Users of gay dating app Hornet have chosen Russia’s Polina Gagarina as their favorite to win the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday (23 May) night.

France came in second, followed by Sweden and Italy.

Hornet seemed surprised by the results of its survey.

‘One might predict an LGBT bias against certain countries, but gay Russians are voting for their home country without apology,’ the company said.

Eurovision is exceptionally popular among gay men has even been called the ‘gay Christmas,’ but Hornet is the first to poll this audience.

‘Last year’s winner was Conchita Wurst, a talented pop artist and openly gay drag queen,’ the company said.

‘Hers was a victory that cannot be understated for its significance given the large international viewership of Eurovision especially in Russia, whose government passed a national anti-gay law in 2013.’

Hornet is aggregating user predictions to suggest a winner and an overall favorite performer – and believes its survey may be more accurate than others because gay fans follow the competition more closely.

‘Most similar Eurovision internet user polls collect as few as 5,000 entries,’ the company said.

‘Hornet — with its 6 million users and the huge following of gay Eurovision fans — believes it will have a more-informed, fun (if not more scientifically accurate) prediction of this year’s winner.’