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16th jury declares
OGAE Netherlands: 12 points to Norway
The Dutch OGAE votes:
- 12 points Norway
- 10 points Ukraine
- 8 points Sweden
- 7 points Portugal
- 6 points Serbia
- 5 points Iceland
- 4 points Romania
- 3 points Armenia
- 2 points Albania
- 1 point Slovenia
just missing out:
- Switzerland
- Hungary
- Russia
- Andorra
- Germany
The result sees Norway storm back into the top six, and Ukraine closing up on the front runners, just 12 points behind second place Serbia. Albania join Turkey and Bugaria on 19 points whist Sweden extend their lead at the top to 55 points. 12 countries are yet to score their first fan club votes this year.
- You can see the breakdown of votes on the OGAE scorecard here
- For more information or to join your local club, please email ogae@esctoday.com
After 16 OGAE juries have declared their scores, here is the updated scoreboard:
Andorra 17 Israel 17 Albania 19 Latvia 1 Armenia 82 Lithuania 0 Azerbaijan 0 Malta 4 Belarus 1 Moldova 0 Belgium 13 Montenegro 0 Bosnia & Herzegovina 8 Netherlands 0 Bulgaria 19 Norway 64 Croatia 3 Poland 0 Cyprus 5 Portugal 51 Czech Republic 0 Romania 39 Denmark 4 Russia 35 Estonia 0 San Marino 6 Finland 0 Serbia 86 France 6 Slovenia 15 FYR Macedonia 0 Spain 0 Georgia 3 Sweden 141 Germany 13 Switzerland 75 Greece 38 Turkey 19 Hungary 6 Ukraine 74 Iceland 60 United Kingdom 0 Ireland 4 1. 3. 4. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. - - 15. - 17. - 18. 20. 21. - - 43. 42. 41. 40. 39. 37. 36. 35. 34. 33. 32. - 30. - 28. - - 25. 24. 38. |
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Dank u, Nederland! 
Armenia 12 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@danny:
well havin a smidge of irish in myself i may be biased, but it is soooooooo sad to see the most sucsessful esc nation come to where it is due to the stupidity of the voting system lol... honestly its not in my top nething but at the same time i hope it does well out of spite
if people dont understand the reasons why (and its always the purpetrators of the corrupt system) they can go n lick dogz bollocks lol
@ TK
All I want is for people to understand why Ireland put in Dustin for this year so it is good to hear that you do. It is my favourite entry this, and I know I am probably biased but Dustin is a superstar in Ireland as well as the fact it is a great song!
@danny: yeh the film clip and violin do somewhat take away the utter annoyngness of dima, but its just his accent that shits me lol... honestly i would rather hear ur turkey screech ad nauseum for 12 hrs straight lol...
p.s i may not like the turkey but i understand why eire put it in, wouldnt mind seeing it do well purely outta spite lolz 
@ ProjectZero00 and TK
I guess I have to disagree with you slightly about Dima! OK sure he comes across as a bit of a knob but since esctoday put up the new music video with the violin accompaniment i actually don't mind it now. sorry
I do like the Netherlands though, it is well stuck in my head!
@finn:
dw dude no on1 votes for macedonia except for their neighbours irrespective of how good or bad the song is...
p.s hind rules!! i doubt she will qualify 
but i sincerely hope she does,"your hear belongs to me" is one of my faves this year!! VEEL SUCCSESS NEDERLANDS!!!!
@project zero: bahahahaha thanks for referring to dima as a freak finally someone who agrees, dude u made my night
Thank you, Netherlands! Great points, Maria deserves them! :-)
Could someone post the total points so far?
Sweden will win ESC 2008 Final with "Hero", a new Jonny Logan.
Im only hoping that the actual votes will be completely different, but they usually are, so Im not too fussed....
How Hind can still be pointless down there with the likes of Estonia and Macedonia I really cannot imagine.
Plus I think its nice that Portugal Bulgaria and Albania are doing well but with the great songs they have they should be MUCH higher!
And what on earth is Armenia doing up there??
to Danny T & ProjectZero 000:
I so agree with you guys. Its a shame because i thought the Macedonian song in 2007 was actually quite OK but I am never going to vote for them in the coming years simply because of their ridiculous mantra of qualifying through neighbour votes while songs are crap.
Czech Republic and Poland still without points? What a surprise for two of my favourites this year!
And Israels votes ?
maria is a great singer, with a great song... and she will do a fantastic job. hopefully she will win.. go maria
albania gave 12 points to switzerland but esc haven't add the OGAE scores of Albania
12 pt Switzerland
10 pt Armenia
08 pt Sweden
07 pt Serbia
06 pt Israel
05 pt Belgium
04 pt Slovenia
03 pt Germany
02 pt Greece
01 pt Bosnia & Herzegovina
Just missing out on a few more votes:
Cyprus
France
Norway
Ukraine
Denmark
Iceland
and for gods sake adrians name is Adrian in his passport not adrijan it isn't that hard to pronounce it damn it
@Danny
U have taste hehe kiddin
Well u do as long as u dont like the freak Dima like most esc fans in here! Any other song i'll handle it! But not Russia! lol
@ ProjectZero00
Is there any song we disagree on here! I detest the FYR Macedonia song too. I'm sure it will get through though.
There must be one we disagree on surely
@Luka
What u r saying is so sad. That's what made esc the circus it is today! The song never matters! Only the neighbours! And this time i hope fyrom stays in the semi coz the song is horrid imho and their live is even more horrid! Sorry but it will be unfair if fyrom gets through instead of another better quallity song. I think Poland is the only unreasonable choice of the Ogae (not to like i mean) yet!
Still 0 for Macedonia...but i don't worry, we will sure get in final, thanks to ex-yu countries and Bulgaria, Albania.. See us in final!
GO MACEDONIA! TAMARA, VRCAK and ADRIJAN are THE BEST!!
I have heard Norway's song on the radio like a million times here! I was taken aback coz esc songs rarelly have any success in greece after the contest, let alone a month before it! So hopefully we give a lot of points to them this year!
Go Norway! One of the few class acts this year - a modern Eurovision classic.
I have to say tho, the fans hero worship for Sweden is misplaced this year. It lacks the power of Invincible and even Cara Mia from MF07 is streets ahead of it.
Serbia's song just doesn't ignite enough passion either.
The more I hear the songs, the more I think Ukraine will walk the contest this year.... power, passion, professionalism....
I'll stick with Norway, Switzerland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine as my top 6 though....
I can't see Norway making the final with this song. What water do these OGAE people drink? Either it's me that's tripping or they are. They have recorded some really bizarre points, so far.
richard m is complaining yet again is your life that sad
Hold On, Be strong has real emotion it, unlike the Swedish 'made by machines' song
I fell asleep during the Norwegian grand final because all of the songs were so bad. This one stinks.
Norway's entry is great.
It isn't some fast, trashing pop schlager, yet isn't some formulaic old ballad. It's musically far more advanced than so much of the junk in this year's contest, which most certainly IS boring.
excellent choise, Norway has this year one of the best entries, Go Norway
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