As Eurovision draws closer things are really heating up in our poll “Who Will Win Eurovision 2014”. As of 10am GMT on April 19, our readers had cast a total of 49,942 votes. That’s an increase of 15,392 since we last checked in on April 2.
Armenia’s Aram Mp3, who looked amazing in a green suit at the London Eurovision Party, is still in the lead with 13,537 votes. That’s more than 27% of all votes cast. He also remains in control with the bookies and is enjoying his spot at the top of the odds table.
But now Aram faces a challenge. Ireland’s Can-linn featuring Kasey Smith has jumped from 11th place on April 2 to second place today. Kasey’s song has been growing on our team for weeks. The Celtic sound of “Heartbeat” is simultaneously Irish and universal. And when she growls at 25 seconds, we shiver. Love this woman! Love this song! She’s earned 8,312 votes, or nearly 17% of all those cast. (Read our latest interview with Kasey here).
Azerbaijan’s Dilara, who did very well with the Wiwi Jury, is sitting pretty in third position with 7,395 votes or nearly 15%. Her song is one of the most difficult to sing, but if she pulls it off this could do very well indeed. Dilara, who spoke with us at Eurovision in Concert, is also a lot of fun. The woman loves to dance. Have you listened to the Azeribaijani version of her entry?
You can listen to all 37 Eurovision songs on our Contestants Page. You can also read our reviews and ratings on the Wiwi Jury Page. And be sure to vote in all of the polls on our Polls Page.
Eurovision 2014 poll standings (as of 10am on April 19)
- Armenia: Aram Mp3 with “Not Alone”: 13,537 votes, 27.11%
- Ireland: Can-linn feat Kasey Smith with “Heartbeat”: 8,312 votes, 16.64%
- Azerbaijan: Dilara with “Start a Fire”: 7,395 votes, 14.81%
- Belarus: Teo with “Cheesecake”: 2,145 votes, 4.29%
- Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi with “Miracle”: 2,077 votes, 4.16%
- United Kingdom: Molly Smitten-Downes with “Children of the Universe”: 1,856 votes, 3.72%
- Israel: Mei Finegold with “Same Heart”: 1,509 votes, 3.02%
- Spain: Ruth Lorenzo with “Dancing in the Rain”: 1,430 votes, 2.86%
- Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. Riskykidd with “Rise Up”: 1,377 votes, 2.76%
- Sweden: Sanna Nielsen with “Undo”: 1,274 votes, 2.55%
- Hungary: András Kállay-Saunders with “Running”: 809 votes, 1.62%
- FYR Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic with “To the Sky”: 761 votes, 1.52%
- Austria: Conchita Wurst with “Rise like a Phoenix”: 516 votes, 1.03% 1.03%
- Poland: Donatan and Cleo with “Slavic Girls”: 495 votes, 0.99%
- Slovenia: Tinkara Kovach with “Spet/Round and Round”: 472 votes, 0.95%
- Italy: Emma Marrone with “La Mia Citta”: 463 votes, 0.93%
- Norway: Carl Espen with “Silent Storm”: 426 votes, 0.85%
- Netherlands: The Common Linnets with “Calm After the Storm”: 414 votes, 0.83%
- Albania: Hersiana Matmuja with “One Night’s Anger”: 392 votes, 0.78%
- Denmark: Basim with “Cliché Love Song”: 343 votes, 0.69%
- Belgium: Axel Hirsoux with “Mother”: 332 votes, 0.66%
- Germany: Elaiza with “Is it Right”: 315 votes, 0.63%
- Malta: Firelight with “Coming Home”: 312 votes, 0.62%
- Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuk with “Tick-Tock”: 303 votes, 0.61%
- France: Twin Twin with “Moustache”: 279 votes, 0.56%
- Estonia: Tanja with “Amazing”: 268 votes, 0.54%
- San Marino: Valentina Monetta with “Maybe”: 265 votes, 0.53%
- Lithuania: Vilija Mataciunaite with “Attention”: 255 votes, 0.51%
- Montenegro: Sergej Cetkovic with “Moj svijet” (My World): 247 votes, 0.49%
- Finland: Softengine with “Something Better”: 244 votes, 0.49%
- Georgia: The Shin with “Three Minutes to Earth”: 214 votes, 0.43%
- Portugal: Suzy with “Quero Ser Tua”: 202 votes, 0.4%
- Switzerland: Sebalter with “Hunter of Stars”: 179 votes, 0.36%
- Moldova: Cristina Scarlat with “Wild Soul”: 163 votes, 0.33%
- Russia: The Tolmachevy Twins with “Shine”: 156 votes, 0.31%
- Iceland: Pollapönk with “No prejudice”: 103 votes, 0.21%
- Latvia: Aarzemnieki with “Cake to Bake”: 102 votes, 0.2%
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I don’t understand how everyone loved Ireland’s song yet it didn’t get through to the final… the logic in that being…………………………………………………
I listen Molly Smytten song………. 6 place ??????????? Bad song, ugly women, maybe 26 place……singer without a voice… go home moth (molly)
Vote for Aram MP3 Europe!
his song is nice…
Dear all, Predictions are not so accurated. The reality is totaly diferent. You shall see it. The winner, this year is to be the country which can prove they will organize the next ESC properly in 2015!!! Among these countries …Romania, UK, mainly. Of course, The governments of the countries are wishing to organize the next ESC….already sent out their readiness to organize such amn important contest! My predictions: 1. UK, 2. Ireland, 3. Romania 4. Israel 5. Italy 6. Azerbaijan 7. Swe 8. Hungary 9. Armenia 10. San Marino (but Europe will not help them out to reach the… Read more »
This is are the countrys favourite on top 10
UK
ARMENIA
SWEDEN
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
SPAIN
ITALY
DANEMARK
GREECE
IRELAND
Hey Guys
I’m from Indonesia, but i feel so interesting about Eurovision, especially after i heard Aram MP3 – Not Alone
And this is my top 10
1. Armenia (Aram MP3)
2. Ireland (Can-Linn)
3. Azerbaijan (Dilara Kazimova)
4. Romania (Paula Seling & Ovi)
5. Netherlands (The Common Linnets)
6. UK (Molly)
7. Norway (Carl Espen)
8. Finland (Softengine)
9. France (Twin Twin)
10. Austria (Conchita Wurst)
My top 37:
1 Armenia
2 Belarus
3 Romania
4 Ukraine
5 Switzerland
6 Denmark
7 Lithuania
8 Moldova
9 Greece
10 Poland
11 Belgium
12 Spain
13 San Marino
14 FYR Macedonia
15 Slovenia
16 Albania
17 Finland
18 Estonia
19 France
20 Germany
21 Azerbaijan
22 Hungary
23 Ireland
24 Montenegro
25 Israel
26 United Kingdom
27 Italy
28 Georgia
29 Sweden
30 Norway
31 Austria
32 Iceland (sounds like a copy of the Danish entry)
33 The Netherlands (copy of “The Police”)
34 Portugal
35 Latvia
36 Malta
37 Russia
Azerbaijan and Armenia will get the russian block vote as per normal but i cant say that i like either of them. These are my top 10 from a neutral United Kingdom. Not even voting for my own country .
1st Denmark 6th Israel
2nd Greece 7th Ireland
3rd Spain 8th San Marino
4th Romania 9th Germany
5th Austria 10th Ukraine
COPENHAGEN 2015
After reviewing the songs again over the weekend, I see a few strong songs – Sweden, Hungary, Russia, and Austria. Outside chance to Israel, Spain, and maybe, maybe Belgium only because that song is very moving. Other than those – there are ok songs, like Ireland, Azerbijan, Malta, Denmark, and possibly Armenia. But I objectively judged the songs by asking myself which ones do I really want to hear again. And at the end of the day, I only wanted to hear again the 4 I mentioned
ignore javid, his just shitting himself because he knows azerbaijan will get thrown out of next years ESC once armenia win 🙂
Since public text votes came in … The eurovision has changed ..everyone votes for there neighbouring country ..no matter how shit the song is …
Maybe If people actually listen to the songs on the night judge on the vocal , song and performance and not judge by what country they are from..I think ireland has a good chance …
Malta = 12 points to lovely AZERBAIJAN for the 5 th time!! We Maltese love you Dilara !
Its not about whos song is the most difficult to sing or perform. Its about the show and the whole performance in the final. If teo bakes a cake on the stage in Denmark I would vote for him. Germany has a great song and i think its the dark horse this year! Armenias song is ok but nothing special. And after the homophobic jokes, i dont think Aram will get as many votes! Conchita will score much better than him, possibly win.
12 points to Ireland from Romania
god you uk people are awful neighbours, I’m just telling you to please stop overrating the uk entry, its just going to make it hurt more when it bombs.
IRELAND is number #1 favourite in many countries. Outstanding song.When I listen to it , it gives me those pimples that you get when you are cold when we get excited. I cant wait to see this on the screens so we can see what it looks like. Its promo video gives the song no justice and it is terrible because the song is outstanding.
12 points from Germany
I think Ireland will win this year. It is a very good song. 12 points also to Ireland.
@Yvli – I think Sweeden should be in your top 3. But I agree with your other two. Hungary and Ireland. I love both of these countries this year. I would give my 12 points to both of these countries so I will vote for both of them. Well done Ireland. Well done Hungary.
My top 3. . .
8 Points to Hungary
10 Points to Armenia
12 points to Ireland
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@tito, by draw i meant running order, its just easier to say draw.
Alex, be honest. The Movie Song was not the favourite, Heartbeat was. It was the favourite of the public, the jury, the bookies and the Wiwi poll. I don’t think Louis Walsh was the mastermind behind the tweet, I think Niall himself was. If he had any sort of moral compass, he wouldn’t have mentioned it. He knows how big a following he has, and he was going to unfairly influence the vote.
Billy McGuinness was right in his point, but he carried it out in an awful, trampy way.
kortekum pexos, Somi to Swedia, UK, Armenia, pxto pxto, regorsem klir propestenakonela ko te fera, et ni sin yan, po mo rek krem fo Swedia to me pomeras ax 🙁 rekiulz shitan evertomi roxomer pelmen se afravo to be Armenia??? komos shi xo ut europia, litle vfor musulmans eke rezefruz Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Belarus, Ukrains Musulmanes re ko ton vor euprop??? ritepurtene rokoslom Ukrain Belarus Armenia romeli ef gut she paxan europ evte no eskumecho to perverisa eleze Azernaijan georgia Russia, and te de iz Assian, roshpol Musulma xo to elvelis ko to top 5 1.Swedia 2.Armenia 3 Uk 4.Ur… Read more »
I love Azerbaijan entry, it has become my top favourite now it is number one on my list, I wish you all the best
My top 5
1. AZERBAIJAN
2. UNITED KINGDOM
3. SWEDEN
4. NORWAY
5. IRELAND
The first thing that popped into my mind when I heard Ireland’s song was that it was a copy of Only Teardrops. The song’s catchy and all, but the melody strongly resembles Only Teardrops’, just with a few notes changed. The Celtic feel emphasizes that and while there’s nothing wrong with having it in the song, it just makes it scream “plagiarized” even more. I can tell this is going to get old real fast, just like Only Teardrops did.
My won top 10:
1. Armenia
2. Italy
3. Ireland
4. UK
5. Netherlands
6. Azerbaijan
7. Romania
8. Hungary
9. Spain
10. Norway
What I think it’s gonna be like:
1. Denmark
2. Armenia
3. Sweden
4. Azerbaijan
5. Hungary
6. Ukraine
7. Romania
8. Italy
9. Spain
10. The Netherlands or Belgium XD
Ireland is good but I’m sorry, Ireland will not xwin with this song. Armenia, Hungary Sweden, UK and Spain are better. What I think it will be on the Grand Final:
1.Armenia
2.Sweden
3.UK
4.Spain
5.Hungary
6.Norway
7.Montenegro
8.Greece
9.Belgium
10.Ireland/Italy/Greece
IF BELARUS WIL BE IN FINAL IN TOP 5 I WIL GO DOWN IN A WATTERFALL, EUROPE DONT BE CRAZY
@Huh hehe same here))
I am not a fan of Aram MP3 but I wouldn’t mind him winning. Why? For me, because there will be a man who will win the contest rather than another woman just for a change. Second, I want to see Azerbaijan’s reaction like they’ve been told: “in your face!” by Armenians and how they’ll withdraw the 2015 contest.
Dia duit Ireland. Agus an amaith!
Very happy to be seeing Ireland in 2nd position in this poll. I will be voting for it in the final for sure along with many other of my favourite songs. But I will give it about 8 points. Good luck Ireland
I bet Azerbaijan will send another sad & slow song with over top production next year to distract the juries from how average their song is. Can’t they send something different for a change ?
Being from Ireland, most of us Irish don’t even like our own song, during our voting an attack was made on the actual favourite song saying it was a fix because a member of one direction had twitted support for it, and because Louis Walsh was involved then in outrage the country voted in support of heartbeat to ‘prove’ that voting wasn’t fixed, if we won after that ridiculous mess of a vote it would be undeserved, you can look it up and see Louis Walsh having a yelling match on the late late show(the show where we got to… Read more »
@Eugene UK, I agree with you. These polls aren’t credible and they couldn’t be anymore fabricated: people voting for their own countries, teenagers voting from 10 different emails and computers…. Just not enough for anyone to believe in anything. However, when it comes down to Ireland and Armenia, you have to look at current days politics and of course, statistics. And it’s just obvious that there are going to be more countries giving Armenia 12 points than Ireland. I’m positive that Ireland will not win this year with that song. And the reason why I think Armenia might win this… Read more »
My prediction for the Grand Final
1.Armenia
2.United Kingdom
3.Hungary
4.Greece
5.Sweden
6.Israel
7.Spain
8.Romania
9.Austria
10.Azerbaijan
@ello
There is no draw for running order position. The same as last year. The producers the same as last year decide the running order of the finalists. Aided by the Eurovision reference group and approved by the Executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand.
yes it is great to be second, but cmon I’m irish and I’m not stupid enough to believe that we came second on the songs merits, europe hates us and wouldn’t vote for us unless we sent euphoria or something like that, my honest prediction for ireland is top half of the right hand side at the moment, but my opinion will more than likely change if i see a good performance in rehearsals, if good stage show and good performance and a good draw than we could potentially get onto the right hand side, but if its the total… Read more »
There is a difference between who you would LIKE to win to who you THINK will win. In the past there are songs I preferred much better than the winning song. But I knew the song that won would win all along. Even though I liked other songs better.
So can we discuss who you would like to win in contrast to who you think will actually win
you guys all need to shut up and keep quiet. Stop fighting over nothing. They are both great songs. We’ll vote for both Armenia and Ireland if you wish just to make you shut up.
@Eugene. Who do you think will win Eurovision this year?
So it’s okay to believe the hype about Armenia? But not Ireland?
And btw Eugene, Loreen’s “Euphoria” prior to eurovision in her top 5 videos only had 309,542 views. (as of the 14/05/13)
This year will be very controversial in terms of voting. There will be many many many unexpected votes. Infact Belgium is the country with the overall statistic of winning this year. So go suck that 😀
Ireland gets my 12 points. 10 points go to Belgium and 8 points goes to Sweeden
@Eugene I personally don’t believe Ireland will win it. I explained it in the actual poll, but my post disappeared.
But the way you argue your point is quite childish. It’s like Bav trying to tell us Russia will win, except you have good English.
@Eugene
It sounds like your representing a very different demographic than the actual voting public. I reckon you’re in your mid 40’s to early 50’s.
So of course you are not going to like the same songs as people in the 17yr old-24yr old category. Or the 25yr old-30yrold Category.
Here comes Reality!
There are better songs out there besides the Irish one. And if anyone is considering the looks of the contestants as a “whole package” kind of thing, please take a closer look. There are better looking contestants too.
This year the Irish dong has noooo chance.
Things will stay the same and I guarantee you that after the rehearsals, bookies will not change their mind. Aram’s live performance was a huge success in London and since then more and more people began loving his song. The more he performs the more he’s getting better. Watch out everyone. He promised to blow your minds on the ESC .
Im voting for UK, Germany, Ukraine and Ireland.
@Eugene Organised Hype? No. The actual, proper Eurovision fan base is far too scattered and small to organise any sort of “hype”.