Eurovision Song Contest 2012

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Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Light Your Fire!
Dates
Semi-final 122 May 2012 (2012-05-22)
Semi-final 224 May 2012 (2012-05-24)
Final26 May 2012 (2012-05-26)
Host
VenueBaku Crystal Hall
Baku, Azerbaijan
Presenter(s)
Directed byLadislaus Kiraly
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producerAdil Kerimli
Host broadcasterİctimai Television (İTV)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/baku-2012 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries42
Number of finalists26
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Montenegro
Non-returning countries
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Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the 2011 contest with the song "Running Scared" by Ell and Nikki. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contest – only four years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), the contest was held at the Baku Crystal Hall, and consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May, and a final on 26 May 2012. The three live shows were presented by Azerbaijani television presenter Leyla Aliyeva, newsreader Nargiz Birk-Petersen and singer Eldar Gasimov, the latter of whom was one of the previous edition's winners.[1][2]

Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Montenegro returned to the contest for the first time since 2009. Meanwhile, Armenia withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. Poland also did not participate due to financial concerns.

The winner was Sweden with the song "Euphoria", performed by Loreen and written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström. The song won both the jury vote and televote and received 372 points out of a maximum of 492. Russia, Serbia, Azerbaijan and Albania rounded out the top five, with Albania achieving their best result to date. Out of the "Big Five" countries, Germany, Italy and Spain all managed to rank within the top 10, finishing eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively.

The lead-up to the contest was met with political concerns and protests surrounding the host country, including its human rights record and allegations by advocacy groups that Baku was carrying out forced evictions in the construction of the contest's venue, along with objections to the contest's presence by Iranian officials – who felt that the event was anti-Islamic because it was, according to them, a "gay parade".

Location[edit]

Baku Crystal Hall, Baku - host venue of the 2012 contest.
Locations of the suggested venues in Baku, Azerbaijan: the chosen venue is marked in blue, while eliminated venues are marked in red

Azerbaijan got the right to host the 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the previous 2011 edition with the song "Running Scared" performed by Ell and Nikki.[3][4] Baku, the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region, was named the host city for the contest, with the venue being the Baku Crystal Hall, built a few months prior to the contest on the city's coastline.

Shortly after Azerbaijan's victory at the 2011 edition, officials announced that a new 23,000-seat concert venue was to be built near National Flag Square in Baku, as a potential venue for the event.[5][6] Three days later, other venue options were revealed by organisers, such as the 37,000-seat Tofiq Bahramov Stadium and the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex.[7] On 2 August 2011, Alpine Bau Deutschland AG was awarded the contract to construct the Baku Crystal Hall. Preparations for construction began in the area shortly after the announcement.[8] Even though the full cost of the contract was not named, the government allocated 6 million AZN for the construction of the venue.[9]

On 8 September 2011, Azad Azerbaijan TV (ATV) reported that Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest, but no formal confirmation was made at the time by the EBU. On 31 October 2011, Ismayil Omarov, the director general of Azerbaijani national broadcaster İctimai Television announced that a decision on the venue choice would be taken by the steering committee in January 2012.[10] On 25 January 2012, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest.[11] Even though the venue had an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people were able to attend each show.[11] Tickets for the contest became available online for purchase on 28 February 2012.[12][13]

Participating countries[edit]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 – Participation summaries by country

On 17 January 2012, the EBU initially announced that forty-three countries would take part in the 2012 contest.[14] The 57th edition saw the return of Montenegro, who was last represented by Andrea Demirović in 2009.[15] Poland decided not to participate, due to the financial burden of the UEFA Euro 2012 (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[14] Armenia, who had originally planned to participate, later withdrew their application due to security concerns related to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42.[16]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012[17][18]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Rona Nishliu "Suus" Albanian
 Austria ORF Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" German[a]
  • Manuel Hoffelner
  • Lukas Plöchl
 Azerbaijan İTV Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies" English
 Belarus BTRC Litesound "We Are the Heroes" English
  • Dmitriy Karyakin
  • Vladimir Karyakin
 Belgium VRT Iris "Would You?" English
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" Bosnian Maja Sarihodžić
 Bulgaria BNT Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited" Bulgarian
  • Krum Georgiev
  • Iasen Kozev
  • Donka Vasileva
 Croatia HRT Nina Badrić "Nebo" Croatian Nina Badrić
 Cyprus CyBC Ivi Adamou "La La Love" English
 Denmark DR Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" English
 Estonia ERR Ott Lepland "Kuula" Estonian
 Finland Yle Pernilla "När jag blundar" Swedish Jonas Karlsson
 France France Télévisions Anggun "Echo (You and I)" French, English
 Georgia GPB Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker" English, Georgian
  • Rusudan Chkhaidze
  • Bibi Kvachadze
 Germany NDR[b] Roman Lob "Standing Still" English
 Greece ERT Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" English
 Hungary MTVA Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" English
  • Behnam Lotfi
  • Gábor Pál
  • Attila Sándor
  • Csaba Walkó
 Iceland RÚV Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" English Greta Salóme
 Ireland RTÉ Jedward "Waterline" English
 Israel IBA Izabo "Time" English, Hebrew
  • Shiri Hadar
  • Ran Shem Tov
 Italy RAI Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" English, Italian
 Latvia LTV Anmary "Beautiful Song" English
  • Ivars Makstnieks
  • Rolands Ūdris
 Lithuania LRT Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" English
  • Jodie Rose
  • Brandon Stone
 Macedonia MRT Kaliopi "Crno i belo" (Црно и бело) Macedonian
 Malta PBS Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night" English
 Moldova TRM Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" English
 Montenegro RTCG Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro" English Rambo Amadeus
 Netherlands TROS Joan Franka "You and Me" English
 Norway NRK Tooji "Stay" English
 Portugal RTP Filipa Sousa "Vida minha" Portuguese
  • Andrej Babić
  • Carlos Coelho
 Romania TVR Mandinga "Zaleilah" Spanish, English
 Russia RTR Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" Udmurt, English
 San Marino SMRTV Valentina Monetta "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh – Oh Oh)" English
 Serbia RTS Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" (Није љубав ствар) Serbian
 Slovakia RTVS Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes" English Max Jason Mai
 Slovenia RTVSLO Eva Boto "Verjamem" Slovene
 Spain RTVE Pastora Soler "Quédate conmigo" Spanish
 Sweden SVT Loreen "Euphoria" English
  • Peter Boström
  • Thomas G:son
  Switzerland SRG SSR Sinplus "Unbreakable" English
  • Gabriel Broggini
  • Ivan Broggini
 Turkey TRT Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" English Can Bonomo
 Ukraine NTU Gaitana "Be My Guest" English
 United Kingdom BBC Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free" English

Returning artists[edit]

Four artists returned in this year's contest. Kaliopi for Macedonia who previously participated in the 1996 contest with the song "Samo ti", which placed in 26th position in the pre-qualifying round.[20][21] Kaliopi would then go on to represent Macedonia once more at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Jónsi for Iceland[22] and Željko Joksimović for Serbia[23] both previously participated in 2004. Joksimović had represented Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 with the song "Lane moje" which placed second in that year, and co-hosted the 2008 contest with Jovana Janković. Jónsi performed "Heaven" in 2004, which placed 19th.[24]

For a second consecutive year Jedward participated for Ireland, after their 8th-place finish at the 2011 contest with the song "Lipstick".[25][26]

Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia in 2009, returned as a backing vocalist for Slovenia.

Lys Assia, the winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, had entered her song "C'était ma vie" written by Ralph Siegel and Jean Paul Cara into the Swiss national selection for the 2012 contest.[27][28] The song, however, only came eighth in a closely fought national selection. Assia attended the event in Baku as a guest of honour.[29]

Languages[edit]

The Finnish entry, "När jag blundar", sung by Pernilla Karlsson, was only Finland's second entry in Swedish (after "Fri?" by Beat in 1990) and the first entry at all to be sung in Swedish since 1998. Russia's entry, "Party for Everybody", sung by Buranovskiye Babushki, was the first entry ever to be performed in Udmurt. The Georgian entry, "I'm a Joker" was the first Eurovision entry containing the Georgian language while the Bulgarian song "Love Unlimited" had a few words in the Azerbaijani language, both of whom never appeared at the contest before.

Other countries[edit]

Active EBU members[edit]

  •  Armenia – On 7 March 2012, the EBU announced that Armenian broadcaster ARMTV had decided to withdraw despite originally being included in the list of participating countries, after Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev had given a speech the previous week calling "Armenians of the world" one of Azerbaijan's "main enemies".[30][31] The country was consequently fined by the EBU and was expected to face further penalties, such as exclusion from participation in future contests if it failed to comply with the EBU requirements.[32][33] Armenia had been in a continuous state of war with Azerbaijan since the early 1990s due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[34]

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Poland confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] The Monegasque and Moroccan broadcasters did the same, despite previous speculations of a possible return.[43][44][45][46]

Non-EBU member[edit]

On 26 November 2011, it was reported that two official EBU documents showed that Liechtenstein's only national broadcaster 1 FL TV was being granted active EBU membership, sparking speculations of a debut for the nation.[47] However, it was clarified a few days later that these documents contained editing mistakes.[48]

Format[edit]

Presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, from left to right – Leyla Aliyeva, Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen

In a meeting of the Eurovision Reference Group on 29 June 2011,[49] it was decided that the televoting system would revert the format used most recently in the 2009 contest, in which the phone and SMS lines opened for a fifteen-minute window after all songs had been performed, instead of opening before the show starts, which was the system used between 2010 and 2011. The results format of each show remained the same with each country's votes being decided on a 50:50 split between televoting and a national jury. Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry.[50]

Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the grand final was raised to 26, including the host nation, the "Big Five", and the ten qualifiers from each semi-final. This was the second time in the Eurovision Song Contest that 26 countries were in the grand final, the first being the 2003 contest.[50][51][52]

Semi-final allocation draw[edit]

Semi-final allocation draw ceremony at the Buta Palace in Baku.
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[c]
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The draw that determined the semi-final running order was held on 25 January 2012 at the Buta Palace. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based upon how those countries voted in past contests. From these pots, half (or as close to half as possible) competed in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012. The other half in that particular pot competed in the second semi-final on 24 May 2012.[53] This draw also acted as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals would commence and determine which semi-final the automatic finalists would be allowed to vote in.[54][55]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Graphic design[edit]

Stage design of the contest.

The design of the contest was built around the motto "Light Your Fire!", inspired by the nickname of Azerbaijan itself, "Land of Fire".[56]

Each introductory video postcard began with a shot of the artist and performers, followed with the flag and country name in a handwritten font with a background resembling the yellow, orange and red fire of the 2012 theme art.[57] The postcards consisted of various shots of Azerbaijan, with a caption displaying 'Azerbaijan' and underneath 'Land of ...' (e.g. Land of Abundance; Land of Poetry etc.), which were then followed by the name of a town or geographic feature, showing the landscape and culture of the country.[57] Some postcards focused on the host city of Baku with text changing to 'Baku' and underneath 'City of ...' (e.g. City of Jazz; City of Leisure etc.). The postcards finished with a shot of the Crystal Hall displayed in the colours of the performing country's flag. These postcards acted as a tourism mechanism to present the country to a wider audience.[57][58]

The artist, song and number graphics as well as tables and voting graphics were kept the same as those used in 2011, with a slight modification to incorporate the 2012 theme art.[57] The lower points (1-7) were highlighted in red squares while the top points (8, 10, 12) were highlighted in orange squares with each square increasing in size in relation to the point value. Both sets of graphics were designed by London brand design agency Turquoise Branding.[59][60]

National host broadcaster[edit]

İctimai Television (İTV), which was the EBU member that broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, is one of country's public-service broadcasters.[61][62] Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Azerbaijan, Iltimas Mammadov, stated that telecom networks were ready to host the event. Azerbaijan's largest telecommunications operator, Azercell, was chosen as the presenting partner for the contest.[63] On 1 December 2011, İTV named the German production company Brainpool as its official production partner for the contest, citing the quality of its work on the previous year's contest.[64]

Contest overview[edit]

Semi-final 1[edit]

Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain voted in the first semi-final.[53] The EBU allowed the Albanian broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) to defer transmission and only use jury votes due to the Qafa e Vishës bus accident.[65]

  Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012[66][67]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Montenegro Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro" 20 15
2  Iceland Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" 75 8
3  Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" 116 4
4  Latvia Anmary "Beautiful Song" 17 16
5  Albania Rona Nishliu "Suus" 146 2
6  Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah" 120 3
7   Switzerland Sinplus "Unbreakable" 45 11
8  Belgium Iris "Would You?" 16 17
9  Finland Pernilla "När jag blundar" 41 12
10  Israel Izabo "Time" 33 13
11  San Marino Valentina Monetta "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh – Oh Oh)" 31 14
12  Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love" 91 7
13  Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" 63 9
14  Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" 152 1
15  Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" 52 10
16  Austria Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" 8 18
17  Moldova Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" 100 5
18  Ireland Jedward "Waterline" 92 6

Semi-final 2[edit]

France, Germany and the United Kingdom voted in the second semi-final. Germany requested that they vote in this semi-final.[53] Before it withdrew, Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final.[16]

  Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012[66][68]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" 159 2
2  Macedonia Kaliopi "Crno i belo" 53 9
3  Netherlands Joan Franka "You and Me" 35 15
4  Malta Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night" 70 7
5  Belarus Litesound "We Are the Heroes" 35 16
6  Portugal Filipa Sousa "Vida minha" 39 13
7  Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest" 64 8
8  Bulgaria Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited" 45 11
9  Slovenia Eva Boto "Verjamem" 31 17
10  Croatia Nina Badrić "Nebo" 42 12
11  Sweden Loreen "Euphoria" 181 1
12  Georgia Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker" 36 14
13  Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" 80 5
14  Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula" 100 4
15  Slovakia Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes" 22 18
16  Norway Tooji "Stay" 45 10
17  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" 77 6
18  Lithuania Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" 104 3

Final[edit]

  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012[66][69]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  United Kingdom Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free" 12 25
2  Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" 19 24
3  Albania Rona Nishliu "Suus" 146 5
4  Lithuania Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" 70 14
5  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" 55 18
6  Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" 259 2
7  Iceland Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" 46 20
8  Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love" 65 16
9  France Anggun "Echo (You and I)" 21 22
10  Italy Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" 101 9
11  Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula" 120 6
12  Norway Tooji "Stay" 7 26
13  Azerbaijan Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies" 150 4
14  Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah" 71 12
15  Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" 21 23
16  Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" 64 17
17  Sweden Loreen "Euphoria" 372 1
18  Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" 112 7
19  Spain Pastora Soler "Quédate conmigo" 97 10
20  Germany Roman Lob "Standing Still" 110 8
21  Malta Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night" 41 21
22  Macedonia Kaliopi "Crno i belo" 71 13
23  Ireland Jedward "Waterline" 46 19
24  Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" 214 3
25  Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest" 65 15
26  Moldova Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" 81 11

Spokespersons[edit]

The order in which each country announced their vote was determined in a draw following the jury results from the final dress rehearsal. Similar to the 2011 contest an algorithm was used to add as much excitement as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[70]

  1.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  2.  Montenegro – Marija Marković
  3.  Romania – Paula Seling
  4.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
  5.  Ukraine – Oleksiy Matias
  6.  Belarus – Dmitry Koldun
  7.  Belgium – Peter Van de Veire
  8.  Azerbaijan – Safura Alizadeh
  9.  Malta – Keith Demicoli
  10.  San Marino – Monica Fabbri
  11.  France – Amaury Vassili
  12.  United Kingdom – Scott Mills
  13.  Turkey – Ömer Önder [tr]
  14.  Greece – Adriana Magania
  15.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Elvir Laković Laka
  16.  Moldova – Olivia Fortuna
  17.  Bulgaria – Anna Angelova
  18.   Switzerland – Sara Hildebrand
  19.  Slovenia – Lorella Flego
  20.  Cyprus – Loucas Hamatsos
  21.  Croatia – Nevena Rendeli
  22.  Slovakia – Mária Pietrová
  23.  Macedonia – Kristina Talevska
  24.  Netherlands – Vivienne van den Assem
  25.  Portugal – Joana Teles
  26.  Iceland – Matthías Matthíasson
  27.  Sweden – Sarah Dawn Finer[71]
  28.  Norway – Nadia Hasnaoui
  29.  Lithuania – Ignas Krupavičius
  30.  Estonia – Getter Jaani
  31.  Denmark – Louise Wolff [da]
  32.  Latvia – Valters Frīdenbergs
  33.  Spain – Elena S. Sánchez
  34.  Finland – Mr Lordi
  35.  Georgia – Sopho Toroshelidze
  36.  Italy – Ivan Bacchi [it]
  37.  Serbia – Maja Nikolić [sr]
  38.  Germany – Anke Engelke
  39.  Russia – Oxana Fedorova
  40.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
  41.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon
  42.  Ireland – Gráinne Seoige[d]

Detailed voting results[edit]

The EBU and PwC audit company checked and verified the individual jury and televoting results, which were combined to create the overall national vote for the contests. On 18 June 2012, the EBU published the following results.[72][73]

Semi-final 1[edit]

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1[73]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Russia 152  Albania 131  Russia 189
2  Albania 146  Moldova 107  Romania 132
3  Romania 120  Greece 103  Albania 131
4  Greece 116  Cyprus 90  Ireland 116
5  Moldova 100  Romania 87  Greece 110
6  Ireland 92  Denmark 81  Cyprus 99
7  Cyprus 91  Hungary 76  Moldova 85
8  Iceland 75  Russia 75  Iceland 79
9  Denmark 63  Israel 72  Denmark 53
10  Hungary 52  Ireland 72   Switzerland 49
11   Switzerland 45  Iceland 70  Hungary 39
12  Finland 41  Finland 57  Finland 36
13  Israel 33   Switzerland 45  San Marino 25
14  San Marino 31  San Marino 42  Montenegro 24
15  Montenegro 20  Belgium 38  Latvia 18
16  Latvia 17  Montenegro 28  Israel 16
17  Belgium 16  Austria 27  Austria 15
18  Austria 8  Latvia 17  Belgium 2
Detailed voting results of semi-final 1[74][75]
Total score
Montenegro
Iceland
Greece
Latvia
Albania
Romania
Switzerland
Belgium
Finland
Israel
San Marino
Cyprus
Denmark
Russia
Hungary
Austria
Moldova
Ireland
Azerbaijan
Italy
Spain
Contestants
Montenegro 20 12 8
Iceland 75 5 5 5 4 5 10 4 3 8 10 1 4 2 2 1 6
Greece 116 10 5 8 12 3 8 3 7 12 4 5 1 10 10 10 5 3
Latvia 17 2 4 4 4 3
Albania 146 12 3 10 4 4 12 10 5 5 10 10 7 2 10 12 1 1 12 12 4
Romania 120 7 4 8 5 2 4 8 6 6 1 8 3 5 12 12 7 10 12
Switzerland 45 2 7 3 2 1 1 2 8 3 8 8
Belgium 16 4 2 1 2 6 1
Finland 41 7 6 1 1 1 2 8 12 3
Israel 33 1 5 3 1 3 6 5 7 2
San Marino 31 4 2 10 7 5 3
Cyprus 91 6 12 12 3 6 7 3 1 10 7 3 5 1 7 8
Denmark 63 8 1 8 3 10 8 4 4 3 1 7 6
Russia 152 8 6 7 12 6 8 12 12 12 2 7 12 7 10 6 8 8 2 7
Hungary 52 7 8 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 2
Austria 8 1 5 2
Moldova 100 3 6 2 4 10 7 6 6 5 3 6 12 2 6 2 6 4 10
Ireland 92 1 10 3 10 7 7 7 12 2 10 6 8 4 5

12 points[edit]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5  Albania  Austria,  Azerbaijan,  Italy,  Montenegro,   Switzerland
 Russia  Belgium,  Denmark,  Finland,  Israel,  Latvia
3  Romania  Ireland,  Moldova,  Spain
2  Cyprus  Greece,  Iceland
 Greece  Cyprus,  Romania
1  Finland  Hungary
 Ireland  San Marino
 Moldova  Russia
 Montenegro  Albania

Semi-final 2[edit]

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 2[73]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Sweden 181  Sweden 145  Sweden 180
2  Serbia 159  Serbia 141  Serbia 148
3  Lithuania 104  Ukraine 109  Lithuania 128
4  Estonia 100  Estonia 102  Turkey 114
5  Turkey 80  Malta 97  Estonia 88
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 77  Bosnia and Herzegovina 77  Norway 72
7  Malta 70  Croatia 66  Bosnia and Herzegovina 70
8  Ukraine 64  Georgia 62  Macedonia 63
9  Macedonia 53  Macedonia 58  Bulgaria 59
10  Norway 45[e]  Lithuania 55  Netherlands 51
11  Bulgaria 45[e]  Belarus 52  Malta 39
12  Croatia 42  Portugal 49  Belarus 37
13  Portugal 39  Turkey 42  Portugal 37
14  Georgia 36  Slovenia 40  Croatia 34
15  Netherlands 35[f]  Slovakia 40  Slovakia 32
16  Belarus 35[f]  Netherlands 31  Slovenia 27
17  Slovenia 31  Bulgaria 27  Ukraine 24
18  Slovakia 22  Norway 25  Georgia 15
Detailed voting results of semi-final 2[76][77]
Total score
Serbia
Macedonia
Netherlands
Malta
Belarus
Portugal
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Croatia
Sweden
Georgia
Turkey
Estonia
Slovakia
Norway
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lithuania
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Contestants
Serbia 159 12 10 5 8 8 8 12 12 10 8 10 1 8 10 10 2 12 10 3
Macedonia 53 8 1 2 5 7 6 7 1 8 8
Netherlands 35 2 1 7 7 3 3 8 4
Malta 70 3 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 6 3 2 6 12
Belarus 35 1 1 4 12 2 8 7
Portugal 39 6 3 3 1 5 5 4 1 8 3
Ukraine 64 4 3 6 12 2 5 1 6 6 5 1 2 2 5 2 2
Bulgaria 45 2 6 2 6 10 6 3 3 2 5
Slovenia 31 10 4 8 5 4
Croatia 42 12 7 1 1 8 12 1
Sweden 181 7 8 12 8 7 10 7 10 10 6 12 5 12 12 12 7 10 6 12 8
Georgia 36 6 1 10 3 4 12
Turkey 80 10 7 12 2 8 7 3 2 3 1 6 7 6 6
Estonia 100 8 4 12 3 3 1 12 7 10 8 8 10 7 7
Slovakia 22 1 7 4 3 6 1
Norway 45 3 3 3 3 2 10 4 8 4 1 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 77 5 5 5 5 1 5 12 5 2 12 6 4 4 5 1
Lithuania 104 6 4 10 10 7 4 4 7 4 2 5 2 10 7 7 5 10

12 points[edit]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
6  Sweden  Estonia,  Georgia,  Germany,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Slovakia
4  Serbia  Bulgaria,  France,  Macedonia,  Slovenia
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia,  Turkey
 Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Serbia
 Estonia  Portugal,  Sweden
1  Belarus  Ukraine
 Georgia  Lithuania
 Malta  United Kingdom
 Turkey  Malta
 Ukraine  Belarus

Final[edit]

  Winner
Split results of the final[73]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Sweden 372  Sweden 296  Sweden 343
2  Russia 259  Serbia 173  Russia 332
3  Serbia 214  Albania 157  Serbia 211
4  Azerbaijan 150  Italy 157  Turkey 176
5  Albania 146  Spain 154  Azerbaijan 151
6  Estonia 120  Estonia 152  Germany 125
7  Turkey 112  Ukraine 125  Romania 117
8  Germany 110  Azerbaijan 118  Albania 106
9  Italy 101  Moldova 104  Greece 89
10  Spain 97  Germany 98  Ireland 89
11  Moldova 81  Russia 94  Macedonia 79
12  Romania 71[g]  Cyprus 85  Estonia 78
13  Macedonia 71[g]  France 85  Moldova 75
14  Lithuania 70  Lithuania 82  Lithuania 68
15  Ukraine 65  Bosnia and Herzegovina 71  Cyprus 63
16  Cyprus 65  Malta 70  Bosnia and Herzegovina 57
17  Greece 64  Macedonia 69  Italy 56
18  Bosnia and Herzegovina 55  Greece 60  Spain 45
19  Ireland 46  Iceland 53  Iceland 39
20  Iceland 46  Romania 53  Ukraine 37
21  Malta 41  Denmark 51  United Kingdom 36
22  France 21  Turkey 50  Hungary 20
23  Denmark 21  Hungary 30  Denmark 18
24  Hungary 19  Norway 24  Norway 16
25  United Kingdom 12  Ireland 14  Malta 10
26  Norway 7  United Kingdom 11  France 0
Detailed voting results of the final[78][79]
Total score
Albania
Montenegro
Romania
Austria
Ukraine
Belarus
Belgium
Azerbaijan
Malta
San Marino
France
United Kingdom
Turkey
Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moldova
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Slovenia
Cyprus
Croatia
Slovakia
Macedonia
Netherlands
Portugal
Iceland
Sweden
Norway

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