Excited about Eurovision 2022? Then grab yourself a seat and get ready for the first points of the annual OGAE poll – where fans around the world cast their votes for their favourite acts in this year’s contest.
On Sunday, OGAE France shared the first results of the OGAE poll 2022…and it’s amazing news for the host country. Italy’s Mahmood and Blanco are the first to win a set of douze points this season with their contemporary and emotional song “Brividi“
OGAE France named Sweden’s Cornelia Jakobs their second favourite, awarding “Hold Me Closer” 10 points. In the third spot it’s another ballad — The Netherlands’ S10 and her song “De Diepte“. Yes, it’s a run of ballads at the top.
OGAE Poll 2022
Votes from OGAE France
- Italy – 12 points
- Sweden – 10 points
- The Netherlands – 8 points
- United Kingdom – 7 points
- Poland – 6 points
- Spain – 5 points
- Finland – 4 points
- Norway – 3 points
- Austria – 2 points
- Ukraine – 1 point
France’s votes aligned very closely with current betting odds. Both Italy and Sweden are in the top three favourites to win Eurovision along with front-runner Ukraine. France’s fourth pick — the UK — is frequently among the Top 4 with various betting houses.
Will the OGAE poll 2022 predict the winner of Eurovision 2022?
The OGAE poll winner doesn’t always predict the future winner of Eurovision. For example, last year, Malta’s Destiny Chukunyere won the OGAE Poll, but placed out of the top 5 in Eurovision 2021. In previous years, they’ve often chosen favourites who ultimately stayed in the semi-finals, as occurred in 2013 when OGAE Poll 2013’s runner-up Valentina Monetta failed to secure a spot in the final for San Marino. However, the organisation does often place future Eurovision winners on their podium. In 2018, they correctly predicted victory for Israel’s Netta. Take the results with a hefty pinch of salt!
Over the next few weeks, the remaining OGAE groups will announce their points in this year’s poll to determine their Eurovision winner. Stay tuned because by the end of April we will know which singer and song is this year’s fan favourite to win Eurovision 2022.
So far, only OGAE France has released their points. This means that there are 42 other clubs that will reveal their votes soon, so anything can change!
What do you think? Who do you think will win the OGAE poll 2022? Let us know in the comments below!
I am sure Germany receives zero points in this poll. On the other side, INFE poll started, too and the first country which gave their points was the Czech Republic and Germany received two points.
Last year Germany received zero points in the OGAE poll.
Last year I predicted top 3 right. While bookies polls were different. I don’t find polls bookies reliable. e.g. OGAE is fan based, they don’t take into consideration perfornance, vocal etc. Since it is song contest I use my experience of watching Eurovision for long time and that I know musical taste of viewers. Also I take into consideration the popularity, the contender, contemporary, the lyrics the music of the song and then I combine my favourites and my prediction equals the result. This year so far I have uk, italy, Spain, germany that are waking me up. But this… Read more »
Now there are a lot of angry Swedish ladies that are furious at France for voting on Sweden when it wasn’t Bagge that won! So many ladies are furious on poor Cornelia for winning over Bagge.
LOL, looking forward to their puzzled look when Cornelia potentielly wins..
Yeah, they’ll change their tune real quick if Sweden wins their seventh trophy
Makka baya, makka baya, makka lo, makka lo getting ZERO POINTS?? She is a TOP 5 contender!!
She’s really not
No, she’s the winner
Just submitted my votes for Rest of the World. If we give 12 to Portugal, you’re very welcome.
12 to Portugal? Why though? It’s not a winning song.
Love the votes
Well done France fair result
Damn, the amount of hate in the comments for Italy, Sweden, Netherlands and the UK. Can’t wait to see the comments when Ukraine or Spain win an OGAE poll.
Seriously though guys, it’s just a poll. Some country has to win Eurovision, can’t we try not getting angry if it’s not your country?
why is everyone so mad about the ogae voting lol, this is just for funsies yall stop wasting energy on this xD
This is the official final ranking of OGAE France at OGAE Poll (by 36 voters): 1 – Italy 228 2 – Sweden 219 3 – Netherlands 151 4 – UK 139 5 – Poland 114 6 – Spain 113 7 – Finland 110 8 – Norway 109 9 – Austria 97 10 – Ukraine 92 11 – Australia 87 12 – Czech Republic 79 13 – Estonia 74 14 – Moldova 66 15 – Albania 62 16 – Serbia 57 17 – Israel 29 18 – Greece 28 19 – Armenia 24 19 – Germany 24 21 – Belgium 20… Read more »
Thank you so much for providing this list showing which ones were so close to receiving top ten points as well as how they voted by semi. Very informative.
I just take the info That I’ve Seen on official Eurofan page of Facebook were they revealed these results
Only 9 points between Italy and Sweden? That is interesting..
I Wonder if Italy or Sweden get rhe most of the tele votes…….
And so the OGAE voting begins. It would be interesting to see who comes out on top in the end. Also, I don’t really take it that seriously. This list isn’t always the most accurate predictor of who will actually do well at eurovision or not. I just wanna have fun with it
OGAE polls are garbage. They always predict the most basic, boring results.
Top 3 is already known Italy/Sweden/UK
Results are only boring because we basically already know who will be Top 3/5.
Even though it kind of hurts me as a Greek to see OGAE not awarding us at least a single point, I cannot help but smile when I see that they’ve voted for six countries that belong in my personal top 10. 🙂 Especially the UK, that song might be the most unique they have sent in the past 10 years (well, alongside their 2017 entry) and it would make me ecstatic to observe my personal winner, Sam Ryder, claiming victory in Torino.
Just wait for it, there are over 40 more OGAE clubs, and I’m sure that Greece will ultimately be in top 10, as well as in the real contest. Agree about the UK. After Lucie, it’s my favorite entry of theirs for a long time, and Sam winning would be totally ok by me. 🙂
Who would you swap Greece with?
If you look at the whole too then they were not tgat far away. There is always one or two flopping song in the top ten before the contest begins. So they as well as the odds are not that far away. A song in the bottom never wins. And one of the songs in too ten usually wins. But it us too early to say yet.
Zero points for Greece, Albania, Portugal and Lithuania?
Also, very important to note, Spain is the highest-ranked non-ballad on this list. I think this shows that Spain will excel thanks to the abundance of ballads this year. Things are looking good for Chanel, even though the OGAEs will underrate her.
I personally wouldn’t call UK a ballad, but a mid-tempo pop song, and even Poland, which is ballad by instrumentation and lyrical content, is still at least mid-tempo, if not uptempo. Still, noted that Spain is the highest ranked full-fledged ”bop”, and yes, it *should* do well in the contest! Go, Chanel!
Also, agree for these countries getting points, especially Portugal and Greece. Have patience, a lot more OGAE polls to cover. 🙂
Calm down. How one OGAE votes does not predict that the others will do the same.
Why are you all so negative about the ogae voting?! I don’t think it’s suppose to predict the real results at ESC anyway.. just chill…
0 points for Albania? Lmao OGAE too scared to vote different from the betting odds.
Well, quite a few people find “Makka lo” pretty annoying, although Ronela is a very competent singer. It’s just the song that isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
The video is hilarious
So four ballads in top five and the fifth one os the UK well i don’t see that happening in the televote in Eurovision
I dont think Sweden is a classic ballad.
What’s your definition of ballad?
For me it is a song that has a slower tempo, usually with few instruments (like a piano), and a singer that sings about love. Italy is the the home of the greatest ballads. And this year Brividi is in many ways such a classic according to me.
And so boring…
Okay, I’ll call it already: Those Top Four of the French vote will also ultimately be the Top Four of the full OGAE voting – and in that particular order, as well.
But once more, it will only prove the fan clubs’ detachment from reality, as non of these countries will win and especially Sweden can only hope for 8th place at best.
I agree but I have big expectations about the UK, though.
I’m also absolutely sure Italy, the Netherlands and the UK will end up within the Top 10, if not Top 5. So I actually don’t even think OGAE France’s vote is too far off.
But anything but a Ukrainian victory in May would be a huge upset. And I can already see the OGAE voting not reflecting that.
And just for clarification: I’ve never before declared a winner in advance. But this year, I’m expecting a new record in televoting points and I don’t think the juries will rate ‘Stefania’ low either.
Here we go again, the bashing of Sweden over and over again. This year we sent a power ballad with a rocky edge written and sung by the artist herself. 100 Swedish entry. Authentic . This song has the typical Swedish sound – actually stemming from swedish folk music that mixes undertones of sadness with the feeling of being elevated. This mix sad/sweet/happy that is very very Swedish. Of course not everyones cup of tea. But I love it.
I didn’t even say something negative about the song. I actually rather like it. It’s just not going to be a Top 5 finisher.
You know what’s more annoying than Sweden bashing? The never-ending stream of Swedes pitying themselves whenever someone dares to simply not love their entry. Seriously, get a grip!
As a fan of the Swedish music culture I hated basically all your recent entries, but this one is really good, and yes, it does sound authentically Swedish to me. For once all those jury points that you invariably get seem justified. There is indeed this melancholy in the song that makes it stand out. Of course it’s still very commercial and accessible… but Swedes aren’t known for experimenting, they’re known for making music for the masses.
LOL, can you predict my lotto numbers as well? Since you seem to be so sure about outcomes …
Ukraine needs to get at least top 5 jury rating to win and I dont see that happen. It is not a jury song. And Sweden not getting top 5 at least is wishful thinking cause I think she will get high support across groups..
You’re pretty confident about the Swedish result for calling me out on my predicitions, don’t you think? 😉
I actually am confident because for once Sweden has a really strong song. Not a safe uplifting happy pop tune. Last year was just blah and I didnt care about it one bit despite Tusse being charming. But I really think we will do well this year and be back in top 5 and get public support. And I havent felt so about my country since 2015
As for Ukraine’s chances … finishing top 5 with the juries isn’t a must. Sure, it usually is the case with the winning entry. But if there’s a tight race for the jury points with three or four countries within narrow margins, that would only strengthen the power of the televote. Don’t forget: Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Poland and Australia basically all try to appeal to the same target group. And none of these songs is particularly bad. I’d say, a top 10 jury result for Ukraine is already a given. And with this many dramatic and… Read more »
Its hard to see Ukraine winning if they don’t get top 5 with the jury. Since 2016 when the votes were split into jury and televotes, the least amount of points between 1st and 6th place with the jury was 94 points. So that would mean (in a hypothetical scenario), first place would have to get a considerably lower televote than Ukraine in order for Ukraine to pass them out and have half a chance at winning, not to mention if other countries in the top three or top five get a similar amount of points to first place, Ukraine… Read more »
And Italy gonna be in place 10-15
But even that would be a good result these days for the defending champions
The Sweden and Italy bashing is one thing, but now we’re bashing the Netherlands too? Are we just meant to hate on all the countries who’ve done well recently?
Is that more points for the UK in just one vote than the whole of last year’s points?
Summed up with 2019
Sweden is overrated
I’d say it finally deserves praises they get each year.
No matter when you read this.
Agree!
Ogae had Malta as the winner last year.
yes lol, says more than enough how we shouldn’t take them that seriously
How was the rest of the voting? It is hard before the rehearsals to know the result.
There is always at least one song that flops every year that is high in the odds and in ogarderad and wiwibloggs most liked songs. Last year it was Malta. One other year it was Italy. The rest is usually pretty much right. So there is a reason that we are interested in these predictions. Who will be the biggest flop this year? I dont know.
What happened to Portugal? And Sweden … don’t get what the fuss is about!
“Professional” eurofans live in a parallel world where Swedish songs are always the best. The problem is that the jury normally thinks so as well. Thanks good we have public votes. I think this year they will be lower once they get the public votes (as usually happens with Sweden, by the way).
Ah I almost forgot about OGAE aka the copy/paste of the betting odds (Ukraine is particular this year)
Sweden and The Netherlands overrated as usual.
The Netherlands overrated by OGAE? Yes, with Duncan The Netherlands were awarded bij OGAE with lots of points, but Jeangu, Waylon, Ogene, Douwe Bob got almost nothing (even the nill in several occasions!). In the end Ogene and Douwe Bob both finished 11th. Glad to see that S10 scores, it’s a very good song and I predict a good result in may.
The Nederlands is top 3 material as long as it’s flawless live
I like the song but she looks a little bit lack luster in the live performance on youtube. The light show doesn’t help. She is not conveying the feeling so well. But yes the song is nice. I think she also has disadvantage that Greece has a similar wibe in their song. They might cancel each other out. But I prefer Netherlands to Greece.
The lighting isn’t what they’re going to use in Turin. Also, the performance was completely live, and no backing track or backing vocals at all. So it should sound quite different in May.
Greeces song is a copy, and bad
No way she ends up in even TOP 5 with that song
Italy 12 points no no no. That song Its so boring
Careful you get down voted for any negativity towards the Italy entry as everyone treats it like the second coming!
Are you trying to suggest that everyone’s opinion is different? Big if true.
I think this is a fair result. The top 3 are also the top 3 most streamed songs on Spotify currently, so it’s the songs that appeal to the most people. Of course you could argue that Italians and Swedes always stream the sh.t out of their entries, but these aren’t just home country streams.
Completely ignoring the likes of Portugal, Lithuania or Iceland while going crazy for stuff like the banana song or Adrenalina last year is the true definition of OGAE.
They ignored Greece! A potential winner in my eyes.
I think Greece could end up doing relatively well in their poll too, but for each of the ones mentioned above I’m 100% sure the maximum they’ll give is only 15-20 points.
I really hope Italy won’t win this year because if they do it it will be only because of Mahmood’s global popularity, and that’s not fair. I don’t think that jury will be that into this.
The juries will score Italy high this year for sure.
I mean, they always do
Well, “always” isn’t very accurate. For example, in 2015 it was the jury that prevented Italy, the televote winner, from winning.
I remember differently (especially 2018 & 2015). Also Maneskin were 4th for Juries
Nah, they won’t. They might be in TOP 10, but definetly not in TOP 3. Somewhere around 6th place which is still high, but not enough for victory. I don’t even know why do you think they will do so well. If something is ballad it does not mean it will do well with jury.
You asked your Crystal ball what’s gonna happen in May?
Mahmood is only famous in Italy tho so that doesnt have any sort of impact on the actual scoreboard
How is that unfair? Don’t people criticise the UK for not sending a big artist, isn’t that hypocritical? How big is ‘too big’? Sending Mahmood isn’t cheating.
Brividi, besides public, convinced Italian press and juries (which is not easy), I think international juries will appreciate it
How do I vote in these polls?
You have to be a member of your country’s OGAE club.
OGAE overhyping Italy again I see, like every year. Interesting enough the only year Italy won they didnt do to well with OGAE…
That said they do have a good song and it is nice seeing Sweden doing well with OGAE after not doing to well these years
7 points from France! I know it’s only OGAE but seriously impressive for Sam.
Doubt we will see this replicated in May.
I think he even deserves better.
The winner will be either Ukraine, Italy or Sweden. OGAE vites according to the bets.
Let the circus begin (clown emoji)!
CIRCUS MIRCUS!!!
Already know we will have mostly top 10 from betting odds just with a few changes and in a different order..
We know how Malta ended up last year..
And Italy ended up 8th….
lmao one vote in and the pattern of ogays largely voting based on the current betting odds is confirmed. but merci for the 12 points !
Predictable for France to vote for Italy. But it seems like UK is going to be the overstated song from the OGAE this year.
Why is it predictable?
Why is it overstated?
Hopefully they will be right about us…
Always France give a points only to Europe Countries never in Ballkan ?
This next month is going to be so depressing with all these OGAE groups voting for the same songs over and over again.
Pro tip – just don’t read those posts, you won’t lose anything.
And you still here commenting in these posts ?
It is just a bit of fun. Fans voting for songs. Take it for what it is. They never say this will be the actual winner..
Yeah. Those first four are this year’s frontrunners.
Tbh…I didn’t even bother to vote in my OGAE’s poll this year. The results are always so depressingly uniform and there’s a lot of groupthink.
And no, they aren’t in any way useful for predicting the actual results at ESC.
I can vibe with this top.. The top 3 in my mind is quite valid, maybe swapping 2 and 3 but other than that perfect
Eurofans always overrating Sweden 😉
Hopefully this year we will have less negative comments about these OGAE votes than last year, and more positive attitude towards different tastes.
Everyone deserves to enjoy music, even if it wouldn’t be your favourite of this year, it might be the best one for someone else. Let’s appreciate diversity this year!
maybe if they actually voted based on personal taste, because their taste seems to almost always be based on what’s high in the odds
Not strange, because those bookmakers reflect what’s popular.
space man never charted in the uk singles chart or even in their spotify top 200 and yet it’s 4th in the odds, so not really. and it’s not like it’s high in fan votes either. it’s mostly up there because of brits – the population with the worst gambling problem in the continent – are wasting their savings on betting on themselves. just an example of the odds not really reflecting what’s popular in the end.
‘Space Man’ will score a pretty good result in the end. And not just by 21st century British ESC standards. But actually betting money on it winning the contest is a bit delusional.
I think it got to #93 on the iTunes chart, which isn’t bad in UK Eurovision terms. Mind you, I celebrated James Newman’s 11th place with the Polish juries last year.
wooah, it’s almost as if the highest ranking entries are there bc people like them!
No shocker there.