Eurovision 2025: The Top 20 as voted by straight men
- Dale Roberts
- 7 days ago
- 3 min read
Straight men had a few key differences when breaking down the results of our recent public poll of the Eurovision 2025 songs.
There aren't many places where being a straight man is well, the minority.
Among the Eurovision "fandom," we have consistently found far more LGBTQIA+ people than what we see in the general population.
Our recent public poll saw 56% identify as part of the rainbow community, while our Eurovision fan survey in 2023 had this at 60%.
Meanwhile, in our recent public poll, just 14% of voters identified as heterosexual men.
The big difference isn't representative of fans overall though. When it comes to that Saturday night in May, many more straight men will tune in.
However, when it comes to the pointy end of Eurovision fans, where they are across all 37 songs in March and early April, it's mainly the LGBTQIA+ community and straight women who dominate.
So can this group of 14% straight male voters give us an indication of what songs might work for their "community"?
Let's take a look at their votes:
The straight male Top 20
19. France: Louane – Maman
19. Montenegro: Nina Žižić – Dobrodošli
17. Italy: Lucio Corsi – Volevo essere un duro
17. Norway: Kyle Alessandro – Lighter
15. Czechia: Adonxs – Kiss Kiss Goodbye
15. Poland: Justyna Steczkowska – Gaja
13. Latvia: Tautumeitas – Bur man laimi
13. Netherlands: Claude – C'est la vie
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10. Iceland: VÆB – Róa
10. Lithuania: Katarsis – Tavo akys
10. Ukraine: Ziferblat – Bird of Pray
8. Austria: JJ – Wasted Love
8. Greece: Klavdia – Asteromáta
7. Estonia: Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato
6. Germany: Abor & Tynna – Baller
The Top 5
5. Malta: Miriana Conte – Serving
4. Australia: Go-Jo – Milkshake Man
3. Sweden: KAJ – Bara bada bastu
2. Albania: Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm
1. Finland: Erika Vikman – Ich komme
Winner and Top 10
Compared to the public poll results overall, straight men opted for a different winner with Erika Vikman for Finland coming out on top. Sweden won the public poll.
They did have the same top three as the public vote (Sweden, Albania and Finland) but just in a different order.
Overall, they shared eight of the same Top 10 as the public vote.
Within the Top 10, straight men put in Estonia (7th compared to 15th), Lithuania (=10th to 11th), Ukraine (=10th to 12th) and Iceland (=10th to 21st).
They booted out the Netherlands (13th compared to 6th) and France (19th compared to 10th) from their Top 10.
Biggest differences
Straight men loved these songs more than the overall poll
+11 spots
Iceland: VÆB – Róa (10th compared to 21st)
Montenegro: Nina Žižić – Dobrodošli (19th to 30th)
Armenia: Parg – Survivor (23rd to 34th)
+10 spots
Poland: Justyna Steczkowska – Gaja (15th to 25th)
+8 spots
Estonia: Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato (7th to 15th)
Cyprus: Theo Evan – Shh (23rd to 31st)
+7 spots
Czechia: Adonxs – Kiss Kiss Goodbye (15th to 22nd)
While they were less likely to go for these entries.
-18 spots
Switzerland: Zoë Më – Voyage (31st compared to 13th)
-10 spots
Portugal: Napa – Deslocado (33rd to 23rd)
-9 spots
France: Louane – Maman (19th to 9th)
-7 spots
Netherlands: Claude – C'est la vie (13th to 6th)
-6 spots
United Kingdom: Remember Monday – What the Hell Just Happened? (23rd to 17th)
Although there were some big differences from straight voters to the overall results, having eight of the same top 10 is a good indicator that they aren't too different!
So if the song is good enough, it'll be loved by everyone!
Other poll results
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