Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | |
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#JoinUs | |
Dates | |
Semi-final 1 | 6 May 2014 |
Semi-final 2 | 8 May 2014 |
Final | 10 May 2014 |
Host | |
Venue | B&W Hallerne Copenhagen, Denmark |
Presenter(s) | |
Director | Per Zachariassen |
Executive supervisor | Jon Ola Sand [1] |
Executive producer | Pernille Gaardbo |
Host broadcaster | Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 37 |
Number of finalists | 26 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | |
Non-returning countries | |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs. |
Winning song | |
The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the 2013 contest with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at B&W Hallerne, [2] and consisted of two semi-finals on 6 and 8 May, and a final on 10 May 2014. [3] The three live shows were presented by Danish television presenter Lise Rønne, musician Nikolaj Koppel and actor Pilou Asbæk. [4]
Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest; this included the return of Poland and Portugal after absences of two years and one year respectively. Overall, there were two fewer countries competing compared to the previous year, making thirty-seven participants, the smallest number since 2006. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia announced that they would not be taking part.
The winner was Austria with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", performed by Conchita Wurst and written by Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, and Julian Maas. [5] The entry won both the jury vote and televote. Austria's first victory was 48 years earlier in 1966, which at the time was the longest gap between wins. The Netherlands, Sweden, Armenia and Hungary rounded out the top five, with the Netherlands achieving their best result since its victory in 1975, Hungary achieving its best result since its fourth place in 1994, and Armenia equalling its best result from 2008. Of the "Big Five" countries, only Spain achieved a place in the top ten, while France finished in last place for the first time in its Eurovision history. Meanwhile, San Marino and Montenegro both qualified for the final for the first time.
A new record of 195 million viewers for the contest was reported. [1] The host broadcaster DR and the EBU won the International TV Award at the Ondas Awards for their production of the event. The Danish organisers spent in total DKK 334 million, three times more than the initially budgeted costs, and were furthermore accused of nepotism. [6] [7] [8]
The contest was held at the former shipyard Refshaleøen, in the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, with the social networking hashtag "#JoinUs" as the motto. The location had been refurbished to accommodate the event, with the surrounding area transformed into "Eurovision Island"—an Olympic Park-inspired complex housing the event venue, press centre, and other amenities. [2]
The mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, declared in late August that the city would contribute to the budget with 40 million (Danish Kroner) (€5.36 million). He also announced that the aim was to make the Eurovision 2014 into the greenest contest to date since Copenhagen had been elected European Green Capital for 2014. [9]
Five cities had been considered as host city of the contest, including Herning and Copenhagen, both favourites to be the next host. [10] The Parken Stadium, located in Copenhagen, which hosted the 2001 contest and Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, which hosted the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 final, were the first venues to join the bidding phase. [11] Later, Fredericia and Aalborg entered the phase with the Messe C and Gigantium venues, respectively. [12] [13] The fifth city to join the phase was Horsens, with the venue being the courtyard of the former Horsens State Prison. In the event that Horsens had been chosen to host the contest, the courtyard would have been covered by a permanent glass roof. [14] [15] The contest was provisionally set to take place on 13, 15 and 17 May 2014, however, the dates were later brought forward a week in order to accommodate the candidate cities. [3]
On 17 June 2013, the municipality executive of Aalborg decided not to bid for hosting the contest due to the city's lack of sufficient hotel capacity. While DR required the host city to have at least 3,000 hotel rooms, the city of Aalborg had only 1,600 hotel rooms, more than half of which had been booked for other events taking place at the same time as the Eurovision Song Contest. [16] [17] On 18 June 2013, DR announced that formal bids on hosting the contest had been received by the municipalities of Copenhagen, Herning and Horsens, and that the Municipality of Fredericia had confirmed its intention to place a formal bid, too. [18]
On 19 June 2013, the deadline for placing bids on hosting the contest, [17] it was reported that Wonderful Copenhagen, the official convention, event and visitors bureau of the Greater Copenhagen area, had proposed three venues in its bid on hosting the contest: The Parken Stadium, a large tent on the grounds of DR Byen and the B&W Hallerne. [19] [20] On 25 June 2013, the Municipality of Fredericia announced that the Triangle Region had withdrawn its bid on hosting the contest, due to the lack of a suitable venue. DR required the hosting venue to have no pillars blocking any views and an interior height of at least 16 metres. However, no venues in the region met those requirements and, therefore, Fredericia was no longer in the running for becoming host city of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. [21] On 28 June 2013, Anders Hørsholt, CEO of Parken Sport & Entertainment, stated that the Parken Stadium was no longer in the running for hosting the contest due to several football matches having already been scheduled to take place at the stadium in the weeks leading up to the contest. [22]
On 2 September 2013, the Danish broadcaster DR announced that it had chosen Copenhagen as the host city for the 2014 contest, with B&W Hallerne chosen as the host venue.
Key † Host venue
City | Venue | Notes |
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Aalborg | Gigantium | Hosted Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2006, 2010 and 2012. Withdrew on 17 June 2013. [23] |
Copenhagen | A large tent on the grounds of DR Byen | — |
B&W Hallerne † [24] | — | |
Parken Stadium | Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Withdrew on 28 June 2013. [22] | |
Fredericia | Messe C | Withdrew on 26 June 2013. [25] |
Herning | Jyske Bank Boxen | Hosted the final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 |
Horsens | Fængslet | — |
The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors' area during the events week. There it was possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. Located at the Nytorv Square, it was open from 4 to 11 May 2014. [26]
The EuroClub was the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub was restricted to accredited fans, delegates, and press. It was located at VEGA CPH Music Club. [27]
The "Red Carpet" event, where the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at Copenhagen City Hall on 4 May 2014 at 17:00 CET, followed by the Opening Ceremony. [28]
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 –Participation summaries by country | |
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Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members. [29]
Thirty-seven countries participated in the 2014 contest. Poland and Portugal both returned to the contest, having last participated in 2011 and 2012 respectively. [30] [31] However, Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT), [32] Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), [33] Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) [34] and Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) [35] did not participate in the 2014 contest.
Valentina Monetta represented San Marino for a third and final consecutive year, having previously represented the microstate at the 2012 and 2013 contests. [38] This makes Monetta the fourth main singer to compete in three consecutive contests (and the only one of amongst them never to win in one of these occasions), following Lys Assia and Corry Brokken, who both competed in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 contests, and Udo Jürgens, who competed in 1964, 1965 and 1966.
Paula Seling and Ovi returned as a duo, having previously represented Romania in 2010. [39]
The Tolmachevy Sisters, who represented Russia, previously participated in and won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
Macedonian backing vocalist Tamara Todevska previously represented Macedonia in 2008. [40] She would later represent Macedonia again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia in 2009 and provided backing vocals numerous times for Croatia (2003), Montenegro (2008) and Slovenia (2007, 2011, 2012), returned as a backing vocalist for Montenegro. [41]
Bosnian broadcaster BHRT initially stated their intention to participate in the contest; however, in late 2013 it was announced that they would not be taking part due to a lack of sponsorship. [42] [43] Similarly, Bulgarian broadcaster BNT initially planned to participate but later announced otherwise due to limited funds. [32] [44] [45]
Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Serbia, Slovakia and Turkey confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU, some of them citing reasons such as poor results in previous editions, dissatisfaction with the mixed jury/televote voting system, the European financial crisis and the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis. [46] [34] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [35] [52] [53] [54] [55]
While Kosovan broadcaster RTK did not voice any intention regarding the 2014 contest, Kosovo's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi told the Swedish television programme Korrespondenterna that he thought Kosovo would be granted EBU membership and acceptance into the Eurovision in time for the 2014 edition; [56] [57] however, the country failed to meet the requirement of being recognized as an independent country by the International Telecommunication Union, and was not granted membership in the EBU. [58] Liechtensteiner broadcaster 1 FL TV had originally intended to join the EBU in time to participate in the 2013 contest, [59] but the government never granted the required financial subsidies and the broadcaster put off the aim to make their debut to 2014; however, the government again failed to provide any funds and 1 FL TV was unable to join the contest. [60] [61]
The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final, a format which has been in use since 2008. The ten countries with the highest scores in each semi-final qualified to the final where they joined the host nation Denmark and the five main sponsoring nations (known as the Big Five): France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry. Each member of a respective nation's jury was required to rank every song, except that of their own country. The voting results from each member of a particular nation's jury were combined to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. Likewise, the televoting results were also interpreted as a full ranking, taking into account the full televoting result rather than just the top ten. The combination of the jury's full ranking and the televote's full ranking produced an overall ranking of all competing entries. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1-point. [62] In the event of a televoting (insufficient number of votes/technical issues) or jury failure (technical issue/breach of rules), only a jury/televoting was used by each country. [63] [64]
On 20 September 2013, the EBU released the official rules for the 2014 contest, which introduced rule changes regarding the jury voting. [65] The rules aimed at providing more transparency regarding each five member national jury by releasing the names of all jurors on 1 May 2014 prior to the start of the contest and providing each juror's full ranking results after the conclusion of the contest. In addition, jury members on a particular nation's jury can only serve as a juror if they have not already participated as such in one of the preceding two contest editions. [66]
The contest was held in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia. Votes cast through Ukrainian telecom providers which service Crimea were counted towards Ukraine's votes. [67]
The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall. [68] Prior to the allocation draw, on 24 November 2013 it was announced that Norway and Sweden would perform in different semi-finals in order to maximise the availability of tickets for visitors from both countries. A draw at the EBU headquarters determined that Sweden would perform in the first semi-final, while Norway would perform in the second semi-final. [69] The EBU also allocated Israel to the second semi-final after a request from the delegation in order to avoid complications with its Independence Day coinciding with the date of the first semi-final. [70] The remaining participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based on voting patterns from the previous ten years. [71]
The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows: [72]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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As in 2013, the host broadcaster DR and their producers determined the running order for each show with only the starting position of the host nation being determined by draw. [73] A draw which took place during the heads of delegation meeting on 17 March 2014 in Copenhagen determined that Denmark would perform 23rd in the final. [74] On 24 March 2014, the running order for the two semi-finals was released. [75] Prior to the creation of the running order for the final, an allocation draw was held during the semi-final winners press conferences following the conclusion of each semi-final and during the individual press conferences on 6 May 2014 for the Big Five (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom). The draw determined whether the country would perform in the first or second half of the final. The producers published the final running order shortly before 02:00 (CEST) on 9 May 2014. Ukraine were chosen to perform first, whilst the United Kingdom were chosen to perform last. [76]
The graphic design of the contest was revealed by the EBU on 18 December 2013. The theme art comprises a blue and purple diamond, within it the generic Eurovision Song Contest logo featuring the Danish flag as well as the hashtag and slogan "#JoinUs" at the centre of the diamond. [77]
The postcards used to introduce a country and their participants were shot in their respective countries and featured the artists using unique ways to create their country's flag, e.g. the postcard for the United Kingdom features Molly creating the Union Flag from AEC Routemaster buses, Royal Mail vans, and people wearing blue raincoats along with strips of red and white paper, and the postcard for Denmark features Basim and his singers using old furniture and red and white paint to paint the Danish flag. [78] The postcards then ended with the act taking a picture on a camera or phone and a close up of the resulting artwork was shown onscreen. The flag created by the artist(s) is then captured into a diamond and transitions to the official flag.
Pernille Gaardbo was appointed by DR's Director-General Maria Rørbye Rønn as the executive producer for the contest, three-days after Denmark's victory at the 2013 contest. [79] Maria Rørbye Rønn stated in an interview that "By choosing Pernille Gaardbo, we have a person who has all the necessary leadership skills, which are essential in order to run a project of this magnitude, and the technical insight for such a large TV-production, which the Eurovision Song Contest is". [79] Gaardbo has worked for the host broadcaster for 17 years, 12 of which was in the role of supervisor of the DR Medieservice. [79]
Danish royal family members Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the final as invited guests. [80] [81] In March 2014, host broadcaster DR invited Jessica Mauboy to perform during the interval act of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014, part of DR's recognition of Australia's dedication to the contest. [82] Mauboy performed the song "Sea of Flags" during the interval act. [83]
Spain, France, and Denmark voted in this semi-final. [84]
R/O [75] | Country [72] | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Armenia | Aram Mp3 | "Not Alone" | 121 | 4 |
2 | Latvia | Aarzemnieki | "Cake to Bake" | 33 | 13 |
3 | Estonia | Tanja | "Amazing" | 36 | 12 |
4 | Sweden | Sanna Nielsen | "Undo" | 131 | 2 |
5 | Iceland | Pollapönk | "No Prejudice" | 61 | 8 |
6 | Albania | Hersi | "One Night's Anger" | 22 | 15 |
7 | Russia | Tolmachevy Sisters | "Shine" | 63 | 6 |
8 | Azerbaijan | Dilara Kazimova | "Start a Fire" | 57 | 9 |
9 | Ukraine | Mariya Yaremchuk | "Tick-Tock" | 118 | 5 |
10 | Belgium | Axel Hirsoux | "Mother" | 28 | 14 |
11 | Moldova | Cristina Scarlat | "Wild Soul" | 13 | 16 |
12 | San Marino | Valentina Monetta | "Maybe" | 40 | 10 |
13 | Portugal | Suzy | "Quero ser tua" | 39 | 11 |
14 | Netherlands | The Common Linnets | "Calm After the Storm" | 150 | 1 |
15 | Montenegro | Sergej Ćetković | "Moj svijet" | 63 | 7 |
16 | Hungary | András Kállay-Saunders | "Running" | 127 | 3 |
Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. [84]
R/O [75] | Country [72] | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Malta | Firelight | "Coming Home" | 63 | 9 |
2 | Israel | Mei Finegold | "Same Heart" | 19 | 14 |
3 | Norway | Carl Espen | "Silent Storm" | 77 | 6 |
4 | Georgia | The Shin and Mariko | "Three Minutes to Earth" | 15 | 15 |
5 | Poland | Donatan and Cleo | "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" | 70 | 8 |
6 | Austria | Conchita Wurst | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | 169 | 1 |
7 | Lithuania | Vilija | "Attention" | 36 | 11 |
8 | Finland | Softengine | "Something Better" | 97 | 3 |
9 | Ireland | Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith | "Heartbeat" | 35 | 12 |
10 | Belarus | Teo | "Cheesecake" | 87 | 5 |
11 | Macedonia | Tijana | "To the Sky" | 33 | 13 |
12 | Switzerland | Sebalter | "Hunter of Stars" | 92 | 4 |
13 | Greece | Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd | "Rise Up" | 74 | 7 |
14 | Slovenia | Tinkara Kovač | "Round and Round" | 52 | 10 |
15 | Romania | Paula Seling and Ovi | "Miracle" | 125 | 2 |
As in the 2013 contest, the winner was announced as soon as it was mathematically impossible to catch up. In this case, the winner had been determined by the 34th vote out of the 37, which came from Ukraine.
The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw following the jury results from the final dress rehearsal. An algorithm implemented by NRK, based on jury vote, was used to generate as much suspense as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country. [88]
Full results including televoting and results from the individual jury members were released shortly after the final. [89]
Albania, Montenegro, San Marino and Moldova used juries due to an inability to provide televoting results. [90]
Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
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Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
1 | Netherlands | 150 | Netherlands | 130 | Netherlands | 147 |
2 | Sweden | 131 | Sweden | 125 | Hungary | 125 |
3 | Hungary | 127 | Hungary | 122 | Sweden | 122 |
4 | Armenia | 121 | Armenia | 102 | Armenia | 121 |
5 | Ukraine | 118 | Azerbaijan | 94 | Ukraine | 119 |
6 | Russia | 63 [b] | Ukraine | 88 | Russia | 73 |
7 | Montenegro | 63 [b] | Montenegro | 74 | Portugal | 72 |
8 | Iceland | 61 | Iceland | 68 | San Marino | 58 |
9 | Azerbaijan | 57 | Albania | 64 | Iceland | 50 |
10 | San Marino | 40 | Estonia | 61 | Montenegro | 43 |
11 | Portugal | 39 | Russia | 57 | Belgium | 41 |
12 | Estonia | 36 | Latvia | 27 | Azerbaijan | 41 |
13 | Latvia | 33 | San Marino | 25 | Latvia | 40 |
14 | Belgium | 28 | Belgium | 24 | Albania | 23 |
15 | Albania | 22 | Moldova | 24 | Moldova | 14 |
16 | Moldova | 13 | Portugal | 17 | Estonia | 13 |
Voting procedure used: 50% jury and televote 100% jury vote | Total score | Armenia | Latvia | Estonia | Sweden | Iceland | Albania | Russia | Azerbaijan | Ukraine | Belgium | Moldova | San Marino | Portugal | Netherlands | Montenegro | Hungary | Denmark | France | Spain | |
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Contestants | Armenia | 121 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | |||
Latvia | 33 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Estonia | 36 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Sweden | 131 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 12 | |||
Iceland | 61 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
Albania | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Russia | 63 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
Azerbaijan | 57 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Ukraine | 118 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |||
Belgium | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Moldova | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
San Marino | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
Portugal | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 150 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | ||
Montenegro | 63 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
Hungary | 127 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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8 | Netherlands | Denmark , Estonia , Hungary , Iceland , Latvia , Portugal , San Marino , Sweden |
4 | Armenia | France , Netherlands , Russia , Ukraine |
2 | Ukraine | Armenia , Azerbaijan |
1 | Sweden | Spain |
Albania | Montenegro | |
Russia | Moldova | |
Montenegro | Albania | |
Hungary | Belgium |
Georgia and Macedonia used juries due to either technical issues with the televoting or an insufficient number of votes cast during the televote period. [93]
Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
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Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
1 | Austria | 169 | Austria | 138 | Austria | 165 |
2 | Romania | 125 | Finland | 117 | Romania | 126 |
3 | Finland | 97 | Malta | 113 | Poland | 116 |
4 | Switzerland | 92 | Norway | 100 | Switzerland | 98 |
5 | Belarus | 87 | Romania | 99 | Greece | 91 |
6 | Norway | 77 | Belarus | 71 | Belarus | 86 |
7 | Greece | 74 | Macedonia | 70 | Finland | 63 |
8 | Poland | 70 | Slovenia | 60 | Norway | 55 |
9 | Malta | 63 | Greece | 52 | Slovenia | 48 |
10 | Slovenia | 52 | Switzerland | 51 | Ireland | 47 |
11 | Lithuania | 36 | Lithuania | 41 | Lithuania | 44 |
12 | Ireland | 35 | Poland | 34 | Malta | 36 |
13 | Macedonia | 33 | Georgia | 33 | Macedonia | 28 |
14 | Israel | 19 | Ireland | 33 | Israel | 26 |
15 | Georgia | 15 | Israel | 32 | Georgia | 15 |
Voting procedure used: 50% jury and televote 100% jury vote | Total score | Malta | Israel | Norway | Georgia | Poland | Austria | Lithuania | Finland | Ireland | Belarus | Macedonia | Switzerland | Greece | Slovenia | Romania | Germany | Italy | United Kingdom | |
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Contestants | Malta | 63 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
Israel | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Norway | 77 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
Georgia | 15 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Poland | 70 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 4 | |||||
Austria | 169 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||
Lithuania | 36 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Finland | 97 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||||
Ireland | 35 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
Belarus | 87 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
Macedonia | 33 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||
Switzerland | 92 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Greece | 74 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||||
Slovenia | 52 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
Romania | 125 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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7 | Austria | Finland , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Romania , Switzerland , United Kingdom |
3 | Romania | Austria , Israel , Malta |
2 | Belarus | Georgia , Lithuania |
1 | Malta | Macedonia |
Poland | Germany | |
Finland | Norway | |
Macedonia | Slovenia | |
Switzerland | Poland | |
Greece | Belarus |
Voting procedure used: 50% jury and televote 100% televoting 100% jury vote | Total score | Azerbaijan | Greece | Poland | Albania | San Marino | Denmark | Montenegro | Romania | Russia | Netherlands | Malta | France | United Kingdom | Latvia | Armenia | Iceland | Macedonia | Sweden | Belarus | Germany | Israel | Portugal | Norway | Estonia | Hungary | Moldova | Ireland | Finland | Lithuania | Austria | Spain | Belgium | Italy | Ukraine | Switzerland | Georgia | Slovenia | |
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Contestants | Ukraine | 113 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Belarus | 43 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Azerbaijan | 33 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iceland | 58 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norway | 88 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Romania | 72 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Armenia | 174 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Montenegro | 37 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poland | 62 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Greece | 35 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austria | 290 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | ||||||
Germany | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 218 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
France | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russia | 89 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 33 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slovenia | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 72 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 74 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 64 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 143 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Malta | 32 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 74 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 238 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
San Marino | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | 40 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Grand Final:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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13 | Austria | Belgium , Finland , Greece , Ireland , Israel , Italy , Netherlands , Portugal , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , United Kingdom |
8 | Netherlands | Estonia , Germany , Hungary , Iceland , Latvia , Lithuania , Norway , Poland |
3 | Armenia | Austria , France , Georgia |
Sweden | Denmark , Romania , Ukraine | |
2 | Montenegro | Armenia , Macedonia |
Russia | Azerbaijan , Belarus | |
1 | Italy | Malta |
Azerbaijan | San Marino | |
Belarus | Russia | |
Romania | Moldova | |
Spain | Albania | |
Hungary | Montenegro |
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Most countries sent commentators to Copenhagen or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.
It was reported by the EBU that the 2014 contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of a record breaking 195 million viewers. [1]
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Show(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Australia | SBS | SBS One | All shows | Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang | [174] |
Canada | OutTV | All shows [j] | Adam Rollins and Tommy D. | [175] | |
Croatia | HRT | HRT 1, HR 2 | Final | Aleksandar Kostadinov | [176] [177] |
Cyprus | CyBC | RIK 1 | All shows | Melina Karageorgiou | [178] |
Faroe Islands | KvF | All shows | Unknown | [179] | |
Kazakhstan | Khabar Agency | Khabar TV | All shows | Diana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay | [180] |
New Zealand | BBC | BBC UKTV | All shows | Unknown | [181] |
Serbia | RTS | RTS1, RTS SAT, RTS HD | All shows | Silvana Grujić | [182] [183] |
Final | Dragan Ilić | ||||
Slovakia | RTVS | Rádio FM | All shows | Daniel Baláž and Pavol Hubinák | [184] [185] |
Final | Juraj Kemka |
On the week of the contest, Armenian contestant Aram Mp3 commented on Conchita Wurst's image by saying that her lifestyle was "not natural" [186] and that she needed to decide to be either a woman or a man. [186] The statement sparked controversy, following which Aram Mp3 apologised and added that what he said was meant to be a joke. [187] Wurst accepted the apology, by stating, "I have to say that if it's a joke it's not funny... but he apologised and that's fine for me." [188] [189]
Georgia's jury votes in the Grand Final were all declared invalid, as all the jury members had voted exactly the same from 3 points up to 12 points. [190] According to EBU, this constitutes a statistical impossibility. Therefore, only Georgia's televoting result was used for the distribution of the Georgian points in the Grand Final. [190]
Lithuanian spokesperson Ignas Krupavičius, just before announcing that ten points of his country's vote had been assigned to Conchita Wurst, referred to Wurst's beard in saying "Now it is time to shave", then pulled out a razor and pretended to shave his own face, before giggling at the joke. Host Nikolaj Koppel replied "Time to shave? I think not.", because the next country to announce the votes was Austria. British commentator Graham Norton also expressed his frustration at the joke and supported Koppel's reply. [191]
Russia's Tolmachevy Sisters were the subject of booing from the audience, during the semi-final and when they were announced to have qualified for the final. [192] Russia's act were also booed during the final; and when the Russian spokesperson delivered their top-three votes. The booing was also heard when countries awarded points to Russia, including neighbouring countries such as Azerbaijan and Belarus. [193]
Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine, wrote: "I can’t remember the last time I heard a Eurovision audience boo anyone; during the Iraq war in 2003, no one booed Britain. [...] There’s a difference between the Russian government and the Russian people, and the girls were there to represent the latter. They didn’t deserve the obloquy. And the Danes were wrong to have made the booing so audible." [194]
After Conchita Wurst had won and performed the song again, and shortly before the end of the television broadcast, press photographers crowded around Wurst for pictures. During the photo session, a fan managed to breach security and approach Wurst, giving her flowers and a Danish flag. As security personnel realised the flower giver was not supposed to be there, they began to drag him away, and the fan showed a piece of paper reading "#free anakata". [195] [196]
In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest. The Premios Ondas (English: Wave Awards) have honoured the production values of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in one of their categories.
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. [197] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award. [198]
Category | Country | Song | Performer(s) | Composer(s) |
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Artistic Award | Netherlands | "Calm After the Storm" | The Common Linnets |
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Composers Award | ||||
Press Award | Austria | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | Conchita Wurst |
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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 2014 poll was "Undo" performed by Sanna Nielsen; the top five results are shown below. [199] [200] [201]
Country | Song | Performer(s) | OGAE result |
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Sweden | "Undo" | Sanna Nielsen | 354 |
Hungary | "Running" | András Kállay-Saunders | 262 |
Israel | "Same Heart" | Mei Finegold | 233 |
Austria | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | Conchita Wurst | 221 |
United Kingdom | "Children of the Universe" | Molly | 162 |
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. [202] [203]
Place | Country | Performer(s) | Votes |
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1 | Lithuania | Vilija Matačiūnaitė | 311 |
2 | Italy | Emma | 90 |
3 | Moldova | Cristina Scarlat | 90 |
4 | Georgia | The Shin and Mariko | 76 |
5 | Albania | Hersi | 64 |
Premios Ondas is an award ceremony organised by Radio Barcelona, a subsidiary of Cadena SER, since 1954. They are awarded in recognition of professionals in the fields of radio and television broadcasting, the cinema, and the music industry. [204] The 61st Ondas Award recipients were announced on 6 November 2014, where Danish broadcaster DR, and the European Broadcasting Union received the International Television Award, for their production of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. [205] [206] The award was handed over on 25 November 2014 at the Liceu in Barcelona. [205]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2014 | DR – European Broadcasting Union | International Television Award | Won |
Eurovision Song Contest: Copenhagen 2014 was the official compilation album of the 2014 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 14 April 2014. The album featured all 37 songs that entered in the 2014 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. It also featured the official #JoinUs theme song "Rainmaker", performed by the 2013 contest winner Emmelie de Forest. [207]
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [208] | 13 |
Austrian Compilation Albums (Ö3 Austria) [209] | 5 |
Belgian Compilation Albums (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [210] | 6 |
Belgian Compilation Albums (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [211] | 14 |
Danish Compilation Albums (Tracklisten) [212] | 1 |
Dutch Compilation Albums (Compilation Top 30) [213] | 5 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [214] | 7 |
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [215] | 2 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [216] | 3 |
Swiss Compilation Albums (Swiss Hitparade) [217] | 2 |
UK Compilation Albums (OCC) [218] | 8 |
Bulgaria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 14 times since making its debut at the 2005 contest in Kyiv. The country's best result is a second-place finish with "Beautiful Mess" performed by Kristian Kostov at the 2017 contest also in Kyiv. The Bulgarian participant broadcaster in the contest is the Bulgarian National Television (BNT).
Bosnia and Herzegovina has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 19 times since making its debut in 1993, after coming second in the qualification round "Kvalifikacija za Millstreet". The current Bosnian-Herzegovinian participant broadcaster in the contest is the Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT).
The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2012 contest with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Malmö Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2013. The three live shows were presented by Swedish comedian and television presenter Petra Mede, being the first time only one host had presented the show since the 1995 contest. Former Swedish entrant Eric Saade acted as the green room host in the final.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the 2014 contest with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), the contest was held at the Hall D of the Wiener Stadthalle and consisted of two semi-finals on 19 and 21 May, and a final on 23 May 2015. The three live shows were presented by Austrian television presenters Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer, while the previous edition's winner Conchita Wurst acted as the green room host.
Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Shine" written by Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla, Natália Kelly and Alexander Kahr. The song was performed by Natália Kelly. The Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) organised the national final Österreich rockt den Song Contest in order to select the Austrian entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. Five songs competed in a televised show where an international jury panel and a public vote selected "Shine" performed by Natália Kelly as the winner.
San Marino participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Sammarinese national broadcaster Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV) internally selected Valentina Monetta with "Maybe" to represent the nation in the contest. Monetta had previously represented San Marino in both the 2012 and 2013 contests, though both entries failed to qualify for the grand final. The 2014 entry was promoted through the creation of music videos in both English and Italian, and a promotional tour that included stops in Amsterdam, Moscow and London. San Marino performed 12th in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, held on 6 May 2014, and placed 10th, receiving 40 points. The entry qualified for the grand final held four days later, where the nation placed 24th with 14 points. This marked their best placing to this point.
Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Same Heart" written by Rami Talmid. The song was performed by Mei Finegold, who was internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to compete at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. The song Finegold would perform at Eurovision was selected through the national final Kdam Eurovision 2014 that featured three songs submitted by the public and Finegold herself, which were presented to the public via the release of their official music videos during a show on 27 February 2014. "Same Heart" emerged as the winning song on 5 March 2014 after gaining 55% of the public vote.
Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Cake to Bake" written by Guntis Veilands. The song was performed by the band Aarzemnieki. The Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organised the national final Dziesma 2014 in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. Twenty-four songs were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. In the semi-finals on 1 and 2 February 2014, six entries were selected to advance from each show. Twelve songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 22 February 2014 where two rounds of voting by a public televote and a nine-member jury panel selected "Cake to Bake" performed by Aarzemnieki as the winner.
The Netherlands participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Calm After the Storm", written by Ilse DeLange, JB Meijers, Rob Crosby, Matthew Crosby and Jake Etheridge. The song was performed by the Common Linnets, a duo consisting of DeLange and Waylon, two well-known and popular Dutch artists, and formed by DeLange as a platform for Dutch artists to create country, Americana, and bluegrass music. In November 2013 the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS announced that they had internally selected The Common Linnets to represent the Netherlands at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark, with their song first presented to the public in March 2014.
Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Hunter of Stars" written and performed by Sebalter, which is the artistic name of singer Sebastiano Paù-Lessi. The Swiss entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark was selected through the national final Die grosse Entscheidungs Show 2014, organised by the Swiss German speaking broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) in collaboration with the other broadcasters part of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Artists that were interested in entering the Swiss national final had the opportunity to apply to one of three open selections with defined submission periods organised by SRF together with the Swiss-Romansh broadcaster Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR), the Swiss-French broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) and/or the Swiss-Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI). A total of 18 entries were selected to advance to an "Expert Check" round; nine entries were selected from the SRF/RTR selection, six entries were selected from the RTS selection and three entries were selected from the RSI selection. The "Expert Check" was held on 30 November 2013 and involved three/four experts evaluating the live performances of the 18 entries and selecting six entries to advance to the televised national final—three artists and songs from the SRF/RTR candidates, two from the RTS candidates and one from the RSI candidates. The six finalists performed during the national final on 1 February 2014 where a combination of jury voting and public voting ultimately selected "Hunter of Stars" performed by Sebalter as the winner.
France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Moustache" written by Pierre Beyres, Kim N'Guyen, Lorent Idir and François Ardouvin. The song was performed by the band Twin Twin. The French broadcaster France Télévisions in collaboration with the television channel France 3 organised a national final in order to select the French entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. Three songs competed in the national final which took place during the France 3 programme Les chansons d'abord. On 2 March 2014, "Moustache" performed by Twin Twin was officially announced by France 3 as the winner following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote.
Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Is It Right", written by Elżbieta Steinmetz, Frank Kretschmer and Adam Kesselhaut. The song was performed by Elaiza. The German entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark was selected through the national final Unser Song für Dänemark, organised by the German broadcaster ARD in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). The national final took place on 13 March 2014 and featured eight competing acts, one of which was selected through a Club Concert wildcard round. The winner was selected through three rounds of public televoting, and "Is It Right" performed by Elaiza was selected as the German entry for Copenhagen after gaining 55% of the votes in the third round.
Belarus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Cheesecake" written by Yuriy Vashchuk and Dmitry Novik. The song was performed by Teo, which is the artistic name of singer Yuriy Vashchuk. The Belarusian entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark was selected through a national final organised by the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC). The national final consisted of fourteen competing acts participating in a televised production where "Cheesecake" performed by Teo was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting.
Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Rise Up", written and performed by Freaky Fortune and featuring RiskyKidd. The Greek entry was selected through the four-participant national final, titled Eurosong 2014 – a MAD show, which was developed by interim Greek broadcaster Dimosia Tileorasi (DT) and organised and produced by the private music channel MAD TV.
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Quero ser tua" written by Emanuel. The song was performed by Suzy. In November 2013, the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) announced that they would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their withdrawal in 2013 due to financial reasons. RTP organised the national final Festival da Canção 2014 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. After a semi-final and a final which took place in March 2014, "Quero ser tua" performed by Suzy emerged as the winner after gaining 41.56% of the public televote.
Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Not Alone" written by Aram Mp3 and Garik Papoyan. The song was performed by Aram Mp3, who was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. Aram Mp3's selection as the Armenian artist was announced on 31 December 2013, while the song "Not Alone" was later presented to the public on 14 March 2014 during a special presentation programme.
Azerbaijan participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Start a Fire" written by Stefan Örn, Johan Kronlund and Alessandra Günthardt. The song was performed by Dilara Kazimova. The Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark was selected through Böyük Səhnə, a talent show organised by the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV). Following three elimination shows and a final on 2 March 2014, a five-member jury selected Dilara Kazimova as the winner. The song "Start a Fire" was internally selected and presented to the public on 16 March.
Spain was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Amanecer", written by Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, Peter Boström, and Thomas G:son, and performed by Edurne. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), internally selected its entry for the contest. RTVE announced Edurne as its representative on 14 January 2015, while "Amanecer" was presented to the public on 1 March 2015.
The Czech Republic participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Lie to Me" written and performed by Mikolas Josef. The Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) organised the national final Eurovision Song CZ in order to select the Czech entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. Six entries competed in the national final and "Lie to Me" performed by Mikolas Josef was announced as the winner on 29 January 2018 following the combination of votes from a ten-member international jury panel and a public vote.