Germany also scored nil points in last night’s Eurovision final televoting, alongside Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. However, where Spain and the UK recorded staggeringly low average scores of approximately 23 out of 25 or 26, Jendrik did much better. Where did they score decently and where did they drop down low?
No bottom two scores for Germany
Surprisingly perhaps for a nil pointer in the televoting, but Germany managed to avoid the bottom two in all 38 televoting countries. The lowest score they had came from North Macedonia, who placed them at #24, just ahead of Spain and The Netherlands – two other nil pointers. Romania (#23), San Marino (#21) and Sweden (#21) were the only other countries placing Germany outside their top twenty.
| Countries with Germany in their televoting bottom five: |
| San Marino |
| Sweden |
| Romania |
| North Macedonia |
France and Lithuania closest to awarding Jendrik a point
All in all, Germany outperforms both Spain and the United Kingdom considerably. Where they record average placings of around 23, Jendrik scores an average of 17.2. I Don’t Feel Hate came relatively close to a point in both Lithuania and France. The two countries both put Germany at #13. In total, twelve countries ranked Germany in their eventual top fifteen – a decent score for a country that scored a big zero!
Jury points were there for Germany from Austria (2 points) and Romania (1 point). Interestingly, Romania was one of the two lowest televoting results for Jendrik’s entry.
Below, you can see how Germany scored across the board with Jendrik and I Don’t Feel Hate. Let us know what you think of these results!
| Germany | Televote result |
| France | 13 |
| Lithuania | 13 |
| Denmark | 14 |
| Israel | 14 |
| Norway | 14 |
| Russia | 14 |
| Switzerland | 14 |
| Ukraine | 14 |
| Albania | 15 |
| Austria | 15 |
| Spain | 15 |
| United Kingdom | 15 |
| Bulgaria | 16 |
| Ireland | 16 |
| Georgia | 17 |
| Iceland | 17 |
| Italy | 17 |
| Moldova | 17 |
| Portugal | 17 |
| Slovenia | 17 |
| Cyprus | 18 |
| Czech Republic | 18 |
| Estonia | 18 |
| Latvia | 18 |
| Poland | 18 |
| Serbia | 18 |
| The Netherlands | 18 |
| Australia | 19 |
| Azerbaijan | 19 |
| Croatia | 19 |
| Finland | 19 |
| Malta | 19 |
| Belgium | 20 |
| Greece | 20 |
| San Marino | 21 |
| Sweden | 21 |
| Romania | 23 |
| North Macedonia | 24 |
Today, we will also be diving into the televoting misery of the Netherlands. Stay tuned!
What if we changed the voting system? The results from the 10th place onwards are NOT SIGNIFICANT. It\’s not the same to be 11th than 26th. The majority of the percentage value of the votes is thrown away year after year. That is a fact.
This system was introduced in 1975, why keeping it in 2021 with almost 40 countries voting and 26 countries each final?
What if we give a 12 to the country that is voted the most, but all the countries are given an percentage amount down to the last country?
That way, we would not eliminate the traditional 12 points.
This year, there were 26 countries. Each place in the ranking would receive 0.46 points more.
Finally, a rounded amount can be shown in the scoreboard so that we don\’t have decimal points.
1st – 12 points
2nd – 11,5 points
3rd – 10,6 points
4th – 10,2 points
…
…
24th – 1.4 points
25th – 0.9 points
26th – 0.4 points
In the scoreboard, even if the decimals were recorded, they would be rounded off. This year the ranking with this system would look like this:
Eh, I sent about 6 votes from Russia for Jendrick, glad ay least it was enough for 14th place…