The results of the Song Contest have been arousing great emotions for a long time. Particularly since the introduction of the division into the votes of jurors and viewers, the results cause confusion and controversy every year. So it was also this year. Many records have been broken in the history of Eurovision. In 2022, Kalush Orchestra received the maximum number of points from viewers (12) from as many as 28 countries participating in the vote. Despite this, in the ranking of the top 10 songs with the most points, it was only ranked 4th. How does the top look like?
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Highest scoring songs in Eurovision history. This year’s winner is only in 7th place
The top ten countries with the best results were recently presented on his Instagram profile by user worldvishawn. His results may surprise you. In 10th place with 527 points were the Italians and Il Volo, who scored 527 points in 2015. 529 points and 9th place went to Netta from Israel, 534 points to Jamala, representing Ukraine in 2016. The winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest took only 7th place in the ranking with 583 points. A better result can be achieved by Kristian Kostov from Bulgaria (2017, 615 points), Mans Zelmerlow from Sweden (2015, 625 points), Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine (2022, 631 points) and Loreen, this time from 2012 (639 points). points).
Alexander Rybak came in second with a total of 690 points. Who has scored the most points in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest? The record belongs to Salvador Sobral from Portugal, who scored a total of 758 points in 2017. As it turns out, Käärijä, who scored a total of 526 points in 2023, was only in … 11th place. He was closely followed by Måneskin with 524 points.
The top ten may surprise you. Why the change in scores?
Some of the results presented in the ranking may cause confusion. Since 2016, the scoring system has undergone major changes. During the finals, presenters from different countries present the results of the jurors’ votes, and the hosts present the votes of the viewers. This division significantly increased the number of maximum points that can be scored by representatives, and after converting to the new system, the scoreboard changes. Example? Mans Zelmerlow (Sweden), who won the final in 2015, received 365 points according to the old system. The second place was taken by the Russian Polina Gagarina with 303 points, the third – Il Volo (Italy) with 292 points. As the portal calculated, the new scoring system would look a bit different. Sweden would receive a total of 639 points (361 from the judges and 278 from the viewers), Italy – 553 (185 from the judges and 368 from the viewers), Russia would be third with 541 points (248 and 293 points respectively). This is why the scores for Norway in 2009, Italy in 2015 and Sweden in 2015 and 2012 look different in the above video than in the official results.
Source: Gazeta
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