It's been a decade since Italy last participated at the Eurovision Song Contest but the official Eurovision Fan Club is still going strong in the country. OGAE Italy voted on this year's Eurovision Song Contest songs this weekend, and surprisingly, they awarded 12 points to the Italian language song from Switzerland.
OGAE Italy put Paulo Meneguzzi's entry Era Stupendo top of their poll, narrowly ahead of the host song from Serbia. Romania, who's language is close to Italian, took third place to score 7 points on the OGAE Scoreboard. Sweden, who took an early lead after the first three juries voted, were in fourth place, ahead of debutants, San Marino. The microstate's official language is also Italian, and they register their first six points. OGAE Italy voted as follows:
- 12 points SWITZERLAND
- 10 points SERBIA
- 8points ROMANIA
- 7 points SWEDEN
- 6 points SAN MARINO
- 5 points RUSSIA
- 4 points ARMENIA
- 3 points PORTUGAL
- 2 points ICELAND
- 1 points ISRAEL
Just missing out:
- ALBANIA
- ANDORRA
- UKRAINE
- POLAND
- SLOVENIA
After four rounds of votes, 20 countries out of 43 have already scored points. Sweden lead the table on top marks ahead of Switzerland, with the two countries locked on 39 points. In third place, but 16 points behind, is Armenia with 23 points. Serbia are fourth with 20 points.
- You can see the breakdown of votes on the OGAE scorecard here
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So, afterfour rounds of votes, here is the early OGAE Scoreboard:
Andorra 11 Israel 1 Albania 0 Latvia 0 Armenia 23 Lithuania 0 Azerbaijan 0 Malta 0 Belarus 0 Moldova 0 Belgium 2 Montenegro 0 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0 Netherlands 0 Bulgaria 0 Norway 10 Croatia 3 Poland 0 Cyprus 0 Portugal 13 Czech Republic 0 Romania 15 Denmark 4 Russia 7 Estonia 0 San Marino 6 Finland 0 Serbia 20 France 1 Slovenia 1 FYR Macedonia 0 Spain 0 Georgia 0 Sweden 39 Germany 3 Switzerland 39 Greece 7 Turkey 0 Hungary 6 Ukraine 7 Iceland 14 United Kingdom 0 Ireland 0 1. 3. 4. – 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. – – 13. – 15. 16. – 18. 19. – – 22. 23. 43. 42. 41. 40. 39. 37. 36. 35. 34. 33. 32. 31. 30. 29. 28. 27. 26. 25. 24. 38. |
