Eurovision Song Contest 2015

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

### 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.

### 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.

### Final

**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: