Last Saturday OGAE Norway had a meeting in which a voting for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest was organized. No big surprises in Norway either. Sweden, Ukraine and Belgium once again confirm their status as Eurovision fans' favourites.
Last Saturday, 17th April, OGAE Norway held a voting during their meeting in Oslo which was attended by 67 people. Each of them had 20 points to distribute freely among the 35 other participating songs (Norway could not be voted for).
Sweden, Ukraine and Belgium once again ended up high in the list and confirm their status of favourites for victory in Istanbul. If it was up to OGAE Norway to decide, Austria would finish the contest with an embarrassing nil points. The results were as follows:
01. Sweden 211
02. Ukraine 137
03. Denmark 109
04. Belgium 104
05. Serbia-Montenegro 92
06. Cyprus 59
07. Monaco 56
08. France 48
09. Israel 44
10. Macedonia 43
11. Russia 41
12. Iceland 40
12. Spain 40
14. Turkey 36
15. Malta 33
15. United Kingdom 33
17. Belarus 29
18. Andorra 24
19. Albania 19
19. Grece 19
21. Romania 18
22. Bosnia-Herzegovina 16
22. Estonia 16
24. Germany 13
25. Croatia 11
26. Poland 10
27. Finland 9
28. Irland 7
28. Switzerland 7
30. Slovenia 6
31. Latvia 3
31. Lithuania 3
33. Netherlands 2
33. Portugal 2
35. Austria 0
Everyone present was also asked to predict Norway's result in Istanbul. The Norwegians predicted their country to end on a 7th place.
