Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Celebrate Diversity
Dates
Semi-final 19 May 2017 (2017-05-09)
Semi-final 211 May 2017 (2017-05-11)
Final13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)
Host
VenueInternational Exhibition Centre
Kyiv, Ukraine
Presenter(s)
Directed by
  • Troels Lund
  • Alexander Kolb
  • Ladislaus Kiraly
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producerPavlo Grytsak
Host broadcaster
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2017 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries42
Number of finalists26
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Portugal
 Romania
Non-returning countries Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Russia
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Vote
Voting systemEach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs.
Winning song Portugal
"Amar pelos dois"
2016 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2018

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.

Location[edit]

International Exhibition Centre, Kyiv - host venue of the 2017 contest

Venue[edit]

The contest took place in the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv, following Ukraine's victory at the 2016 contest with the song "1944", written and performed by Jamala. The International Exhibition Centre has a capacity of approximately 11,000 attendees and is the largest exhibition centre in Kyiv.[1] Located in the western part of the Livoberezhna microdistrict, the centre was opened in October 2002, and its head since its construction was Anatoly Tkachenko.[1]

Bidding phase[edit]

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

The Deputy Chief of host broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) and Head of Delegation for Ukraine, Viktoria Romanova, stated on 18 May 2016 that the first organisational meeting for the contest would take place before 8 June, during which the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and UA:PBC would go through the technical requirements for the contest, as well as any training required for the contest to take place in Ukraine. Romanova also announced that the venue for the contest would be announced over the summer.[2][3][4]

UA:PBC and the Ukrainian Government formally launched the bidding process for interested cities to apply to host the contest on 23 June.[5][6] The selection of the host city was scheduled to be conducted in four stages:

  • 24 June – 8 July: Interested cities were formally invited to submit their bids.
  • 8–15 July: A working group within UA:PBC and a government-appointed Local Organisational Committee (LOC) headed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman reviewed submitted bids prior to their formal presentation.
  • 18–22 July: Candidate cities formally presented their bids to the LOC. The bids of three cities were shortlisted and handed over to the EBU.
  • 22 July – 1 August: The three shortlisted cities were inspected by representatives from the EBU and LOC to explore their infrastructure and implementation of their bids. A press conference was initially planned to be held during this period to announce the selection results and the host city.

The following criteria were outlined for the selection of the host city:[7]

  • The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 7,000 but ideally up to 10,000 attendees.
  • An international press centre must be able to accommodate no less than 1,550 journalists.
  • Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 3,000 attendees.
  • The host city must have fairly priced hotel rooms to European standards, that are located in close proximity to the venue and the city centre. At least 2,000 hotel rooms must be provided: 1,000 for participating delegations and 1,000 for accredited media and fans.
  • The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
  • The host city must have modern transport infrastructure: an international airport and readily available transport between the airport, the city and hotels, in addition to convenient traffic in the city and the opportunity to provide additional transport routes.
  • The host city must provide a social program alongside their bid, showcasing the hospitality, originality, cultural values and identity of both the city and Ukraine.

Six cities submitted applications by the deadline of 8 July: Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa.[8] Prior to the opening of the bidding process, the cities of Cherkasy, Irpin, Uzhhorod and Vinnytsia had declared their interest in hosting the contest, but did not submit a formal bid.[9][10] Ukrainian Culture Minister Yevhen Nyshchuk stated on 30 June that an appropriate venue for the contest does not exist in Ukraine, suggesting that the construction of a new venue in Kyiv or Lviv should be considered.[11]

The six candidate cities were officially presented to the LOC on 20 July in a two-hour live discussion show titled City Battle, broadcast from the UA:Pershyi studios in Kyiv and moderated by Timur Miroshnychenko, with radio commentary from Olena Zelinchenko. The show was broadcast on UA:Pershyi, Radio Ukraine and the UA:Pershyi YouTube channel with commentary in English and Ukrainian. During the show, a representative from each candidate city presented its bid in front of a live studio audience:[12]

  • Dnipro: Borys Filatov (City Mayor)
  • Kharkiv: Ihor Terekhov (Deputy City Mayor)
  • Kherson: Volodymyr Mykolaienko (City Mayor)
  • Kyiv: Oleksii Reznikov (Deputy Head of City State Administration)
  • Lviv: Andrii Moskalenko (Deputy City Mayor)
  • Odesa: Pavlo Vugelman (Deputy City Mayor)

Members of the LOC, media representatives, Ukrainian musical experts and fans also participated in the discussion.

Host selection[edit]

UA:PBC announced on 22 July that the bids from Dnipro, Kyiv and Odesa had been shortlisted for further consideration.[13]

The EBU announced on 30 July that the host city would be announced "in due course", rather than on the previously stated date of 1 August, with Executive Supervisor of the contest Jon Ola Sand stating that the EBU "really want to take the time it takes to come up with the right decision".[14] The Deputy General Director of UA:PBC, Oleksandr Kharebin, stated on 10 August that the host city would be announced on Ukrainian Independence Day, 24 August.[15] The announcement was later scheduled to take place on 25 August; however, it was postponed at 14:00 EEST, one hour before it was due to take place, with NTU citing the need to further consider some fine details regarding the decision.[16]

After several delays in announcing the host city, UA:PBC announced on 8 September that they would be meeting with the Ukrainian Government and the LOC on 9 September and that a press conference to announce the host city was scheduled to take place at 13:00 EEST on the same day from the Government Press Centre in Kyiv. Kyiv was announced as the host city for the contest with the International Exhibition Centre selected as the venue.[17][18]

Key  †  Host venue  ‡  Shortlisted

City[19] Venue Notes
Dnipro DniproEuroArena Proposal included the complete reconstruction of the Meteor Stadium and Sports Complex Meteor, which would have been completed by March 2017.[20] Withdrew after the host city announcement being postponed for a fourth time.
Kharkiv Metalist Oblast Sports Complex Hosted three group stage matches of UEFA Euro 2012 & EAMV Recording Label. Would have required significant construction including the addition of a roof.[21]
Kherson "Yuvileinyi" Concert Hall Proposal included expansion and reconstruction of the venue, which would have taken approximately 7–8 months.[22]
Kyiv
Palace of Sports Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009. May have conflicted with contest preparations as the venue hosted part of the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I ice hockey tournament between 22 and 28 April 2017.[23]
International Exhibition Centre Venue was initially submitted as a reserve.[24][25] Kyiv later announced on 24 August 2016 that this was their preferred venue for staging the contest.[26]
Lviv Arena Lviv Hosted three of the group-stage games for UEFA Euro 2012. The arena required the construction of a roof.[27]
Unfinished venue An unfinished venue originally planned for EuroBasket 2015 that was 25% complete when construction halted.[27]
Odesa Chornomorets Stadium Proposal included plans for reconstruction of the venue and options for providing a covered roof.[28][29]

Other sites[edit]

The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors' area during the events week. There it was possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. Located at Independence Square in Kyiv, it was open from 4 to 14 May 2017.[30][31]

The EuroClub was the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub was restricted to accredited fans, delegates, and press. It was located at the Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Center.[32]

The "Red Carpet" event, where the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at Mariinskyi Palace in central Kyiv on 7 May 2017 at 19:00 CEST, followed by the Opening Ceremony at the Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Center.[33][34]

Participating countries[edit]

Eurovision Song Contest 2017 – Participation summaries by country

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide.[35] The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members and associate member Australia.[36]

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.[37][38]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017[39]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Lindita "World" English
 Armenia AMPTV Artsvik "Fly with Me" English
 Australia SBS Isaiah "Don't Come Easy" English
 Austria ORF Nathan Trent "Running on Air" English
 Azerbaijan İTV Dihaj "Skeletons" English
 Belarus BTRC Naviband "Story of My Life" Belarusian Arciom Lukjanienka
 Belgium RTBF Blanche "City Lights" English
 Bulgaria BNT Kristian Kostov "Beautiful Mess" English
 Croatia HRT Jacques Houdek "My Friend" English, Italian
  • Jacques Houdek
  • Arjana Kunštek
  • Fabrizio Laucella
  • Tony Malm
  • Ines Prajo
  • Siniša Reljić
 Cyprus CyBC Hovig "Gravity" English Thomas G:son
 Czech Republic ČT Martina Bárta "My Turn" English
  • DWB
  • Kyler Niko
 Denmark DR Anja "Where I Am" English
 Estonia ERR Koit Toome and Laura "Verona" English Sven Lõhmus
 Finland Yle Norma John "Blackbird" English
  • Lasse Piirainen
  • Leena Tirronen
 France France Télévisions Alma "Requiem" French, English
 Georgia GPB Tamara Gachechiladze "Keep the Faith" English
 Germany NDR[a] Levina "Perfect Life" English
 Greece ERT Demy "This Is Love" English
 Hungary MTVA Joci Pápai "Origo" Hungarian József Pápai
 Iceland RÚV Svala "Paper" English
 Ireland RTÉ Brendan Murray "Dying to Try" English
 Israel IBA Imri "I Feel Alive" English
 Italy RAI Francesco Gabbani "Occidentali's Karma" Italian
 Latvia LTV Triana Park "Line" English
 Lithuania LRT Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution" English
 Macedonia MRT Jana Burčeska "Dance Alone" English
  • Florance A.
  • Johan Alkenäs
  • Borislav Milanov
  • Joacim Persson
 Malta PBS Claudia Faniello "Breathlessly" English
 Moldova TRM SunStroke Project "Hey Mamma" English
  • Mihail Cebotarenco
  • Alina Galetskaya
  • Anton Ragoza
  • Sergey Stepanov
  • Sergei Yalovitsky
 Montenegro RTCG Slavko Kalezić "Space" English
  • Iva Boršić
  • Adis Eminić
  • Momčilo Zeković "Zeko"
 Netherlands AVROTROS OG3NE "Lights and Shadows" English
  • Rory de Kievit
  • Rick Vol
 Norway NRK Jowst[b] "Grab the Moment" English
 Poland TVP Kasia Moś "Flashlight" English
 Portugal RTP Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" Portuguese Luísa Sobral
 Romania TVR Ilinca feat. Alex Florea "Yodel It!" English
  • Mihai Alexandru
  • Alexa Niculae
 San Marino SMRTV Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson "Spirit of the Night" English
 Serbia RTS Tijana Bogićević "In Too Deep" English
  • Johan Alkenäs
  • Lisa Desmond
  • Borislav Milanov
  • Joacim Persson
 Slovenia RTVSLO Omar Naber "On My Way" English
 Spain RTVE Manel Navarro "Do It for Your Lover" Spanish, English
 Sweden SVT Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" English
  Switzerland SRG SSR Timebelle "Apollo" English
  • Alessandra Günthardt
  • Nicolas Günthardt
  • Elias Näslin
 Ukraine UA:PBC O.Torvald "Time" English
  • Zhenia Galych
  • Yevhen Kamenchuk
  • Denys Myzyuk
 United Kingdom BBC Lucie Jones "Never Give Up on You" English

Returning artists[edit]

The contest featured five representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same countries. Valentina Monetta, who performed in a duet this time, represented San Marino in three consecutive editions: 2012, 2013, and 2014. The duo of Koit Toome and Laura Põldvere have both represented Estonia in different years: Toome in 1998 as a solo artist, finishing 12th place with the song "Mere lapsed", and Põldvere in 2005 as part of Suntribe, finishing 20th in the semi-final with the song "Let's Get Loud". Omar Naber represented Slovenia in 2005, finishing 12th in the semi-final with the song "Stop".[41] This also made for one of the only occasions in which the same participants not only returned after originally competing in the same year, but also had both participations occur in the same host country (the only other recent example being 1982, which saw both Norway's Anita Skorgan and Belgium's Stella Maessen return to the United Kingdom for the second time after the 1977 contest). SunStroke Project represented Moldova in 2010 alongside Olia Tira, finishing 22nd with the song "Run Away".[42]

The contest also featured the group OG3NE which previously represented the Netherlands at another Eurovision event, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, as Lisa, Amy and Shelley, with the song "Adem in, adem uit".[43] In addition, the contest featured two lead singers previously participating as backing vocalists for the same countries: Israel's representative Imri Ziv who backed Nadav Guedj in 2015 and Hovi Star in 2016,[44] and Serbia's representative Tijana Bogićević who backed Nina in 2011.

Other countries[edit]

Active EBU members[edit]

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Luxembourg, Monaco and Slovakia confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[45][46][47][48][49][50][51] BHRT, broadcaster for Bosnia and Herzegovina, did the same due to financial difficulties[52] and non-payment of debts to the EBU totalling 6 million Swiss francs (€5.4 million); the EBU had already threatened to withdraw BHRT from all member services in May 2016, and in late 2016 they began to impose sanctions on the broadcaster for their pending debts.[53][54][55][56] Despite initially stating their participation in the contest[57] and efforts from non-governmental organizations aimed at their return in 2017,[58] Turkish broadcaster TRT ultimately opted not to participate.[59][60]

Associate EBU members[edit]

Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency became an associate member of the EBU on 1 January 2016, opening up the possibility of their participation in 2017;[61][62] however, Kazakhstan was not on the final list of participating countries announced by the EBU on 31 October 2016.[63]

Non-EBU members[edit]

In 2016, Kosovan broadcaster RTK was invited to the Eurovision Committee to discuss the possibility of being accepted in the EBU in order to take part in the contest;[64][65][66] however, Kosovo did not appear on the final list of participants. Liechtensteiner broadcaster 1 FL TV announced that they would not debut at the contest in 2017, but that they intended to obtain EBU membership in order to debut in a future contest, on receipt of financial support from the government.[67]

Format[edit]

The preliminary dates for the contest were announced on 14 March 2016 at a meeting of Heads of Delegation in Stockholm, with the semi-finals expected to take place on 16 and 18 May and the final on 20 May 2017. These preliminary dates were chosen by the EBU to avoid the contest coinciding with any major television and sporting events scheduled to take place around that time.[68]

However, the EBU announced on 24 June that the preliminary dates for the contest had to be brought forward a week, with the semi-finals scheduled for 9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May.[5] This was due to a request from UA:PBC, as the initial preliminary dates coincided with the Remembrance Day for the victims of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars on 18 May.[69][70] However despite attempts to avoid conflicts, the eventual dates coincided with the second leg of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League semi-finals.[70]

Semi-final allocation draw[edit]

Results of the semi-final allocation draw
  Participating countries in the first semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
  Participating countries in the second semi-final[c]
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at Column Hall on 31 January 2017, hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko and Nika Konstantinova. The thirty-seven semi-finalists had been allocated into six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Digame. Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called "bloc voting" and increase suspense in the semi-finals.[71]

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

Visual design[edit]

The theme of the contest, "Celebrate Diversity", was unveiled on 30 January 2017, with its visual design featuring imagery of stylized beads. The main logo used the beads to form a traditional Ukrainian neck amulet.[72][73]

Presenters[edit]

The hosts on the red carpet

The EBU announced on 27 February that the presenters for the contest would be Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko, with Miroshnychenko also hosting the green room.[74] It was the first time that the contest was presented by a male trio,[74] and the second time that the contest did not feature a female presenter, after 1956. Miroshnychenko has previously co-hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 and 2013.[75][76]

Promotional emojis[edit]

It was announced on 30 April that the creative teams from both the Eurovision network and Twitter had worked together to create three emoji that would accompany specific promotional hashtags for the duration of the contest. The heart emoji would appear alongside #ESC2017 and #Eurovision, while the winners' trophy emoji would be used for #12Points and #douzepoints. The final emoji is the logo for the contest, which would appear alongside #CelebrateDiversity, the slogan of the contest.[77]

Opening and interval acts[edit]

The EBU released details regarding the opening and interval acts for each of the live shows on 20 April.[78] The first semi-final was opened by Monatik performing "Spinning", while the interval featured Jamala performing a new version of her winning song "1944" and "Zamanyly".[78] The second semi-final was opened by a medley of past Eurovision songs performed by co-presenters Oleksandr Skichko and Volodymyr Ostapchuk, while the interval featured a dance performance by Apache Crew titled "The Children's Courtyard". In the interval of the final, Jamala performed her new single "I Believe in U",[78] and Onuka performed a megamix together with Ukraine's National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments.[79]

Contest overview[edit]

Semi-final 1[edit]

Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[80] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[81]

  Qualifiers
R/O[82] Country Artist Song Points Place[83]
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

Semi-final 2[edit]

Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. France, Germany and Ukraine voted in this semi-final.[80] 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.[37] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[84]

  Qualifiers
R/O[82] Country Artist Song Points Place[85]
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[b] "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

Final[edit]

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 42 participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was revealed after the second semi-final qualifiers' press conference on 11 May.[86]

  Winner
R/O[86] Country Artist Song Points Place[87]
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[b] "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

Spokespersons[edit]

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:[88]

  1.  Sweden – Wiktoria
  2.  Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov
  3.  San Marino – Lia Fiorio
  4.  Latvia – Aminata
  5.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon
  6.  Montenegro – Tijana Mišković
  7.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  8.  Malta – Martha Fenech
  9.  Macedonia – Ilija Grujoski
  10.  Denmark – Ulla Essendrop
  11.  Austria – Kristina Inhof
  12.  Norway – Marcus & Martinus
  13.  Spain – Nieves Álvarez
  14.  Finland – Jenni Vartiainen
  15.  France – Élodie Gossuin
  16.  Greece – Constantinos Christoforou
  17.  Lithuania – Eglė Daugėlaitė
  18.  Estonia – Jüri Pootsmann
  19.  Moldova – Gloria Gorceag
  20.  Armenia – Iveta Mukuchyan
  21.  Bulgaria – Boryana Gramatikova [bg]
  22.  Iceland – Bo Halldórsson
  23.  Serbia – Sanja Vučić
  24.  Australia – Lee Lin Chin
  25.  Italy – Giulia Valentina Palermo
  26.  Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
  27.  Portugal – Filomena Cautela
  28.   Switzerland – Luca Hänni
  29.  Netherlands – Douwe Bob
  30.  Ireland – Nicky Byrne
  31.  Georgia – Nika Kocharov
  32.  Cyprus – Giannis Karagiannis
  33.  Belarus – Alyona Lanskaya
  34.  Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
  35.  Hungary – Csilla Tatár
  36.  Slovenia – Katarina Čas
  37.  Belgium – Fanny Gillard [fr]
  38.  Poland – Anna Popek [pl]
  39.  United Kingdom – Katrina Leskanich
  40.  Croatia – Uršula Tolj
  41.  Czech Republic – Radka Rosická [cs]
  42.  Ukraine – Zlata Ognevich

Detailed voting results[edit]

Semi-final 1[edit]

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1
Place Combined results Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Portugal 370  Portugal 173  Portugal 197
2  Moldova 291  Australia 139  Moldova 180
3  Sweden 227  Sweden 124  Belgium 125
4  Belgium 165  Moldova 111  Sweden 103
5  Cyprus 164  Azerbaijan 87  Cyprus 103
6  Australia 160  Armenia 87  Poland 69
7  Armenia 152  Czech Republic 81  Armenia 65
8  Azerbaijan 150  Georgia 62  Azerbaijan 63
9  Poland 119  Greece 61  Greece 54
10  Greece 115  Cyprus 61  Finland 51
11  Georgia 99  Poland 50  Montenegro 39
12  Finland 92  Finland 41  Albania 38
13  Czech Republic 83  Belgium 40  Georgia 37
14  Albania 76  Albania 38  Iceland 31
15  Iceland 60  Iceland 29  Australia 21
16  Montenegro 56  Montenegro 17  Slovenia 20
17  Slovenia 36  Slovenia 16  Latvia 20
18  Latvia 21  Latvia 1  Czech Republic 2
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 1[89]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Jury vote
Sweden
Georgia
Australia
Albania
Belgium
Montenegro
Finland
Azerbaijan
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Moldova
Iceland
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Armenia
Slovenia
Latvia
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
Contestants
Sweden 227 124 103 8 8 4 12 6 12 5 2 4 8 8 10 8 5 7 2 10 3 2
Georgia 99 62 37 6 1 3 3 6 3 4 10 5 7 6 5 2 1
Australia 160 139 21 12 6 5 10 3 8 7 6 8 6 10 12 7 1 12 10 1 8 7
Albania 76 38 38 10 10 10 8
Belgium 165 40 125 3 3 1 7 2 3 3 2 5 5 2 4
Montenegro 56 17 39 8 7 2
Finland 92 41 51 7 7 7 1 3 3 1 6 6
Azerbaijan 150 87 63 10 3 7 5 7 8 8 4 6 4 4 3 1 12 5
Portugal 370 173 197 5 12 6 6 7 4 10 12 5 12 12 12 7 10 7 8 12 4 12 10
Greece 115 61 54 1 8 12 2 2 7 1 12 10 6
Poland 119 50 69 12 2 4 2 3 1 1 8 2 2 4 3 6
Moldova 291 111 180 10 3 10 12 1 5 6 5 10 3 6 8 6 7 7 12
Iceland 60 29 31 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 3 8 1
Czech Republic 83 81 2 4 1 4 6 2 4 12 3 5 1 4 10 7 10 8
Cyprus 164 61 103 8 5 8 7 6 4 5 12 3 3
Armenia 152 87 65 7 5 10 8 4 4 12 6 10 5 1 4 6 5
Slovenia 36 16 20 1 4 1 1 5 4
Latvia 21 1 20 1
Detailed televoting results of semi-final 1[89]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Televote
Sweden
Georgia
Australia
Albania
Belgium
Montenegro
Finland
Azerbaijan
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Moldova
Iceland
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Armenia
Slovenia
Latvia
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
Contestants
Sweden 227 124 103 4 8 10 5 3 7 6 10 3 5 1 10 2 5 4 5 7 1 6 1
Georgia 99 62 37 12 6 6 2 1 8 2
Australia 160 139 21 2 1 1 1 2 6 2 3 3
Albania 76 38 38 12 3 5 10 1 7
Belgium 165 40 125 10 5 4 8 2 10 7 8 4 8 7 6 4 6 8 10 6 8 4
Montenegro 56 17 39 1 7 3 5 8 2 1 6 5 1
Finland 92 41 51 8 2 5 3 7 1 4 3 3 2 5 5 3
Azerbaijan 150 87 63 12 1 6 1 12 12 10 7 2
Portugal 370 173 197 12 8 10 12 12 7 12 8 10 12 6 12 7 6 7 12 12 10 12 10
Greece 115 61 54 2 3 6 6 4 5 2 12 5 4 5
Poland 119 50 69 6 3 2 8 1 2 3 5 8 3 2 3 8 3 12
Moldova 291 111 180 5 6 12 7 10 10 8 10 12 7 10 8 10 7 10 10 8 12 10 8
Iceland 60 29 31 7 1 4 5 1 4 7 2
Czech Republic 83 81 2 2
Cyprus 164 61 103 4 7 6 3 4 5 6 3 12 7 7 4 4 12 4 6 3 6
Armenia 152 87 65 3 10 5 7 4 8 6 4 5 8 1 4
Slovenia 36 16 20 2 8 2 4 3 1
Latvia 21 1 20 1 4 5 1 2 7

12 points[edit]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the first semi-final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
7  Portugal  Azerbaijan,  Georgia,  Iceland,  Latvia,  Moldova,  Poland,  Spain
3  Australia  Czech Republic,  Slovenia,  Sweden
2  Greece  Cyprus,  Montenegro
 Moldova  Albania,  United Kingdom
 Sweden  Belgium,  Finland
1  Armenia  Greece
 Azerbaijan  Italy
 Cyprus  Armenia
 Czech Republic  Portugal
 Poland  Australia
12 points awarded by televoting
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
9  Portugal  Albania,  Belgium,  Finland,  Iceland,  Latvia,  Poland,  Slovenia,  Spain,  Sweden
3  Azerbaijan  Czech Republic,  Georgia,  Moldova
 Moldova  Australia,  Italy,  Portugal
2  Cyprus  Armenia,  Greece
1  Albania  Montenegro
 Georgia  Azerbaijan
 Greece  Cyprus
 Poland  United Kingdom

Semi-final 2[edit]

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 2
Place Combined results Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Bulgaria 403  Bulgaria 199  Bulgaria 204
2  Hungary 231  Netherlands 149  Hungary 165
3  Israel 207  Norway 137  Romania 148
4  Netherlands 200  Austria 115  Israel 132
5  Norway 189  Denmark 96  Croatia 104
6  Romania 174  Israel 75  Estonia 69
7  Austria 147  Hungary 66  Belarus 55
8  Croatia 141  Malta 55  Norway 52
9  Belarus 110  Belarus 55  Netherlands 51
10  Denmark 101  Serbia 53   Switzerland 49
11  Serbia 98   Switzerland 48  Serbia 45
12   Switzerland 97  Ireland 45  Ireland 41
13  Ireland 86  Croatia 37  Macedonia 40
14  Estonia 85  Macedonia 29  Austria 32
15  Macedonia 69  Romania 26  Lithuania 25
16  Malta 55  Lithuania 17  Denmark 5
17  Lithuania 42  Estonia 16  San Marino 1
18  San Marino 1  San Marino 0  Malta 0
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 2[90]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Jury vote
Serbia
Austria
Macedonia
Malta
Romania
Netherlands
Hungary
Denmark
Ireland
San Marino
Croatia
Norway
Switzerland
Belarus
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Estonia
Israel
France
Germany
Ukraine
Contestants
Serbia 98 53 45 2 6 4 8 2 2 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 7
Austria 147 115 32 6 3 5 8 8 7 10 7 5 4 7 6 12 4 5 8 4 6
Macedonia 69 29 40 5 8 2 3 8 3
Malta 55 55 0 2 6 8 1 3 5 1 1 5 7 1 4 2 6 3
Romania 174 26 148 10 4 1 4 3 4
Netherlands 200 149 51 8 8 6 6 12 10 10 3 12 12 8 8 8 8 5 6 5 8 6
Hungary 231 66 165 12 3 5 3 3 10 2 5 2 2 12 7
Denmark 101 96 5 4 7 5 10 10 6 1 5 8 10 3 2 4 6 8 4 2 1
Ireland 86 45 41 10 1 3 5 2 2 1 8 7 4 2
San Marino 1 0 1
Croatia 141 37 104 3 1 7 2 4 1 3 6 5 5
Norway 189 137 52 1 5 2 7 7 12 7 10 4 10 10 5 12 10 10 3 12 10
Switzerland 97 48 49 4 1 6 4 4 8 5 3 7 3 1 2
Belarus 110 55 55 7 7 3 7 1 3 5 10 12
Bulgaria 403 199 204 10 12 12 12 8 12 12 6 12 8 6 12 12 12 10 12 6 7 10 8
Lithuania 42 17 25 4 6 7
Estonia 85 16 69 2 2 3 1 1 7
Israel 207 75 132 7 10 4 5 1 5 6 3 7 4 10 12 1
Detailed televoting results of the semi-final 2[90]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Televote
Serbia
Austria
Macedonia
Malta
Romania
Netherlands
Hungary
Denmark
Ireland
San Marino
Croatia
Norway
Switzerland
Belarus
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Estonia
Israel
France
Germany
Ukraine