The Wiwi Jury: Eurovision 2012

The Wiwi Jury—that’s Wiwi Bloggs, Vebooboo Nadella, Meows Kitty and Deban Aderemi—will listen to and review all 42 Eurovision entries prior to the first semi-final on May 22. Each member of the jury offers their critique of each song, and then awards it a score out of 10. The four scores are then averaged for the Wiwi Jury Verdict. The jury consists of an American, an Australian, a Brit and a Finn—so we are truly international. Below you can check out the latest rankings. Just click on the country to read the review.

As always, we will be making our annual Eurovision prediction. The Wiwi Jury Verdict will count for half of the score, while the other half consists of votes earned in our polls for the semi-finals and final.

The scores below represent the raw data. We have re-centered the scores in a separate table. The re-centered scores represent the final standings.

Reviews and Preliminary standings

1. Sweden: Loreen with “Euphoria” (9.25)
2. Albania: Rona Nishliu with “Suus” (Personal) (7.75)
3. Italy: Nina Zilli with “L’Amore è Femmina” (Out of Love) (7.75)
4. Switzerland: Sinplus with “Unbreakable” (7.4)
5. Serbia: Zeljko Joksimovic with “Nije ljubav stvar” (7.25)
6. Cyprus: Ivi with “La La Love” (7.13)
7. Ireland: Jedward with “Waterline” (7.13)
8. United Kingdom: Engelbert Humperdink with “Love Will Set You Free” (7)
9. Norway: Tooji with “Stay” (6.9)
10. San Marino: Valentina Monetta with “The Social Network” (6.88)
11. Germany: Roman Lob with “Standing Still” (6.63)
12. Israel: Izabo with “Time” (6.63)
13. The Netherlands: Joan Franka with “You and Me” (6.5)
14. Spain: Pastora Soler with “Quédate conmigo” (6.38)
15. Greece: Eleftheria Eleftheriou with “Aphrodisiac” (6.34)
16. Denmark: Soluna Samay with “Should’ve Known Better” (6.25)
17. Romania: Mandinga with “Zaleilah” (6.25)
18. Slovakia: Max Jason Mai with “Don’t Close Your Eyes” (6.25)
19. Bulgaria: Sofi Marinova with “Love Unlimited” (6)
20. Belarus: Litesound with “We Are the Heroes” (5.88)
21. F.Y.R. Macedonia: Kaliopi with “Crno i belo” (5.88)
22. France: Anggun with “Echo (You and I)” (5.63)
23. Russia: Buranovskiye Babushki with “Party for Everybody” (5.63)
24. Finland: Pernilla Karlsson’s with “När jag blundar” (5.5)
25. Moldova: Pasha Parfeny with “Lautar” (5.38)
26. Azerbaijan: Sabina Babayeva with “When the Music Dies” (5.0)
27. Slovenia: Eva Boto with “Verjamen” (4.75)
28. Ukraine: Gaitana with “Be My Guest” (4.75)
29. Estonia: Ott Lepland with “Kuula” (4.63)
30. Hungary: Compact Disco with “Sound of Our Hearts” (4.63)
31. Lithuania: Donny Montell with “Love Is Blind” (4.5)
32. Austria: Trackshittaz with “Woki mit deim Popo” (4.13)
33. Turkey: Can Bonomo with “Love Me Back” (4.1)
34. Iceland: Greta Salóme & Jónsi with “Remember Me” (4)
35. Portugal: Filipa Sousa with “Vida Minha” (Life of Mine) (3.88)
36. Malta: Kurt Calleja with “This Is the Night (3.75)
37. Montenegro: Rambo Amadeus with “Euro Neuro” (3.75)
38. Belgium: Iris with “Would You?” (3.5)
39. Bosnia: Maya Sar with “Kora ti znam” (3.5)
40. Croatia: Nina Badric with “Nebo” (3.5)
41. Latvia: Anmary with “Beautiful Song” (2)
42. Georgia: Anri Jokhadze with “I’m a Jocker” (1.75)

Read our review of our first 21 reviews by clicking here.