Each year, Australian television viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest are given the chance to vote on the final songs in an unofficial televote. As can be seen from the table below, the Australians agreed with the European top two placings, but there are some distinct differences further down the list:
Sweden 72,186
Russia 55,270
Ireland 50,314
Italy 36,130
Denmark 33,638
Cyprus 27,538
Germany 24,958
Greece 22,328
Ukraine 22,172
Iceland 21,430
Moldova 21,220
Malta 20,878
Turkey 20,402
FYR Macedonia 18,842
Norway 17,694
Serbia 17,160
Lithuania 15,472
Spain 14,164
Romania 13,424
United Kingdom 12,862
France 12,150
Estonia 11,824
Albania 10,902
Azerbaijan 9,400
Bosnia & Herzegovina 8,776
Hungary 7,336
The rest of the official Top 5 were Serbia, Azerbaijan and Albania. The Australians placed these songs 16th, 24th and 23rd respectively, which in most respects, highlights the neighbourly voting that actually took place in the official scoring. By contrast, Ireland, Italy and Denmark replaced those former Eastern Bloc nations, which in the official table fared much worse.
While the majority of countries agreed that Sweden was its favourite on the night, many of the results from the middle of the actual final table sank closer to the bottom in the Australian version. So, does this mean that without the benefit of political/neighbourly alliances, the Australian final table better reflects the final placings of the songs?
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