OGAE Serbia votes Belarus

As delegations from the semifinalist countries prepare to touch down in Helsinki this week, OGAE Serbia has provided its own round-up for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Belarus' Koldun wins the vote with Work Your Magic with Bulgaria's Water close behind.

Belarus and Bulgaria walked away with the Serbian vote on 154 and 145 votes respectively, leaving nearest challenger Spain way behind on 115. The total combined vote from Belgrade was as follows:

Belarus 154
Bulgaria 145
Spain 115
Cyprus 109
Greece 95
Bosnia and Herzegovina 94
FYR Macedonia 87
Slovenia 84
Georgia 70
Russia 63
France 59
Hungary 52
Romania 51
Israel 45
Finland 41
Andorra 39
Armenia 38
Iceland 34
Croatia 33
Switzerland 31
Malta 30
Czech Republic 29
Ukraine 29
Turkey 29
Denmark 28
Germany 24
Albania 18
Austria 18
Latvia 15
Lithuania 13
Moldavia 12
Montenegro 12
Sweden 11
UK 8
Estonia 6
Ireland 6
Norway 5
Belgium 5
Portugal 3
Netherlands 0
Poland 0

A hearty twelve points from Serbia gives Belarus a real hand in gaining some ground on Switzerland and Serbia itself, which had moved away well into the lead on the overall OGAE scoreboard. No points for Switzerland - and of course Serbia - give Koldun a fighting chance of catching up. Greece and Bulgaria move into poll position at joint sixth place, whilst Slovenia's Alenka Gotar achieves the magic one hundred, bringing her an encouraging fifth place. Most other places remain unchanged as the board settles down, with the exception of Bosnia Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia, which creep up slightly from their modest placings.

The full OGAE scores after Serbia's vote look like this:

1. Serbia 147
2. Switzerland 136
3. Belarus 122
4. Cyprus 111
5. Slovenia 100
6. Greece 93
6. Bulgaria 93
8. Ukraine 77
9. Georgia 55
10. Russia 45
11. Denmark 40
12. Bosnia & Herzegovina 37
13. Germany 36
14. France 35
15. Iceland 33
16. Sweden 23
17. Romania 21
18. Spain 29
19. FYR Macedonia 18
20. Turkey 15
21. Latvia 12
22. Armenia 11
23. Moldova 8
24. Finland 8
25. Israel 7
26. Lithuania 7
27. Netherlands 6
28. UK 5
29. Hungary 2
30. Poland 1
31. Malta 1