Eurovision 2024 just ended last night, with the announcement of the winner: Nemo from Switzerland
As every year, we are delighted to give you the statistical analysis of the results!
The Winner Takes it All: Nemo
- Nemo are the first non-binary artist to win the contest.
- It is the 3rd win of Switzerland in the contest (1956 and 1988 beforehand)
- Nemo ended up in first place with the jury (365 points) and 5th place with the public (226 points). This puts them with a total of 591 points.
- Switzerland received only one set of 12 points from the public, which was granted by Ukraine.
- Switzerland won the jury vote by a huge margin, getting 22 sets of 12 points: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine.
- Nemo performed as song number 21st. They are the second artists to win from this position, following Jamala (Ukraine 2016)
- Nemo achieved the 3rd highest combined result under the new system (2016 and later on): Portugal in 2017 won with 758 points, Ukraine in 2022 won with 631 points.
- However, this is the lowest televote score for a winner, under the new system: 226 points.
- Despite winning the contest, Nemo ended only 4th in semi-final 2.
The Grand Final
This is how the national jury voted:
This is how the public voted:
| Rank | Country | Points |
| 1 | Croatia | 337 |
| 2 | Israel | 323 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 307 |
| 4 | France | 227 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 226 |
| 6 | Ireland | 136 |
| 7 | Italy | 104 |
| 8 | Greece | 85 |
| 9 | Armenia | 82 |
| 10 | Lithuania | 58 |
| 11 | Sweden | 49 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 44 |
| 13 | Estonia | 33 |
| 14 | Serbia | 32 |
| 15 | Finland | 31 |
| 16 | Latvia | 28 |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 20 |
| 18 | Georgia | 19 |
| 19 | Germany | 18 |
| 20 | Portugal | 13 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 12 |
| 22 | Spain | 11 |
| 23 | Austria | 5 |
| 24 | Norway | 4 |
| 25 | UK | 0 |
The combined results (jury and public) are:
Jury Vote vs Public Vote
Unsurprisingly, we have some differences between the jury votes and the public vote.
The top 5 countries who had the biggest points gap between the jury and the public (much higher in the jury than the public) are:
- Switzerland: 365 points from the jury, 226 points from the public – a difference of 139 points
- Portugal: 139 points from the jury, 13 points from the public – a difference of 126 points
- Germany: 99 points from the jury, 18 points from the public – a difference of 81 points
- Sweden: 125 points from the jury, 49 points from the public – a difference of 76 points
- Luxembourg: 83 points from the jury, 20 points from the public – a difference of 63 points
The top 5 countries who had the biggest points gap between the jury and the public (much higher in the public than the jury) are:
- Israel: 323 points from the public, 52 points from the jury – a difference of 271 points
- Ukraine: 307 points from the public, 146 points from the jury – a difference of 161 points
- Croatia: 337 points from the public, 210 points from the jury – a difference of 127 points
- Greece: 85 points from the public, 41 points from the jury – a difference of 44 points
- Estonia: 33 points from the public, 4 points from the jury – a difference of 29 points
Here, you can see the share of points each country received from jury vote and public vote:
Running Order vs Place Overview
We would like to sum up this chapter with 3 graphs:
Comparison of jury votes per running order: 2016-2023 and 2024
Comparison of public votes per running order: 2016-2023 and 2024
Comparison of sum of points per running order: 2016-2023 and 2024
Countries Making History
- Croatia achieved their best result (if we don’t consider Yugoslavia 1989) with 2nd place in the final. It is the first time that Croatia has won the televote (in the modern era).
- All the ex-Yugoslavian countries made it to the final: Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia.
- Norway finished last in the final for the 12th time in the history: 1963, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2012, 2024.
- Portugal maintain an honorable qualification streak: appearing in the final for the 4th time.
- Ireland finished in 6th place, their highest place in the modern era (same as 2000).
- Ukraine achieved the highest score for a country allocated in the 2nd spot in the running order.
- Israel holds the record for the biggest gap between jury and public vote: 271 points (The previous record was on Norway 2019).
- Israel received televote points from 35 countries: Those are all countries besides Croatia and Ukraine.
- For the first time since 2015, all 3 Baltic countries made it to the final: Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.
- Latvia and Georgia broke their long non-qualification streak of 7 years. Both made it to the final for the first time since 2016.
- Ireland made it to the final for the 2nd time since 2014: in 2018 and 2024
- Italy finished out of the top 6 for the first time since 2016.
- It is the first time since 2016 that Italy is represented by a woman.
- For the first time since 2013, a non Big 5 (or host country) finishes in the last place in the final.
- Slovenia entered the bottom 6 in the final for the 2nd time in a row.
- No returning artists made it to the final: Hera from Iceland, Natalia from Moldova
- Germany has finally gone out of the bottom 5 in the final, ending in 12th place, while ending in bottom 5 between in 2015-2017 and in 2019-2023.
- The UK ended with 0 points from the public, for the 3rd time in the history: 2003, 2021 and 2024.
- For the first time in history, 3 countries received more than 300 points from the public: Croatia, Israel and Ukraine
Semi-Final 1
The first semi-final results are:
| Place | Country | Points |
| 1 | Croatia | 177 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 173 |
| 3 | Ireland | 124 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 119 |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 117 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 67 |
| 7 | Finland | 59 |
| 8 | Portugal | 58 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 51 |
| 10 | Serbia | 47 |
| 11 | Australia | 41 |
| 12 | Poland | 25 |
| 13 | Moldova | 20 |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 11 |
| 15 | Iceland | 3 |
- It is the first time that Croatia has won a semi-final.
- Croatia received 8 sets of 12 points, from: Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Serbia, Slovenia, Australia, and Germany. Their lowest score was 6 points from Portugal.
- Ukraine finished 2nd in the semi-final, receiving 5 sets of 12 points: Rest of the world, Lithuania, Poland, Cyprus, and Portugal.
- Iceland finished last in the semi-final, for the 2nd time in the history (2018 was the first). Point wise, it’s the worst score for Iceland in the semi-finals.
- Iceland and Azerbaijan didn’t qualify for the final for the 2nd time in a row.
- Ireland achieved its best semi-final results (3rd place).
- Ukraine maintains its impressive 100% qualification rate.
- Serbia ends in 10th place in the semi-final, for the 2nd time in a row.
- Just like in 2016, 2021 and 2023, Lithuania ended in the 4th place in the semi-final.
- Portugal, Finland and Lithuania made their 4th qualification in a row (2021-2024).
- Moldova and Iceland have both selected a returning artist and failed to qualify for the final.
- Australia didn’t qualify for the final for the 2nd is its history (previously: 2021).
- Cyprus and Slovenia made their 2nd qualification in a row (2023-2024).
Semi-Final 2
The first semi-final results are:
| Place | Country | Points |
| 1 | Israel | 194 |
| 2 | The Netherlands | 182 |
| 3 | Armenia | 137 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 132 |
| 5 | Greece | 86 |
| 6 | Estnoia | 79 |
| 7 | Latvia | 72 |
| 8 | Georgia | 54 |
| 9 | Austria | 46 |
| 10 | Norway | 43 |
| 11 | Czechia | 38 |
| 12 | Denmark | 36 |
| 13 | Belgium | 18 |
| 14 | San Marino | 16 |
| 15 | Albania | 14 |
| 16 | Malta | 13 |
- Israel won the semi-final for the 2nd time in its history (Previously: 2018).
- Israel received 10 sets of 12 points from: Rest of the World, Albania, Italy, Spain, France, Norway, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Czechia, and Denmark. Their lowest score was 0 points from San Marino.
- The Netherlands ended 2nd in the semi-final, receiving 4 sets of 12 points: Malta, Austria, Greece and Belgium.
- Armenia ended 3rd in the 2nd semi-final, getting 12 points from Georgia and Israel
- It is the second time in a row that Malta has finished last in the semi-final.
- It is the 3rd time in history that Norway ends 10th in the semi-final. The same happened in 2012 and 2021.
- Norway qualified for the final for the 7th time in a row.
- Switzerland qualified for the final for the 5th time in a row.
- Israel and Austria qualified for the final for the 2nd time in a row.
- Austria ended in the 9th place in the semi-final for the first time, this is their lowest qualification place in the semi-finals.
- Latvia and Georgia qualified for the final for the first time since 2016.
- San Marino and Malta didn’t qualify for the 3rd time in a row.
- Denmark didn’t qualify for the 4th time in a row. Currently (out of the active countries in the contest) they hold the longest non-qualification row.
- Albania didn’t qualify for the final for the 2nd time since 2018 (as well as 2022). Point-wise, this is their lowest score in the semi-final.
- The Netherlands and Greece qualified for the final after they failed to do so in 2023.
- Czechia failed to qualify, following a row of 2 qualifications. Its their first time ending 11th in the semi-finals.
- Belgium failed to qualify, following a row of 3 qualifciations.
- Armenia and Estonia qualified for the final for the 3rd time in a row.
Familiar Names in the National Jury
Eurovision fans will probably recognize the following names on the national jury panel:
- 🇦🇱 Olimpia Smajlaj – Participated in the national selection several times, including in the last edition.
- 🇦🇺 Alfie Arcuri – Participated in “Australia Decides 2019” and San Marino national selection.
- 🇦🇹 Pia Maria – Represented Austria at Eurovision 2022.
- 🇦🇿 Nigar Nikki Jamal – Won Eurovision 2011, as part of a duo.
- 🇨🇿 Bára Šůstková – A member of Vesna (Czechia, Eurovision 2023)
- 🇩🇰 Søren Torpegaard Lund – Participated in the national selection in 2023.
- 🇪🇪 Rolf Roosalu – Participated in the national selection in 2008-2013 and 2018
- 🇪🇪 Kaire Vilgats – Participated in the national selection in 2021, and was a backing vocalist for many other acts.
- 🇮🇸 Diljá Pétursdóttir – Represented Iceland at Eurovision 2023.
- 🇮🇸 Þórunn Erna Clausen – Writer of songs competing in the national selection and Iceland’s Eurovision 2011 and 2018 entries.
- 🇮🇱 May Sfadia – One on the writers of “Unicorn” (Eurovision 2023 entry)
- 🇮🇱 Kobi Marimi – Represented Israel at Eurovision 2019.
- 🇮🇹 Marianna Mammone (BigMama) – Participated in “Sanremo 2024“.
- 🇱🇻 Elizabete Gaile – Participated in “Supernova 2020“.
- 🇱🇹 Monika Marija – Participated in the national selection several times, including 2019 and 2024.
- 🇲🇹 Cipryan Cassar – A songwriter who wrote several songs for the national selection.
- 🇲🇹 Gail Attard – Participated in the national selection in 2024.
- 🇲🇹 Haley Azzopardi – Participated in the national selection in 2022 and 2024.
- 🇲🇹 Paul Anthony Abela – Participated in “X Factor Malta 2020“.
- 🇲🇩 Lidia Isac – Represented Moldova at Eurovision 2016.
- 🇳🇴 Annprincess Johnson Koffa – Participated in the national selection in 2024.
- 🇳🇴 Daniel Johansen Elmrhari – Participated in the national selection in 2021.
- 🇵🇹 Edmundo Inácio – Participated in the national selection in 2023.
- 🇷🇸 Zejna Murkic – Participated in the national selection in 2023 and 2024.
- 🇷🇸 Lena Kovacevic – Participated in the national selection in 2024.
- 🇷🇸 Luka Ivanovic – Represented Serbia at Eurovision 2024.
- 🇸🇮 Filip Vidušin – The lead singer of LPS (Slovenia, Eurovision 2022).
- 🇸🇮 Lea Sirk – Represented Slovenia at Eurovision 2018.
- 🇸🇮 Maja Keuc – Represented Slovenia at Eurovision 2011.
- 🇸🇪 Robin Bengtsson – Represented Sweden at Eurovision 2017.