Although Austria and Netherlands, placing first and second respectively, would have retained their position had jury votes been taken to account for 100% of the results, the position of certain countries would have changed drastically. Malta is one of these countries. Having placed in a disappointing overall twenty-third place, Malta excelled with the foreign juries. Each country appoints a jury of five members who are music professionals. These are asked to judge vocal capacity, performance, composition and originality of the song and the impression of the act.
The points Malta would have received if results were based solely on jury votes are as follows:
Albania — 1
Armenia — 12
Azerbaijan — 3
Belarus — 10
Belgium — 2
Macedonia — 4
Finland — 8
France — 5
Greece — 2
Iceland — 3
Ireland — 6
Italy — 3
Latvia — 3
Montenegro — 7
Norway — 2
Poland — 10
Russia — 7
San Marino — 4
Spain — 5
Switzerland — 5
Netherlands — 5
United Kingdom — 12
Total — 119 points
However, jury votes only account for 50% of the results. These are then affected by televoting. Unfortunately, once the votes were combined, Malta only managed to garner the following points:
Albania — 1
Azerbaijan — 5
Finland — 3
Ireland — 3
Italy — 1
San Marino — 4
Netherlands — 5
United Kingdom — 10
Total — 32 points
The voting of Georgia was based 100% on televoting due to technical issues with jury votes. Those of San Marino were based solely on jury votes due to an insufficient amount of votes.
On the night, Ukraine scored a total of 113 points placing them sixth. Could this have been Malta’s spot on the charts according to the professionals?
