The ChatVote, previously also called “#esc verdict” and other names, has a long history since it origins from our heritage chatroom #eurosong. The records of the #esc ChatVotes go back to 2005, our first season in independence. Time to look back a bit!

ChatVote 2011 Hungary won the ChatVote 2011. Kati Wolf’s Eurovision entry “What About My Dreams?” scored a total of 155 points. 115 points went to Estonia (2nd) and Bosnia & Herzegovina (3rd), with the ESC tie rule applying.

San Marino came last in the final with a total of 4 points.

The least voted for entries in the semifinals were Lithuania in semi 1 (2 mentions) and Moldova in semi 2 (4 mentions). Both songs managed to enter the real final, and ending up higher than the ChatVote winner Hungary (22nd).

ChatVote 2010 Germany won the ChatVote 2010 with Lena’s song “Satellite”, which was also the real winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, breaking with a long assumed law of nature that our winner is doomed for the real show. We also picked the 2nd place right, Turkey (Manga) scored 67 points – in a tie with Israel (Harel Skaat, 3rd). We even managed to pick the place of the United Kingdom right – the 25th. The show took place on 16th May and wasn’t well visited, that’s why the results were shown quite soon after the show was scheduled to begin.

ChatVote 2009 Bosnia & Herzegovina won the ChatVote 2009 with the song “Bistra Voda”, sung by the band Regina. It’s the second time in a row that the country won our annual poll. The dramatic ballad reached a final score of 131 points. The winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest, Norway’s “Fairytale” by Alexander Rybak, came 2nd with 108 points, while France came 3rd with “Et s’il fallait le faire” sung by Patricia Kaas. No country had to suffer a final score of 0 points. Last place was taken by the Czech Republic with “Aven Romale” (3 points). The contest took place on 30th April in the #esc chatroom. 32 chatters took part in the annual event. The show was hosted by “PhilipKirkorov” and “AllaPugacheva” and began at 21:00 CET. The final standings were revealed at 22:44.

ChatVote 2008 Bosnia & Herzegovina won the ChatVote 2008 with the song “Pokušaj”, sung by Laka. The song reached a final score of 124 points. Sweden came second with “Hero” (76 points), third was Norway (69 points). Last place was shared by the Czech Republic (“Have Some Fun”), Montenegro (“Zauvijek Volim Te”), Estonia (“Leto Svet”) and Croatia (“Romanca”) with 0 points each. The contest took place on 3rd May – as always in the #esc chatroom. Some juries announced their points in a YouTube video. The show, which was hosted by “IngvildBryn” and “MortenHarket”, kicked off at 21:00 CET and lasted until 22:21 when the winner was announced. Check out the final scores:

ChatVote 2007 Belarus won the ChatVote 2007 with the song “Work Your Magic”, sung by Koldun. The song reached a final score of 87 points. Serbia’s “Molitva”, the winning song at the Eurovision Song Contest, came 2nd with 79 points, while France came third with “L’amour à la française”. Last place was shared by Austria (“Get A life – Get Alive”) and Poland (“Time To Party”).

ChatVote 2006 Germany won the ChatVote 2006 with the song “No No Never”, sung by Texas Lightning. The song reached a final score of 172 points. Belgium came 2nd with “Je t’adore” (122 points), while third was shared by Iceland’s “Congratulations” and Romania’s “Tornero” (103 points each). Israel and Cyprus had to share the last place with 0 points each. The annual event took place on 30th April, and 33 chatters participated.

ChatVote 2005 Hungary won the “#esc verdict 2005″ with the song “Forogj Világ”, sung by NOX. The song reached a final score of 100 points. Switzerland came 2nd with “Cool Vibes” by Vanilla Ninja (98 points), Norway came 3rd with “In My Dreams” by Wig Wam. Monaco came last with “Tout De Moi”.