Early this Sunday, Ukraine has been proclaimed winner of the Festival of Eurovision 2022 with the song ‘Stefania’, performed by the group Kalush Orchestra. Although the professional juries of the different countries did not make them winners -they left them in fourth position with 192 points, behind chanell (Spain), which added 231-, the victory came when the televoting points. European and Australian citizenship turned to the country, which remains in war with russia since last February 24, a nation that, by the way, was left out of the contest by decision of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The audience awarded no less than 439 points to Ukraine, which made it climb to the first place with a total of 631 points. Thus, he scored with an overwhelming distance from the second placed, the United Kingdom, which obtained a total of 466 points (283 from the televote). Third position went to Spainwhich obtained 228 points from the televote and totaled 459.
Next, we show you which countries were more and less supportive with Ukraine, according to the votes of his jury and the public:
The countries most committed to Ukraine
The maximum score that can be given by both the professional jury and the televote of each country is 12 points. Of all the participants, there were five countries that gave the 24 points to Ukraine: its neighbors Moldova and PolandWith Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden.
Those who rated Kalush Orchestra the worst
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The countries that fewer points gave to Ukraine were Serbia, Malta and North Macedonia. Televoting from these three countries gave the Kalush Orchestra seven, eight and eight points, respectively. In addition, professional juries from these three countries gave zero points to Ukraine; as happened in the case of many other countries, including Spain.
Who did Spain vote for?
The Spanish people They also wanted to get on the bandwagon of solidarity and the televote gave its 12 points to Ukraine. On the contrary, the professional jury of Spain did not give any points to this country, nor to neighboring France and Portugal. To the surprise of many, the 12 points of the Spanish professional jury went to Azerbaijan and his song ‘Fade To Black’ by Nadir Rustamli.