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4th club votes; tie at the top
OGAE Italy: 12 points to Switzerland
OGAE Italy put Paulo Meneguzzi's entry Era Stupendo top of their poll, narrowly ahead of the host song from Serbia. Romania, who's language is close to Italian, took third place to score 7 points on the OGAE Scoreboard. Sweden, who took an early lead after the first three juries voted, were in fourth place, ahead of debutants, San Marino. The microstate's official language is also Italian, and they register their first six points. OGAE Italy voted as follows:
- 12 points SWITZERLAND
- 10 points SERBIA
- 8 points ROMANIA
- 7 points SWEDEN
- 6 points SAN MARINO
- 5 points RUSSIA
- 4 points ARMENIA
- 3 points PORTUGAL
- 2 points ICELAND
- 1 points ISRAEL
Just missing out:
- ALBANIA
- ANDORRA
- UKRAINE
- POLAND
- SLOVENIA
After four rounds of votes, 20 countries out of 43 have already scored points. Sweden lead the table on top marks ahead of Switzerland, with the two countries locked on 39 points. In third place, but 16 points behind, is Armenia with 23 points. Serbia are fourth with 20 points.
- 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
So, after four rounds of votes, here is the early OGAE Scoreboard:
Andorra 11 Israel 1 Albania 0 Latvia 0 Armenia 23 Lithuania 0 Azerbaijan 0 Malta 0 Belarus 0 Moldova 0 Belgium 2 Montenegro 0 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0 Netherlands 0 Bulgaria 0 Norway 10 Croatia 3 Poland 0 Cyprus 0 Portugal 13 Czech Republic 0 Romania 15 Denmark 4 Russia 7 Estonia 0 San Marino 6 Finland 0 Serbia 20 France 1 Slovenia 1 FYR Macedonia 0 Spain 0 Georgia 0 Sweden 39 Germany 3 Switzerland 39 Greece 7 Turkey 0 Hungary 6 Ukraine 7 Iceland 14 United Kingdom 0 Ireland 0 1. 3. 4. - 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. - - 13. - 15. 16. - 18. 19. - - 22. 23. 43. 42. 41. 40. 39. 37. 36. 35. 34. 33. 32. 31. 30. 29. 28. 27. 26. 25. 24. 38. |
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@tolga. If we'd had the power to convince RAI, we'd never have stopped taking part in the first place. Unfortunately it's not easy at all!
@Molly Parton, you're right. It's not a matter of language. Last year we didn't like the latvian entry at all (sorry for Roberto Meloni who's a very nice guy). I'd rather say that Paolo is very popular in Italy and lots of people like his songs, so I suppose this was a very important factor in determining this result. Also, "Era stupendo" is a lot better than "Grande" which he sung in Sanremo.
I think OGAE Italy should do more to convince RAI to participate in ESC than voting for the songs...
OGAE votes don't mean a thing anyway...
6/10 of my top 10
OGAE Servia
12 points to Sweden
10 points to Armenia
08 points to Portugal
07 points to Greece
06 points to Bosnia & Herzegovina
05 points to Ukraine
04 points to Norway
03 points to Israel
02 points to Switzerland
01 points to Albania
this ar the votes from OGAE Andorra
TURQUIA 1 PUNT
GRÈCIA 2 PUNTS
SÈRBIA 3 PUNTS
ARMÈNIA 4 PUNTS
RUMANIA 5 PUNTS
SUÏSSA 6 PUNTS
PORTUGAL 7 PUNTS
ISLÀNDIA 8 PUNTS
UCRAÏNA 10 PUNTS
SUÈCIA 12 PUNTS
Italy you could have voted much better for Portugal's song entry!!! Yet, thanks anyway.
Lisbon 2009!!!
Barry
It's not unsurprising that they voted for the Italian language song - last year they placed the only Italian song (Latvia) in last place out of 42. Doh!
Malta 12 points goes to Switzerland!! 
in the semi swis will receive our 12 for sure!
GREECE is STILL NUMBER ONE!!!!!!
Honestly I wasn't expecting such high points to Serbia from Italy at all, I'm all the more glad the song is appreciated there.
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Not very surprising 
If you think it's plagiarism just don't vote it.... However it isn't!
LoL San marino whit 6
Albania always seem to narrowly miss out in these OGAE votes.
RUSSIA 2008 Dima Bilan - Believe (OFFICIAL VIDEO IS OUT)
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Talk about tactical voting- every Italian language song is high on that list.
Well that doesn't mean its best in Eurovision song contest. lol.
Meneguzzi got 12 points from Italy because he's half swiss - half italian, he sings in italian, but mostly because he's well known in Italy and his song has everything a song needs to become a hit in Italy.
That's for sure, in Italy (my origin country) we do love il Meneguzzo
He has like, an army of fangirls, and I'am like a proud general lol.
No surprise there, Switzerland 12 points... Go Paolo!
In Greece (where I live) Italian singers like Ramazzotti, Pausini etc are well liked, so Paolo Meneguzzi could develop a fanbase as well. So, I hope...
I wish Italy voted in the ESC! But anyway, I'll just vote from Greece...
I really think everyone on this page needs to quit they're whining. These are polls taken by fans of Eurovision in each respective country. Of COURSE its not going to match up with the final points, but its interesting nonetheless. And Turkey probably isnt up there because the song not good ... Dimas song is tragic....Switz is polished... and Armenia's is catchy.... so if you really want to state your opinion, join your country's OAGE and vote. Otherwise, make it known in May...
What a suprise!
DOES ITALY VOTE FOR ESC?I DON'T THINK SO.......WHO CARES WHITCH COUNTRY THEY PUT FIRST......THEY DO NOT PARTICIPATE.
Can't understand how the swiss plagiat is first...
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