Points given by Australia to Eurovision winners from 2015 to 2024

The nine Eurovision winners between 2015-2024. Which one is Australia's favourite?

Does looking back at who Australian voters and juries award their twelve points to shed any light on who might get our top scores in 2025? We take a look at how Aussie voters have scored past winners, and if they didn't get our twelve points: who did?

Since joining Eurovision in 2015, Australia has taken the contest to heart, passionately watching all the captivating magic of the main event from afar.

But most importantly our participation has enabled Australian televoters and juries to award points to our favourite acts in the Grand Final whilst we watch, something we weren’t able to do prior to 2015.

We’ve looked at every Eurovision Grand Final winner from 2015 to 2024 to see how much (or how little) love the winners received from Australian votes - both from the public and the jury.

Join us while we count down the Eurovision winners by total points received from Australia in the Grand Final (including details of how we voted for the eventual winners in their semi-finals where Australia competed in the same semi-final).

9. Jamala - 1944 (Ukraine, 2016) - 10 points

(8 points - Televote / 2 points - Jury)

In 2016, Jamala’s haunting 1944 was up against Australia’s Dami Im with Sound of Silence. Australia actually won the second semi-final that year, coming first with the juries and a strong second in the televote.

In the semi-final, Australians judged Jamala harshly. Our public vote gave the Ukrainian three points, designating the song in eighth place. The Australian jury was even more critical of the performance, slotting it into twelfth position meaning it missed out on any points at all from us. (Interestingly, both our televoters and jury awarded our twelve points to Belgium’s Laura Tesoro with What’s the Pressure).

Jamala famously, however, would go on to win the competition - but still didn’t manage to win over Australian jurors. They ranked it down in ninth place, giving it just two points. The public vote was a more generous, placing it third with eight points.

Once again, both the Australian public and jury gave our twelve points to Belgium, the only country that year to do so.

8. Duncan Laurence - Arcade (Netherlands, 2019) - 12 points

(6 points - Televote / 6 points - Jury)

This emotional ballad from 2019 was a slow-burn hit across Europe, and Australia respected it with balanced support. Both the public and jury gave it six points, making it our fifth overall favourite that year.

It’s no surprise who captured the hearts of the Aussie public this year though - our 12 televotes went to Norway’s KEiiNO with Spirit in the Sky, while our jury backed Sweden’s John Lundvik with his song Too Late For Love.

7. Måneskin - Zitti e buoni (Italy, 2021) - 13 points

(7 points - Televote / 6 points - Jury)

Italy’s rock revival got a strong response from Aussie televoters, who ranked it in fourth place giving them seven points. Our jury gave the Italian band a solid six points.

Top points from our televoters went to Iceland’s Daði og Gagnamagnið with their song 10 Years, while our jury love went to and Malta’s Destiny with Je me casse.

6. Salvador Sobral - Amar pelos dois (Portugal, 2017) - 14 points

(7 points - Televote / 7 points - Jury)

Australia’s Isaiah featured in the same semi-final as the ultimate winner, Portugal’s Salvador Sobral. In the semi the Australian public gave his song Amar pelos dois a second-place-worthy ten points, whilst our jury awarded him six points. Our favourites to emerge from the semi-final were Moldova’s SunStroke Project singing Hey Mamma which snagged our twelve points, and our jury awarded their top score to Poland’s Kasia Moś and her song Flashlight.

When it came to the Grand Final, both the Aussie jury and televoters thought Portugal was worthy of fourth place and seven points apiece. Who received our douze points? Televoters stuck with SunStroke Project, whilst the jury switched allegiances to the UK’s Lucie Jones with Never Give Up On You.

5. Nemo - 'The Code' (Switzerland, 2024) - 17 points

(7 points - Online vote / 10 points - Jury)

The Code was always going to be the type of song that was more popular with the Australian jury than the public. Switzerland’s Nemo put in a very strong showing with our jury earning a generous ten points and our second place.

Voting for the Australian public changed in 2022 from a televote to online voting, hence our online public vote awarded Nemo fourth place and seven points. This year both sets of top marks went to Bambie Thug from Ireland with Doomsday Blue.

4. Loreen - Tattoo (Sweden, 2023) - 17 points

(10 points - Online vote / 7 points - Jury)

Returning for another taste of Eurovision glory, Loreen’s wining performance was a hit with Aussie online voters, who gave Tattoo ten points and second place.

The jury was slightly less enamoured, awarding her seven points. Australia’s top online vote went to Finland’s Käärijä and his high-energy Cha Cha Cha, while Belgium’s Gustaph topped the jury list with Because of You.

3. Netta - Toy (Israel, 2018) - 18 points

(12 points - Televote / 6 points - Jury)

Netta’s quirky and empowering gem was a televote sensation in Australia - she received the full twelve points in what was only the second time the Aussie public had awarded the Eurovision winner our douze points.

The jury was less enthusiastic, putting her in fifth place with six points. Sweden’s Benjamin Ingrosso took the jury’s top score that year with his entry Dance You Off.

2. Kalush Orchestra - Stefania (Ukraine, 2022) - 19 points

(12 points - Online vote / 7 points - Jury)

Aussie voters gave Kalush Orchestra’s blend of folk and hip-hop their full support in the online vote. It was the third time we matched the winning song with our twelve points. Our jury gave Stefania a respectable seven points, with Spain’s Chanel taking our top jury spot with SloMo.

1. 🇸🇪 Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes (Sweden, 2015) - 22 points

(12 points - Televote / 10 points - Jury)

No one has captured Australian Eurovision hearts like Måns. At our very first contest in 2015, both the public and jury were huge fans of Heroes, receiving twelve points from the televoters, and ten from the jury.

Both sets of voters even gave Sweden top points in the second semi-final where Guy Sebastian also competed.

These results make Heroes the undisputed winner in terms of points awarded by Australians.

Years later, Måns came down under to perform at Eurovision - Australia Decides 2020, receiving a hero’s welcome to an enthusiastic Aussie crowd.

So…does Australia have good taste?

Sometimes we nail it when it comes to voting for the eventual winner of Eurovision. And other times we give our twelve points to a country completely left of field. Do you think Aussie voters have always got it right?

Who do you think the Australian online vote and juries will give their twelve points to in 2025? Tell us on our socials or comment below.

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