Eurovision rehearsals don’t start until tomorrow, but that hasn’t stopped our readers from forming opinions and voting for their favourites. As of April 27 at 8:00 GMT, they have cast a total of 69,842 votes in our poll “Who Will Win Eurovision 2014?” That’s an increase of 19,900 votes since we last checked in on April 19.
If our readers are any indicator, then Ireland’s Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith has emerged as the dark horse to win Eurovision 2014. Smith, a sultry siren with a Celtic spirit, has claimed 21,734 votes for her song “Heartbeat”, or around 31% of all votes cast. That’s an increase of 13,422 votes since last week. Ireland is also sitting at the top of our Wiwi Jury rankings. As of April 27 we had reviewed 25 songs, and Ireland was the only nation to average a score of 8 or higher. Hold on to Kasey’s “Heartbeat”, y’all…
Armenia’s Aram Mp3, who got his start as a singing comedian, has slipped into second place, despite adding 2,824 votes in the past seven days. The “Not Alone” singer will be the first to rehearse tomorrow. He recently revealed that he’ll be performing alone on stage and that his costume will resemble the clothes from his music video. He currently has 16,361 votes, or around 23%.
Azerbaijan’s Dilara remains in third place with 7,471 votes, or around 11% of all those cast. She did very well with our jury, with one of our jurors describing her song “Start a Fire” as “flawless”. Hungary’s Kallay-Saunders agrees: he recently performed a cover of Dilara’s song on Hungarian TV.
The United Kingdom’s Molly Smitten-Downes, who recently performed in Malta, has jumped two spots, moving from sixth place with 1,856 votes to fourth place with 2,297 votes (or just over 3%). Perhaps her boho-chic music video helped lure fans to her side?
Romania’s Paula Seling & Ovi, who feature a piano covered in grass in their “Miracle” music video, are holding steady. Over the past week they gained 274 votes to remain in fifth place.
Other countries gaining ground include Sweden’s Sanna Nielsen, who recently saw her Eurovision dress for the first time. She’s moved from 10th place to 9th, passing Greece’s Freaky Fortune in the process.
Eurovision’s Next Top Model front-runner Mariya Yaremchuk has notched up several places. The Ukrainian beauty, who recently told us all about love, was in 24th place last week with just 303 votes. Today she’s in 15th place with 562 votes.
What do you think of the results below? Who is YOUR favourite? Let us know in the comments box below!
Who will win Eurovision 2014? (As of 27 April at 08:00 GMT)
- Ireland: Can-linn feat Kasey Smith with “Heartbeat”: 21,734 votes, 31.12%
- Armenia: Aram Mp3 with “Not Alone”: 16,361 votes, 23.43%
- Azerbaijan: Dilara with “Start a Fire”: 7,471 votes, 10.7%
- United Kingdom: Molly Smitten-Downes with “Children of the Universe”: 2,297 votes, 3.29%
- Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi with “Miracle”: 2,251 votes, 3.22%
- Belarus: Teo with “Cheesecake”: 2,172 votes, 3.11%
- Israel: Mei Finegold with “Same Heart”: 1,921 votes, 2.75%
- Spain: Ruth Lorenzo with “Dancing in the Rain”: 1,696 votes, 2.43%
- Sweden: Sanna Nielsen with “Undo”: 1,578 votes, 2.26%
- Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. Riskykidd with “Rise Up”: 1,565 votes, 2.24%
- Hungary: András Kállay-Saunders with “Running”: 958 votes, 1.37%
- FYR Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic with “To the Sky”: 810 votes, 1.16%
- Austria: Conchita Wurst with “Rise like a Phoenix”: 613 votes, 0.88%
- Poland: Donatan and Cleo with “Slavic Girls”: 582 votes, 0.83%
- Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuk with “Tick-Tock”: 562 votes, 0.8%
- Slovenia: Tinkara Kovach with “Spet/Round and Round”: 537 votes, 0.77%
- Italy: Emma Marrone with “La Mia Citta”: 530 votes, 0.76%
- Norway: Carl Espen with “Silent Storm”: 498 votes, 0.71%
- Netherlands: The Common Linnets with “Calm After the Storm”: 485 votes, 0.69%
- Albania: Hersiana Matmuja with “One Night’s Anger”: 452 votes, 0.65%
- Denmark: Basim with “Cliché Love Song”: 432 votes, 0.62%
- Belgium: Axel Hirsoux with “Mother”: 377 votes, 0.54%
- Germany: Elaiza with “Is it Right”: 370 votes, 0.53%
- Malta: Firelight with “Coming Home”: 363 votes, 0.52%
- France: Twin Twin with “Moustache”: 333 votes, 0.48%
- Estonia: Tanja with “Amazing”: 326 votes, 0.47%
- San Marino: Valentina Monetta with “Maybe”: 303 votes, 0.43%
- Finland: Softengine with “Something Better”: 300 votes, 0.43%
- Lithuania: Vilija Mataciunaite with “Attention”: 295 votes, 0.42%
- Montenegro: Sergej Cetkovic with “Moj svijet” (My World): 278 votes, 0.4%
- Portugal: Suzy with “Quero Ser Tua”: 248 votes, 0.36%
- Georgia: The Shin with “Three Minutes to Earth”: 246 votes, 0.35%
- Russia: The Tolmachevy Twins with “Shine”: 233 votes, 0.33%
- Switzerland: Sebalter with “Hunter of Stars”: 212 votes, 0.3%
- Moldova: Cristina Scarlat with “Wild Soul”: 182 votes, 0.26%
- Iceland: Pollapönk with “No prejudice”: 136 votes, 0.19%
- Latvia: Aarzemnieki with “Cake to Bake”: 135 votes, 0.19%
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1. Russia (plain awesome)
2. Austria (plain awesome)
3. Sweden (really nice)
4. Hungary (not bad)
Hi Easpag, RyanIreland, Darren and Cathal Listen, When I finished studying, I read the Herald and I found out something and don’t get me wrong, but we are now one of the top 10 favourites to win the Eurovision this year. They rank joint 8th with Conchita Wurst at odds of 25/1. Not bad, eh? I really did not expect that!!!!!!!! 😀 I hope we win it this year. But do you know what, the UK will most likely win and if they do, in a way, that’s kind of a win for us as well because you know how… Read more »
my top 10 :
1.Spain
2.Russia
3.Sweden
4.Macedonia
5.Israel
6.Ukraine
7.Armenia
8.Romania
9.Denmark
10.Germany
I would like to wish all the contestants all the best for this year Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen ??
Worst 5
1 Iceland
2 Latvia
3 Georgia
4 Montenegro
5 Lithuania
My top 10
1. Ireland
2. United Kingdom
3. Armenia
4. Malta
5. Finland
6. F.Y.R Macedonia
7. Norway
8. Estonia
9. Azerbaijan
10. Belarus
ARMENIA, IRELAND, SWEDEN ARE GOING TO BE ON TOP 5!
1. ROMANIA
2. ISRAEL
3. SWEDEN
THE ESC 2015 IN BUCHAREST vote for romania please
team miracle
? Official Twitter of RUTH LORENZO @RuthLorenzo1 ? (SPAIN) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest
Hey everyone! Support Ukraine! Maria is such a good singer, she must be on top!
Maria Yaremchuk is on 15 place now. But I think on Eurovision she will be in Top-5
My personal top 10
1 Romania ??
2 United Kingdom
3 Armenia
4 Ukraine
5 Poland
6 Hungary
7 Azerbaijan
8 Italy
9 Macedonia
10 Greece
My top 5
1 Spain
2 Hungary
3 U.K.
4 Romania
5 Austria
My second evaluation looks like this:
1. Norway
2. Hungary
3. Armenia (+9)
4. Romania (-1)
5. Italy
6. Macedonia (+1)
7. Sweden (-1)
8. France (-4)
9. U.K. (+1)
10. Azerbaijan (-2)
[Armenia in, Germany (-3 to 12th) out]
Some new official music videos (Belgium, Germany, Sweden) could change things a bit; but after my 3rd and final evaluation this week, I think Carl from Norway will still be at the top of my card.
My personal Top 10:
1 – UK
2 – Ireland
3 – Spain
4 – Albania
5 – Armenia
6 – Austria
7 – Sweden
8 – Azerbaijan
9 – Ukraine
10 – Hungary
What should happen:
1 – UK
2 – Armenia
3 – Sweden
4 – Azerbaijan
5 – Hungary
6 – Ukraine
7 – Norway
8 – Austria
9 – Spain
10 – Ireland
My top 10 –
10. Estonia
9. Sweden
8. Armenia
7. Romania
6. Netherlands
5. San Marino
4. United Kingdom
3. Ukraine
2. Poland
1. Spain
Love from the US!
Hi Deven!
Just wait and see… Look what happened last year with all the hype for Ryan… I’m sure that “Heartbeat” won’t be in the top 10 this year. Don’t place your bets on Ireland, it’s a friendly advice…
Hi Srebrenko
Ireland to fail. Ha Ha Ha. Funny joke. Ireland will 90% be in the final of Eurovision 2014 and will probably come in the Top 10 this year.
The results of this poll are so funny. Ireland to win? Really? That is certainly not going to happen! They will struggle to qualify and may lose that battle. Belarus 6th? Really? They may not qualify either. F.Y.R. Macedonia 12th, Poland 14th and Slovenia 16th while Denmark 21st? What a joke! But it will be hilarious if Ukraine wins due to politics.
I want Armenia to win, this song is just so different.
My top 10 for this year:
1. Romania
2. Ireland
3. United Kingdom
4. Switzerland
5. Sweden
6. Spain
7. Germany
8. France
9. Estonia
10. Italy
Can’t wait for Eurovision week!
THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE PREDICTION OF ALL PREDICTIONS:
1. Ukraine 240 – 270 points
2. Estonia 180 – 210 points
3. Romania 150 – 180 points
4. Russia 150 – 180 points
5. Ireland 120 – 150 points
@hohohoho
OGAE is not reliable. In OGAE Armenia gave 12 points to Sweden. Huh? That’s never going to happen in real voting, since Armenia’s #1 competition is Sweden. Also, don’t forget, nonparticipating countries also vote in OGAE and that score becomes unrealistic.
@everyone
Kasey Smith’s and Dilara’s live performances really suck ! Check it out. Molly, on the other end, is better. I’ve watched everyone’s live performance and I think some of them are 1000 times better than Ireland. For example,
Albania, Montenegro, Israel, Denmark, Spain, Armenia, and a few more. Ireland will barely make to 20th place after the voting.
Sweden will win…check ogae out here 🙂
http://www.ogaeinternational.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191&Itemid=79
My prediction is as follows: Semi Final 1 results: 1. Armenia, 2. Sweden, 3. Ukraine, 4. Hungary, 5. Azerbaijan, 6. Belgium, 7. Montenegro, 8. Russia, 9. San Marino, 10. The Netherlands, 11. Moldova, 12. Estonia, 13. Albania, 14. Iceland, 15. Latvia, 16. Portugal Semi Final 2 Qualifiers: 1. Romania, 2. Norway, 3. Israel, 4. Greece, 5. Austria, 6. Ireland, 7. Finland, 8. Slovenia, 9. Poland, 10. FYROM, 11. Switzerland, 12. Malta, 13. Lithuania, 14. Belarus, 15. Georgia Final Results: 1. United Kingdom, 2. Sweden, 3. Armenia, 4. Azerbaijan, 5. Romania, 6. Norway, 7. Hungary, 8. Greece, 9. Ukraine, 10. Italy,… Read more »
Devan, I’ll tell you my 11 non-finalists:
Albania, Belgium, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Switzerland
Sweden wins = people unhappy and upset about another Scandinavian win
Armenia or Romania wins = people unhappy because of diaspora voting
Azerbaijan wins = people unhappy for possible rigging
United Kingdom or Ireland loses = Brits and Irish unhappy because of political voting
Is there a way to do Eurovision without knowing what country the singer is from so that people can stop all this complaining rubbish nonsense?
Sopon your Top 3 is the exact same as mine 😀
The winner will be Sweden, Armenia, Spain or the UK but here’s my top 10:
1. Spain
2. Armenia
3. Sweden
4. Austria
5. Israel
6. Romania
7. Germany
8. Italy
9. Hungary
10. Moldova
These are the 26 songs that I think are going to be in the final. (IN NO ORDER)
1. France
2. Spain
3. Germany
4. Italy
5. UK
6. Denmark
7. Armenia
8. Estonia
9. Hungary
10. Moldova
11. Sweden
12. Russia
13. Azerbaijan
14. Montenegro
15. Ukraine
16. Belgium
17. Norway
18. Malta
19. Finland
20. Israel
21. Austria
22. Ireland
23. Romania
24. Slovenia
25. Greece
26. Switzerland
Tell me who you guys think the 26 finalists will be. 😀
My Top 10:
1- United Kingdom
2- Azerbaijan
3- Sweden
4- Macedonia
5- Slovenia
6- Poland
7- Ukraine
8- Italy
9- Finland
10- Spain
I was giving a realistic prediction earlier. My actual top 10 is:
10. Portugal
9. Estonia
8. UK
7. Montenegro
6. Austria
5. Moldova
4. France
3. Ukraine
2. Poland
1. Israel
Folks: What do these voters get about the Irish entry that I’m totally missing? I struggle to remember the song straight after hearing it and it feels one of the blandest of the pack this year. Reading the Wiwi jury comments and scores made me wonder whether I was listening to the wrong song…
1.Armenia
2.Sweden
3.Ireland
4.Russia
5.Romania
I think there’s only 3 countries with a realistic chance of winning – Armenia, Hungary and UK. The ballads are going to cancel each other out with the votes from those liking ballads being heavily spread. I think that Armenia is quite likely to get 12s from the ex-soviets and Israel (not Azerbaijan, of course), so they could win with that. The soviet support may be concentrated on Armenia. Hungary have got a very good song which is going to attract a lot of attention, especially from the juries, and will do quite well. The UK’s is quite anthemic and… Read more »
my top3
1.Armenia
2.Grece
3.Romania
Well my view in the past few years is that since 2006 it has moved between various voting areas, it came to finland down to serbia over to Russia, back to Norway down to Germany across to Azerbaijan and back over to Sweden and across to Denmark, I reckon it could be a Mediterranian winner or a country outside of the majority voting areas (Scandinavia, Former USSR etc)
Timo said “It’s ridiculous that people say Sweden shouldn’t win because they won in 2012”.
I agree with “shouldn’t”, but I think it will happen.Voters will think “not Scandinavia again, let’s give someone else a turn.” After all it was that sort of sentiment which helped Sanna win at the Melodifestivalen, the feeling it was her time after so many near-misses. So I predict that there will be a message of Scand-fatigue in the mass vote on the 10th.
really dont like the irish song this year for the 1st time in ages. i still think aram will win, sanna’s voice is amazing obvs but the song is boring to me. she’ll come 2nd though. what we have to remember though is the running order. say sanna aram or molly get 2nd in the order, theyve got no chance whatsoever.
I,m sorry,but I think my opinion,itwillbe between sweden,hungary,armenia.azerbeyjan,estonya but I,m go to sweden winer
My TOP 5
1.San Marino
2.Austria
3.Denmark
4.Ireland
5.Spain
6. Sweden
7. Hungary
…
36.Poland
37.Malta
But i think TOP 5 will be
1.Denmark
2.Armenia
3.Sweden
4.Azerbaijan
5.Ukraine
my top sweden,hungary,armania,azerbeyjan,estonya
Very encouraging performance by our Irish entry this year. Especially as this website correctly predicted Ryan Dolan’s televote result. But remember where we finished last year. I have a feeling that we’re going to be slated by the judges this year again. Best case for us would be 10th – 15th. Can’t see us placing any higher than that… and that’s the absolute best case scenario.
my top 5 sweden ,hungary, armania.azerbeyjan,estonya
VoteKasey
To be honest with you, I think 12 points will be going to either Ireland or Spain (Only because Ruth Lorenzo came fifth in The X Factor 2008.) .
Apart from Estonia, Macedonia and Norway, where is Ireland the favourite to win Eurovision 2014?
IRELAND<3 The Irish entry is my favourite to win & for all yous criticising the votes Ireland got, you have to remember IRELAND IS FAVOURITE TO WIN IN 6 COUNTRIES & she has already charted in the TOP 40 in UK a few years back in the known girl band: Wonderland! Recently Armenia & Sweden's bookie odds have been slashed around Europe because over the last couple of weeks they have been losing momentum while Ireland has been gaining lots/their chances have been increasing & so has radio plays around Eurovision countries! She has a great song, with a Celtic… Read more »
My favourites are: Armenia, Sweden, Denmark and The United Kingdom, although I wouldn’t mind Hungary, Norway or Israel. In a past few days I started to like Germany’s song, too, although I didn’t like it at first. If we avoid Scandinavia, I think the winner should be Armenia or The United Kingdom. But we have to hear (and see) their live performances to get a final decision.
Here’s hoping deven
@dhani are you still a homophobe. Is Sweden to liberal a country for you.
You people should check out dhanis statement on the article on belgium spokesperson. I thought I was back in 1900