The United Kingdom finished last night’s Eurovision final in Basel with a respectable score from the jury, but no points at all awarded by the public, for the second year in a row. But were Remember Monday close to a point somewhere in Europe?
Low rankings across the board
Eight countries placed the UK in last position on the night:
Albania Belgium Czechia Finland Georgia Lithuania Montenegro Poland
These represent more than 20% of the voting countries (including the Rest of the World). When you add the countries that have put the United Kingdom in second or third to last position, the figure reaches 19 countries, out of 37 potential voters, meaning more than 50%.
The average rank for “What The Hell Just Happened” was 22.8, which is the lowest of any country from the Grand Final, behind Denmark and San Marino. This average rank would remain the same even without the San Marinese televote (which is not an actual televote but an aggregate of televoting data from different countries).
The highest ranking achieved by the United Kingdom was 18th, from Iceland, Ireland and Malta, which is nowhere near the 10th position needed to get any points.
The full results of the UK are as follows:
CountryUK position🇦🇱 Albania25 (last)🇦🇲 Armenia24🇦🇺 Australia19🇦🇹 Austria24🇦🇿 Azerbaijan23🇧🇪 Belgium26 (last)🇭🇷 Croatia24🇨🇾 Cyprus22🇨🇿 Czechia26 (last)🇩🇰 Denmark20🇪🇪 Estonia19🇫🇮 Finland25 (last)🇫🇷 France22🇬🇪 Georgia26 (last)🇩🇪 Germany22🇬🇷 Greece23🇮🇸 Iceland18🇮🇪 Ireland18🇮🇱 Israel21🇮🇹 Italy24🇱🇻 Latvia24🇱🇹 Lithuania25 (last)🇱🇺 Luxembourg22🇲🇹 Malta18🇲🇪 Montenegro26 (last)🇳🇱 Netherlands24🇳🇴 Norway21🇵🇱 Poland25 (last)🇵🇹 Portugal22🇸🇲 San Marino22🇷🇸 Serbia24🇸🇮 Slovenia24🇪🇦 Spain24🇸🇪 Sweden24🇨🇭 Switzerland22🇺🇦 Ukraine21🗺️ Rest of the World23
So, what do you think (the hell) just happened with the votes for the United Kingdom? How can the BBC avoid another repeat in Austria next year? Tell us more in the comments below or on social media at @escxtra !
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