A lot has happened in the OGAE Poll since we last had a look at it yesterday morning. Thanks to the votes from OGAEs in Serbia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Estonia, Mahmood from Italy has once again taken the lead. The big scorer however was Duncan Laurence from The Netherlands.
A near perfect score
The four new sets of votes that have come in have helped Duncan Laurence to close in on his competitors. He manages to pick up the famous douze points from OGAEs in Serbia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Estonia however gave him ‘just’ ten points, meaning he gets a total of 46 points from these four votes alone.
This means The Netherlands have closed the gap to Switzerland, which was at seventeen points yesterday morning. Luca Hänni picks up thirty points from the new voters and is on 188 points. Duncan Laurence now has 187. Italy pick up 36 points and climb back into the lead. Mahmood’s song “Soldi” has 192 points.
Michael Rice off the mark
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom have scored their first points. Michael Rice entered OGAE Estonia’s top ten. His song “Bigger Than Us” picks up two points.
With a score of two, United Kingdom find themselves in 22nd place. They now have the same score as Hungary, Albania, Estonia and North Macedonia. However, Tamara Todevska scored points from two countries, OGAE Albania and OGAE Bulgaria, whereas the others have all scored with just one.
Below you can see the votes from OGAE Serbia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Estonia:
| OGAE Serbia | OGAE Azerbaijan | OGAE Ukraine | OGAE Estonia | |
| 12 points | The Netherlands | The Netherlands | The Netherlands | Sweden |
| 10 points | Switzerland | Italy | Italy | The Netherlands |
| 8 points | Italy | Cyprus | Switzerland | Italy |
| 7 points | Cyprus | Switzerland | Azerbaijan | Greece |
| 6 points | Spain | Russia | Cyprus | Azerbaijan |
| 5 points | Slovenia | Norway | Armenia | Switzerland |
| 4 points | Norway | Sweden | France | Cyprus |
| 3 points | Russia | Malta | Greece | Belgium |
| 2 points | Portugal | Greece | Norway | United Kingdom |
| 1 point | Sweden | Iceland | Malta | Malta |
Cyprus break barrier
Tamta has now managed to get back into fourth place, a place she lost yesterday. Cyprus have also become the fourth country to break the 100 point barrier. “Replay” has now scored 108 points and has a gap of thirteen to nearest chasers Norway on 95 points.
The battle to enter the top ten is a close one. There’s just a three point gap between ninth placed Iceland and eleventh placed Spain. Katerine Duska from Greece has climbed back into the top ten after picking up seven points from Estonia.
Below you can see the full standings:
| Country | Entry | Points | Position change |
| 1. Italy | Mahmood – Soldi | 192 | 1 |
| 2. Switzerland | Luca Hänni – She Got Me | 188 | -1 |
| 3. The Netherlands | Duncan Laurence – Arcade | 187 | 0 |
| 4. Cyprus | Tamta – Replay | 108 | 1 |
| 5. Norway | KEiiNO – Spirit In The Sky | 95 | -1 |
| 6. Sweden | John Lundvik – Too Late For Love | 92 | 0 |
| 7. Azerbaijan | Chingiz – Truth | 56 | 0 |
| 8. Russia | Sergey Lazarev – Scream | 49 | 0 |
| 9. Iceland | Hatari – Hatrið Mun Sigra | 41 | 0 |
| 10. Greece | Katerine Duska – Better Love | 40 | 1 |
| 11. Spain | Miki – La Venda | 38 | -1 |
| 12. Malta | Michela – Chameleon | 26 | 0 |
| 13. France | Bilal Hassani – Roi | 16 | 1 |
| 14. Belgium | Eliot – Wake Up | 15 | -1 |
| 15. Portugal | Conan Osíris – Telemóveis | 14 | 0 |
| 16. Slovenia | Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl – Sebi | 13 | 1 |
| 17. Denmark | Leonora – Love Is Forever | 12 | -1 |
| 18. Armenia | Srbuk – Walking Out | 9 | 2 |
| 19. Poland | Tulia – Fire Of Love | 7 | -1 |
| 20. San Marino | Serhat – Say Na Na Na | 6 | -1 |
| 21. Israel | Kobi Marimi – Home | 4 | 0 |
| 22. North Macedonia | Tamara Todevska – Proud | 2 | 0 |
| 23. Albania | Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju Tokës | 2 | 0 |
| 24. Estonia | Victor Crone – Storm | 2 | 0 |
| 25. Hungary | Joci Pápai – Az Én Ápam | 2 | 0 |
| 26. United Kingdom | Michael Rice – Bigger Than Us | 2 | New |
Check out our previous OGAE Poll articles:
- Analysing twelve years of OGAE Voting
- OGAE Slovenia, OGAE France, OGAE Iceland, OGAE Denmark, OGAE Armenia & OGAE Albania
- OGAE Croatia & OGAE Spain
- OGAE Slovakia
- OGAE Bulgaria
- OGAE Hungary & OGAE Ireland
- OGAE Greece, OGAE UK, OGAE Macedonia, OGAE Netherlands & OGAE Italy
