Own Eurovision Song Contest 7 Welcome to Moldova! | ||||
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Dates | ||||
Semi-final 1 date | 24 July 2012 | |||
Semi-final 2 date | 25 July 2012 | |||
Final date | 29 July 2012 | |||
Host | ||||
Venue | Soroca Stadium Soroca, Moldova | |||
Presenter(s) | Cătălin Josan Vika Jigulina Nicoleta Darabană | |||
Broadcaster | TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) | |||
Opening act | "Superman" by Sunstroke Project feat. Olia Tira | |||
Participants | ||||
Entries | 44 | |||
Debuting | Faroe Islands Poland | |||
Returning | Estonia Lithuania Norway Slovenia | |||
Withdrawing | Azerbaijan Finland Luxembourg Portugal San Marino | |||
Voting | ||||
System | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs | |||
Winner | Norway "Europe's skies" | |||
Own Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Own Eurovision Song Contest 7, often referred to as OESC #07, was the 7th edition of Own Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place in Soroca, Moldova, after Sunstroke Project and Olia Tira won the previous contest hosted in La Valletta, Malta with their song "Superman".
Forty-four countries have confirmed participation in the 7th edition. The Own Eurovision Song Contest 7 will see Faroe Island and Poland debuting. Estonia, Lithuania, Norway and Slovenia returned in the competition and Azerbaijan, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal and San Marino deciding to withdraw. The number of countries competing in the contest was a record at that moment, being the first time when 44 countries confirmed their participation in the contest.
Own Eurovision Song Contest 7 saw twenty-five countries in the Grand Final, this is for the second time in the history of the contest, last time being in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 4 hosted in Košice, Slovakia.
The winner was Norway with the song "Europe's skies" sung by Alexandrer Rybak, which scored 121 points, beating Switzerland with a margin of only 3 points. The host country, Moldova finished in third place and Serbia in fourth, while France finished in fifth place.
Out of the countries with the 'Big 5' status, only Moldova managed to finish in the top ten, coming third. Andorra finished in 13th place receiving 92 points, England and Romania both received 89 points, ranking England on 14th place and Romania on 16th place. Kosovo finished in the bottom two countries receiving 20 points overall.
Venue
The venue of the seventh edition was chosen to be the Soroca City Stadium. Stadionul of Soroca city is a stadium and is located in Raionul Soroca, Moldova. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 49 metres.
Location
Moldova (Romanian: [molˈdova]), officially the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The capital city is Chișinău.
Moldova declared independence on August 27, 1991 as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The current Constitution of Moldova was adopted in 1994. A strip of Moldovan territory on the east bank of the river Dniester has been under the de facto control of the breakaway government of Transnistria since 1990.
Due to a decrease in industrial and agricultural output following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the service sector has grown to dominate Moldova's economy and currently composes over 60% of the nation's GDP. However, Moldova remains the poorest country in Europe.
Moldova is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. It is a member state of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and aspires to join the European Union.
Soroca is a Moldovan city situated on the Nistru (Dniester) river about 160 km north of Chişinău. It is the administrative center of Soroca District.
The city has its origin in the medieval Genoese trade post of Olchionia, or Alchona. It is known for its well-preserved stronghold, established by the Moldavian Prince Stephen the Great (Ştefan cel Mare in Romanian) in 1499. Its name is derived from the Slavic word for magpie.
The original wooden fort, which defended a ford over the Dniester/Nistru, was an important link in the chain of fortifications which comprised four forts (e.g. Akkerman and Khotin) on the Dniester, two forts on the Danube and three forts on the north border of medieval Moldova. Between 1543 and 1546 under the rule of Petru Rareş, the fortress was rebuilt in stone as a perfect circle with five bastions situated at equal distances.
During the Great Turkish War, John Sobieski's forces successfully defended the fortress against the Ottomans. It was of vital military importance during the Pruth Campaign of Peter the Great in 1711. The stronghold was sacked by the Russians in the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739). The Soroca fortress is an important attraction in Soroca, having preserved cultures and kept the old Soroca in the present day.
The locality was greatly extended in the 19th century, during a period of relative prosperity. Soroca became a regional center featuring large squares, modernized streets, hospitals, grammar schools and conventionalized churches. In the Soviet period the town became an important industrial center for northern Moldova
Participants
Forty-four countries have confirmed participation in the 7th edition. The Own Eurovision Song Contest 7 will see Faroe Island and Poland debuting. Estonia, Lithuania, Norway and Slovenia returned in the competition and Azerbaijan, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal and San Marino deciding to withdraw.
Returning artists
Artist | Country | Previous edition(s) | Place(s) |
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Tal | Andorra | OESC #02 SF | 15th SF |
David Guetta | France | OESC #06 (for Monaco with Nicki Minaj) | 18th |
Monaco | |||
Getter Jaani | Estonia | OESC #05(with Koit Toome) | 6th |
Nina Badric | Macedonia | OESC #01(for Bosnia and Herzegovina with Hari Varesanovic) | 12th |
OESC #03(for Croatia) | 4th | ||
Emma | Italy | OESC #01 SF(for Italy) | 14th SF |
OESC #01 SF(for San Marino) | 13th SF | ||
OESC #05 | 2nd | ||
INNA | Romania | OESC #02 | 2nd |
OESC #04 | 3rd | ||
Marina and the Diamonds | Wales | OESC #05 | 7th |
Results
Semifinals
Semi-final 1
- The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the voting of the countries, qualified for the final.
- Andorra, England and Moldova(host country) voted in this semifinal.
- Scotland was the disqualified.
- The 10 qualifiers were announced on 24 July 2012.
Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Northern Ireland | English | Geraldine McQueen | "The winner's song" | — | 16 | 38 |
02 | Georgia | English | Stephane & 3G | "For somebody" | — | 13 | 56 |
03 | Liechtenstein | English | Lou Bega | "Mambo No.5" | — | 3 | 92 |
04 | Cyprus | Greek | Kostas Martakis | "I agkalia mou" | My hug | 10 | 60 |
05 | Scotland | English | McFly | "The heart never lies" | — | 191 | 45 |
06 | Estonia | English | Getter Jaani | "NYC Taxi" | — | 6 | 86 |
07 | Macedonia | Macedonian | Garo & Tavitjan Brothers feat. Nina Badrić | "Ne kazuvaj libe dobra nok" | Do not say good night to me sweetheart | 18 | 18 |
08 | Turkey | Turkish | Mustafa Sandal feat. Natalia | "Aşka yürek gerek" | Heartbreaking love | 15 | 43 |
09 | France | English | David Guetta feat. Sia | "Titanium" | — | 4 | 89 |
10 | Sweden | English | Leona Lewis feat. Avicii | "Collide" | — | 2 | 93 |
11 | Albania | Albanian | Elvana Gjata | "Gjaku im" | My blood | 8 | 73 |
12 | Belarus | Russian | Infiniti | "Nu i pust" | So let it be | 7 | 79 |
13 | Norway | English | Alexander Rybak | "Europe's skies" | — | 1 | 104 |
14 | Croatia | Croatian | Danijela Martinović | "Brodolom" | Wreckage | 9 | 67 |
15 | Slovenia | Slovenian | Maja Keuc | "Zmorem" | I can do it | 14 | 45 |
16 | Denmark | Danish | Louise Dubiel | "10.000 måder" | 10.000 ways | 17 | 25 |
17 | Belgium | English | Peter Luts | "The rain" | — | 5 | 89 |
18 | Slovakia | English | Celeste Buckingham | "Run run run" | — | 12 | 57 |
19 | Wales | English | Marina and the Diamonds | "Radioactive" | — | 11 | 59 |
Notes
- 1.^ The country was disqualified for not voting.
Semi-final 2
- The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the voting of the countries, qualified for the final.
- Kosovo, Moldova(host country) and Romania voted in this semifinal.
- Italy, Monaco and Poland were disqualified.
- The 10 qualifiers were announced on 25 July 2012.
Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Germany | German | Jay Khan | "Nackt" | Naked | 11 | 45 |
02 | Lithuania | English | Donny Montell | "Running fast" | — | 16 | 25 |
03 | Malta | English | Brooke | "Fairytale" | — | 5 | 64 |
04 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian | Selma Bajrami | "Farmerice" | Jeans | 17 | 10 |
05 | Austria | English | Conchita Wurst | "That's what I am" | — | 15 | 30 |
06 | Monaco | English | Snoop Dogg vs David Guetta | "Sweat" | — | 202 | 43 |
07 | Faroe Islands | English | Sisse Marie | "Dirty hands" | — | 9 | 49 |
08 | Greece | English | DJ San feat. Nikki Ponte | "Love's like breathing" | — | 1 | 94 |
09 | Italy | Italian | Emma | "Sarò libera" | I will be free | 192 | 883 |
10 | Bulgaria | English | Desislava | "I like" | — | 6 | 62 |
11 | Ukraine | Russian | Svetlana Loboda | "Oblaka" | Clouds | 8 | 53 |
12 | Serbia | Serbian | Mariana Tadić | "Ljubi, ljubi" | Love, love | 2 | 79 |
13 | Netherlands | English | Vengaboys | "We like to party" | — | 14 | 38 |
14 | Russia | Russian | Dj Smash | "Mozhno bez slov" | No words to say | 7 | 58 |
15 | Poland | Polish | Sylwia Grzeszczak | "Karuzela" | Carousel | 182 | 973 |
16 | Spain | Spanish | Juan Magán | "Bailando por ahi" | Dancing around here | 12 | 41 |
17 | Israel | English | Shiri Maimon | "Now that you're gone" | — | 10 | 48 |
18 | Hungary | English | Kati Wolf | "The last time" | — | 3 | 71 |
19 | Switzerland | English | Anna Rossinelli | "See what you've done" | — | 4 | 69 |
20 | Ireland | English | Jedward | "Young love" | — | 13 | 38 |
Notes
- 2.^ The countries were disqualified for not voting.
- 3.^ If Poland haven't been disqualified, it had won the semi-final 2.
1st place, Poland and 3rd place, Italy disqualification meant that 11th place, Faroe Island and 12th place, Israel passed to the Grand Final.
Final
The finalists are:
- the big five: Andorra, England, Kosovo, Moldova(host country) and Romania.
- the top ten countries from the first semifinal
- the top ten countries from the second semifinal
Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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01 | Cyprus | Greek | Kostas Martakis | "I agkalia mou" | My hug | 17 | 83 |
02 | Croatia | Croatian | Danijela Martinovic | "Brodolom" | Wreckage | 15 | 89 |
03 | Albania | Albanian | Elvana Gjata | "Gjaku im" | My blood | 12 | 92 |
04 | Estonia | English | Getter Jaani | "NYC Taxi" | — | 11 | 94 |
05 | England | English | Jessie J feat. B.o.B | "Price tag" | — | 14 | 89 |
06 | Romania | English | INNA | "Endless" | — | 16 | 89 |
07 | Belarus | Russian | Infiniti | "Nu i pust" | So let it be | 23 | 43 |
08 | Hungary | English | Kati Wolf | "The last time" | — | 18 | 72 |
09 | Serbia | Serbia | Mariana Tadić | "Ljubi, ljubi" | Love, love | 4 | 113 |
10 | Malta | English | Brooke | "Fairytale" | — | 7 | 101 |
11 | Moldova | English | Edward Maya feat. Vika Jigulina | "Desert rain" | — | 3 | 115 |
12 | France | English | David Guetta feat. Sia | "Titanium" | — | 5 | 110 |
13 | Greece | English | DJ San feat. Nikki Ponte | "Love's like breathing" | — | 9 | 99 |
14 | Ukraine | Russian | Svetlana Loboda | "Oblaka" | Clouds | 22 | 52 |
15 | Kosovo | Albanian | Elhaida Dani | "S'je më" | You're not anymore | 24 | 20 |
16 | Bulgaria | English | Desislava | "I like" | — | 20 | 60 |
17 | Russia | Russian | Dj Smash | "Mozhno bez slov" | No words to say | 19 | 71 |
18 | Israel | English | Shiri Maimon | "Now that you're gone" | — | 10 | 95 |
19 | Switzerland | English | Anna Rossinelli | "See what you've done" | — | 2 | 118 |
20 | Belgium | English | Peter Luts | "The rain" | — | 6 | 106 |
21 | Sweden | English | Leona Lewis feat. Avicii | "Collide" | — | 8 | 99 |
22 | Andorra | French | Tal | "Le sens de la vie" | The meaning of life | 13 | 92 |
23 | Faroe Islands | English | Sisse Marie | "Dirty hands" | — | 25 | 13 |
24 | Liechtenstein | English | Lou Bega | "Mambo No.5" | — | 21 | 52 |
25 | Norway | English | Alexander Rybak | "Europe's skies" | — | 1 | 121 |
Scoreboard
Semi-final 01
Semi-final 02
Grand Final
12 points
N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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4 | Belgium | Croatia, England, France, Monaco |
Albania | Georgia, Malta, Moldova, Turkey | |
3 | Moldova | Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania |
Romania | Ireland, Norway, Ukraine | |
2 | Cyprus | Belgium, Slovenia |
Greece | Israel, Switzerland | |
Israel | Belgium, Greece | |
Malta | Sweden, The Netherlands | |
Norway | Albania, Lithuania | |
Switzerland | Germany, Serbia | |
1 | Andorra | Kosovo |
Belarus | Liechtenstein | |
Bulgaria | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Croatia | FYR Macedonia | |
Estonia | Andorra | |
France | Northern Ireland | |
Hungary | Russia | |
Serbia | Hungary | |
Sweden | Estonia | |
Ukraine | Wales |
Voting ceremony
36 out of 44 countries casted their votes. The countries revealed their votes in the following order.
- Greece
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Georgia
- Moldova
- Russia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Netherlands
- Bulgaria
- Romania
- Estonia
- Croatia
- Liechtenstein
- France
- Malta
- Slovenia
- Belgium
- Hungary
- Ukraine
- Turkey
- Andorra
- Ireland
- England
- Belarus
- Israel
- Cyprus
- Northern Ireland
- Lithuania
- Serbia
- Wales
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Monaco
- Germany
- Norway
- Albania
Eight countries didn't cast their votes, they were as follow.
See also
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