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Old voting system: Australia would have won Eurovision 2016

If the voting system from last year wasn't changed this year, the winner of Eurovision Song Contest would have been Australia!

The voting procedure in this year's Eurovision Song Contest was Swedenised. The presentation of the voting was changed in Stockholm: First the jury-points were given individually from each country, then the result of all the televoting were bundled and given combined.

But if this change wasn't applied this year, the result would have been different:

Place
old syst.
Place
new syst.
CountrySong / ArtistPoints
old system
Points
new system
12AustraliaSound of Silence
Dami Im
313511
21Ukraine1944
Jamala
279534
33RussiaYou Are the Only One
Sergey Lazarev
237491
44BulgariaIf Love Was a Crime
Poli Genova
182307
56FranceJ'ai cherché
Amir
166257
65SwedenIf I Were Sorry
Frans
156261
77ArmeniaLoveWave
Iveta Mukuchyan
141249
89LithuaniaI've Been Waiting for This Night
Donny Montell
100200
910BelgiumWhat's the Pressure
Laura Tesoro
89181
1011NetherlandsSlow Down
Douwe Bob
80153
1115LatviaHeartbeat
Justs
75132
1216ItalyNo Degree of Separation
Francesca Michielin
71124
1313AustriaLoin d'ici
Zoë
66151
1418SerbiaGoodbye (Shelter)
Sanja Vučić ZAA
61115
1520GeorgiaMidnight Gold
Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz
60104
1619HungaryPioneer
Freddie
58108
1717AzerbaijanMiracle
Samra
55117
1821CyprusAlter Ego
Minus One
5496
198PolandColor of Your Life
Michał Szpak
49229
2022SpainSay Yay!
Barei
3477
2124United KingdomUKYou're Not Alone
Joe & Jake
3062
2214IsraelMade of Stars
Hovi Star
27135
2323CroatiaLighthouse
Nina Kraljić
2373
2412MaltaWalk on Water
Ira Losco
21153
2526GermanyGhost
Jamie-Lee Kriewitz
811
2625CzechiaI Stand
Gabriela Gunčíková
141

The voting was not only presented in a different way than last year, it was also calculated differently.

The old rules:

  • The jury ranks the songs from 1 (best) to 26 (worst)
  • Tele televoters rank the songs from 1 (best) to 26 (worst)
  • The ranking is combined
  • The highest 10 songs in the combined ranking get points (12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)

The new rules:

  • The jury ranks the songs from 1 (best, Hilda) to 26 (worst)
  • The televoters rank the songs from 1 (best) to 26 (worst)
  • The highest 10 songs in the jury ranking get points (12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
  • The highest 10 songs in the televoters ranking get points (12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)

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