OGAE Russia have voted on the 2008 songs, and gave 12 points to Ukraine and Ani Lorak. The club�s ten points go to Sweden and eight points were awarded to Greece and Azerbaijan gets their first 3 votes.

The Russian voting was divided in two rounds. In the first one each song was evaluated from 0 to 5. The Top 15 songs proceeded to the second round and were voted for in traditional Eurovision style. This is the verdict of OGAE Russia:

  • 12 points Ukraine (301)
  • 10 points Sweden (218)
  • 8 points Greece (214)
  • 7 points Armenia (212)
  • 6 points Georgia (193)
  • 5 points Serbia (181)
  • 4 points Belarus (178)
  • 3 points Azerbaijan (135)
  • 2 points Slovenia (134)
  • 1 point Germany (124)

Just missing out:

  • Iceland (117)
  • Hungary (116)
  • Bulgaria (111)
  • Czech Republic (102)
  • Switzerland (87)

Sweden is still in the lead with 213 points, followed by Serbia with 133, Switzerland two points behind, Armenia with 115 and Ukraine with 111 points.

OGAE Russia is preparing a special prize for Ukraine from the club. It is becoming a good tradition, as last year the club gave a diploma to Greek participant Sarbel – the winner of OGAE-Russia Award 2007.

  • You can see the breakdown of votes on the OGAE scorecard here
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After23 OGAE juries have declared their scores, here is the updated scoreboard:

Andorra 20
Israel 19
Albania 24
Latvia 1
Armenia 115
Lithuania 0
Azerbaijan 3
Malta 11
Belarus 5
Moldova 0
Belgium 14
Montenegro 0
Bosnia & Herzegovina 10
Netherlands 0
Bulgaria 19
Norway 82
Croatia 3
Poland 0
Cyprus 8
Portugal 69
Czech Republic 0
Romania 52
Denmark 15
Russia 47
Estonia 0
San Marino 6
Finland 0
Serbia 133
France 6
Slovenia 22
FYR Macedonia 0
Spain 0
Georgia 9
Sweden 213
Germany 17
Switzerland 131
Greece 56
Turkey 24
Hungary 6
Ukraine 111
Iceland 79
United Kingdom 0
Ireland 4
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