The 20 Biggest Jury-Televote Gaps in Eurovision Voting History

Eurovision results are a dramatic affair, and are arguably as entertaining as the performances themselves. Even more so when the expert jury and general public disagree wildly on their favourites.

So in this deep dive, Steven looks at the biggest discrepancies in Eurovision history, where the jury and televote scores differ the most. From singing grannies and milk maids to runaway winners, this list has it all!

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Mentioned in this episode:

Klavdia - ‘Asteromáta’ (Greece, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxzeTezgey4

Red Sebastian - ‘Strobe Lights’ (Belgium, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxzeTezgey4

Klemen - ‘How Much Time Do We Have Left?’ (Slovenia, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg6RH6nZL1c 

July Jones - ‘New Religion’ (Slovenia NF, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drAIk9nW1oY 

Melody - ‘Esa Diva’ (Spain, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H46FB-rLh04 

Cezar - ‘It’s My Life’ (Romania, 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgHWFiavqjA

Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro - ‘Non mi avete fatto niente’ (Italy, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81M-mp5t8uM

Il Volo - ‘Grande Amore’ (Italy, 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TOMqZV2jA8

Donatan & Cloe - ‘My Słowianie - We Are Slavic’ (Poland, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ920cN2HmA 

Michał Szpak - ‘Colour Of Your Life’ (Poland, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ920cN2HmA 

Zoë - ‘Loin d’ici’ (Austria, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xuPYt5i5cE

Margaret - ‘Cool Me Down’ (Poland NF, 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H39-Ls6Yhy4 

Sergey Lazarev - ‘You Are The Only One’ (Russia, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e94dst20C9Y 

Dami Im - ‘Sound Of Silence’ (Australia, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ymFX91HwM0

Jamala - ‘1944’ (Ukraine, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-rnM-MwRHY 

Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers - ‘Trenulețul’ (Moldova, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUqf_zO2QaI

Buranovskiye Babushki - ‘Party For Everybody’ (Russia, 2012): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc 

Käärijä - ‘Cha Cha Cha’ (Finland, 2023);