Australian televoters agree with 2012 result
28 May 2012 at 16:14 CESTAustralia broadcast the three shows over the weekend of Friday 25th to Sunday 27th May. Although the shows were not screened live, the majority of Australians stay away from the internet and news channels to avoid finding out the results prior to the shows being aired.
Broadcaster SBS also avoid putting any spoilers on their website, so that fans can watch as though the shows are live without finding out the results first.
The resuls of the Australian televote for the Final are (number of televotes):-
- Â Sweden 72,186
- Â Russia 55,270
- Â Ireland 50,314
- Â Italy 36,130
- Â Denmark 33,638
- Â Cyprus 27,538
- Â Germany 24,958
- Â Greece 22,328
- Â Ukraine 22,172
- Â Iceland 21,430
- Â Moldova 21,220
- Â Malta 20,878
- Turkey 20,402
- FYR Macedonia 18,842
- Norway 17,694
- Serbia 17,160
- Lithuania 15,472
- Spain 14,164
- Romania 13,424
- United Kingdom 12,862
- France 12,150
- Estonia 11,824
- Albania 10,902
- Azerbaijan 9,400
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 8,776
- Hungary 7,336
Analysis of results
So, Australia agreed with Europe on the top two countries being Sweden and Russia, but there were major differences between some of the other results.
Jedward of Ireland fared much better with the Australian vote, as did Soluna Samay of Denmark and Ivi Adamou of Cyprus.Â
Estonia, Albania and Azerbaijan all finished in the top six of the Eurovision Song Contest, however they all finished in the bottom five in the Australian televote.
Sam & Julia wrap up coverage
It has been an epic year with regards to SBS's coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest, with Julia Zemiro's road trip show from Germany to Baku plus the commentary and on line coverage from Baku.
Julia and her co commentator Sam Pang have a sign off message to the Australian viewers and you can see it below.