The group of JESC 2023 (plus the last five French singers!)...
Which of them won the LMBTO JESC 2023 Chart Rundown?
Junior Eurovision is gradually becoming more and more important in my Eurovision experience, given that I never covered it at all when I had just the blog! For the first time, it has its own fan chart, made up of the rankings of ELEVEN members of the LMBTO Eurovision Facebook Group:
Mick Ward, Stelios Andreadis, Melanie Sue LoPresti, Tom/Jerome Jordan, Mark Dowd, Chris Ioannou, Danie Tregonning, Alexandros Rousos, Tuija Tervo, Joe Bleasdale and Me.
Thank you all for voting and setting up what will be an annual event, alongside the Eurovision chart that has been going for the past two years. As for how those votes converted to placings for the 16 entries, that was all revealed on Tuesday night's show:
With the playlist looking like this...
Destiny - "Not My Soul"
Anastasia Dymyd - "Kvitka"
Maja Krzyżewska - "I Just Need A Friend"
Melissa & Ranya - "Un Mondo Giusto"
Yulan - "Stronger"
Viola Gjyzeli - "Bota ime"
Jessica McKean - "Aisling"
Anastasia & Ranina - "Over The Sky"
Tamara Grujeska - "Kaži Mi, Kaži Mi Koj"
Sara Tavares - "Chamar a música"
ARHANNA - "Hoiame Kokku"
Zoé Clauzure - "Cœur"
Júlia Machado - "Where I Belong"
STAND UNIQU3 - "Back To Life"
FIA - "Ohne Worte"
Sandra Valero - "Loviu"
Yan Girls - "Do It My Way"
Sep & Jasmijn - "Holding On To You"
Claudia Faniello - "Breathlessly"
alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - "Екзамен"
That gave you the results nicely - I'll summarize them now with points, highest score or number of 12s, plus my personal placing of each (plus excellent pictures taken by the EBU's Corinne Cumming)...
#16 Ukraine (Anastasia Dymyd - "Kvitka")
13 points, highest score 6 from Alexandros and Tuija, my #14.
#15 Poland (Maja Krzyżewska - "I Just Need A Friend"
14 points, highest score 5 from Tom, my #12.
#14 Italy (Melissa & Ranya - "Un Mondo Giusto")
17 points, highest score 5 from Mark, my #8 with 3 points.
#13 Malta (Yulan - "Stronger")
22 points, highest score 8 from Melanie, my #9 and 2 points.
#12 Albania (Viola Gjyzeli - "Bota ime")
23 points, highest score 7 from Tuija, my #16
#11 Ireland (Jessica McKean - "Aisling")
31 points, highest score 7 from Mark, my #13.
#10 Georgia (Anastasia & Ranina - "Over The Sky")
34 points, highest score 8 from Tom & Chris & Alexandros, my #15.
#9 North Macedonia (Tamara Grujeska - "Kaži Mi, Kaži Mi Koj")
37 points, ONE 12 from Stelios, lowest ranking to get a maximum, my #11.
#8 Estonia (ARHANNA - "Hoiame Kokku")
42 points, highest score 10 from Danie, my #10 and 1 point.
#7 France (Zoé Clauzure - "Cœur")
46 points, highest score 10 from Mark & Chris, my #6 and 5 points.
#6 Portugal (Júlia Machado - "Where I Belong")
47 points, ONE 12 from Melanie, my #5 and 6 points.
#5 United Kingdom (STAND UNIQU3 - "Back To Life")
48 points, highest score 10 from Mick, highest entry without a 12, my #3 with 8 points.
#4 Germany (FIA - "Ohne Worte")
58 points, ONE 12 from Mick, my #7 and 4 points.
#3 Spain (Sandra Valero - "Loviu")
58 points, TWO 12s from Alexandros & Tuija, my #2 and 10 points.
#2 Armenia (Yan Girls - "Do It My Way")
60 points, ONE 12 from Mark, my #4 and 7 points.
#1 Netherlands (Sep & Jasmijn - "Holding On To You")
88 points, FIVE 12s from Me & tom & Chris & Danie & Joe, my #1 and 12 points.
WINNER OF THE LMBTO JESC 2023 CHART RUNDOWN!
And just to confirm my rankings;
To be honest with you all, every entry this year has its own merits and those down the bottom of my chart are solid, just not outstanding. The Dutch entry has always been my personal favourite from the moment I heard it and nothing has displaced it from the top for me. Having said that, as a Brit I will not turn away a UK victory here, which is still a possibility, despite the running order:
Whoever it is, they will be kicking off show 277 of LET ME BE THE ONE!