Right after the draw for the running order, the third edition of the annual esctoday.com BigPoll kicks off. Last year, more than a thousand esctoday.com members cast their predictions to the outcome of the Eurovision Song Contest.

How it works
The BigPoll is a prediction poll, which means that we don't ask you to vote for your favourites, but to predict the actual outcome. We think that Eurovision Song Contest fans have enough experience and knowledge to predict the right outcome all together. From the moment the running order is known, until 19th May (18:00 CET), members of esctoday.com can cast their prediction ballot for the semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2004, esctoday.com members predicted seven out of ten qualified countries right. With Ukraine first, Greece on the second spot and Serbia & Montenegro on the third place, the final prediction of 2004 was quite close!

Right after the semifinal, you can cast your prediction ballot for the final. The BigPoll prediction for the final closes 21st May, 18:00 CET.

Predict and win!
For the person who predicts the ranking of the semifinal and the final entirely correct, we have a Eurovision Song Contest surprise package! If there is nobody with an entirely correct prediction, the person with the best prediction wins. For the predictors ending up second, third, fourth and fifth we also have prizes to win.

Stay tuned for the BigPoll 2005!