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Eurovision 2019: Here are the countries that actually voted for the UK

Photo credit: Vyacheslav Prokofyev\TASS - Getty Images
Photo credit: Vyacheslav Prokofyev\TASS - Getty Images

From Digital Spy

It's safe to say that last night's Eurovision was disappointing for the UK.

While our act Michael Rice managed to avoid the dreaded nul points (that's something, eh?), he did end up at the bottom of the scoreboard.

We got most of our points from the jury vote, with only three of our 16 points coming from the voting public across Europe. And, according to the official Eurovision website, those three points were from just one country – Ireland.

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But even though the jury vote awarded us more, poor Michael didn't fare too well when it came to those votes, either. He earned a meagre 13 points from the judges.

Belarus were the kindest, giving us five points. Norway, Hungary and Armenia each awarded us two points, while Switzerland and Georgia threw us one point each.

Meanwhile, when it came to who the British public gave their votes to, our douze points went to Norway, while we handed 10 to Australia and 8 to Iceland.

Photo credit: Guy Levy - BBC
Photo credit: Guy Levy - BBC

Michael's entry was the song 'Bigger Than Us', although it clearly didn't end up being a big one for the 21-year-old in the end.

The last time the UK won Eurovision was in 1997, with Katrina and the Waves – and the country hasn't had a great track record since.

Still, although we've had some pretty terrible acts over the years – *cough* Scooch – we have had some good ones too, and Digital Spy has listed the UK acts that were definitely robbed in previous years.

The Netherlands' Duncan Laurence took yesterday's crown, after impressing both the public and the jurors with his track 'Arcade'.


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