Know your numbers: The 2023 Semi - Finals edition

 

The most wonderful time of the year is finally here! And what a better way to get ready for the Eurovision week and your bets than having a look at some numbers that might be useful.

The rule change has given me the opportunity to check at the Televoting records and performances of the 31 nations participating in the 2 Semi - Finals for the double Semi - Finals era (2008-2022). The qualifying records mentioned are only about the Televoting as if the current rules were applied throughout that span. 

Regarding the running order, I am only presenting the 2013-2022 era where the producers are responsible for choosing the order of appearance. For the 2013 Semi - Finals I am using the average positions obtained by the countries because the actual split results were not officially revealed.

The double Semi - Finals Televoting stats bonanza (2008-2022)

Before digging into the specifics some interesting numbers for the whole 2008-2022 era.

The counties with the best qualifying records are:

Greece 13/14

Norway 11/13

Sweden 10/12

Serbia 10/12

Romania 10/13

The countries with the worst qualifying records are:

Latvia 3/14

San Marino 3/12

Georgia 4/13

Slovenia 5/14

Austria 4/10

There are 12 out of the 31 countries that have won a Semi - Final:

Sweden 4

Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Greece 2

Portugal, Netherlands, Finland, Romania, Belgium, Cyprus, Austria 1

28 countries have finished in Top-3. The only ones that have not made it yet are Croatia (4th is the best result), San Marino (4th as well) and Ireland (6th).

The Top-3 Leaders are:

Sweden 5

Azerbaijan, Denmark, Romania, Estonia, Belgium, Iceland, Greece 4

Norway, Moldova 3

The Producers' selecting the running order Televoting stats bonanza (2013-2022)

The slots with the most Qualifications are

#9 16/18

Pimp Slot 16/18

Penultimate slot 16/18

and the slots with the least Qualifications 

#2 2/18

#3 6/18

#11 6/18

What about the Winners?

The first half has produced only 4 Winners, while the second half 14!

#15 is the slot with the most wins: 3

#5, 9, 13, 14, 17 have 2 wins each. 

There are still 9 slots with no win: #1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16, 18

The slots with the most podiums are:

#9 with 6 (2-3-1)

#5 with 6 (2-1-3)

#15 with 4 (3-1-0)

The slots without a podium finish are:

#2 and #11 with 5th being the best result so far

I mentioned the Winners but what about the last places? As you can imagine we have a fully reversed picture, with the first half having 15 last places and the second half just 3!

#3 leads with 6 last places, followed by #4 with 3. Slots #5 and #14 have 2.

Even though #2 has the worst qualifying record, it has just 1 last place and the only second half slots with a last place are #12 and #14.

And what about this year's Semi - Finalists?

I have created a list with the average Televoting Rankings for each Semi - Final. The first average is for the whole double Semi - Finals era ('08-'22) and the second one for the producers' era ('13-'22).

Semi - Final 1 ('08-'22 vs '13-'22)

1. 🇸🇪 5 - 4.4

2.🇳🇴 6.6 - 6

3. 🇦🇿 7.2 - 9

4. 🇷🇸 7.6 - 8.3

5. 🇵🇹 8.1 - 7.3

6.🇲🇩8.6 - 8.7

7. 🇫🇮 9.2 - 9.2

8. 🇮🇱 10 - 9

9. 🇳🇱 10.6 - 7.5

10.🇭🇷 11 - 10.7

11.🇲🇹 11 - 11.6

12.🇨🇭 11.1 - 10.1

13. 🇮🇪 11.4 - 11.9

14. 🇨🇿 11.6 - 9.7

15. 🇱🇻 13.9 - 13.2

Semi - Final 2 ('08-'22 -- '13-'22)

1. 🇬🇷 6.1 - 9.1

2. 🇷🇴 6.3 - 6.9

3. 🇦🇲 7.4 - 8

4. 🇱🇹 8.1 - 7.6

5. 🇩🇰 8.1 - 9.8

6. 🇮🇸 8.2 - 10.1

7. 🇦🇺 8.3

8. 🇵🇱 8.8 - 6.5

9. 🇪🇪 9 - 8.7

10. 🇨🇾 9.5 - 7.5

11. 🇦🇱 9.9 - 11.2

12. 🇦🇹 10.6 - 10.1

13. 🇧🇪 11 - 8.9

14. 🇬🇪 11.2 - 13

15. 🇸🇮 12.4 - 12.2

16. 🇸🇲 12.8 - 11.7

I will post two detailed articles about each Semi - Final and the Running order in the next days just before the start of the Jury rehearsals. Stay tuned...