By the end of Saturday night we will know the identity of the Eurovision 2022 winner, but there's a lot of voting to be done before the new champion is confirmed.
The outcome of the Eurovision Song Contest is notoriously hard to predict, unless you want to put a bet on Cyprus being generous with their points to Greece! The Eurovision final odds predict a win for Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra, with the likes of UK's Sam Ryder, Norway's Subwoolfer, host nation Italy, Serbia's entry Konstrakta who sang about Meghan Markle and Sweden's Cornelia Jakobs also in contention.
The Eurovision final order worked out for well Estonia who will close the show, while Czech Republic will open and Romania have the dreaded second place spot in the line-up. The final will kick off at 8pm GMT and after all 25 countries have performed and we have the interval entertainment, which is set to include Mika and last year's Eurovision winners Maneskin, it will be time for the results.
And, just as they have in the contest's recent history, they will be divided into two clear sections.
How does Eurovision voting work?
As has always been tradition in the contest, the majority of time will be taken up by the jury votes. The jury final was actually held on Friday night, meaning by the time viewers sit down to watch Saturday's Eurovision final, the jurors from each country will have already seen every act perform.
And while there are only 25 countries in the Eurovision final, votes are cast by jurors from all 40 countries who competed this year including those who didn't make it through the semi finals.
After the Eurovision hosts have got the scores from each country - with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points awarded from each -it will be time for the crucial televote. These are the scores determined by viewer votes alone, via phone, text and the Eurovision app. The votes are then turned into percentage points. Viewers cannot vote for their home nation, meaning UK viewers won't be able to vote for Sam Ryder.
The potential for big scores in the televote is massive, just ask Jamala, who overturned large margin to win for Ukraine over jury leader Australia in 2016, and Maneskin who sealed their win in 2021 thanks to viewer support.
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