EBU: Belarus Jury results issued incorrectly

The EBU, the governing body to the Eurovision Song Contest has announced that the results issued on behalf of the dismissed Belarussian jury have issued incorrectly.

The initial results from the Grand Final have changed

The points awarded on behalf of Belarus were formulated as an aggregated result after the jury discussed their semi final results in a recent interview contravening ESC rules. These points were (at the time) verified by auditors but after more scrutiny it appears a human error was made - making the Grand Final result change. In a statement from the EBU which reads;

The EBU can confirm, following standard review practices, we have discovered that due to a human error an incorrect aggregated result was used. This had no impact on the calculation of points derived from televoting across 41 participating countries and the overall winner and Top 4 songs of the Contest remain unchanged. To respect both the artists and EBU Members which took part, we wish to correct the final result in accordance with the rules. The correct jury results have now been added to the scoreboard and the revised totals for each participating broadcaster, and their country, have been published on eurovision.tv The EBU and its partners digame and Ernst & Young deeply regret that this error was not identified earlier and will review the processes and controls in place to prevent this from happening again.

As a result of the changes, most notably, Michael Rice of the United Kingdom lost 5 points, dropping from 16 to 11 points in the end. He still remains in last place but we are sure that this has not helped him feel any better about his result. The corrected results are as follows:

1. Netherlands – 498 points (+6 points)

2. Italy – 472 points (+7 points)

3. Russia – 370 points (+1 point)

4. Switzerland – 364 points (+4 points)

5. Sweden – 334 points (+1 place, +2 points)

6. Norway – 331 points (-1 place, -7 points)

7. North Macedonia – 305 points (+1 place, +10 points, Won the Jury Vote)

8. Azerbaijan – 302 points (-1 place, +5 points)

9. Australia – 284 points (-1 point)

10. Iceland – 232 points (-2 points)

11. Czech Republic – 157 points

12. Denmark – 120 points

13. Cyprus – 109 points (+2 places, +8 points)

14. Malta – 107 points (+2 place, +12 points)

15. Slovenia – 105 points (-2 places)

16. France – 105 points (-2 places)

17. Albania – 90 points (+1 place)

18. Serbia – 89 points (-1 place, -3 points)

19. San Marino – 77 points (+1 place, -4 points)

20. Estonia – 76 points (-1 place, -10 points)

21. Greece – 74 points (+3 points)

22. Spain – 54 points (-6 points)

23. Israel – 35 points (-12 points, scored 0 points from the jury)

24. Belarus – 31 points (+1 place)

25. Germany – 24 points (-1 place, -8 points)

26. United Kingdom – 11 points (-5 points)