Kalush Orchestra won a record victory: how the Eurovision participating countries voted

Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra fell in love with the audience from all over Europe and set a record for Eurovision. The highest scores were awarded to them by residents of 28 out of 40 voting countries, and this is an absolute record in the history of the contest. Eurovisionworld.com tells how countries voted.

In total, the performance of the Kalush Orchestra was rated at 631 points. Of these, 439 are the votes of the audience, and 192 are points from the National Jury of different countries. The latter were more reserved in their assessments:

• 12 points – Poland, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania
• 10 points – Iceland, France, Germany
• 8 – Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia
• 7 – Israel, Cyprus, Australia, Albania
• 6 – Georgia, Belgium, Azerbaijan, Armenia
• 5 – Denmark
• 4 – Czech Republic
• 3 – Ireland, Norway, Switzerland
• 2 – San Marino
• 0 – Sweden, Netherlands, Italy, Great Britain, Finland, Spain, Estonia, Bulgaria, Austria, Greece, Malta, North Macedonia, Serbia

Kalush Orchestra won the competition on the night of May 14-15 in Turin. The group entered the stage at number 12. After the performance, the team called in English to help Ukraine, save Mariupol and Azovstal. The team received the most points – 631 (192 from the jury and 439 from the audience). In second place is the United Kingdom (466) and in third is Spain (459 points).