Wiwi’s readers cast a total of 8,318 votes in our first semi-final prediction poll. If the results are anything to go by then the first semi-final is a three-horse race. Greece’s Eleftheria Eleftheriou leads the pack with her song “Aphrodisiac.” She earned 1,300 votes, or 15.5%, suggesting that her song really does turn Europe on. It looks like replacing her sexy male back-up dancers with some rather plain females hasn’t hurt her chances of winning.
She’s followed closely by Cyprus’ Ivi Adamou. The Cypriot-born beauty, who sometimes sounds like a tired transvestite when singing in the lower register, finished second with 1,083 votes (13%). She squeaked past Romania’s Mandinga, whose impressive PR campaign included filming two videos for Wiwi’s readers: a special message from Elena—and a workout video by her male instrumentalists. That helped nab them 1,083 votes, or 12.6%.
No other contestants managed to crack 1,000 votes. The seven other contestants expected to advance to the final are: Ireland’s Jedward, Montenegro’s Rambo Amadeus, Albania’s Rona Nishliu, Iceland’s Greta Salome & Jonsi, Russia’s Buranovskiye Babushki, Denmark’s Soluna Samay, and Switzerland’s Sinplus.
Complete Results
| Contestant | Votes | % |
| 1. Greece: Eleftheria Eleftheriou with “Aphrodisiac” | 1,286 | 15.46% |
| 2. Cyprus: Ivi Adamou with “La La Love” | 1,083 | 13.02% |
| 3. Romania: Mandinga with “Zaleilah” | 1,050 | 12.62% |
| 4. Ireland: Jedward with “Waterline” | 759 | 9.12% |
| 5. Montenegro: Rambo Amadeus with “Euro Neuro” | 745 | 8.96% |
| 6. Albania: Rona Nisliu with “Suus” (Personal) | 706 | 8.49% |
| 7. Iceland: Gréta Salóme & Jónsi with “Mundu eftir mér” (Remember me) | 510 | 6.13% |
| 8. Russia: Buranovskiye Babushki with “Party for Everybody” | 393 | 4.72% |
| 9. Denmark: Soluna Samay with “Should’ve Known Better” | 385 | 4.63% |
| 10. Switzerland: Sinplus with “Unbreakable” | 254 | 3.05% |
| 11. Hungary: Compact Disco with “Sound of Our Hearts” | 198 | 2.38% |
| 12. Finland: Pernilla Karlsson with “När jag blundar” (When I close my eyes) | 178 | 2.14% |
| 13. Latvia: Anmary with “Beautiful Song” | 168 | 2.02% |
| 14. Israel: Izabo with “Time” | 147 | 1.77% |
| 15. Belgium: Iris with “Would You?” | 128 | 1.54% |
| 16. Moldova: Pasha Parfeny with “Lautar” | 125 | 1.50% |
| 17. Austria: Trackshittaz with “Woki mit deim Popo” | 114 | 1.37% |
| 18. San Marino: Valentina Monetta with “Facebook Uh, Oh, Oh” | 89 | 1.07% |
Romania will win, hands down.
Wish people would stop voting for the “Comedy Relief” act Russia has submitted. It’s such a slap in the face to ESC when there are so many real talented singers out their that should be representing Russia instead of this farce. I had the same opinion when the UK submitted that stupid Muppet turkey years ago. This is a song contest. Artists work damn hard to get noticed and its a shame that their talents are just ignored so some political smack can be ushered just to appease a small percentage of government heads. Only shows how much they really… Read more »
pate kala? ti lete gia tin eleutheria mas?mia xara einai to tragudaki!!eleos upostiri3te kai ligo tin xwra sas dn tha pathete tipota 😛
No, Greece will not win the 1st semi-final. But she will make it to the final!
I can definitely imagine Eleftheria making it to the final BUT I definitely can’t imagine Greece winning the First Semi-Final overall.
My money’s on Denmark to win overall, Romania to win the Televoting section and Albania to win the Jury’s section.
I hate most of the songs in the top-10 except for Albania, Iceland, Denmark and Switzerland. Montenegro fifth? I doubt this poll is realistic
eleftheria sucks lol 😛
Yuck. yuck yuck yuck. I’m going to need Romania to bring it and knock Eleftheria out of the top spot!