The esctoday.com BigPoll for the first semi final closes at 17:00 CET today. Whilst the poll continues, the results are steadying out and the first prediction about who will qualify from tonight's Eurovision Song Contest semi final are clear. At this time, esctoday.com has decided to declare the first four countries predicted to qualify from tonight's show. They are (in alphabetical order), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Sweden and Turkey.
The esctoday.com Big Poll is the largest and most reliable prediction tool for guessing the outcome of the Eurovision Song Contest. Until now, more than 96,000 predictions have been made. These predictions have been grouped into each country, and then points awarded according to the Eurovision Song Contest voting system.
Much as with a political election, although the poll has not yet closed, some results seem to be beyond doubt. For that reason, esctoday.com has decided to announe the preliminary results. The four countries at the top of the prediction poll seem certain to qualify according to the esctoday.com readers. They lead the poll by a substantial margin.
The first four countries that esctoday.com readers predict will qualify are (in alphabetical order):
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Iceland
- Sweden
- Turkey
- The country that has shown the strongest increase in votes this week (without giving it's overall position) is: Israel
The full list of 10 countries predicted to qualify will be announced shortly after 17:00 CET today. Stay tuned to esctoday.com for the information.
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