Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015	Eurovision Song Contest 2015 	 	 	
Building Bridges 	Building Bridges 	 	 	
Dates 	Dates 	 	 	
Semi-final 1 	19 May 2015 	 	 	
Semi-final 2 	21 May 2015 	 	 	
Final 	23 May 2015 	 	 	
Host 	Host 	 	 	
Venue 	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria 	 	 	
Presenter(s) 	Mirjam WeichselbraunAlice TumlerArabella Kiesbauer<BR>Conchita Wurst 	 	 	
Directed by 	Kurt Pongratz 	 	 	
Executive supervisor 	Jon Ola Sand 	 	 	
Executive producer 	Edgar Böhm 	 	 	
Host broadcaster 	Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) 	 	 	
Opening act 	Semi-final 1: "Rise Like a Phoenix" performed by Conchita Wurst with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Peter PejtsikFinal: "Building Bridges", performed by Mirjam, Alice, Arabella, Conchita Wurst and Left Boy, with the Superar Children's Choir, Vienna Boys' Choir, and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Peter Pejtsik	 	 	
Interval act 	Semi-final 1: Video: "Pets in Vienna"Semi-final 2: "Funny moments in the Eurovision voting history"Final: Martin Grubinger and The Percussive Planet Ensemble "You Are Unstoppable" and "Firestorm" performed by Conchita Wurst 	 	 	
Participants 	Participants 	 	 	
Number of entries 	40 	 	 	
Debuting countries 	Australia 	 	 	
Returning countries 	Cyprus Czech Republic Serbia 	 	 	
Withdrawing countries 	Ukraine 	 	 	
Vote 	Vote 	 	 	
Voting system 	Each country/jury awarded 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs 	 	 	
Nul Points 	Austria Germany 	 	 	
Winning song 	United Kingdom"Immortal Melancholy" 	 	 	
Eurovision Song Contest 	Eurovision Song Contest 	 	 	
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following Conchita Wurst's win at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix". It was the second time Austria had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1967. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), the contest was held at the Wiener Stadthalle and consisted of two semi-finals on 19 and 21 May, and the final on 23 May 2015. The three live shows were hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer, while Conchita Wurst hosted the green room.
Forty countries participated in the contest, with Australia making a guest appearance. Cyprus and Serbia returned, after their one-year absence, while Czech Republic returned, after their last participation in 2009. Meanwhile, Ukraine announced their non-participation due to financial and political reasons regarding the Ukrainian crisis.
The winner was the United Kingdom with the song "Immortal Melancholy", performed by Celestial Sphere and written by James Harrison and Caitlyn Harrison. This was the United Kingdom's record equalling seventh victory in the contest, following their wins in 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1997 and 2000. This was also Celestial Sphere's second victory after winning in 2000, but only lead singer Caitlyn Harrison and guitarist James Harrison remained from the line-up that won in 2000. Sweden, Russia, Belgium and Italy rounded out the top five. This was the first time since the juries were reintroduced alongside the televoting in 2009 that the winner did not place first in the televoting; Italy was the televote winner, while Sweden was the jury winner. Further down the table, Montenegro achieved its best result since its independence, finishing thirteenth. Also, for the first time since 2002, all three Baltic states participated in the final.
For the first time, the top five of the contest all scored 200 points or better. The UK's winning song became the first Eurovision song to score 400 points. Austria and Germany became the first countries since 2003 to score no points in the final. Austria is also the first host country to score nul points. The EBU reported that over 197 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, beating the 2014 viewing figures by 2 million.
==Participating countries==
===Returning artists===
Artist 	Country 	Previous year(s)
Celestial Sphere 	United Kingdom	2000
Inga Arshakyan (as part of Genealogy)	Armenia 	2009 (as part of Inga and Anush)
Amber 	Malta 	2012 (as backing vocalist)
Uzari 	Belarus 	2011 (as backing vocalist)
Elnur Hüseynov 	Azerbaijan 	2008 (as part Elnur & Samir)
Raay (as part of Maraaya) 	Slovenia 	2014 (as a backing musician)
Hera Björk 	Iceland 	2010 (as backing vocalist)
Nicolas Dorian (as backing vocalist) 	Belgium 	2011 (as part of Witloof Bay)
=== Semi-final 1 ===
16 countries took part in the first semi-final. Australia, Austria, France and Spain voted in this semi-final. The ten songs in places 1 to 10 qualified for the final and are marked in orange.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Language 	Place	Points
01 	Moldova 	Eduard Romanyuta 	"I Want Your Love" 	English 	11 	41
02 	Armenia 	Genealogy 	"Face the Shadow" 	English 	7 	77
03 	Belgium 	Loïc Nottet 	"Rhythm Inside" 	English 	2 	149
04 	Netherlands	Trijntje Oosterhuis 	"Walk Along" 	English 	14 	33
05 	Finland 	Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät	"Aina mun pitää" 	Finnish 	16 	13
06 	Greece 	Maria Elena Kyriakou 	"One Last Breath" 	English 	6 	81
07 	Estonia 	Elina Born & Stig Rästa 	"Goodbye to Yesterday"	English 	3 	105
08 	Macedonia 	Daniel Kajmakoski 	"Autumn Leaves" 	English 	15 	28
09 	Serbia 	Bojana Stamenov 	"Beauty Never Lies" 	English 	9 	63
10 	Hungary 	Boggie 	"Wars for Nothing" 	English 	8 	67
11 	Belarus 	Uzari & Maimuna 	"Time" 	English 	12 	39
12 	Russia 	Polina Gagarina 	"A Million Voices" 	English 	1 	182
13 	Denmark 	Anti Social Media 	"The Way You Are" 	English 	13 	33
14 	Albania 	Elhaida Dani 	"I'm Alive" 	English 	10 	62
15 	Romania 	Voltaj 	"De la capăt" 	Romanian, English	5 	89
16 	Georgia 	Nina Sublatti 	"Warrior" 	English 	4 	98
===Semi-final 2===
17 countries took part in this semi-final. Australia, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. The ten songs in places 1 to 10 qualified for the final and are marked in orange.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Language 	Place	Points
01 	Lithuania 	Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila 	"This Time" 	English 	7 	67
02 	Ireland 	Molly Sterling 	"Playing with Numbers" 	English 	12 	35
03 	San Marino 	Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola	"Chain of Lights" 	English 	16 	11
04 	Montenegro 	Knez 	"Adio" 	Montenegrin	9 	57
05 	Malta 	Amber 	"Warrior" 	English 	11 	43
06 	Norway 	Mørland & Debrah Scarlett 	"A Monster Like Me" 	English 	4 	123
07 	Portugal 	Leonor Andrade 	"Há um mar que nos separa" 	Portuguese 	14 	19
08 	Czech Republic	Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta 	"Hope Never Dies" 	English 	13 	33
09 	Israel 	Nadav Guedj 	"Golden Boy" 	English 	3 	151
10 	Latvia 	Aminata 	"Love Injected" 	English 	2 	155
11 	Azerbaijan 	Elnur Hüseynov 	"Hour of the Wolf" 	English 	10 	53
12 	Iceland 	Maria Olafs 	"Unbroken" 	English 	15 	14
13 	Sweden 	Måns Zelmerlöw 	"Heroes" 	English 	1 	217
14 	Switzerland 	Mélanie René 	"Time to Shine" 	English 	17 	4
15 	Cyprus 	John Karayiannis 	"One Thing I Should Have Done"	English 	6 	87
16 	Slovenia 	Maraaya 	"Here for You" 	English 	5 	92
17 	Poland 	Monika Kuszyńska 	"In the Name of Love" 	English 	8 	57
===Final===
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Language 	Place	Points
01 	Slovenia 	Maraaya 	"Here for You" 	English 	1 	39
02 	France 	Lisa Angell 	"N'oubliez pas" 	French 	25 	4
03 	Israel 	Nadav Guedj 	"Golden Boy" 	English 	8 	97
04 	Estonia 	Elina Born & Stig Rästa 	"Goodbye to Yesterday" 	English 	9 	96
05 	United Kingdom	Celestial Sphere 	"Immortal Melancholy" 	English 	1 	400
06 	Armenia 	Genealogy 	"Face the Shadow" 	English 	20 	22
07 	Lithuania 	Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila	"This Time" 	English 	16 	30
08 	Serbia 	Bojana Stamenov 	"Beauty Never Lies" 	English 	13 	42
09 	Norway 	Mørland & Debrah Scarlett 	"A Monster Like Me" 	English 	10 	93
10 	Sweden 	Måns Zelmerlöw 	"Heroes" 	English 	2 	265
11 	Cyprus 	John Karayiannis 	"One Thing I Should Have Done"	English 	23 	11
12 	Australia 	Guy Sebastian 	"Tonight Again" 	English 	7 	155
13 	Belgium 	Loïc Nottet 	"Rhythm Inside" 	English 	4 	205
14 	Austria 	The Makemakes 	"I Am Yours" 	English 	26 	0
15 	Greece 	Maria Elena Kyriakou 	"One Last Breath" 	English 	19 	23
16 	Montenegro 	Knez 	"Adio" 	Montenegrin 	12 	44
17 	Germany 	Ann Sophie 	"Black Smoke" 	English 	27 	0
18 	Poland 	Monika Kuszyńska 	"In the Name of Love" 	English 	24 	10
19 	Latvia 	Aminata 	"Love Injected" 	English 	6 	166
20 	Romania 	Voltaj 	"De la capăt" 	Romanian, English	17 	28
21 	Spain 	Edurne 	"Amanecer" 	Spanish 	22 	15
22 	Hungary 	Boggie 	"Wars for Nothing" 	English 	21 	19
23 	Georgia 	Nina Sublatti 	"Warrior" 	English 	14 	41
24 	Azerbaijan 	Elnur Huseynov 	"Hour of the Wolf" 	English 	11 	49
25 	Russia 	Polina Gagarina 	"A Million Voices" 	English 	3 	253
26 	Albania 	Elhaida Dani 	"I'm Alive" 	English 	18 	24
27 	Italy 	Il Volo 	"Grande amore" 	Italian 	5 	202
;NOTES:
:While Austria and Germany both finished with no points, Austria is listed as finishing "ahead" of Germany due to the tiebreaker rule that favours the song performed earliest in the running order.
==Scoreboard==
===Final===
====12 points====
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:
N.	Contestant 	Nation(s) giving 12 points
19	United Kingdom	Albania, Armenia, Australia, Cyprus, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino Sweden, Switzerland
7 	Sweden 	Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Italy Poland, Slovenia, United Kingdom
4 	Russia 	Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Germany
2 	Belgium 	France, Netherlands
2 	Italy 	Israel, Spain
1 	Albania 	Macedonia
1 	Australia 	Austria
1 	Azerbaijan 	Czech Republic
1 	Latvia 	Lithuania
1 	Montenegro 	Serbia
1 	Serbia 	Montenegro