Inspired by the infamous line uttered by ESC host Bar Refaeli during the 2019 voting sequence, I’m Sorry, Points! is a second chance style competition for all the Eurovision entries throughout the years that have failed to accumulate a single point during the voting. Of all 38 ‘nul-pointers’ that competed in the semifinals, 22 have qualified and are one step closer to getting the justice they deserve… if you still think they deserve it, that is.
Click here for a full introduction to the contest, as well as the format and competing entries.
Qualifiers
On 18 September, the qualifiers were announced. The top 8 songs in each semifinal as decided by the jury vote qualified. From the remaining 22 songs, the top 6 songs with the highest televote average across the two semifinals received a ‘wildcard qualification’ and were announced as finalists. As it happened, 5 of the 6 top songs were from Semifinal 1, with the other in Semifinal 2.
As a result, we have 13 qualifiers from Semifinal 1 and 9 from Semifinal 2. They are as follows:
Semifinal 1
Llámame (Spain 1962)
Quel cœur vas-tu briser? (Switzerland 1967)
Je suis tombé du ciel (Luxembourg 1970)
Solhverv (Norway 1964)
Katinka (Netherlands 1962)
Muistojeni laulu (Finland 1963)
Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne (Germany 1964)
Dio, come ti amo (Italy 1966)
En gång i Stockholm (Sweden 1963)
Oração (Portugal 1964)
Een speeldos (Netherlands 1963)
¡Qué bueno, qué bueno! (Spain 1965)
Paradies, wo bist du? (Germany 1965)
Semifinal 2
I Am Yours (Austria 2015)
Lass ihn (Switzerland 1998)
Það sem enginn sér (Iceland 1989)
¿Quién maneja mi barca? (Spain 1983)
Aldri i livet (Norway 1981)
Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne (Turkey 1987)
Antes do adeus (Portugal 1997)
Black Smoke (Germany 2015)
Lopšinė mylimai (Lithuania 1994)
These entries were drawn to perform in either the first or second half of the running order in the grand final. On September 20, the running order was announced (featured below).
Grand Final
Update: Voting has now CLOSED. Click here to view the final results.
Competing entries
01 Aldri i livet (Norway 1981)
02 Katinka (Netherlands 1962)
03 En gång i Stockholm (Sweden 1963)
04 ¡Qué bueno, qué bueno! (Spain 1965)
05 I Am Yours (Austria 2015)
06 Llámame (Spain 1962)
07 Antes do adeus (Portugal 1997)
08 Een speeldos (Netherlands 1963)
09 Lopšinė mylimai (Lithuania 1994)
10 ¿Quién maneja mi barca? (Spain 1983)
11 Solhverv (Norway 1964)
12 Quel cœur vas-tu briser? (Switzerland 1967)
13 Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne (Germany 1964)
14 Dio, come ti amo (Italy 1966)
15 Lass ihn (Switzerland 1998)
16 Oração (Portugal 1964)
17 Paradies, wo bist du? (Germany 1965)
18 Black Smoke (Germany 2015)
19 Það sem enginn sér (Iceland 1989)
20 Je suis tombé du ciel (Luxembourg 1970)
21 Muistojeni laulu (Finland 1963)
22 Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne (Turkey 1987)
The deadline to vote is Wednesday, September 30 @ 7:00pm CET.
If you have any questions about this contest feel free to ask in the comments or reach out to the Good Evening Europe! Twitter account. Looking forward to see your votes and may the best song win!