Who is your Rising Star of 2017?

Mélanie de Jésus Dos Santos led the opening vote, but Rasmus Steffensen took over by the next checkpoint and finished with 50.6%—nearly twice Dos Santos’s 25.5%. Steffensen’s 782 votes made him the only candidate above half the total.

The audience split sharply: Steffensen drew 427 men and 353 women, while Dos Santos drew 52 men and 338 women. Denmark, with 514 voters, formed the largest listed country bloc and leaned toward Steffensen.

• Opening flip · Steffensen moved from behind to first by the next checkpoint.
• Majority winner · He captured 50.6% of all votes.
• Gender contrast · Steffensen’s vote was balanced; Dos Santos’s was mostly female.