From 17 – 25 May, Eurovision Song Contest Radio held a special poll to determine the favourites of their listeners, and although Conchita with her entry Rise like a phoenix won the contest, respondents had a different view for this poll.

All in all, Hungarian entrant András Kállay-Saunders came out on top of the overall voting with his entry Running, winning Best Song with 8.8% of the vote, and Best Male Artist with 23.9% of the vote. Sweden’s Sanna Nielsen captured second place for Best Song with 8.5% of the vote with her entry Undo, and first place for Best Female Artist with 30.1% of the vote. Dutch folk group The Common Linnets captured the top spot in the Best Group category with 18.8%, followed by Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd for Greece at 12.1% and Finland’s Softengine at third with 10.5%.

Despite capturing the votes and minds of the pan-European audience during the Grand Final, 2014 Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst came third in the Best Song category for her power ballad Rise like a phoenix with 7.8% of the vote, and second with 20.7% of the vote in the Best Female Artist category.

Here are the top 3 winners from each of the awards categories:

Best Song	Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist	Best Group
András Kállay-Saunders Running [Hungary] Sanna Nielsen Undo  [Sweden] Conchita Wurst Rise like a phoenix [Austria]	András Kállay-Saunders [Hungary] Sebalter [Switzerland] Aram MP3 [Armenia]	Sanna Nielsen [Sweden] Conchita Wurst [Austria] Mariya Yaremchuck [Ukraine]	The Common Linnets  [The Netherlands] Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd [Greece] Softengine [Finland]

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Earlier this month, Austria’s Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark with her entry Rise like a phoenix, therefore awarding Austria the right to host the 2015 and 60th edition of the contest next May.

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