Eurovision 2025 Readers Poll: Austria was standout rehearsal for Day Six

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As of today, Austria sits second in the odds to qualify from the second semi-final and to win the whole contest on May 17th. And from the looks of our reader’s poll – they agree with the odds!

JJ’s snippet revealed a cinematic black and white staging concept for his song “Wasted Love”, which resonated with our readers who votes in the last 24 hours. Of the 101 votes cast in the poll, 24% of readers claimed JJ’s staging to be the standout performance of the day.

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Coming in second was the Latvian folk group Tautumeitas with the song “Bur Man Laimi” – who’s mystic outfits and staging seems to have caught the attention of 17% of our voters. The Milkshake Man from Australia Go-Jo received the third place spot in our poll with 15% of the votes cast.

Check back soon as we debut the next poll featuring the final seven rehearsals from the second semi-final!

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ByCJ Terry

Connor loves all things Eurovision and serves as a host on the Amerivision podcast. He has been following the contest actively since 2014, and currently serves as the Editor in Cheif for ESCUnited. Outside of the contest, Connor works in higher education with college students and sometimes plays videogames.