Beforehand I felt Vietnam and China would probably be strong, predicted a good result for Mali as well. After first third of results I thought China had it in the bag, Japan I dismissed as statistical anomaly. Nope, was wrong.
Yesterday I predicted Japan, felt like it should edge out Thailand as it has more appeal on the pop side of things. Was not expecting Turkmenistan at all. Was surprised to see South Korea doing badly.
My guess would be Malaysia or Afghanistan. A man winning Orient Matsuri is something unheard of still at this stage, but I think Afghanistan might have the charm needed to be revolutionary here.