Own Eurovision Song Contest 25 Welcome to Åland Islands! | ||||
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Dates | ||||
Semi-final 1 date | 28 December 2013 | |||
Semi-final 2 date | 29 December 2013 | |||
Final date | 8 January 2014 | |||
Host | ||||
Venue | Wiklöf Holding Arena Mariehamn, Åland Islands | |||
Presenter(s) | Danny Saucedo Eric Saade Lorine Talhaoui | |||
Broadcaster | TV Åland | |||
Opening act | "Can you see me?" by Krista Siegfrids | |||
Participants | ||||
Entries | 59 | |||
Debuting | Syria | |||
Returning | Austria Ireland Uzbekistan | |||
Withdrawing | Belarus Egypt Hungary Jordan Latvia Lithuania Switzerland | |||
Voting | ||||
System | Each country awardes 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs | |||
Winner | Liechtenstein "Error" | |||
Own Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Own Eurovision Song Contest 25, often referred to as OESC #25, is the 25th edition of Own Eurovision Song Contest. The contest will take place in the city of Mariehamn, Åland Islands, after Krista Siegfrids won the previous contest hosted in Cardiff, Wales with the song "Can you see me?". The venue for the contest was announced on December 20, 2013, as the Wiklöf Holding Arena from Mariehamn.
Fifty-nine countries have confirmed their participation in the contest. This is the first time when 59 countries competed in the contest, also the first time since the 19th edition when less than 60 countries have been in the competition. The 25th edition will see Syria making its debut. Austria, Ireland and Uzbekistan returned in the competition and Belarus, Egypt, Hungary, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania and Switzerland decided to withdraw. Uzbekistan's last participation was in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 18.
Own Eurovision Song Contest 25 will see, again like previous editions, thirty countries in the Grand Final, this is for the seventh time in the history of the contest. For the fourth time in a row, the host country didn't vote in all semi-finals.
The contest was won by Liechtenstein. Madeline Juno and her song "Error" received 175 points, winning with a margin of 15 points. Liechtenstein's win was their first. The runner-up was Armenia, which scored their best position ti'll present. Third place went to the host of the contest, Åland Islands, fourth to Spain and Denmark taking the 5th place.
Åland Islands and Denmark were the countries from "Big Three" which placed a top five position. Out of 30 countries who made it into the final, Moldova failed to make it into the top half of the leader board ending on the 26th position, receiving a total of 84 points.
Venue
The venue for the Own Eurovision Song Contest 25 was choosen as the Wiklöf Holding Arena.
Wiklöf Holding Arena (formerly Idrottsparken) is a multi-purpose stadium in Mariehamn, Aland Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of IFK Mariehamn. The stadium has a capacity 4,000 people and was built in 1932.
Location
Mariehamn (Finnish: Maarianhamina) is the capital of Åland Islands, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city. Like all of Åland, Mariehamn is unilingually Swedish-speaking and around 88% of the inhabitants speak it as their native language.
The town was named after Maria Alexandrovna, the Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia. Mariehamn was founded in 1861, around the village of Övernäs, in what was at the time part of the municipality of Jomala. The city has since expanded and incorporated more of Jomala territory. The city is located on a peninsula, and has two important harbours, one located on the western shore and one on the eastern shore. The Western Harbour is an important international harbour with daily traffic to Sweden and mainland Finland. A powerful incentive for Baltic ferries to stop at Mariehamn is that, with respect to indirect taxation, Åland is not part of the EU customs zone and so duty-free goods can be sold aboard. Mariehamn Airport is located in the neighbouring municipality of Jomala, some 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Mariehamn city centre.
Åland and Mariehamn have a reputable heritage in shipping. The Flying P-Liner Pommern museum ship is anchored in the Western Harbour. The Eastern Harbour features one of the largest marinas in Scandinavia. The famous Dutch steamer Jan Nieveen (now called F.P. von Knorring, after Åland teacher and vicar Frans Peter von Knorring) can also be found here.
The city is an important centre for Åland media; both of the local newspapers (Ålandstidningen and Nya Åland), several radio stations and the local TV channels (TV Åland and Åland24) operate out of the city.
Mariehamn features several buildings drawn by Finnish architect Lars Sonck, who moved to Åland as a child. Buildings drawn by him include the church of Mariehamn (1927), the main building of the Åland Maritime College (1927) and the town hall (1939). Hilda Hongell has also designed several buildings, although only a few are still standing.
This is the first edition the contest is held in Åland Islands.
Semi-final and Grand Final allocation draw
Semi-final Allocation Draw
The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on December 22, 2013 at the Wiklöf Holding Arena. The participating countries, excluding the Big 3, were split into eight pots, based on voting history and geographical location. From these pots, 19 countries were allocated to compete in the first semi-final, 18 were allocated to compete in the second semi-final and 19 were allocated to compete in the third semi-final.
The pots are as follows:
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Pot 5 | Pot 6 | Pot 7 | Pot 8 |
The big 3 will vote as follow: Åland Islands in the first semi-final, Moldova in the second semi-final and Denmark in the third semi-final.
Running Order Semi-finals
The running order of the Semi-Finals was revealed on Dcember 22, 2013. Also, it was decided that the host country, Aland Islands will compete on spot number 15 in the Grand Final, Denmark on spot number 10 and Moldova will take the number 11.
Running Order
Participants
Returning artists
Results
Semifinals
Semi-Final 1
- The nine countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the Grand Final.
- Åland Islands (host) will vote in this semi-final.
- The first nine qualiefiers were announced on December 28, 2013.
Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Serbia | Serbian | Jelena Tomasević | "Radio svira za nas" | Radio play for us | 14 | 44 |
02 | Spain | Spanish | Mirela | "Nada es comparable a ti" | No one compares to you | 3 | 109 |
03 | Georgia | Russian | Niko Hinkiladze feat. Nona | "Leto" | Summer | 15 | 40 |
04 | Belgium | French | Stromae | "Papaoutai" | - | 7 | 74 |
05 | Iceland | Icelandic | Kristmundur Axel feat. María Ólafsdóttir | "Lýsi í myrkri" | Fish oil in the dark | 17 | 36 |
06 | Austria | English | Fawni | "It's all about you" | - | 19 | 14 |
07 | Ukraine | Russian | Olga Polyakova | "Russian style" | - | 5 | 87 |
08 | Greece | English | Anise K. feat. Ivi Adamou & Shaya | "Walking on air" | - | 8 | 69 |
09 | Andorra | English | Venus | "Pin up girl" | - | 6 | 80 |
10 | Morocco | Arabic | Samira Said | "Mazal" | Still | 9 | 64 |
11 | Luxembourg | English | Avril Lavigne feat. Chad Kroeger | "Let me go" | - | 4 | 92 |
12 | Norway | English | Madcon feat. Kelly Rowland | "One life" | - | 12 | 49 |
13 | Macedonia | English | Adelina Tahiri | "Heart on fire" | - | 10 | 62 |
14 | Northern Ireland | English | N-Dubz | "Best behaviour" | - | 16 | 39 |
15 | Slovenia | Slovenian | Eva Boto | "Na kožo pisana" | Written on the skin | 18 | 25 |
16 | Lebanon | English | Kristina Maria | "Karma" | - | 2 | 110 |
17 | Romania | English | Alexandra Stan | "Mr. Saxobeat" | - | 1 | 123 |
18 | Ireland | English | Kodaline | "High hopes" | - | 13 | 45 |
19 | Germany | German | Mia Diekow | "Black beauty" | - | 11 | 56 |
Semi-Final 2
- The nine countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the Grand Final.
- Moldova will vote in this semi-final.
- The qualifiers were announced on December 29, 2013.
Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Serbian | Saša Kovačević feat. Emina Jahović | "Još ti se nadam" | I'm still hoping for you | 14 | 44 |
02 | Portugal | Portuguese | Mafalda Arnauth | "O mar fala de ti" | The sea speaks to you | 15 | 41 |
03 | Kazakhstan | Russian | Luina | "Luna" | Moon | 13 | 51 |
04 | Greenland | English | Kato feat. Jon | "Turn the lights off" | - | 9 | 61 |
05 | Syria | English | Paula Abdul feat. Randy Jackson | "Dance like there's no tomorrow" | - | 8 | 64 |
06 | Montenegro | Montenegrin | Andrea Demirović | "Odlazim" | I'm leaving | 3 | 104 |
07 | Faroe Islands | English | Anna David | "If you wanna cry" | - | 10 | 60 |
08 | Monaco | French | Marie-Mai feat. Baptiste Giabiconi | "Là-bas" | Over there | 7 | 64 |
09 | England | English | Leona Lewis | "One more sleep" | - | 12 | 54 |
10 | Poland | Polish | Ewa Farna | "Znak" | Sign | 16 | 38 |
11 | Uzbekistan | Uzbek | Ziyoda | "Kun-tong" | Morning days | 5 | 86 |
12 | Netherlands | Dutch | Kim-Lian | "Dit pakt niemand ons meer af" | No one will take this away from us | 11 | 60 |
13 | Albania | Albanian | Miriam Cani | "Pergjithmone" | Forever | 4 | 93 |
14 | Malta | English | Lauren Aquilina | "Fools" | - | 1 | 114 |
15 | Bulgaria | English | Nelly Petkova feat. Miro Gee | "Lucky one" | - | 18 | 15 |
16 | Liechtenstein | English | Madeline Juno | "Error" | - | 2 | 107 |
17 | Cyprus | English | Playmen feat. Helena & Courtney & Riskykidd | "(Party) all the time" | - | 6 | 74 |
18 | Tunisia | English | Nader Guirat feat. Dylan Lloyd | "I'm waiting" | - | 17 | 30 |
Semi-Final 3
- The nine countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the Grand Final.
- Denmark will vote in this semi-final.
- The qualifiers were announced on December 30, 2013.
Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Armenia | English | Sirusho feat. Sakis Rouvas | "See" | - | 3 | 101 |
02 | San Marino | Italian | Valentina Monetta | "L'amore verrà" | Love will come | 18 | 28 |
03 | France | France | Florent Mothe | "Les blessures qui ne se voient pas" | Injuries that are not seen | 17 | 31 |
04 | Azerbaijan | English | Aygün Kazımova feat. Snoop Dogg | "Coffee from Colombia" | - | 11 | 47 |
05 | Finland | Finnish | Janna | "Sä et ole hullu" | You're not crazy | 6 | 95 |
06 | Algeria | French | Amel Bent feat. Soprano | "Quand la musique est bonne" | When the music is good | 15 | 37 |
07 | Estonia | Estonian | Getter Jaani feat. Maia Vahtramäe | "Meelelahutajad" | Entertainers | 8 | 72 |
08 | Sweden | English | Emerentia | "Wasting water" | - | 1 | 121 |
09 | Kosovo | Albanian | Besa | "Folie" | - | 2 | 105 |
10 | Wales | English | Pixie Lott | "Boys and girls" | - | 19 | 25 |
11 | Italy | Italian | Bianca Atzei | "L'amore vero" | True love | 12 | 45 |
12 | Croatia | Croatian | Lana Jurčević feat. Connect | "Noć bez granica" | Night without borders | 10 | 63 |
13 | Vatican City | Italian | Giorgia | "Quando una stella muore" | When a star dies | 14 | 37 |
14 | Israel | English | Chen Aharoni | "Crazy" | - | 7 | 75 |
15 | Slovakia | Slovak | Katarína Knechtová | "Isabel" | - | 16 | 32 |
16 | Scotland | English | Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor | "Heartbreak (Make me a dancer)" | - | 5 | 98 |
17 | Czech Republic | Czech | Ben Cristovao | "Úžasná" | Amazing | 13 | 40 |
18 | Turkey | Turkish | Hande Yener feat. Sinan Akçıl | "Teşekkürler" | Thanks | 4 | 100 |
19 | Russia | Russian | 5sta Family | "Vmeste my" | Together we | 9 | 66 |
Finalists
The thirty finalists are:
- the Big 3 countries: Denmark, Moldova and the host country, Åland Islands.
- the top nine countries from the first semi-final.
- the top nine countries from the second semi-final.
- the top nine countries from the third semi-final.
Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Luxembourg | English | Avril Lavigne feat. Chad Kroeger | "Let me go" | - | 10 | 136 |
02 | Greenland | English | Kato feat. Jon | "Turn the lights off" | - | 30 | 54 |
03 | Turkey | Turkish | Hande Yener feat. Sinan Akçıl | "Teşekkürler" | Thanks | 9 | 139 |
04 | Kosovo | Albanian | Besa | "Folie" | - | 20 | 100 |
05 | Greece | English | Anise K. feat. Ivi Adamou & Shaya | "Walking on air" | - | 28 | 84 |
06 | Liechtenstein | English | Madeline Juno | "Error" | - | 1 | 175 |
07 | Cyprus | English | Playmen feat. Helena & Courtney & Riskykidd | "(Party) all the time" | - | 11 | 133 |
08 | Uzbekistan | Uzbek | Ziyoda | "Kun-tong" | Morning days | 13 | 120 |
09 | Monaco | French | Marie-Mai feat. Baptiste Giabiconi | "Là-bas" | Over there | 21 | 99 |
10 | Denmark | Zulu | Velile feat. Safri Duo | "Helele" | Go for it | 5 | 150 |
11 | Moldova | English | Boris Covali | "Runaways" | - | 26 | 84 |
12 | Russia | Russian | 5sta Family | "Vmeste my" | Together we | 24 | 94 |
13 | Malta | English | Lauren Aquilina | "Fools" | - | 15 | 114 |
14 | Sweden | English | Emerentia | "Wasting water" | - | 8 | 144 |
15 | Åland Islands | English, Spanish | Nayer feat. Mohombi & Pitbull | "Suave" | Soft | 3 | 158 |
16 | Syria | English | Paula Abdul feat. Randy Jackson | "Dance like there's no tomorrow" | - | 29 | 58 |
17 | Montenegro | Montenegrin | Andrea Demirovic | "Odlazim" | I'm leaving | 19 | 100 |
18 | Romania | English | Alexandra Stan | "Mr. Saxobeat" | - | 7 | 145 |
19 | Morocco | Arabic | Samira Said | "Mazal" | Still | 23 | 98 |
20 | Israel | English | Chen Aharoni | "Crazy" | - | 25 | 86 |
21 | Spain | Spanish | Mirela | "Nada es comparable a ti" | No one compares to you | 4 | 155 |
22 | Lebanon | English | Kristina Maria | "Karma" | - | 14 | 114 |
23 | Scotland | English | Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor | "Heartbreak (Make me a dancer)" | - | 17 | 112 |
24 | Ukraine | Russian | Olga Polyakova | "Russian style" | - | 16 | 112 |
25 | Andorra | English | Venus | "Pin up girl" | - | 27 | 84 |
26 | Belgium | French | Stromae | "Papaoutai" | - | 6 | 149 |
27 | Finland | Finnish | Janna | "Sä et ole hullu" | You're not crazy | 12 | 123 |
28 | Albania | Albanian | Miriam Cani | "Pergjithmone" | Forever | 22 | 98 |
29 | Armenia | English | Sirusho feat. Sakis Rouvas | "See" | - | 2 | 160 |
30 | Estonia | Estonian | Getter Jaani feat. Maia Vahtramae | "Meelelahutajad" | Entertainers | 18 | 102 |
Scoreboards
First semi-final
Second semi-final
Third semi-final
Grand Final
12 points
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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6 | Sweden | Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Scotland, Uzbekistan |
5 | Armenia | Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Serbia, Wales |
Liechtenstein | Georgia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Malta | |
Spain | Greenland, Macedonia, Morocco, Norway, Vatican City | |
4 | Finland | Greenland, Moldova, Monaco, Rest of the World |
3 | Belgium | Russia, Sweden, Tunisia |
Åland Islands | Andorra, Azerbaijan, France | |
2 | Cyprus | Albania, Turkey |
Denmark | Ireland, Portugal | |
Estonia | Croatia, Montenegro | |
Lebanon | Belgium, Northern Ireland | |
Malta | England, Iceland | |
Montenegro | Cyprus, Israel | |
Morocco | Italy, Lebanon | |
Romania | Slovenia, Aland Islands | |
Turkey | Estonia, Syria | |
Ukraine | Netherlands, San Marino | |
1 | Albania | Slovakia |
Andorra | Spain | |
Greenland | Ukraine | |
Israel | Romania | |
Kosovo | Czech Republic | |
Moldova | Faroe Islands | |
Scotland | Luxembourg | |
Syria | Liechtenstein | |
Uzbekistan | Denmark |
Voting Ceremony
The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw. Similar to the last editions an algorithm was used to generate as much suspense as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country. A public voting was used.
60 sets of votes were used in the voting ceremony in order to determine the winner.
Country Order
- Finland
- Sweden
- Czech Republic
- Macedonia
- Bulgaria
- Netherlands
- Albania
- Azerbaijan
- Serbia
- Israel
- Algeria
- Greenland
- Italy
- Armenia
- Belgium
- Kosovo
- Monaco
- Scotland
- Romania
- Greece
- Uzbekistan
- Georgia
- Syria
- Slovenia
- Denmark
- Montenegro
- Portugal
- Turkey
- Lebanon
- Croatia
- Poland
- Spain
- Morocco
- Malta
- Cyprus
- Ireland
- Estonia
- Russia
- San Marino
- Northern Ireland
- Liechtenstein
- Slovakia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Moldova
- Luxembourg
- Åland Islands
- Andorra
- Ukraine
- Kazakhstan
- Tunisia
- England
- Faroe Islands
- Vatican City
- Norway
- France
- Iceland
- Wales
- Austria
- Germany
- Rest of the World
Cities
- Helsinki
- Västerås
- Prague
- Skopje
- Sofia
- Apeldoorn
- Tirana
- Baku
- Novi Sad
- Nazareth
- Constantine
- Nuuk
- Naples
- Vanadzor
- Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
- Mitrovica
- Monte Carlo
- Edinburgh
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Livadeia
- Uhquduq
- Kutaisi
- Aleppo
- Ljubljana
- Copenhagen
- Podgorica
- Lisbon
- Istanbul
- Tripoli
- Zagreb
- Krakow
- Ciudad Real
- Rabat
- Valletta
- Agia Napa
- Leitir Mhic An Bhraid
- Tallinn
- Moscow
- Montegiardino
- Belfast
- Vaduz
- Bratislava
- Sarajevo
- Chișinău
- Luxembourg
- Mariehamn
- Andorra la Vella
- Kiev
- Almaty
- Tunis
- London
- Torshavn
- Vatican City
- Oslo
- Paris
- Reykjavic
- Wales
- Vienna
- Stuttgard
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Spokepersons
- Molly Rosenström
- Lorine Talhaoui
- Lucie Vondráčková
- Tijana Dapčević
- Petya Ivanova
- Berget Lewis
- Kejsi Tola
- Farid Mammadov
- Seka Aleksić
- Harel Skaat
- Amel Bouchoucha
- Jesper Nohrstedt
- Annalisa Scarrone
- Aram Sargsyan
- Katerine Avgoustakis
- Bertan Asllani
- Jenifer Bartoli
- Samantha Jade
- Loredana Sachelaru
- Kostas Martakis
- Paddington Bear
- Tamta Goduadze
- Céline Dion, Rene Angelil
- Marko Šuler
- Christopher Nissen
- Armin Ara
- Ana Ferreira
- Kendi
- Salwa Al Katrib
- Antonija Jurkin
- Magdalena Tul
- Shakira Ripoll
- Esther Zac
- Chiara Siracusa
- Loukas Giorkas
- Kian Egan
- Toomas Ilves
- Polina Gagarina
- Andrius Pojavis
- Janet Devlin
- Carolin Niemczyk
- Kristína Peláková
- Lepa Brena
- Olga Fesenco
- Guillaume Joseph Marie
- Krista Siegfrids
- Joel Molina
- Stas Shurins
- Victoria Dayneko
- Amani Souissi
- Lily Coope
- Anna Faroe
- Filippo Neviani
- The Norwegian Royal Family
- Nikola Karabatić
- Þórunn Magnúsdóttir
- Marina Diamandis
- Luise Gruber
- Lena Meyer-Landrut
- Danny Saucedo
See also
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