Eurovision Song Contest 2015

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Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Building Bridges
Dates
Semi-final 119 May 2015 (2015-05-19)
Semi-final 221 May 2015 (2015-05-21)
Final23 May 2015 (2015-05-23)
Host
VenueWiener Stadthalle (Hall D)
Vienna, Austria
Presenter(s)
Directed byKurt Pongratz
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producerEdgar Böhm
Host broadcasterÖsterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/vienna-2015 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries40
Number of finalists27
Debuting countries Australia
Returning countries
Non-returning countries Ukraine
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Vote
Voting systemEach country/jury awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning song
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the 2014 contest with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), the contest was held at the Hall D of the Wiener Stadthalle and consisted of two semi-finals on 19 and 21 May, and a final on 23 May 2015. The three live shows were presented by Austrian television presenters Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer, while the previous edition's winner Conchita Wurst acted as the green room host.

Forty countries participated in the contest, with Australia making a guest appearance. Cyprus and Serbia returned, after their one-year absence, while the Czech Republic returned after their last participation in 2009. Meanwhile, Ukraine announced their non-participation due to financial and political crises related to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

The winner was Sweden with the song "Heroes", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw and written by Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb and Linnea Deb. This was the country's second win in three years, having also won in 2012. Sweden won the jury vote and had the highest combined points, but placed third in the televote behind Italy and Russia. Overall the latter two countries placed third and second respectively, and Belgium and Australia rounded out the top five. Further down the table, Montenegro achieved its best result since its independence, finishing thirteenth.

For the first time, the top four of the contest all scored 200 points or better. Russia's entry "A Million Voices" became the first non-winning Eurovision song to score over 300 points. Austria and Germany became the first countries since 2003 to score no points in the final, with Austria also becoming the first (and to date, only) host country to fail to score a point.

The EBU reported that over 197 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, beating the 2014 viewing figures by 2 million.

Location[edit]

Venue[edit]

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna – host venue of the 2015 contest

The event took place in Vienna, Austria, with the venue being the Wiener Stadthalle (specifically the main hall - Hall D) after Austria won the right to host this edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the 2014 edition with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", performed by Conchita Wurst. The Wiener Stadthalle hosts the annual Erste Bank Open tennis tournament, along with many concerts and events throughout the year. The main hall (Hall D) has a capacity of approximately 16,000 attendees.[1]

Bidding phase[edit]

After Austria's victory in the 2014 contest, their delegation revealed the possibility of hosting the contest either in the capital city, Vienna, or in Salzburg.[2] Vienna, Klagenfurt, Innsbruck, Lower Austria, Graz, Upper Austria, Burgenland, and Vorarlberg were all reportedly interested in hosting the contest; Salzburg pulled out of the bidding phase as the city was not able to meet the cost of the venue and promotion.[3]

Vienna, considered the front-runner, had two venues in the phase: Wiener Stadthalle and the trade fair centre, Messe Wien, with capacities of up to 16,000 and 30,000 attendees respectively. Also in the race were Stadthalle Graz and Schwarzl Freizeit Zentrum, both located in the second largest city of Austria, Graz. With a maximum capacity of 30,000, the Wörthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt also joined the race; however, it would require the construction of a roof for the contest to be hosted there. Innsbruck also joined the race with Olympiahalle, which hosted ice hockey and figure skating at the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics. A fifth city, Linz, joined the race with Brucknerhaus, although the venue would not be big enough for the contest. Being geographically close to Linz, Wels showed desire to host the event as well.[4] Oberwart, with the Exhibition hall, and Vorarlberg, with the Vorarlberger Landestheater, were the latest cities to declare an interest.[citation needed]

On 29 May 2014, Austrian host public broadcaster ORF and the EBU released some requirements and details about the venue.[5][6] ORF requested interested parties to respond by 13 June 2014.[7]

  • The venue must be available for at least 6 to 7 weeks before the contest and one week after the conclusion of the contest.
  • The venue must not be open-air, but an air-conditioned building with a capacity of at least 10,000 and a minimum ceiling height of 15 metres (49 ft), insulated for sound and light.
  • The Green Room should be located in the arena or as near it as possible, with a capacity of 300.
  • An additional room at least 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) in area, to house 2 catering stands, a viewing room, make-up rooms, wardrobe, and booths for approximately 50 commentators.
  • Separate offices to house the press centre, open between 11 and 24 May 2015, at least 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) in area, with a capacity of at least 1,500 journalists.[5]

After the deadline on 13 June 2014, ORF announced 12 venues interested in hosting the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest:[8] ORF announced on 21 June 2014 that 3 cities (Vienna, Innsbruck, and Graz) had been short-listed in the final stage of the bidding process.[9][10][11] On 6 August 2014, ORF announced the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna as the host venue.[1] The contest was provisionally set to take place on 12, 14 and 16 May 2015, but the dates were later pushed back a week in order to accommodate the candidate cities.[12]

Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue. The shortlisted cities are marked in green, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.

Key  †  Host venue  ‡  Shortlisted

City Venue Notes
Graz Stadthalle Graz Hosted the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.
Innsbruck Olympiaworld Hosted the figure skating and ice hockey events at both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympic Games.
Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion Served as host for some matches of UEFA Euro 2008.
Oberwart Messezentrum
Vienna
Schönbrunn Palace
Wiener Stadthalle (Hall D) Hosts the annual Erste Bank Open tennis tournament and many events throughout the year.
Vienna International Airport, Parking C[13]
Heldenplatz
New All-round Concert Hall in Neu Marx[14]
Marx hall
Trabrennbahn Krieau
Wels Messe Wels

Inclusive traffic lights in Vienna[edit]

The city of Vienna introduced temporary new traffic signals for pedestrians on some streets, featuring same-sex couples holding hands or hugging. They were introduced as part of events connected to the theme of tolerance and inclusion in the lead-up to the Eurovision Song Contest.[15]

Traffic lights of the same – copyrighted – design of the kind "Ampelpärchen" (couples for traffic lights) followed before Christopher Street Days in June 2015 in Salzburg and Linz. In Salzburg the initiative SoHo and social democrate mayor Schaden promoted the change of the shape of the LED-lamps. The faceplates in Linz has been financed by sponsors driven by a Facebook-based initiative, but have been removed – without consent – by the new traffic minister of Linz of the party FPÖ in early December 2015.[16][17][18][19]

Participating countries[edit]

Eurovision Song Contest 2015 – Participation summaries by country

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide.[20] The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members.[20]

On 23 December 2014, thirty-nine countries were initially announced to be participating in the 2015 contest.[21] Cyprus and Serbia returned after one-year absences, the Czech Republic returned after a five-year absence, while Ukraine did not enter.[21] Australia was later announced to be making its debut as a guest participant. The deadline to apply for participation was 15 September 2014. Countries that applied had until 10 October 2014 to withdraw from participation without financial consequences.[22]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015[23]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Elhaida Dani "I'm Alive" English
  • Arbër Elshani
  • Kristijan Lekaj
  • Sokol Marsi
 Armenia AMPTV Genealogy "Face the Shadow" English
 Australia SBS Guy Sebastian "Tonight Again" English
 Austria ORF The Makemakes "I Am Yours" English
 Azerbaijan İTV Elnur Hüseynov "Hour of the Wolf" English
  • Sandra Bjurman
  • Lina Hansson
  • Nicklas Lif
  • Nicolas Rebscher
 Belarus BTRC Uzari and Maimuna "Time" English
 Belgium RTBF Loïc Nottet "Rhythm Inside" English
 Cyprus CyBC John Karayiannis "One Thing I Should Have Done" English Mike Connaris
 Czech Republic ČT Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta "Hope Never Dies" English
 Denmark DR Anti Social Media "The Way You Are" English
 Estonia ERR Elina Born and Stig Rästa "Goodbye to Yesterday" English Stig Rästa
 Finland Yle Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät "Aina mun pitää" Finnish Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
 France France Télévisions Lisa Angell "N'oubliez pas" French
 Georgia GPB Nina Sublatti "Warrior" English
 Germany NDR[a] Ann Sophie "Black Smoke" English
 Greece NERIT Maria Elena Kyriakou "One Last Breath" English
 Hungary MTVA Boggie "Wars for Nothing" English
 Iceland RÚV Maria Olafs "Unbroken" English
 Ireland RTÉ Molly Sterling "Playing with Numbers" English
 Israel IBA Nadav Guedj "Golden Boy" English Doron Medalie
 Italy RAI Il Volo "Grande amore" Italian
  • Francesco Boccia
  • Ciro Esposito
 Latvia LTV Aminata "Love Injected" English Aminata Savadogo
 Lithuania LRT Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila "This Time" English
 Macedonia MRT Daniel Kajmakoski "Autumn Leaves" English
 Malta PBS Amber "Warrior" English
 Moldova TRM Eduard Romanyuta "I Want Your Love" English
 Montenegro RTCG Knez "Adio" (Адио) Montenegrin
 Netherlands AVROTROS Trijntje Oosterhuis "Walk Along" English
 Norway NRK Mørland and Debrah Scarlett "A Monster Like Me" English Kjetil Mørland
 Poland TVP Monika Kuszyńska "In the Name of Love" English
 Portugal RTP Leonor Andrade "Há um mar que nos separa" Portuguese Miguel Gameiro
 Romania TVR Voltaj "De la capăt" Romanian, English
  • Victor Răzvan Alstani
  • Gabriel Constantin
  • Adrian Cristescu
  • Călin Gavril Goia
  • Andrei Mădalin Leonte
  • Silviu Marian Păduraru
  • Monica-Ana Stevens
 Russia C1R Polina Gagarina "A Million Voices" English
 San Marino SMRTV Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola "Chain of Lights" English
 Serbia RTS Bojana Stamenov "Beauty Never Lies" English
 Slovenia RTVSLO Maraaya "Here for You" English
 Spain RTVE Edurne "Amanecer" Spanish
 Sweden SVT Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" English
  Switzerland SRG SSR Mélanie René "Time to Shine" English Mélanie René
 United Kingdom BBC Electro Velvet "Still in Love with You" English
  • Adrian Bax White
  • David Mindel

Invitation of Australia[edit]

On 10 February 2015, the EBU announced that in honour of the 60th anniversary of Eurovision, it had invited Australia to participate in the final of the contest, represented by Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). SBS had been a long-time broadcaster of the event, which has had a large following in Australia. The Australian entry was placed directly in the grand final. Although it was considered a one-off event, if Australia were to win, SBS would have co-hosted the 2016 contest in a European host city of its choice. The EBU considered the possibility of similarly inviting countries to participate in future editions of the contest. Australia's participation brought the number of the finalists up to 27, the highest number of entries in a final in the contest's history.[25][26]

Returning artists[edit]

Inga Arshakyan, who was part of Genealogy in 2015, represented Armenia in 2009, collaborating with her sister as part of Inga and Anush.[27] Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini both previously represented San Marino at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Perniola took part in 2013, and Simoncini took part in 2014.[28] Amber, who represented Malta, was a backing vocalist for the Maltese entry in 2012. Uzari, who represented Belarus, was a backing vocalist for the Belarusian entry in 2011.[29] Elnur Hüseynov, who was Azerbaijan's debut representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, as part of the duo Elnur and Samir, was internally selected to represent the nation for a second time.[30] Raay, who is a part of the Slovene duo Maraaya, was a backing musical performer for the 2014 entry of Slovenia.[31] Hera Björk, who previously represented Iceland in 2010, returned as a backing singer for Iceland's entry.[32] Nicolas Dorian, part of Witloof Bay, Belgium representatives in 2011, was part of the backing vocalists of Loic Nottet.

Other countries[edit]

Active EBU members[edit]

BHRT and BNT, the broadcasters for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria, had both submitted a preliminary applications to participate in the 2015 contest,[33][34] but ultimately withdrew them because of financial reasons.[35][36] Ukrainian broadcaster NTU also opted out of the contest because of financial reasons and the ongoing armed conflict in the country.[37][38]

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Croatia, Lebanon, Luxembourg (despite failed attempts by San Marino and Thierry Mersch to raise funds for a collaboration), Monaco, Morocco and Slovakia confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] Despite tweets by Eurovision event supervisor Sietse Bakker about the possibility of the Turkey's return in 2015,[50][51] Turkish broadcaster TRT later confirmed that they had no plans in this regard.[52][53][54]

Format[edit]

The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final, a format which has been in use since 2008. The ten countries with the highest scores in each semi-final qualified to the final where they joined the host nation Austria, the five main sponsoring nations (known as the "Big Five"): France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, and Australia which was invited this year to commemorate the contest's 60th anniversary.[25] Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry. Each member of a respective nation's jury was required to rank every song, except that of their own country. The voting results from each member of a particular nation's jury were combined to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. Likewise, the televoting results were also interpreted as a full ranking, taking into account the full televoting result rather than just the top ten. The combination of the juries' full ranking and the televote's full ranking produced an overall ranking of all competing entries. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received one point.[55] In the event of a televoting failure (insufficient number of votes or technical issues) or jury failure (technical issue or breach of rules), only one of the methods was used by each country.[56][57]

The 2015 contest was the last time that the scoring system introduced in 1975 was used, before the format was modified the following year.

Organising team formation[edit]

During an initial meeting between the host broadcaster ORF and the EBU in late May 2014, the representatives of the core organising team were selected. Edgar Böhm, who is the Head of Entertainment at ORF, was announced as the executive producer.[58]

Graphic design[edit]

The graphic design of the 2015 contest, on display across Vienna

On 31 July 2014, the EBU released a new and revamped version of the generic logo as a celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest's 60th anniversary.[59] On 11 September, the slogan for the 2015 contest was revealed to be "Building Bridges".[60] The graphic design of the contest was revealed by the EBU on 25 November.[61] The theme art depicts a wave made up of spheres which symbolise diversity, the bridging of connections and people's experiences.

The postcards of this year's contest was also based on the slogan "Building Bridges". Each postcard starts with a drive-by scene of the contestants' capital city, before showing every contestant receiving an invitation to Austria, where the contestants take part in a local activity.[62] The postcards end with a picture of their activity plastered onto a billboard, placed in different locations across Vienna.

For this year's contest, all hashtags for the participating countries incorporated IOC country codes which were displayed onscreen alongside the main country names.[63]

Presenters[edit]

The presenters of the 2015 contest (from left): Arabella Kiesbauer, Mirjam Weichselbraun and Alice Tumler.

Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer were the hosts of the 2015 contest; the all-female trio was the first in history to host the contest. The previous edition's winner Conchita Wurst was chosen as green room host.[64]

Semi-final allocation draw[edit]

Results of the semi-final allocation draw
  Participating countries in the first semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
  Participating countries in the second semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in both semi-finals

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 26 January 2015 at the Vienna Rathaus and hosted by Andi Knoll and Kati Bellowitsch.[65] The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (host country Austria, the "Big Five" and Australia), were split into five pots, based on voting patterns from the previous ten years. The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows:[66]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

Opening and interval acts[edit]

The EBU ident's accompanying "Te Deum", which opened the broadcasts, was performed by the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra from the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace for the final. The overture featured violinist Lidia Baich, winner of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1998, who performed live on stage an excerpt of Austria's 1966 winning song "Merci, Chérie" in tribute to Udo Jürgens.[67] The ESC Vienna All-Stars, consisting of Conchita Wurst, the Vienna Boys' Choir, multinational Suparar Children's Choir, rapper Left Boy, and the contest's presenters, then jointly performed the official anthem of the contest, "Building Bridges", accompanied by the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Peter Pejtsik.[68] The twenty-seven finalists later took to the stage during the flag parade via a walkway through the audience from the green room.

The interval act was provided by percussionist Martin Grubinger and his band, the Percussive Planet Ensemble. The nine-minute performance, based on classical themes of major Austrian composers, included forty instrumentalists as well as the Grammy Award-winning Arnold Schoenberg Choir.[69] Wurst later performed "You Are Unstoppable" and "Firestorm", both from her self-titled debut album.[70]

Contest overview[edit]

Semi-final 1[edit]

16 countries took part in the first semi-final. Australia,[71] Austria, France and Spain voted in this semi-final.[72] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

  Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015[73][74]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Moldova Eduard Romanyuta "I Want Your Love" 41 11
2  Armenia Genealogy "Face the Shadow" 77 7
3  Belgium Loïc Nottet "Rhythm Inside" 149 2
4  Netherlands Trijntje Oosterhuis "Walk Along" 33 14
5  Finland Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät "Aina mun pitää" 13 16
6  Greece Maria Elena Kyriakou "One Last Breath" 81 6
7  Estonia Elina Born and Stig Rästa "Goodbye to Yesterday" 105 3
8  Macedonia Daniel Kajmakoski "Autumn Leaves" 28 15
9  Serbia Bojana Stamenov "Beauty Never Lies" 63 9
10  Hungary Boggie "Wars for Nothing" 67 8
11  Belarus Uzari and Maimuna "Time" 39 12
12  Russia Polina Gagarina "A Million Voices" 182 1
13  Denmark Anti Social Media "The Way You Are" 33 13
14  Albania Elhaida Dani "I'm Alive" 62 10
15  Romania Voltaj "De la capăt" 89 5
16  Georgia Nina Sublatti "Warrior" 98 4

Semi-final 2[edit]

17 countries took part in this semi-final. Australia,[71] Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[72] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

  Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015[74][75]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Lithuania Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila "This Time" 67 7
2  Ireland Molly Sterling "Playing with Numbers" 35 12
3  San Marino Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola "Chain of Lights" 11 16
4  Montenegro Knez "Adio" 57 9
5  Malta Amber "Warrior" 43 11
6  Norway Mørland and Debrah Scarlett "A Monster Like Me" 123 4
7  Portugal Leonor Andrade "Há um mar que nos separa" 19 14
8  Czech Republic Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta "Hope Never Dies" 33 13
9  Israel Nadav Guedj "Golden Boy" 151 3
10  Latvia Aminata "Love Injected" 155 2
11  Azerbaijan Elnur Hüseynov "Hour of the Wolf" 53 10
12  Iceland Maria Olafs "Unbroken" 14 15
13  Sweden Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" 217 1
14   Switzerland Mélanie René "Time to Shine" 4 17
15  Cyprus John Karayiannis "One Thing I Should Have Done" 87 6
16  Slovenia Maraaya "Here for You" 92 5
17  Poland Monika Kuszyńska "In the Name of Love" 57 8

Final[edit]

As in the 2014 contest, the winner was announced as soon as it was mathematically impossible to catch up. In this case, the winner had been determined by the 36th vote, which came from Cyprus. 27 countries participated in the final, the highest number in any final of Eurovision ever.

  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015[76][77]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Slovenia Maraaya "Here for You" 39 14
2  France Lisa Angell "N'oubliez pas" 4 25
3  Israel Nadav Guedj "Golden Boy" 97 9
4  Estonia Elina Born and Stig Rästa "Goodbye to Yesterday" 106 7
5  United Kingdom Electro Velvet "Still in Love with You" 5 24
6  Armenia Genealogy "Face the Shadow" 34 16
7  Lithuania Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila "This Time" 30 18
8  Serbia Bojana Stamenov "Beauty Never Lies" 53 10
9  Norway Mørland and Debrah Scarlett "A Monster Like Me" 102 8
10  Sweden Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" 365 1
11  Cyprus John Karayiannis "One Thing I Should Have Done" 11 22
12  Australia Guy Sebastian "Tonight Again" 196 5
13  Belgium Loïc Nottet "Rhythm Inside" 217 4
14  Austria The Makemakes "I Am Yours" 0 26
15  Greece Maria Elena Kyriakou "One Last Breath" 23 19
16  Montenegro Knez "Adio" 44 13
17  Germany Ann Sophie "Black Smoke" 0 27
18  Poland Monika Kuszyńska "In the Name of Love" 10 23
19  Latvia Aminata "Love Injected" 186 6
20  Romania Voltaj "De la capăt" 35 15
21  Spain Edurne "Amanecer" 15 21
22  Hungary Boggie "Wars for Nothing" 19 20
23  Georgia Nina Sublatti "Warrior" 51 11
24  Azerbaijan Elnur Hüseynov "Hour of the Wolf" 49 12
25  Russia Polina Gagarina "A Million Voices" 303 2
26  Albania Elhaida Dani "I'm Alive" 34 17
27  Italy Il Volo "Grande amore" 292 3

Spokespersons[edit]

The voting order was revealed the morning of the final, and for the only time in Eurovision history to date, the names of all the spokespersons were displayed onscreen. However, because of technical problems in some countries the final voting order was the following:[78]

  1.  Montenegro – Andrea Demirović
  2.  Malta – Julie Zahra
  3.  Finland – Krista Siegfrids
  4.  Greece – Helena Paparizou
  5.  Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
  6.  Belarus – Teo
  7.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  8.  Moldova – Olivia Furtună
  9.  Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov
  10.  Latvia – Markus Riva
  11.  Serbia – Maja Nikolić [sr]
  12.  Denmark – Basim
  13.   Switzerland – Laetitia Guarino
  14.  Belgium – Walid
  15.  France – Virginie Guilhaume
  16.  Armenia – Lilit Muradyan
  17.  Ireland – Nicky Byrne
  18.  Sweden – Mariette Hansson
  19.  Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
  20.  Australia – Lee Lin Chin
  21.  Czech Republic – Daniela Písařovicová [cz]
  22.  Spain – Lara Siscar [es]
  23.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
  24.  Macedonia – Marko Mark
  25.  Slovenia – Tinkara Kovač
  26.  Hungary – Csilla Tatár
  27.  United Kingdom – Nigella Lawson
  28.  Lithuania – Ugnė Galadauskaitė
  29.  Netherlands – Edsilia Rombley
  30.  Poland – Ola Ciupa [pl]
  31.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon
  32.  Russia – Dmitry Shepelev [ru]
  33.  San Marino – Valentina Monetta
  34.  Italy – Federico Russo
  35.  Iceland – Sigríður Halldórsdóttir
  36.  Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
  37.  Norway – Margrethe Røed
  38.  Portugal – Suzy[b]
  39.  Estonia – Tanja[b]
  40.  Georgia – Natia Bunturi[b]

Detailed voting results[edit]

Semi-final 1[edit]

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1[79]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Russia 182  Russia 167  Russia 151
2  Belgium 149  Belgium 151  Estonia 136
3  Estonia 105  Greece 99  Belgium 124
4  Georgia 98  Georgia 95  Georgia 97
5  Romania 89  Netherlands 70  Romania 96
6  Greece 81  Hungary 70  Armenia 90
7  Armenia 77  Romania 67  Serbia 86
8  Hungary 67  Belarus 66  Albania 66
9  Serbia 63  Estonia 66  Greece 61
10  Albania 62  Albania 61  Finland 55
11  Moldova 41  Denmark 58  Hungary 50
12  Belarus 39  Armenia 54  Moldova 48
13  Denmark 33[c]  Serbia 47  Belarus 32
14  Netherlands 33[c]  Moldova 46  Denmark 23[d]
15  Macedonia 28  Macedonia 42  Netherlands 23[d]
16  Finland 13  Finland 1  Macedonia 22
Detailed voting results in semi-final 1[80][81][79]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% jury vote
Total score
Moldova
Armenia
Belgium
Netherlands
Finland
Greece
Estonia
Macedonia
Serbia
Hungary
Belarus
Russia
Denmark
Albania
Romania
Georgia
Australia
Austria
France
Spain
Contestants
Moldova 41 6 5 5 5 2 8 10
Armenia 77 4 12 5 7 7 7 12 5 1 8 5 4
Belgium 149 5 1 12 12 6 10 6 7 10 6 8 12 6 7 5 8 6 12 10
Netherlands 33 6 3 5 1 7 1 3 2 2 3
Finland 13 4 4 2 1 2
Greece 81 3 8 3 6 2 1 4 6 3 3 5 12 6 4 6 4 3 2
Estonia 105 2 4 5 8 8 4 2 2 8 8 10 8 2 3 5 10 4 12
Macedonia 28 1 2 12 10 3
Serbia 63 5 7 4 2 12 4 4 4 1 12 7 1
Hungary 67 4 4 7 12 8 2 4 3 10 2 5 6
Belarus 39 8 7 3 6 3 12
Russia 182 7 10 8 10 10 12 8 8 10 12 12 10 7 12 7 10 12 10 7
Denmark 33 2 1 3 1 1 7 7 5 4 1 1
Albania 62 6 10 10 10 1 3 6 3 7 6
Romania 89 12 3 7 2 6 5 3 3 5 2 1 6 8 1 1 8 8 8
Georgia 98 10 12 2 1 5 8 6 3 1 6 10 7 5 4 4 7 2 5

12 points[edit]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semi-final. Countries which gave the maximum 12 points apiece from both the professional jury and televoting to the specified entrant are marked in bold.

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5  Russia  Austria,  Belarus,  Greece,  Hungary,  Romania
4  Belgium  Denmark,  Finland,  France,  Netherlands
2  Armenia  Belgium,  Russia
 Serbia  Australia,  Macedonia
1  Belarus  Georgia
 Estonia  Spain
 Georgia  Armenia
 Greece  Albania
 Hungary  Estonia
 Macedonia  Serbia
 Romania  Moldova

Semi-final 2[edit]

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 2[82]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Sweden 217  Sweden 208  Sweden 195
2  Latvia 155  Latvia 155  Israel 157
3  Israel 151  Norway 144  Latvia 116
4  Norway 123  Israel 114  Poland 114
5  Slovenia 92  Malta 84  Norway 104
6  Cyprus 87  Slovenia 84  Lithuania 98
7  Lithuania 67  Ireland 84  Slovenia 95
8  Poland 57[e]  Cyprus 76  Cyprus 80
9  Montenegro 57[e]  Azerbaijan 67  Montenegro 58
10  Azerbaijan 53  Lithuania 52  Czech Republic 51
11  Malta 43  Montenegro 47  Azerbaijan 37
12  Ireland 35  Czech Republic 34  Malta 32
13  Czech Republic 33  Portugal 23  Portugal 24
14  Portugal 19   Switzerland 15  Iceland 21
15  Iceland 14  Iceland 15  San Marino 16
16  San Marino 11  Poland 10  Ireland 14
17   Switzerland 4  San Marino 6   Switzerland 6
Detailed voting results of semi-final 2[83][84][82]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% jury vote
Total score
Lithuania
Ireland
San Marino
Montenegro
Malta
Norway
Portugal
Czech Republic
Israel
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Iceland
Sweden
Switzerland
Cyprus
Slovenia
Poland
Australia
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Contestants
Lithuania 67 7 3 4 10 1 4 10 7 4 3 7 4 3
Ireland 35 2 5 2 5 4 2 3 1 1 2 8
San Marino 11 5 6
Montenegro 57 3 5 6 7 2 10 7 1 2 10 4
Malta 43 3 7 10 4 10 3 1 5
Norway 123 8 4 8 6 5 8 7 1 7 10 12 10 6 6 6 8 7 2 2
Portugal 19 4 3 6 4 1 1
Czech Republic 33 1 4 1 1 1 8 1 1 3 8 4
Israel 151 4 8 6 3 10 8 10 2 3 8 8 10 7 10 5 10 7 8 12 12
Latvia 155 12 12 10 7 7 7 8 2 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 10 10 8 10
Azerbaijan 53 6 7 8 3 10 3 2 4 5 3 2
Iceland 14 1 2 2 5 2 2
Sweden 217 10 10 12 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 4 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 7
Switzerland 4 1 1 1 1
Cyprus 87 3 6 2 2 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 7 4 6 5 7 6
Slovenia 92 7 1 12 3 4 4 3 6 8 12 6 4 3 5 5 6 3
Poland 57 5 5 6 5 2 5 3 5 2 4 2 1 3 5 4

12 points[edit]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semi-final. Countries which gave the maximum 12 points apiece from both the professional jury and televoting to the specified entrant are marked in bold.

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
14  Sweden  Australia,  Cyprus,  Czech Republic,  Germany,  Iceland,  Israel,  Latvia,  Malta,  Norway,  Poland,  Portugal,  San Marino,  Slovenia,   Switzerland
2  Israel  Italy,  United Kingdom
 Latvia  Ireland,  Lithuania
 Slovenia  Azerbaijan,  Montenegro
1  Norway  Sweden

Final[edit]

This is the first time since the juries were reintroduced alongside the televoting in 2009 that the winner was not placed first in the televoting.[85]

  Winner
Split results of the final[85]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Sweden 365  Sweden 363  Italy 366
2  Russia 303  Latvia 249  Russia 286
3  Italy 292  Russia 247  Sweden 279
4  Belgium 217  Australia 224  Belgium 195
5  Australia 196  Belgium 187  Estonia 144
6  Latvia 186  Italy 184  Australia 132
7  Estonia 106  Norway 163  Israel 104
8  Norway 102  Israel 80  Latvia 100
9  Israel 97  Cyprus 63  Albania 93
10  Serbia 53  Georgia 62  Serbia 86
11  Georgia 51  Estonia 56  Armenia 77
12  Azerbaijan 49  Slovenia 48  Romania 69
13  Montenegro 44  Montenegro 48  Georgia 51
14  Slovenia 39  Azerbaijan 48  Azerbaijan 48
15  Romania 35  Austria 40  Poland 47
16  Armenia 34[f]  Serbia 34  Lithuania 44
17  Albania 34[f]  Lithuania 31  Norway 43
18  Lithuania 30  Hungary 29  Montenegro 34
19  Greece 23  Greece 29  Slovenia 27
20  Hungary 19  Albania 26  Spain 26
21  Spain 15  France 24  Greece 24
22  Cyprus 11  Germany 24  Hungary 21
23  Poland 10  Romania 21  Cyprus 8
24  United Kingdom 5  Armenia 18  United Kingdom 7
25  France 4  United Kingdom 12  Germany 5
26  Austria 0[g]  Spain 8  France 4
27  Germany 0[g]  Poland 2  Austria 0
Detailed voting results of the final[87][88][85]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Montenegro
Malta
Finland
Greece
Romania
Belarus
Albania
Moldova
Azerbaijan
Latvia
Serbia
Denmark
Switzerland
Belgium
France
Armenia
Ireland
Sweden
Germany
Australia
Czech Republic
Spain
Austria
Macedonia
Slovenia
Hungary
United Kingdom
Lithuania
Netherlands
Poland
Israel
Russia
San Marino
Italy
Iceland
Cyprus
Norway
Portugal
Estonia
Georgia
Contestants
Slovenia 39 4 1 3 3 5 1 8 4 1 6 2 1
France 4 3 1
Israel 97 3 5 3 1 2 5 7 1 6 3 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 2 8 5 6 4 7 1
Estonia 106 1 3 10 7 4 4 6 2 6 2 3 2 3 3 6 2 7 8 4 2 3 7 2 1 2 3 1 2
United Kingdom 5 1 1 3
Armenia 34 1 4 3 3 2 3 6 12
Lithuania 30 7 1 7 4 6 2 3
Serbia 53 12 2 5 5 3 3 10 6 1 1 2 3
Norway 102 2 4 6 2 3 10 4 7 4 4 2 4 4 4 5 3 3 6 5 10 6 4
Sweden 365 5 10 12 4 8 10 7 8 6 12 8 12 12 12 8 7 10 10 12 10 8 7 5 12 10 12 10 10 12 10 8 7 12 12 10 12 8 10 7
Cyprus 11 10 1
Australia 196 6 5 5 2 6 3 4 5 3 8 8 4 2 1 5 12 7 7 12 2 8 10 3 8 8 7 4 8 6 8 4 10 5
Belgium 217 7 7 7 8 1 6 4 4 7 2 12 4 2 10 8 6 6 6 5 1 3 12 3 7 12 5 4 10 5 7 4 7 7 5 7 6
Austria 0
Greece 23 10 5 8
Montenegro 44 6 2 12 8 2 4 10
Germany 0
Poland 10 4 3 2 1
Latvia 186 4 6 3 5 5 2 5 1 4 4 7 7 2 12 5 6 7 5 4 1 7 5 7 12 2 10 2 12 4 7 3 8 2 6 4
Romania 35 12 2 5 5 1 5 1 4
Spain 15 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 3
Hungary 19 4 1 1 1 4 8
Georgia 51 2 3 5 10 1 10 1 4 3 6 5 1
Azerbaijan 49 8 8 3 3 12 2 3 10
Russia 303 7 7 8 8 10 12 8 10 12 10 10 10 7 10 10 12 8 6 12 10 8 10 8 6 5 6 6 6 6 8 10 3 5 2 10 12 5
Albania 34 10 6 6 12
Italy 292 6 12 2 12 12 1 12 7 8 8 7 5 6 8 6 6 6 8 3 8 7 12 10 7 8 2 8 1 7 7 12 12 10 6 12 5 12 3 8

12 points[edit]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final. Countries which gave the maximum 12 points apiece from both the professional jury and televoting to the specified entrant are marked in bold.

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
12  Sweden  Australia,  Belgium,  Denmark,  

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