The gap is getting more and more far, the podium hopes getting lower... But consistency is key guys come on!
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Amazing round for us And then Germany shoots up to 7th as well, perfect Iceland, Sweden, Ireland and Greece around us - this is a great top 7
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Just 4 finalist countries are left to be heard from. New Zealand currently lead but anything can change with these 4 spokespersons to go. One of those countries is Denmark god aften Natalie Madueño in Copenhagen!
Dobra Vecher Skopje, this is Denmark calling, we are a very proud country tonight as we celebrate the fact that we've been in the final every time at the DSC. We also want to thank Macedonia for holding an incredible show tonight...
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7pts
Faroe Islands
6pts
Greece
5pts
Scotland
4pts
Tunisia
3pts
Israel
2pts
Northern Ireland
1pt
Sweden
8 points from Denmark go to Iceland!
Ireland get our 10 points!
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12 points go all the way down under to New Zealand!
New Zealand have done it! They have surpassed the voting record for the finalists segment! They now have a 10 point lead over Ireland who sit in 2nd place. Speaking of which, good evening Ireland and Gary Lightbody who performed at last season's contest with his song 'Chasing Cars'. Good evening Ireland!
Tráthnóna maith daoibh Skopje, this is Ireland calling! What a show you guys hosted tonight, I'm just annoyed I couldn't be in the arena tonight. Kodaline, you're doing a great job so far! Let's see the points from Ireland
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7pts
Germany
6pts
Northern Ireland
5pts
Australia
4pts
Norway
3pts
England
2pts
Canada
1pt
Belgium
8 points go to glorious Greece!
10 points go to the stunning performance from Iceland!
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Finally, the 12 points from the emerald isle go to you-ou-ou, it can only be Tunisia!
Time for the last of the competing finalist of the night and it is Tunisia. Let's see what they think, good evening Emde in Tunis!
Dobra Vecher Skopje, Tunisia is in the house! Thank you Steven and Katarina for the great show tonight, Tunisia is blown away by how good your show was tonight, but let's have a look at the all-important points from Tunisia...
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7pts
Iceland
6pts
Ireland
5pts
Ukraine
4pts
Greece
3pts
Denmark
2pts
Germany
1pt
Northern Ireland
8 points to the great song from Belgium!
10 points go to our leaders, New Zealand!
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That leaves 12 points, they go to the tinder song from Sweden!
The finalists have spoken but still we have 1 spokesperson still to talk to, the big man himself, Ban Ki-Moon! Before we call him let's point out that the World Jury is made up of international jury members that are not from the competing country. Their points have been combined to hand out the same amount of points as the other competing countries. So, let's call Geneva! Good evening Ban Ki-Moon!
Yes, it is time to hear from the jury of industry professionals, we have been captivated by all 18 performances tonight and we would lie to congratulate them and Macedonia on what has been a fantastic 8th edition of the contest. Luckily I don't have to reveal the winner tonight, I'll leave that to you Seven and Katarina. Here are the points from the World Jury:
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7pts
Tunisia
6pts
Iceland
5pts
Belgium
4pts
Northern Ireland
3pts
England
2pts
Canada
1pt
Scotland
8 points go once again to the country that seems to be sweeping up the 8 points tonight, Greece!
10 points go to a former winner, Sweden!
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So, 12 points from the World Jury, the last set of points before the NQ vote, go to...Israel!
Iceland have stolen the finalist vote, just like Macedonia did last season before taking the crown later on. In 2nd place it is Broods from New Zealand with Ireland sitting behind them in 3rd place 14 points behind them. Everything can change, seriously the NQ vote will equate for 30% of the final vote, it's not over yet. Let's have a look at the scoreboard...
FINALISTS RESULTS
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1st
Iceland
122pts
2nd
New Zealand
120pts
3rd
Ireland
106pts
4th
Greece
105pts
5th
Sweden
104pts
6th
Tunisia
72pts
7th
Germany
60pts
8th
Scotland
59pts
9th
Northern Ireland
49pts
10th
Belgium
47pts
11th
Israel
45pts
12th
England
43pts
13th
Ukraine
40pts
14th
Canada
39pts
15th
Denmark
38pts
16th
Norway
22pts
17th
Australia
16pts
18th
Faroe Islands
15pts
Now it's time for music and we have a very, very special guest in the house tonight and it's a 3-time contestant who hales from the Latin American nation of Guatemala, this performance is titled 'A Gift To The DSC', performing a megamix of all his DSC entries...ladies and gentleman please welcome the one, the only Elton Amador Rodriguez!
Good to see Elton getting some proper coverage after people continue to refuse to vote for him. Thanks Ewan!
I'm glad Iceland and NZ are the team'a battling out second behind Elton though, Ireland too. but clearly you made a typo with Faroe Islands? Also you forgot to put the country right at the top on the leaderboard.
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Crowd is very bad! Greece is here to shut them up! Top 3 here we go!!!
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Where is the love for our winter themed entry? Hopefully the non finalists let us climb a little higher. It would be cool to see OMAM pick up another win and really cement their place in the DSC history books.
The NQs destroyed everything good of this edition of the DSC...no Broods winning we at least achieved the Top 10, though the goal to beat Tunisia failed sadly - shitty real ESC songs competing for senseless nations...
We've heard from every finalist and the world jury and we are almost there. The next segment of the show is the all-important NQ Vote (the non-qualifiers vote) where all the points sent in from the countries that didn't qualify to the final have been combined together. In total there's 428 points to give out in this next segment. Before we begin, let's see the top 3 at the moment:
1st
Iceland
122pts
2nd
New Zealand
120pts
3rd
Ireland
106pts
We will reveal the 18th to 11th place entries according to the non-qualifiers, then go one by one from 10th to 1st. This will ultimately decide who will take home the DSC trophy tonight.
18th
0.5%
2pts
Denmark
17th
2.6%
11pts
Faroe Islands
16th
2.8%
12pts
Israel
15th
3.7%
16pts
Germany
14th
4.4%
19pts
Belgium
13th
4.7%
20pts
Ukraine
12th
4.9%
21pts
Scotland
10th
5.1%
22pts
New Zealand
10th
5.1%
22pts
Australia
Let's see what that does to the leaderboard now...
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NQ Points
TOTAL
1st
New Zealand
22pts
142pts
2nd
Iceland
122pts
3rd
Ireland
106pts
4th
Greece
105pts
5th
Sweden
104pts
6th
Scotland
21pts
80pts
7th
Germany
16pts
76pts
8th
Tunisia
72pts
9th
Belgium
19pts
66pts
10th
Ukraine
20pts
60pts
11th
Israel
12pts
57pts
12th
Northern Ireland
49pts
13th
England
43pts
14th
Denmark
2pts
40pts
15th
Canada
39pts
16th
Australia
22pts
38pts
17th
Faroe Islands
11pts
26pts
18th
Norway
22pts
9 countries are left in the green room waiting for your points. Is the winner of the 8th Daily Song Contest sitting down there? New Zealand and Broods have already received points after coming 2nd in the finalists vote.
There's a tie for 8th place in the NQ vote. They both received 6.1% of the vote which equates to 23 points. Carrying them to 13th place is...
8th
5.4%
23pts
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Congratulations, that's an 8 place improvement on what the finalists gave them. However, we have another 23 points to hand out.
8th
5.4%
23pts
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This is getting unbelievably close, there are so many heavy weights still to collect points. New Zealand are still in control but all is still to play for. Finishing in seventh place with 27 points which is 6.3% of the NQ vote
7th
6.3%
27pts
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Let's see what those points do to the leaderboard...
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NQ Points
TOTAL
1st
Iceland
27pts
149pts
2nd
New Zealand
22pts
142pts
3rd
Sweden
23pts
127pts
4th
Ireland
106pts
5th
Greece
105pts
6th
Scotland
21pts
80pts
7th
Germany
16pts
76pts
8th
Tunisia
72pts
9th
Belgium
19pts
66pts
10th
Ukraine
20pts
60pts
11th
Israel
12pts
57pts
12th
Northern Ireland
49pts
13th
Norway
23pts
45pts
14th
England
43pts
15th
Denmark
2pts
40pts
16th
Canada
39pts
17th
Australia
22pts
38pts
18th
Faroe Islands
11pts
26pts
The NQ vote has been full of surprises so far, what will 6th place bring? Collecting 6.5% of the vote and receiving 28 points is...
6th
6.5%
28pts
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5 countries are left without any points. One of these countries could have the power to de-throne Iceland, but who could it be? Is it Canada? Is it Northern Ireland? Is it Greece? Is it Ireland? Or is it Tunisia? In 5th place, with 34 points is...
5th
7.9%
34pts
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Congratulations to them, that's better than their last appearance with Kygo back in Mogadishu. Back in Mogadishu Poli Genova won the contest after winning the NQ vote but not the finalists' vote, will that happen this time? In 4th place with 37 points, or 8.6% of the vote is...
4th
8.6%
37pts
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Let's see what those points do to the leaderboard...
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NQ Points
TOTAL
1st
Iceland
27pts
149pts
2nd
New Zealand
22pts
142pts
3rd
Ireland
34pts
140pts
4th
Sweden
23pts
104pts
5th
Tunisia
37pts
109pts
6th
Greece
105pts
7th
Scotland
21pts
80pts
8th
Germany
16pts
76pts
9th
England
28pts
71pts
10th
Belgium
19pts
66pts
11th
Ukraine
20pts
60pts
12th
Israel
12pts
57pts
13th
Northern Ireland
49pts
14th
Norway
23pts
45Fpts
15th
Denmark
2pts
40pts
16th
Canada
39pts
17th
Australia
22pts
38pts
18th
Faroe Islands
11pts
26pts
We have our NQ podium and we still have 147 points to hand out and we have to start with 3rd place, and they will receive 40 points after taking 9.3% of the total NQ vote. That country is...
3rd
9.3%
40pts
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Let's see what those points do to the leaderboard...
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NQ Points
TOTAL
1st
Iceland
27pts
149pts
2nd
New Zealand
22pts
142pts
3rd
Ireland
34pts
140pts
4th
Sweden
23pts
127pts
5th
Tunisia
37pts
109pts
6th
Greece
105pts
7th
Scotland
21pts
80pts
8th
Canada
40pts
79pts
9th
Germany
16pts
76pts
10th
England
28pts
71pts
11th
Belgium
19pts
66pts
12th
Ukraine
20pts
60pts
13th
Israel
12pts
57pts
14th
Northern Ireland
49pts
15th
Norway
23pts
45pts
16th
Denmark
2pts
40pts
17th
Australia
22pts
38pts
18th
Faroe Islands
11pts
26pts
Huge cheer here inside the Boris Tajkovski Arena, but that leaves us with 2 countries left. Neither were in the top 3 of the finalists' vote. Both songs came from semi-final 1, but only 1 can be the winner, unless Iceland holds onto the lead they currently have.
2nd
12.1%
52pts
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Let's see what those points do to the leaderboard...
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NQ Points
TOTAL
1st
Greece
52pts
157pts
2nd
Iceland
27pts
149pts
3rd
New Zealand
22pts
142pts
4th
Ireland
34pts
140pts
5th
Sweden
23pts
127pts
6th
Tunisia
37pts
109pts
7th
Scotland
21pts
80pts
8th
Canada
40pts
79pts
9th
Germany
16pts
76pts
10th
England
28pts
71pts
11th
Belgium
19pts
66pts
12th
Ukraine
20pts
60pts
13th
Israel
12pts
57pts
14th
Northern Ireland
49pts
15th
Norway
23pts
45pts
16th
Denmark
2pts
40pts
17th
Australia
22pts
38pts
18th
Faroe Islands
11pts
26pts
Skopje, the time has come! We now know the non-qualifiers favourite and the winner of the NQ vote...but now we wait and see if they can take the crown. We wait and see how much they will receive, will it be enough to overtake our leaders at the moment? Can they re-write the history books by being the ninth highest ranked song by the finalists but still win it all with the NQ points. The verdict is in...
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1st
12.9%
55pts
Click to see the winner's interview and final performance. Plus, the final results...
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It's not enough to over-take Greece, who become the 8th Daily Song Contest winners! We have a champion, and it is GREECE! Foals battled against the finalists, scoring consistently from every single finalist country. They have an average of 5.83 points scored from each finalist, but the NQ vote carried them to victory tonight! Foals, please make your way over to the stage to collect the trophy from last season's winner Daniel Kajmokoski!
1st
Greece
157pts
2nd
Iceland
149pts
3rd
New Zealand
142pts
This is a new record for Greece who take home the DSC crown across our southern border after competing 7 times in the Daily Song Contest. New Zealand as well have a new record after Broods at one point looked like they were going to win the whole thing. They received the most 12 points tonight with a grand total of 5, meaning that 18.75% of the competing countries gave New Zealand 12 points, including the NQ vote. Also, this is the 2nd time in a row that the trophy moves over a border, first from Bulgaria to Macedonia, and now from Macedonia to Greece! Here they are, our winners, from Greece, Foals!
Yannis, you are the lead singer, the true Greek, how do you feel about winning? This is crazy. We didn't get a single pair of 12 points in the voting so we thought we'd get a solid podium place, but when the likes of New Zealand and Iceland and even Ireland were called out so early in the NQ vote, then we thought it was possible. All these artists we were so grateful to perform with, this DSC has been full of true performers and real music, that's what triumphed tonight!
What will this mean to Greece? Well, I hope 7 becomes the national number after this! I hope people will be on their feet waving their flags like we were. Greece is in my genes, my heart and it is my true nation!
Congratulations to all of you; before you sing your winning song, what do you want to say to all your new fans across the world? If you like music, like it. There shouldn't be anything or anyone that should separate you from what you like, whether that's about music, life choices, anything. You just have to be yourself and people will appreciate you for who you are.
Congratulations once again, here's former winner Daniel Kajmokoski to hand over the 8th Daily Song Contest trophy! Greece are the winners!
Sadly everything has to come to an end somehow. After 4 great shows, 18 acts made it to compete the final from the 32 who started the journey weeks ago at the DSC launch party. 18 has become 1 as Greece emerge the winners of the 8th edition. We, from Skopje, would like to thank every delegation for getting involved, every head of delegation for organising a jury and selecting songs and you, the public at home for voting and watching the 8th Daily Song Contest. We are forever grateful! Now to sing us out for the 8th time in history, it's time for your DSC winners Foals from Greece with the song 'Mountain At My Gates'!
See, the NQs don't have a good taste in Music, and shouldn't be allowed to vote, except trek and Matt who got robbed
Nah My top 5 all in top 10 and four of them in top 5 is pretty good and at least we got deserving good performers at least - congrats to Greece and a shame Germany only got top 10 :/
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After the final results of the final were released yesterday, the host broadcaster MRT have released the full results from each semi-final. The top 7 went direct to the final and the 8th to 11th place acts went to the second chance round. In the event of a tie, the amount of different countries that rewarded points was taken into account.
Semi-Final 1
Iceland won the semi-final with their stunning black and white performance.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?! Wow, didnt see that coming!!! So happy with the win, what a dramatic final it is, thanks for everyone who voted for me, wow... This is great to take the edition from Macedonia to Greece! See you in Spring!
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Wow, nice winner but that's the first time a song won which I didn't expect at all to do this. Congratulations!
I'm really happy with my 5th place, especially after missing the direct final qualification by such a small margin. Thanks to the people who voted for Sweden!
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Well done Greece, and more to the point emre.
I couldn't win in four/five attempts, and I dragged out flippin' Kelly Clarkson.
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And then Germany shoots up to 7th as well, perfect 
we're in front of the real ESC song, amazing! Top 10 now really possible 
Faroe Islands
Iceland 
New Zealand 
Ireland 
Denmark
Faroe Islands
Israel
Germany
Belgium
Ukraine
Scotland
Australia
Greece 
Sweden 
Wales 
France 
United States 
Kenya 
Slovakia 
Poland 
Spain 
South Africa 
England 
Tunisia 
Canada 
Norway 
Austria 
South Korea 
The Netherlands 
Czechia 
Guatemala 
Colombia 
