European Singing Competition 32

### Opening Act

Semifinal 1: Vancouver Sleep Clinic: "Summer '09" and "Modern Conversation" (ft. ZHU & Daniel Johns)
Semifinal 2: Sam Bluer: "Body High"
Grand Final: Vancouver Sleep Clinic: "Someone to Stay" & "Middle of Nowhere"

### Interval Act

Semifinal 1: Delta Goodrem: "Wings" and "Dear Life"
Semifinal 2: milet:"Prover" & "Tell Me"
Grand Final: Kylie Minogue: "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" & "Magic"

## Countries

### Returning countries

 Armenia
 Israel
 Latvia
 Liechtenstein
 Malta
 Moldova
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Ukraine

### Withdrawing countries

 Algeria
 Austria
 Belgium
 Canada
 Faroe Islands
 Finland
 Kazakhstan
 Montenegro
 The Netherlands

## Vote

### Voting system

Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favorite songs

### Winning Song

 Luxembourg
"Wish I Never Loved You"

## European Singing Competition

Previous: 31
Next: 33

**European Singing Competition 32**, often referred to as ESC #32, is the thirty-second edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Sydney, Australia, following Vancouver Sleep Clinic's victory in the 31st edition. This is the first time that Australia hosted the contest and that the contest was held in Oceania. It was also the first time that the event wasn't held in Europe for two consecutive editions. The event was hosted by Delta Goodrem, Sam Bluer and Lee Lin Chin. The event was hosted in the Qudos Bank Arena with a capacity of 21,032. The host broadcaster was SBS.

Fourty four countries participated in the thirty-second edition. The participating countries, except of the host Finland, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Italy and Greece competed in two semi-finals. Israel, Latvia, Malta, Monaco and Slovakia got promoted after qualifying from the Pre-Qualification Round 9.

The winner was Luxembourg with the song "Wish I Never Loved You" by Bolshiee which scored 392 points, winning by a margin of 86 points in front of Sweden. The podium was completed by Russia, which finished on the third place. The host country Australia ended 10th, marking the first time the host country enters the top 10 since Greece in the 27th edition. The top 6 was rounded up by Norway and the usually not so successful countries Ukraine and Latvia. This marked the second victory of Luxembourg, the first one being achieved by GEZZA in the 17th edition. Sweden and Russia also achieved their new best results, surpassing the 3rd and 7th place they had as best result respectively. Both Malta and Slovakia successfully qualified for the first time in over two years, since their last final in the 24th edition. The Czech Republic and Azerbaijan got their worst results ever, getting last in their respective semifinal. Morocco's 17th place in the first semifinal is also the country's worst result. Italy got their worst result ever, a 17th place in the Grand Final.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in Australia.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Melbourne
 Perth
 Sydney
 Wollongong

## Returning Artists

Marco Mengoni will return to the contest after previously competing for San Marino in the 26th edition alongside Giorgia with the song "Come Neve", getting 3rd. This time he is going to sing for his native country, Italy. Yaseniya was internally selected to sing for Georgia for the second time after previously ending 13th in the 2nd edition with her song "Mon Ami". ABIR was selected to sing for Morocco after previously competing in ESC Second Chance Contest 2, where she ended 13th with her song "Tango". MIKA was internally selected to sing for Lebanon for the 4th time after previously competing in the 6th, the 9th and the 26th edition scoring 17th in the semifinal, 13th in the semifinal and 21st in the grand final respectively. He previously sang his songs "Relax, Take It Easy", "Staring at the Sun" and "Underwater". Mattis will return to sing for Denmark after winning Dansk Melodi Gran Prix, his first patricipation was in the 26th edition, when he ended 17th in the final with his song "Loverboy". Vlaho will be returning for Croatia after previously competing in the 27th edition with his song "Home", which ended 9th in the final, after being the highest scoring Croatian act in Yugovizija. Giorgos Sampanis will return to sing for Greece after winning Thessaloniki Festival. He previously competed in the 11th edition with his song "Min Anisichis", where he ended 19th.

## Participating countries

### **Semi-final Allocation Draw**

The thirty-eight semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place and cultural similarities. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* France
* Lebanon
* Morocco
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Iceland
* New Zealand
* Norway
* United States
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Georgia
 Pot 5
 * Andorra
* Cyprus
* Israel
* Malta
* San Marino
* Germany
* Liechtenstein
* Slovakia
* Switzerland
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* Poland
* Moldova
* Romania
* Ukraine

### **Semi-final 1**

Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside  Italy,  Portugal and  Sweden.

### **Semi-final 2**

Nineteen countries participated in the second semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside the host  Australia,  Greece and the  United Kingdom.

### **Grand Final**

26 countries competed in the final. All 44 countries voted in the final.

## Voting

### Semifinal 1

##### 12 Points

Televoting
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##### 12 Points

Jury
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### Semifinal 2

##### 12 Points

Televoting
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##### 12 Points

Jury
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### Final

##### 12 Points

Televoting
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the grand final:

##### 12 Points

Jury
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## Notes

1. **^** The song includes uncredited vocals by Mr. Gabriel.