Who do "The Predictor Jury" think will win Eurovision 2025?

The results are in! See who has won the first ever edition of The Predictor Jury for Eurovision 2025.

If you’re the kind of Eurovision fan who spends as much time analysing the jury vs televote splits as you do listening to the actual music, then you would have been saddened to learn that the team behind Eurojury would not be conducting their mock Eurovision jury event this year.

For those that aren’t aware, Eurojury is a fan-favourite event that attempts to predict the Eurovision outcome via a panel of invited jurors across all competing nations.

If you've been missing this valuable insight into potential jury votes, never fear - Eurovision 2025 has welcomed a brand-new jury simulation in The Predictor Jury.

What Is The Predictor Jury?

Based on similar endeavours to Eurojury, The Predictor Jury aims to shed some light on the entries that have resonated with a cross-section of professional jury members from across the globe.

For fans eagerly anticipating the outcome of the Eurovision jury vote, The Predictor Jury indicates just how the real Eurovision juries might vote in the Grand Final.

Think of it as Eurovision fantasy league meets mock jury panel. The Predictor Jury team hand-picks people from across the Eurovision community to cast votes just like actual jurors do: based on vocal quality, performance, songwriting, and overall impact.

And judging by the growing interest in their rankings, it’s a sneak peek many fans are taking seriously.

The Predictor Jury contest has been conducted on X (formerly Twitter) over the past week, with juror results released one-by-one. You can follow the full scoreboard and juror breakdowns at @PredictorJury.

Who’s On the Jury?

The Predictor Jury panel comprised a total of 70 jurors and includes some illustrious names associated with the Eurovision Song Contest across four categories:

• 21 jurors were former Eurovision/National Final artists

• 11 jurors were entertainment-based betting analysts

• 10 jurors came from neutral Press/News outlets

• 28 jurors were Fan Influencers/Vloggers

The contest attracted some well-known identities across the Eurovision community, with notable jury members including:

• Stefan Airapetjan - placed 13th for Estonia at Eurovision 2022

• ESC Tom - Eurovision YouTube content creator

• Nikkie de Jager - Eurovision co-presenter at Rotterdam 2021

• Rasmussen - placed 9th for Denmark at Eurovision 2018

• All Things Adam - Eurovision TikTok content creator

• Rikki - placed 7th at Greece’s Ethnikós Telikós 2025 national final

• Paul de Corte - placed 20th for Netherlands at Eurovision 2004 as one half of Re-Union

• And of course our very own Dale from Aussievision!

You’ll spot other familiar names too if you follow national finals or Eurovision-adjacent commentary. Check out The Predictor Jury account on X/Twitter for the full list of 70 jurors and their votes.

How does it work?

Jurors were given six criteria to base their ranking on. A summary of them are:

• Strength of the composition

• Is the song contemporary/hit-worthy

• Vocal quality

• Charisma/chemistry of the artist

• Impact of live staging/choreography (if available)

• Overall impression and potential at Eurovision

Each jury member was asked to present their ranked Top 15 entries, using the usual scoring method for Eurovision (12 points for first, 10 points for second, down to 1 point for 10th place).

Points were cumulated with two final leaderboards revealed - one including and one excluding the juror’s own country, to eliminate any perceived bias.

Who did the Jury predict will win Eurovision 2025?

After the votes of all 70 jurors were collated, we ended up with a pretty clear picture of where the Eurovision juries might lean towards.

The Predictor Jury results (excluding their own country)

Kaj from Sweden has taken out the inaugural ESC Predictor Jury 2025 with Bara Bada Bastu, amassing an impressive total of 445 jury votes. Already a firm fan-favourite and topping the odds in all current betting markets, Sweden has now taken out a convincing victory with this simulation jury panel.

Having already earned themselves a strong second-place with the jury in the Melodifestivalen national final, and coupled with their ESC Predictor Jury win, it further indicates that Sweden’s comedic trio will be a strong drawcard amongst official Eurovision juries.

Austria, France and Netherlands – all nations expected to feature high in Eurovision jury votes - landed in spots 2 to 4, with Finland rounding out the top 5.

Host nation Switzerland showed there’s a lot of jury appetite for a back-to-back win sitting in 8th spot, whilst Australia’s Go-Jo landed just outside the Top 10 in 11th spot. This is an incredible result for a song that is attempting to court more public votes than the usual jury vote-winning acts Australia has sent in recent years.

Serbia has earned the dubious honour of coming in last place, just behind Armenia and Iceland.

The Predictor Jury results (including their own country)

In comparison, when we include jurors voting for their own countries the rankings shift slightly - but Sweden still comes out on top, which says a lot about how Eurovision jurors may vote in the Grand Final.

What Do You Think?

Do you believe The Predictor Jury jurors correctly called the Eurovision jury vote winner? Or were they way off the mark in your opinion? We’ll have to wait until Saturday 17 May to find out, but until then let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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