Which 10 countries will qualify tonight for the final of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest? More than 3,000 people from all over Europe predicted tonight�s outcome through esctoday.com. In 2005, website members predicted 6 out of 10 correctly, in 2004 7 out of 10.
How it works
Esctoday.com asked its members to predict the rankings of the 23 semi-final participants. A computer simulated the points expected to be cast by the 38 countries in the same way that the public televoting calculations will be made. The prediction simulation of the televote resulted in a top-10 list.
Prediction
You can find the esctoday.com BigPoll 2006 semi-final prediction below, along with the prediction of the esctoday.com editorial team. Right after the semi-final, as soon as the 10 qualified countries are known, you can start voting for the final prediction!
- Belgium
- Sweden
- Russia
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Slovenia
- Estonia
- FYR Macedonia
- Finland
- Iceland
- Armenia
Based on polls, betting odds, past Eurovision Song Contest experience and various other variables, the esctoday.com editorial team predicts the following 10 countries to qualify (in alphabetic order);
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Cyprus
- Estonia
- Finland
- FYR Macedonia
- Iceland
- Russia
- Sweden
- Ukraine
Those with the closest prediction of the semifinal and the final will receive a fan pack of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. Several gadgets are available for those who come close!
