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It’s been one month since the sequins shined and the voices cracked at the first Eurovision semi-final—and Wiwi can’t get Sieneke’s “Ik Ben Verflied” out of his head. Sha-la-lie, sha-la-la/ Sha-la-lie sha-la-la/ ‘t gaat niet uit m’n kop…

That Wiwi would compulsively play the song of a contestant who didn’t advance past the semi-finals isn’t surprising: Eurovision songs that fail to inspire audiences on the big night frequently become the most timeless. Remember Britain’s Gina G. from the 1996 contest? Her dance number “Ooo Ah….Just A Little Bit” only placed 8th, but it’s now a staple on dance floors from New York to Nairobi (big shout out to Wiwi’s readers in Kenya — we’re going to make AfricaVision happen).

So Wiwi wants to know: Which Eurovision Song Are You Still Listening To? Take a look at your iPod’s most played list and then cast your vote below! Polls close on July 24.

On April 1 Wiwi Bloggs met with Europe’s top modeling agencies to determine which Eurovision contestants had the beauty and charm to succeed as international superstars. After heated deliberations and a few broken stilettos, Wiwi invited 23 men from the Eurovision family to compete in the semi-finals of Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model 2010. Contestants from Britain to Belarus flashed their pearly whites, flexed their muscles and sang their hearts out to convince you they have what it takes to become Europe’s next big thang.  Following six weeks and more than 13,400 votes (7,440 in the semi-finals, 6,031 in the finals), Wiwi is proud to announce that Turkey’s Ferman Akgül is Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model.

The final results are as follows:

1. Turkey, Ferman Akgül (2,175 votes, 36.06%) 2. Israel, Harel Skaat (1,555, 25.78%) 3. Poland, Marcin Mrozinski (465, 7.71%) 4. Romania, Ovi (384, 6.37%) 5. Norway, Didrik Solli-Tangen (381, 6.32%) 6. Spain, Daniel Diges (304, 5.04%) 7. Bosnia, Vukasin Brajic (271, 4.49%) 8. Serbia, Milan Stankovic (146, 2.42%) 9. Bulgaria, Miro (78, 1.29%) 10. Belgium, Tom Dice (70, 1.16%) 11. Greece, Giorgos Alkaios (58, 0.96%) 12. Cyprus, Jon Lilygreen (56, 0.93%) 13. Russia, Peter Nalitch (51, 0.85%) 14. United Kingdom, Josh Dubovie (37, 0.61%)

Turkish Delight

Ferman and his rap-rock band maNga were stars long before Wiwi began his search for Eurovision’s Next Top Model. In 2009, the group won “Best European Act” at the MTV Music Awards, and their single “Dünyanin Sonuna Dogmusum” (End of the World) topped the charts in Turkey and climbed to #335 in Russia (hey, it’s a big country with a lot of artists — give maNga some credit). Along the way the group learned how to rock black, and Ferman learned how to flirt with the camera. Here’s the video.

“Beni Benimie Birak” peaked at #2 in Turkey. Werq!

In a year of rather bland looks—Belgium’s Tom Dice seriously looked like a flight attendant—Ferman and maNga brought edgy looks to the table, as captured in their live Eurovision performance.

The Road to Becoming Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model:

During the first week of voting, Poland’s Marcin Mrozinski established himself as the early front-runner. Of the 1,136 votes cast, Marcin claimed an impressive 42% of them. Norway’s Didrik Solli-Tangen finished second with 17%. Norwegian voters, who didn’t like the photo that Wiwi selected of Didrik, accused Wiwi of trying to sabotage Norway’s campaign. Looking back, the photo does make Didrik look as if he’d like to cut someone with a razor blade. Wiwi is sorry.

Anyway, Israel’s Harel Skaat, who Wiwi deemed the sexiest Eurovision contestant ever, finished the first week in third position with 15%. Turkey’s Ferman Akgul was in fifth position with 5% of the vote. (Coincidentally, Romania’s Paula Seling, the eventual winner of Eurovision’s Next Top Model 2010, was also in fifth place at the end of the first week of voting. Cosmic connections, people!)

With the Top Model House overrun with testosterone, Wiwi decided that two men had to go. A quick google image search of Belarus’ “Artyom Mihalenko” didn’t turn up any photos. Without a past, Arytom had no chance of a future and was sent home. Wiwi also booted Estonia’s Madis Kubu, mainly because his video for “Siren” was real creepy.

During the second week of competition, the death of Poland’s president and a number of the government’s elite forced Marcin Mrozinski to cancel Eurovision appearances and to delay the release of the final version of his Eurovision song “Legenda.” Wiwi’s voters respected his courage and kept him in first position with 35% of all votes. Harel Skaat, the jock from Jerusalem, finally made his move and slid into joint second with Norway’s Didrik Solli-Tangen, with both men claiming 17%. Spain’s Daniel Diges also surged, perhaps because Wiwi posted this photo of him modeling Calvin Klein underwear. Caliente!

Wiwi grew tired of cleaning up after the 21 remaining men. In a bold move partly related to a pharmacist not refilling his subscription for painkillers, Wiwi sent six men home: Denmark’s Tomas N’evergreen, Estonia’s Robin Juhkental, Switzerland’s Michael von der Heide, F.Y.R. Macedonia’s Gjoko Taneski, Lithuania’s Jurgis Didziulis, and the other guy from Belarus (couldn’t pronounce his name then, can’t pronounce it now).

The search for Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model took a sharp turn during the third week of competition. Fans in Spain and Turkey began to rally support on Facebook and Twitter, so Daniel Diges and Ferman Akgul pushed to the front of the pack with 30% and 24% of all votes respectively. Poland, Israel and Norway remained contenders with 19%, 9% and 9% respectively. Serbia’s Milan Stankovic saw a surge in votes after Wiwi published this shirtless photo of him. He finished the week in a solid sixth position:

Wiwi was feeling generous following the previous week’s bloodbath, so he made no eliminations.

After four weeks of voting and a total of 7,440 votes, Wiwi finally brought the semi-finals to a close. France’s Jessy Matador was the last contestant sent home. That left us with 14 men. Based on the semi-final results, there were clear favorites. Turkey had pushed to the front with 42% of all votes, but Spain remained a threat with 30%. Poland (10%), Israel (7%) and Norway (5%) would have to work harder to catch them in the finals. As we can see from the final results, Israel came closest—but none of them were able to stop Europe from indulging in a bit of Turkish Delight.

The aftermath

Ferman’s selection as Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model hasn’t been embraced by everyone. As you can see on this comments page, a number of Wiwi’s readers believe that Harel Skaat is the rightful winner and that he lost out as a result of the Turkish diaspora’s voting power. What do y’all think? Did Ferman deserve the title? Why are people upset? Did Britain’s Josh Dubovie deserve to finish last? And what exactly makes a good top male model anyway? Let Wiwi know below!

On March 29, Wiwi Bloggs began his annual search for Eurovision’s Next Top Model with 26 beautiful contestants from across Europe. Slovakia’s Kristina Pelakova brought youth and vitality. Moldova’s Olia Tira brought an edgy look and Lady Gaga-like costumes. And Armenia’s Eva Rivas brought long legs and an uncanny resemblance to actress Angelina Jolie. But in the end one woman rose above them all. Following two months and nearly 8,000 votes, Wiwi is proud to announce that Romania’s Paula Seling is Eurovision’s Next Top Model.

Final Results: 1. Romania, Paula Seling (1,359, 31.35%) 2. Azerbaijan, Safura (978, 22.56%) 3. Armenia, Eva Rivas (601, 13.86%) 4. Croatia, Feminnem, Nika Antolos (283, 6.53%) 5. Germany, Lena Meyer-Landrut (259, 5.97%) 6. Ukraine, Alyosha (186, 4.29%) 7. Georgia, Sofia Nizharadze (129, 2.98%) 8. Portugal, Filipa Azevedo (82, 1.89%) 9. Moldova, Olia Tira (81, 1.87%) 10. Sweden, Anna Bergendahl (78, 1.8%) 11. Slovenia, Barbara Ogrinc (77, 1.78%) 12. Albania, Juliana Pasha (75, 1.73%) 13. Slovakia, Kristina (74, 1.71%) 14. Latvia, Aisha (73, 1.68%)

Paula won over European voters with her porcelain skin, Hollywood smile and attractive curves. She’s clearly a natural beauty, but she also knows how to work a variety of looks. As you can see in her official preview video of “Playing With Fire,” Paula feels as comfortable in a frock as she does in a leather bodysuit.

Paula has the looks of an international superstar, but she also has the talent. The 31-year old is already one of Romania’s biggest pop stars, having released 13 albums, and she’s opened for the likes of Joan Baez, Chick Corea, Michael Bolton and Beyonce. Romanians love this woman. Avantaje magazine named her Woman of the Year in 2002 and she won “Best Music Video” at the 2002 Romanian MTV Music Awards for “Serile Verii” (Summer Nights).

Wiwi was lucky enough to see Paula perform at London’s Shadow Lounge ahead of Eurovision. She was so kind to all of her fans and clearly loved performing in front of a crowd. But Wiwi gathered as much from this video of “Get Up Now” in which she takes a shower for her fans!

Unlike a number of her competitors, Paula doesn’t have an ego problem and she doesn’t take her fans for granted. Following her third place finish at Eurovision, she posted this “thank you” video on www.paulaseling.com.

Paula looks particularly stunning in this video for “Timpul” (Time).

The Road to Becoming Eurovision’s Next Top Model

During the first week of voting, readers cast 310 votes. Armenia’s long-legged beauty Eva Rivas jumped into the lead with 35% of all votes. Azerbaijan’s Safura followed closely behind with 18%. And Germany’s Lena Meyer-Landrut made a case for herself with 8%. At this stage of the contest, Paula sat in fifth position with just 5% of the vote and Wiwi was worried the Romanian beauty might not make it to the top. But she wouldn’t be sent home this week because seven women received no votes or just one vote, equivalent to 0%. Wiwi decided to send home Finland’s Susan Aho and Johanna Virtanen, and Belarus’ Yulia Shishko and Alyona Karpovich.

Eliminated: Both halves of Finland’s folk duo Kuunkuiskaajat

Things took a dramatic turn during the second week of competition. The vote tally climbed to more than 2,200 as voters across the Republic of Georgia logged on to support their candidate Sofia Nizharadze. She jumped from ninth place with just 3% of all votes to first place with 59%. Armenia’s Eva Rivas, who had just planted apricot trees in Cyprus as a goodwill gesture, remained in contention with 14%. Paula fell to seventh place following the surge from Sofia and from Latvia’s Aisha (who went on to finish last in the first Eurovision semi-final).

Once again, Wiwi had to send four women home: Iceland’s Hera Bjork, Ireland’s Niamh Kavanagh, Malta’s Thea Garrett and Belarus’ Ninel Karpovich. None of them received more than 8 votes, and Wiwi could not justify sparing any of them. In fact, Wiwi actually took a sick pleasure in sending Ninel home: she was the last female member of 3 + 2 and Wiwi really didn’t care for their song.

The final Belarusian bites the dust

Only 18 women remained in the Top Model House during the third week of competition. At this point, more than 3,300 votes had been cast. Georgia’s Sofia continued to push ahead, eating up an impressive 66% of all votes. Wiwi had to say goodbye to Chanée, Denmark’s most famous singer of Thai descent, Sieneke, the plus-size representative from the Netherlands, and Neda Parmac and Pamela Ramljak, two-thirds of the Croatian trio Feminnem.

Croatia’s Feminnem

By the end of the semi-finals, more than 3,500 votes had been cast and it looked like Georgia was going to walk away with its first victory in Eurovision’s Next Top Model. Unfortunately for them, all votes were reset. This was only fair given that people had voted for contestants who had been eliminated. Now everyone had a chance to vote again. To help them make their decision, voters could now review interviews with each contestant, check out online portfolios and watch them on stage at Eurovision.

This shook things up dramatically. A total of 4,344 votes were cast in the final and all of Europe’s love took a sharp turn toward Romania. Georgia’s Sofia fell from first place to seventh; Romania’s Paula jumped from seventh place to first. Paula’s spectacular performances during the second semi-final and the final clearly earned her a lot of votes. Wearing a black leather cat suit probably didn’t hurt either.

Paula had a fantastic career before Eurovision, and Wiwi knows she is going to have an even better one now that it’s over. The voters and sponsors of Eurovision’s Next Top Model are all  behind you Paula. Now go out there and make Wiwi proud!

Eurovision’s Next Top Model: Vote Now in the Final! Eurovision’s Next Top Model: Vote Now in the Semi-finals! Elimination #1 Elimination #2 Elimination #3 Semi-final Results

On May 29 the men of Eurovision battled it out with their voices. Now it’s time to battle it out with their bodies. Since March, Wiwi’s readers have cast more than 12,600 votes (7,440 in the semi-finals, and 5,235 so far in the final) to determine who deserves the title of Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model 2010.

With only one week of voting left, the contest remains a battle between Turkey’s edgy rocker Ferman Akgul and Israel’s sexy manboy Harel Skaat. The Turk currently claims 38% of all votes, with the Israeli trailing with 23% (Wiwi dares not draw comparisons with the recent drama on board the Mavi Marmara in the Gaza flotilla). Despite being eliminated in the semi-finals of Eurovision (the singing contest, not the modeling contest), Poland’s Marcin Mrozinski remains in third place with 9%. 

As this vote will determine Europe’s next big thang, please review footage of all of the men in action at Eurovision below. Then review their online portfolios and get a sense of their personality and charm by watching these interviews. You can see the most up-to-date results at the bottom of this post. Polls close on Sunday, June 13 at noon. It’s up to you, Europe! Keep voting!

1. Turkey, Ferman Akgül (1,965, 37.54%)

2. Israel, Harel Skaat (1,209, 23.09%)

3. Poland, Marcin Mrozinski (460, 8.79%)

4. Norway, Didrik Solli-Tangen (361, 6.9%)

5. Spain, Daniel Diges (295, 5.64%)

6. Bosnia, Vukasin Brajic (261, 4.99%)

7. Romania, Ovi (249, 4.76%)

8. Serbia, Milan Stankovic (124, 2.37%)

9. Bulgaria, Miro (67, 1.28%)

10. Belgium, Tom Dice (66, 1.26%)

11. Greece, Giorgos Alkaios (56, 1.07% )

12. Cyprus, Jon Lilygreen (50, 0.96%)

13. Russia, Peter Nalitch (38, 0.73%)

14. United Kingdom, Josh Dubovie (34, 0.65%)

The results: Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model: Interviews With the Finalists

Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model: It’s Turkey vs. Israel

Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model: Elimination #3

Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model: Elimination #2

Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model: Elimination #1

Eurovision may be over, but the race to become an international superstar is only just beginning. Now that the women of Eurovision have put down their microphones and are catching up on some much-needed rest, it’s up to the rest of us to give them a bit of encouragement by judging them on their physical appearance!

Since March, Wiwi’s readers have cast more than 7,000 votes (3,500 in the semi-finals, and 3,500 in the finals) to determine who deserves the prestigious and life-affirming title of Eurovision’s Next Top Model 2010. Following strong performances during Eurovision, three woman have emerged as the favorites. Azerbaijan’s Safura currently claims  26.5% of all votes, followed by Romania’s Paula Seling with 22%, and Armenia’s Eva Rivas with 15.5%.

Below you can see the complete standings as of June 3, and footage of the women in action during Eurovision 2010. I understand that their beauty and generous cleavage may distract you (along with the fire and pyrotechnics), but please pay attention to to their overall appearance and sense of movement. Do they “give face” while singing? Have they been attending all of their teeth whitening sessions? Do they own their clothes, or do their clothes own them? Beyond pure aesthetics, Eurovision’s Next Top Model must be able to convey personality on the runway. It’s also important that she can convey sweet and light off of it, too. To help you assess each woman’s attitude and charm, please watch these interviews before casting your vote. And don’t forget to review each contestant’s portfolio by clicking here. Wiwi will close the poll on Friday, June 11 at 11:59pm. You can cast your vote at the end of this post.

1. Azerbaijan, Safura (939, 26.5%)

2. Romania, Paula Seling (771, 21.76%)

3. Armenia, Eva Rivas (548, 15.46%)

4. Croatia, Feminnem, Nika Antolos (274, 7.73%)

5. Germany, Lena Meyer-Landrut (231, 6.52%)

6. Ukraine, Alyosha (164, 4.63%)

7. Georgia, Sofia Nizharadze (111, 3.13%)

8. Portugal, Filipa Azevedo (79, 2.23%)

9. Sweden, Anna Bergendahl (73, 2.06%)

10. Moldova, Olia Tira (72, 2.03%)

11. Albania, Juliana Pasha (71, 2%)

12. Latvia, Aisha (71, 2%)

13. Slovenia, The woman in Ansambel Roka Žlindre (71, 2%)

14. Slovakia, Kristina (69, 1.95%)

UPDATE: Romania’s Paula Seling is Eurovision’s Next Top Model!

Over the past two months, Wiwi’s readers have cast a total of 39,524 votes for their favorite Eurovision contestant. Polls closed at 11:59pm on May 28, on the eve of the live finale. The results have now been tallied and verified by an accountant (Wiwi’s sister), the artists’ agents have been called and the boxes of tissue have been prepared for all of the losers. Here we g0.

Europe has forecast that Turkey’s maNga will win Eurovision 2010. They’ve consistently led this poll since mid-April and finished with an impressive 31% of all votes. Three weeks ago, Spain’s Daniel Diges temporarily overtook the Turkish rockers, but in the end he has to settle for second place with 27% of all votes.

Following an incredibly convincing performance during the May 25 semi-final, Iceland’s Hera Bjork jumped all the way from 28th place (with just 0.12% of all votes) five days ago to third place with 22% today. Germany, Armenia, Israel, Azerbaijan, Romania, Albania and Serbia round out the Top 10.

COMPLETE RESULTS:

1. Turkey’s maNga with “We Could Be the Same” 12,340, 31.22% 2. Spain’s Daniel Diges with “Algo Pequeñito” 10,575, 26.76% 3. Iceland’s Hera Björk with “Je Ne Sais Quoi” 8,826, 22.33% 4. Germany’s Lena Meyer-Landrut with “Satellite” 1,656, 4.19% 5. Armenia’s Eva Rivas with “Apricot Stone” 1,271, 3.22% 6. Israel’s Harel Skaat with “Milim” 596, 1.51% 7. Azerbaijan’s Safura with “Drip Drop” 552, 1.4% 8. Romania’s Paula Seling and Ovi with “Playing With Fire” 345, 0.87% 9. Albania’s Juliana Pasha with “It’s All About You” 285, 0.72% 10. Serbia’s Milan Stankovi? with “Ovo je Balkan” 285, 0.72% 11.Greece’s Giorgos Alkaios and Friends with “Opa” 273, 0.69% 12. Belarus’ 3 + 2 with “Butterflies” 170, 0.43% 13. Ukraine’s Alyosha with “Sweet People” 169, 0.43% 14. Portugal’s Filipa Azevedo with “Há dias assim” 123, 0.31% 15. Denmark’s Chanée & Tomas N’evergreen 96, 0.24% 16. Belgium’s Tom Dice with “Me and My Guitar” 91, 0.23% 17. Cyprus’ Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders 90, 0.23% 18. Ireland’s Niamh Kavanagh with “It’s For You” 86, 0.22% 19. Bosnia’s Vukašin Braji? with “Munja I Grom” 71, 0.18% 20. Moldova’s Sun Stroke Project & Olia Tira 68, 0.17% 21. Norway’s Didrik Solli-Tangen  65, 0.16% 22. Georgia’s Sofia Nizharadze with “Shine” 49, 0.12% 23. United Kingdom’s Josh  40, 0.1% 24. France’s Jessy Matador with “Allez! Ola! Olé!” 39, 0.1% 25. Russia’s Peter Nalitch with “Lost and Forgotten” 29, 0.07%

Here’s how the countries that didn’t advance to the final fared:

1. Poland’s Marcin Mrozinski with “Legenda” 280, 0.71% 2. Lithuania’s Inculto with “Eastern European Funk” 237, 0.6% 3. Croatia’s Feminnem with “Lako Je Sve” 160, 0.4% 4. Sweden’s Anna Bergendahl with “This Is My Life” 130, 0.33% 5. Slovakia’s Kristina with “Horehronie” 119, 0.3% 6. Malta’s Thea Garrett with “My Dream” 113, 0.29% 7. Latvia’s Aisha with “What for?” 96, 0.24% 8. Finland’s Kuunkuiskaajat with “Työlki ellää” 48, 0.12% 9. Bulgaria’s Miro with “Angel Si Ti” 37, 0.09% 10. Estonia’s Malcolm Lincoln with “Siren” 34, 0.09% 11. The Netherland’s Sieneke with “Ik Ben Verliefd (Shalalie)” 30, 0.08% 12. F.Y.R. Macedonia’s Gjoko Taneski with “Jas Ja Imam Silata” 28, 0.07% 13. Switzerland’s Michael von der Heide with “Il pleut de l’or” 12, 0.03% 14. Slovenia’s Ansambel Roka Žlindre in Kalamari 10, 0.03%

***FINAL RESULTS NOW AVAILABLE! CLICK HERE***

Wiwi’s readers have cast nearly 30,000 votes since this poll opened on March 22. With the semi-finals now complete, there’s just one day left to predict a winner. Check out the current standings below, review the contestants in Wiwi’s Eurovision Player, and then cast your vote below! The poll closes Friday, May 28 at 11:59pm. It’s up to you, Europe!

***FINAL RESULTS NOW AVAILABLE! CLICK HERE***

Google’s Eurovision Predictor gadget launched on May 19. Based on Google search data, it shows how popular each participant is and then calculates the scores they would get if the voting took place today. Half the score comes from a professional jury in each country, so obviously this predictor can’t account for that. As of 3:30 on May 27, Google ranked contestants as follows:

This is what Google predicted on May 19:

1. Germany, Lena Meyer-Landrut, 354 points

2. Georgia, Sofia Nizharadze, 233

3. Malta, Thea Garrett, 119

4. Poland, Marcin Mrzonski, 115

5. Sweden, Anna Bergendahl, 115

6. Romania, Paula Seling and Ovi, 96

7. France, Jessy Matador, 91

8. Greece, Giorgos Alkaios and Friends, 89

9. Azerbaijan, Safura, 86

10. Estonia, Malcolm Lincoln, 71

Who Will Win Eurovision 2010? Last Chance to Vote!

Serbia’s Marija Serifovic, Winner of Eurovision 2007

Since March 23, Wiwi’s readers have cast 3,070 votes to determine who will win the second Eurovision semi-final. Thanks to high voter turnout in Istanbul, Turkey’s maNga pushed to the front of the line early and stayed there until the bitter end. They won with an impressive 32% of all votes for “We Could Be The Same,” a rock song that shows Turkey’s youth have their eyes planted firmly on the West. Armenia’s Eva Rivas, Yerevan’s long-legged Angelina Jolie look-a-like, made an impressive rally during May and jumped all the way to second with 17% of the votes. Her song “Apricot Stone” tells the story of an elderly immigrant who misses her motherland, and promises to tug on heartstrings throughout Europe. Azerbaijan’s Safura, the Eurovision favorite and the only contestant to ever release a preview of her official preview video, made big gains over the past week to push herself up from sixth place 10 days ago to third place today. She claimed 9% of the vote. Israel’s Harel Skaat, widely regarded as the sexiest Eurovision contestant of all time, followed with 8%.

Based on Wiwi’s results, the following ten countries will advance to the Eurovision final: Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Romania, Lithuania, Croatia, Cyprus, Ukraine and Ireland. The following seven countries will be eliminated: Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Georgia, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Wiwi disagrees with these results. He believes the following ten countries will qualify: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Romania, Sweden and Turkey.

Complete results:

Turkey’s maNga with “We Could Be the Same” (972, 31.66%)

Armenia’s Eva Rivas with “Apricot Stone” (528, 17.2%)

Azerbaijan’s Safura with “Drip Drop” (273, 8.89%)

Israel’s Harel Skaat with “Milim” (237. 7.72%)

Romania’s Paula Seling and Ovi with “Playing With Fire” (221, 7.2%)

Lithuania’s Inculto with “Eastern European Funk” (150, 4.89%)

Croatia’s Feminnem with “Lako Je Sve” (131, 4.27%)

Cyprus’ Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders with “Life Looks Better In Spring” (115, 3.75%)

Ukraine’s Alyosha with “To Be Free” (100, 3.26%)

Ireland’s Niamh Kavanagh with “It’s For You” (80, 2.61%)

Denmark’s Chanée & Tomas N’evergreen with “In A Moment Like This” (69, 2.25%)

Sweden’s Anna Bergendahl with “This Is My Life” (55, 1.79%)

The Netherland’s Sieneke with “Ik Ben Verliefd (Shalalie)” (49, 1.6%)

Bulgaria’s Miro with “Angel Si Ti” (42, 1.37%)

Georgia’s Sofia Nizharadze with “Shine” (24, 0.78%)

Slovenia’s Ansambel Roka Žlindre in Kalamari (13, 0.42%)

Switzerland’s Michael von der Heide with “Il pleut de l’or” 11 0.36%

Wiwi’s readers began voting on March 23. Polls closed two months later at midnight on May 25. A total of 2,149 votes were cast.

As of 9pm this evening, the poll remained extremely close with Poland’s Marcin Mrzonski leading Greece’s Giorgos Alkaios and Friends by just six votes. The troops rallied in Athens and, despite high voter turnout in Warsaw, we have ended up with a tie! Wiwi’s readers believe that either Poland or Greece will win tonight’s first Eurovision 2010 semi-final. Serbia’s Milan Stankovic and Slovakia’s Kristina also cracked the important 200 votes threshold to finish in third and fourth respectively. The full results can be found below.

According to our results, the following ten countries will advance to the final: Poland, Greece, Serbia, Slovakia, Malta, Portugal, Albania, Belarus, Belgium and Moldova. The following seven countries will be eliminated: Iceland, Latvia, Estonia, F.Y.R. Macedonia, Finland, Russia and Bosnia.

1. Poland’s Marcin Mrozinski with “Legenda” (289, 13.45%)

1. Greece’s Giorgos Alkaios and Friends with “Opa” (287, 13.45%)

3. Serbia’s Milan Stankovi? with “Ovo je Balkan” (270, 12.6%)

4. Slovakia’s Kristina with “Horehronie” (202, 9.43%)

5. Malta’s Thea Garrett with “My Dream” (172, 8%)

6. Portugal’s Filipa Azevedo with “Há dias assim” (160, 7.47%)

7. Albania’s Juliana Pasha with “It’s All About You” (124, 5.77%)

8. Belarus’ 3 + 2 with “Butterflies” (124, 5.77%)

9. Belgium’s Tom Dice with “Me and My Guitar” (108, 5.03%)

10. Moldova’s Sun Stroke Project & Olia Tira with “Run Away” (87, 4.05%)

11. Iceland’s Hera Björk with “Je Ne Sais Quoi” (65, 3.02%)

12. Latvia’s Aisha with “What for?” (63, 2.93%)

13. Estonia’s Malcolm Lincoln with “Siren” (44, 2.05%)

14. F.Y.R. Macedonia’s Gjoko Taneski with “Jas Ja Imam Silata” (42, 1.95%)

15. Finland’s Kuunkuiskaajat with “Työlki ellää” (38, 1.77%)

16. Russia’s Peter Nalitch with “Lost and Forgotten” (37, 1.72%)

17. Bosnia’s Vukašin Braji? with “Munja I Grom” (35, 1.63%)

Click here to watch the Top 10 Most Outrageous Eurovision Performances of All Time.