Germans say Eva Rivas winner of Eurovision 2010
German experts have concluded that Armenian representative of Eurovision 2010 Eva Rivas was the best. “Had televoting decided the winner, Armenian contestant Eva Rivas would have taken the first prize, not Lena Meyer of Germany,” experts of Maracon Institute in Bonn said, according to Morgenpost.
The paper writes each country gives 1-12 points to contestants. German representative got 246 points from 30 countries. The points from each country are measured by percents with 1 point equal to 1,72 %; the total number of votes is multiplied with the number of people to get the precise figure.
According to the source, taking into account that Lena had 76,76 mln. fans in Europe, she has received 9,82% of votes.
While, Armenia’s Eva Rivas, who ended 7th with 141 points, has gained 10,42% of the votes, with the total of her fans being 81,48 mln., including 23,73 mln. from Russia. The source says, 9,89 mln. fans voted for Rivas in Germany, according to the number of votes she received from the country.
Maracon website published the chart which shows the distribution of votes and percents for each contestant.