Eurovision results are a dramatic affair, and are arguably as entertaining as the performances themselves. Even more so when the expert jury and general public disagree wildly on their favourites.
So in this deep dive, Steven looks at the biggest discrepancies in Eurovision history, where the jury and televote scores differ the most. From singing grannies and milk maids to runaway winners, this list has it all!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Klavdia - ‘Asteromáta’ (Greece, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxzeTezgey4
Red Sebastian - ‘Strobe Lights’ (Belgium, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxzeTezgey4
Klemen - ‘How Much Time Do We Have Left?’ (Slovenia, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg6RH6nZL1c
July Jones - ‘New Religion’ (Slovenia NF, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drAIk9nW1oY
Melody - ‘Esa Diva’ (Spain, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H46FB-rLh04
Cezar - ‘It’s My Life’ (Romania, 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgHWFiavqjA
Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro - ‘Non mi avete fatto niente’ (Italy, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81M-mp5t8uM
Il Volo - ‘Grande Amore’ (Italy, 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TOMqZV2jA8
Donatan & Cloe - ‘My Słowianie - We Are Slavic’ (Poland, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ920cN2HmA
Michał Szpak - ‘Colour Of Your Life’ (Poland, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ920cN2HmA
Zoë - ‘Loin d’ici’ (Austria, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xuPYt5i5cE
Margaret - ‘Cool Me Down’ (Poland NF, 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H39-Ls6Yhy4
Sergey Lazarev - ‘You Are The Only One’ (Russia, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e94dst20C9Y
Dami Im - ‘Sound Of Silence’ (Australia, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ymFX91HwM0
Jamala - ‘1944’ (Ukraine, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-rnM-MwRHY
Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers - ‘Trenulețul’ (Moldova, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUqf_zO2QaI
Buranovskiye Babushki - ‘Party For Everybody’ (Russia, 2012): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc
Käärijä - ‘Cha Cha Cha’ (Finland, 2023); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6rS8Dv5g-8
Loreen - ‘Tattoo’ (Sweden, 2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE2Fj0W4jP4
KEiiNO - ‘Spirit In The Sky’ (Norway, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovt7YGHAj8I
Kalush Orchestra - ‘Stefania’ (Ukraine, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1fl60ypdLs
Go_A - ‘Shum’ (Ukraine, 2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqvzDkgok_g
Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil - ‘Teresa & Maria’ (Ukraine, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4N82wPpdg8
Eden Golan - ‘Hurricane’ (Israel, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K60BWlEhtAA
Iolanda - ‘Grito’ (Portugal, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZn4-H6JvKU
MARO - ‘Saudade, saudade’ (Portugal, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZtbD47u6yI
Lake Malawi - ‘Friend Of A Friend’ (Czech Republic, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxLKFZKhNs
Raphael Gualazzi - ‘Madness Of Love’ (Italy, 2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE0uNLp3LuU
John Lundvik - ‘Too Late For Love’ (Sweden, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEdWkdVKIqQ
Michael Rice - ‘Bigger Than Us’ (United Kingdom, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV-eOhTS8Dw
Aminata - ‘Love Injected’ (Latvia, 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-usdXbeGHi8
Nemo - ‘The Code’ (Switzerland, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO_qJf-nW0k
Slimane - ‘Mon Amour’ (France, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XyLecY2JyE
Isaiah - ‘Don’t Come Easy’ (Australia, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTCP4S1dqwA
Destiny - ‘Je me casse’ (Malta, 2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbbc2yKnv0M
Tamara Todevska - ‘Proud’ (North Macedonia, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pAURAsum4A
Cesár Sampson - ‘Nobody But You’ (Austria, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Yvzo1puoE
Benjamin Ingrosso - ‘Dance You Off’ (Sweden, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z101xtUBflU
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