As delegations from the semifinalist countries prepare to touch down in Helsinki this week, OGAE Serbia has provided its own round-up for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Belarus' Koldun wins the vote with Work Your Magic with Bulgaria's Water close behind.
Belarus and Bulgaria walked away with the Serbian vote on 154 and 145 votes respectively, leaving nearest challenger Spain way behind on 115. The total combined vote from Belgrade was as follows:
- Belarus 154
- Bulgaria 145
- Spain 115
- Cyprus 109
- Greece 95
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 94
- FYR Macedonia 87
- Slovenia 84
- Georgia 70
- Russia 63
- France 59
- Hungary 52
- Romania 51
- Israel 45
- Finland 41
- Andorra 39
- Armenia 38
- Iceland 34
- Croatia 33
- Switzerland 31
- Malta 30
- Czech Republic 29
- Ukraine 29
- Turkey 29
- Denmark 28
- Germany 24
- Albania 18
- Austria 18
- Latvia 15
- Lithuania 13
- Moldavia 12
- Montenegro 12
- Sweden 11
- UK 8
- Estonia 6
- Ireland 6
- Norway 5
- Belgium 5
- Portugal 3
- Netherlands 0
- Poland 0
A hearty twelve points from Serbia gives Belarus a real hand in gaining some ground on Switzerland and Serbia itself, which had moved away well into the lead on the overall OGAE scoreboard. No points for Switzerland – and of course Serbia – give Koldun a fighting chance of catching up. Greece and Bulgaria move into poll position at joint sixth place, whilst Slovenia's Alenka Gotar achieves the magic one hundred, bringing her an encouraging fifth place. Most other places remain unchanged as the board settles down, with the exception of Bosnia Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia, which creep up slightly from their modest placings.
The full OGAE scores after Serbia's vote look like this:
1. Serbia 147
2. Switzerland 136
3. Belarus 122
4. Cyprus 111
5. Slovenia 100
6. Greece 93
6. Bulgaria 93
8. Ukraine 77
9. Georgia 55
10. Russia 45
11. Denmark 40
12. Bosnia & Herzegovina 37
13. Germany 36
14. France 35
15. Iceland 33
16. Sweden 23
17. Romania 21
18. Spain 29
19. FYR Macedonia 18
20. Turkey 15
21. Latvia 12
22. Armenia 11
23. Moldova 8
24. Finland 8
25. Israel 7
26. Lithuania 7
27. Netherlands 6
28. UK 5
29. Hungary 2
30. Poland 1
31. Malta 1