OGAE Poll 2019: Switzerland jumps into second as Poland and Denmark get their first points

As we get ever closer to Eurovision 2019, the OGAE poll, where fans across Europe (and the rest of the world) get to vote for their favourite of this year’s acts, is also continuing. Countries are submitting their votes thick and fast, with the latest results coming from Slovenia, Spain and Croatia.

Switzerland closed the gap on poll leader Mahmood, after receiving 12 points from both Spain and Croatia. Denmark, on the other hand, picked up their first points after OGAE Slovenia gave them the maximum twelve points, catapulting the Scandinavian nation up the scoreboard.

The Netherlands, who had initially been winning the poll, did not perform as well this time around as in the past, especially in Slovenia who completely bypassed Duncan Laurence’s “Arcade”.

Full votes from OGAE Slovenia

Scoreboard courtesy of OGAE International

Denmark – 12 points
Italy – 10 points
Sweden – 8 points
Poland – 7 points
Norway – 6 points
Iceland – 5 points
Switzerland – 4 points
Greece – 3 points
France – 2 points
Belgium – 1 point

The Slovenian votes, in contrast to what we have seen thus far, vary somewhat to how other countries have voted. Most noticeable is the absence of bookies’ favourite Duncan Laurence who fails to pick up points for the first time in the OGAE Poll.

Another significant name absent from the list was 2016 OGAE Poll runner-up and current second favourite to win Eurovision 2019, Sergey Lazarev.  Despite doing well in other countries, the “Scream” singer too missed out on earning some points from OGAE Slovenia.

Moreover, two new countries enter the race and with quite a compelling number of points.  Both Denmark and Poland, had not received any points from previous countries until the Slovene branch of OGAE awarded 19 points between them; 12 to Denmark and 7 to Poland.

Full votes from OGAE Spain

Scoreboard courtesy of OGAE International

Switzerland – 12 points
Italy – 10 points
Sweden – 8 points
Netherlands – 7 points
Cyprus – 6 points
Norway – 5 points
Russia – 4 points
Azerbaijan – 3 points
Greece – 2 points
Malta – 1 point

Succeeding Slovenia in awarding their points was OGAE Spain.  The Iberian OGAE branch revealed that Luca Hänni from Switzerland had been crowned the winner of their vote, thus earning him his first 12 points of the overall poll.

Additionally, Italy and Sweden both continued their fine form in the poll with Mahmood reinforcing his lead at the top of the table and Jon Lundvik maintaining his solid top five position just outside the top 3.  The two favourites, the Netherlands and Russia also returned to the scoreboard after Slovenia failed to award them any points with Duncan Laurence receiving 7 points and Sergey a few spots behind on 4 points.

Full votes from OGAE Croatia

Scoreboard courtesy of OGAE International

Switzerland – 12 points
Cyprus – 10 points
Norway – 8 points
Azerbaijan – 7 points
Italy – 6 points
Greece – 5 points
Netherlands – 4 points
Spain – 3 points
Sweden – 2 points
Russia – 1 point

The final country in this group to deliver their points was Croatia, who, like Spain, awarded their maximum 12 points to Luca Hänni’s “She Got Me”.

The sudden flurry of points for Switzerland means that they are gradually closing in on first placed Mahmood from Italy.  This progress was further helped by the fact that Italy only received six points, their lowest mark as of yet.  Previously, Italy’s lowest score had been 10 points but with this sudden drop it has allowed Switzerland to catch up a bit.

Other notable results come from Cyprus and Azerbaijan who both recorded their highest rank in a country poll as of yet. Cyprus sat in second place just behind Switzerland, while Azerbaijan was not far behind in fourth place – earning them 7 points.

OGAE Poll 2019 scores so far

With the addition of these points, there have been numerous shake-ups in the results from last time. The Netherlands have dropped down into third place after Switzerland won over the OGAE groups in Spain and Croatia but still Italy remains on top; a full 12 points ahead of second placed Luca Hänni.

Slightly further down the table we reach the next block of countries: Sweden, Cyprus and Norway. With just five points separating the three nations, there is a close battle for the two remaining places in the top 5. Then, however, comes a gap of almost 20 points and we reach the four remaining countries rounding out the top ten: Greece, Russia, Azerbaijan and Iceland’s Hatari.

1. Italy – 82
2. Switzerland – 70
3. Netherlands – 58
4. Sweden – 44
5. Cyprus – 41
6. Norway – 39
7. Greece – 21
8. Russia – 19
9. Azerbaijan – 17
10. Iceland – 14
11 = Denmark – 12
11 = Spain – 12
13 = Poland – 7
13 = Portugal – 7
15. Belgium – 6
16. Slovenia – 5
17 = France – 4
17 = Malta – 4
19 = North Macedonia – 1
19 = San Marino – 1

Countries that are not listed have yet to receive any points from voting clubs.

After the votes from eight clubs, 20 countries have received points, which leaves 21 countries still on nul points. But, with 36 clubs still to announce their votes in this year’s poll, it’s very much still all to play for!

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