12 jury points to Switzerland. Both Czechia and Slovenia gave 10 jury points to Switzerland, and Germany gave just 5 jury points to Switzerland. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that Switzerland would get 12 jury points from every other country in this group. Altogether, Switzerland scored 49 jury points within this group, but that was less than a seventh of their winning jury score of 365 points. Therefore, over six sevenths Switzerland’s jury points, including 20 of their 22 sets of 12 jury points, had to come from outside this group.

Germany scored just 9 out of 99 jury points within this group, so most of their jury points jury points from outside this group. Austria and Slovenia received no jury points within this group, so all their jury points (small as their jury totals were) had to come from elsewhere.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Austria	Tele to Germany	Tele to Slovenia	Tele to Switzerland
Austria	n/a	4	0	8
Czechia	0	0	0	7
Germany	0	n/a	0	7
Poland	0	0	0	8
Slovenia	0	0	n/a	4
Switzerland	0	3	0	n/a
Group Total	0	7	0	34
Overall Tele Total	5	18	12	226
% of Tele Total	0.00%	38.89%	0.00%	15.04%

Once again, Switzerland (televote fifth place and overall winner) received televote points from every other country in this group. However, the highest televote scores Switzerland received, within this group, were 8 televote points from Austria and 8 televote points from Poland. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that Switzerland would have received 12 (or perhaps 10) televote points from every other country in this group. Altogether, Switzerland scored 34 televote points within this group, but that was less than a sixth of their overall televote total of 226. Consequently, over five sixths of Switzerland’s televote points had to come from outside this group.

Germany received televote points from Austria and Switzerland, but none from Czechia, Poland and Slovenia. This is interesting; Austria and Switzerland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in the 1950s, just like Germany, whereas Czechia, Poland and Slovenia are among the “new generation” participants which debuted in the 1990s or later. Altogether, Germany scored 7 televote points within this group, but that was less than two fifths of their overall televote total of 18 points. Although Germany’s overall televote total was somewhat disappointing, they still had to get over three fifths of their televote points from outside Central Europe. Austria and Slovenia received no televote points within this group, so all their televote points (tiny as their televote totals were) had to come from elsewhere. As already stated in the Ex-Yugoslavia Televoting section, Slovenia received all its televote points from Croatia and Serbia.

Other

Spain gave 3 jury points to Portugal and no televote points to Portugal. Portugal gave no jury points to Spain and 3 televote points to Spain. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that Spain and Portugal would give each other 12 jury points and 12 televote points. For the record, both Spain and Portugal gave their 12 jury points to Switzerland and their 12 televote points to Israel.

Perhaps the biggest shock, during the presentation of the jury results, was seeing Greece give 10 jury points to Cyprus, and Cyprus give just 7 jury points to Greece. Clearly, Greece and Cyprus don’t necessarily give each other 12 jury points when they have the chance to. For the record, Greece gave its 12 jury points to Switzerland, and Cyprus gave its 12 jury points to Croatia. However, Greece and Cyprus gave each other 12 televote points, which was hardly surprising.

Moldova failed to qualify for the Grand Final, whereas Romania and Bulgaria didn’t enter at all this year. Nonetheless, Moldova still voted in the Grand Final; they gave their 12 jury points and 12 televote points to Ukraine.

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Points to United Kingdom

10 countries gave jury points to the United Kingdom, as follows:

From Country	Points to UK
Iceland	8
Sweden	8
Belgium	6
Australia	4
Ireland	4
Portugal	4
Serbia	4
Latvia	3
Switzerland	3
Spain	2
TOTAL	46

No country gave any televote points to the United Kingdom, therefore the United Kingdom finished last with zero points in the public vote.

The number of times the United Kingdom received each particular points level in the jury voting and televoting is summarised in the following table:

Points level	Jury to United Kingdom	United Kingdom Pts	Tele to United Kingdom	United Kingdom Pts
0	26	0	37	0
1	0	0	0	0
2	1	2	0	0
3	2	6	0	0
4	4	16	0	0
5	0	0	0	0
6	1	6	0	0
7	0	0	0	0
8	2	16	0	0
10	0	0	0	0
12	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	36	46	37	0

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Alternative Voting Presentation

During the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Grand Final, the jury voting points from each of the participating 37 countries (including the 11 non-qualifiers) were presented in the traditional way, i.e. for each country the 1 to 10 point scores were displayed on screen when the spokesperson appeared, added to the scoreboard as a block and the spokesperson announced the 12-point score. The voting order was: Ukraine, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, San Marino, Malta, Croatia, Albania, Czechia, Israel, Australia, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Germany, Armenia, Slovenia, Georgia, Switzerland, Moldova, Greece, Estonia, Netherlands, Austria, France, Italy, Finland, Portugal, Belgium, Iceland, Latvia, Ireland, Poland, Cyprus, Lithuania, Serbia, Sweden.

This whole process took about 38 minutes. After a short break, Malin and Petra announced the televoting totals for each of the 25 finalists, one by one, starting with the country which had the lowest jury score (Estonia) and finishing with the country with the highest jury score (Switzerland). Each time, Green Room shots of the applicable artists were shown. This process, from start to finish, took about 19 minutes.

Televote Totals Last to First

What if, after the 37 countries’ jury points had been put on the scoreboard in the manner they were (from Ukraine to Sweden), the televote totals had been announced in the way they were from 2016 to 2018 inclusive, going from the finalist that finished last in the televote to the finalist that finished first in the televote? For this description, I've started with the final jury scoreboard, as it appeared when all 37 sets of jury points had been put on the scoreboard.

1	Switzerland	365	14	Greece	41
2	France	218	15	Latvia	36
3	Croatia	210	16	Cyprus	34
4	Italy	164	17	Lithuania	32
5	Ukraine	146	18	Serbia	22
6	Ireland	142	19	Spain	19
7	Portugal	139	20	Austria	19
8	Sweden	125	21	Georgia	15
9	Armenia	101	22	Slovenia	15
10	Germany	99	23	Norway	12
11	Luxembourg	83	24	Finland	7
12	Israel	52	25	Estonia	4
13	United Kingdom	46

Afterwards Malin and Petra would have announced the televote totals for each of the 25 finalists, starting with the bottom 15 from 25th to 11th, in rapid succession, as follows. N.B. I have simulated the procedure by inserting the televote totals alongside the jury totals into a spreadsheet and sorting it as each televote total was added. This is how I've been able to describe country movements on the scoreboard. To see all the simultaneous movements by multiple counties as each televote total would have been read out, one would need an animated graphic simulation of the scoreboard. Comments that Graham Norton might have said are shown in square brackets.

0 points to the United Kingdom (keeping them in 13th place for now). [Oh, that is brutal. Well done for clapping Olly, well done for smiling. Not popular in the Arena. I don’t know why that happened; really, really unfortunate.]
4 points to Norway (taking them to 21st place initially). [It is harsh, but it’s over, it happened, here we go.]
5 points to Austria (taking them to 18th place initially). [Oh, poor old Austria, poor old Kaleen, she gave a great performance there, but …]
11 points to Spain (taking them to 18th place initially). [I thought that might do better in the public vote, but no.]
12 points to Slovenia (taking them to 19th place initially).
13 points to Portugal (taking them to 5th place initially). [Ooh, the public did not like Portugal. That’s got to hurt, after they did so well with the juries.]
18 points to Germany (taking them to 9th place initially). [Another disappointing score, after they did quite well with the juries. Still, it’s more than Olly.]
19 points to Georgia (taking them to 16th place initially).
20 points to Luxembourg (taking them to 10th place initially).
28 points to Latvia (taking them to 12th place initially). [Good for Dons, and his song “Hollow”. He’s on the left-hand side now, but he won’t stay there.]
31 points to Finland (taking them to 16th place initially). [I thought they’d have got more than that from the public, but no. Still, that moves them up a fair few places for now.]
32 points to Serbia (taking them to 13th place initially). [A reasonable score from the public for them, it’s more than they got from the juries. That puts them on the left-hand side for now, but they won’t stay there.]
33 points to Estonia (taking them to 18th place initially). [Well, the public liked their song more than the juries. That moves Estonia up a fair few places for now, but it means Norway are now last.]
44 points to Cyprus (taking them to 12th place initially). [OK. That puts them on the left-hand side for now, but they won’t stay there.]
49 points to Sweden (taking them to 4th place initially). [Ooh, performing first, always difficult, but not a bad result for Sweden; whatever happens next, they should finish on the left-hand side.]

The scoreboard would have looked like this after the bottom 15 televote totals were announced (countries which had already received their televote totals are in bold).

1	Switzerland	365	14	Serbia	54
2	France	218	15	Israel	52
3	Croatia	210	16	United Kingdom	46
4	Sweden	174	17	Greece	41
5	Italy	164	18	Finland	38
6	Portugal	152	19	Estonia	37
7	Ukraine	146	20	Georgia	34
8	Ireland	142	21	Lithuania	32
9	Germany	117	22	Spain	30
10	Luxembourg	103	23	Slovenia	27
11	Armenia	101	24	Austria	24
12	Cyprus	78	25	Norway	16
13	Latvia	64

N.B. By now, 319 televote points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 1885 televote points to share among the top ten countries of the televote. However, the minimum any one of the ten remaining countries could have received would have been 49 televote points (just like Sweden).

The countries placed 10th to 4th would have been announced at a much slower pace. Malin and Petra would (almost certainly) have announced the recipients of the top ten televote totals in turn. Each time the applicable country's score would have been updated and repositioned on the scoreboard, and viewers would have seen a brief shot of the applicable artist in the Green Room. Graham Norton might have admitted to UK viewers that he had already worked out that, whatever happened next, the UK was going to end up 18th.

The country that got the 10th highest score, with 58 points is Lithuania (taking them to 12th place initially). [Well, that’s the biggest score so far, but it’s low for tenth place in the public vote.]
The country that got the 9th highest score, with 82 points is Armenia (taking them to 4th place initially). [Good for them. We’re now into the 80s, but that’s still quite low for ninth place in the public vote.]
The country that got the 8th highest score, with 85 points is Greece (taking them to 10th place initially). [Well done, but that’s another score in the 80s. It does mean we (the UK) are now in our final position of 18th.]
The country that got the 7th highest score, with 104 points is Italy (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Not too shabby, but not a winning number. At last, we have a score over 100, but only just.]
The country that got the 6th highest score, with 136 points is Ireland (taking them to 2nd place initially). [A pretty decent score from the public for Ireland; that takes them to second place for now. A great showing for Bambie Thug. Still, I’ve known considerably higher scores for sixth place in the public vote. It seems that the really big public vote scores have all gone to the top five songs. We shall soon see.]
The country that got the 5th highest score, with 226 points is Switzerland (keeping them in 1st place for now). [Well, this is interesting. We’re now into the 200s, but is that enough to win? Considering we had all those low scores earlier, and just two in the 100s, it’s likely there are some really big scores from the public for the top four countries. France or Croatia could well get enough to pip Nemo at the post.]
The country that got the 4th highest score, with 227 points is France (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Not enough to get to the top of the leader board, in second place for now; a great result for France, the best they’ve done since Barbara with “Voilà” in 2022.]

At this point the scoreboard would have looked like this (countries which had already received their televote totals are in bold):

1	Switzerland	591	14	Cyprus	78
2	France	445	15	Latvia	64
3	Ireland	278	16	Serbia	54
4	Italy	268	17	Israel	52
5	Croatia	210	18	United Kingdom	46
6	Armenia	183	19	Finland	38
7	Sweden	174	20	Estonia	37
8	Portugal	152	21	Georgia	34
9	Ukraine	146	22	Spain	30
10	Greece	126	23	Slovenia	27
11	Germany	117	24	Austria	24
12	Luxembourg	103	25	Norway	16
13	Lithuania	90

N.B. By now, 1237 televote points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 967 televote points remaining. With just three countries (Croatia, Ukraine, Israel) still awaiting their televote points, Switzerland would have been currently in the lead with its final score of 591 points. However, the minimum each of the remaining three countries (Croatia, Ukraine, Israel) could have received would have been 227 televote points, just like France. If either Ukraine or Israel had received 12 televote points from every other country (37 x 12 = 444), that would have been insufficient to pass Switzerland and win. Thus, there would, in fact, have only been two possible winners at this point, Switzerland and Croatia.

It’s difficult to speculate what split screen effect would have been used next, and what would have been said next. If the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Grand Final is anything to go by, Malin or Petra would have pretended that Ukraine or Israel could still get enough televote points to win, and said “The winner can now be Switzerland, who are currently in the lead, or one of the three countries that haven’t received their points from the public vote, that’s Croatia, Ukraine or Israel”. Green Room shots of the artists representing Switzerland, Croatia, Ukraine and Israel would have been shown in four on-screen windows before continuing.

The country that got the 3rd highest score, with 307 points is Ukraine (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Wow, we did not see that coming. Ukraine there, 307 points. It’s not enough for them to win, but it puts them in second place for now. An amazing achievement considering they performed in the second position in the Contest.]

By now, 1544 televote points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 660 televote points remaining to share between Croatia and Israel. However, the minimum either of them could have received would have been 307 televote points (just like Ukraine). If one of those countries received 307 televote points, that would have left 353 televote points for the other country. 353 televote points would have now been insufficient for Croatia, let alone Israel, to pass Switzerland and win. It would have now been mathematically impossible for Switzerland to be beaten by either Croatia or Israel, and thus Switzerland would have already effectively won. Of course, very few viewers (if any) would have known how many televote points were left for the remaining two countries at this moment. Presumably, Malin and Petra would have continued as follows.

So, Switzerland is still in the lead, but bear in mind that two countries still need to receive their points from the public vote. So, the winner can be either the current leader Switzerland, or one of the two countries that haven’t received their points from the public yet, Croatia or Israel.

Green Room shots of the artists representing Switzerland, Croatia and Israel would have been shown, left to right, across the screen, before continuing.

The country that got the 2nd highest score, with 323 points is Israel (taking them to 4th place initially). [As expected, it’s a very big number for Israel, but it’s nowhere near enough for them to win. Still, it takes them to fourth for now.]

The favourite, according to you at home, is Croatia, but will they get enough points to pass Switzerland, who are currently in the lead? Croatia now needs at least 382 points to pass Switzerland. [I don’t think Croatia can do it now; being as we’ve already had two scores in the 200s range, and another two in the 300s range, I don’t think Croatia will get much more than Israel had. Put it this way, I think Croatia will be lucky to get 350 now, but that said, with all the low scores earlier, we could still be in for a surprise. This is an exciting moment; it’s down to the wire.] (Green Room shots of the artists representing Switzerland and Croatia would have been shown, left to right, across the screen.) Croatia, the public have given you 337 points, which is not enough to pass Switzerland. The winner, the champion, of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, it is Switzerland. [Wow, the public liked Baby Lasagna, but it wasn’t enough for them to win. They finish in second place. So, the winner is Nemo; Switzerland have won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.]

The final scoreboard would have looked like this:

1	Switzerland	591	14	Lithuania	90
2	Croatia	547	15	Cyprus	78
3	Ukraine	453	16	Latvia	64
4	France	445	17	Serbia	54
5	Israel	375	18	United Kingdom	46
6	Ireland	278	19	Finland	38
7	Italy	268	20	Estonia	37
8	Armenia	183	21	Georgia	34
9	Sweden	174	22	Spain	30
10	Portugal	152	23	Slovenia	27
11	Greece	126	24	Austria	24
12	Germany	117	25	Norway	16
13	Luxembourg	103

Televoting First, Jury Totals Last

What would have happened if the televoting points from each calling country had been announced by the 37 spokespersons, plus an additional spokesperson for Rest of the World, first? Let's assume the order of presentation would have been the same as was used for announcement of the jury points, as specified above (from Ukraine to Sweden), and that Rest of the World would have had its points announced last of all.

A few things are obvious:
• After Ukraine (first to call) announced its televote points, the top three would have been 1st Switzerland 12, 2nd Croatia 10, 3rd Ireland 8.
• The United Kingdom (second to call) would have been the first country to give televote points to Ukraine (6) and Israel (12).
• Croatia would have won the public vote with 337 points.
• The United Kingdom would have finished last with zero points (and hence not been listed / mentioned in any calling country’s scores).

The following are speculated. Although all the jury points and televoting points each of the 37 countries awarded to the finalists are available on eurovision.tv, the only way to confirm the following would be able to create a graphic simulation of the scoreboard, starting with the finalists on zero in the order they performed, and each of the 37 countries' televoting points (1 to 12) being added in the order mentioned above.
• After the first few countries had called, Croatia, Israel and Ukraine would have been in the top three for the first time.
• For the rest of the voting procedure, a three-horse race would have occurred between Croatia, Israel and Ukraine for first, second and third.
• Meanwhile, a two-horse race would have occurred between France and Switzerland for fourth or fifth.
• Several countries before the end, it would have become mathematically impossible for France or Switzerland to catch Croatia, Israel or Ukraine.
• From backwards calculation, Croatia would have become uncatchable on televote points alone when Sweden (37th to call) had announced its televote points.

Once all 38 spokespersons had finished announcing their televoting points, the scoreboard would have looked like this.

1	Croatia	337	14	Serbia	32
2	Israel	323	15	Finland	31
3	Ukraine	307	16	Latvia	28
4	France	227	17	Luxembourg	20
5	Switzerland	226	18	Georgia	19
6	Ireland	136	19	Germany	18
7	Italy	104	20	Portugal	13
8	Greece	85	21	Slovenia	12
9	Armenia	82	22	Spain	11
10	Lithuania	58	23	Austria	5
11	Sweden	49	24	Norway	4
12	Cyprus	44	25	United Kingdom	0
13	Estonia	33

A short break would have been held, during which Malin would have spoken to Baby Lasagna from Croatia, congratulating them for having won the public vote.

Two methods of announcing the 25 finalists' jury totals are outlined below.

Jury Totals Going Up Televote Scoreboard

The exact opposite of what happened in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Grand Final. Malin and Petra would have started with the country that finished bottom of the televote (United Kingdom), and worked their way up the scoreboard, country by country, until they reached the televote winner (Croatia). Here I have simulated the procedure by inserting the jury totals alongside the televoting totals into a spreadsheet and sorting it as each jury total was added. This is how I've been able to describe country movements on the scoreboard. To see all the simultaneous movements by multiple counties as each jury total would have been read out, one would need an animated graphic simulation of the scoreboard. Comments that Graham Norton might have said are shown in square brackets.

Petra: We start with United Kingdom, the national juries have awarded you 46 points (taking them to 12th place initially). [Wow! The juries come along and change everything. Olly is now on the left-hand side of the scoreboard; take a picture! It’s unlikely he can stay on the left-hand side, but at least he got some love from the juries.]
Malin: Next up we have Norway, and the national juries have given you 12 points (taking them to 21st place initially). [They haven’t done much better with the juries than with the public. Still, it moves them up a little for now.]
Petra: We continue with Austria, from the juries, you have received 19 points (taking them to 18th place initially). [They haven’t done much better with the juries than with the public either, though that’s not surprising considering the style of song they had this year.]
Malin: And now Spain, the juries have given you 19 points (taking them to 17th place initially).
Petra: Slovenia, you have been awarded 15 points (taking them to 19th place initially). [We seem to be getting a lot of low scores from the juries, but at least it’s kept the last few countries below us (the UK).]
Malin: OK Portugal, the juries have awarded you 139 points (taking them to 6th place initially). [There you go, the juries liked Portugal’s entry, iolanda’s entry, which is hardly surprising. It’s nowhere near enough to win, but it takes Portugal to 6th place for now.]
Petra: Germany, you have been awarded 99 points (taking them to 8th place initially). [Wow, the juries also liked Germany’s song. That takes them to 8th for now; they’ll be pleased with that. It does mean we (the UK) have been pushed back to the right-hand side of the leader board, but can we stay at the top of the right?]
Malin: Georgia, you have been awarded 15 points (taking them to 16th place initially). [Another low score, but that was enough to move them up several places for now.]
Petra: Luxembourg, you receive 83 points (taking them to 10th place initially). [Wow, another big result from the juries; they liked Luxembourg’s entry more than the public did. That takes them to 10th for now; they should be pleased with their result after their long absence].
Malin: Next, we have Latvia; the juries have awarded you 36 points (taking them to 13th place initially). [Good for Dons, and his song “Hollow”. That puts him to the left-hand side for now, but I doubt if he’ll stay there.]
Petra: Finland, you will receive 7 points (taking them to 18th place initially). [That’s a very low jury score for Finland, single figures, but it’s hardly surprising, considering their song’s music style and lyrics.]
Malin: Next up we have Serbia, and you have been rewarded 22 points (taking them to 15th place initially). [That’s less than they got from the public; I’d have thought Teya’s ballad would have done much better than that with the juries.]
Petra: Now Estonia, you have received 4 points (taking them to 20th place; unable to fall any lower). [Another single figure score; the juries did not like Estonia’s entry, but that’s hardly surprising considering its style. Watch out, we could still get even lower scores; someone could still get zero from the juries.]
Malin: Next, we have Cyprus, you have received 34 points (taking them to 13th place initially). [That’s less than they got from the public, but still a surprisingly good jury score for their style of song. It does mean we (the UK) are now 18th place, and can’t fall any lower.]
Petra: Sweden, you receive 125 points (taking them to 6th place initially). [Wow, the juries liked Sweden’s entry, but that’s not enough to put them in the top five. Still, that puts them in 6th place for now.]

With just ten countries left to receive their points from the juries, the scoreboard would have looked like this (countries which would have already received their jury totals are in bold):

1	Croatia	337	14	Cyprus	78
2	Israel	323	15	Latvia	64
3	Ukraine	307	16	Lithuania	58
4	France	227	17	Serbia	54
5	Switzerland	226	18	United Kingdom	46
6	Sweden	174	19	Finland	38
7	Portugal	152	20	Estonia	37
8	Ireland	136	21	Georgia	34
9	Germany	117	22	Spain	30
10	Italy	104	23	Slovenia	27
11	Luxembourg	103	24	Austria	24
12	Greece	85	25	Norway	16
13	Armenia	82

N.B. By now, 675 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 1471 jury points remaining to share among the ten remaining countries.

Malin: Now we have Lithuania, you have received 32 points (taking them to 12th place initially). [Not as much as they got from the public, but that’s hardly surprising for their style of song.]
Petra: Armenia, you receive 101 points (taking them to 6th place initially). [The juries liked Armenia’s entry, but that’s not enough to put them in the top five. That takes them to 6th place for now.]
Malin: Next up we have Greece; the juries have awarded you 41 points (taking them to 10th place initially). [Disappointing for them, after what they received from the public, but they are now guaranteed to finish on the left-hand side.]
Petra: Italy, you will receive 164 points (taking them to 4th place initially). [The juries liked Italy’s song; that takes them to 4th place. They’re the first country to break into the top five with their jury score, but can they stay there?]
Malin: Next up we have Ireland, [This will be interesting; did the juries like Bambie Thug as much as the public?] you have received 142 points (taking them to 4th place initially). [Yes, they did. That puts them in 4th place, a great showing for Ireland, a great showing for Bambie Thug.]
Petra: Switzerland, the juries have awarded you 365 points (taking them to 1st place initially). We have a new leader, it is Switzerland. [Wow, the juries loved Nemo’s “The Code”. That could well be the jury vote winner; we shall soon see. Even so, does Switzerland now have enough points to win outright? Don’t forget, we’ve still got three countries which had over 300 points from the public; one of them could well be in with a chance of overtaking Switzerland.]

N.B. By now, 1520 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 626 jury points remaining to share among France, Ukraine, Israel and Croatia. The minimum number of jury points one of those four countries would have needed to pass Switzerland and win would have now been: France 365, Ukraine 285, Israel 269 and Croatia 255. In theory, any one of those countries could have still received enough jury points to pass Switzerland and win. Alternatively, it was still possible for Switzerland to hold its lead and win.

Malin: Next, we have France, and you have been awarded 218 points (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Not enough to get to the top of the leader board, in second place for now; a great result for France, the best they’ve done since Barbara with “Voilà” in 2022.]

At this point the scoreboard would have looked like this (countries which had already received their jury totals are in bold):

1	Switzerland	591	14	Lithuania	90
2	France	445	15	Cyprus	78
3	Croatia	337	16	Latvia	64
4	Israel	323	17	Serbia	54
5	Ukraine	307	18	United Kingdom	46
6	Ireland	278	19	Finland	38
7	Italy	268	20	Estonia	37
8	Armenia	183	21	Georgia	34
9	Sweden	174	22	Spain	30
10	Portugal	152	23	Slovenia	27
11	Greece	126	24	Austria	24
12	Germany	117	25	Norway	16
13	Luxembourg	103

With just three countries (Ukraine, Israel, Croatia) still awaiting their jury points, Switzerland would have been currently in the lead with its final score of 591 points. Since the remaining three countries all received over 300 televote points from the public, it’s likely there would have been a pause for a four-way split screen effect at this point.

Petra: Very soon, you see that step by step, we’re getting closer to the end. We now have only four potential winners, and before we give the points to Ukraine, let’s see who they are. Switzerland is in the lead, but Ukraine, Israel and Croatia have not yet received their points from the national juries. Will they get enough points to pass the current leader?

Green Room shots of the artists representing Switzerland, Croatia, Israel and Ukraine would have been shown in four on-screen windows before continuing.

N.B. By now, 1738 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 408 jury points remaining to share among Ukraine, Israel and Croatia. The minimum number of jury points one of those three countries would have needed to pass Switzerland and win would have still been: Ukraine 285, Israel 269 and Croatia 255. In theory, any one of those countries could have still received enough jury points to pass Switzerland and win. Alternatively, it was still possible for Switzerland to hold its lead and win.

Malin: Switzerland, Croatia, Israel and Ukraine, one of you is the winner tonight, and we turn to Ukraine, the national juries have given you 146 points (taking them to 2nd place initially). This is so exciting. [Oh, not as much as they got from the public. Still, that takes them to second place for now, which is good for a country which performed in the second position in the Contest.]

N.B. By now, 1884 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 262 jury points remaining to share between Israel and Croatia. The minimum number of jury points one of those two countries would have needed to pass Switzerland and win would have still been: Israel 269 and Croatia 255. It would have now been mathematically impossible for Israel to get enough jury points to win, but there would have still been enough jury points for Croatia to win.

Green Room shots of the artists representing Switzerland, Croatia and Israel would have been shown, left to right, across the screen, before continuing. The current scores for those three countries would have been shown alongside the applicable country names.

Petra: So, Switzerland is still in the lead, but Israel and Croatia still haven’t received their points from the national juries. Will one of them get enough points to pass Switzerland and win?

Malin: Next up is Israel, the juries have given you 52 points. (taking them to 4th place initially). [Oh, that’s got to hurt. It’s more than Olly, and a lot of others received from the juries, but that’s a low score compared to what Eden had from the public. I’d have thought her ballad would have done much better with the juries.]

Green Room shots of the artists representing Switzerland and Croatia would have been shown, left to right, across the screen, before continuing. Their current scores would have been shown alongside the country names.

Petra: And we now know that it is between these two, Switzerland and Croatia, one of you will be the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Croatia, you need 255 points to win. Anything less, and Switzerland is the winner. Switzerland or Croatia, are you ready? OK, here we go, Croatia, from the juries, you have received 210 points, which is not enough to pass Switzerland. The winner, the champion, of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, it is Switzerland. [It’s not enough; Baby Lasagna finish in second place, which is a great result for them. So, the winner is Nemo; Switzerland have won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.]

The final scoreboard (with Croatia’s jury total included) would have looked like this

1	Switzerland	591	14	Lithuania	90
2	Croatia	547	15	Cyprus	78
3	Ukraine	453	16	Latvia	64
4	France	445	17	Serbia	54
5	Israel	375	18	United Kingdom	46
6	Ireland	278	19	Finland	38
7	Italy	268	20	Estonia	37
8	Armenia	183	21	Georgia	34
9	Sweden	174	22	Spain	30
10	Portugal	152	23	Slovenia	27
11	Greece	126	24	Austria	24
12	Germany	117	25	Norway	16
13	Luxembourg	103

Here is a summary of the jury totals, in the order they would have been announced:

Finalist	Jury Total
United Kingdom	46
Norway	12
Austria	19
Spain	19
Slovenia	15
Portugal	139
Germany	99
Georgia	15
Luxembourg	83
Latvia	36
Finland	7
Serbia	22
Estonia	4
Cyprus	34
Sweden	125
Lithuania	32
Armenia	101
Greece	41
Italy	164
Ireland	142
Switzerland	365
France	218
Ukraine	146
Israel	52
Croatia	210

At this point individual countries would have been able to announce their own national jury points. Graham Norton would almost certainly have read out the UK's national jury results to UK viewers.

Jury Totals Last to First

What if, after the 38 countries' televote points had been put on the scoreboard (from Ukraine to Sweden, followed by Rest of the World), the jury totals had been announced going from the finalist that finished last in the jury vote to the finalist that finished first in the jury vote? Here is the scoreboard again, as it would have appeared after all the televote points had been announced, and Croatia had been confirmed as having won the televote.

1	Croatia	337	14	Serbia	32
2	Israel	323	15	Finland	31
3	Ukraine	307	16	Latvia	28
4	France	227	17	Luxembourg	20
5	Switzerland	226	18	Georgia	19
6	Ireland	136	19	Germany	18
7	Italy	104	20	Portugal	13
8	Greece	85	21	Slovenia	12
9	Armenia	82	22	Spain	11
10	Lithuania	58	23	Austria	5
11	Sweden	49	24	Norway	4
12	Cyprus	44	25	United Kingdom	0
13	Estonia	33

Afterwards Malin and Petra would have announced the jury totals for each of the 25 finalists, starting with the bottom 15 from 25th to 11th, in rapid succession, as follows. Once again, I have simulated the procedure by inserting the jury totals alongside the televoting totals into a spreadsheet and sorting it as each jury total was added. This is how I've been able to describe country movements on the scoreboard. To see all the simultaneous movements by multiple counties as each jury total would have been read out, one would need an animated graphic simulation of the scoreboard. Comments that Graham Norton might have said are shown in square brackets.

4 points to Estonia (keeping them in 13th place for now). [That’s very disappointing for Estonia, single figures, but it’s hardly surprising, considering their song’s style. At least Olly’s now going to get at least 4 points, no-one’s going home with zero tonight].
7 points to Finland (taking them to 13th place initially). [Another single figure score; the juries did not like Finland’s entry, but it’s hardly surprising, considering its music style and lyrics.]
12 points to Norway (taking them to 20th place initially). [They haven’t done much better with the juries than with the public. Still, it moves them up a little for now.]
15 points to Slovenia (taking them to 17th place initially). [Another country whose score wasn’t much better with the juries than with the public]
15 points as well to Georgia (taking them to 15th place initially). [Another low score, but that was enough to move them up a few places for now.]
19 points to Austria (taking them to 19th place initially). [They’ve not done much better with the juries than with the public, though that’s not surprising considering the style of song they had this year.]
19 points as well to Spain (taking them to 17th place initially). [Another country which hasn’t done much better with the juries than with the public. We’re still in the teens, albeit the top end of the teens.]
22 points to Serbia (taking them to 11th place initially). [That’s less than they got from the public; I’d have thought Teya’s ballad would have done much better than that with the juries. They’re on the left-hand side for now though.]
32 points to Lithuania (taking them to 8th place initially). [Not as much as they got from the public, but that’s hardly surprising for their style of song.]
34 points to Cyprus (taking them to 11th place initially). [That’s less than they got from the public, but still a surprisingly good jury score for their style of song.]
36 points to Latvia (taking them to 12th place initially). [Good for Dons, and his song “Hollow”. That puts him to the left-hand side for now, but it’s unlikely he’ll stay there.]
41 points to Greece (taking them to 7th place initially). [Disappointing for them, after what they received from the public.]
46 points to United Kingdom (taking them to 15th place initially). [Wow! The juries come along and change everything. Up Olly goes on the right-hand side of the scoreboard; take a picture!]
52 points to Israel (taking them to 1st place initially). It seems that we have a new leader. [Well, that’s put Israel in the lead for now, but it’s obvious they can’t possibly win. That’s the highest jury score so far, but it’s a low score compared to what Eden had from the public.]
83 points to Luxembourg (taking them to 9th place initially). [There you go, the juries liked Luxembourg’s entry more than the public did. That takes them to 9th for now; they should be pleased with their result after their long absence].

The scoreboard would have looked like this after the bottom 15 jury totals were announced (countries which would have already received their jury totals are in bold).

1	Israel	375	14	Serbia	54
2	Croatia	337	15	Sweden	49
3	Ukraine	307	16	United Kingdom	46
4	France	227	17	Finland	38
5	Switzerland	226	18	Estonia	37
6	Ireland	136	19	Georgia	34
7	Greece	126	20	Spain	30
8	Italy	104	21	Slovenia	27
9	Luxembourg	103	22	Austria	24
10	Lithuania	90	23	Germany	18
11	Armenia	82	24	Norway	16
12	Cyprus	78	25	Portugal	13
13	Latvia	64

N.B. By now, 437 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 1709 jury points remaining. However, the minimum any one of the top ten countries of the jury vote could have now received would have been 83 jury points, just like Luxembourg.

The countries placed 10th to 4th would have been announced at a much slower pace. Malin and Petra would have (almost certainly) announced the recipients of the top ten jury totals alternately. Each time the applicable country's score would have been updated and repositioned on the scoreboard, and viewers would have seen a brief shot of the applicable artist in the Green Room.

The country that got the 10th highest score, with 99 points is Germany (taking them to 8th place initially). [Wow, the juries also liked Germany’s song. That takes them to 8th for now; they’ll be pleased with that.]
The country that got the 9th highest score, with 101 points is Armenia (taking them to 6th place initially). [The juries liked Armenia’s entry, but that’s not enough to put them in the top five. That takes them to 6th place for now.]
The country that got the 8th highest score, with 125 points is Sweden (taking them to 7th place initially). [Wow, the juries liked Sweden’s entry, but that’s not enough to put them in the top five. Still, that puts them in 7th place for now.]
The country that got the 7th highest score, with 139 points is Portugal (taking them to 8th place initially). [There you go, the juries liked Portugal’s entry, iolanda’s entry, which is hardly surprising. Once again, it’s not enough for top five, but it takes Portugal to 8th place for now. It does mean we (the UK) are now 18th place, and can’t fall any lower. Norway is now going to finish last.]
The country that got the 6th highest score, with 142 points is Ireland (taking them to 4th place initially). [Wow, the juries liked Bambie Thug. That puts them in 4th place, a great showing for Ireland, a great showing for Bambie Thug.]
The country that got the 5th highest score, with 146 points is Ukraine (taking them to 1st place initially). We have a new leader, it is Ukraine. [Oh, not as much as they got from the public. That puts them in the lead for now, but I don’t think they’ll win now. Still, they’ll get a good placing for a country which performed in the second position in the Contest.]
The country that got the 4th highest score, with 164 points is Italy (taking them to 5th place initially). [The juries liked Italy’s song; that takes them to 5th place for now.]

At this point the scoreboard would have looked like this (countries which had already received their jury totals are in bold):

1	Ukraine	453	14	Lithuania	90
2	Israel	375	15	Cyprus	78
3	Croatia	337	16	Latvia	64
4	Ireland	278	17	Serbia	54
5	Italy	268	18	United Kingdom	46
6	France	227	19	Finland	38
7	Switzerland	226	20	Estonia	37
8	Armenia	183	21	Georgia	34
9	Sweden	174	22	Spain	30
10	Portugal	152	23	Slovenia	27
11	Greece	126	24	Austria	24
12	Germany	117	25	Norway	16
13	Luxembourg	103

N.B. By now, 1353 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 793 jury points remaining. With just three countries (Croatia, France, Switzerland) still awaiting their jury points, Ukraine would have been currently in the lead with its final score of 453 points. However, the minimum each of the remaining three countries (Croatia, France, Switzerland) could have received would have been 164 jury points, just like Italy. If Croatia had received 164 jury points, their final score would have been 501 points, putting them well ahead of Ukraine. In other words, it would have already been mathematically impossible for Ukraine to hold its lead and win. Taking it further, if any two of Croatia, France and Switzerland had received 164 jury points, there would have been 465 points remaining. This scenario would have been impossible this year, because with 37 countries’ juries voting, the maximum achievable jury score for one finalist would have been 12 x 36 = 432 jury points. Therefore at least two of the remaining three countries (Croatia, France, Switzerland) would have had to have received more than 164 jury points. Of course, very few viewers (if any) would have known how many jury points were left for the remaining three countries at this point.

It’s difficult to speculate what split screen effect would have been used next, and what would have been said next. Presumably, Malin or Petra would have pretended that Ukraine could still hold its lead and win, and said “The winner can now be Ukraine, who are currently in the lead, or one of the three countries that haven’t received their points from the juries, that’s Croatia, France or Switzerland”. Green Room shots of the artists representing Ukraine, Croatia, France and Switzerland would have been shown in four on-screen windows before continuing.

The country that got the 3rd highest score, with 210 points is Croatia (taking them to 1st place initially). We have a new leader, it’s Croatia. [Well done Baby Lasagna, it’s not as much as they got from the public, but they still got a good result from the juries. That puts them in the lead for now, but is it enough for them to win? We shall soon see.]

Green Room shots of the artists representing Croatia, France and Switzerland would have been shown, left to right, across the screen, before continuing.

So, Croatia is now in the lead, but bear in mind that two countries still need to receive their points from the national juries. So, the winner can be either the current leader Croatia, or one of the two countries that haven’t received their points from the juries yet, France or Switzerland. Will they get enough points to pass the current leader?

N.B. By now, 1563 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 583 jury points remaining to share between France and Switzerland. However, the minimum either of them could have received would have been 210 jury points (just like Croatia). If one of those countries received 210 jury points, that would have left 373 jury points for the other country. France would have needed at least 321 jury points to pass Croatia, and Switzerland would have needed at least 322 jury points to pass Croatia. In theory, it would have still been possible for either France or Switzerland to get enough jury points to pass Croatia and win, or for both of them to remain below Croatia.

The country that got the 2nd highest score, with 218 points is France (taking them to 3rd place initially). [Not enough to get to the top of the leader board, in third place for now; a great result for France, the best they’ve done since Barbara with “Voilà” in 2022.]

The favourite, according to the juries, is Switzerland, but will they get enough points to pass Croatia, who are currently in the lead? Switzerland now needs at least 322 points to pass Croatia. [There could still be that many jury points available, because there were a lot of low scores earlier, and there have been none over 300 yet. This is an exciting moment; it’s down to the wire.] (Green Room shots of the artists representing Croatia and Switzerland would have been shown, left to right, across the screen.) Switzerland, the juries have given you 365 points, putting you in the lead. The winner, the champion, of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, it is Switzerland.

The final scoreboard (with Switzerland’s jury total included) would have looked like this

1	Switzerland	591	14	Lithuania	90
2	Croatia	547	15	Cyprus	78
3	Ukraine	453	16	Latvia	64
4	France	445	17	Serbia	54
5	Israel	375	18	United Kingdom	46
6	Ireland	278	19	Finland	38
7	Italy	268	20	Estonia	37
8	Armenia	183	21	Georgia	34
9	Sweden	174	22	Spain	30
10	Portugal	152	23	Slovenia	27
11	Greece	126	24	Austria	24
12	Germany	117	25	Norway	16
13	Luxembourg	103

At this point individual countries would have been able to announce their own national jury points. Graham Norton would almost certainly have read out the UK's national jury results to UK viewers.

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Conclusion

This was the eighth time the two-part voting system, as first introduced in 2016, was used, and the fifth time of announcing the televoting totals starting with the country that received the lowest jury score and finishing with the country that received the highest jury score. Once again, it certainly produced some shocks and surprises, and plenty for keen fans to analyse well after the winner was announced.

Since 2016, there have been two occasions of a country winning outright, despite winning neither half of the voting (Ukraine 2016 and Netherlands 2019), one occasion of the overall winner also winning both the jury vote and public vote (Portugal 2017), and three occasions of the overall winner also winning the public vote, but not the jury vote (Israel 2018, Italy 2021, Ukraine 2022). This was the second year running that a country has won the jury vote and overall, but not won the public vote (Sweden 2023, Switzerland 2024), and once again some Eurovision fans expressed their dislike at this. One thing is certain, sometime in the future, another country will win the jury vote and overall, but not win the public vote; that can happen with this system. Furthermore, it’s possible for a country to win the jury vote by a landslide and another country to win the public vote by a landslide, but for both those countries to do badly in the opposite half of the voting. It's only a matter of time before a country wins one system (jury or televoting) with a record-breaking score for one set of points alone (440 or more) and finishes last with zero points in the other system.

With all this in mind, after eight contests of this two-part voting system being used, I still like this system very much, and feel it's perfectly fair. I hope the EBU continues using this system in 2025 and beyond. The announcement of the televoting totals adds to the excitement of the scoring procedure; in fact, I think it's the highlight of the entire Grand Final. The Rest of the World online vote, as one extra pseudo country in the public vote, was a worthwhile addition in 2023, and it was retained for this year. If anything needs changing in the future, I think there should also be a Rest of the World jury vote. Such a jury could be made up of five music industry professionals, nominated from non-participating countries around the world. The members of a Rest of the World jury need not necessarily meet in one place; each member could be given the applicable Jury Show streams online, and the members could submit their ranking over the internet to the EBU at the required time.

Once again, my analysis of voting between certain pairs of countries, or among certain groups of countries (e.g. Nordic) shows that such countries don’t necessarily give any points, let alone high points, to each other on jury voting and/or televoting. It seems that, generally speaking, there’s a greater likelihood of that happening on televoting than jury voting, though there are exceptions to that (e.g. Switzerland did better on jury points than televote points in Central Europe this year). Even if a country does well within a particular area, in terms of jury or televoting points, that alone isn’t enough to get a high jury or televote score. To win, or even finish top three or top five, in either half of the voting, a country needs high / midrange points from most other voting countries. My analysis of televoting in the former Yugoslav area showed that, this year, that Croatia received televote points from Serbia and Slovenia, and Slovenia received televote points from Croatia and Serbia. However, Croatia also managed to receive televote points from all the other voting countries, including Rest of the World, whereas no country outside the former Yugoslav area gave Slovenia any televote points. This explains the huge difference between the televote totals which Croatia and Slovenia ended up with.

Roll on the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest from Switzerland. Mark my words, next year's Eurovision Song Contest will tell another story as far as the jury and public results are concerned.

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