The first esctoday.com national final BigPoll took place this week. This is a new concept that we are testing and hope to roll out for every national final in 2009 where a full result announcement will be made. The results for the Swedish final see international and Swedish readers predicting that Sweden will send Charlotte Perrelli to the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgade tonight after 6380 votes were cast.
The first esctoday.com BigPoll for a national final shows that international readers predict Sweden will send a former Eurovision Song Contest winner to represent them once again for the second time in three years. In line with Swedish newspaper polls, our readers predict a win for Charlotte Perrelli tonight.
The differences are that international readers predict BWO to beat Sanna Nielsen for second place, Swedish readers have the reverse. International readers predict Linda Bengtzing will finish fourth, Swedish readers predict sixth place. Rongedal is predicted to finish fourth by Swedish readers and sixth internationally.
The full BigPoll Prediction from INTERNATIONAL READERS:
- Charlotte Perelli – Hero
- BWO – Lay your love on me
- Sanna Nielsen – Empty room
- Linda Bengtzing – Hur svårt kan det va
- Amy Diamond – Thank you
- Rongedal – Just a minute
- Sibel – That is where I'll go
- Nordman – I lågornas sken
- Christer Sjögren – I love Europe
- Frida feat. Headline – Upp o hoppa
The Swedish reader predictions:
