Eurovision Song Contest 2015

The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the contest and took place in Vienna, Austria, after Conchita Wurst won the previous year. 40 countries took part this year, with Sweden's song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw winning.

Australia took part for the first time ever and was invited to the Grand Final as a special guest. Ukraine did not participate due to financial problems related to Russia's invasion of Crimea.

 Overview 
According to the rules of Eurovision 2015, there would be 27 countries in the Grand Final. These included host country Austria, the Big 5 (France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom), Australia and the twenty countries which qualified from the semi-finals.

 First semi-final 
The first semi-final took place on Tuesday, the 19th May 2015. 16 countries participated in this semi-final. Those 16 countries plus Austria, France and Spain voted in this semi-final. The rankings from each country's jury vote and public vote were combined and the ten best ranked countries qualified for the final.
CountryArtistSongResultNo.1 MoldovaEduard Romanyuta"I Want Your Love"Eliminated11th2 ArmeniaGenealogy"Face the Shadow"Qualified7th3 BelgiumLoïc Nottet"Rhythm Inside"Qualified2nd4 NetherlandsTrijntje Oosterhuis"Walk Along"Eliminated14th5 FinlandPertti Kurikan Nimipäivät"Aina mun pitää"Eliminated16th6 GreeceMaria Elena Kyriako"One Last Breath"Qualified6th7 EstoniaElina Born & Stig Rästa"Goodbye to Yesterday"Qualified3rd8Daniel Kajmakoski"Autumn Leaves"Eliminated15th9 SerbiaBojana Stamenov"Beauty Never Lies"Qualified9th10Boggie"Wars for Nothing"Qualified8th11Uzari & Maimuna"Time"Eliminated12th12Polina Gagarina"A Million Voices"Qualified1st13 DenmarkAnti Social Media"The Way You Are"Eliminated13th14 AlbaniaElhaida Dani"I'm Alive"Qualified10th15 RomaniaVoltaj"De la capăt"Qualified5th16 GeorgiaMina Sublatti"Warrior"Qualified4th

 Second semi-final 
The second semi-final took place on Thursday, the 21th May 2015. 17 countries participated in this semi-final. Those countries plus Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. The rankings from each country's jury vote and public vote were combined and the ten best ranked countries qualified for the final.
CountryArtistSongResultNo.1 LithuaniaMonika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila"This Time"Qualified7th2 IrelandMolly Sterling"Playing with Numbers"Eliminated12th3 San MarinoAnita Simoncini & Michele Perniola"Chain of Lights"Eliminated16th4Knez"Adio"Qualified9th5 MaltaAmber"Warrior"Eliminated11th6 NorwayMørland & Debrah Scarlett"A Monster Like Me"Qualified4th7 PortugalLeonor Andrade"Há um mar que nos separa"Eliminated14th8Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta"Hope Never Dies"Eliminated13th9 IsraelNadav Guedj"Golden Boy"Qualified3rd10 LatviaAminita"Love Injected"Qualified2nd11 AzerbaijanElnur Hüseynov"Hour of the Wolf"Qualified10th12 IcelandMaria Olafs"Unbroken"Eliminated15th13 SwedenMåns Zelmerlöw"Heroes"Qualified1st14 SwitzerlandMélanie René"Time to Shine"Eliminated17th15 CyprusJohn Karayiannis"One Thing I Should Have Done"Qualified6th16 SloveniaMaraaya"Here for You"Qualified5th17 PolandMonika Kuszyńska"In the Name of Love"Qualified8th

 Grand Final 
The Grand Final took place on Saturday, the 23th May 2015. The 27 finalists were Austria, the Big Five, the twenty qualifiers from the semi-finals and Australia, who was invited as a special guest. The winner was Sweden, with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. 
Each country used a jury vote and a public vote to rank the songs. The rankings were combined and the ten songs that ranked highest in both votes were awarded points on a scale of 12, 10 and 8 to 1 (with 12 going to the highest ranked, 10 to the second and 8 to 1 from the third to tenth). Once each country had awarded their points, the winner was declared.
CountryArtistSongVoteNo.1 SloveniaMaraaya"Here for You"3914th2Lisa Angell"N'oubliez pas"425th3 IsraelNadav Guedj"Golden Boy"979th4 EstoniaElina Born & Stig Rästa"Goodbye to Yesterday"1067th5Electro Velvet"Still in Love with You"524th6 ArmeniaGenealogy"Face the Shadow"3416th7 LithuaniaMonika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila"This Time"3018th8 SerbiaBojana Stamenov"Beauty Never Lies"5310th9 NorwayMørland & Debrah Scarlett"A Monster Like Me"1028th10 SwedenMåns Zelmerlöw"Heroes"3651st11 CyprusJohn Karayiannis"One Thing I Should Have Done"1122nd12Guy Sebastian"Tonight Again"1965th13 BelgiumLoïc Nottet"Rhythm Inside"2174th14The Makemakes"I Am Yours"026th15 GreeceMaria Elena Kyriako"One Last Breath"2319th16Knez"Adio"4413th17Ann Sophie"Black Smoke"027th18 PolandMonika Kuszyńska"In the Name of Love"1023rd19 LatviaAminita"Love Injected"1866th20 RomaniaVoltaj"De la capăt"3515th21Edurne"Amanecer"1521st22Boggie"Wars for Nothing"1920th23 GeorgiaMina Sublatti"Warrior"5111th24 AzerbaijanElnur Hüseynov"Hour of the Wolf"4912th25Polina Gagarina"A Million Voices"3032nd26 AlbaniaElhaida Dani"I'm Alive"3417th27Il Volo"Grande amore"2923rd

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