ESCOdds 2023

ESCOdds 2023 2023
Dates
Final	1-13 May 2023
Host
Executive supervisor	Mark Nightingale
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	Australia Denmark Croatia Greece Hungary Italy Japan Kazakhstan Lebanon Netherlands Portugal San Marino Serbia Spain Sweden Thailand United Kingdom Vietnam
Returning Countries	None
Non-returning Countries	None
Participation map

The ESCOdds 2023 - was the 1st edition of the ESCOdds that has been ever made and was held from 1 to 13 May 2023.

Eighteen countries will participate in the first contest.

Format

Semi-Final rules

Each participant had to submit their predicted top ten finalists for each of the two semi-finals of the competition. The participant had the right to change and / or supplement his bet before the broadcast of each of the semi-finals.

Points were awarded for each specified finalist country individually and depended on the number of mentions of a particular finalist country in all bets of all participants. So if the same finalist country was mentioned in all bets, all participants received 10 points each. Further, the less often the finalist country was mentioned in all bets, the value for it increased by 10 points until the moment when the finalist country was mentioned only in one of the eighteen bets - you could get upto 180 points for it.

As a result, all points for the guessed countries were summed up and gave a total for each of the semi-finals.

Grand Final rules

The opportunity to leave your predictions for the final became available from May 4, 2023 and lasted until the broadcast of the final on May 13, 2023.

In the final, each of the participants had to indicate the top forecast of 26 positions, placing the finalist countries in it. In the forecast, the finalist country should not have been repeated.

Points were awarded for each finalist country in the bet as follows:

• 24 points for a full hit of the occupied place by the finalist country;
• 22 points for an error of +/-1 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 20 points for an error of +/-2 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 18 points for an error of +/-3 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 16 points for an error of +/-4 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 14 points for an error of +/-5 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 12 points for an error of +/-6 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 10 points for an error of +/-7 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 8 points for an error of +/-8 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 7 points for an error of +/-9 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 6 points for an error of +/-10 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 5 points for an error of +/-11 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 4 points for an error of +/-12 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 3 points for an error of +/-13 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 2 points for an error of +/-14 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 1 point for an error of +/-15 of the place taken by the finalist country;
• 0 points for an error of +/-16 or more from the place taken by the finalist country;

As a result, all the points received were summed up with each other and gave a total for the final.

Summing up and resolving disputed positions

After the results of the final, all the points scored by the participants for the two semi-finals and the final were added together and gave the final final result. During the comparison of points, the winner was revealed.

If two or more participants had equal points, then to determine the strongest of them, the one who scored the most points in the final was determined. If this criterion did not reveal the strongest, then the number of guessed countries for both semi-finals together was compared (not including their value). In case of equality and in this criterion, the strongest was the participant who sent his bet-forecast for the final earlier than his opponents.

Participating Countries

Results

Eighteen participants took part in the bets. Participants could make and change their bets from May 1 and May 9 (before the broadcast of the first semi-final) and until May 11 (before the broadcast of the second semi-final). Bets on the final were accepted from the beginning of May 12 (as soon as all the finalists became known) until the broadcast of the final on May 13, 2023.

Country	Place	Points	1st SF	2nd SF	Final
Australia, Mark Solovyov
Croatia, Sergey Silkin
Denmark, Nikita Belonogov
Greece, Alexander Sivak
Hungary, Roman Dudarev
Italy, Artyom Alekseyonok
Japan, Pasha Kulik
Kazakhstan, Egor Semenov
Lebanon, Anton Desyatov
Netherlands, Jean Isaac
Portugal, Denis Vorobyov
San Marino, Nikita Likhanov
Serbia, Evgenii Smykov
Spain, Sergey Ladysev
Sweden, Maksim Kamendrowsky
Thailand, Maksim Bogomolov
United Kingdom, Igor Kapsharin
Vietnam, Denia Nikitin

Semi-Finals

Table key The country in the rate is guessed The country in the bet did not qualify for the final

Scoring system for the semi-finals Number of mentions 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Points awarded 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180

1st Semi-Final Points Norway Malta Serbia Latvia Portugal Ireland Croatia Switzerland Israel Moldova Sweden Azerbaijan Czechia Netherlands Finland Contestants Australia Croatia Denmark Greece Hungary Italy Japan Kazakhstan Lebanon Netherlands Portugal San Marino Serbia Spain Sweden Thailand United Kingdom Vietnam

2nd Semi-Final Points Denmark Armenia Romania Estonia Belgium Cyprus Iceland Greece Poland Slovenia Georgia San Marino Austria Albania Lithuania Australia Contestants Australia Croatia Denmark Greece Hungary Italy Japan Kazakhstan Lebanon Netherlands Portugal San Marino Serbia Spain Sweden Thailand United Kingdom Vietnam