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Sweden’s Loreen and Romania’s Mandinga remain the favorites in our poll “Who Will Win Eurovision 2012?” Launched on March 25, the poll has recorded 16,812 votes as of May 20. Loreen (“Euphoria”) currently leads with 2,542 votes. That’s 278 more than more than Mandinga (“Zaleilah”). Last week Sweden led Romania by just 147 votes, so the gap is widening. In third place is Serbia’s Joksimovic (“Love Is Not a Thing”) with 1,184 votes. Greece’s Eleftheria Eleftheriou (“Aphrodisiac”) is the only other contestant with more than 1,000 votes. She’s in fourth with 1,009.
Cyprus’ Ivi Adamou (“La La Love”) is in fifth position with 985 votes. She also trails Greece’s Eleftheria Eleftheriou in our ongoing Eurovision Death Match poll, which directly compares these Cypriot-born beauties.
Albania’s Rona Nishliu—the really smart one who gave WiwiBloggs.Com a fantastic interview at Eurovision in Concert—is holding steady in sixth place with 830 votes. That’s sure to go up following her fantastic rehearsals at Eurovision. She also finished in second place with the Wiwi Jury. Ireland’s Jedward (“Waterline”) have climbed up from eighth position last week to seventh today. They passed Turkey’s Can Bonomo (“Love Me Back”). The Big 5 round out the top ten. Britain’s Engelbert Humperdinck is in ninth and Spain’s Pastora Soler sits in 10th. You can vote for your favorite Big 5 contestant in our separate poll by clicking here.
Current Standings
| Contestant | Votes | % |
| 1. Sweden: Loreen with “Euphoria” | 2,542 | 15.49% |
| 2. Romania: Mandinga with “Zaleilah” | 2,264 | 13.80% |
| 3. Serbia: Zeljko Joksimovic with “Nije ljubav stvar” (Love is not an object) | 1,184 | 7.22% |
| 4. Greece: Eleftheria Eleftheriou with “Aphrodisiac” | 1,009 | 6.15% |
| 5. Cyprus: Ivi Adamou with “La La Love” | 985 | 6% |
| 6. Albania: Rona Nishliu with “Suus” | 830 | 5.06% |
| 7. Ireland: Jedward with “Waterline” | 724 | 4.41% |
| 8. Turkey: Can Bonomo with “Love me Back” | 675 | 4.11% |
| 9. United Kingdom: “Love Will Set You Free” | 595 | 3.63% |
| 10. Spain: Pastora Soler with “Quédate conmigo” | 571 | 3.48% |
| 11. Iceland: Gréta Salóme & Jónsi with “Never Forget” | 383 | 2.33% |
| 12. Bulgaria: Sofi Marinova with “Love Unlimited” | 370 | 2.25% |
| 13. Germany: Roman Lob with “Standing Still” | 356 | 2.17% |
| 14. Italy: Nina Zilli with “L’amore è femmina (Out of Love)” | 283 | 1.72% |
| 15. Russia: Buranovskiye Babushki with “Party for Everybody” | 279 | 1.70% |
| 16. Netherlands: Joan Franka with “You and Me” | 257 | 1.57% |
| 17. France: Anggun with “Echo (You and I)” | 247 | 1.51% |
| 18. Norway: Tooji with “Stay” | 241 | 1.47% |
| 19. Azerbaijan: Sabina Babayeva with “When the Music Dies” | 214 | 1.30% |
| 20. Slovenia: Eva Boto with “Verjamem” (I believe) | 213 | 1.30% |
| 21. FYR Macedonia: Kaliopi with “Crno i belo” | 180 | 1.10% |
| 22. Denmark: Soluna Samay with “Should’ve Known Better” | 171 | 1.04% |
| 23. Estonia: Ott Lepland with “Kuula” | 157 | 0.96% |
| 24. Lithuania: Donny Montell with “Love is Blind” | 147 | 0.90% |
| 25. Bosnia: Maya Sar with “Korake ti znam” (I Know Your Steps) | 128 | 0.78% |
| 26. Malta: Kurt Calleja with “This is the Night” | 119 | 0.73% |
| 27. Switzerland: Sinplus with “Unbreakable” | 114 | 0.69% |
| 28. Croatia: Nina Badric with “Nebo” | 113 | 0.69% |
| 29. Finland: Pernailla Karlsson with “Nar jag blundar” | 108 | 0.66% |
| 30. Ukraine: Gaitana with “Be My Guest” | 108 | 0.66% |
| 31. Portugal: Filipa Sousa with “Vida minha” (Life of Mine) | 106 | 0.65% |
| 32. Hungary: Compact Disco with “Sound of Our Hearts” | 98 | 0.60% |
| 33. Israel: Izabo with “Time” | 87 | 0.53% |
| 34. Latvia: Anmary with “Beautiful Song” | 83 | 0.51% |
| 35. Montenegro: Rambo Amadeus with “Euro Neuro” | 80 | 0.49% |
| 36. Slovakia: Max Jason Mai with “Don’t Close Your Eyes” | 74 | 0.45% |
| 37. Belarus: Litesound with “We Are the Heroes” | 69 | 0.42% |
| 38. Austria: Trackshittaz with “Woki mit deim Popo” | 66 | 0.40% |
| 39. Moldova: Pasha Parfeny with “Lautar” | 66 | 0.40% |
| 40. Belgium: Iris with “Would You?” | 41 | 0.25% |
| 41. Georgia: Anri Jokhadze with “I’m a Jocker” | 37 | 0.23% |
| 42. San Marino: Valentine Monetta with “The Social Network” | 36 | 0.22% |
VOTE FOR MALTA!
TINIEST COUNTRY IN THE EUROVISION WITH MASSIVE TALENT
This is The NIGHT for MALTA, though just a tiny country but with so much Music and dancing talent around, KURT sex appeal and his stage act is a delight to watch! VIVA MALTA; Go on KURT win it For Malta!
This is The NIGHT for MALTA, though just a tiny country but with so much Music and dancing talent around, KURT sex appeal and his stage act is a delight to watch! VIVA MALTA; VIVA MALTIN!
I really like the songs of Sweden, Serbia, Italy an Germany. I also like the acts of the United Kingdom, Malta, Denmark and Ireland (because they are funny, they not singing good but..it’s a nice act). I think Turkey is very populair. The act with the boot is ok. But it’s not a good song. Sweden should win this contest. It’s very original and Loreen is a great singer and dancer. I would buy a album if that’s available in the Netherlands! It’s a shame The Netherlands didn’t make it to the final. But Joan was too nervous. And didn’t… Read more »
loreen doesnt deserve to win..there are a lot of other songs waaaay better that hers…
if russia will win i wont watch esc again 😐
zeljko joksimovic will get 12 points from bosnia, that’s for sure. song is just great and all three ethnicities (bosniak, serb, croat) will vote for it. another plus is that he sings it on mother tongue and not on english, which MAY be a drawback, but it’s very clear that no matter what people send on eurovision it’s always about lobbying groups and it’s rare to see someone vote outside of it, which is why singing on native language will be another plus to gather all votes of the balkans, diaspora, and some extra votes from eastern europe. so called… Read more »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djCIPLnvD9s in this link you can see ivi adamou CYPRUS singer.singing hurt & the voice within..to stop say that her voice is weak
Well, don’t forget the amazing voice of the albanian singer. but also greece, cyprus and spain 😀
TURKEY the WINNER…
ROMANIA FOR THE WIN!!!
Songs singers this year were all very good. The Albanian singer had a really good vocal and even though i did not understand the language, i could feel what she was saying and that’s the language of music. Amazing interpretation, vocal and appearance. I teach music at University of Milan and of course i am a fan of Italy, but Albania really impressed me.
I think besides Sweden as topfavourite I see also Norway, Serbia, Cyprus and and Romania ending in the top ten. Besides i hope Russia will NOT win or end up high in the list saturday. Then as strong outsider i want to name Albania’s act Suus which to me was the most impressive act last tuesday, I saw and felt all the emotions which is for an act in a language I do not understand, very impressive! Also watch Greece, Italy, UK and France, they can also make a suprise saturday. MY REVIEWS: The groovy sound from Nina Zilli from… Read more »
The Netherlands and Spain should be at the top this year.
Nicosia 2013
Cyprus all the Way
Romania can win if she check audio before the show. It was some bad tehnical problems but Romania was quelified in the final. Btw: Elena was and is so awsome. So vote for Romania in the final!
yes its true i think malta are doing a graet job they should be in the final for shure if not it will be a shame . hes song is so nice this is the night go kurt .
MALTA SHOULD WIN KURT IS THE FAVRIOUT WITH BAKU PEOPLE .NOW EVEN LOREEN FROM SWEDEN SHE ASKED HIM TO MARRY HER WOW . GO KURT UR THE BEST GO MALTA :}
Romania
albaniaaaaaaaaa
GOOOOOOO ALBANIAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
SWEDEN THE WINNER.
Romania is No 1 !
There are so many great songs this year. I hope The Netherlands goes to the final. This year this tiny country deserves it. The Nederlands won’t win the contest for sure. But if Joan goes to the finals it’s the first time for The Netherlands since 2005. And this time we have a good song and singer.
Greetings from the Netherlands
I think this year Romania is going to win.Elena has a nice voice,she can sing good live and the song is awesome!
SWEDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
malta should win go kurt
Say it ain’t so! I want Germany to win!!
Netherlands SHOULD go to the final 😀