Wiwi Jury: Rankings for the Grand Final

The Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music unprofessionals—has now reviewed all 39 of this year’s Eurovision contestants. Each juror awarded each song a score from 1 to 10, and the scores were then averaged to determine the Wiwi Jury Verdict. Our jury is truly international and includes people from Britain, Bulgaria, Finland, Hong Kong, Panama, Romania, Sweden and the United States. This was a painful process. Tears were shed and expletives were exchanged—and that was just when we asked Bonnie Tyler about all that collagen and botox.

Below you can see our assessment of tonight’s finalists. Holland’s Anouk came tops with an average score of 8.36. One juror described her song “Birds” as “art in its purest form”. Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest came second with a rating of 8.07. Our jury praised her song for addressing themes of unity and division across politics, the environment and romance, and for tribal drumming that “taps into our most basic instincts and would have stirred a reaction in the first homo sapiens, the mandarins, and Enlightenment thinkers.”

On the opposite end of the spectrum we have Spain’s El Sueno de Morfeo in 25th place with an average score of just 4.0. Our jury praised the lead singer’s ability to ride a horse in the music video, but not her ability to deliver a top-notch song. Belgium’s Roberto Bellarosa came last with a score of 3.5. We moaned that his song “Love Kills” deserved an early death. (Roberto has subsequently re-worked the song and we’re actually kind of in love with it now. But our score has to stand as it is).

You can see the complete rankings of all 39 acts by clicking here. As for now, feast your eyes on our semi-final rankings.

REVIEWS AND LATEST RANKINGS

1. The Netherlands: Anouk with “Birds” (8.36)

2. Denmark: Emmelie de Forest with “Only Teardrops” (8.07)

3. Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich with “Gravity” (7.57)

4. Georgia: Nodi & Sophie with “Waterfall” (7.43)

5. Azerbaijan: Farid Mammadov with “Hold Me” (7.29)

6. Norway: Margaret Berger with “I Feed You My Love” (7.21)

7. Germany: Cascada with “Glorious” (7.14)

8. Sweden: Robin Stjernberg with “You” (6.92)

9. France: Amandine Bourgeois with “L’enfer et moi” (6.86) ** (3 vs 3 vs 1)

9. Ireland: Ryan Dolan with “Only Love Survives” (6.86) **

11. Russia: Dina Garipova with “What If?” (6.64)

12. Lithuania: Andrius Pojavis with “Something” (6.43)

13. Belarus: Alyona Lanskaya with “Solayoh” (6.21)

14. Malta: Gianluca  Bezzina with “Tomorrow” (6.07)

15. Moldova: Aliona Moon with “O Mie” (6.0)

16. Finland: Krista Siegfrids with “Marry Me” (5.71) ** (3 vs 3 vs 1)

16. Romania: Cezar Ouatu with “It’s My Life” (5.71)

18. Iceland: Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson with “Ég á Líf” (5.64)

19. Italy: Marco Mengoni with “L’essenziale” (5.07)

20. Hungary: ByeAlex with “Kedvesem” (5.0)

21.United Kingdom: Bonnie Tyler with “Believe in Me” (4.57) * ( 4 vs. 2 vs. 1)

22. Estonia: Birgit Oigemeel with “Et uus saaks alguse” (4.57)

23. Greece: Koza Mostra with “Alcohol is Free” (4.36)

24. Armenia: Dorians with “Lonely Planet” (4.21)

25. Spain: El Sueno de Morfeo with “Contigo hasta el final” (4.0)

26. Belgium: Roberto Bellarosa with “Love Kills” (3.5)

* Ties are broken by preferential vote. 4 vs 3 indicates that four jurors preferred the song that won the tiebreak.

** In this instance, 3 jurors prefered one song, 3 jurors the other, and one gave them the same rating. Therefore the tie could not be broken.

Photo: Photos: Thomas Hanses (EBU)

You can read our song reviews on the Wiwi Jury page. Then read the lyrics to this year’s entries on our contestants page. And then vote for your favourite contestants in our various polls.