The voting order has been revealed for Saturday’s grand final where 43 spokespeople will first reveal their respective countries’ jury vote before the televote decides the winner.
Voting order
1. Ukraine – Nataliia Zhyzhchenko
2. Azerbaijan – Asadov Tural
3. Belarus – NAVIBAND
4. San Marino – John Kennedy O’Connor
5. The Netherlands – OG3NE
6. F.Y.R. Macedonia – Jana Burcheska
7. Malta – Lara Azzopardi
8. Georgia – Tako Gachechiladze
9. Spain – Nieves Alvarez
10. Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
11. Denmark – Ulla Essendrop
12. United Kingdom – Mel Giedroyc
13. Sweden – Felix Sandman
14. Latvia – Dagmāra Legante
15. Albania – Andri Xhahu
16. Croatia – Uršula Tolj
17. Ireland – NIcky Byrne
18. Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
19. Czech Republic – Radka Rosická
20. Iceland – Edda Sif Pálsdóttir
21. Moldova – Julieta Ardovan
22. Belgium – Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis
23. Norway – Aleksander Walmann & JOWST
24. France – Élodie Gossuin
25. Italy – Giulia Valentina Palermo
26. Australia – Ricardo Goncalves
27. Estonia – Ott Evestus
28. Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
29. Cyprus – Hovig
30. Armenia – Arsen Grigoryan
31. Bulgaria – Joanna Dragneva
32. Greece – Olyna (Olympia) Xenopoulou
33. Hungary – Bence Forró
34. Montenegro – Natasa Sotra
35. Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
36. Finland – ABREU
37. Russia – Alsou
38. Switzerland – Leticia Carvalho
39. Israel – Lucy Ayoub
40. Poland – Marcelina Zawadzka
41. Lithuania – Eglė Daugėlaitė
42. Slovenia – Amaya
43. Portugal – Pedro Ricardo Pacheco Fernandes
Notable spokespeople
Unsurpisingly, a lot of countries will have their votes presented by someone related to Eurovision. Naviband from Belarus, OG3NE from The Netherlands, Jana Burcheska from Macedonia, Hovig from Cyprus, Aleksander Walmann & JOWST from Norway, and Tako Gachechiladze from Georgia all represented their respective countries last year. Furthermore, Ireland will see their votes given by 2016 representative Nicky Byrne. Similarly, Russia’s 2000 artist Alsou will share the country’s votes.
Analysis
In previous years, the voting order left fans scrambling for clues on who’d win. The producers would make the voting order based on predicted televote and jury scores from each country, all to make the voting as exciting as possible. However, no such analysis can be made this year as the voting order was determined weeks ago. Who do you think will win Eurovision Song Contest 2018? Do you think the voting will be exciting this year? Let us know in the comments section below and on all social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter at @ESCXTRA!
