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Well... I'm late, as always, but unfortunately I couldn't follow live and I've just finished catching up with the thread. 
 
Congratulations to our winner @Hipooo and to @Belle and @Erigert on their medals. 
 
Well done to our host @Cinnamon Bun, who put up a huge effort managing the contest.
 
Thank you to everyone who voted for our song and helped us achieve this 5th place. I saw we were very close to a podium finish, but this is still a great result.
 
Congratulations to @Makedonas on the very successful song choice.
 
I'll now share my ballot. 
 
 1st   12 pts   Romania  2nd   11 pts   Bulgaria  3rd   10 pts   Sweden  4th   9 pts   Mexico  5th   8 pts   Brazil  6th   7 pts   Indonesia  7th   6 pts   China  8th   5 pts   France  9th   4 pts   Denmark  10th   3 pts   Spain  11th   2 pts   Italy  12th   1 pts   Albania    Res1   Ireland  Res2   India  Res3   Hungary  
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the next contest!

Well... I'm late, as always, but unfortunately I couldn't follow live and I've just finished catching up with the thread. 
 
Congratulations to our winner @Hipooo and to @Belle and @Erigert on their medals. 
 
Well done to our host @Cinnamon Bun, who put up a huge effort managing the contest.
 
Thank you to everyone who voted for our song and helped us achieve this 5th place. I saw we were very close to a podium finish, but this is still a great result.
 
Congratulations to @Makedonas on the very successful song choice.
 
I'll now share my ballot. 
 
 1st   12 pts   Romania  2nd   11 pts   Bulgaria  3rd   10 pts   Sweden  4th   9 pts   Mexico  5th   8 pts   Brazil  6th   7 pts   Indonesia  7th   6 pts   China  8th   5 pts   France  9th   4 pts   Denmark  10th   3 pts   Spain  11th   2 pts   Italy  12th   1 pts   Albania    Res1   Ireland  Res2   India  Res3   Hungary  
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the next contest!

Well... I'm late, as always, but unfortunately I couldn't follow live and I've just finished catching up with the thread. 
 
Congratulations to our winner @Hipooo and to @Belle and @Erigert on their medals. 
 
Well done to our host @Cinnamon Bun, who put up a huge effort managing the contest.
 
Thank you to everyone who voted for our song and helped us achieve this 5th place. I saw we were very close to a podium finish, but this is still a great result.
 
Congratulations to @Makedonas on the very successful song choice.
 
I'll now share my ballot. 
 
 1st   12 pts   Romania  2nd   11 pts   Bulgaria  3rd   10 pts   Sweden  4th   9 pts   Mexico  5th   8 pts   Brazil  6th   7 pts   Indonesia  7th   6 pts   China  8th   5 pts   France  9th   4 pts   Denmark  10th   3 pts   Spain  11th   2 pts   Italy  12th   1 pts   Albania    Res1   Ireland  Res2   India  Res3   Hungary  
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the next contest!

Well... I'm late, as always, but unfortunately I couldn't follow live and I've just finished catching up with the thread. 
 
Congratulations to our winner @Hipooo and to @Belle and @Erigert on their medals. 
 
Well done to our host @Cinnamon Bun, who put up a huge effort managing the contest.
 
Thank you to everyone who voted for our song and helped us achieve this 5th place. I saw we were very close to a podium finish, but this is still a great result.
 
Congratulations to @Makedonas on the very successful song choice.
 
I'll now share my ballot. 
 
 1st   12 pts   Romania  2nd   11 pts   Bulgaria  3rd   10 pts   Sweden  4th   9 pts   Mexico  5th   8 pts   Brazil  6th   7 pts   Indonesia  7th   6 pts   China  8th   5 pts   France  9th   4 pts   Denmark  10th   3 pts   Spain  11th   2 pts   Italy  12th   1 pts   Albania    Res1   Ireland  Res2   India  Res3   Hungary  
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the next contest!

Well... I'm late, as always, but unfortunately I couldn't follow live and I've just finished catching up with the thread. 
 
Congratulations to our winner @Hipooo and to @Belle and @Erigert on their medals. 
 
Well done to our host @Cinnamon Bun, who put up a huge effort managing the contest.
 
Thank you to everyone who voted for our song and helped us achieve this 5th place. I saw we were very close to a podium finish, but this is still a great result.
 
Congratulations to @Makedonas on the very successful song choice.
 
I'll now share my ballot. 
 
 1st   12 pts   Romania  2nd   11 pts   Bulgaria  3rd   10 pts   Sweden  4th   9 pts   Mexico  5th   8 pts   Brazil  6th   7 pts   Indonesia  7th   6 pts   China  8th   5 pts   France  9th   4 pts   Denmark  10th   3 pts   Spain  11th   2 pts   Italy  12th   1 pts   Albania    Res1   Ireland  Res2   India  Res3   Hungary  
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the next contest!

Sweden  is in the winning team for both Annual and Open 2024. 

And now ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the final time for the national anthem. 
 
 
So that's it for another year
 
A big thanks to @OlympicIRL and @Sindo for helping me set everything up and enduring my constant pestering. 
 
Same goes for @heywoodu @Wanderer and @Topicmaster1010 for updating the scoreboard throughout the day. 
 
And once again congrats to @Erigert @Belle and @Hipooo for getting top 3 as well as everyone who voted for Maximo Park. 
 
I hope you enjoyed yourselves despite the mistakes and I'll see you all next year in . 

And now for our final award, the medals standings. 
 took the gold with 5 1st places,  took the silver with 4 1st places and  and  both took the bronze with 3 1st places, 1 2nd place and 2 3rd places. 

Team Merseyside - Eliminated Rank
#6


Total 13 52 37
43 19 150
 
Team Shropshire - Eliminated Rank
#7
 


Total 2 22 4 20 9 55  
Team Durham - Winner Rank
#1
 
Total 93 72 67 157 93 415  
Team  Flintshire - Eliminated Rank
#5

Total 51 42 46 75 16 214  
Team Cheshire - Eliminated Rank
#4

Total 68 35 22 64 86 253
 
Team  Derry/Londonderry - Eliminated Rank
#2


Total 160 45 116
83 25 404  
Team Wigtownshire - Eliminated Rank
#3

Total 80 0 58 90 91 319  
 
After 34 votes Team Derry/Londonderry were eliminated and took the silver medal meaning Team Durham are the winners and take home the gold medal and the Durham coat of arms as an additional prize. 

And now it's time for our team awards. 
 
Team Merseyside - Eliminated Rank
#6


Total 13 52 37
43 19 150
 
Team Shropshire - Eliminated Rank
#7
 


Total 2 22 4 20 9 55  
Team Durham Rank
#1
 
Total 81 60 52 133 93 367  
Team  Flintshire - Eliminated Rank
#5

Total 51 42 46 75 16 214  
Team Cheshire - Eliminated Rank
#4

Total 68 35 22 64 86 253
 
Team  Derry/Londonderry Rank
#2


Total 148 43 91
77 20 359  
Team Wigtownshire - Eliminated Rank
#3

Total 80 0 58 90 91 319  
 
After 30 votes Wigtownshire were eliminated and took the bronze medal. 

And now our fair play award, which goes to our last place . 
 
@kungshamra71 you may have claimed the wooden spoon but you have left a lasting impact on all of us this contest. 

And now our continental awards, these go to the best performing countries from each continent that has 3 or more countries participating. 
 
North America:  United States @dezbee2008
 
South America:  Argentina @konig
 
Europe:  Czech Republic @Hipooo
 
Asia:  China @Vic Liu

And our winners from the main standings, the gold medal goes to . 
 
 Czech Republic - MIKOLAS - Acapella
 
 
 

The silver medal from the main standings goes to . 
 
 Sweden - Europe - The Final Countdown
 
 
 

So let's kick off with some awards.
 
Our first award goes to  Albania, Dua Lipa came 3rd in the final standings so the bronze medal goes to you. 
 
 Albania - Dua Lipa - New Rules
 
 

It's time for the closing ceremony everyone. 

I still can't get over the shock!
 
Many thanks to all the juries who voted for . From the number of points, it looks like you either loved or hated the song. Nothing in between. I was quite curious to see how the scoring for a stereotypical four-chord song would develop. And it looks like the mainstream has won this time. 
 
At the same time, I want to congratulate  @Belle for a great and exciting battle, and also  @Erigert for the first podium! I am already looking forward to seeing you on this ground next year.
I must not forget the great organization of   @Cinnamon Bun! Great job! I realize that during the organization there were many obstacles that you had to deal with. My admiration for you is even greater. 
 
As the winner of the competition, I am happy to take over the hosting from Great Britain (who took over the hosting from us the year before). I will try to create an even more impressive event than when held the competition two years ago.
 
... Mikolas Josef also saying a big thank you 
 
 

Sad to see that my top 3 didn’t win, but at least know that they have a fix place in my Spotify playlist now hehe (Hungary, France and Greece. The Dutch one I hear it every now and then in the radio and at new years anyway)
 
nice contest with some good music, and congrats for all the huge effort from the organiser in making this happen, it really is a fun tradition even if we’re not that many anymore

Thank you for those who had voted for Indonesia!
 
I was not at home for the entire Sunday, so not able to check the thread nor post the votes - thanks @Cinnamon Bunfor posting the vote instead

Not sure yet, this is not the final ranking + there's still an elimination after 30 votes - all will be revealed at 19:00 GMT in the closing ceremony. 

Congrats to @Hipooofor a well deserved win. Amazing song.
 
Congratulations to the 3rd place @Erigert. So happy for you and well done. 
 
Thank you @Cinnamon Bunfor all your hard work. Well done. 

thank you for everything!!

Thanks  at @Cinnamon Bun- @Federer91 - @NikolaB for voted    in fourth session
 
Final rank for is 27th
 
Congratulations at   @Hipooo 
 
 
These are the votes of our  jury members:
ITA pts tot pts Henry SteveP Pablita 12 Sweden 36 12 12 12 11 Argentina  25 8 10 7 10 Greece 22 11   11 9 Canada 17 9 8   8 Guatemala 16   6 10 7 Ireland  16 7 9   6 Mexico 15 10 5   5 Chile 14 1 7 6 4 Czech Republic 14 3 11   3 Lituania 13 5   8 2 Bulgaria 10 6 4   1 Tunisia 9     9   India 5   1 4   China 5     5   Spain  4 4       Serbia 3   3     Slovenia 3   2 1   Indonesia 3     3   Malta 2 2       Turchia 2     2  

Congratulation to Czechia on second win!  @Hipooo  

@Belle Sweden will eventually win! Just keep up and enjoy the show, 2nd place is great, although I know hoe bittersweet it feels after coming short for couple of points at Annual this year  
 
Congrats to @Erigert on first ever podium  
 
And finally to @Cinnamon Bun on hosting and all the work you did! 

Detailed final standings. Rows represent songs, columns represent juries.
 
Rank Nation Points FRA SWE IRL GRE SLO NZL ITA MLT POL DEN USA TUR ARG CHN INA ESP GUA MEX NED ALB POR GBR IND CZE ROU CAN TUN LTU SRB CHI BUL MDA BRA HUN 1 Czech Republic 160   11   8 12   4 11     12     12   9 9   11 11   8 10   11         9     12   2 Sweden 157       7 2   12 12   3 10   11 6   6 8     7   12     9 8     10 10 12     12 3 Albania 116         10     9 1   11   4 4               9 11   10     11   11   12 6 7 4 France 113   4       8           12               12 10   12 7 4   4 9 2 7   11 1 10 5 Greece 112     1   6 9 10     5     9   1   10 10     9     4   12 5   6   5 10     6 United States 109 9 2 9     3       10   11   2 10 5   12           1   1 3 12       8   11 7 Argentina 106     12 3     11     6   1   9 2 12   8 10     2           4 5 6 7 7   1 8 Denmark 103 7 9 7     11     9     9           3     3           10 8   12   6   9 9 Ireland 96   1       5 7 7       4 8   11           8     6   7 9 1 8   8   4 2 10 Spain 94 4     9 11       11   7     11     5   1 9 7       5       11   3       11 Bulgaria 93       10 5   2 6 8         7   3     5     10   11 6 5 2 6 4 3         12 Guatemala 93     2     6 8   10   5 5     5     9 7 8     4   1   11           8 4 13 Poland 90 10 12                 2   10   3   11 2     12     12   2         9     5 14 Hungary 89 11   11           7 9                   4   5   8   10   7 7 1     9   15 China 88 1   5 1   1       11   3       11 1 4   1     5 3 3 4 7 10     4   7 6 16 Chile 87 3   4     7 5 10   7   10 7 1   1   11       11 2         3         5   17 Canada 83   10 10   1 4 9   2 8       8 6 4     8         2     8           3   18 Mexico 83 12     12     6   12     7     4 10 2       4 3           5     6       19 Netherlands 76   5     4     1   12         12     1   5 11         6     1       10 8 20 Brazil 72 5     4 3             6 5 10         6   2 1 8 5         3 2 10 2     21 Lithuania 67   3         3   5           8     6     5   6 9 7           11 4     22 Tunisia 63 8 6         1   6     8   5 9   4           3   2               11   23 India 62   7   6 8     8 3   4         2       6 6       12                   24 Romania 61 2 8   11 7     5     1                     6 9     9           3     25 Great Britain 58     6                         7   5 3         10   11   2   5   9     26 Slovenia 58                   2 8 2 12       12   9                   12   1       27 Italy 45           2   4   1         7   6     10   4             9   2       28 Serbia 44     3         3     9   1       7   12                     8   1     29 Moldova 32         9           6           3   2           8         4         30 New Zealand 31                   4     3     8   7 4                           2 3 31 Indonesia 31 6   8 2       2                             1       12               32 Malta 29       5         4   3                 3   7 7                       33 Turkey 26           10             6               1         3 6               34 Portugal 25           12             2 3           2             1         5