OGAE Ireland Results

You'd be mad to suggest that Sweden is not going to win the OGAE pre-Eurovision vote, thats why I have not paid to much attention to the recent results. However the OGAE Ireland - the Irish branch have released theur votes. So I think that it is a very important to have a look at these as they are somewhat surprising votes.

12 - Sweden - No surprise there.
10 - Spain - It is a surprise to see Spain so far ahead in the vote but it is not surprising to see Spain in the Top 10.
8 - Germany - Definately the biggest surprise of this vote. I don't fully understand how they even got so high but anyhow, thats the result.
7 - France - Its surprising to see France so far up. However Augguns song is well liked in some regions.
6 - Iceland - I'm surprised to see this so far down the list as I thought that Iceland had a very appealing song for Irish listeners.
5 - Italy - Once again no big surprise but I expected the song to be ranked higher.
4 - Estonia - A surprise in the list but not shocking.
3 - Serbia - No surprise there.
2 - Norway - Still not shocking.
1 - Romania - A mild surprise, but not completely so. Irish fans do seem to like this song.

The big and almost shocking absence from the list is the UK. If Engender wants to score well, he will have to score well in Ireland.

Surprise!: More points to Sweden

While we have been giving some coverage and opinion to the results of the OGAE votes. However as the results seem to be pointing in one direction it seems aimless to continue giving coverage to Sweden winning each club. Full results are available over on www.escxtra.com.

It is very unsurprising to see that Iceland is coming second either, fans have been behind both of these entries since the start.

The most interesting trend is the fact that the Netherlands came second in the UK but didn't score so well in many other fan clubs. I suspected that this would be the case as it seems that the fans would love the entry are mainly British. That is not to say that other fans [including myself] do not really like it but I think it is mainly peaking in the UK.

LESS THAN 4 WEEKS TO EUROVISION

I know that things are falling behind here but while Eurovision may be just around the corner, for me, that corner is called college exams. Anyhow its going to take another ten days and then a further 3 days to get over the after exam party hangover. Anyhow there is a small bit of business to be talked about:

• I've only just realised that the first semi-final of Eurovision is less than 4 weeks away. YAY
• The good people running West-End Eurovision this year are going to streaming it live tomorrow night on their website.
• Spain and the UK have announced the results of their OGAE votes, full results are over on escXtra. Unsurprisingly Sweden received both 12's. This leaves Sweden in the lead. Italy and Netherlands got the two sets of 10 points. UPD: As I was writing this I noticed that Finland and Croatia have also awarded 12 points to Sweden and Loreen. This now puts Sweden on course for a landslide victory - It's all starting to remind me of Norway 2009.
• Finally Eurovision Croatia sent me over a video which I actually think is very heartwarming and nice to see fans out and about rather than simply on the internet. You can see it here.

Third OGAE Declaration And We Have Schedule

I don't have time to write up a review this evening (again) I am sorry about this but please understand things are busy for me at the moment. It is unlikely that they will remain that way when the contest gets going in May but until then reviews cannot be guaranteed to appear, sorry. In the meantime today we will take a  look at the OGAE Rest of World who have declared their results being third club to do so. There were no huge surprises there, other than Albania actually receiving two points. Iceland and Sweden came first and second respectively and therefore receive 12 and 10 points.

The worldwide OGAE usually votes very differently to the other 38 clubs but this seems broadly in line with predictions. However it is still to early to look for real trends in the results.

Sweden are continuing to lead the field on 29 points. Iceland are now on 22 points.

In other news the schedule for Eurovision rehearsals has been released. Looking at it covering ESC rehearsals from Ireland will be rather easy given the tie difference. You can see the schedule here. 

OGAE Slovenia Presents Mad Set Of Results

I was somewhat surprised today to see that OGAE Slovenia announced a rather odd set of results.

They awarded Spain 12 points, Iceland 10 points and Serbia 8 points. The big surprise here is that Sweden only got 7 points. This surprised me as I expect that Euphoria would have a landslide score in the OGAE votes. Their votes did contrast a lot from Bulgaria but this is to be expected as Eastern European OGAE clubs often return more contrasting votes compared to western fan clubs. I think this is often very true when the club might not be a very big one.

The other noticeable difference was that many countries that received smaller votes were very different. Countries like Italy, UK and Russia all got their first points. It might to early to say but I think that there are very few songs that will receive a broad consensus from fans this year.

Anyhow this results keep Loreen in front on 19 points with Serbia just behind on 18. Cyprus and Spain are both on 12 points and are currently joint third. Full results are on escXtra.com.