Serbia wins the vote of OGAE Israel

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Serbia won the votes of the Israeli branch of OGAE in the annual party that was held tonight in Tel Aviv. The Israeli entrants to Helsinki, Teapacks, also attended the event.

OGAE Israel had its annual party tonight, in Tel Aviv. Teapacks, the Israeli entrants to the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest attended the party and answered the fans questions. "We were most impressed by the Turkish entry in 2004 and the one from Moldova in 2005 when we were looking for inspiration for 'Push the button'", said Kobi Oz, the band's leader.

"I can not predict if will qualify to the final or not, but we will be satisfied if we are only remembered after the contest is over". Kobi Oz also spoke about the preparations for Helsinki. "We are still trying to convince the Finns to allow me to perform with a cord microphone instead of the cordless one. We will be happy to meet fans in Helsinki and for that matter we plan on performing somewhere in Helsinki on May 8th". The band also told that from of the 2007 contest, the songs they like the most are the ones from Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria and Ukraine.

In addition, the 150 fans voted for the 2007 entries, in a semifinal and final format. The fans were divided into 10 juries. The 10 countries that qualified for the final were: Denmark, Cyprus, Israel, Malta, Moldova, FYR Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Switzerland and Belarus. After the semifinal, the 10 juries were asked to vote for all the 24 finalists and here are the results:

1. Serbia 80
2. Switzerland 58
3. Iceland 53
4. Belarus 41
5. Cyprus 41
6. Ukraine 35
7. Finland 33
8. France 32
9. FYR Macedonia 32
10. Spain 30

11. Moldova 25
12. Malta 21
13. Israel 19
14. Sweden 18
15. Bosnia Herzegovina 14
16. Germany 13
17. United Kingdom 9
18. Greece 9
19. Russia 6
20. Denmark 6
21. Romania 5
22. Ireland 0
23.Lithuania 0
24. Armenia 0

THE OGAE SCOREBOARD SO FAR: Seven juries have voted

The Israeli OGAE are the first so far toaward points to this year's host country, Finland. Belarus maintain their lead over Switzerland but the gap is just 5 points. Slovenia,who were the last OGAE country couldof course not vote for themselves, and are slipping from the top after receiving no points from the Israeli vote. With seven OGAE juries having now voted, the leaderboard looks like this:

Belarus 55
Switzerland 50
Slovenia 36
Serbia 36
Greece 32
Cyprus 28
Ukraine 27
Bulgaria 15
Iceland 15
France 15
Bosnia & Herzegovina 14
Denmark 13
Germany 12
Sweden 10
Georgia 10
Romania 9
Russia 7
Spain 7
Finland 4
Turkey 3
FYR Macedonia 3
Netherlands 2
Armenia 2
Moldova 1