In Finland, artist Kaarija tried to overcome the disappointment of not winning, despite being successful in the eyes of the public jury. NRK welcomed the debate on the jury system.

It was a tense finale right up to the end. After professional juries in all countries gave their points, it was time for ordinary people to vote.

In the end it was between Finland and Sweden. Although Finland’s song received the most votes from the public jury, Sweden’s Loreen received the most points overall.

But this is not the only example of a rift between society and juries.

Alessandra Mele, who performed ‘Queen of Kings’, finished fifth in the Eurovision final on Saturday night, and it was the public’s vote that took her up the leaderboard.

When the voting is broken down by jury type and country, we see that Alessandra overall received the most points from Israel and Denmark, with ten points from both professional and public judges – a total of 20 points. From Sweden came eight jury points and ten people points.

Twelve of the Finnish people

Only twelve Alessandra are from the Finnish People’s Jury, according to which overview Eurovision world already made. He also received ten points from Italy. Before leaving for Eurovision city Liverpool, he revealed to NTB that he would actually be surprised if he didn’t get twelve points from Italy.

– Yes, then I get a little sad. From Italy I had to get it. Be a little kind, that’s the cry – and that’s at least as good.

Number six in the semifinals

A numerical review also showed that Alessandra actually had a worse position in the semifinals than in the final. In Tuesday’s semifinals, he finished in sixth place out of ten who qualified.

Figures released on Sunday evening showed that Finland achieved a superb victory over Sweden in the semifinals, with 177 and 135 points respectively. This also applies in the final, where Finland and Sweden each got 376 and 243 points.

Important for professional judges

Some of them criticized the professional jury system at Eurovision. They show that there is a very large difference in votes between expert juries and public juries.

Here’s an overview

Although Sweden clearly took the lead after the professional jury gave its opinion – a total of 15 country judges awarded 12 points – none of the participating countries gave Sweden 12 points in the public jury. Thus, it was the expert jury’s vote that decided Sweden won.

Want fans to be the judges

In contrast, among the public, 18 countries ranked Finland at the top, according to the review ESC Discord.

Håkon Aleksander Røssum, who heads the Norwegian Eurovision fan page, felt it was a shame that the jury spoiled some good artists.

– The fans should join the jury. The fans have been following all the rehearsals and know everything about the artist. The EBU should get a real bowl. It’s not popular if the people’s favorite doesn’t win, he added Television 2.

Martin Phillip Fjellanger, the founder of Eurovision Norway, was also unhappy. He believes the professional jury prevented a great victory for Finland.

– It’s crazy that there are only five people on each jury, and they have enormous power, compared to ordinary people, he is sure.

The overview However, it shows that the Norwegian professional jury and the public jury agree on who is the best. Both gave ten points to Sweden and twelve points to Finland.

– Not good for competition

Head of Eurovision at NRK, Stig Karlsen, welcomed the debate around the jury system.

He pointed out that previously there was a gap between who the expert judges and the public thought should win, but the difference has become clearer this year.

– This is a gap that is not good for competition. It is important for people to participate and feel that this is a fair, reasonable competition and that there is merit in voting.

Karlsen said that the current jury system often makes for good TV, because many things can change from the votes of professional judges to the public’s vote tally. He believes that this still cannot maintain the scheme.

– That a jury of 185 people should have power equal to that of millions of TV viewers is questionable.

Disappointing find

In Sweden, there was great joy at the victory. Loreen was the favorite and achieved a historic victory. She is the first woman to win twice.

After a tense countdown, Finnish artist Käärja admitted he was disappointed that his victory was lost and called himself a loser, wrote Howl.

– But at the same time you should be proud of this achievement. It was a good performance for a Finnish song, he said.

During the final, you could hear that the Finnish singer Käärja was accompanied by the people. They shouted Cha, cha, cha, that’s the title of the song.

– But rules are still rules. That’s the spirit of this game. Congratulations Loreen, she’s an amazing person, Käärija said last night.

The Finnish media also expressed their frustration because the Finnish racer lost first place.

– Second place was a surprising disappointment, wrote Finnish journalist Mari Pudas in the Iltalehti newspaper. He believes it was clear throughout the show that the audience liked Käärja the most.

– Every TV viewer could hear it when the audience shouted “Käärja” and “Cha-cha-cha”, at the same time Sweden lost points, the journalist wrote.

He believes Käärja excelled so much during the show that it wouldn’t be surprising if the rules around the voting system were changed next year.

However, Swedish commentators believed that the best song won, even though Loreen was not the public’s favorite. owned by Aftonbladet Markus Larsson said that in any other year Finland would win, but not this year.

– Nobody likes a country that wins too often. Most importantly, no one likes a country that wins too often with the help of judges, Larsson said. He remembered that Måns Zelmerlöw and Loreen also secured the win with the help of the judges last time.

Fast Maria Brander also believes that the right artist wins.

– The audience is not always right, and what Loreen accomplished last night was, without exaggeration, a greater accomplishment than we understand.