Last Saturday, the Portuguese branch of the Eurovision Song Contest fans organisation OGAE (Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision) voted for the songs in competition at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Portugal was included in the voting.
The outcome of the Portuguese fans voting for the semi-final was as follows:
28th Albania – 0 pts;
27th Montenegro – 3 pts;
26th Croatia – 4 pts;
25th Hungary – 12 pts;
24th Norway – 18 pts;
23rdCzech Republic- 19 pts;
22nd Israel – 21 pts;
21st Belgium – 23 pts;
20th Austria – 27 pts;
19th Poland – 35 pts;
18th Turkey – 51 pts;
16thThe Netherlandsand Latvia – 66 pts;
14th Estoniaand Iceland – 67 pts;
13th Denmark – 70 pts;
12th Malta – 72 pts;
11thAndorra – 75 pts;
10th Georgia – 78 pts;
09th FYR Macedonia – 87 pts;
08th Moldova – 102 pts;
07th Bulgaria – 106 pts;
06th Cyprus – 116 pts;
05th PORTUGAL – 129 pts;
04th Switzerland – 154 pts;
03rd Slovenia – 160 pts;
02nd Serbia – 165 pts;
01st BELARUS – 179 pts.
Given that, the 10 countries to make it to the final were added to the list of the countries in the final. The outcome of the Portuguese fans voting for the final was as follows:
24th Lithuania – 24 pts;
23rd United Kingdom – 27 pts;
22nd Ireland – 32 pts;
21st Armenia – 33 pts;
20th Ukraine – 39 pts;
19th Sweden – 47 pts;
18th Bosnia-Herzegovina – 59 pts;
17th Romania – 64 pts;
16th Georgia – 65 pts;
15th FYR Macedonia – 75 pts;
14th Russia – 79 pts;
13th Finland – 82 pts;
12th Moldova – 83 pts;
10th Bulgaria and Greece – 89 pts;
09th Spain – 91 pts;
08th Cyprus – 92 pts;
07th Germany – 102 pts;
06th PORTUGAL – 114 pts;
05th France – 122 pts;
04th Switzerland – 123 pts;
03rd Serbia – 142 pts;
02nd Belarus – 147 pts;
01st SLOVENIA – 152 pts.
In 2004 the Portuguese fanspredicted the victory of Serbia & Montenegro and the second place of Ukraine, though in the actual final the voting was the other way around.
In 2005 they predicted the victory of Hungary and the 6th place to Greece, which was the real winner.
In 2006 it was predicted the victory of Belgium, which did not make it to the final, whereas Finland (the real winner) was predicted in 9th place.
Let's wait and see what this year's results will bring.
In the same meeting, the OGAE members voted for the Portugueseentryat the 2007OGAE Video Contest (Mónica Sintra performing "Esqueci de Lembrar de Mim”) and the 2007 OGAE Song Contest (Rosa Negra with “Fado Ladino”).
Portugal's preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkG-m4STt58
Slovenia's preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiShCwGQl1c
