Who did Ireland vote for – and who voted for us?

Swiss winner got Irish jury’s douze points – but public preferred Croatia

When all was said and done, the Swiss entry finished way out in front in the Eurovision final in Malmo on Saturday.

Nemo, with their song The Code, cruised to victory after receiving 365 points in the jury vote and 226 points from the public for a total of 591.

Ireland’s Bambie Thug finished sixth after receiving 142 points from the juries and 136 from the public. But who did we vote for – and who voted for us?

Ireland’s public vote

Starting with the televote, Irish viewers gave a maximum score of 12 points to Croatia, who finished second overall.

With the song Rim Tim Tagi Dim, performed by Baby Lasagna, Croatia finished second overall with a total of 547 points.

Israel received widespread criticism for participating in the contest at a time when its military continues to attack the Gaza Strip. However, this was not reflected in the voting as the Irish public gave Eden Golan, with the song Hurricane, 10 points. Israel finished fifth.

Next, Irish voters gave Ukraine eight points. Its entry, Teresa and Maria, performed by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil, placed third.

The Irish public gave seven points to Lithuania, followed by six points to winner Switzerland.

Latvia received five points in the Irish televote, while four points went to France, three to Finland, two to Spain and Italy received one point.

Ireland’s jury vote

Ireland’s jury vote was quite different to the public’s choices.

It awarded 12 points to eventual winner Nemo, for The Code. Ten points went to the Eurovision hosts, Sweden. Its entry, Unforgettable, by identical twins Marcus and Martinus, came ninth.

Eight points were awarded to Luxembourg, which was taking part in the song contest for the first time in 31 years.

The Irish jury gave seven points to Croatia’s Baby Lasagna, while six points went to Germany for the song Always on the Run performed by Isaak. Germany placed 12th overall.

Five points went to Portugal and four were awarded to the UK. It was a particularly disappointing evening for Olly Alexander, who represented the UK with the song Dizzy.

Alexander received just 46 points from all of the jury votes combined and zero points from televoting, to finish 18th.

Finally, Ireland’s jury awarded France three points, Ukraine two points and Serbia one point.

Who voted for Ireland?

Ireland has struggled to make an impact at the Eurovision in recent years, so Bambie Thug was in bonus territory just to have reached the final. An overall placing of sixth represents undoubted success.

Bambie Thug received a total of 278 points for Doomsday Blue, with the Australian jury awarding the Cork-born artist a maximum 12 points.

Overall, Ireland received 142 points from the juries in participating countries.

That kept Bambie Thug high on the scoreboard early on in the voting, and kept the entry comfortably in the top 10 throughout the final part of Saturday night’s show.

Six juries gave Ireland 10 points: Azerbaijan, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and Italy.

The Croatian jury awarded Doomsday Blue eight points, while juries from Czechia, Iceland, Malta, the UK, Denmark and San Marino gave Ireland seven points.

Finland’s jury awarded Bambie Thug six points, Belgium gave us four points and Lithuania and Austria gave three each.

Serbia’s jury gave the Irish entry two points, and Slovenia and Poland awarded one point each.

Fifteen juries did not award Ireland any points, including the Netherlands, Germany, France and Israel. Netherlands were disqualified from the contest but still allowed to vote.

Ireland received 136 points in the public vote, with only five countries giving Bambie Thug zero points: Albania, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Israel.

Ireland received no 12-point scores in the televote, although the UK public did award Bambie Thug 10 points.

The Australian and Ukrainian public gave Bambie Thug eight points each, and Spain and Serbia awarded them seven points.

The “rest of the world”, which comprised a combination of audiences voting online from non-participating countries, gave Ireland seven points.

Czechia, Netherlands and Poland gave Bambie Thug six points, while audiences in Croatia, Finland, Lithuania and Portugal awarded Ireland five points.

Five countries, including Azerbaijan, Malta and Sweden, gave Doomsday Blue four points in the public vote, while Denmark, Iceland, Italy and Latvia all gave three points.

Estonia, Greece and Slovenia were among nine countries to give Ireland two points each, while the German audience gave Ireland one point.