The United Kingdom is up next with Spaceman!
In 2021 the UK came dead last: nul points from the juries, and nul points from the televoters at home.
This year is going to be very different. The bookmakers have Sam Ryder as 2nd favourite going into the final and there are some voting models that predict the UK will win: if it comes 2nd or 3rd with both the juries and the voters at home around Europe, then that could be enough to come in first place overall.
Follow the logic: that voting model predicts that some of the other favourites like Ukraine might do well with voters but not so well with juries. While Sweden or Italy could do well with juries but not so well with voters.
Sam Ryder and Spaceman — the theory goes — will do well with both voters and juries and win! Wishful thinking? Perhaps.
Let’s see when the votes come in, Sam has millions of followers on social media so he’s got a built-in fan base!