Wiwi Jury 2017: Wiwibloggs readers have their say

Over the past month, the Wiwi Jury has been reviewing and scoring the songs competing in Eurovision 2017. But what do our readers think? We’ve collected up all the scores y’all have been giving in each jury post, we’ve calculated the averages and have come up with a readers’ jury. And there are a few surprises in there.

We took a look at all the scores for people who had scored at least five countries. This was to remove scores from readers who only showed up to give 10/10 for their favourite song and nothing else. This gave us a collection of scores from 25 readers. We also removed the highest and lowest scores to remove outliers and reduce potential bias.

The number one favourite of wiwibloggs readers was Belgium‘s entry, Blanche with “City Lights”. This earned an average score of 9.18, a big increase on the Wiwi Jury score of 8.67.

Wiwi reader L’oiseau had this to say about the song:

Belgium is in my top 2, again! They have been nailing it every other year. I like the contrast between her linear, but yet profound singing and the rich and complex beats and rhythms. When it excels towards the end when Blanche change the key. So much going on in those three minutes, but in such an elegant form of beauty. 9/10

In second place was the song that the Wiwi Jury liked the most: Italy‘s Francesco Gabbani with “Occidentali’s karma”. Readers rated it an average of 8.89, slightly lower than the Wiwi Jury score of 8.96.

Wiwi reader Pablo was a fan of the song, and said this:

I literally can’t listen to this song without smiling. Smart and sometimes even goofy, yet showing a restraint and a level of world-class talent unparalleled, there is heavy thought behind its gimmicks, instead of being there to dumb down, so in a way making each little detail instantly iconic. It may not be the best voice or presentation, but the whole package kills every flaw. 10/10

In third place was Azerbaijan‘s entry, Dihaj with “Skeletons”. Wiwibloggs readers gave it 8.18, much higher than the Wiwi Jury’a score of 7.83.

Reader Purple Mask has this observation to make about the song:

This song stands out, in a very good way. […] Is the meaning of the song over most people’s heads? Maybe. But personally I don’t care. There is daring music here, and it works brilliantly in the video. My only slight concern is how this will work live on stage, although I can’t wait to find out! 9/10.

Wiwi readers also gave higher average scores to the UK, Norway and Poland, while Denmark was the only country to get exactly the same score from both wiwibloggs readers and the Wiwi Jury.

At the other end, Lithuania was the least favourite song with Wiwi readers. But readers awarded it a mere 1.94, while the Wiwi Jury was slightly more generous on 3.31.

Wiwi Jury 2017: Wiwibloggs readers jury

1. Belgium: Blanche – “City Lights” (9.18)
2. Italy: Francesco Gabbani – “Occidentali’s Karma” (8.89)
3. Azerbaijan: Dihaj – “Skeletons” (8.18)
4. Bulgaria: Kristian Kostov – “Beautiful Mess” (8)
5. FYR Macedonia: Jana Burceska – “Dance Alone” (7.83)
6. Estonia: Koit Toome and Laura – “Verona” (7.7)
7. France: Alma – “Requiem” (7.63)
8. United Kingdom: Lucie Jones – “Never Give Up on You” (7.46)
9. Finland: Norma John – “Blackbird” (7.45)
10. Hungary: Joci Pápai – “Origo” (7.27)
11. Norway: JOWST – “Grab the Moment” (7.25)
12. Sweden: Robin Bengtsson – “I Can’t Go On” (7.23)
13. Latvia: Triana Park – “Line” (7.19)
14. Switzerland: Timebelle – “Apollo” (6.95)
15. Israel: Imri – “I Feel Alive” (6.93)
16. Iceland: Svala – “Paper” (6.92)
17. Poland: Kasia Mos – “Flashlight” (6.85)
18. Australia: Isaiah – “Don’t Come Easy” (6.8)
19. Austria: Nathan Trent – “Running on Air” (6.72)
20. Belarus: Naviband – “Story of My Life” (6.61) *
21. Denmark: Anja – “Where I Am” (6.61)
22. Armenia: Artsvik – “Fly with Me” (6.6)
23. Serbia: Tijana Bogicevic – “In Too Deep” (6.58)
24. Albania: Lindita – “World” (6.44)
25. Cyprus: Hovig – “Gravity” (6.21)
26. Ireland: Brendan Murray – “Dying to Try” (6.2)
27. Netherlands: OG3NE – “Lights and Shadows” (6.11)
28. Greece: Demy – “This Is Love” (5.91)
29. Moldova: SunStroke Project – “Hey Mamma” (5.85)
30. Romania: Ilinca and Alex Florea – “Yodel It!” (5.75)
31. Portugal: Salvador Sobral – “Amar Pelos Dois” (5.68)
32. Montenegro: Slavko Kalezic – “Space” (5.38)
33. Ukraine: O.Torvald – “Time” (5.19)
34. Malta: Claudia Faniello – “Breathlessly” (4.95) *
35. Russia: Yulia Samoylova – “Flame Is Burning” (4.95) **
36. Czech Republic: Martina Bárta – “My Turn” (4.86)
37. Germany: Levina – “Perfect Life” (4.79)
38. Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze – “Keep the Faith” (4.55)
39. Croatia: Jacques Houdek – “My Friend” (3.9)
40. San Marino: Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson – “Spirit of the Night” (3.88)
41. Spain: Manel Navarro – “Do It for Your Lover” (3.86)
42. Slovenia: Omar Naber – “On My Way” (3.54)
43. Lithuania: Fusedmarc – “Rain of Revolution” (1.94)

* Ties are broken by preferential vote
** Withdrawn from competition

A big thank you to Americanvision, AngieP, anonymous91, CharlieChan, cheesecake, Chupacabra, Colin, Darren, Erasmus, ESC&EDM lover, Eve, HBau, Héctor, Hi, (J)ESC Fanatic, Joe, kenna, L’oiseau, Loren, Lukewarm, M_K, Milla, Pablo, Purple Mask and Roelof Meesters.

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