By now you’ve all examined and analysed the Eurovision 2014 voting results. You’ve moaned about the jury-televote split over Poland. You’ve listened as Azerbaijan questioned its lowest-ever placing. And you’ve talked about Scandinavian and former Soviet voting blocs. But far fewer of us have paused to reflect on what fans in Australia and China have to say about all this.
Australia’s Eurovision voting results
Riding a wave of Jessica Mauboy fever, Australia recorded its highest-ever Eurovision ratings this year, with a peak audience of 927,000 during the grand final. SBS allowed viewers to vote for their favourite during the final, and Conchita Wurst won in a landslide. She earned 74,434 votes, which was more than 20,000 more than runner-up Sanna Nielsen. Perhaps Conchita will be a guest star on Neighbours sometime soon.
The Netherlands came third, showing that Australia’s Top 3 aligned with Europe’s (even if the order was slightly different). Things start to diverge in fourth place. Australia went for Finland (who finished 11th at Eurovision). Armenia’s Aram Mp3, who came fourth at ESC, only finished 19th Down Under.
Iceland’s Pollapönk came an impressive fifth in Australia (15th in Europe), while Poland finished sixth (14th in Europe). Interestingly, Poland came fifth with televoters in Europe, suggesting that the Australian public has similar taste to their cousins up north.
In Australia, France’s Twin Twin did not come last but 18th. Bringing up the rear are Italy, Azerbaijan and San Marino, who finished 24th, 25th and 26th. Sorry, Valentina…
- Austria 74,434 votes
- Sweden 53,562
- The Netherlands 33,990
- Finland 29,702
- Iceland 24,106
- Poland 23,928
- UK 23,154
- Switzerland 18,934
- Malta 18,884
- Ukraine 18,392
- Spain 15,116
- Greece 14,936
- Hungary 12,034
- Norway 11,594
- Denmark 10,430
- Romania 10,044
- Belarus 10,042
- France 9,176
- Armenia 7,614
- Germany 6,316
- Slovenia 5,912
- Russia 5,824
- Montenegro 5,346
- Italy 4,968
- Azerbaijan 4,724
- San Marino 4,698
China’s Eurovision voting results
Chinese Eurovision fans voted for their favourite acts on fan site China ESC Fans. Voting was conducted ahead of the semi-finals, so you’ll notice that all 37 countries are ranked. Please note: the web site controlled for geographical location by limiting voting to IP addresses in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Sweden’s Sanna Nielsen can “Undo” her sad by moving to China and selling some records, y’all. She finished on top by a huge margin, racking up 368 votes. That’s nearly double runner-up Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith of Ireland. Yes, she may have been eliminated during the semi-finals, but the Chinese love her. (And so do our readers, who chose her as the overall winner ahead of the show).
Other non-qualifiers to do well include FYR Macedonia in 12th, Belgium in 18th, and Israel in 19th.
The lowest ranked finalist was Malta, who only managed to finish 34th with Chinese Eurovision fans.
- Sweden 368 votes
- Ireland 192
- Montenegro 169
- Spain 139
- Norway 138
- Switzerland 135
- Azerbaijan 134
- United Kingdom 133
- Armenia 129
- Denmark 127.
- Romania 121
- FYR Macedonia 109
- Russia 108
- The Netherlands 105
- Ukraine 103
- Austria 99
- Slovenia 97
- Belgium 91
- Israel 84
- Greece 80
- Iceland 79
- Poland 73
- Belarus 73
- Portugal 70
- Germany 68
- Italy 62
- France 61
- Estonia 54
- Finland 53
- San Marino 53
- Albania 48
- Hungary 37
- Latvia 30
- Malta 25
- Lithuania 16
- Moldova 13
- Georgia 4
I never thought that conchita could win eurovision for austria with that song I couldn believe it seriously. I know that majority of viewers are gay and that she made impact with women in beard image andher personality which came accross as sweet and pleasant to many people especially when Aram made joke about her looks which even helped her gain more attentiom as she stand for her looks to support gays etc. I believe that she won mostly because of her personality which wormed millins of peoples heart more than the song. Sanna Nielsen wa svery good but the… Read more »
Has Sam ever been to Glasgow ?
@Sam
I just find it quite amusing that people are blaming the Polish diaspora for Donatan & Cleo coming 5th in the televote. Are they forgetting that the Poland failed with the televoters in…
2011 – 17th
2010 – 13th
2009 – 12th
2008 – 24th
2007 – 14th
2006 – 11th
2005 – 11th
2001 – 20th
1999 – 18th
1998 – 17th
1997 – 11th
1996 – 15th
1995 – 18th
I can definitely see that the Polish diaspora is upon us!!!!!!! Morons…
The Chinese may have changed their votes once they saw the actual contest. A vote before the semi finals means very little.
Us Australians have good taste. 😉
@ Jordan. Exactly. I watched the Eurovision amongst Brits only this year and Poland was an overrall favourite, even with the gays. Attributing Poland’s success to the diaspora vote is ludicrous – since when have Poland been a country like Turkey, Armenia or Azerbaijan that ranks consistently well due to diaspora?
@Sam
Having followed the live Twitter feed during the European and Australian broadcast, Poland was actually a favourite among non-Polish viewers – both male and female. During the unofficial voting, Australia ranked Poland 5th with over 25,000 votes during the broadcast of the Second Semi-Final and 6th with over 24,000 votes during the broadcast of the Grand Final. Major Australian networks actually acknowledged Poland’s performance during their Eurovision 2014 segment.
Poland 6th in Australia. That can shut up the people who think Poland’s 5th placing in the European televote was down to diaspora lol.
China-Good Choise
China chooses correctly
WOW! Spain 4th in the Chinese ranking!! Ruth Lorenzo should try in that huge market with her new album Planeta Azul… Austria is only 19th in China. I know from chinese relations that it’s a little bit understandable performance for them… such undeveloped society in some aspects
@ Darren
Yes, the Chinese love the Irish song , she got a whopping 192 votes in a country of more than a billion
As much as i love Paula & Ovi their song was wrong choice.Powerful voice from Paula with second hand song 🙂
Aw the Chinese love Ireland’s song, number 2 on their results. Kasey should read that and try to market her music in the far east, it could be successful for her there.
amazing to see Switzerland so high both in Australia (#8) and China (#6). 🙂