Members Huntress Posted November 22, 2015 Members Share Posted November 22, 2015 Following Måns Zelmerlöw's win with "Heroes" at the 2015 edition in Vienna, Austria, the 61th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, in May 2015. Again, there will be three live shows: Two semi-finals (May 10th and 12th) and the grand final (May 14th). 40 countries have confirmed their participation: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine (last participation was in 2014) United Kingdom 2015 participants that will not compete in 2016: Portugal Former participants that will not return: Andorra (last participation was in 2009) Bulgaria (last participation was in 2013) Bosnia & Herzegovina (last participation was in 2012) Croatia (last participation was in 2013) Monaco (last participation was in 2006) Slovakia (last participation was in 2012) Turkey (last participation was in 2012) Recaps of the 2015 Contest: Semi-Final 1 Semi-Final 2 Grand Final Last night, the 13th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place in Sofia, Bulgaria. The jESC is a spin-off from the regular ESC with fewer participating countries (mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe). Only artists between the ages of 10 and 15 are allowed to take part. Malta won the 2015 edition. All the performances can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/user/JuniorEurovision/videos 2015 recap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted January 14, 2016 Author Members Share Posted January 14, 2016 With Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Croatia returning to the Eurovision family, the 2016 Contest will feature 43 participating nations – just like in 2008 and 2011. During the next two months, all countries will choose their entries via national pre-selections or internal choices. The first two entries have already been presented: Albania 2016: Eneda Tarifa / "Përallë"Like all Albanian entries, this song will most likely be completely overhauled until the Contest. Ireland 2016: Nicky Byrne / "Sunlight" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted January 24, 2016 Author Members Share Posted January 24, 2016 Next entries: Belarus 2016: Ivan / "Help You Fly" Belgium 2016: Laura Tesoro / "What's the Pressure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted February 14, 2016 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2016 Next few entries... Austria 2016: ZOE / "Loin d*ici"Austria opted for a song in French for the very first time in the Contest's history. Denmark 2016: Lighthouse X / "Soldiers of Love" Spain 2016: Barei / "Say Yay" Switzerland 2016: Rykka / "The Last of our Kind" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted February 20, 2016 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2016 This year, the voting procedure at the Eurovision Song Contest will be dramatically changed. From 1975 to 1997, every country had a national jury that awarded 1-8, 10 and 12 points to the other contestants. In 1998, televoting became mandatory and national juries were abolished. The national juries returned in 2009, and since then the results have been decided by 50% jury voting and 50% televoting. The points were added up and split evenly. This means that a country that finished lower than 5th place in the televote and received 0 points by the jury, ultimately received 0 points. Likewise, if the jury placed a country 5th, but the public didn't like it, then it received 0 points as well. Starting with the 2016 contest, every country will award two sets of points: 1-8, 10 and 12 points from their national jury; and 1-8, 10 and 12 points from their televote. Bosnia & Herzegovina 2016: Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala / "Ljubav je" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted February 26, 2016 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2016 Cyprus 2016: Minus One / "Alter Ego" Germany 2016: Jamie-Lee / "Ghost" Iceland 2016: Greta Salomé / "Hear Them Calling"* Greta Salomé already represented Iceland in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Never Forget". Ukraine 2016: Jamala / "1944" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted March 3, 2016 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2016 Armenia 2016: Iveta Mukuchyan / "LoveWave" Finland 2016: Sandhja / "Sing it Away" France 2016: Amir / "J'ai cherche" Hungary 2016: Freddie / "Pioneer" Latvia 2016: Justs / "Heartbeat" Moldova 2016: Lidia Isac / "Falling Stars" Norway 2016: Agnete / "Icebreaker" Slovenia 2016: ManuElla / "Blue and Red" United Kingdom 2016: Joe and Jake / "You're Not Alone" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted March 8, 2016 Author Members Share Posted March 8, 2016 Estonia 2016: Jüri Pootsmann / "Play" FYR Macedonia 2016: Kaliopi / "Dona"* Kaliopi already represented Macedonia in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Crno i Belo". Georgia 2016: Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz / "Midnight Gold" Montenegro 2016: Highway / "The Real Thing" Netherlands 2016: Douwe Bob / "Slow Down" Poland 2016: Michal Szpak / "Color of Your Life" Romania 2016: Ovidiu Anton / "Moment of Silence" Russia 2016: Sergey Lazarev / "You Are the Only One" Only a few countries haven't selected their entries yet: Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, San Marino, Serbia and Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted March 13, 2016 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2016 Australia 2016: Dami Im / "Sound of Silence" Azerbaijan 2016: Samra / "Miracle" Czech Republic 2016: Gabriela Gunciková / "I Stand" Greece 2016: Argo / "Utopian Land" Lithuania 2016: Donny Montell / "I've Been Waiting For This Night" San Marino 2016: Serhat / "I Didn't Know" Serbia 2016: ZAA Sanja Vucic / "Goodbye" Sweden 2016: Frans / "If I Were Sorry" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted March 22, 2016 Author Members Share Posted March 22, 2016 Semi-final 1Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Russia and San Marino will compete for 10 spots in the final. France, Spain and Sweden will also vote in this semi-final. Semi-final 2Albania, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine will compete for 10 spots in the final. Germany, Italy and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final. Automatic FinalistsFrance, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom are pre-qualified for the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted April 24, 2016 Author Members Share Posted April 24, 2016 Romania has been disqualifed from the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest as their broadcaster TVR couldn't pay back their debts to the EBU (European Broadcasting Union). The channel also lost the broadcast rights to other events, such as the Olympic Games 2016 and the UEFA Euro 2016: http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=tvr_romania_no_longer_entitled_to_take_part_in_eurovision_2016 Thus, the number of participating nations decreases to 42. Romania has taken part in the ESC since 1994 and has been one of the most successful countries in recent years with a 100 % qualification record from the semi-finals. Their highest placement was #3 in 2005 and once again in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 2, 2016 Members Share Posted May 2, 2016 This year the Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast live in the US for the first time. http://www3.ebu.ch/news/2016/04/ebu-strikes-deal-with-viacoms-lo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 11, 2016 Author Members Share Posted May 11, 2016 The 1st semi-final is over. Videos of all performances are up on https://www.youtube.com/user/eurovision/videos The following 10 countries advanced to the Grand Final on Saturday: Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Hungary Malta Netherlands Russia Milestone: For the very first time in the contest's history, the Czech Republic will appear in an Eurovision final. The following countries did not advance: Bosnia & Herzegovina Estonia Finland Greece Iceland Moldova Montenegro San Marino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 13, 2016 Author Members Share Posted May 13, 2016 The 2nd semi-final is over. Videos of all performances can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/eurovision/videos The following 10 countries advanced to the Grand Final on Saturday: Australia Belgium Bulgaria Georgia Israel Latvia Lithuania Poland Serbia Ukraine The following countries did not advance: Albania Belarus Denmark Ireland Macedonia Norway Slovenia Switzerland Running Order for the Grand Final on Saturday: Belgium Czech Republic Netherlands Azerbaijan Hungary Italy Israel Bulgaria Sweden Germany France Poland Australia Cyprus Serbia Lithuania Croatia Russia Spain Latvia Ukraine Malta Georgia Austria United Kingdom Armenia The biggest contenders for the win are Russia, Ukraine, France, Armenia and Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 15, 2016 Author Members Share Posted May 15, 2016 Ukraine has won the 61th Eurovision Song Contest, beating Australia and Russia to 2nd and 3rd place. The winning song "1944" by Jamala scored 534 points – but the song was neither the juries' nor the public's favorite. While the juries favored Australia, the public liked Russia the most. Due to high marks from both the juries and the public, Ukraine was eventually able to surpass Australia and Russia. Meanwhile, Germany finished last the second year in a row, and Czech Republic scored 0 points in the televoting. Full results: Semi-final 1 01. Russia (342) q02. Armenia (243) q03. Malta (209) q04. Hungary (197) q05. The Netherlands (197) q06. Azerbaijan (185) q07. Austria (170) q08. Cyprus (164) q09. Czech Republic (161) q10. Croatia (133) q---11. Bosnia & Herzegovina (104)12. San Marino (68)13. Montenegro (60)14. Iceland (51)15. Finland (51)16. Greece (44)17. Moldova (33)18. Estonia (24) Semi-final 2 01. Australia (330) q02. Ukraine (287) q03. Belgium (274) q04. Lithuania (222) q05. Bulgaria (220) q06. Poland (151) q07. Israel (147) q08. Latvia (132) q09. Georgia (123) q10. Serbia (105) q---11. Macedonia (86)12. Belarus (84)13. Norway (63)14. Slovenia (57)15. Ireland (46)16. Albania 45)17. Denmark (34)18. Switzerland (28) Grand Final 01. Ukraine (534)02. Australia (511)03. Russia (491)04. Bulgaria (307)05. Sweden (261)06. France (257)07. Armenia (249)08. Poland (229)09. Lithuania (200)10. Belgium (181)---11. The Netherlands (153)12. Malta (153)13. Austria (151)14. Israel (135)15. Latvia (132)16. Italy (124)17. Azerbaijan (117)18. Serbia (115)19. Hungary (108)20. Georgia (104)---21. Cyprus (96)22. Spain (77)23. Croatia (73)24. United Kingdom (62)25. Czech Republic (41)26. Germany (11) The winning song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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