Eurovision Song Contest 2012

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Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Light Your Fire!
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Dates and venue
Semi-final 1
  • 22 May 2012 (2012-05-22)
Semi-final 2
  • 24 May 2012 (2012-05-24)
Final
  • 26 May 2012 (2012-05-26)
Venue Baku Crystal Hall
Baku, Azerbaijan
Organisation
Organiser European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand
Production
Host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV)
DirectorLadislaus Kiraly
Executive producerAdil Kerimli
Presenters
Participants
Number of entries42
Number of finalists26
Returning countriesFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Non-returning countries
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         Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-finals     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2012
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song
2011  Eurovision Song Contest  2013
Event page at eurovision.tv OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May and a final on 26 May 2012, held at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan, and presented by Leyla Aliyeva, Nargiz Birk-Petersen, and Eldar Gasimov. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), which staged the event after winning the 2011 contest for Azerbaijan with the song "Running Scared" by Gasimov himself and Nigar Jamal as Ell and Nikki. It was the first time the contest was hosted in Azerbaijan only four years after the country made its debut. [1] [2]

Contents

Broadcasters from forty-two countries participated in the contest. Montenegro returned to the contest for the first time since 2009. Meanwhile, Armenia withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, while Poland did not participate due to financial concerns.

The winner was Sweden with the song "Euphoria", performed by Loreen and written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström. The song won both the jury vote and televote and received 372 points out of a maximum of 492. Russia, Serbia, Azerbaijan, and Albania rounded out the top five, with Albania achieving their best result to date. Out of the "Big Five" countries, Germany, Italy and Spain all managed to rank within the top 10, finishing eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively.

The lead-up to the contest was met with political concerns and protests surrounding the host country, including its human rights record and allegations by advocacy groups that Baku was carrying out forced evictions in the construction of the contest's venue.

Location

Baku Crystal Hall, Baku - host venue of the 2012 contest. Baku Crystal Hall.jpg
Baku Crystal Hall, Baku - host venue of the 2012 contest.
ESC 2012 Baku Map.svg
Locations of the suggested venues in Baku, Azerbaijan: the chosen venue is marked in blue, while eliminated venues are marked in red

Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV) got the right to host the 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the previous edition with the song "Running Scared" performed by Ell and Nikki. [3] [4] Baku, the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region, was named the host city for the contest, with the venue being the Baku Crystal Hall, built a few months prior to the contest on the city's coastline.

Shortly after Azerbaijan's victory at the 2011 edition, officials announced that a new 23,000-seat concert venue was to be built near National Flag Square in Baku, as a potential venue for the event. [5] [6] Three days later, other venue options were revealed by organisers, such as the 37,000-seat Tofiq Bahramov Stadium and the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex. [7] On 2 August 2011, Alpine Bau Deutschland AG was awarded the contract to construct the Baku Crystal Hall. Preparations for construction began in the area shortly after the announcement. [8] Even though the full cost of the contract was not named, the government allocated 6 million AZN for the construction of the venue. [9]

On 8 September 2011, Azad Azerbaijan TV (ATV) reported that Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest, but no formal confirmation was made at the time neither by İTV nor the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). On 31 October 2011, Ismayil Omarov, the director general of İTV announced that a decision on the venue choice would be taken by the steering committee in January 2012. [10] On 25 January 2012, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest. [11] Even though the venue had an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people were able to attend each show. [11] Tickets for the contest became available online for purchase on 28 February 2012. [12] [13]

Participants

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Participation summaries by country

On 17 January 2012, the EBU initially announced that forty-three countries would take part in the 2012 contest. [14] The 57th edition saw the return of Montenegro, who was last represented by Andrea Demirović in 2009. [15] Poland decided not to participate, due to the financial burden of the UEFA Euro 2012 (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and the 2012 Summer Olympics. [14] Armenia, who had originally planned to participate, later withdrew their application due to security concerns related to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42. [16]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 participants [17]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania RTSH Rona Nishliu " Suus "Albanian
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Trackshittaz " Woki mit deim Popo "German [a]
  • Manuel Hoffelner
  • Lukas Plöchl
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan İTV Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies"English
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus BTRC Litesound "We Are the Heroes"English
  • Dmitriy Karyakin
  • Vladimir Karyakin
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium VRT Iris "Would You?"English
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Maya Sar "Korake ti znam"Bosnian Maja Sarihodžić
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria BNT Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited"Bulgarian
  • Krum Georgiev
  • Iasen Kozev
  • Donka Vasileva
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia HRT Nina Badrić " Nebo "Croatian Nina Badrić
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus CyBC Ivi Adamou "La La Love"English
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better"English
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia ERR Ott Lepland "Kuula"Estonian
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Yle Pernilla "När jag blundar"Swedish Jonas Karlsson
Flag of France.svg  France France Télévisions Anggun "Echo (You and I)"French, English
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia GPB Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker"English, Georgian
  • Rusudan Chkhaidze
  • Bibi Kvachadze
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany NDR [b] Roman Lob "Standing Still"English
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac"English
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary MTVA Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts"English
  • Behnam Lotfi
  • Gábor Pál
  • Attila Sándor
  • Csaba Walkó
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland RÚV Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget"English Greta Salóme
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland RTÉ Jedward "Waterline"English
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel IBA Izabo "Time"English, Hebrew
  • Shiri Hadar
  • Ran Shem Tov
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy RAI Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"English, Italian
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia LTV Anmary "Beautiful Song"English
  • Ivars Makstnieks
  • Rolands Ūdris
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania LRT Donny Montell "Love Is Blind"English
  • Jodie Rose
  • Brandon Stone
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia MRT Kaliopi " Crno i belo " (Црно и бело)Macedonian
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta PBS Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night"English
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova TRM Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar"English
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro RTCG Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro"English Rambo Amadeus
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands TROS Joan Franka "You and Me"English
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Tooji "Stay"English
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal RTP Filipa Sousa "Vida minha"Portuguese
  • Andrej Babić
  • Carlos Coelho
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TVR Mandinga "Zaleilah"Spanish, English
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia RTR Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" Udmurt, English
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino SMRTV Valentina Monetta "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh – Oh Oh)"English
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia RTS Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" (Није љубав ствар)Serbian
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia RTVS Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes"English Max Jason Mai
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia RTVSLO Eva Boto "Verjamem"Slovene
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain RTVE Pastora Soler " Quédate conmigo "Spanish
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Loreen "Euphoria"English
  • Peter Boström
  • Thomas G:son
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Sinplus "Unbreakable"English
  • Gabriel Broggini
  • Ivan Broggini
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT Can Bonomo "Love Me Back"English Can Bonomo
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine NTU Gaitana "Be My Guest"English
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free"English

Returning artists

Four artists returned in this year's contest. Kaliopi had intended to participate for Macedonia in 1996 with the song "Samo ti", which placed in 26th position in the pre-qualifying round. [19] [20] She would then go on to represent Macedonia in 2016. Jónsi had represented Iceland in 2004 with the song "Heaven", which placed 19th. [21] [22] Željko Joksimović for Serbia, [23] had represented Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 with the song "Lane moje" which placed second, and had co-hosted the 2008 contest with Jovana Janković. Jedward had represented Ireland in 2011, and returned for a second consecutive year, after their 8th-place finish with the song "Lipstick". [24] [25] In addition, Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia in 2009, returned as a backing vocalist for Slovenia.

Lys Assia, who won the first Eurovison for Switzerland in 1956, entered the song "C'était ma vie", written by Ralph Siegel and Jean Paul Cara, into the 2012 Swiss national selection. [26] [27] The song, however, only came eighth in a closely fought national selection. Assia attended the event in Baku as a guest of honour. [28]

Languages

The Finnish entry, "När jag blundar", sung by Pernilla Karlsson, was only Finland's second entry in Swedish (after "Fri?" by Beat in 1990) and the first entry at all to be sung in Swedish since 1998. Russia's entry, "Party for Everybody", sung by Buranovskiye Babushki, was the first entry ever to be performed in Udmurt. The Georgian entry, "I'm a Joker" was the first Eurovision entry containing the Georgian language while the Bulgarian song "Love Unlimited" had a few words in the Azerbaijani language, both of whom never appeared at the contest before.

Other countries

Active EBU members

  • Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia  On 7 March 2012, the EBU announced that Armenian broadcaster ARMTV had decided to withdraw despite originally being included in the list of participating countries, after Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev had given a speech the previous week calling "Armenians of the world" one of Azerbaijan's "main enemies". [29] [30] Armenia was consequently fined by the EBU and was expected to face further penalties, such as exclusion from participation in future contests if it failed to comply with the EBU requirements. [31] [32] Armenia had been in a continuous state of war with Azerbaijan since the early 1990s due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. [33]

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Poland confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU. [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] The Monegasque and Moroccan broadcasters did the same, despite previous speculations of a possible return. [42] [43] [44] [45]

Non-EBU member

On 26 November 2011, it was reported that two official EBU documents showed that Liechtenstein's only national broadcaster 1 FL TV was being granted active EBU membership, sparking speculations of a debut for the nation. [46] However, it was clarified a few days later that these documents contained editing mistakes. [47]

Format

Presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, from left to right - Leyla Aliyeva, Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen Pht-Vugar Ibadov eurovision (26).jpg
Presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, from left to right – Leyla Aliyeva, Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen

In a meeting of the Eurovision Reference Group on 29 June 2011, [48] it was decided that the televoting system would revert the format used most recently in the 2009 contest, in which the phone and SMS lines opened for a fifteen-minute window after all songs had been performed, instead of opening before the show starts, which was the system used between 2010 and 2011. The results format of each show remained the same with each country's votes being decided on a 50:50 split between televoting and a national jury. Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry. [49]

Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the grand final was raised to 26, including the host nation, the "Big Five", and the ten qualifiers from each semi-final. This was the second time in the Eurovision Song Contest that 26 countries were in the grand final, the first being the 2003 contest. [49] [50] [51]

Semi-final allocation draw

Semi-final allocation draw ceremony at the Buta Palace in Baku. Eurovision Song Contest 2012, semi-final allocation draw (5).jpg
Semi-final allocation draw ceremony at the Buta Palace in Baku.
Results of the semi-final allocation draw
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Participating countries in the first semi-final
Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
Participating countries in the second semi-final
Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final ESC 2012 Semi-Finals 2.svg
Results of the semi-final allocation draw
  Participating countries in the first semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
  Participating countries in the second semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The draw that determined the semi-final running order was held on 25 January 2012 at the Buta Palace. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based upon how those countries voted in past contests. From these pots, half (or as close to half as possible) competed in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012. The other half in that particular pot competed in the second semi-final on 24 May 2012. [52] This draw also acted as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals would commence and determine which semi-final the automatic finalists would be allowed to vote in. [53] [54]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6

Graphic design

Stage design of the contest. Crystal Hall Baku Inside.jpg
Stage design of the contest.

The design of the contest was built around the motto "Light Your Fire!", inspired by the nickname of Azerbaijan itself, "Land of Fire". [55]

Each introductory video postcard began with a shot of the artist and performers, followed with the flag and country name in a handwritten font with a background resembling the yellow, orange and red fire of the 2012 theme art. [56] The postcards consisted of various shots of Azerbaijan, with a caption displaying 'Azerbaijan' and underneath 'Land of ...' (e.g. Land of Abundance; Land of Poetry etc.), which were then followed by the name of a town or geographic feature, showing the landscape and culture of the country. [56] Some postcards focused on the host city of Baku with text changing to 'Baku' and underneath 'City of ...' (e.g. City of Jazz; City of Leisure etc.). The postcards finished with a shot of the Crystal Hall displayed in the colours of the performing country's flag. These postcards acted as a tourism mechanism to present the country to a wider audience. [56] [57]

The artist, song and number graphics as well as tables and voting graphics were kept the same as those used in 2011, with a slight modification to incorporate the 2012 theme art. [56] The lower points (1-7) were highlighted in red squares while the top points (8, 10, 12) were highlighted in orange squares with each square increasing in size in relation to the point value. Both sets of graphics were designed by London brand design agency Turquoise Branding. [58] [59]

Host broadcaster

İctimai Television (İTV), which is the EBU member that participates in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Azerbaijan, is one of country's public-service broadcasters. [60] [61] Azerbaijan's largest telecommunications operator, Azercell, was chosen as the presenting partner for the contest. [62] On 1 December 2011, İTV named the German production company Brainpool as its official production partner for the contest, citing the quality of its work on the previous year's contest. [63]

Contest overview

Semi-final 1

Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain voted in the first semi-final. [52] The EBU allowed the Albanian broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) to defer transmission and only use jury votes due to the Qafa e Vishës bus accident. [64]

  Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 [65] [66]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro"2015
2Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget"758
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac"1164
4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Anmary "Beautiful Song"1716
5Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Rona Nishliu " Suus "1462
6Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah"1203
7Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Sinplus "Unbreakable"4511
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Iris "Would You?"1617
9Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Pernilla "När jag blundar"4112
10Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Izabo "Time"3313
11Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino Valentina Monetta "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh – Oh Oh)"3114
12Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love"917
13Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better"639
14Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody"1521
15Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts"5210
16Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Trackshittaz " Woki mit deim Popo "818
17Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar"1005
18Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Jedward "Waterline"926

Semi-final 2

France, Germany and the United Kingdom voted in the second semi-final. Germany requested that they vote in this semi-final. [52] Before it withdrew, Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final. [16]

  Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 [65] [67]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar"1592
2Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Kaliopi " Crno i belo "539
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Joan Franka "You and Me"3515
4Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night"707
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Litesound "We Are the Heroes"3516
6Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal Filipa Sousa "Vida minha"3913
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest"648
8Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited"4511
9Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Eva Boto "Verjamem"3117
10Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Nina Badrić " Nebo "4212
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Loreen "Euphoria"1811
12Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker"3614
13Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back"805
14Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula"1004
15Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes"2218
16Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Tooji "Stay"4510
17Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam"776
18Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Donny Montell "Love Is Blind"1043

Final

  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 [65] [68]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free"1225
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts"1924
3Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Rona Nishliu " Suus "1465
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Donny Montell "Love Is Blind"7014
5Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam"5518
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody"2592
7Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget"4620
8Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love"6516
9Flag of France.svg  France Anggun "Echo (You and I)"2122
10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"1019
11Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula"1206
12Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Tooji "Stay"726
13Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies"1504
14Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah"7112
15Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better"2123
16Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac"6417
17Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Loreen "Euphoria"3721
18Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back"1127
19Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Pastora Soler " Quédate conmigo "9710
20Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Roman Lob "Standing Still"1108
21Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night"4121
22Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Kaliopi " Crno i belo "7113
23Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Jedward "Waterline"4619
24Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar"2143
25Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest"6515
26Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar"8111

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. The order in which each country announced their vote was determined in a draw following the jury results from the final dress rehearsal. Similar to the 2011 contest an algorithm was used to add as much excitement as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country. [69]

  1. Flag of Albania.svg Albania  Andri Xhahu
  2. Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro Marija Marković
  3. Flag of Romania.svg Romania  Paula Seling
  4. Flag of Austria.svg Austria  Kati Bellowitsch
  5. Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Oleksiy Matias
  6. Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus  Dmitry Koldun
  7. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium  Peter Van de Veire
  8. Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan  Safura Alizadeh
  9. Flag of Malta.svg Malta Keith Demicoli
  10. Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino Monica Fabbri
  11. Flag of France.svg France  Amaury Vassili
  12. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom  Scott Mills
  13. Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey  Ömer Önder  [ tr ]
  14. Flag of Greece.svg Greece Adriana Magania
  15. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina  Elvir Laković Laka
  16. Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Olivia Fortuna
  17. Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria  Anna Angelova
  18. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Sara Hildebrand
  19. Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia  Lorella Flego
  20. Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Loucas Hamatsos
  21. Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Nevena Rendeli
  22. Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Mária Pietrová
  23. Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia Kristina Talevska
  24. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands  Vivienne van den Assem
  25. Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Joana Teles
  26. Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland  Matthías Matthíasson
  27. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden  Sarah Dawn Finer [70]
  28. Flag of Norway.svg Norway  Nadia Hasnaoui
  29. Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Ignas Krupavičius
  30. Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia  Getter Jaani
  31. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark  Louise Wolff  [ da ]
  32. Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia  Valters Frīdenbergs
  33. Flag of Spain.svg Spain  Elena S. Sánchez
  34. Flag of Finland.svg Finland  Mr Lordi
  35. Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Sopho Toroshelidze
  36. Flag of Italy.svg Italy  Ivan Bacchi  [ it ]
  37. Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia  Maja Nikolić  [ sr ]
  38. Flag of Germany.svg Germany  Anke Engelke
  39. Flag of Russia.svg Russia  Oxana Fedorova
  40. Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary  Éva Novodomszky
  41. Flag of Israel.svg Israel  Ofer Nachshon
  42. Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland  Gráinne Seoige [d]

Detailed voting results

The EBU and PwC audit company checked and verified the individual jury and televoting results, which were combined to create the overall national vote for the contests. On 18 June 2012, the EBU published the following results. [71] [72]

Semi-final 1

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1 [72]
PlaceCombinedJuryTelevoting
CountryPointsCountryPointsCountryPoints
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 152Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 131Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 189
2Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 146Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 107Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 132
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 120Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 103Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 131
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 116Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 90Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 116
5Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 100Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 87Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 110
6Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 92Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 81Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 99
7Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 91Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 76Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 85
8Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 75Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 75Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 79
9Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 63Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 72Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 53
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 52Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 72Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 49
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 45Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 70Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 39
12Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 41Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 57Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 36
13Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 33Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 45Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 25
14Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 31Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 42Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 24
15Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 20Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 38Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 18
16Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 17Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 28Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 16
17Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 16Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 27Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 15
18Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 17Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2
Detailed voting results of semi-final 1 [73] [74]
Total score
Montenegro
Iceland
Greece
Latvia
Albania
Romania
Switzerland
Belgium
Finland
Israel
San Marino
Cyprus
Denmark
Russia
Hungary
Austria
Moldova
Ireland
Azerbaijan
Italy
Spain
Contestants
Montenegro20128
Iceland75555451043810142216
Greece11610581238371245110101053
Latvia1724443
Albania146123104412105510107210121112124
Romania1207485248661835121271012
Switzerland4527321128388
Belgium16421261
Finland417611128123
Israel33153136572
San Marino314210753
Cyprus91612123673110735178
Denmark638183108443176
Russia1528671268121212271271068827
Hungary527866455452
Austria8152
Moldova100362410766536122626410
Ireland92110310777122106845

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semi-final:

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
5Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Flag of Austria.svg  Austria , Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan , Flag of Italy.svg  Italy , Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of Israel.svg  Israel , Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland , Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus , Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Flag of Albania.svg  Albania

Semi-final 2

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 2 [72]
PlaceCombinedJuryTelevoting
CountryPointsCountryPointsCountryPoints
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 181Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 145Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 180
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 159Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 141Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 148
3Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 104Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 109Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 128
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 100Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 102Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 114
5Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 80Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 97Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 88
6Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 77Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 77Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 72
7Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 70Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 66Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 70
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 64Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 62Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 63
9Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 53Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 58Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 59
10Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 45 [e] Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 55Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 51
11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 45 [e] Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 52Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 39
12Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 42Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 49Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 37
13Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 39Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 42Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 37
14Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 36Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 40Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 34
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 35 [f] Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 40Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 32
16Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 35 [f] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 31Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 27
17Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 31Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 27Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24
18Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 22Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 15
Detailed voting results of semi-final 2 [75] [76]
Total score
Serbia
Macedonia
Netherlands
Malta
Belarus
Portugal
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Croatia
Sweden
Georgia
Turkey
Estonia
Slovakia
Norway
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lithuania
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Contestants
Serbia15912105888121210810181010212103
Macedonia538125767188
Netherlands3521773384
Malta703225664544632612
Belarus3511412287
Portugal396331554183
Ukraine6443612251665122522
Bulgaria4526261063325
Slovenia31104854
Croatia42127118121
Sweden181781287107101061251212127106128
Georgia3661103412
Turkey801071228732316766
Estonia100841233112710881077
Slovakia22174361
Norway45333321048414
Bosnia and Herzegovina7755551512521264451
Lithuania104641010744742521077510

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semi-final:

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia , Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , Flag of Norway.svg  Norway , Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
4Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria , Flag of France.svg  France , Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia , Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
2Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus

Final

  Winner
Split results of the final [72]
PlaceCombinedJuryTelevoting
CountryPointsCountryPointsCountryPoints
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 372Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 296Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 343
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 259Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 173Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 332
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 214Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 157Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 211
4Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 150Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 157Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 176
5Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 146Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 154Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 151
6Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 120Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 152Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 125
7Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 112Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 125Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 117
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 110Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 118Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 106
9Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 101Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 104Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 89
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 97Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 98Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 89
11Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 81Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 94Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 79
12Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 71 [g] Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 85Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 78
13Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 71 [g] Flag of France.svg  France 85Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 75
14Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 70Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 82Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 68
15Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 65Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 71Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 63
16Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 65Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 70Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 57
17Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 64Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 69Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 56
18Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 55Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 60Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 45
19Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 46Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 53Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 39
20Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 46Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 53Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 37
21Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 41Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 51Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 36
22Flag of France.svg  France 21Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 50Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 20
23Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 21Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 18
24Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 19Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 16
25Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 12Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 10
26Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 11Flag of France.svg  France 0
Detailed voting results of the final [77] [78]
Total score
Albania
Montenegro
Romania
Austria
Ukraine
Belarus
Belgium
Azerbaijan
Malta
San Marino
France
United Kingdom
Turkey
Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moldova
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Slovenia
Cyprus
Croatia
Slovakia
Macedonia
Netherlands
Portugal
Iceland
Sweden
Norway
Lithuania
Estonia
Denmark
Latvia
Spain
Finland
Georgia
Italy
Serbia
Germany
Russia
Hungary
Israel
Ireland
Contestants
United Kingdom121524
Hungary1971182
Albania1461018101125106412345121516312168
Lithuania70184437516341257
Bosnia and Herzegovina5567101710275
Russia2593445101281031043743668563448778688108851077776
Iceland464145664736
Cyprus656221281255823
France21226623
Italy10172410713555225524473142542
Estonia1201410421077108788610468
Norway7313
Azerbaijan15045127124212571010862121031081
Romania713624712341107165
Denmark21522525
Greece6412852531411214132
Sweden372571012661276312126687871010712612312121012121212128101212121212
Turkey11210337128551473886127831
Spain9766616853866122443110
Germany11024276424210331010731281010
Malta41738252176
Macedonia7188328122681112
Ireland46141103545454
Serbia214112510255688103121012712710105310105261044
Ukraine6510371831121626383
Moldova81312185822116774725

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the grand final:

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
18Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Austria.svg  Austria , Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium , Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia , Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of France.svg  France , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany , Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary , Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland , Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland , Flag of Israel.svg  Israel , Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia , Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands , Flag of Norway.svg  Norway , Flag of Russia.svg  Russia , Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia , Flag of Spain.svg  Spain , Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
4Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia , Flag of Italy.svg  Italy , Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino , Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania , Flag of Malta.svg  Malta , Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey , Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria , Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia , Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro , Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
2Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Flag of Greece.svg  Greece , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Albania.svg  Albania , Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan

Broadcasts

Most countries sent commentators to Baku or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information. In addition to the participating countries, the hosts mentioned that the contest was also broadcast in Australia and New Zealand. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Show(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTSH TVSH All shows Andri Xhahu
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF ORF eins All shows Andi Knoll [79] [80] [81]
Final Stermann and Grissemann and Lukas Plöchl  [ de ]
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan İTV All showsKonul Arifgizi and Saleh Baghirov  [ az ] [82]
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus BTRC Belarus-1 All shows Denis Kurian
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium VRT één , Radio 2 All shows André Vermeulen and Peter Van de Veire [83]
RTBF La Une Jean-Pierre Hautier and Jean-Louis Lahaye  [ fr ] [84]
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT BHT 1 All showsDejan Kukrić [85]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria BNT  All showsGeorgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia HRT HRT 1 All shows Duško Ćurlić
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus CyBC RIK 1 All showsMelina Karageorgiou [86]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR1, DR HD All shows Ole Tøpholm [87]
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ERR ETV All shows Marko Reikop
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE YLE TV2, YLE HD  [ fi ]All shows
[88] [89]
YLE Radio Suomi Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
Yle Radio Vega Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
Flag of France.svg France France Télévisions France3.frSF1 [90]
France Ô SF2 Audrey Chauveau  [ fr ] and Bruno Berberes  [ fr ]
France 3 Final Cyril Féraud and Mireille Dumas [90] [91]
Radio France France Bleu Fabien Lecœuvre  [ fr ] and Serge Poezevara
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia GPB 1TV All showsTemo Kvirkvelia
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD Das Erste All shows Peter Urban [92]
NDR NDR 2 Thomas Mohr [93]
HR hr3 Tim Frühling [94]
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT NET All showsMaria Kozakou [95]
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTVA m1 All shows Gábor Gundel Takács  [ hu ] [96]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið All showsHrafnhildur Halldorsdóttir [97]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-finals Marty Whelan [98] [99]
RTÉ One Final
RTÉ Radio 1 Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski [100]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IBA  All showsNo commentary
Flag of Italy.svg Italy RAI Rai 5 SF1 Federica Gentile  [ it ] [101]
Rai 2 Final Filippo Solibello  [ it ] and Marco Ardemagni  [ it ] [102]
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia LTV LTV1 All shows Valters Frīdenbergs [103]
Final Kārlis Būmeisters [104]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania LRT  All shows Darius Užkuraitis  [ lt ]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia MRT MRT 1 All showsKarolina Petkovska [105]
Flag of Malta.svg Malta PBS TVM All showsElaine Saliba and Ronald Briffa
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova TRM Moldova 1 All showsMarcel Spătari
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro RTCG TVCG 1 SF1/FinalDražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković [106] [107]
TVCG 2 SF2 [108]
TVCG MNE All shows [109] [110] [111]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NPO Nederland 1 All shows Jan Smit and Daniël Dekker [112] [113]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK1 All shows Olav Viksmo-Slettan [114]
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal RTP RTP1 All shows Pedro Granger  [ pt ] [115]
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR TVR 1 All shows Leonard Miron and Gianina Corondan [116]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia RTR Russia-1 All shows Olga Shelest  [ ru ] and Dmitry Guberniev [117]
Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino SMRTV SMtv San Marino All showsLia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo [118]
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia RTS RTS1, RTS Sat SF1Dragan Ilić [119] [120] [121] [122]
SF2/Final Duška Vučinić-Lučić
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia RTVS Jednotka, Rádio Slovensko All showsRoman Bomboš
Rádio FM Final Daniel Baláž  [ sk ] and Pavol Hubinák [123]
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO TV SLO 2 Semi-finals Andrej Hofer  [ sl ] [124] [125]
TV SLO 1 Final [126]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain RTVE La 2 SF1 José María Íñigo [127]
La 1 Final
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT SVT1 All shows Gina Dirawi and Edward af Sillén [128]
SR SR P3 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR SF zwei SF1/Final Sven Epiney [129]
RTS Deux Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner [130]
RSI La 2 SF1 Clarissa Tami  [ it ] and Paolo Meneguzzi [131]
RSI La 1 Final
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey TRT TRT 1, TRT HD, TRT Türk , TRT Müzik , TRT Avaz All shows Bülend Özveren and Erhan Konuk  [ tr ] [132]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine NTU Pershyi Natsionalnyi All shows Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova [133]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC Three Semi-finals Scott Mills and Sara Cox [134]
BBC One Final Graham Norton [135]
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce [136]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Show(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia AMPTV Armenia 1 All shows Gohar Gasparyan and Artur Grigoryan [137]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS SBS One All shows [h] Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang [138] [139]

Incidents and controversies

Human rights concerns

Azerbaijan's large investment in hosting the Eurovision contest was widely discussed in Western media as an attempt to "mitigate misgivings about its poor democracy and human rights record". [140] [141] Elnur Majidli, an activist imprisoned during the Arab Spring-inspired 2011 Azerbaijani protests, was released in an apparent effort to soften Azerbaijan's image ahead of the contest, but many political prisoners remained. [141] Human Rights Watch reported a "violent crackdown on protesters" on the eve of the contest, [142] and Amnesty International condemned the "stern crackdown of freedom of expression, dissent, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), critical journalists, in fact anyone who criticised the Aliyev regime too strongly" that continued up to the contest. [143]

Human Rights Watch also criticised the Azerbaijani government and the Baku City Authority for carrying out forced evictions against local residents, in order to allow for the demolition of flats to make way for construction in the neighbourhood where the Baku Crystal Hall was built. [144] The Public Association for Assistance to Free Economy, a transparency and economic rights campaign group, had described the evictions as a "violation of human rights", and as having "no legal authority". However, in a statement to the BBC, the EBU said that on a recent visit to Baku they had observed "that the construction of the concert hall [which] media reports refer to was already well under way on a clean construction site and thus there are no demolitions needed". [145] The EBU cited the "apolitical" nature of the contest and the Azerbaijani government's claim that the construction was not tied to the contest. [144]

The contest's eventual winner Loreen met local human rights activists during the event weeks, the only entrant to do so. She later told reporters, "Human rights are violated in Azerbaijan every day. One should not be silent about such things." [143] An Azerbaijan government spokesman criticized her in response, saying that the contest should not "be politicised" and requested the EBU prevented further meetings of a similar nature. [146] Swedish diplomats replied that the EBU, the Swedish broadcaster SVT and Loreen had not acted against the competition's rules. [147]

On 26 May, a flash mob of anti-government protesters were quickly dispersed by police. [140] Activists expressed fears that they would face a crackdown when the international spotlight left Azerbaijan again at the end of the contest. [141] Before presenting the results of the German vote, the German spokesperson Anke Engelke gave a live statement that alluded to the human rights issues in Azerbaijan, saying: "Tonight nobody could vote for their own country. But it is good to be able to vote. And it is good to have a choice. Good luck on your journey, Azerbaijan. Europe is watching you." [148] [149]

Tensions with Iran

Iranian officials objected to Azerbaijan hosting the contest, with Iranian clerics Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari and Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani condemning Azerbaijan for "anti-Islamic behaviour", while also claiming that Azerbaijan was hosting a gay parade. [150] This led to protests in front of Iranian embassy in Baku, where protesters carried slogans mocking the Iranian leaders. Ali Hasanov, head of the public and political issues department in Azerbaijani president's administration, said that gay parade claims were untrue, and advised Iran not to meddle in Azerbaijan's internal affairs. [151] In response, Iran recalled its ambassador from Baku, [152] while Azerbaijan demanded a formal apology from Iran for its statements in connection with Baku's hosting of the contest, [153] and later also recalled its ambassador from Iran. [154]

On 30 May, the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan announced that they had thwarted a series of planned terror attacks against the contest, among the targets being Baku Crystal Hall, as well as Marriott and Hilton hotels in Baku. [155] On 22 August, The Daily Telegraph reported that according to Western intelligence services, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei personally gave orders to the elite Quds Force unit to launch terrorist attacks against the West and its allies, including Azerbaijan during the contest. [156]

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final. [157] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award. [158]

CategoryCountrySongArtistSongwriter(s)
Artistic AwardFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "Euphoria" Loreen
Composers Award
Press AwardFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan "When the Music Dies" Sabina Babayeva

OGAE

OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2012 poll was also the winner of the contest, "Euphoria" performed by Loreen; the top five results are shown below. [159] [160] [161]

CountrySongArtistPoints
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden "Euphoria" Loreen 375
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" Nina Zilli 212
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland "Never Forget" Greta Salóme and Jónsi 211
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia "Nije ljubav stvar" Željko Joksimović 199
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway "Stay" Tooji 164

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017. [162] [163]

PlaceCountryArtistVotes
1Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Rona Nishliu 829
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Jedward 551
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Sofi Marinova 232
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Joan Franka 163
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Gaitana 145

Official album

Cover art of the official album ESC 2012 album cover.jpg
Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 was a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and released by Universal Music Group on 4 May 2012. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2012 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. [164]

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [165] 2

See also

Notes

  1. Specifically Mühlviertlerisch, a Central Bavarian dialect spoken in Upper Austria
  2. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD [18]
  3. 1 2 Armenia, which had originally been allocated into semi-final 2, withdrew from the contest in March 2012.
  4. Ireland was originally scheduled to announce its votes as the 32nd country, but instead voted 42nd (last). The reason for this was technical difficulties in the minutes running up to the voting presentation.
  5. 1 2 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Bulgaria, Norway is deemed to have finished in tenth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries, which resulted in Norway qualifying for the final over Bulgaria.
  6. 1 2 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Belarus, the Netherlands is deemed to have finished in fifteenth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  7. 1 2 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Macedonia, Romania is deemed to have finished in twelfth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  8. Broadcast on 26 and 27 May 2012

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