The day has finally arrived, after waiting for a whole year, tonight we will see the Grand Final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest take place in Israel. In a matter of hours we will know the winner of this year’s Eurovision edition, but who will walk away with the coveted grand prix? Will it be a new country? Will it be the fans’ favourite? Will it be the betting houses’ favourite?  We bring you the results of the secret 2019 Commentators Poll conducted by ESCToday.

We invited the commentators from the 41 competing countries at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 to determine the winner of the competition via our secret poll.

They watch every rehearsal and play a key role in describing the performances of the participating countries to their respective audiences in their home countries during the live shows. They commentate on the whole show, performances, costumes and give their own opinions with witty comments and humour!

Last year ESCToday’s Commentators’ Poll successfully predicted the winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon.

ESCToday has brought you several polls this season in order to predict the winner of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv: OGAE Poll, INFE Poll, ESCToday Editor’s Poll and ESCToday’s Live Poll.

The Commentators’ Eurovision 2019 Poll

ESCToday has conducted a secret poll among the commentators to determine the winner of  the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final.  A total of 13 commentators from 11 countries have partaken in our poll and given their prediction in true Eurovision style giving 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points.

The participating commentators

13 commentators from 11 countries participated in our Commentator’s Eurovision 2019 Poll:

• Albania (RTSH): Andri Xhahu
• Australia (SBS): Joel Creasy and Myf Warhurst
• Azerbaijan (Ictimai TV): Murad Arif
• Cyprus (CyBC): Evridiki and Tasos Tryfonos
• Latvia (LTV): Toms Grevins
• Lithuania (LRT): Darius Uskuraitis
• Montenegro (RTCG): Tijana Miskovic and Drazen Baucovic
• North Macedonia (MKRTV): Toni Cifrovski
• Poland (TVP): Artur Orzech
• Portugal (RTP): Nuno Galopim
• San Marino (RTV): Lia Florio

The results

We bring you the global results of the Commentators’ Poll with the Top 10:

1. The Netherlands: 121 points
2. Italy: 95 points
3. Sweden: 65 points
4. Iceland: 64 points
5. Switzerland: 44 points
6. Australia: 36 points
7. Russia: 36 points
8. Azerbaijan: 34 points
9. Czech Republic: 29 points
10. France: 26 points

The Netherlands is the overall winner of the Commentators’ Poll with 121 points, followed by Italy and Sweden, with 95 and 64 points respectively.

On the other side of the Top 10, Greece has also gathered 26 points, however France placed 10th with the poll, as they were voted by more commentators.