They’ve been on the Eurovision stage before. They’ve felt the pressure of representing their country. And at the end of the night, they enjoyed success or endured disappointment. And this year — at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 — it was their time to decide to fate of others. We’re talking about the Eurovision stars who featured on this year’s international juries…and it’s now time to see how they voted in the grand final.

A total of eight Eurovision and Junior Eurovision stars were a part of the national juries: Eurovision 2018 acts Michael Schulte (Germany) and Franka (Croatia); Russia’s Anastasia and Maria Tolmachevy (aka the Tolmachevy Twins), Iceland’s 2015 entrant María Ólafs, Moldova’s 2008 singer Geta Burlacu, Serbia’s Sanja Ilic, who teamed up with Balkanika in 2018 and Slovenia’s first Junior Eurovision entrant and EMA 2019 competitor Ula Lozar.

Hungary’s 2011 act Kati Wolf had also been announced as part of the Hungarian jury, but in the end, she didn’t take part and was replaced.

Italy’s Mahmood was the act that got the most top marks from these jurors, with three out of six (Michael Schulte, Franka and Maria Tolmacheva) placing him first. The only act that got points from all six jurors was Malta’s Michela. Here are their full votes.

Franka (Croatia 2018)

1 point: Malta

2 points: Slovenia

3 points: Sweden

4 points: Azerbaijan

5 points: France

6 points: Czech Republic

7 points: North Macedonia

8 points: Switzerland

10 points: The Netherlands

12 points: Italy

Michael Schulte (Germany 2018)

1 point: Azerbaijan

2 points: Sweden

3 points: Malta

4 points: Norway

5 points: France

6 points: North Macedonia

7 points: Australia

8 points: The Netherlands

10 points: Switzerland

12 points: Italy

María Ólafs (Iceland 2015)

1 point: Azerbaijan

2 points: Cyprus

3 points: Malta

4 points: Serbia

5 points: France

6 points: Germany

7 points: The Netherlands

8 points: Czech Republic

10 points: Switzerland

12 points: Sweden

Geta Burlacu (Moldova 2008)

1 point: Iceland

2 points: Cyprus

3 points: Denmark

4 points: Malta

5 points: The Netherlands

6 points: Azerbaijan

7 points: Norway

8 points: Czech Republic

10 points: Australia

12 points: North Macedonia

Anastasia Tolmacheva (Russia 2014 & Russia JESC 2006)

1 point: Iceland

2 points: Spain

3 points: Serbia

4 points: Cyprus

5 points: Albania

6 points: Belarus

7 points: Azerbaijan

8 points: San Marino

10 points: Greece

12 points: Malta

Maria Tolmacheva (Russia 2014 & Russia JESC 2006)

1 point: Malta

2 points: Denmark

3 points: North Macedonia

4 points: Serbia

5 points: San Marino

6 points: Belarus

7 points: Cyprus

8 points: Azerbaijan

10 points: Greece

12 points: Italy

Sanja Ilic (Serbia 2018)

1 point: Germany

2 points: Czech Republic

3 points: France

4 points: The Netherlands

5 points: Estonia

6 points: Italy

7 points: Switzerland

8 points: Sweden

10 points: North Macedonia

12 points: Azerbaijan

Ula Lozar (Slovenia JESC 2014)

1 point: Belarus

2 points: Denmark

3 points: Italy

4 points: Serbia

5 points: Malta

6 points: North Macedonia

7 points: Sweden

8 points: The Netherlands

10 points: France

12 points: Switzerland

The United Kingdom and Russia were the only countries who didn’t manage to get a single point from these jurors.

Did they vote for their Eurovision mates?

Geta Burlacu, who competed for Moldova in 2008, is the only former entrant who had a performer from her same year of Eurovision competing this year in Tel Aviv. And she awarded that singer — North Macedonia’s Tamara Todevska — her 12 points.

Four other acts competed in their edition of Eurovision alongside a composer who had a song in the 2019 competition. Maria Ólafs entered in 2015, the same as Estonia’s composer and backing vocalist Stig Rästa. Michael Schulte, Sanja Ilic and Franka also competed last year against Bilal Hassani’s “Roi” creators Madame Monsieur, whose madame Émilie Satt also provided backing vocals for Bilal.

Clearly Maria Ólafs wasn’t feeling Victor Crone’s “Storm”. She placed him 17th in the final, and 11th in the semifinal, being the only Icelandic juror who placed him out of the top 10 in the semi.

On the other side, Bilal did get some love from both Franka, Sanja and Michael Schulte. Michael and Franka placed him sixth in the final, while Sanja put him eighth. Both Germany (4), Croatia (3) and Serbia (1) awarded points to France.

Do you agree with these former Eurovision stars’ votes? Whose picks surprised you the most? Which Eurovision act would you like to see in a jury next year? Tell us in the comment section below!