Iceland are currently among the favourites to win Eurovision 2019. And if Eurovision fans Down Under are to be believed, Hatari may just be the ones to beat. Iceland emerged victorious in the voting at the Sydney Preview Party hosted by OGAE Australia on Saturday night.
Sydney Preview Party — Eurovision 2019
Fans at the Sydney Preview Party watched the video clips of all 41 entries (plus a certain “Siren Song“) and voted for their favourites. Our Antranig, Sebastian and Natalie were on the scene to see what Eurovision fans in Sydney were thinking. The Eurovision faithful had to choose their winner out of the 40 competing songs by awarding 12, 10 and 8-1 points — Australia was not eligible to receive votes, much like the rules at Eurovision itself.
Iceland received the most points, narrowly edging out Luca Hänni of Switzerland to win the night. Unsurprisingly, Italy was a big hit, with Mahmood rounding out the top three. Norway placed fourth and The Netherlands, the current favourite to win, finished fifth. There are no huge surprises in the top five, with all five of those entries among the top ten favourites to win with bookmakers.
The rest of the top ten consisted of largely upbeat tracks. Acts such as Spain and Cyprus got the party started Down Under.
There were a few surprises further down the leaderboard. Ireland and San Marino — both predicted to not qualify with bookmakers — finished equal 12th. Meanwhile Russia, the second favourite to win Eurovision 2019, was ranked 23rd. Unfortunately there wasn’t much love for Lithuania, who received nil points.
Eye Cue — Sydney Preview Party
Fans were also treated to a performance by Eye Cue, who represented FYR Macedonia in 2018. They performed their new single “Dancin’“, their Eurovision entry “Lost and Found” and covered “Heroes” and “Euphoria“. Despite some sound problems, Eye Cue owned the stage, getting the crowd involved to sing “Lost and Found” and “Euphoria” in a very intimate performance.
What do you think of the results of the voting? Will this mirror the results at Eurovision? Let us know in the comments below.
It’s North Macedonia now, not FYR.
Everything is going according to plan. Wait for new orders.
Don’t want to be mean but what was up with Ireland’s position?
Iceland going to Israel with an anti-Israel song and message is quite low, disrespectful and hypocritical. Why not just boycott? The Eurovision Song Contest rules state performances and songs cannot be political and Israel could if they wanted to, move to ban and block the Iceland performace but they haven’t, they have taken the higher ground. Hoping Israel host a great Eurovision. Go Israel!
The song isn’t anti-Israel. The group is… but if they keep calm and respect at Tel Aviv, no need to block them. The question is “Will they stay respectful?”
I think they will. If not, it would just be a remake of Sylvia Night in 2006 :’)
The message is quite low? What do you mean by that? I think the message of this song is actually one of the most important. I don’t see on what grounds Israel could block the performance?
They don’t even mention Israel ONCE in the song itself
Political songs are alright as long as they criticize Russia. Right?
I dont think you have done your research on what is going on in Israel but they have! They are just the only once that have the bravery to speak the truth! Eurovision is about peace and bringing countries together and the competition begin held at a country that is in war and is everyday braking human rights is not OK………
i wouldn’t be mad if that was the actual result and i’m not even an iceland stan
For my is diferent and ameizing song
Iceland is sooo neo nazi beatiful song .I can understand very well why have so much simpathy .HEIL.:(
Glorifying Nazis and Heil? Are you crazy????
No Peter .what I try is the oposite.You just dont understand my coment.sorry for that
is this a joke we—
they aren’t n*zis; if you’re being serious then hatrid mun sigra’s meaning flew right over your head
issa troll song, chill
It’s an anti-fascist song, if anything.
I want to hug dude from the floor :/
You don’t need to – I think he’s into suffering.
Maybe not in that exact order, but I think that top 10 could reflect the top 10 results in may pretty well
I don’t like the song but Russia will undoubtedly make it to the top ten.
yeah I think you could swap Azerbaijan with Russia here (even though I like Azerbaijan’s song much more than Russia’s) but otherwise that’s a very believable top 10
Seeing how it’s Australia it’s not surprising: Rock and alternative stuff is huge there..
Is this Ogae australia Ka official vote?
No, it’s not. It’s just the results of the voting at the preview party.
Ah , got it
Yassss! The rise has started. 🙂
Czech Republic and Ireland were so close to score their first points. Oh well.
Would have been a joke.