Free European Song Contest 2021 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 15 May 2021 |
Host | |
Venue | Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany |
Presenter(s) | Steven Gätjen Conchita Wurst |
Executive producer | Stefan Raab |
Host broadcaster | ProSieben |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 16 |
Debuting countries | Belgium England France Greece Scotland Slovenia |
Non-returning countries | Bulgaria Denmark Israel Kazakhstan The Moon United Kingdom |
Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awards 12, 10, 8-1 points for 10 songs; 13 countries have votes provided by a single juror, three (Austria, Germany, and Switzerland) have votes determined via televoting. |
Winning song | Ireland "The One" |
The Free European Song Contest 2021 was the second edition of the Free European Song Contest, [1] organised by the German television network ProSieben and the production company Raab TV. [2]
The show was broadcast on 15 May 2021 at 20:15 CEST on the television channel ProSieben and on the streaming platform Joyn. [3] It was presented for the second consecutive time by Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst. [4]
The winning song was "The One" by Rea Garvey, representing Ireland. It marked Ireland's first victory in the event. For the second consecutive year, the Netherlands finished as runner-up, this year represented by Danny Vera with his 2019 hit "Rollercoaster." Debutant Belgium finished in third place with Milow and his song "ASAP." Although he finished with the same number of points as fellow debuting country Scotland, tiebreak rules put the Belgian entry ahead.
For the second consecutive time, the programme was hosted by two presenters: the German television host Steven Gätjen and the Austrian singer Conchita Wurst, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. [5]
Draw | Country | Artist [6] | Song | Language(s) | Place | Points |
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01 | Belgium | Milow | "ASAP" | English [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 77 |
02 | Italy | Mandy Capristo | "13 Schritte" | German, Italian | 11 | 41 |
03 | Slovenia | Ben Dolic | "Stuck in My Mind" | English [lower-alpha 2] | 14 | 27 |
04 | Turkey | Elif | "Alles Helal" | German, Turkish | 6 | 68 |
05 | Poland | Fantasy | "Wild Boys" | German, Polish | 13 | 34 |
06 | Spain | Juan Daniél | "Corazón" | Spanish | 10 | 52 |
07 | England | Mighty Oaks | "Mexico" | English | 9 | 60 |
08 | Croatia | Jasmin Wagner | "Gold" | German [lower-alpha 3] | 16 | 18 |
09 | Netherlands | Danny Vera | "Rollercoaster" | English | 2 | 94 |
10 | Greece | Sotiria | "Herz" | German [lower-alpha 4] | 15 | 23 |
11 | Ireland | Rea Garvey | "The One" | English | 1 | 116 |
12 | Austria | Mathea | "Tut mir nicht leid" | German | 7 | 67 |
13 | France | Hugel feat. Bloodline | "VIP" | English [lower-alpha 5] | 8 | 65 |
14 | Scotland | Amy Macdonald | "Statues" | English | 4 | 77 |
15 | Switzerland | Seven | "Unser kleines Wunder" | German | 12 | 40 |
16 | Germany | Helge Schneider | "Supergeiler Helge Schneider" | German | 5 | 69 |
All countries used a jury vote, except Austria, Germany, and Switzerland; whose results were determined via televote.
Results | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total score | Belgium | Italy | Slovenia | Turkey | Poland | Spain | England | Croatia | Netherlands | Greece | Ireland | Austria | France | Scotland | Switzerland | Germany | |||||
Contestants | Belgium | 77 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
Italy | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
Slovenia | 27 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Turkey | 68 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||
Poland | 34 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 52 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
England | 60 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
Croatia | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Netherlands | 94 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
Greece | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Ireland | 116 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||||
Austria | 67 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
France | 65 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||
Scotland | 77 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | |||||||||
Switzerland | 40 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 69 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
N. | Contestant | Countries giving 12 points |
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4 | Ireland | Austria |
Germany | ||
Scotland | ||
Switzerland | ||
2 | Austria | England |
Slovenia | ||
France | Ireland | |
Spain | ||
Turkey | Croatia | |
Italy | ||
1 | England | Poland |
Germany | Greece | |
Italy | Netherlands | |
Netherlands | Belgium | |
Poland | Turkey | |
Scotland | France |
As in 2020, all spokespersons, save for those announcing the votes for the three televoting regions (Austria, Germany, and Switzerland), also served as their country's national juror. [7]
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