During tonight’s jury rehearsal, the press had the option to vote for their favourite entries in the last Press Poll for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The first results, featuring places 11 to 26 are in.

A total of 35 members of the press on location in Kyiv have voted for the five countries which left a remarkable impression on them among the long running order of the final, awarding five points to their first place, all the way to one point to their fifth place.

During the semifinals, the press poll had predicted 17 out of the 20 qualifiers based on the first rehearsals. Last year, the poll had predicted the exact top 3 of the final and seven out of the ten countries in the top 10.

The results of places 11 to 26 are as follows:

Romania 13 Norway 12 The Netherlands 11 Belarus 10 Denmark 10 Moldova 10 Israel 4 Austria 4 Cyprus 3 Australia 1 Germany 1 Ukraine 1 Poland 0 Croatia 0 Greece 0 Spain 0

It means that the predicted top ten, in alphabetical order, is as follows:

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belgium

Bulgaria

France

Hungary

Italy

Portugal

Sweden

United Kingdom

The full outcome of the top 10 will be revealed at 12:00 CET in a live broadcast on our Facebook page.

Stay tuned to ESCToday for more news regarding the Eurovision Song Contest 2017!