Who Will Win Eurovision 2009? Vote Now! 196
Wiwi’s Eurovision poll opened on May 1 and closed on May 15 at 11:59pm. During that time voters cast a total of 35,802 votes, making this one of the largest Eurovision polls in the world. The results are:
(1) Turkey: 22% (7,809)
(2) Greece: 22% (7,807)
(3) Romania: 16% (5,825)
(4) Albania: 14% (5,133)
(5) Malta: 7% (2,503)
(6) Lithuania: 3% (1,024)
(7) Azerbaijan: 2% (841)
(8) Armenia: 2% (660)
(9) Norway: 2% (650)
(10) France: 1% (517)
Greece's Sakis Rouvas
Turkey’s Hadise edged out Greece’s Sakis Rouvas by just two votes, essentially placing the two in a deadlock. Romania fell to third following Greece’s showing in the second semi-final. Albania, who was a pleasant surprise on Thursday, overtook Malta’s Chiara for the first time. Lithuania and Azerbaijan held steady, while Armenia finally passed Norway, who may be suffering in the poll due to months of overexposure. France once again placed in the Top 10, suggested it may do the best of the Big 4 (despite oddsmakers backing Britain).
These predictions should be taken seriously. In addition to its size, Wiwi’s poll has proven incredibly accurate. On May 14, it predicted nine of the nine countries advancing from the second semi-final, matching its success during the first semi-final on May 12. (In both cases, the tenth country was selected by a jury of producers). Click here to review Wiwi’s live blog of the first Eurovision semi-final and click here to review the second semi-final.
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Friday, May 15
Hadise: Still on top
More than 22,000 votes have now been cast. Countries that did not advance from the semi-finals were removed from the poll and their votes deleted. The adjusted results are as follows:
(1) Turkey (31%)
(2) Romania (17%)
(3) Greece (12%)
(4) Malta (9%)
(5) Albania (5%)
(6) Lithuania (4%)
(7) Azerbaijan (4%)
(8) Norway (2%)
(9) France (2%)
(10) Armenia (2%)
Following a strong showing in the second semi-final, Greece’s Sakis Rouvas has doubled his share of votes to reach 12%, pushing him ahead of Malta’s secretary-cum-pop-star Chiara Siracusa, who stands fourth. Meanwhile, Albania’s pink tutu-wearing Kejsi Tola continues to rise in the polls, surpassing Lithuania’s Sasha Son and Azerbaijan’s Arash & AySel after moving ahead of Norway’s Alexander Rybak on Wednesday.
It’s your decision, Europe! Place your vote below to check out the most up-to-date results.
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Tuesday, May 12
Malta's Chiara Siracusa
By midnight, more than 20,000 votes had been cast. Countries that did not advance from the first semi-final were removed from the poll and their votes were deleted. The adjusted results are as follows:
(1) Turkey (33%)
(2) Romania (19%)
(3) Malta (10%)
(4) Greece (6%)
(5) Azerbaijan (4%)
(6) Lithuania (4%)
(7) Albania (3%)
(8) Norway (3%)
(9) France (3%)
(10) Armenia (2%)
The United Kingdom (2%) has dropped out of the Top 10 for the first time since this poll started on May 1. Meanwhile, Albania has surpassed Norway for the first time and France has finally cracked the Top 10.
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Monday, May 11
On the eve of the first Eurovision Semi-Final, Romania’s Elena Gheorghe is surging in Wiwi’s ongoing Eurovision prediction poll. More than 11,000 votes have now been cast, and Elena has leapfrogged eight places to reach second position with 12% of all votes. She narrowly edged out Malta’s Chiara (11%) who staged her own dramatic comeback last week (see below). Their ongoing resurgence continues to reduce the lead of longtime front-runner Hadise, the Belgian-born beauty and occasional lip-syncher representing Turkey, who stands at 38%—her lowest portion of votes since this poll started two weeks ago. Other countries reaching the Top Ten were: Azerbaijan (6%), Greece (5%), Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and Armenia (3%), and Lithuania (2%).
Click here to view predictions for the First Semi-Final on May 12! If you’re more interested in discussing potential losers, click here to vote on who will finish last! Or click here to vote for Eurovision’s Sexiest Woman!
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
Eight-thousand votes have now been cast in Wiwi Bloggs’ Eurovision poll, and Turkey’s Hadise maintains a comfortable lead with 43% of all votes. However, for the first time in nine days, Hadise has seen her lead shrink (down from Monday’s high of 49%). Meanwhile, Malta’s Chiara Siracusa is mounting a comeback. After shining during her two rehearsals this week, Chiara reclaimed voter support and jumped from eighth place five days ago to second place today, claiming 12% of the vote (up from 3% on Monday). Azerbaijan’s Aysel and Arush also had stellar performances and earned 9% of the vote, helping them push Greece’s Sakis Rouvas (6%) down to fourth place—his lowest placement thus far in Wiwi’s poll. Other countries in the Top 10 were: United Kingdom and Armenia (4%), Norway, Portugal and Sweden (3%) and Romania (2%).
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Monday, May 4
Entering the second week of voting here on Wiwi Bloggs’ Eurovision Predictions, Turkey’s Hadise continues to dominate. Of the 4,500 votes cast so far, Turkey claimed an impressive 49%. Interestingly, the majority of Wiwi’s readers reside in Western Europe, suggesting that Hadise has continent-wide support in her bid to make voters hearts go Düm Tek Tek. And her momentum appears to be building: last week Hadise topped the charts in Belgium for the first time.
So it appears this has become a race for second place. Azerbaijan leapfrogged five places to share second position with Greece. Both claimed 6% of the vote. Other countries reaching the Top 10 were: United Kingdom, Sweden and Portugal (5%), Norway (4%), Malta and Estonia (3%), and Romania (2%). (Does everyone want to be Hadise? Click here to see her imitators.)
Disagree with the results? Then click below to vote now for your favorite.
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Friday, May 1
Overnight Wiwi’s readers cast 2,000 more votes. As of Friday morning, Turkey’s Hadise maintained a comfortable lead with 26% of all votes. Greece (11%) surpassed the United Kingdom to move into second position, while Portugal (9%) came out of nowhere to move into third place. Other countries in the Top 10 were Sweden (8%), Norway and Azerbaijan (7%), Estonia, Malta and the United Kingdom (5%) and Iceland (3%). You can see the most up-to-date results below by clicking “view results.”
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Thursday, April 30
After casting more than 400 votes over the past four days, readers of Wiwi Bloggs’ Eurovision 2009 have chosen Turkey’s Hadise (Düm Tek Tek) as the likely winner. As of 11pm on Thursday, April 30, Turkey had garnered 26% of votes, followed by the United Kingdom’s Jade Ewen with 19% of votes. Other nations making the Top 10 were Albania (10%), Norway (9%), Greece, Malta and Spain (4%), Armenia and Azerbaijan (3%) and Sweden (2%).
Wiwi will publish an update every day until May 16.
May 16, 2009 @ 09:59:11
do you have any big place for make a contest.
May 16, 2009 @ 09:17:57
do you really think that kind of shit like Turkey, Greece, Romania, Albania, Ukraine is the good taste music? Be realistic, because it’s totally crap. You should listen Norway, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Malta, Iceland and Estonia. This should be in top 10, but I feel bad because I know the votes come in political ways.
May 16, 2009 @ 07:01:00
I’ll see you in ancient Illyria (Albania) for Eurovision 2010.
Go for it Albania!
May 16, 2009 @ 06:58:51
Albania is going to win.
They are the bestttttttttttttttt………..
May 16, 2009 @ 06:57:44
Albania is favorit number 1. Go Albania make us proud!
May 16, 2009 @ 06:56:19
Albania will win Eurovision 2009. See you all in Tirana, Albania in Eurovision 2010.
We will have a great time in Tirana……
May 16, 2009 @ 06:54:51
Gooooo Albania, we are aproud of you. You are the best.
May 16, 2009 @ 06:52:00
I guess Turkey is going to win this !
May 16, 2009 @ 06:46:37
Albania is the best this time. I am from Turkey and I love my country but Albania rocks this time.
Gud luck Albania…
May 16, 2009 @ 06:40:13
3rd place for Romania ?
That would be a surprise!
I would be happy for us , but I don’t believe in such a performance!
May 16, 2009 @ 06:34:16
My top 5:
1) Turkey
2) Romania
3) Denmark
4) Malta
5) Iceland
May 16, 2009 @ 04:15:41
ELENA OF ROMANIA IS THE WINNER THIS YEAR !
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VOTE 4 ELENA TONIGHT SHE DESERVES TO BE NR 1 !
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May 16, 2009 @ 02:35:18
[...] Wiwi’s Eurovision poll opened on May 1 and closed on May 15 at 11:59pm. During that time voters cast a total of 35,802 votes, making this one of the largest Eurovision polls in the world. The results are: [...]
May 16, 2009 @ 01:36:10
go hadise you own the stage. Hadisenin sesi super bence yenme ihtimali cok bu sene. GO TURKEY!!!!! WOHOOOOOO!
May 16, 2009 @ 01:16:14
1st place – Malta (she has a wonderful voice)
2nd place – U.K
3rd place – turkey
4th place – greece
May 15, 2009 @ 23:35:37
My favourite: Chiara of Malta
May 15, 2009 @ 20:55:40
my top5 is ::::
1:greece sakis rouvas .this is our night
2:ukraine
3:spain
4:norway
5:sweden( sorry if i did a mistake in spelling)
May 15, 2009 @ 20:51:44
I don’t know very well english but i hope that you will understand me !!!
May 15, 2009 @ 20:50:28
I love Sakis Rouvas and I’m sure that will be the winner !!!
May 15, 2009 @ 20:04:00
MERHABALAR.. BENCE HADÄ°SE BUNLARIN ARASINDA EN Ä°YÄ°SÄ°DÄ°R.. VE DE KAZANACAGINA Ä°NANIYORUM. HAYDÄ° HADÄ°SE GONLUM SENÄ°NLE
May 15, 2009 @ 18:42:17
Yeah Right! Albania and Iceland are the best!
May 15, 2009 @ 16:34:33
Sasha Son(g) is the best of all artists!
May 15, 2009 @ 16:01:05
ejja chiaraaa … viva malta!!! =D
May 15, 2009 @ 15:20:15
2010 in tirana
GO ALBANIA
May 15, 2009 @ 15:19:55
2010 in tirana
GO ALBANIA X
May 15, 2009 @ 15:17:40
wow albania was the best in the semi final 2 and still my favorite, well done albania n u deserve 2 win it. kejsi tola was amazing.
GO ALBANIA!!! X
GO SHQIPRIA !!!
May 15, 2009 @ 15:06:51
hi all guys my favorite soungs
my top 5.
number 1.turkey hadise düm tek tek
number 2 norway
number 3 malta
number 4 grecee
number 5 ukranie
May 15, 2009 @ 14:49:41
Kejsi (Albania) I think that is the best song of this year. Please listen it carefully.
May 15, 2009 @ 14:46:29
Shqiptare jemi ne doren tuaj. Jepni pak dashuri dhe vleresim per vendin tone.
May 15, 2009 @ 14:43:46
same to Lithuania. It’s very small country
Good luck to Chiara (i’ll vote) and to Sasha Son.
May 15, 2009 @ 14:42:23
Europe! Please dont take political decisions this year in eurovision festival. Albania is well presented with Kejsi Tola which has an wonderful voice and very professional song. Dont let this festival to have komercial winners with no one value.
May 15, 2009 @ 14:33:16
malta 12 points u wont regrate it pls think good before u vote on sat vote for best song not the sexiest woman or man thanks go chiara u can do it
May 15, 2009 @ 14:31:17
hello europe my country is the smallest country and we have no naighbors but chiara deserve to win she came third and second before now she deserve to win good luck chiara
May 15, 2009 @ 14:30:24
I really like Sasha Son.
he has strong voice, and he’s very passionate…
it’s a pitty, that russians didn’t let him to have a video during the perfomance while russian artist can…. it’s not fair, is it? He said that without that video, his perfomance is nothing. He’s very sad…
so..good luck to Sasha.
watch this. very touching. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJrPfCs8ub0
btw i’m not from Lithuania haha
I’m from Germany, so vote for Germany and for Lithuania!
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May 15, 2009 @ 13:52:43
[...] Who Will Win Eurovision 2009? Turkey’s Hadise has dominated this poll from the beginning, but Romania’s Elena [...]
May 15, 2009 @ 13:32:49
I think that Sakis is something that we have sow, and I don want to win.
Kejsi Tola is very sweet, is a beautiful with wander full voice. I like it and I think that the albanian diaspora is going to vote this time just for Albania. 12 point from Macedonia goes to Albania.
May 15, 2009 @ 12:57:43
Sakis rouvas will be the winner of eurovision!!!!!
this is our night is the best and above all he has the best performance!!
1. Greece
2. Norway
3. Turkey
May 15, 2009 @ 11:35:52
Ku jeni gurbetqare nga Shqiperia, nga Kosova, Maqedonia, Mali i Zi te gjithe te perkrahom Shqiperine ne Evrovizion. Kejsi Tola eshte krenaria e gjitheve. Ajo eshte e mrekullueshme dhe i duhet perkrahja jone.
Go Albania go go gooooo
May 15, 2009 @ 11:32:19
Macedonia is with Kejsi Tola – Albania.
12 goes to Albania
10 to Turkey
8 to Bosna & Hercegovina
7 to Croatia
6 to Azerbaycan
5 to Rusiia
4 to Spain
3 to Denmark
2 to Malta
1 to Norway
May 15, 2009 @ 11:25:25
The all songs are good, but I think that this year must be win Albania, because she is great and she have a beautiful voice (maybe the best) and she have just 17 years. Her story is very interesting and like it very much.
My top 5:
1. Albania
2. Turkey
3. Azerbaycan
4. Bosnia & Herceg
5. Greece
Go Albania, Macedonia is with you.
Kejsi Tola ti je krenaria e shqiptareve kudo qe jane.
May 15, 2009 @ 09:35:55
Do you know Norwegian and Estonian songs are plagiarism?
Don’t believe me? Watch this:
Jura Shatunov – Detstwo (copy this in You Tube), Norwegian song.
youtube.com/watch?v=9qJ13M4 Estonian song.
I can’t understand how they are still in competition:(
May 15, 2009 @ 09:26:29
Number one – LITHUANIA!!
Estija idomi dainele, gal Norvegija..
May 15, 2009 @ 09:16:48
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May 15, 2009 @ 09:13:36
Ukraine the best country in the world! Glory to Ukraine!!!
Слава Україні!
May 15, 2009 @ 09:11:07
My number one Hadise / Turkey
i am going to eurovision 2010 Turkey Ä°stanbul
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May 15, 2009 @ 08:44:13
And of course Kiara goes for the third time and Johny Logan went twice as a singer and won and another time as a composer and won again I think. And Dima Bilan for Russia and a lot of others.
I agree that it sould be for youngers but it is not. We are not making the rules. And the competition is too hard to ignore. So every country makes its best.
And you see that Cristina from Cyprus, a new one just 16 with a great voice, marvelous song and very good on stage with beatifull show, didn’t make it.
May 15, 2009 @ 08:34:35
Paparizou went to eurovision twice for greece. She came 3rd the first time singing “Die for you” as the singer of the duo Antique and 1st the second time in kievo 2005 with “Number one”. Every greek knows that. Where are you from anyway? and if you don’t know or don’t remember well you can ask or don’t write. Thank you
May 15, 2009 @ 05:38:23
Maria:
I have never seen any other people talking in such a negative way about her country. It’s one thing to be modest and to “know thyself” and a different one to oppose to your own country in a competition.
Not nice.
E.
May 15, 2009 @ 01:35:24
nobody was searing. i see somebody here was swearing about turkish countries. anyway, just ask armeninan what means “Jan Jan”. where did they get that word? and go see turkish or azeri vocabulary(dictionary) what it means.
music was good, i do not say anything bad about that. actually i liked the clip.
May 15, 2009 @ 01:26:50
speaking political, do not forget that Turkey and Greece were enemies. Tha is Skandinav countires fault what hapened now.. all skandinav countires voted only to its neighbors, not to songs! do not forget that. so what is wrong if Greece has the same music style like Turkey? they are neigbors. there are a lot of turkish live in Greece and a lot of greece live in Turkey.