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Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light was a live television programme, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and produced by the Dutch broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS. It replaced the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was planned to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was broadcast live from Hilversum, Netherlands on 16 May 2020 and lasted for approximately two hours. It was hosted by Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit, who had been chosen to present the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before its cancellation. The EBU reported that the show had an audience of 73 million viewers, based on data provided by 38 of the 45 countries that broadcast the programme. In April 2021, the show was nominated for a Rockie Award in the category Comedy & Variety. As the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 could not take place due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe, the EBU decided to organise Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light as an alternative programme to fill the space that was initially planned for the competition. The programme's name was inspired by the song "Love Shine a Light" by Katrina and the Waves, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. This was the fourth time that the EBU organised a special show in the Eurovision format, after the shows for the 25th, 50th and 60th anniversaries. Like the 25th and 60th anniversary shows, this was a non-competitive show. Format During the programme, all 41 songs that had been chosen to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 were honoured in a non-competitive format. Participants from previous editions of the contest were invited to make an appearance. Johnny Logan, the hosts and Eurovision fans who uploaded clips for the occasion sang Logan's "What's Another Year", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in The Hague. Closing the show, all artists (except Hooverphonic, representing Belgium) performed "Love Shine a Light" from their respective home countries. The show ended with the announcement that Rotterdam would remain as the host city for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Hilversum was confirmed as the host city for the event, with Studio 21 in the Hilversum Media Park as the venue of the show. It was the second time Hilversum hosted a Eurovision event, having previously hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. The show was hosted by three presenters: actress and television host Chantal Janzen, singer and Dutch television commentator for the contest Jan Smit, and singer Edsilia Rombley, who represented the Netherlands in the 1998 and 2007 contests. They would have been the three hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. Beauty vlogger Nikkie de Jager, also known as NikkieTutorials, presented the show's online content. All four went on to host the full contest in 2021. The show also showcased the artists and songs that would have competed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, by showing short excerpts of the songs' music videos or stage performances, along with video messages from the artists themselves. Various landmarks in countries that were set to compete were illuminated as part of a segment titled Europe Shine a Landmarks.

Dates: Semi-final 1: 14 May 2019 - Semi-final 2: 16 May 2019 - Final: 18 May 2019 Host venue: Expo Tel Aviv, Israel - Presenters: Erez Tal, Bar Refaeli, Assi Azar, Lucy Ayoub Directed by Amir Ukrainitz, Sivan Magazanik - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer: Zivit Davidovich - Host broadcaster: Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country's victory at the 2018 contest with the song "Toy" by Netta. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), the contest was held at Expo Tel Aviv, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2019. The three live shows were presented by Israeli television presenters Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub, and Israeli model Bar Refaeli. Forty-one countries participated in the contest, with Bulgaria and Ukraine not returning after their participation in the previous edition. Bulgaria cited financial difficulties as the reason for its absence, while Ukraine, which had originally planned to participate, ultimately withdrew as a result of a controversy surrounding its national selection. The winner was the Netherlands with the song "Arcade", performed by Duncan Laurence and written by Laurence along with Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy and Will Knox. Italy, Russia, Switzerland and Sweden rounded out the top five; due to a voting error, Norway was originally placed fifth, but placed sixth after a correction. The Netherlands won the combined vote, but placed third in the jury vote after North Macedonia and Sweden, and second in the televote after Norway. Further down the table, North Macedonia and San Marino achieved their best results to date, finishing seventh and 19th respectively. The EBU reported that the contest had an audience of 182 million viewers in 40 European markets, a decrease of 4 million viewers from the previous edition. However, an increase of two percent in the 15–24 year old age range was reported. The lead-up to the contest was met with controversy on multiple fronts, primarily on issues surrounding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict – this eventually led to demonstrations by interval act performer Madonna and Icelandic entrants Hatari during the broadcast of the final. The EBU initially announced on 7 November 2018 that 42 countries would participate in the contest, with Bulgaria opting not to participate for financial reasons. Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the contest on 27 February 2019, thereby reducing the number of participating countries to 41. On 6 March 2019, the EBU confirmed that North Macedonia would take part for the first time under its new name, instead of the previous name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which had been used since the country's debut in 1998. Semi-final 2 The second semi-final took place on 16 May 2019 at 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST). Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Switzerland was pre-drawn into this semi-final due to scheduling issues. The Netherlands won the most points, followed by North Macedonia, Sweden, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Russia, Norway, Malta, Albania and Denmark. The countries that failed to reach the final were Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Croatia, Latvia, Armenia, Austria and Ireland.All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. The second semi-final included Shalva Band performing "A Million Dreams" and mentalist Lior Suchard as interval acts. The British, German and Italian artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played. Participants and results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Armenia Srbuk "Walking Out" 49 16 2 Ireland Sarah McTernan "22" 16 18 3 Moldova Anna Odobescu "Stay" 85 12 4 Switzerland Luca Hänni "She Got Me" 232 4 5 Latvia Carousel "That Night" 50 15 6 Romania Ester Peony "On a Sunday" 71 13 7 Denmark Leonora "Love Is Forever" 94 10 8 Sweden John Lundvik "Too Late for Love" 238 3 9 Austria Paenda "Limits" 21 17 10 Croatia Roko "The Dream" 64 14 11 Malta Michela "Chameleon" 157 8 12 Lithuania Jurij Veklenko "Run with the Lions" 93 11 13 Russia Sergey Lazarev "Scream" 217 6 14 Albania Jonida Maliqi "Ktheju tokës" 96 9 15 Norway Keiino "Spirit in the Sky" 210 7 16 Netherlands Duncan Laurence "Arcade" 280 1 17 North Macedonia Tamara Todevska "Proud" 239 2 18 Azerbaijan Chingiz "Truth" 224 5

Dates: Semi-final 1: 14 May 2019 - Semi-final 2: 16 May 2019 - Final: 18 May 2019 Host venue: Expo Tel Aviv, Israel - Presenters: Erez Tal, Bar Refaeli, Assi Azar, Lucy Ayoub Directed by Amir Ukrainitz, Sivan Magazanik - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer: Zivit Davidovich - Host broadcaster: Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country's victory at the 2018 contest with the song "Toy" by Netta. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), the contest was held at Expo Tel Aviv, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2019. The three live shows were presented by Israeli television presenters Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub, and Israeli model Bar Refaeli. Forty-one countries participated in the contest, with Bulgaria and Ukraine not returning after their participation in the previous edition. Bulgaria cited financial difficulties as the reason for its absence, while Ukraine, which had originally planned to participate, ultimately withdrew as a result of a controversy surrounding its national selection. The winner was the Netherlands with the song "Arcade", performed by Duncan Laurence and written by Laurence along with Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy and Will Knox. Italy, Russia, Switzerland and Sweden rounded out the top five; due to a voting error, Norway was originally placed fifth, but placed sixth after a correction. The Netherlands won the combined vote, but placed third in the jury vote after North Macedonia and Sweden, and second in the televote after Norway. Further down the table, North Macedonia and San Marino achieved their best results to date, finishing seventh and 19th respectively. The EBU reported that the contest had an audience of 182 million viewers in 40 European markets, a decrease of 4 million viewers from the previous edition. However, an increase of two percent in the 15–24 year old age range was reported. The lead-up to the contest was met with controversy on multiple fronts, primarily on issues surrounding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict – this eventually led to demonstrations by interval act performer Madonna and Icelandic entrants Hatari during the broadcast of the final. The EBU initially announced on 7 November 2018 that 42 countries would participate in the contest, with Bulgaria opting not to participate for financial reasons. Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the contest on 27 February 2019, thereby reducing the number of participating countries to 41. On 6 March 2019, the EBU confirmed that North Macedonia would take part for the first time under its new name, instead of the previous name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which had been used since the country's debut in 1998. Semi-final 1 The first semi-final took place on 14 May 2019 at 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST). Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final. Ukraine was originally allocated to participate in the second half of the semi-final, but withdrew from the contest due to controversy over its national selection. Australia won the most points, followed by the Czech Republic, Iceland, Estonia, Greece, Slovenia, Serbia, San Marino, Cyprus and Belarus. The countries that failed to reach the final were Poland, Hungary, Belgium, Georgia, Portugal, Montenegro and Finland. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus France, Israel and Spain. The first semi-final was opened by Netta performing a new version of her winning song "Toy", while the interval featured Dana International with "Just the Way You Are". The French, Israeli and Spanish artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played. Participants and results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Cyprus Tamta "Replay" 149 9 2 Montenegro D mol "Heaven" 46 16 3 Finland Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman "Look Away" 23 17 4 Poland Tulia "Fire of Love (Pali się)" 120 11 5 Slovenia Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl "Sebi" 167 6 6 Czech Republic Lake Malawi "Friend of a Friend" 242 2 7 Hungary Joci Pápai "Az én apám" 97 12 8 Belarus Zena "Like It" 122 10 9 Serbia Nevena Božović "Kruna" 156 7 10 Belgium Eliot "Wake Up" 70 13 11 Georgia Oto Nemsadze "Keep On Going" 62 14 12 Australia Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity" 261 1 13 Iceland Hatari "Hatrið mun sigra" 221 3 14 Estonia Victor Crone "Storm" 198 4 15 Portugal Conan Osíris "Telemóveis" 51 15 16 Greece Katerine Duska "Better Love" 185 5 17 San Marino Serhat "Say Na Na Na" 150 8

Dates: Semi-final 1: 8 May 2018 - Semi-final 2: 10 May 2018 - Final: 12 May 2018 Host venue: Lisbon Arena, Lisbon, Portugal Presenters: Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah, Catarina Furtado, Filomena Cautela Directed by Troels Lund, Paula Macedo, Pedro Miguel Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer: João Nuno Nogueira Host broadcaster: Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the 2017 contest with the song "Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the contest was held at the Lisbon Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2018. The three live shows were presented by Portuguese television presenters Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto and Catarina Furtado, and Portuguese-American actress Daniela Ruah, marking the first time that the contest was presented by four hosts. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 2008 and 2011 editions. Russia returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since 2011, no country that participated in the previous edition withdrew. The winner was Israel with the song "Toy", performed by Netta and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. Cyprus, Austria, Germany and Italy rounded out the top five, with Cyprus achieving their best result to date. Israel won the public vote, and came third in the jury vote behind Austria and Sweden. Further down the table, the Czech Republic also achieved its best result to date, finishing sixth. The EBU reported that the contest had a worldwide audience of around 186 million viewers, surpassing the 2017 edition by over 4 million. The postcards, filmed between March and April 2018, involved the act emerging from a door into Portugal to take part in a themed activity, such as mountain biking, making a salad or pastel de nata, or visiting popular attractions. The location where the activity took place was written in Portuguese at the start of the postcard. At the end of the postcard, the act posed for the camera, the slogan's hashtag appeared on the bottom corner of the screen, and song information was printed onto the country's flag. All the postcards had the same score, composed by Luis Figueredo. Semi-final 2 The second semi-final took place on 10 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST). Eighteen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 3 April 2018. Norway won the most points, followed by Sweden, Moldova, Australia, Denmark, Ukraine, Netherlands, Slovenia, Serbia, and Hungary. The countries that failed to reach the final were Romania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Russia, Montenegro, San Marino, and Georgia. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus France, Germany and Italy. With the approval from the contest's reference group, Italy broadcast and voted in the second semi-final following a request from Italian broadcaster RAI, as the date of the first semi-final coincided with the scheduled final of the fifth season of The Voice of Italy. The interval acts included a dance medley of "Puppet on a String", "Dschinghis Khan", "Making Your Mind Up", "Euphoria" and Riverdance, performed by the presenters; a pre-recorded segment depicting the recording of the postcards; a short documentary about the Portuguese 1974 entry "E depois do adeus" and its impact on the Carnation Revolution; plus new instalments of "Esclopedia" and "Planet Portugal". The French, German and Italian artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Norway Alexander Rybak "That's How You Write a Song" 266 1 2 Romania The Humans "Goodbye" 107 11 3 Serbia Sanja Ilić and Balkanika "Nova deca" 117 9 4 San Marino Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening "Who We Are" 28 17 5 Denmark Rasmussen "Higher Ground" 204 5 6 Russia Julia Samoylova "I Won't Break" 65 15 7 Moldova DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" 235 3 8 Netherlands Waylon "Outlaw in 'Em" 174 7 9 Australia Jessica Mauboy "We Got Love" 212 4 10 Georgia Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao "For You" 24 18 11 Poland Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer "Light Me Up" 81 14 12 Malta Christabelle "Taboo" 101 13 13 Hungary AWS "Viszlát nyár" 111 10 14 Latvia Laura Rizzotto "Funny Girl" 106 12 15 Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso "Dance You Off" 254 2 16 Montenegro Vanja Radovanović "Inje" 40 16 17 Slovenia Lea Sirk "Hvala, ne!" 132 8 18 Ukraine Mélovin "Under the Ladder" 179 6

Ausstrahlendes Programm: Das Erste, One - Produzierender Sender: Norddeutscher Rundfunk Ort: Studio Berlin - Datum 16. Februar 2024 - Uhrzeit 22:20 Uhr - Dauer ca. 140 Minuten Zahl der Beiträge 9 - Abstimmung: 50 % internationale Jurys - 50 % Zuschauer Pausenfüller: ABBA-Medley Bereits im Juli 2023 trat der NDR an Labels und Künstler heran, um für die Vorentscheidung zu werben. Am 7. September 2023 startete die offizielle Bewerbungsfrist, die am 5. Oktober 2023 enden sollte. Die Frist wurde bis zum 15. Oktober 2023 verlängert. Während der verlängerten Frist wurden rund 50 weitere Beiträge eingereicht. Insgesamt bewarben sich 495 Solisten, 71 Duette und 127 Bands für die Vorentscheidung. Ende November 2023 wurde bekannt, dass die Anzahl der im Rennen befindlichen Songs auf 32 reduziert wurde, darunter ca. ein Drittel mit deutschsprachigem Text. Die Bewertung dieser Beiträge nahm ein internationales Jurypanel vor, das aus 20 Mitgliedern bestand, die ehemals Mitglieder der Jurys bzw. Künstler waren, die am Eurovision Song Contest teilgenommen haben. Die Teilnehmer und Songs für das deutsche Finale wurden am 19. Januar 2024 veröffentlicht. Am 6. Dezember 2023 gab der NDR bekannt, dass ein Beitrag für das deutsche Finale im Rahmen des Dokutainment-Castingformats Ich will zum ESC! mit Rea Garvey und Conchita Wurst ausgewählt wird. Das Finale von Ich will zum ESC! wurde von Floryan mit seinem Song Scars gewonnen. Mit Ryk (2018) und Max Mutzke (Sieger 2004) nahmen zwei ehemalige Teilnehmer 2024 erneut an einer deutschen Vorentscheidung teil. Durch die Teilnahme von Max Mutzke war Das deutsche Finale 2024 die erste deutsche Vorentscheidung seit 2002, bei der sich ein früherer deutscher ESC-Vertreter erneut bewarb. Zusätzlich nahm mit Marie Reim die Tochter von Michelle, die Deutschland 2001 beim Eurovision Song Contest vertreten hatte, am Wettbewerb teil. Wie im Vorjahr wurde das Ergebnis der Vorentscheidung zu 50 % durch professionelle Jurys aus acht europäischen Ländern und zu 50 % durch eine Publikumsabstimmung in Deutschland per Telefon-, SMS- und Onlinevoting bestimmt. Die Onlineabstimmung wurde allerdings nicht mehr vor der Liveshow, sondern ausschließlich während des regulären Abstimmungszeitraums in der Sendung durchgeführt. Zudem wurden die Punkte des Publikums nicht mehr prozentual verteilt; stattdessen wurde das gesamte Juryergebnis in einen einzigen Satz von 1 bis 12 Punkten umgewandelt und die Punkte des Publikums von 1 bis 12 zu diesem addiert. Moderiert wurde die Show von Barbara Schöneberger, die diese Aufgabe – bis auf 2018 – bei allen deutschen Vorentscheidungen seit 2014 übernommen hat. Gesprächsgäste in der Show waren Alli Neumann, Mary Roos, Florian Silbereisen, Riccardo Simonetti, die deutschen Vertreter des Vorjahres Lord of the Lost sowie die Coaches von Ich will zum ESC!, Rea Garvey und Conchita Wurst. Ab 22:20 Uhr schaltete das Erste nach den «Tagesthemen» rüber, von 2,78 Millionen Zuschauern blieben noch 2,19 Millionen. Damit sind keinesfalls schlechte 14,7 Prozent am TV-Markt drin. Bei den 14- bis 49-Jährigen lief es sogar schlichtweg gut. Gute 0,46 Millionen jüngere Fernsehzuschauer holten sich starke 12,8 Prozent des entsprechenden Marktes. Platz Startnr. Interpret Lied 7. 1 Ninety Nine Love on a Budget 9. 2 Leona Undream You 1. 3 Isaak Always on the Run 5. 4 Galant Katze 8. 5 Floryan Scars 4. 6 Bodine Monet Tears Like Rain 3. 7 Ryk Oh Boy 6. 8 Marie Reim Naiv 2. 9 Max Mutzke Forever Strong

Dates: Semi-final 1: 8 May 2018 - Semi-final 2: 10 May 2018 - Final: 12 May 2018 Host venue: Lisbon Arena, Lisbon, Portugal Presenters: Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah, Catarina Furtado, Filomena Cautela Directed by Troels Lund, Paula Macedo, Pedro Miguel Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer: João Nuno Nogueira Host broadcaster: Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the 2017 contest with the song "Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the contest was held at the Lisbon Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2018. The three live shows were presented by Portuguese television presenters Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto and Catarina Furtado, and Portuguese-American actress Daniela Ruah, marking the first time that the contest was presented by four hosts. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 2008 and 2011 editions. Russia returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since 2011, no country that participated in the previous edition withdrew. The winner was Israel with the song "Toy", performed by Netta and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. Cyprus, Austria, Germany and Italy rounded out the top five, with Cyprus achieving their best result to date. Israel won the public vote, and came third in the jury vote behind Austria and Sweden. Further down the table, the Czech Republic also achieved its best result to date, finishing sixth. The EBU reported that the contest had a worldwide audience of around 186 million viewers, surpassing the 2017 edition by over 4 million. The postcards, filmed between March and April 2018, involved the act emerging from a door into Portugal to take part in a themed activity, such as mountain biking, making a salad or pastel de nata, or visiting popular attractions. The location where the activity took place was written in Portuguese at the start of the postcard. At the end of the postcard, the act posed for the camera, the slogan's hashtag appeared on the bottom corner of the screen, and song information was printed onto the country's flag. All the postcards had the same score, composed by Luis Figueredo. Final The final took place on 12 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST). Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all forty-three participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was published on 10 May 2023. Israel won the contest with the song "Toy", performed by Netta and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. Israel won with 529 points, also winning the televote. Cyprus came second with 436 points, with Austriaohich w won the jury vote), Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and Moldova completing the top ten. Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom, Finland, and Portugal occupied the bottom five positions. The final was opened by Portuguese fado singers Ana Moura and Mariza performing "Fado loucura" and "Barco negro" respectively. This was followed by the flag parade, introducing all twenty-six finalists, accompanied with music by Portuguese scratching duo Beatbombers. The interval acts included a medley of "Ter peito e espaço", "Nova Lisboa", and "Reserva pra dois", performed by DJ Branko and featuring Sara Tavares, Dino D'Santiago, and Mayra Andrade respectively; a video sketch about the history of Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest, featuring Suzy; an interview with Polina Bogusevich, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017; and Salvador Sobral, who performed his new single "Mano a mano" and his winning song "Amar pelos dois", the latter in a duet with Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso, with both songs featuring piano accompaniment by Júlio Resende. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Ukraine Mélovin "Under the Ladder" 130 17 2 Spain Amaia and Alfred "Tu canción" 61 23 3 Slovenia Lea Sirk "Hvala, ne!" 64 22 4 Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" 181 12 5 Austria Cesár Sampson "Nobody but You" 342 3 6 Estonia Elina Nechayeva "La forza" 245 8 7 Norway Alexander Rybak "That's How You Write a Song" 144 15 8 Portugal Cláudia Pascoal "O jardim" 39 26 9 United Kingdom SuRie "Storm" 48 24 10 Serbia Sanja Ilić and Balkanika "Nova deca" 113 19 11 Germany Michael Schulte "You Let Me Walk Alone" 340 4 12 Albania Eugent Bushpepa "Mall" 184 11 13 France Madame Monsieur "Mercy" 173 13 14 Czech Republic Mikolas Josef "Lie to Me" 281 6 15 Denmark Rasmussen "Higher Ground" 226 9 16 Australia Jessica Mauboy "We Got Love" 99 20 17 Finland Saara Aalto "Monsters" 46 25 18 Bulgaria Equinox "Bones" 166 14 19 Moldova DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" 209 10 20 Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso "Dance You Off" 274 7 21 Hungary AWS "Viszlát nyár" 93 21 22 Israel Netta "Toy" 529 1 23 Netherlands Waylon "Outlaw in 'Em" 121 18 24 Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Together" 136 16 25 Cyprus Eleni Foureira "Fuego" 436 2 26 Italy Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro "Non mi avete fatto niente" 308 5

Dates: Semi-final 1: 8 May 2018 - Semi-final 2: 10 May 2018 - Final: 12 May 2018 Host venue: Lisbon Arena, Lisbon, Portugal Presenters: Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah, Catarina Furtado, Filomena Cautela Directed by Troels Lund, Paula Macedo, Pedro Miguel Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer: João Nuno Nogueira Host broadcaster: Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the 2017 contest with the song "Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the contest was held at the Lisbon Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2018.[2] The three live shows were presented by Portuguese television presenters Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto and Catarina Furtado, and Portuguese-American actress Daniela Ruah, marking the first time that the contest was presented by four hosts. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 2008 and 2011 editions. Russia returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since 2011, no country that participated in the previous edition withdrew. The winner was Israel with the song "Toy", performed by Netta and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. Cyprus, Austria, Germany and Italy rounded out the top five, with Cyprus achieving their best result to date. Israel won the public vote, and came third in the jury vote behind Austria and Sweden. Further down the table, the Czech Republic also achieved its best result to date, finishing sixth. The EBU reported that the contest had a worldwide audience of around 186 million viewers, surpassing the 2017 edition by over 4 million. The postcards, filmed between March and April 2018, involved the act emerging from a door into Portugal to take part in a themed activity, such as mountain biking, making a salad or pastel de nata, or visiting popular attractions. The location where the activity took place was written in Portuguese at the start of the postcard. At the end of the postcard, the act posed for the camera, the slogan's hashtag appeared on the bottom corner of the screen, and song information was printed onto the country's flag.[69] All the postcards had the same score, composed by Luis Figueredo. Semi-final 1: The first semi-final took place on 8 May 2018 at 20:00 WEST (21:00 CEST).[78] Nineteen countries participated in this semi-final, with the running order published on 3 April 2018.[79] Israel won the most points, followed by Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Austria, Estonia, Ireland, Bulgaria, Albania, Lithuania and Finland. The countries that failed to reach the final were Azerbaijan, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, Armenia, Belarus, Croatia, Macedonia, and Iceland. All the countries competing in this semi-final were eligible to vote, plus Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.[80] The interval, which solely consisted of pre-recorded segments, included a performance of "Amar pelos dois" by 2017 entrants Alma, Blanche, Kristian Kostov, Manel Navarro, Martina Bárta, Norma John, and Svala; "Planet Portugal", a video sketch inspired by National Geographic featuring Herman José; and "Esclopedia", a video skit about the contest's history. The Portuguese, Spanish and British artists were then interviewed, and clips of their competing songs were played. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Azerbaijan Aisel "X My Heart" 94 11 2 Iceland Ari Ólafsson "Our Choice" 15 19 3 Albania Eugent Bushpepa "Mall" 162 8 4 Belgium Sennek "A Matter of Time" 91 12 5 Czech Republic Mikolas Josef "Lie to Me" 232 3 6 Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė "When We're Old" 119 9 7 Israel Netta "Toy" 283 1 8 Belarus Alekseev "Forever" 65 16 9 Estonia Elina Nechayeva "La forza" 201 5 10 Bulgaria Equinox "Bones" 177 7 11 Macedonia Eye Cue "Lost and Found" 24 18 12 Croatia Franka "Crazy" 63 17 13 Austria Cesár Sampson "Nobody but You" 231 4 14 Greece Yianna Terzi "Oniro mou" 81 14 15 Finland Saara Aalto "Monsters" 108 10 16 Armenia Sevak Khanagyan "Qami" 79 15 17 Switzerland Zibbz "Stones" 86 13 18 Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Together" 179 6 19 Cyprus Eleni Foureira "Fuego" 262 2

Dates: Semi-final 1: 9 May 2017 - Semi-final 2: 11 May 2017 - Final: 13 May 2017 Host venue: International Exhibition Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine Presenters: Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk, Timur Miroshnychenko Directed by Troels Lund, Alexander Kolb, Ladislaus Kiraly Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer: Pavlo Grytsak Host broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the 2016 contest with the song "1944" by Jamala. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), the contest was held at the International Exhibition Centre and consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and a final on 13 May 2017. The three live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko, being the first contest since the inaugural 1956 edition without a female host. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Portugal and Romania returned to the contest after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina did not participate on financial grounds. Russia had originally planned to participate, but later withdrew after its representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of having travelled directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law. The winner was Portugal with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral and written by his sister Luísa Sobral. The song won both the jury vote and televote, and Bulgaria, Moldova, Belgium and Sweden rounded out the top five. This was Portugal's first victory in 53 years of participation, the longest in Eurovision history. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since Serbia's "Molitva" in 2007. The top three countries – Portugal, Bulgaria and Moldova – all achieved their highest placings in their Eurovision history, while host country Ukraine received its worst placing to date, finishing 24th in the final. The EBU reported that 182 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, 22 million fewer than the 2016 record. Initially, on 31 October 2016, it was announced that forty-three countries were to participate in the contest, equalling the record set in 2008 and 2011. Portugal and Romania returned after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew on financial grounds. Russia had planned to participate but announced their withdrawal on 13 April 2017, after their representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of travelling directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law. This subsequently reduced the number of participating countries to forty-two, the same number of countries as 2016. Final Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 42 participating countries eligible to vote. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Israel Imri "I Feel Alive" 39 23 2 Poland Kasia Moś "Flashlight" 64 22 3 Belarus Naviband "Story of My Life" 83 17 4 Austria Nathan Trent "Running on Air" 93 16 5 Armenia Artsvik "Fly with Me" 79 18 6 Netherlands OG3NE "Lights and Shadows" 150 11 7 Moldova SunStroke Project "Hey Mamma" 374 3 8 Hungary Joci Pápai "Origo" 200 8 9 Italy Francesco Gabbani "Occidentali's Karma" 334 6 10 Denmark Anja "Where I Am" 77 20 11 Portugal Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" 758 1 12 Azerbaijan Dihaj "Skeletons" 120 14 13 Croatia Jacques Houdek "My Friend" 128 13 14 Australia Isaiah "Don't Come Easy" 173 9 15 Greece Demy "This Is Love" 77 19 16 Spain Manel Navarro "Do It for Your Lover" 5 26 17 Norway Jowst "Grab the Moment" 158 10 18 United Kingdom Lucie Jones "Never Give Up on You" 111 15 19 Cyprus Hovig "Gravity" 68 21 20 Romania Ilinca feat. Alex Florea "Yodel It!" 282 7 21 Germany Levina "Perfect Life" 6 25 22 Ukraine O.Torvald "Time" 36 24 23 Belgium Blanche "City Lights" 363 4 24 Sweden Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" 344 5 25 Bulgaria Kristian Kostov "Beautiful Mess" 615 2 26 France Alma "Requiem" 135 12

Dates: Semi-final 1: 9 May 2017 - Semi-final 2: 11 May 2017 - Final: 13 May 2017 Host venue: International Exhibition Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine Presenters: Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk, Timur Miroshnychenko Directed by Troels Lund, Alexander Kolb, Ladislaus Kiraly Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer: Pavlo Grytsak Host broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the 2016 contest with the song "1944" by Jamala. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), the contest was held at the International Exhibition Centre and consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and a final on 13 May 2017. The three live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko, being the first contest since the inaugural 1956 edition without a female host. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Portugal and Romania returned to the contest after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina did not participate on financial grounds. Russia had originally planned to participate, but later withdrew after its representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of having travelled directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law. The winner was Portugal with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral and written by his sister Luísa Sobral. The song won both the jury vote and televote, and Bulgaria, Moldova, Belgium and Sweden rounded out the top five. This was Portugal's first victory in 53 years of participation, the longest in Eurovision history. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since Serbia's "Molitva" in 2007. The top three countries – Portugal, Bulgaria and Moldova – all achieved their highest placings in their Eurovision history, while host country Ukraine received its worst placing to date, finishing 24th in the final. The EBU reported that 182 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, 22 million fewer than the 2016 record. Initially, on 31 October 2016, it was announced that forty-three countries were to participate in the contest, equalling the record set in 2008 and 2011. Portugal and Romania returned after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew on financial grounds. Russia had planned to participate but announced their withdrawal on 13 April 2017, after their representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of travelling directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law. This subsequently reduced the number of participating countries to forty-two, the same number of countries as 2016. Semi-final 2 Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. France, Germany and Ukraine voted in this semi-final. Russia was originally set to perform in position three, but later withdrew from the contest after the artist it selected was banned from entering Ukraine, resulting in countries originally planned to perform fourth and later, to do so one place earlier. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Serbia Tijana Bogićević "In Too Deep" 98 11 2 Austria Nathan Trent "Running on Air" 147 7 3 Macedonia Jana Burčeska "Dance Alone" 69 15 4 Malta Claudia Faniello "Breathlessly" 55 16 5 Romania Ilinca feat. Alex Florea "Yodel It!" 174 6 6 Netherlands OG3NE "Lights and Shadows" 200 4 7 Hungary Joci Pápai "Origo" 231 2 8 Denmark Anja "Where I Am" 101 10 9 Ireland Brendan Murray "Dying to Try" 86 13 10 San Marino Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson "Spirit of the Night" 1 18 11 Croatia Jacques Houdek "My Friend" 141 8 12 Norway Jowst "Grab the Moment" 189 5 13 Switzerland Timebelle "Apollo" 97 12 14 Belarus Naviband "Story of My Life" 110 9 15 Bulgaria Kristian Kostov "Beautiful Mess" 403 1 16 Lithuania Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution" 42 17 17 Estonia Koit Toome and Laura "Verona" 85 14 18 Israel Imri "I Feel Alive" 207 3

Dates: Semi-final 1: 10 May 2016 - Semi-final 2: 12 May 2016 - Final: 14 May 2016 Host venue: Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden Presenters: Petra Mede, Måns Zelmerlöw - Directed by Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer: Johan Bernhagen, Martin Österdahl - Host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2015 contest with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Globe Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and a final on 14 May 2016. The three live shows were presented by Petra Mede and the previous year's winner Måns Zelmerlöw. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine returned after absences from recent contests, while Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015. Portugal did not enter, largely due to their national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of its music-based media, while Romania had planned to participate, but was disqualified due to repeated non-payment of debts by its national broadcaster to the EBU. The winner was Ukraine with the song "1944", performed and written by Jamala. Australia, Russia, Bulgaria and host country Sweden rounded out the top five. This was the first time since the introduction of professional jury voting in 2009 that the overall winner won neither the jury vote, which was won by Australia, nor the televote, which was won by Russia, with Ukraine placing second in both. "1944" is the first song containing lyrics in Crimean Tatar to win the contest. The Czech Republic managed to qualify for the final for the first time in five attempts since its debut in 2007, while both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece failed to qualify from the semi-finals for the first time ever, the latter being absent from the final for the first time since 2000. In the final, Australia's second-place finish was an improvement on its fifth-place finish in 2015, while Bulgaria finished fourth, its best result since its debut and first participation in a final since 2007. The contest was the first to implement a voting system change since 1975: each country's professional jury points were announced largely as before, while the results of each national televote were combined and announced in reverse order. It was also the first contest to be broadcast on live television in the United States, and the EBU recorded a record-breaking 204 million viewers worldwide for the contest, beating the 2015 viewing figures by over 5 million. Four countries returned after absences from recent contests: Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012, Bulgaria and Croatia since 2013 and Ukraine since 2014. Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015, but by invitation of the EBU due to the associate membership status of the Special Broadcasting Service. However, instead of pre-qualifying for the final and voting in all three live shows, as was the case in 2015, Australia entered the second semi-final and voted only in that semi-final and the final. Portugal did not enter, largely due to its national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of their music-based media, as well as a poorly structured selection process, while Romania was disqualified on 22 April 2016 due to repeated non-payment of debts by their national broadcaster to the EBU. One of the interval acts of the final was a world premiere live performance of "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake. He was the first "global megastar" in the contest's 61-year-history to perform during the interval. Final: 26 countries participated in the final, with all 42 participating countries eligible to vote. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Belgium Laura Tesoro "What's the Pressure" 181 10 2 Czech Republic Gabriela Gunčíková "I Stand" 41 25 3 Netherlands Douwe Bob "Slow Down" 153 11 4 Azerbaijan Samra "Miracle" 117 17 5 Hungary Freddie "Pioneer" 108 19 6 Italy Francesca Michielin "No Degree of Separation" 124 16 7 Israel Hovi Star "Made of Stars" 135 14 8 Bulgaria Poli Genova "If Love Was a Crime" 307 4 9 Sweden Frans "If I Were Sorry" 261 5 10 Germany Jamie-Lee "Ghost" 11 26 11 France Amir "J'ai cherché" 257 6 12 Poland Michał Szpak "Color of Your Life" 229 8 13 Australia Dami Im "Sound of Silence" 511 2 14 Cyprus Minus One "Alter Ego" 96 21 15 Serbia Sanja Vučić Zaa "Goodbye (Shelter)" 115 18 16 Lithuania Donny Montell "I've Been Waiting for This Night" 200 9 17 Croatia Nina Kraljić "Lighthouse" 73 23 18 Russia Sergey Lazarev "You Are the Only One" 491 3 19 Spain Barei "Say Yay!" 77 22 20 Latvia Justs "Heartbeat" 132 15 21 Ukraine Jamala "1944" 534 1 22 Malta Ira Losco "Walk on Water" 153 12 23 Georgia Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz "Midnight Gold" 104 20 24 Austria Zoë "Loin d'ici" 151 13 25 United Kingdom Joe and Jake "You're Not Alone" 62 24 26 Armenia Iveta Mukuchyan "LoveWave" 249 7

Dates: Semi-final 1: 9 May 2017 - Semi-final 2: 11 May 2017 - Final: 13 May 2017 Host venue: International Exhibition Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine Presenters: Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk, Timur Miroshnychenko Directed by Troels Lund, Alexander Kolb, Ladislaus Kiraly Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer: Pavlo Grytsak Host broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the 2016 contest with the song "1944" by Jamala. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), the contest was held at the International Exhibition Centre and consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and a final on 13 May 2017. The three live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko, being the first contest since the inaugural 1956 edition without a female host. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Portugal and Romania returned to the contest after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina did not participate on financial grounds. Russia had originally planned to participate, but later withdrew after its representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of having travelled directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law. The winner was Portugal with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral and written by his sister Luísa Sobral. The song won both the jury vote and televote, and Bulgaria, Moldova, Belgium and Sweden rounded out the top five. This was Portugal's first victory in 53 years of participation, the longest in Eurovision history. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since Serbia's "Molitva" in 2007. The top three countries – Portugal, Bulgaria and Moldova – all achieved their highest placings in their Eurovision history, while host country Ukraine received its worst placing to date, finishing 24th in the final. The EBU reported that 182 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, 22 million fewer than the 2016 record. Initially, on 31 October 2016, it was announced that forty-three countries were to participate in the contest, equalling the record set in 2008 and 2011. Portugal and Romania returned after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew on financial grounds.[36] Russia had planned to participate but announced their withdrawal on 13 April 2017, after their representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of travelling directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law. This subsequently reduced the number of participating countries to forty-two, the same number of countries as 2016. Semi-final 1: Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Sweden Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" 227 3 2 Georgia Tamara Gachechiladze "Keep the Faith" 99 11 3 Australia Isaiah "Don't Come Easy" 160 6 4 Albania Lindita "World" 76 14 5 Belgium Blanche "City Lights" 165 4 6 Montenegro Slavko Kalezić "Space" 56 16 7 Finland Norma John "Blackbird" 92 12 8 Azerbaijan Dihaj "Skeletons" 150 8 9 Portugal Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" 370 1 10 Greece Demy "This Is Love" 115 10 11 Poland Kasia Moś "Flashlight" 119 9 12 Moldova SunStroke Project "Hey Mamma" 291 2 13 Iceland Svala "Paper" 60 15 14 Czech Republic Martina Bárta "My Turn" 83 13 15 Cyprus Hovig "Gravity" 164 5 16 Armenia Artsvik "Fly with Me" 152 7 17 Slovenia Omar Naber "On My Way" 36 17 18 Latvia Triana Park "Line" 21 18

Dates: Semi-final 1: 19 May 2015 - Semi-final 2: 21 May 2015 - Final: 23 May 2015 Host venue: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria Presenters: Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler, Arabella Kiesbauer, Conchita Wurst Directed by Kurt Pongratz - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer : Edgar Böhm - Host broadcaster: Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) 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. 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. 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 2015 contest was the last time that the scoring system introduced in 1975 was used, before the format was modified the following year. Final As in the 2013 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 34th vote out of the 37, which came from Ukraine. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Ukraine Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" 113 6 2 Belarus Teo "Cheesecake" 43 16 3 Azerbaijan Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" 33 22 4 Iceland Pollapönk "No Prejudice" 58 15 5 Norway Carl Espen "Silent Storm" 88 8 6 Romania Paula Seling and Ovi "Miracle" 72 12 7 Armenia Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" 174 4 8 Montenegro Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" 37 19 9 Poland Donatan and Cleo "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" 62 14 10 Greece Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd "Rise Up" 35 20 11 Austria Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" 290 1 12 Germany Elaiza "Is It Right" 39 18 13 Sweden Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 218 3 14 France Twin Twin "Moustache" 2 26 15 Russia Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" 89 7 16 Italy Emma "La mia città" 33 21 17 Slovenia Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round" 9 25 18 Finland Softengine "Something Better" 72 11 19 Spain Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain" 74 10 20 Switzerland Sebalter "Hunter of Stars" 64 13 21 Hungary András Kállay-Saunders "Running" 143 5 22 Malta Firelight "Coming Home" 32 23 23 Denmark Basim "Cliche Love Song" 74 9 24 Netherlands The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" 238 2 25 San Marino Valentina Monetta "Maybe" 14 24 26 United Kingdom Molly "Children of the Universe" 40 17

Dates: Semi-final 1: 10 May 2016 - Semi-final 2: 12 May 2016 - Final: 14 May 2016 Host venue: Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden Presenters: Petra Mede, Måns Zelmerlöw - Directed by Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer: Johan Bernhagen, Martin Österdahl - Host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2015 contest with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Globe Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and a final on 14 May 2016. The three live shows were presented by Petra Mede and the previous year's winner Måns Zelmerlöw. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine returned after absences from recent contests, while Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015. Portugal did not enter, largely due to their national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of its music-based media, while Romania had planned to participate, but was disqualified due to repeated non-payment of debts by its national broadcaster to the EBU. The winner was Ukraine with the song "1944", performed and written by Jamala. Australia, Russia, Bulgaria and host country Sweden rounded out the top five. This was the first time since the introduction of professional jury voting in 2009 that the overall winner won neither the jury vote, which was won by Australia, nor the televote, which was won by Russia, with Ukraine placing second in both. "1944" is the first song containing lyrics in Crimean Tatar to win the contest. The Czech Republic managed to qualify for the final for the first time in five attempts since its debut in 2007, while both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece failed to qualify from the semi-finals for the first time ever, the latter being absent from the final for the first time since 2000. In the final, Australia's second-place finish was an improvement on its fifth-place finish in 2015, while Bulgaria finished fourth, its best result since its debut and first participation in a final since 2007. The contest was the first to implement a voting system change since 1975: each country's professional jury points were announced largely as before, while the results of each national televote were combined and announced in reverse order. It was also the first contest to be broadcast on live television in the United States, and the EBU recorded a record-breaking 204 million viewers worldwide for the contest, beating the 2015 viewing figures by over 5 million. Four countries returned after absences from recent contests: Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012, Bulgaria and Croatia since 2013 and Ukraine since 2014. Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015, but by invitation of the EBU due to the associate membership status of the Special Broadcasting Service. However, instead of pre-qualifying for the final and voting in all three live shows, as was the case in 2015, Australia entered the second semi-final and voted only in that semi-final and the final. Portugal did not enter, largely due to its national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of their music-based media, as well as a poorly structured selection process, while Romania was disqualified on 22 April 2016 due to repeated non-payment of debts by their national broadcaster to the EBU. One of the interval acts of the final was a world premiere live performance of "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake. He was the first "global megastar" in the contest's 61-year-history to perform during the interval. Semi-final 2: Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Latvia Justs "Heartbeat" 132 8 2 Poland Michał Szpak "Color of Your Life" 151 6 3 Switzerland Rykka "The Last of Our Kind" 28 18 4 Israel Hovi Star "Made of Stars" 147 7 5 Belarus Ivan "Help You Fly" 84 12 6 Serbia Sanja Vučić Zaa "Goodbye (Shelter)" 105 10 7 Ireland Nicky Byrne "Sunlight" 46 15 8 Macedonia Kaliopi "Dona" 88 11 9 Lithuania Donny Montell "I've Been Waiting for This Night" 222 4 10 Australia Dami Im "Sound of Silence" 330 1 11 Slovenia ManuElla "Blue and Red" 57 14 12 Bulgaria Poli Genova "If Love Was a Crime" 220 5 13 Denmark Lighthouse X "Soldiers of Love" 34 17 14 Ukraine Jamala "1944" 287 2 15 Norway Agnete "Icebreaker" 63 13 16 Georgia Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz "Midnight Gold" 123 9 17 Albania Eneda Tarifa "Fairytale" 45 16 18 Belgium Laura Tesoro "What's the Pressure" 274 3

Dates: Semi-final 1: 10 May 2016 - Semi-final 2: 12 May 2016 - Final: 14 May 2016 Host venue: Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden Presenters: Petra Mede, Måns Zelmerlöw - Directed by Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer: Johan Bernhagen, Martin Österdahl - Host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2015 contest with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Globe Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and a final on 14 May 2016. The three live shows were presented by Petra Mede and the previous year's winner Måns Zelmerlöw. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine returned after absences from recent contests, while Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015. Portugal did not enter, largely due to their national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of its music-based media, while Romania had planned to participate, but was disqualified due to repeated non-payment of debts by its national broadcaster to the EBU. The winner was Ukraine with the song "1944", performed and written by Jamala. Australia, Russia, Bulgaria and host country Sweden rounded out the top five. This was the first time since the introduction of professional jury voting in 2009 that the overall winner won neither the jury vote, which was won by Australia, nor the televote, which was won by Russia, with Ukraine placing second in both. "1944" is the first song containing lyrics in Crimean Tatar to win the contest. The Czech Republic managed to qualify for the final for the first time in five attempts since its debut in 2007, while both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece failed to qualify from the semi-finals for the first time ever, the latter being absent from the final for the first time since 2000. In the final, Australia's second-place finish was an improvement on its fifth-place finish in 2015, while Bulgaria finished fourth, its best result since its debut and first participation in a final since 2007. The contest was the first to implement a voting system change since 1975: each country's professional jury points were announced largely as before, while the results of each national televote were combined and announced in reverse order. It was also the first contest to be broadcast on live television in the United States, and the EBU recorded a record-breaking 204 million viewers worldwide for the contest, beating the 2015 viewing figures by over 5 million. Four countries returned after absences from recent contests: Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012, Bulgaria and Croatia since 2013 and Ukraine since 2014. Australia also returned after debuting as a special guest in 2015, but by invitation of the EBU due to the associate membership status of the Special Broadcasting Service. However, instead of pre-qualifying for the final and voting in all three live shows, as was the case in 2015, Australia entered the second semi-final and voted only in that semi-final and the final. Portugal did not enter, largely due to its national broadcaster's insufficient promotion of their music-based media, as well as a poorly structured selection process, while Romania was disqualified on 22 April 2016 due to repeated non-payment of debts by their national broadcaster to the EBU. One of the interval acts of the final was a world premiere live performance of "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake. He was the first "global megastar" in the contest's 61-year-history to perform during the interval. Semi-final 1 Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. France, Spain, and Sweden voted in this semi-final. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Finland Sandhja "Sing It Away" 51 15 2 Greece Argo "Utopian Land" 44 16 3 Moldova Lidia Isac "Falling Stars" 33 17 4 Hungary Freddie "Pioneer" 197 4 5 Croatia Nina Kraljić "Lighthouse" 133 10 6 Netherlands Douwe Bob "Slow Down" 197 5 7 Armenia Iveta Mukuchyan "LoveWave" 243 2 8 San Marino Serhat "I Didn't Know" 68 12 9 Russia Sergey Lazarev "You Are the Only One" 342 1 10 Czech Republic Gabriela Gunčíková "I Stand" 161 9 11 Cyprus Minus One "Alter Ego" 164 8 12 Austria Zoë "Loin d'ici" 170 7 13 Estonia Jüri Pootsmann "Play" 24 18 14 Azerbaijan Samra "Miracle" 185 6 15 Montenegro Highway "The Real Thing" 60 13 16 Iceland Greta Salóme "Hear Them Calling" 51 14 17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dalal and Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala "Ljubav je" 104 11 18 Malta Ira Losco "Walk on Water" 209 3

Dates: Semi-final 1: 19 May 2015 - Semi-final 2: 21 May 2015 - Final: 23 May 2015 Host venue: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria Presenters: Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler, Arabella Kiesbauer, Conchita Wurst Directed by Kurt Pongratz - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer : Edgar Böhm - Host broadcaster: Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) 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. 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. 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 2015 contest was the last time that the scoring system introduced in 1975 was used, before the format was modified the following year. Semi-final 2 17 countries took part in this semi-final. Australia, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. 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

Dates: Semi-final 1: 6 May 2014 - Semi-final 2: 8 May 2014 Final: 10 May 2014 - Host venue: B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark Presenters: Lise Rønne, Nikolaj Koppel, Pilou Asbæk Directed by Per Zachariassen Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer : Pernille Gaardbo Host broadcaster: Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the 2013 contest with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at B&W Hallerne, and consisted of two semi-finals on 6 and 8 May, and a final on 10 May 2014. The three live shows were presented by Danish television presenter Lise Rønne, musician Nikolaj Koppel and actor Pilou Asbæk. Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest; this included the return of Poland and Portugal after absences of two years and one year respectively. Overall, there were two fewer countries competing compared to the previous year, making thirty-seven participants, the smallest number since 2006. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia announced that they would not be taking part. The winner was Austria with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", performed by Conchita Wurst and written by Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, and Julian Maas. The entry won both the jury vote and televote. Austria's first victory was 48 years earlier in 1966, which at the time was the longest gap between wins. The Netherlands, Sweden, Armenia and Hungary rounded out the top five, with the Netherlands achieving their best result since its victory in 1975, Hungary achieving its best result since its fourth place in 1994, and Armenia equalling its best result from 2008. Of the "Big Five" countries, only Spain achieved a place in the top ten, while France finished in last place for the first time in its Eurovision history. Meanwhile, San Marino and Montenegro both qualified for the final for the first time. A new record of 195 million viewers for the contest was reported. The host broadcaster DR and the EBU won the International TV Award at the Ondas Awards for their production of the contest. The show organisers from Copenhagen spent in total DKr 112 million on the contest, three times more than the expected costs, and were furthermore accused of nepotism. The contest was held in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia. Votes cast through Ukrainian telecom providers which service Crimea were counted towards Ukraine's votes. Danish royal family members Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the final as invited guests. In March 2014, host broadcaster DR invited Jessica Mauboy to perform during the interval act of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014, part of DR's recognition of Australia's dedication to the contest. Mauboy performed the song "Sea of Flags" during the interval act. Semi-final 2 Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Malta Firelight "Coming Home" 63 9 2 Israel Mei Finegold "Same Heart" 19 14 3 Norway Carl Espen "Silent Storm" 77 6 4 Georgia The Shin and Mariko "Three Minutes to Earth" 15 15 5 Poland Donatan and Cleo "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" 70 8 6 Austria Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" 169 1 7 Lithuania Vilija "Attention" 36 11 8 Finland Softengine "Something Better" 97 3 9 Ireland Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith "Heartbeat" 35 12 10 Belarus Teo "Cheesecake" 87 5 11 Macedonia Tijana "To the Sky" 33 13 12 Switzerland Sebalter "Hunter of Stars" 92 4 13 Greece Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd "Rise Up" 74 7 14 Slovenia Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round" 52 10 15 Romania Paula Seling and Ovi "Miracle" 125 2

Dates: Semi-final 1: 19 May 2015 - Semi-final 2: 21 May 2015 - Final: 23 May 2015 Host venue: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria Presenters: Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler, Arabella Kiesbauer, Conchita Wurst Directed by Kurt Pongratz - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer : Edgar Böhm - Host broadcaster: Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) 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. 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. 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 2015 contest was the last time that the scoring system introduced in 1975 was used, before the format was modified the following year. Semi-final 1: 16 countries took part in the first semi-final. Australia, Austria, France and Spain voted in this semi-final. 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

Dates: Semi-final 1: 6 May 2014 - Semi-final 2: 8 May 2014 Final: 10 May 2014 - Host venue: B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark Presenters: Lise Rønne, Nikolaj Koppel, Pilou Asbæk Directed by Per Zachariassen Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer : Pernille Gaardbo Host broadcaster: Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the 2013 contest with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at B&W Hallerne, and consisted of two semi-finals on 6 and 8 May, and a final on 10 May 2014. The three live shows were presented by Danish television presenter Lise Rønne, musician Nikolaj Koppel and actor Pilou Asbæk. Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest; this included the return of Poland and Portugal after absences of two years and one year respectively. Overall, there were two fewer countries competing compared to the previous year, making thirty-seven participants, the smallest number since 2006. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia announced that they would not be taking part. The winner was Austria with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", performed by Conchita Wurst and written by Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, and Julian Maas. The entry won both the jury vote and televote. Austria's first victory was 48 years earlier in 1966, which at the time was the longest gap between wins. The Netherlands, Sweden, Armenia and Hungary rounded out the top five, with the Netherlands achieving their best result since its victory in 1975, Hungary achieving its best result since its fourth place in 1994, and Armenia equalling its best result from 2008. Of the "Big Five" countries, only Spain achieved a place in the top ten, while France finished in last place for the first time in its Eurovision history. Meanwhile, San Marino and Montenegro both qualified for the final for the first time. A new record of 195 million viewers for the contest was reported. The host broadcaster DR and the EBU won the International TV Award at the Ondas Awards for their production of the contest. The show organisers from Copenhagen spent in total DKr 112 million on the contest, three times more than the expected costs, and were furthermore accused of nepotism. The contest was held in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia. Votes cast through Ukrainian telecom providers which service Crimea were counted towards Ukraine's votes. Danish royal family members Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the final as invited guests. In March 2014, host broadcaster DR invited Jessica Mauboy to perform during the interval act of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014, part of DR's recognition of Australia's dedication to the contest. Mauboy performed the song "Sea of Flags" during the interval act. Final As in the 2013 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 34th vote out of the 37, which came from Ukraine. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Ukraine Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" 113 6 2 Belarus Teo "Cheesecake" 43 16 3 Azerbaijan Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" 33 22 4 Iceland Pollapönk "No Prejudice" 58 15 5 Norway Carl Espen "Silent Storm" 88 8 6 Romania Paula Seling and Ovi "Miracle" 72 12 7 Armenia Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" 174 4 8 Montenegro Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" 37 19 9 Poland Donatan and Cleo "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" 62 14 10 Greece Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd "Rise Up" 35 20 11 Austria Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" 290 1 12 Germany Elaiza "Is It Right" 39 18 13 Sweden Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 218 3 14 France Twin Twin "Moustache" 2 26 15 Russia Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" 89 7 16 Italy Emma "La mia città" 33 21 17 Slovenia Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round" 9 25 18 Finland Softengine "Something Better" 72 11 19 Spain Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain" 74 10 20 Switzerland Sebalter "Hunter of Stars" 64 13 21 Hungary András Kállay-Saunders "Running" 143 5 22 Malta Firelight "Coming Home" 32 23 23 Denmark Basim "Cliche Love Song" 74 9 24 Netherlands The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" 238 2 25 San Marino Valentina Monetta "Maybe" 14 24 26 United Kingdom Molly "Children of the Universe" 40 17

Dates: Semi-final 1: 6 May 2014 - Semi-final 2: 8 May 2014 Final: 10 May 2014 - Host venue: B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark Presenters: Lise Rønne, Nikolaj Koppel, Pilou Asbæk Directed by Per Zachariassen Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer : Pernille Gaardbo Host broadcaster: Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the 2013 contest with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at B&W Hallerne, and consisted of two semi-finals on 6 and 8 May, and a final on 10 May 2014. The three live shows were presented by Danish television presenter Lise Rønne, musician Nikolaj Koppel and actor Pilou Asbæk. Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest; this included the return of Poland and Portugal after absences of two years and one year respectively. Overall, there were two fewer countries competing compared to the previous year, making thirty-seven participants, the smallest number since 2006. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia announced that they would not be taking part. The winner was Austria with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", performed by Conchita Wurst and written by Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, and Julian Maas. The entry won both the jury vote and televote. Austria's first victory was 48 years earlier in 1966, which at the time was the longest gap between wins. The Netherlands, Sweden, Armenia and Hungary rounded out the top five, with the Netherlands achieving their best result since its victory in 1975, Hungary achieving its best result since its fourth place in 1994, and Armenia equalling its best result from 2008. Of the "Big Five" countries, only Spain achieved a place in the top ten, while France finished in last place for the first time in its Eurovision history. Meanwhile, San Marino and Montenegro both qualified for the final for the first time. A new record of 195 million viewers for the contest was reported. The host broadcaster DR and the EBU won the International TV Award at the Ondas Awards for their production of the contest. The show organisers from Copenhagen spent in total DKr 112 million on the contest, three times more than the expected costs, and were furthermore accused of nepotism. The contest was held in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia. Votes cast through Ukrainian telecom providers which service Crimea were counted towards Ukraine's votes. Danish royal family members Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the final as invited guests. In March 2014, host broadcaster DR invited Jessica Mauboy to perform during the interval act of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014, part of DR's recognition of Australia's dedication to the contest. Mauboy performed the song "Sea of Flags" during the interval act. Semi-final 1: Spain, France, and Denmark voted in this semi-final. R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Armenia Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" 121 4 2 Latvia Aarzemnieki "Cake to Bake" 33 13 3 Estonia Tanja "Amazing" 36 12 4 Sweden Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 131 2 5 Iceland Pollapönk "No Prejudice" 61 8 6 Albania Hersi "One Night's Anger" 22 15 7 Russia Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" 63 6 8 Azerbaijan Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" 57 9 9 Ukraine Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" 118 5 10 Belgium Axel Hirsoux "Mother" 28 14 11 Moldova Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul" 13 16 12 San Marino Valentina Monetta "Maybe" 40 10 13 Portugal Suzy "Quero ser tua" 39 11 14 Netherlands The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" 150 1 15 Montenegro Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" 63 7 16 Hungary András Kállay-Saunders "Running" 127 3

Dates: Semi-final 1: 14 May 2013 - Semi-final 2: 16 May 2013 Final: 8 May 2013 - Host venue: Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden Presenters: Petra Mede - Eric Saade (green room, final) Directed by Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer Martin Österdahl Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT) The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2012 contest with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Malmö Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2013. The three live shows were presented by Swedish comedian and television presenter Petra Mede, being the first time only one host had presented the show since the 1995 contest. Former Swedish entrant Eric Saade acted as the green room host in the final. Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, with Armenia returning after its one-year absence. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Slovakia and Turkey all ceased their participation for various reasons. Slovakia and Turkey have yet to return to the contest since. The winner was Denmark with the song "Only Teardrops", performed by Emmelie de Forest and written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard. The song had the highest average score in both the televote and jury vote. Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Norway and Russia rounded out the top five. This year marked the reintroduction of the "Parade of Nations", a concept which was first used in the contest from 1959 to 1963 (with the exception of 1962) before making a one-off return in 1983. The concept had also been used, on-and-off, in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2004. It sees all countries performing in the final presenting themselves with their national flags before the contest begins. This year, the contestants entered the main stage by walking across a bridge over the audience. This idea has subsequently continued in every edition of the contest onwards. The EBU reported that 170 million viewers watched the semi-finals and final of the 2013 edition. Semi-final 2: France, Germany and Spain voted in this semi-final. Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Latvia PeR "Here We Go" 13 17 2 San Marino Valentina Monetta "Crisalide (Vola)" 47 11 3 Macedonia Esma and Lozano "Pred da se razdeni" 28 16 4 Azerbaijan Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" 139 1 5 Finland Krista Siegfrids "Marry Me" 64 9 6 Malta Gianluca "Tomorrow" 118 4 7 Bulgaria Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov "Samo shampioni" 45 12 8 Iceland Eythor Ingi "Ég á líf" 72 6 9 Greece Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis "Alcohol Is Free" 121 2 10 Israel Moran Mazor "Rak Bishvilo" 40 14 11 Armenia Dorians "Lonely Planet" 69 7 12 Hungary ByeAlex "Kedvesem" (Zoohacker Remix) 66 8 13 Norway Margaret Berger "I Feed You My Love" 120 3 14 Albania Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko "Identitet" 31 15 15 Georgia Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani "Waterfall" 63 10 16 Switzerland Takasa "You and Me" 41 13 17 Romania Cezar "It's My Life" 83 5

Date: Final: 8 May 2013 - Host venue: Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden Presenters: Petra Mede - Eric Saade (green room, final) Directed by Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer Martin Österdahl Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT) The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2012 contest with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Malmö Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2013. The three live shows were presented by Swedish comedian and television presenter Petra Mede, being the first time only one host had presented the show since the 1995 contest. Former Swedish entrant Eric Saade acted as the green room host in the final. Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, with Armenia returning after its one-year absence. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Slovakia and Turkey all ceased their participation for various reasons. Slovakia and Turkey have yet to return to the contest since. The winner was Denmark with the song "Only Teardrops", performed by Emmelie de Forest and written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard. The song had the highest average score in both the televote and jury vote. Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Norway and Russia rounded out the top five. This year marked the reintroduction of the "Parade of Nations", a concept which was first used in the contest from 1959 to 1963 (with the exception of 1962) before making a one-off return in 1983. The concept had also been used, on-and-off, in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2004. It sees all countries performing in the final presenting themselves with their national flags before the contest begins. This year, the contestants entered the main stage by walking across a bridge over the audience. This idea has subsequently continued in every edition of the contest onwards. The EBU reported that 170 million viewers watched the semi-finals and final of the 2013 edition. Final: For the first time since the 1985 contest, which was, coincidentally, held in Sweden as well, no country of the former Yugoslavia participated in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 France Amandine Bourgeois "L'Enfer et moi" 14 23 2 Lithuania Andrius Pojavis "Something" 17 22 3 Moldova Aliona Moon "O mie" 71 11 4 Finland Krista Siegfrids "Marry Me" 13 24 5 Spain ESDM "Contigo hasta el final" 8 25 6 Belgium Roberto Bellarosa "Love Kills" 71 12 7 Estonia Birgit "Et uus saaks alguse" 19 20 8 Belarus Alyona Lanskaya "Solayoh" 48 16 9 Malta Gianluca "Tomorrow" 120 8 10 Russia Dina Garipova "What If" 174 5 11 Germany Cascada "Glorious" 18 21 12 Armenia Dorians "Lonely Planet" 41 18 13 Netherlands Anouk "Birds" 114 9 14 Romania Cezar "It's My Life" 65 13 15 United Kingdom Bonnie Tyler "Believe in Me" 23 19 16 Sweden Robin Stjernberg "You" 62 14 17 Hungary ByeAlex "Kedvesem" (Zoohacker Remix) 84 10 18 Denmark Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" 281 1 19 Iceland Eythor Ingi "Ég á líf" 47 17 20 Azerbaijan Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" 234 2 21 Greece Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis "Alcohol Is Free" 152 6 22 Ukraine Zlata Ognevich "Gravity" 214 3 23 Italy Marco Mengoni "L'essenziale" 126 7 24 Norway Margaret Berger "I Feed You My Love" 191 4 25 Georgia Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani "Waterfall" 50 15 26 Ireland Ryan Dolan "Only Love Survives" 5 26

Dates: Semi-final 1: 14 May 2013 - Semi-final 2: 16 May 2013 Final: 8 May 2013 - Host venue: Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden Presenters: Petra Mede - Eric Saade (green room, final) Directed by Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand - Executive producer Martin Österdahl Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT) The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2012 contest with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Malmö Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2013. The three live shows were presented by Swedish comedian and television presenter Petra Mede, being the first time only one host had presented the show since the 1995 contest. Former Swedish entrant Eric Saade acted as the green room host in the final. Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, with Armenia returning after its one-year absence. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Slovakia and Turkey all ceased their participation for various reasons. Slovakia and Turkey have yet to return to the contest since. The winner was Denmark with the song "Only Teardrops", performed by Emmelie de Forest and written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard. The song had the highest average score in both the televote and jury vote. Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Norway and Russia rounded out the top five. This year marked the reintroduction of the "Parade of Nations", a concept which was first used in the contest from 1959 to 1963 (with the exception of 1962) before making a one-off return in 1983. The concept had also been used, on-and-off, in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2004. It sees all countries performing in the final presenting themselves with their national flags before the contest begins. This year, the contestants entered the main stage by walking across a bridge over the audience. This idea has subsequently continued in every edition of the contest onwards. The EBU reported that 170 million viewers watched the semi-finals and final of the 2013 edition. Semi-final 1: Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 R/O Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Austria Natália Kelly "Shine" 27 14 2 Estonia Birgit "Et uus saaks alguse" 52 10 3 Slovenia Hannah "Straight into Love" 8 16 4 Croatia Klapa s Mora "Mižerja" 38 13 5 Denmark Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" 167 1 6 Russia Dina Garipova "What If" 156 2 7 Ukraine Zlata Ognevich "Gravity" 140 3 8 Netherlands Anouk "Birds" 75 6 9 Montenegro Who See[c] "Igranka" 41 12 10 Lithuania Andrius Pojavis "Something" 53 9 11 Belarus Alyona Lanskaya "Solayoh" 64 7 12 Moldova Aliona Moon "O mie" 95 4 13 Ireland Ryan Dolan "Only Love Survives" 54 8 14 Cyprus Despina Olympiou "An me thimasai" 11 15 15 Belgium Roberto Bellarosa "Love Kills" 75 5 16 Serbia Moje 3 "Ljubav je svuda" 46 11

Dates: Semi-final 1 22 May 2012 - Semi-final 2 24 May 2012 - Final 26 May 2012 - Host venue: Baku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Presenters: Leyla Aliyeva Quliyeva, Eldar Gasimov, Nargiz Birk-Petersen Directed by Ladislaus Kiraly - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer Adil Kerimli - Host broadcaster: İctimai Television (İTV) 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. 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". The 57th edition saw the return of Montenegro, who was last represented by Andrea Demirović in 2009. 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. 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. Final Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 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

Dates: Semi-final 1 22 May 2012 - Semi-final 2 24 May 2012 - Final 26 May 2012 - Host venue: Baku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Presenters: Leyla Aliyeva Quliyeva, Eldar Gasimov, Nargiz Birk-Petersen Directed by Ladislaus Kiraly - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer Adil Kerimli - Host broadcaster: İctimai Television (İTV) 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. 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". The 57th edition saw the return of Montenegro, who was last represented by Andrea Demirović in 2009. 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. 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. Semi-final 2 France, Germany and the United Kingdom voted in the second semi-final. Germany requested that they vote in this semi-final. Before it withdrew, Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final. Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 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

Dates: Semi-final 1 22 May 2012 - Semi-final 2 24 May 2012 - Final 26 May 2012 - Host venue: Baku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Presenters: Leyla Aliyeva Quliyeva, Eldar Gasimov, Nargiz Birk-Petersen Directed by Ladislaus Kiraly - Executive supervisor: Jon Ola Sand Executive producer Adil Kerimli - Host broadcaster: İctimai Television (İTV) 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. 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". The 57th edition saw the return of Montenegro, who was last represented by Andrea Demirović in 2009. 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. 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. Semi-final 1 Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain voted in the first semi-final. 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. Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 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