Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Grand Final Extended Voting Analysis

Host country: Switzerland (SRG SSR)
Venue: St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland
Hosts: Hazel Brugger, Sandra Studer
Date: Saturday 17 May 2025

My main Eurovision Song Contest 2025 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 17 May 2025. Any use of “Tuesday” means Tuesday 13 May 2025, whereas any reference to “Thursday” means Thursday 15 May 2025. Any use of “this year” means 2025, whereas “last year” means 2024 and “next year” means 2026. 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

Austria, which won the jury vote, and was the overall winner, received points from 31 of the other 36 countries in the jury vote. The 8 countries which awarded 12 jury points to Austria were: Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden. That alone amounted to 96 out of the 258 jury points which Austria received. 4 countries gave 10 jury points to Austria; those were Croatia, Greece, Luxembourg, Slovenia. Another 18 countries gave between 4 and 8 jury points to Austria, and one country (Ukraine) gave just 1 jury point to Austria. Interestingly, no country gave 2 or 3 jury points to Austria. 5 countries (other than Austria itself) gave no jury points to Austria; those were Azerbaijan, Czechia, Georgia, Italy, San Marino.

Israel, which finished just 15th place in the jury vote, but ended up second place overall, received points from 14 of the other 36 countries in the jury vote. Only one country, Azerbaijan, gave 12 jury points to Israel. 13 countries gave between 1 and 7 jury points to Israel. Interestingly, the greatest number of individual scores to Israel, at one points level, was 3 sets of 5 jury points. This alone amounted to 15 (a quarter) of the 60 jury points which Israel received altogether. The 3 countries which awarded 5 jury points to Israel were: Albania, Cyprus, Netherlands. No country gave 4, 8 or 10 jury points to Israel. 22 countries (other than Israel itself) gave no jury points to Israel.

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

Points level	Jury to Austria	Austria Pts	Jury to Israel	Israel Pts
0	5	0	22	0
1	1	1	3	3
2	0	0	2	4
3	0	0	2	6
4	2	8	0	0
5	1	5	3	15
6	2	12	1	6
7	8	56	2	14
8	5	40	0	0
10	4	40	0	0
12	8	96	1	12
TOTAL	36	258	36	60

Televoting

Austria, which finished fourth with 178 points in the televote (but won the jury vote, and was the overall winner) received no 12 televote point scores. Nonetheless, 5 countries gave 10 televote points to Austria; those were: Azerbaijan, Greece, Malta, Serbia, Slovenia. That alone amounted to 50 out of the 178 televote points which Austria received. 28 other countries gave between 1 and 8 televote points to Austria. Interestingly Austria received at least one of each 1 to 10 points level on televoting. 4 countries (other than Austria itself) gave no televote points at all to Austria; those were: Estonia, Luxembourg, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Israel, which won the televote and finished second overall, received points from 34 countries on televoting. The 13 countries which awarded 12 televote points to Israel were: Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Rest of the World. That alone amounted to 156 out of the 297 televote points which Israel received. 6 countries gave 10 televote points to Israel; those were Cyprus, Czechia, Finland, Ireland, Norway, San Marino. That amounted to a further 60 of the 297 televote points which Israel received. 15 other countries gave between 1 and 8 televote points to Israel. Interestingly Israel received at least one of each 1 to 12 points level on televoting. 3 countries (other than Israel itself) gave no televote points at all to Israel; those were: Armenia, Croatia, Poland.

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

Points level	Tele to Austria	Austria Pts	Tele to Israel	Israel Pts
0	4	0	3	0
1	2	2	1	1
2	1	2	2	4
3	6	18	1	3
4	5	20	1	4
5	4	20	1	5
6	5	30	1	6
7	4	28	6	42
8	1	8	2	16
10	5	50	6	60
12	0	0	13	156
TOTAL	37	178	37	297

Number of 12s Received

Jury Voting

13 of the 26 finalists received at least one 12-point vote from the juries. The number of 12-point votes received by each of those 13 countries from the juries is shown in the table below.

12 Points to	No of 12s Received	Total From 12s
Albania	1	12
Armenia	1	12
Austria	8	96
Finland	1	12
France	5	60
Germany	2	24
Greece	4	48
Israel	1	12
Italy	6	72
Latvia	3	36
Sweden	1	12
Switzerland	3	36
United Kingdom	1	12
	37	444

Notice that the country which received the highest number of 12-point scores (8 altogether) is Austria, which won the jury vote, and ended up winning overall. The 96 jury points Austria received from that many 12-point scores amounted to 37.21% of their overall jury total of 258 points, and 22.02% of their overall total of 436 points. Italy received the second highest number of 12-point scores (6 altogether), but ended up fourth in the jury vote. France received the third highest number of 12-point scores (5 altogether), and finished third in the jury vote. Greece received the fourth highest number of 12-point scores (4 altogether)), but ended up eighth in the jury vote. Switzerland, which finished second in the jury vote with 214 points, received just 3 sets of 12 jury points. Latvia also received 3 sets of 12 jury points, but finished seventh, with 116 points, in the jury vote. Clearly, other lower-level jury points played an important part as well as 12s in determining a country’s final total and placing in the jury vote. Six countries received just one 12 jury point score; those were Albania, Armenia, Finland, Israel, Sweden, United Kingdom. Out of those six countries, Sweden finished sixth, and United Kingdom finished tenth, in the jury vote. Finland officially finished eleventh in the jury vote, due to tiebreaker rule, despite having the same overall jury total as United Kingdom (88 points). Albania, Armenia and Israel all finished below eleventh in the jury vote. Clearly one 12-point jury vote score wasn’t enough to guarantee a top ten placing in the jury voting. In the case of Germany, even 2 sets of 12 jury points were not enough for a top ten jury placing, because Germany ended up 13th, with 77 points, in the jury vote.

Televoting

13 of the 26 finalists received at least one 12-point vote from the televoting. The number of 12-point votes received by each of those 13 countries in the televoting is shown in the table below.

12 Points to	No of 12s Received	Total From 12s
Albania	2	24
Armenia	1	12
Estonia	5	60
Germany	1	12
Greece	3	36
Israel	13	156
Italy	1	12
Latvia	1	12
Lithuania	1	12
Poland	2	24
San Marino	1	12
Sweden	4	48
Ukraine	3	36
	38	456

Here, the country which received the highest number of 12-point scores (13 altogether) is clearly obvious: Israel. It’s hardly surprising Israel won the televote; the 156 televote points they received from that many 12-point scores amounted to 52.53% of their televote total of 297 points. With 38 countries voting (including Rest of the World), and 13 sets of 12-point scores allocated to one finalist, that left 25 sets of 12-point scores for other finalists. Those 25 sets of 12-point scores were quite well spread out this year. Estonia, which finished second in the televote, and third overall, received the second highest number of 12-point scores (5 altogether); the 60 televote points they received from those 12-point scores amounted to 23.26% of their televote total of 258 points. Sweden, which received the third highest number of 12-point televote scores (4 altogether), ended up third in the televote and fourth overall; the 48 televote points they received from those 12-point scores amounted to 24.62% of their televote total of 195 points.

Ukraine and Greece each received 3 sets of 12 televote points; they finished sixth and eighth respectively in the public vote. Albania and Poland each received 2 sets of 12 televote points; they finished fifth and seventh respectively in the public vote. The remaining countries in the above table (Armenia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, San Marino) each received just one 12 televote point score; of those, Italy finished tenth in the televote, whereas the rest placed 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. The most notable absentee from this table is Austria. Despite receiving no 12-point scores in the televote, Austria still managed to finish 2nd with 178 points in the televote, and be the overall winner with 436 points.

All 12 Points

Jury Voting

The complete list of 12 jury point scores, and jury points awarded to Austria (jury vote winner and overall winner) and Israel (jury vote 15th place and second place overall) is shown below.

#	From Country	12 Points to	Austria	Israel
31	Albania	France	7	5
6	Armenia	France	8	0
27	Australia	Greece	7	0
11	Austria	Finland	n/a	0
2	Azerbaijan	Israel	0	12
29	Belgium	Austria	12	0
16	Croatia	Italy	10	6
35	Cyprus	Greece	7	5
23	Czechia	Germany	0	0
15	Denmark	Latvia	5	3
36	Estonia	Switzerland	7	0
26	Finland	Austria	12	2
12	France	Albania	4	7
34	Georgia	Italy	0	1
28	Germany	Austria	12	3
21	Greece	France	10	1
33	Iceland	Sweden	8	0
18	Ireland	Austria	12	7
30	Israel	Greece	6	n/a
13	Italy	United Kingdom	0	0
17	Latvia	Austria	12	0
32	Lithuania	Latvia	4	0
7	Luxembourg	France	10	1
3	Malta	Armenia	7	0
20	Montenegro	Greece	8	0
4	Netherlands	Austria	12	5
10	Norway	Austria	12	0
19	Poland	Switzerland	7	0
14	Portugal	Italy	6	0
8	San Marino	Italy	0	0
22	Serbia	France	8	0
5	Slovenia	Italy	10	0
25	Spain	Switzerland	7	0
1	Sweden	Austria	12	0
37	Switzerland	Italy	7	0
9	Ukraine	Germany	1	2
24	United Kingdom	Latvia	8	0
	TOTAL		258	60

Televoting

The complete list of 12 televote point scores, and televote points awarded to Austria (televote fourth place and overall winner) and Israel (televote winner and second place overall) is shown below.

#	From Country	12 Points to	Austria	Israel
31	Albania	Greece	6	7
6	Armenia	Estonia	7	0
27	Australia	Israel	3	12
11	Austria	Germany	n/a	7
2	Azerbaijan	Israel	10	12
29	Belgium	Israel	3	12
16	Croatia	Estonia	5	0
35	Cyprus	Greece	6	10
23	Czechia	Ukraine	4	10
15	Denmark	Sweden	3	8
36	Estonia	Sweden	0	2
26	Finland	Sweden	7	10
12	France	Israel	2	12
34	Georgia	Armenia	5	7
28	Germany	Israel	6	12
21	Greece	Albania	10	7
33	Iceland	Poland	3	4
18	Ireland	Poland	4	10
30	Israel	Ukraine	8	n/a
13	Italy	San Marino	4	8
17	Latvia	Estonia	4	7
32	Lithuania	Latvia	5	3
7	Luxembourg	Israel	0	12
3	Malta	Estonia	10	5
20	Montenegro	Albania	3	7
4	Netherlands	Israel	3	12
10	Norway	Sweden	1	10
19	Poland	Ukraine	7	0
14	Portugal	Israel	7	12
8	San Marino	Greece	5	10
22	Serbia	Estonia	10	2
5	Slovenia	Italy	10	6
25	Spain	Israel	4	12
1	Sweden	Israel	0	12
37	Switzerland	Israel	6	12
9	Ukraine	Lithuania	6	1
24	United Kingdom	Israel	0	12
38	Rest of the World	Israel	1	12
	TOTAL		178	297

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. 4 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
Azerbaijan	Israel
Cyprus	Greece
Lithuania	Latvia
Slovenia	Italy

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 4 countries (Greece, Israel, Italy, Latvia) received one set of 12 jury points + 12 televoting points. The number of 12 jury points + 12 televoting points received by those 4 receiving countries is summarised in the table below. This time no country received more than one 24-point combined score.

12+12 Points to	No of 24s Received	Total from 24s
Greece<	1	24
Israel	1	24
Italy	1	24
Latvia	1	24
	4	96

Of these, Israel, won the public vote and finished second overall. On the other hand, Latvia finished 13th overall. This shows that one set of 12 jury points + 12 televoting points was not enough to guarantee a top ten placing.

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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

Jury Voting

From Country	Jury to Denmark	Jury to Finland	Jury to Iceland	Jury to Norway	Jury to Sweden
Denmark	n/a	6	0	0	7
Finland	0	n/a	0	0	10
Iceland	0	1	n/a	6	12
Norway	0	8	0	n/a	10
Sweden	0	6	0	4	n/a
Group Total	0	21	0	10	39
Overall Jury Total	45	88	0	22	126
% of Jury Total	0.00%	23.86%	Incalculable	45.45%	30.95%

Notice that the only exchange of 12 jury points in this area was from Iceland to Sweden. This blew out of the window anyone’s expectation that each of the five members of this group would give their 12 jury points to another member of this group. Two sets of 10 jury points were given in this group; both of those went to Sweden.

Sweden did best in terms of group total, by collecting 39 jury points from the other members of this group. Nonetheless, that was just over three tenths of Sweden’s overall jury total of 126 points. Thus, nearly seven tenths of Sweden’s jury points had to come from outside the Nordic area. Finland received 21 jury points from the other members of this group, despite the individual scores being single digit scores. Even so, that was less than a quarter of Finland’s overall jury total of 88 points. As a result, over three quarters of Finland’s jury points had to come from outside the Nordic group. Denmark received no jury points from the other members of this group, so the 45 jury points which Denmark ended up with all had to come from outside the Nordic area. Iceland received no jury points at all, let alone within the Nordic area. All 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 points from other Nordic countries.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Denmark	Tele to Finland	Tele to Iceland	Tele to Norway	Tele to Sweden
Denmark	n/a	5	10	0	12
Finland	0	n/a	6	0	12
Iceland	2	5	n/a	8	10
Norway	0	6	3	n/a	12
Sweden	0	10	5	0	n/a
Group Total	2	26	24	8	46
Overall Tele Total	2	108	33	67	195
% of Tele Total	100.00%	24.07%	72.73%	11.94%	23.59%

More 10 and 12 point scores were exchanged within the Nordic area on televoting than on jury voting, and all five Nordic countries managed to receive some points within this area televoting. As can be seen, Sweden did best in terms of group total, by collecting 46 televote points from the other members of this group. This total, made up of three 12-point score, and one 10-point score, was almost as much as one country could collect within this area. Nonetheless, 46 televote points was less than a quarter of Sweden’s overall televote total of 195 points. Thus, over three quarters of Sweden’s televote points had to come from outside the Nordic area. Finland collected 26 televote points from the other members of this group, but that was less than a quarter of Finland’s overall televote total of 108 points. As a result, over three quarters of Finland’s televote points had to come from outside the Nordic group. Iceland collected 24 televote points from the other members of this group, which was an impressive sounding 72.73% of their overall televote total of 33 points. Even so, over a quarter of their televote points still had to come from outside the Nordic area. Finally, Denmark collected all its televote points within this group alone, but that said, Denmark’s overall televote total was just 2 televote points, all of which came from Iceland. When a country has such tiny scores, analysing its results in this way is rather meaningless.

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	3	0
Latvia	1	n/a	7
Lithuania	7	12	n/a
Group Total	8	15	7
Overall Jury Total	98	116	34
% of Jury Total	8.16%	12.93%	20.59%

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 exchange of 12 jury points in the Baltic group was from Lithuania to Latvia. Clearly the Baltic states don’t necessarily give each other their top two jury scores when they have the chance to. Latvia did best in terms of group total, by collecting 15 jury points from the other members of this group. Nonetheless, that was just over an eighth of Latvia’s overall jury total of 116 points. Thus, nearly seven eighths of Latvia’s jury points had to come from outside the Baltic group.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Estonia	Tele to Latvia	Tele to Lithuania
Estonia	n/a	8	1
Latvia	12	n/a	10
Lithuania	10	12	n/a
Group Total	22	20	11
Overall Tele Total	258	42	62
% of Tele Total	8.53%	47.62%	17.74%

Estonia did best in terms of group total, by collecting 22 televote points from the other two Baltic countries. In fact, that amount, consisting of one 12 and one 10, was almost as much as one country could receive from two other countries. Even so, those 22 televote points were less than a tenth of Estonia’s overall televote total of 258 points. Thus, over nine tenths of Estonia’s televote points had to come from outside the Baltic area. Latvia collected 20 televote points within the Baltic area, which was nearly half their overall televote total of 42 points. Although that sounds impressive, over half of Latvia’s televote points still had to come from outside the Baltic group.

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 Denmark	Jury to Estonia	Jury to Finland	Jury to Iceland	Jury to Latvia	Jury to Lithuania	Jury to Norway	Jury to Sweden
Denmark	n/a	0	6	0	12	0	0	7
Estonia	0	n/a	10	0	3	0	0	8
Finland	0	4	n/a	0	0	0	0	10
Iceland	0	3	1	n/a	0	0	6	12
Latvia	0	1	10	0	n/a	7	0	0
Lithuania	0	7	0	0	12	n/a	0	1
Norway	0	4	8	0	6	0	n/a	10
Sweden	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	n/a
Group Total	0	19	41	0	33	7	10	48
Overall Jury Total	45	98	88	0	116	34	22	126
% of Jury Total	0.00%	19.39%	46.59%	Incalculable	28.45%	20.59%	45.45%	38.10%

There were a few particularly notable Nordic to Baltic, and Baltic to Nordic exchanges of jury points. Denmark gave 12 jury points to Latvia. Estonia and Latvia each gave 10 jury points to Finland. As far as receiving points goes, Finland collected 41 jury points from the Nordic and Baltic countries. Nonetheless, that was less than half of Finland’s overall jury total of 88 points. As a result, over half of Finland’s jury points had to come from outside the Nordic and Baltic areas. Latvia collected 33 jury points from Nordic and Baltic countries. Even so, that was less than three tenths of Latvia’s overall jury total of 116 points. Thus, over seven tenths of Latvia’s jury points had to come from outside the Nordic and Baltic areas. Denmark still ended up with a group total of zero jury points, despite having Baltic as well as Nordic countries. Therefore all 45 jury points which Denmark ended up with all had to come from outside the Nordic and Baltic areas.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Denmark	Tele to Estonia	Tele to Finland	Tele to Iceland	Tele to Latvia	Tele to Lithuania	Tele to Norway	Tele to Sweden
Denmark	n/a	6	5	10	0	2	0	12
Estonia	0	n/a	10	5	8	1	0	12
Finland	0	8	n/a	6	3	1	0	12
Iceland	2	7	5	n/a	0	0	8	10
Latvia	0	12	3	0	n/a	10	1	8
Lithuania	0	10	0	0	12	n/a	2	4
Norway	0	7	6	3	0	4	n/a	12
Sweden	0	8	10	5	0	0	0	n/a
Group Total	2	58	39	29	23	18	11	70
Overall Tele Total	2	258	108	33	42	62	67	195
% of Tele Total	100.00%	22.48%	36.11%	87.88%	54.76%	29.03%	16.42%	35.90%

As can be seen, Estonia gave 10 televote points to Finland and 12 televote points to Sweden. Interestingly, Finland and Sweden both gave 8 televote points to Estonia. Altogether, Estonia collected 58 televote points from the Nordic and Baltic countries. Even so, the remaining 200 televote points which Estonia received had to come from outside the Nordic and Baltic areas. Iceland was lucky enough to collect most of their televote points, 29 out of 33, from Nordic and Baltic countries. Even so, that left another 4 televote points which Iceland had to get from elsewhere.

Benelux

Luxembourg and the Netherlands qualified for the Grand Final, whereas Belgium failed to qualify. The upshot of this was, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were able to give each other jury and televoting points in the final. Of course, Belgium still voted in the Grand Final, but could only give and not receive jury and televoting points in the Grand Final.

Jury Voting

From Country	Jury to Luxembourg	Jury to Netherlands
Belgium	0	3
Luxembourg	n/a	7
Netherlands	6	n/a
Group Total	6	10
Overall Jury Total	23	133
% of Jury Total	26.09%	7.52%

Notice that the highest individual score here is 7 jury points from Luxembourg to the Netherlands. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that Luxembourg and the Netherlands would give each other 12 jury points, and that Belgium would give their top two jury scores to Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Luxembourg received a higher percentage of their overall jury total than the Netherlands, but that was because Luxembourg ended up with a much lower overall jury total than the Netherlands. Both Luxembourg and the Netherlands had to get the majority of their jury points from outside the Benelux area.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Luxembourg	Tele to Netherlands
Belgium	0	5
Luxembourg	n/a	0
Netherlands	0	n/a
Group Total	0	5
Overall Tele Total	24	42
% of Tele Total	0.00%	11.90%

Things were even worse among the Benelux countries on televoting. The only televote points exchanged within this group were 5 televote points from Belgium to the Netherlands. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that Luxembourg and the Netherlands would give each other 12 televote points, and that Belgium would give their top two televote scores to Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Being as the Netherlands collected just 5 televote points within this group, most of their televote points had to come from outside the Benelux area. Luxembourg received no televote points within this group, so all of its 24 televote points had to come from outside the Benelux area.

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, Malta qualified for the Grand Final, whereas Australia and Ireland failed to qualify. Of course, Australia and Ireland 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 Malta	Jury to United Kingdom
Australia	8	0
Ireland	6	2
Malta	n/a	0
United Kingdom	7	n/a
Group Total	21	2
Overall Jury Total	83	88
% of Jury Total	25.30%	2.27%

Malta did best in terms of group total, by collecting 21 jury points from the other members of this group, despite the individual scores being single digit scores. Even so, that was just over a quarter of Malta’s overall jury total of 83 points. Thus, nearly three quarters of Malta’s jury points had to come from outside this group.

Ireland (which failed to qualify for the Grand Final) gave just 2 jury points to the United Kingdom. Clearly, Ireland doesn’t necessarily give 12 jury points to the United Kingdom. On this occasion, Ireland gave its 12 jury points to Austria. Neither Australia nor Malta gave any jury points to the United Kingdom. As a result, the United Kingdom collected just 2 jury points within this group, which was only a tiny fraction of their overall jury total of 88 points. Thus, almost all the jury points which the United Kingdom amassed were from countries outside this group.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Malta	Tele to United Kingdom
Australia	5	0
Ireland	0	0
Malta	n/a	0
United Kingdom	1	n/a
Group Total	6	0
Overall Tele Total	8	0
% of Tele Total	75.00%	Incalculable

Malta collected just 6 televote points within this group, but amazingly that was exactly three quarters of their overall televote total of just 8 points. Of course, Malta’s remaining 2 televote points (a quarter of their overall televote total) still had to come from outside this group. When a country has such tiny scores, analysing its results in this way is rather meaningless, but this clearly shows Malta cannot rely on the other members of this group for high televote points.

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 televote points at all, let alone high televote points.

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, and Switzerland automatically qualified for the Grand Final as host country this year. Of the other four countries which took part in the semi-finals, Austria and Poland qualified for the Grand Final, whereas Czechia and Slovenia failed to qualify. The upshot of this was, Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland were all able to exchange jury points and televote points among each other in the Grand Final. Czechia and Slovenia 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 Poland	Jury to Switzerland
Austria	n/a	0	0	0
Czechia	0	12	0	0
Germany	12	n/a	2	7
Poland	7	0	n/a	12
Slovenia	10	0	0	8
Switzerland	7	0	0	n/a
Group Total	36	12	2	27
Overall Jury Total	258	77	17	214
% of Jury Total	13.95%	15.58%	11.76%	12.62%

This group seems a bit more complicated with countries favouring one another. Nonetheless, as the table shows, Czechia, Germany and Poland each gave their 12 jury points other members of this group, but interestingly, Austria gave no jury points to other members of this group.

In terms of receiving, Austria did best in terms of group total, by collecting 36 jury points from the other members of this group. Nonetheless, that was less than a seventh of Austria’s overall jury total of 258 points. Switzerland collected 27 jury points from the other members of this group. Even so, that was just over an eighth of is overall jury total of 214 points. The upshot of this was, Austria and Switzerland, which finished first and second place respectively, in the jury vote had to get the majority of their jury points from outside this group.

Televoting

From Country	Tele to Austria	Tele to Germany	Tele to Poland	Tele to Switzerland
Austria	n/a	12	5	0
Czechia	4	1	8	0
Germany	6	n/a	7	0
Poland	7	5	n/a	0
Slovenia	10	0	0	0
Switzerland	6	0	3	n/a
Group Total	33	18	23	0
Overall Tele Total	178	74	139	0
% of Tele Total	18.54%	24.32%	16.55%	Incalculable

On televoting, Austria was the only country to give 12 televote points to another member of this group, that being Germany. In terms of receiving points, Austria did best in terms of group total, by collecting 33 televote points from the other members of this group. Nonetheless, that was less than a fifth of their overall televote total of 178 points. Thus, over four fifths of Austria’s televote points had to come from outside this group. Poland collected 23 televote points from the other members of this group. Even so, that was less than a sixth of Poland’s overall televote total of 139 points, therefore over five sixths of Poland’s televote points had to come from outside this area. Switzerland received no televote points at all, let alone from the other members of this group.

Other

Unsurprisingly Cyprus (which failed to qualify for the Grand Final) gave its 12 jury points and its 12 televote points to Greece. Obviously, Greece was unable to give any points to Cyprus this year; for the record, Greece gave 12 jury points to France and 12 televote points to Albania.

Spain gave no jury points to Portugal, and Portugal gave no jury points to Spain. Evidently Spain and Portugal don’t necessarily give each other jury points, let alone top jury points. In the public vote, Spain gave no televote points to Portugal, but Portugal gave 6 televote points to Spain. This blows out of the window anyone’s expectation that Spain and Portugal would give each other 12 televote points.

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Points to United Kingdom

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

#	From Country	Points to United Kingdom
13	Italy	12
23	Czechia	10
9	Ukraine	10
11	Austria	7
10	Norway	7
7	Luxembourg	6
25	Spain	6
36	Estonia	5
26	Finland	5
33	Iceland	5
15	Denmark	4
37	Switzerland	4
18	Ireland	2
14	Portugal	2
8	San Marino	2
19	Poland	1
	TOTAL	88

No country gave any televote points to the United Kingdom, therefore the United Kingdom finished second last with zero points in the public vote (Switzerland also ended up with zero points in the public vote, but placed last in the televote due to performing later than United Kingdom)

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	20	0	37	0
1	1	1	0	0
2	3	6	0	0
3	0	0	0	0
4	2	8	0	0
5	3	15	0	0
6	2	12	0	0
7	2	14	0	0
8	0	0	0	0
10	2	20	0	0
12	1	12	0	0
TOTAL	36	88	37	0

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Alternative Voting Presentation

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 Sweden to Switzerland), 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	Austria	258	14	Ukraine	60
2	Switzerland	214	15	Israel	60
3	France	180	16	Albania	45
4	Italy	159	17	Denmark	45
5	Netherlands	133	18	Armenia	42
6	Sweden	126	19	Portugal	37
7	Latvia	116	20	Lithuania	34
8	Greece	105	21	Spain	27
9	Estonia	98	22	Luxembourg	23
10	United Kingdom	88	23	Norway	22
11	Finland	88	24	Poland	17
12	Malta	83	25	San Marino	9
13	Germany	77	26	Iceland	0

Afterwards Hazel and Sandra would have announced the televote totals for each of the 26 finalists, starting with the bottom 16 from 26th 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 Switzerland (keeping them in 2nd place for now). [Oh, my goodness, that is harsh after they were second in the jury vote.]
0 points as well to the United Kingdom (keeping them in 10th place for now). [Oh no! Second year in a row for the United Kingdom, with zero points from the public, but a great reaction here in the hall]
2 points to Denmark (taking them to 16th place initially). [Oh, such a popular performance here in the hall, and yet it did not translate. At least Iceland will get some points now.]
8 points to Malta (taking them to 10th place initially). [No, that is astonishing. Miriana was, at one point, tipped to win this thing; it was the song of Eurovision.]
10 points to Spain (taking them to 19th place initially). [Oh, that is harsh. I don’t know what Spain have to do. I mean Melody put on such a great show.]
13 points to Portugal (taking them to 16th place initially).
18 points to San Marino (taking them to 22nd place initially). [Not the result they were hoping for.]
24 points to Luxembourg (taking them to 17th place initially).
30 points to Armenia (taking them to 14th place initially).
33 points to Iceland (taking them to 23rd place initially). [There you go, Iceland has some points at last. That is terrific. No-one is going home tonight with the dreaded nul points, but it’s obvious that San Marino will now end up last ]
42 points to Latvia (taking them to 5th place initially). [Not too shabby, they’re now in 5th place. They can’t stay there though.]
42 points as well to the Netherlands (taking them to 4th place initially). [Ooh, that is harsh. That’s sort of inexplicable; again, a really engaging performance, and a very pretty song. We won’t be going to the Netherlands next year.]
50 points to France (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Disappointing for them, after they did so well with the juries. We won’t be going to France next year either.]
62 points to Lithuania (taking them to 10th place initially). [Good for them, that puts them on the left-hand side, but it’s unlikely they’ll stay there.]
67 points to Norway (taking them to 12th place initially). [They too go across to the left-hand side for now, but they won’t be able to stay there.]
74 points to Germany (taking them to 7th place initially). [Well done, they got a good public vote score this year, similar to what they had from the juries. They’re in the top ten for now.]

The scoreboard would have looked like this after the bottom 16 televote totals were announced (countries which would have already received their televote totals are in bold).

1	Austria	258	14	United Kingdom	88
2	France	230	15	Finland	88
3	Switzerland	214	16	Armenia	72
4	Netherlands	175	17	Ukraine	60
5	Italy	159	18	Israel	60
6	Latvia	158	19	Portugal	50
7	Germany	151	20	Luxembourg	47
8	Sweden	126	21	Denmark	47
9	Greece	105	22	Albania	45
10	Estonia	98	23	Spain	37
11	Lithuania	96	24	Iceland	33
12	Malta	91	25	San Marino	27
13	Norway	89	26	Poland	17

N.B. By now, 475 televote points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 1729 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 74 televote points (just like Germany).

The countries placed 10th to 4th would have been announced at a much slower pace. Hazel and Sandra would have (almost certainly) 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 19th.

The country that got the 10th highest score, with 97 points is Italy (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Not enough to get them to the top of the leader board. We won’t be going to Italy next year.]
The country that got the 9th highest score, with 108 points is Finland (taking them to 5th place initially).
The country that got the 8th highest score, with 126 points is Greece (taking them to 3rd place initially). [A great score for Greece, but it’s not enough to get them to the top.]
The country that got the 7th highest score, with 139 points is Poland (taking them to 9th place initially). [She’ll be pleased with that, right up there to 9th place. It’s amazing the difference between the juries and the public.]
The country that got the 6th highest score, with 158 points is Ukraine (taking them to 5th place initially). [Another huge difference between the juries and the public; I think they’re pleased with that.]
The country that got the 5th highest score, with 173 points is Albania (taking them to 5th place initially). [Wow, look at them, in 5th place now, Beatriçe quite shocked. Sadly, you won’t stay there Beatriçe.]
The country that got the 4th highest score, with 178 points is Austria (keeping them in 1st place for now). [Well, this is interesting, is that enough for a win? We don’t know how many points are left, but with two zeroes and several low scores earlier, there could well be hundreds of public vote points still up for grabs. We haven’t had any scores in the 200s range yet.]

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

1	Austria	436	14	Estonia	98
2	Italy	256	15	Lithuania	96
3	Greece	231	16	Malta	91
4	France	230	17	Norway	89
5	Albania	218	18	United Kingdom	88
6	Ukraine	218	19	Armenia	72
7	Switzerland	214	20	Israel	60
8	Finland	196	21	Portugal	50
9	Netherlands	175	22	Luxembourg	47
10	Latvia	158	23	Denmark	47
11	Poland	156	24	Spain	37
12	Germany	151	25	Iceland	33
13	Sweden	126	26	San Marino	27

With just three countries (Sweden, Estonia, Israel) still awaiting their televote points, Austria would have been currently in the lead with its final score of 436 points. Michelle would, most likely, have returned from the Green Room to be with Hazel and Sandra at this moment. Michelle, Hazel or Sandra would have said “The winner can now be Austria, who are currently in the lead, or one of the three countries that haven’t received their points from the public vote, that’s Sweden, Estonia or Israel”. Green Room shots of the artists representing Austria, Sweden, Estonia and Israel would have been shown in four on-screen windows before continuing.

N.B. By now, 1454 televote points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 750 televote points remaining. However, the minimum each of the remaining three countries (Sweden, Estonia, Israel) could have received would have been 178 televote points, just like Austria. If any two of the three remaining countries had each received 178 televote points, that would have left 394 points for the televote winner. In order to tie with Austria and win on the basis of higher televote score, or pass Austria and win, Sweden would have needed 310 televote points or more, Estonia would have needed 338 or more, and Israel would have needed 376 or more. On the other hand, all three of Sweden, Estonia and Israel could have stayed at least one point below Austria. Thus, there would still, in theory, have been four possible winners at this stage. Of course, very few viewers (if any) would have known how many televote points would have been left for the remaining three countries at this point.

The country that got the 3rd highest score, with 195 points is Sweden (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Well, that’s a surprise; they were the favourite to win the public vote tonight. They’re in second place for now, but can they stay there? One thing is certain; we’re not going to Sweden next year.]

So, Austria 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 Austria, or one of the two countries that haven’t received their points from the public yet, Estonia or Israel.

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

N.B. By now, 1649 televote points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 555 televote points remaining to share between Estonia and Israel. However, the minimum either of them could have received would have been 195 televote points (just like Sweden). If one of those countries received 195 televote points, that would have left 360 televote points for the other country. If Israel had received those 360 televote points, its final score would have been 420 points (16 less than Austria). Thus, it would have now been mathematically impossible for Israel to win, but still possible for Estonia to win. Thus, in fact, there would only have been two possible winners (Austria and Estonia). Of course, very few viewers (if any) would have known how many televote points would have been left for the remaining two countries at this moment.

The country that got the 2nd highest score, with 258 points is Estonia (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Wow, the public liked Tommy Cash’s entry for Estonia. We’re now into the 200s range, but it’s still not enough to pass Austria and win. It looks like a battle for runner-up now.]

The favourite, according to you at home, is Israel, but will they get enough points to pass Austria, who are currently in the lead? Israel now needs at least 377 points to pass Austria. Even 376 points would allow Israel to tie with Austria and still win by having a greater public vote score. [I don’t think Israel can do it; I doubt if there are that many points left. Nonetheless, we had two zeroes and several low scores early on, a succession of scores in the 100s range and only one score in the mid-200s range, so there could still be well over 300 points from the public left. It’s down to the wire.] (Green Room shots of the artists representing Austria and Israel would have been shown, left to right, across the screen.) Israel, the public have given you 297 points, which is not enough to pass Austria. The winner, the champion, of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, it is Austria. [Well, that was unexpected, Israel turned out to be most popular with the public, but it still wasn’t enough to win outright. So, Austria have done it, JJ has done it, he has won. And the EBU will be breathing the largest sigh of relief that they’re not faced with a Tel Aviv final next year. JJ is bringing it back to Austria. Such a sweet, unassuming boy, that is adorable.]

The final scoreboard would have looked like this:

1	Austria	436	14	Poland	156
2	Israel	357	15	Germany	151
3	Estonia	356	16	Lithuania	96
4	Sweden	321	17	Malta	91
5	Italy	256	18	Norway	89
6	Greece	231	19	United Kingdom	88
7	France	230	20	Armenia	72
8	Albania	218	21	Portugal	50
9	Ukraine	218	22	Luxembourg	47
10	Switzerland	214	23	Denmark	47
11	Finland	196	24	Spain	37
12	Netherlands	175	25	Iceland	33
13	Latvia	158	26	San Marino	27

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 Sweden to Switzerland), and that Rest of the World would have had its points announced last of all.

A few things are obvious:
• After Sweden (first to call), the top three would have been 1st Israel 12, 2nd Finland 10, 3rd Estonia 8.
• Israel would have won the public vote with 297 points.
• The United Kingdom and Switzerland would have finished bottom two with zero points each (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, plus Rest of the World, 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.
• For much of the voting procedure, a two-horse race would have occurred between Israel and Estonia for first and second.
• Meanwhile, a three-horse race would have occurred between Sweden, Austria and Albania for third, fourth and fifth.
• Several countries before the end, Israel would have become uncatchable on televote points alone.

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

1	Israel	297	14	France	50
2	Estonia	258	15	Netherlands	42
3	Sweden	195	16	Latvia	42
4	Austria	178	17	Iceland	33
5	Albania	173	18	Armenia	30
6	Ukraine	158	19	Luxembourg	24
7	Poland	139	20	San Marino	18
8	Greece	126	21	Portugal	13
9	Finland	108	22	Spain	10
10	Italy	97	23	Malta	8
11	Germany	74	24	Denmark	2
12	Norway	67	25	United Kingdom	0
13	Lithuania	62	26	Switzerland	0

Two methods of announcing the 26 finalists' jury totals are outlined below.

Jury Totals Going Up Televote Scoreboard

The exact opposite of what happened in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Grand Final. Hazel and Sandra would have started with the country that finished bottom of the televote (Switzerland), and worked their way up the scoreboard, country by country, until they reached the televote winner (Israel). 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.

Sandra: OK Switzerland, from the juries, you have received 214 points (taking them to 3rd place initially). [There you go, the juries come along and change everything. That is terrific. Zoë is now in 3rd place, but I don’t think she will stay there.]
Hazel: The next country to be receiving points is the United Kingdom; let’s see how the juries have voted; United Kingdom, you get 88 points (taking them to 12th place initially). [Hurray, at least Remember Monday got some love from the juries. They’re on the left-hand side for now; take a picture! They’re unlikely to stay on the left-hand side, but anyway, no-one is going home tonight with the dreaded nul points]
Sandra: We continue with Denmark, the juries have awarded you 45 points (taking them to 17th place initially). [That’s a pretty good boost for Denmark from the juries; it takes them up the right-hand side.]
Hazel: Next, we’re looking at Malta, you also get some points, let’s see how many of them you get, 83 points (taking them to 12th place initially). [Wow, Miriana also managed to do considerably better with the juries than with the public; that is extraordinary. I’d have thought her song would have appealed more to the public. She’s on the left-hand side for now, but I don’t think she’ll stay there.]
Sandra: Spain, you are next; from the juries, you have received 27 points (taking them to 21st place initially). [Oh no, Spain haven’t done much better with the juries than with the public; they could end up last now. I don’t know what Spain have to do. I mean Melody put on such a great show.]
Hazel: We continue with Portugal, the juries have awarded you 37 points (taking them to 18th place initially).
Sandra: Now let’s see how many points you get San Marino, 9 points (taking them to 25th place initially). [That’s not much, but it’s hardly surprising; their song wasn’t jury friendly.]
Sandra: That’s seven countries who know their final points score, nineteen to go.
Hazel: You know, I really do understand how this works now. Next up, Luxembourg.
Sandra: Luxembourg, the juries have awarded you 23 points (taking them to 19th place initially). [That’s Laura Thorn; I thought she would do rather well with the jury vote, but obviously didn’t. That means San Marino are now last.]
Hazel: Next is Armenia, the juries give you 42 points (taking them to 15th place initially). [More than they got from the public. That’s surprising, I didn’t expect them to go for rock.]
Sandra: Now looking at Iceland, from the juries, you get 0 points (keeping them in 25th place). [That is harsh, but their entry wasn’t the sort of song which would do well with juries.]
Hazel: Next up Latvia, from the juries, you get 116 points (taking them to 8th place initially). [Wow, the juries liked Tautumeitas and their harmonies. It’s no surprise they did considerably better with the juries than with the public. They’re now on the left-hand side, but can they stay there? Sadly, it means we (the UK) have just been pushed back to the right.]
Sandra: Now the Netherlands, the juries have awarded you 133 points (taking them to 6th place initially). [Another entry which, unsurprisingly, fared much better with the juries than with the public. The Netherlands are now on the left-hand side.]
Hazel: We continue with France, the juries have awarded you 180 points (taking them to 3rd place initially). [Well done, Louane, she too has done considerably better with the juries than with the public. She is now in 3rd place, but I’m not sure she will stay there.]
Sandra: And now let’s see how many points you get Lithuania; from the juries, you Lithuania get 34 points (taking them to 15th place initially). [On the other hand, a country whose song fared less well with the juries than with the public.]
Hazel: Norway, the juries have awarded you 22 points (taking them to 17th place initially). [Another song which fared less well with the juries than with the public, but that was still enough to put Norway one point above us (the UK)].
Sandra: Let’s hop over to Germany, Germany points are coming towards you, but how many of them? [Did the juries like Abor & Tynna as much as the public?] Germany, from the juries, you are getting 77 points (taking them to 11th place initially). [Yes, they (juries) did like Germany’s entry; that takes them to 11th place for now. It does mean that we (the UK) are now in our final position, 19th place.]

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	Israel	297	14	Finland	108
2	Estonia	258	15	Italy	97
3	France	230	16	Lithuania	96
4	Switzerland	214	17	Malta	91
5	Sweden	195	18	Norway	89
6	Austria	178	19	United Kingdom	88
7	Netherlands	175	20	Armenia	72
8	Albania	173	21	Portugal	50
9	Ukraine	158	22	Luxembourg	47
10	Latvia	158	23	Denmark	47
11	Germany	151	24	Spain	37
12	Poland	139	25	Iceland	33
13	Greece	126	26	San Marino	27

N.B. By now, 1130 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 1016 jury points remaining to share among the ten remaining countries.

Sandra: We continue with Italy, from the juries, you get 159 points (taking them to 3rd place initially). [The juries clearly liked Italy’s entry, but it’s not enough to get them to the top of the leader board. They’re in 3rd place for now.]
Hazel: Next is Finland, the juries have given you 88 points (taking them to 6th place initially). [Not too shabby, it takes them up to 6th place for now.]
Sandra: Now receiving points is Greece; what have the juries awarded you? You get 105 points (taking them to 4th place initially). [A good score for Greece, but it’s not enough to get them to the top. They’re in 4th place for now.]
Hazel: Now, the next country to be receiving points is Poland. Poland, you get 17 points. [Oh, the juries didn’t like Justyna’s song “GAJA”. That’s got to hurt after she did so well with the public.]

At this point, the right-hand side of the scoreboard would have been full up with countries which had already received their jury points. The remaining six countries still awaiting their jury points (top six of the public vote) would have all been on the left-hand side of the scoreboard, and thus guaranteed to finish on that side. It’s most likely that there would have been a pause at this moment to show the scoreboard as it currently would have stood (countries which would have already received their jury totals are in bold):

1	Israel	297	14	Poland	156
2	Estonia	258	15	Germany	151
3	Italy	256	16	Lithuania	96
4	Greece	231	17	Malta	91
5	France	230	18	Norway	89
6	Switzerland	214	19	United Kingdom	88
7	Finland	196	20	Armenia	72
8	Sweden	195	21	Portugal	50
9	Austria	178	22	Luxembourg	47
10	Netherlands	175	23	Denmark	47
11	Albania	173	24	Spain	37
12	Ukraine	158	25	Iceland	33
13	Latvia	158	26	San Marino	27

N.B. By now, 1499 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 647 jury points remaining to share among the six remaining countries.

For the rest of the results presentation, it’s most likely that only the left-hand side of the scoreboard (top 13) would have been shown at the left of the screen, and the remaining two thirds of the screen would have been used to show the applicable artist in the Green Room.

Sandra: Let’s see how many points you get Ukraine, 60 points (taking them to 6th place initially). [Nowhere near as much as they had from the public, but it takes them to 6th place for now. I think they’re pleased with that.]
Hazel: Albania, the juries have awarded you 45 points (taking them to 6th place initially). [Oh, the juries didn’t like Albania’s “Zjerm” anywhere near as much as the public; I’d have thought they would have got more from the juries. That takes them to 6th place for now. Interestingly no-one has managed to pass Israel yet. The way things are going, could Austria, Sweden and Estonia all manage to stay below Israel’s current score, and Israel sneaks a win with all whatever’s left for them?]
Sandra: And now Austria, we don’t want to keep you waiting much longer, [Please don’t] the juries have awarded you 258 points. [Wow, the juries clearly loved JJ’s performance. That’s hardly surprising; Austria was the bookies’ favourite to win the jury vote Have Austria won the jury vote? We shall see.]

Hazel: That means we have a new leader on the scoreboard, Austria. [Yes, Austria is now in the lead, but is their final score enough to win? We don’t know how many or how few jury points are left for the remaining three countries, but Israel only needs 140 points to pass Austria and win.]

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

1	Austria	436	14	Poland	156
2	Israel	297	15	Germany	151
3	Estonia	258	16	Lithuania	96
4	Italy	256	17	Malta	91
5	Greece	231	18	Norway	89
6	France	230	19	United Kingdom	88
7	Albania	218	20	Armenia	72
8	Ukraine	218	21	Portugal	50
9	Switzerland	214	22	Luxembourg	47
10	Finland	196	23	Denmark	47
11	Sweden	195	24	Spain	37
12	Netherlands	175	25	Iceland	33
13	Latvia	158	26	San Marino	27

With just three countries (Sweden, Estonia, Israel) still awaiting their jury points, Austria would have been currently in the lead with its final score of 436 points. Michelle would, most likely, have returned from the Green Room to be with Hazel and Sandra at this moment. Michelle, Hazel or Sandra would have said “The winner can now be Austria, who are currently in the lead, or one of the three countries that haven’t received their points from the national juries, Sweden, Estonia or Israel. It’s likely there would have been a pause for a four-way split screen effect at this point; if so Green Room shots of the artists representing Austria, Israel, Estonia and Sweden would have been shown in four on-screen windows before continuing.

N.B. By now, 1862 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 284 jury points remaining to share among Sweden, Estonia and Israel. The minimum number of jury points one of those three countries would have needed to pass Austria and win would have been: Sweden 242, Estonia 179 and Israel 140. In theory, any one of those countries could have still received enough jury points to pass Austria and win. Alternatively, it was still possible for Austria to hold its lead and win.

Sandra: Next up Sweden, let’s see how many points you get from the juries, 126 points (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Not enough to pass Austria. That takes Sweden to second place for now, but can they stay there? One thing is certain; we’re not going to Sweden next year.]

Sandra: There is so little time left now. Five days ago, 37 countries were in the running to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Now only three potential winners remain.

Sandra: OK on top we have Austria currently number one.
Hazel: But Israel and Estonia have yet to receive their points from the national juries.

N.B. By now, 1988 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 158 jury points remaining to share between Estonia and Israel. The minimum number of jury points one of those two countries would have needed to pass Austria and win would have still been: Estonia 179 and Israel 140. It would have now been mathematically impossible for Estonia to get enough jury points to win, but there would have still been enough jury points for Israel to win.

Green Room shots of the artists representing Austria, Israel and Estonia 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.

Hazel: Let’s hop on to Tommy Cash’s bouncing private plane, and looking at the points Estonia gets. Estonia, from the juries, you get 98 points (taking them to 2nd place initially). [Nowhere near as much as he got from the public, and not enough to pass Austria. That’s hardly surprising, considering the style of song he performed. In fact, I’m amazed he got as much as he did from the juries. That takes him to second place for now. This now looks like a battle for second place.]

Hazel: My goodness I cannot take this anymore.
Michelle: No, I’ve only been here a few minutes and it feels like a marathon, I have to tell you.
Sandra: It’s time for the final reveal.

Green Room shots of the artists representing Austria and Israel would have been shown, left to right, across the screen, at this point. The current scores for those three countries would have been shown alongside the applicable country names.

It has all come down to this, in just a few seconds we will know the winner, and one of these artists will take home the trophy tonight.
Austria, after your points from the audience, and after your jury points, you are currently in the lead with 436 points. You will not get any more. [Israel need 140 points here, 140 points and they can win it.]
Israel, you can still win, if the juries awarded you at least 140 points, the night is yours. [This is quite tense. Of course, we don’t know how many, or how few jury points are left, but there could well be at least 140 jury points still available.]

Israel, from the juries, you have received 60 points, which is not enough to pass Austria. The winner, the champion, of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, it is Austria. [It’s not enough, where does that put Yuval? Second place, Israel finishes second. So Austria has done it, JJ has done it, he has won. And the EBU will be breathing the largest sigh of relief that they’re not faced with a Tel Aviv final next year. JJ is bringing it back to Austria. Such a sweet, unassuming boy, that is adorable.]

The final scoreboard would have looked like this:

1	Austria	436	14	Poland	156
2	Israel	357	15	Germany	151
3	Estonia	356	16	Lithuania	96
4	Sweden	321	17	Malta	91
5	Italy	256	18	Norway	89
6	Greece	231	19	United Kingdom	88
7	France	230	20	Armenia	72
8	Albania	218	21	Portugal	50
9	Ukraine	218	22	Luxembourg	47
10	Switzerland	214	23	Denmark	47
11	Finland	196	24	Spain	37
12	Netherlands	175	25	Iceland	33
13	Latvia	158	26	San Marino	27

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

Finalist	Jury Total
Switzerland	214
United Kingdom	88
Denmark	45
Malta	83
Spain	27
Portugal	37
San Marino	9
Luxembourg	23
Armenia	42
Iceland	0
Latvia	116
Netherlands	133
France	180
Lithuania	34
Norway	22
Germany	77
Italy	159
Finland	88
Greece	105
Poland	17
Ukraine	60
Albania	45
Austria	258
Sweden	126
Estonia	98
Israel	60

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 Sweden to Switzerland, 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 Israel had been confirmed as having won the televote.

1	Israel	297	14	France	50
2	Estonia	258	15	Netherlands	42
3	Sweden	195	16	Latvia	42
4	Austria	178	17	Iceland	33
5	Albania	173	18	Armenia	30
6	Ukraine	158	19	Luxembourg	24
7	Poland	139	20	San Marino	18
8	Greece	126	21	Portugal	13
9	Finland	108	22	Spain	10
10	Italy	97	23	Malta	8
11	Germany	74	24	Denmark	2
12	Norway	67	25	United Kingdom	0
13	Lithuania	62	26	Switzerland	0

Afterwards Hazel and Sandra would have announced the jury totals for each of the 26 finalists, starting with the bottom 16 from 26th 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.

0 points to Iceland (keeping them in 17th place for now). [That is harsh, but their entry wasn’t the sort of song which would do well with juries.]
9 points to San Marino (taking them to 19th place initially). [That’s not much, but it’s hardly surprising; their song wasn’t jury friendly. At least Switzerland and us (United Kingdom) will now get some points from the juries; no-one is going home tonight with the dreaded nul points]
17 points to Poland (keeping them in 7th place for now). [Oh, the juries didn’t like Justyna’s song “GAJA”. That’s got to hurt after she did so well with the public.]
22 points to Norway (taking them to 11th place initially). [Another song which fared less well with the juries than with the public. By the way, we (United Kingdom) could still finish last; we’re not out of the woods yet.]
23 points to Luxembourg (taking them to 15th place initially). [I thought Laura Thorn would do rather well with the jury vote, but obviously didn’t. That takes her up to 15th, but she won’t stay there.]
27 points to Spain (taking them to 18th place initially). [Oh no, Spain haven’t done much better with the juries than with the public. I don’t know what Spain have to do. I mean Melody put on such a great show.]
34 points to Lithuania (taking them to 11th place initially). [Oh, their song fared less well with the juries than with the public. At least Switzerland and us (the UK) can’t finish last now.]
37 points to Portugal (taking them to 15th place initially). [More than they got from the public, they’re now 15th, but they won’t stay there.]
42 points to Armenia (taking them to 14th place initially). [More than they got from the public. That’s surprising, I didn’t expect them to go for rock.]
45 points to Denmark (taking them to 18th place initially). [That’s a pretty good boost for Denmark from the juries; it takes them up 18th place for now.]
45 points as well to Albania (taking them to 3rd place initially). [Oh, the juries didn’t like Albania’s “Zjerm” anywhere near as much as the public; I’d have thought they would have got more from the juries. We won’t be going to Albania next year.]
60 points to Israel (keeping them in 1st place for now). [The juries didn’t like Yuval Raphael’s entry anywhere near as much as the public either. That’s got to hurt, after she won the public vote. It’s unlikely to be enough to win outright.]

N.B. At this stage, 361 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 1785 jury points remaining to share among the fourteen remaining countries. However, the minimum any one of the top fourteen countries of the jury vote could have now received would have been 60 jury points, just like Israel. It would, in theory, for all the remaining fourteen countries to stay at least one point below Israel, depending how the remaining jury points were spread among the remaining countries.

60 points as well to Ukraine (taking them to 4th place initially). [Nowhere near as much as they had from the public, but it takes them to 4th place for now. I think they’re pleased with that.]
77 points to Germany (taking them to 8th place initially). [The juries liked Germany’s entry; that takes them to 8th place for now. Can they stay on the left-hand side though?}
83 points to Malta (taking them to 13th place initially). [Wow, Miriana did considerably better with the juries than with the public; that is extraordinary. I’d have thought her song would have appealed more to the public. She’s at the bottom of the left-hand side for now, but she won’t stay there.]
88 points to Finland (taking them to 5th place initially).

The scoreboard would have looked like this after the bottom 16 jury totals were announced (countries which would have already received their jury totals are in bold).

1	Israel	357	14	Norway	89
2	Estonia	258	15	Armenia	72
3	Albania	218	16	France	50
4	Ukraine	218	17	Portugal	50
5	Finland	196	18	Luxembourg	47
6	Sweden	195	19	Denmark	47
7	Austria	178	20	Netherlands	42
8	Poland	156	21	Latvia	42
9	Germany	151	22	Spain	37
10	Greece	126	23	Iceland	33
11	Italy	97	24	San Marino	27
12	Lithuania	96	25	United Kingdom	0
13	Malta	91	26	Switzerland	0

N.B. By now, 669 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 1477 jury points remaining to share among the top ten countries of the jury vote. However, the minimum any one of the ten remaining countries could have received would have been 88 jury points, just like Finland.

The countries placed 10th to 4th would have been announced at a much slower pace. Hazel and Sandra 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 88 points is the United Kingdom (taking them to 15th place initially). [Hurray, at least Remember Monday got some love from the juries. That takes them up to 15th place for now; take a picture! They can enjoy being near the top of the right-hand side for now, but they will drop back down a few places.]
The country that got the 9th highest score, with 98 points is Estonia (keeping them in 2nd place for now). [Nowhere near as much as Tommy Cash got from the public, and not quite enough to pass Israel; just one point behind. That’s hardly surprising, considering the style of song he performed. In fact, I’m amazed he got as much as he did from the juries.]
The country that got the 8th highest score, with 105 points is Greece (taking them to 3rd place initially). [A good score for Greece, but it’s not enough to get them to the top. They’re in 3rd place for now. It now looks like Sweden, Austria or Italy have the best hope of passing Israel and winning.]
The country that got the 7th highest score, with 116 points is Latvia (taking them to 9th place initially). [Wow, the juries liked Tautumeitas and their harmonies. It’s no surprise they did considerably better with the juries than with the public. They’re now on the left-hand side.]
The country that got the 6th highest score, with 126 points is Sweden (taking them to 3rd place initially). [Not as much as they got from the public, and not enough to get them to the top. We’re not going to Sweden next year.]
The country that got the 5th highest score, with 133 points is the Netherlands (taking them to 9th place initially). [Claude, unsurprisingly, fared much better with the juries than with the public. The Netherlands are now guaranteed to finish on the left-hand side. Interestingly these jury score increments are rather small each time. By the way, Austria currently needs at least 180 points to win, but the way things are going will the remaining four countries end up getting not quite enough to get to the top, and thus Israel wins? We shall soon see.]
The country that got the 4th highest score, with 159 points is Italy (taking them to 4th place initially). [The juries clearly liked Italy’s entry, but it’s not enough to get them to the top of the leader board. They’re in 4th place for now. Have Israel snuck a win, with one single point?]

1	Israel	357	14	Lithuania	96
2	Estonia	356	15	Malta	91
3	Sweden	321	16	Norway	89
4	Italy	256	17	United Kingdom	88
5	Greece	231	18	Armenia	72
6	Albania	218	19	France	50
7	Ukraine	218	20	Portugal	50
8	Finland	196	21	Luxembourg	47
9	Austria	178	22	Denmark	47
10	Netherlands	175	23	Spain	37
11	Latvia	158	24	Iceland	33
12	Poland	156	25	San Marino	27
13	Germany	151	26	Switzerland	0

With just three countries (Austria, France, Switzerland) still awaiting their jury points, Israel would have been currently in the lead with its final score of 357 points. Michelle would, most likely, have returned from the Green Room to be with Hazel and Sandra at this moment. Michelle, Hazel or Sandra would have said “The winner can now be Israel, who are currently in the lead, or one of the three countries that haven’t received their points from the national juries, that’s Austria, France, or Switzerland”. Green Room shots of the artists representing Israel, Austria, France and Switzerland would have been shown in four on-screen windows before continuing.

N.B. By now, 1494 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 652 jury points remaining to share among Austria, France and Switzerland. However, the minimum each of the remaining three countries (Austria, France, Switzerland) could have received would have been 159 jury points, just like Italy. If any two of the three remaining countries had each received 159 jury points, that would have left 334 points for the jury vote winner. 334 points would have been insufficient for Switzerland to win. In order to pass Israel and win, Austria would have needed 180 or more jury points, and France would have needed 308 or more jury points. Alternatively, it would still, in theory, have still been possible for Austria, France and Switzerland to all get insufficient points to pass Israel. Thus, there would actually have been three possible winners at this stage: Israel, Austria or France. Of course, very few viewers (if any) would have known how many jury points would have been left for the remaining three countries at this point.

The country that got the 3rd highest score, with 180 points is France (taking them to 6th place initially). [Well done, Louane, she too has done considerably better with the juries than with the public. It’s not enough to get her to the top of the leader board, but she is now in 6th place for now. Of course, we now know Austria will get at least 180 points and pass Israel.]

N.B. By now, many viewers would have noticed, from a simple calculation, that Austria needed at least 180 jury points to pass Israel and win. It would also have been obvious that the minimum either Austria or Switzerland could have received would have been 180 jury points (just like France). Analysing the situation further, by now, 1674 jury points would have been allocated to the scoreboard, and there would have been 472 jury points remaining to share between Austria and Switzerland. If one of those countries received 180 jury points, that would have left 292 jury points for the other country. The minimum possible second place score of 180 jury points would have been the minimum Austria needed to win, 292 jury points would have been nowhere near enough for Switzerland to win, and it would have now been impossible for Israel to hold its lead and win. Thus, there would have now been only one possible winner: Austria. Of course, very few viewers (if any) would have known how many jury points would have been left for the remaining two countries at this moment. Michelle, Hazel or Sandra would most likely have continued as follows:

So, Israel is still 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 Israel, or one of the two countries that haven’t received their points from the juries yet, Austria or Switzerland.

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

The country that got the 2nd highest score, with 214 points is Switzerland (taking them to 9th place initially). [There you go, the juries come along and change everything. That is terrific. Zoë is in 9th place for a moment. That does mean that we (the UK) are now in our final position, 19th place, one below Olly from last year, and that San Marino is last. It’s also obvious that JJ from Austria has won, no matter how many points he gets.]

It would now have been obvious that Austria was going to get at least 214 jury points (just like Switzerland), which would have been more than enough to pass Israel and win. Therefore, it’s highly unlikely there would have been a split screen for the artists representing Israel and Austria. Instead, Michelle, Hazel or Sandra would most likely have said the following:

That means we still have 258 points for the jury vote winner Austria, putting them in the lead. The winner, the champion, of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, it is Austria. {He did it, JJ has done it, he has won. And the EBU will be breathing the largest sigh of relief that they’re not faced with a Tel Aviv final next year. JJ is bringing it back to Austria. Such a sweet, unassuming boy, that is adorable.]

The final scoreboard would have looked like this:

1	Austria	436	14	Poland	156
2	Israel	357	15	Germany	151
3	Estonia	356	16	Lithuania	96
4	Sweden	321	17	Malta	91
5	Italy	256	18	Norway	89
6	Greece	231	19	United Kingdom	88
7	France	230	20	Armenia	72
8	Albania	218	21	Portugal	50
9	Ukraine	218	22	Luxembourg	47
10	Switzerland	214	23	Denmark	47
11	Finland	196	24	Spain	37
12	Netherlands	175	25	Iceland	33
13	Latvia	158	26	San Marino	27

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 ninth time the two-part voting system, as first introduced in 2016, was used, and the sixth 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 third year running that a country has won the jury vote and overall, but not won the public vote (Sweden 2023, Switzerland 2024, Austria 2025). 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 nine 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 2026 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 again 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.

Roll on the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest from Austria. 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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