Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final Countries that participated in the past but not in 2012Vote Voting system Nul points Winning song "Euphoria" ← 2011 Eurovision Song Contest 2013 → The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following Ell & Nikki's win at the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany with the song "Running Scared" — marking the first time that the country had won the contest. The contest was held at the newly constructed Baku Crystal Hall, with semi-finals held on 22 and 24 May 2012, followed by the final held on 26 May 2012. Forty-two countries competed in the contest — one less than the record number of 43 set at the previous contest, with Montenegro returning for the first time since 2009, and the withdrawal of Armenia due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, and Poland due to financial concerns.
The contest was won by singer Loreen from Sweden with the song "Euphoria" — written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström, the song scored a total of 372 points. Russia finished in second place, with Serbia finishing in third. They were followed by the host country, Azerbaijan, which reached the 4th place. Albania finished 5th, achieving its first top 5 placing. Germany, Italy and Spain were the three members of the "Big Five" that managed to rank within the top 10, finishing in 8th, 9th and 10th places 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, along with objections to the contest's presence by Iranian officials—who felt that the event was anti-Islamic because it was, according to them, a "gay parade".
Contents 1 Location 2 Format 2.1 Semi-final allocation draw 2.2 Graphic design 2.3 National host broadcaster 3 Participating countries 3.1 Returning artists 3.2 Languages 3.3 Semi-final 1 3.4 Semi-final 2 3.5 Final 4 Scoreboard 4.1 Semi-final 1 4.2 Semi-final 2 4.3 Final 5 Other countries 6 Controversies 6.1 Human rights concerns 6.2 Tensions with Iran 7 Other awards 7.1 Marcel Bezençon Awards 7.2 OGAE 7.3 Barbara Dex Award 8 International broadcasts and voting 8.1 Voting and spokespersons 8.2 Commentators 8.2.1 Participating countries 8.2.2 Non-participating countries 9 Official album 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Location Further information on the host city: Baku
Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex
Locations of the three suggested venues in Baku, Azerbaijan. The selected venue is highlighted with a red mark.
Azerbaijan got the right to host the 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the previous 2011 edition with the song "Running Scared" performed by Ell & Nikki.[6] [7] 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.[8] [9] 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.[10] 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.[11] Even though the full cost of the contract was not named, the government allocated 6 million AZN for the construction of the venue.[12]
Baku Crystal Hall, Baku - host venue of the 2012 contest.
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 by the EBU. On 31 October 2011, Ismayil Omarov, the director general of Azerbaijani national broadcaster İctimai Television announced that a decision on the venue choice would be taken by the steering committee in January 2012.[13] On 25 January 2012, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest.[14] Even though the venue had an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people were able to attend each show.[14] Tickets for the contest became available online for purchase on 28 February 2012.[15] [16]
Format
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,[17] 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.[18]
Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the 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 final, the first being the 2003 Contest.[18] [19] [20]
Semi-final allocation draw
Semi-final allocation draw ceremony at the Buta Palace in Baku.
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.[21] 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.[22] [23]
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 1
1.^ Graphic design
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".[24]
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.[25] 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.[25] 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.[25] [26]
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.[25] 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.[27] [28]
National host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), which was the EBU member that broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, is one of country's public-service broadcasters.[29] [30] Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Azerbaijan, Iltimas Mammadov, stated that telecom networks were ready to host the event. Azerbaijan's largest telecommunications operator, Azercell, was chosen as the presenting partner for the contest.[31] 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.[32]
Participating countries
Countries in the first semi-final
Countries voting in the first semi-final
Countries in the second semi-final
Countries voting in the second semi-final
On 17 January 2012, the EBU announced that initially forty-three countries would take part in the 2012 contest.[33] The 57th edition saw the return of Montenegro, who was last represented by Andrea Demirović in 2009.[34] Poland also withdrew from the competition, due to the financial burden of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and Summer Olympics.[33] Armenia, who had originally planned to participate, later withdrew their application due to security fears of the continuous Nagorno-Karabakh War with Azerbaijan, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42.[35]
Returning artists Four artists returned in this year's contest. Kaliopi for Macedonia who previously participated in the 1996 contest with the song "Samo ti", which placed in 26th position in the pre-qualifying round.[36] [37] Kaliopi would then go on to represent Macedonia once more at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
Jónsi for Iceland[38] and Željko Joksimović for Serbia[39] both previously participated in 2004.[40]
For a second consecutive year Jedward participated for Ireland, after their 8th-place finish at the 2011 Contest with the song "Lipstick".[41] [42]
Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia in 2009, returned as a backing vocalist for Slovenia.
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.
Semi-final 1 Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain voted in the first semi-final.[21] The EBU allowed the Albanian broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) to defer transmission and only use jury votes due to a serious bus accident in the country.[43]
Draw[44] Country[33] Artist[45] Song[45] Language[46] Place Points 01 "Euro Neuro" English2 15 20 02 "Never Forget" English 8 75 03 "Aphrodisiac" English 4 116 04 "Beautiful Song" English 16 17 05 "Suus"3 2 146 06 "Zaleilah" 3 120 07 "Unbreakable" English 11 45 08 "Would You?" English 17 16 09 "När jag blundar" 12 41 10 "Time" English, Hebrew 13 33 11 "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh - Oh Oh)" English4 14 31 12 "La La Love" English 7 91 13 "Should've Known Better" English 9 63 14 "Party for Everybody" 1 152 15 "Sound of Our Hearts" English 10 52 16 "Woki mit deim Popo" 5 18 8 17 "Lăutar" English6 5 100 18 "Waterline" English 6 92
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2.^ 3.^ 4.^ 5.^ 6.^ Semi-final 2 France, Germany and the United Kingdom voted in the second semi-final. Germany requested that they vote in this semi-final.[21] Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final, but later withdrew from the contest due to security reasons.[35]
Draw[44] Country[33] Artist[45] Song[45] Language[46] Place Points 01 "Nije ljubav stvar" (Није љубав ствар ) 2 159 02 "Crno i belo" (Црно и бело ) 9 53 03 "You and Me" English 15 35 04 "This Is the Night" English 7 70 05 "We Are the Heroes" English 16 35 06 "Vida minha" 13 39 07 "Be My Guest" English 8 64 08 "Love Unlimited" 8 11 45 09 "Verjamem" 17 31 10 "Nebo" 12 42 11 "Euphoria" English 1 181 12 "I'm a Joker" English, Georgian 14 36 13 "Love Me Back" English 5 80 14 "Kuula" 4 100 15 "Don't Close Your Eyes" English 18 22 16 "Stay" English 10 45 17 "Korake ti znam" 6 77 18 "Love Is Blind" English 3 104
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8.^ [47] Final Draw[44] Country[33] Artist[45] Song[45] Language[46] Place Points 01 "Love Will Set You Free" English 25 12 02 "Sound of Our Hearts" English 24 19 03 "Suus"3 Albanian 5 146 04 "Love Is Blind" English 14 70 05 "Korake ti znam" Bosnian 18 55 06 Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" Udmurt, English 2 259 07 "Never Forget" English 20 46 08 "La La Love" English 16 65 09 "Echo (You and I)" 22 21 10 "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" English, Italian 9 101 11 "Kuula" Estonian 6 120 12 "Stay" English 26 7 13 "When the Music Dies" English 4 150 14 "Zaleilah" Spanish, English 12 71 15 "Should've Known Better" English 23 21 16 "Aphrodisiac" English 17 64 17 "Euphoria" English 1 372 18 "Love Me Back" English 7 112 19 "Quédate conmigo" Spanish 10 97 20 "Standing Still" English 8 110 21 "This Is the Night" English 21 41 22 "Crno i belo" (Црно и бело ) Macedonian 13 71 23 "Waterline" English 19 46 24 "Nije ljubav stvar" (Није љубав ствар ) Serbian 3 214 25 "Be My Guest" English 15 65 26 "Lăutar" English7 11 81
Scoreboard 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.[48] [49]
Semi-final 1 Semi-final 1 Place Televoting Points Jury Points 1 189 131 2 132 107 3 131 103 4 116 90 5 110 87 6 99 81 7 85 76 8 79 75 9 53 72 10 49 72 11 39 70 12 36 57 13 25 45 14 24 42 15 18 38 16 16 28 17 15 27 18 2 17
Voting results[50] Montenegro 20 12 8 Iceland 75 5 5 5 4 5 10 4 3 8 10 1 4 2 2 1 6 Greece 116 10 5 8 12 3 8 3 7 12 4 5 1 10 10 10 5 3 Latvia 17 2 4 4 4 3 Albania 146 12 3 10 4 4 12 10 5 5 10 10 7 2 10 12 1 1 12 12 4 Romania 120 7 4 8 5 2 4 8 6 6 1 8 3 5 12 12 7 10 12 Switzerland 45 2 7 3 2 1 1 2 8 3 8 8 Belgium 16 4 2 1 2 6 1 Finland 41 7 6 1 1 1 2 8 12 3 Israel 33 1 5 3 1 3 6 5 7 2 San Marino 31 4 2 10 7 5 3 Cyprus 91 6 12 12 3 6 7 3 1 10 7 3 5 1 7 8 Denmark 63 8 1 8 3 10 8 4 4 3 1 7 6 Russia 152 8 6 7 12 6 8 12 12 12 2 7 12 7 10 6 8 8 2 7 Hungary 52 7 8 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 2 Austria 8 1 5 2 Moldova 100 3 6 2 4 10 7 6 6 5 3 6 12 2 6 2 6 4 10 Ireland 92 1 10 3 10 7 7 7 12 2 10 6 8 4 5
12 points 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 5 Albania Austria, Azerbaijan, Italy, Montenegro, Switzerland Russia Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Latvia 3 Romania Ireland, Moldova, Spain 2 Cyprus Greece, Iceland Greece Cyprus, Romania 1 Finland Hungary Ireland San Marino Moldova Russia Montenegro Albania
Semi-final 2 Semi-final 2 Place Televoting Points Jury Points 1 180 145 2 148 141 3 128 109 4 114 102 5 88 97 6 72 77 7 70 66 8 63 62 9 59 58 10 51 55 11 39 52 12 37 49 13 37 42 14 34 40 15 32 40 16 27 31 17 24 27 18 15 25
Voting results[51] Serbia 159 12 10 5 8 8 8 12 12 10 8 10 1 8 10 10 2 12 10 3 Macedonia 53 8 1 2 5 7 6 7 1 8 8 Netherlands 35 2 1 7 7 3 3 8 4 Malta 70 3 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 6 3 2 6 12 Belarus 35 1 1 4 12 2 8 7 Portugal 39 6 3 3 1 5 5 4 1 8 3 Ukraine 64 4 3 6 12 2 5 1 6 6 5 1 2 2 5 2 2 Bulgaria 45 2 6 2 6 10 6 3 3 2 5 Slovenia 31 10 4 8 5 4 Croatia 42 12 7 1 1 8 12 1 Sweden 181 7 8 12 8 7 10 7 10 10 6 12 5 12 12 12 7 10 6 12 8 Georgia 36 6 1 10 3 4 12 Turkey 80 10 7 12 2 8 7 3 2 3 1 6 7 6 6 Estonia 100 8 4 12 3 3 1 12 7 10 8 8 10 7 7 Slovakia 22 1 7 4 3 6 1 Norway 45 3 3 3 3 2 10 4 8 4 1 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77 5 5 5 5 1 5 12 5 2 12 6 4 4 5 1 Lithuania 104 6 4 10 10 7 4 4 7 4 2 5 2 10 7 7 5 10
12 points 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 6 Sweden Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia 4 Serbia Bulgaria, France, Macedonia, Slovenia 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia, Turkey Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia Estonia Portugal, Sweden 1 Belarus Ukraine Georgia Lithuania Malta United Kingdom Turkey Malta Ukraine Belarus
Final Final Place Televoting Points Jury Points 1 343 296 2 332 173 3 211 157 4 176 157 5 151 154 6 125 152 7 117 125 8 106 118 9 89 104 10 89 98 11 79 94 12 78 85 13 75 85 14 68 82 15 63 71 16 57 70 17 56 69 18 45 60 19 39 53 20 37 53 21 36 51 22 20 50 23 18 30 24 16 24 25 10 14 26 0 11
Voting results[52] United Kingdom 12 1 5 2 4 Hungary 19 7 1 1 8 2 Albania 146 10 1 8 10 1 12 5 10 6 4 12 3 4 5 12 1 5 1 6 3 12 1 6 8 Lithuania 70 1 8 4 4 3 7 5 1 6 3 4 12 5 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 55 6 7 10 1 7 10 2 7 5 Russia 259 3 4 4 5 10 12 8 10 3 10 4 3 7 4 3 6 6 8 5 6 3 4 4 8 7 7 8 6 8 8 10 8 8 5 10 7 7 7 7 6 Iceland 46 4 1 4 5 6 6 4 7 3 6 Cyprus 65 6 2 2 12 8 12 5 5 8 2 3 France 21 2 2 6 6 2 3 Italy 101 7 2 4 10 7 1 3 5 5 5 2 2 5 5 2 4 4 7 3 1 4 2 5 4 2 Estonia 120 1 4 10 4 2 10 7 7 10 8 7 8 8 6 10 4 6 8 Norway 7 3 1 3 Azerbaijan 150 4 5 12 7 12 4 2 12 5 7 10 10 8 6 2 12 10 3 10 8 1 Romania 71 3 6 2 4 7 12 3 4 1 10 7 1 6 5 Denmark 21 5 2 2 5 2 5 Greece 64 12 8 5 2 5 3 1 4 1 12 1 4 1 3 2 Sweden 372 5 7 10 12 6 6 12 7 6 3 12 12 6 6 8 7 8 7 10 10 7 12 6 12 3 12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 Turkey 112 10 3 3 7 12 8 5 5 1 4 7 3 8 8 6 1 2 7 8 3 1 Spain 97 6 6 6 1 6 8 5 3 8 6 6 12 2 4 4 3 1 10 Germany 110 2 4 2 7 6 4 2 4 2 10 3 3 10 10 7 3 1 2 8 10 10 Malta 41 7 3 8 2 5 2 1 7 6 Macedonia 71 8 8 3 2 8 12 2 6 8 1 1 12 Ireland 46 1 4 1 10 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 Serbia 214 1 12 5 10 2 5 5 6 8 8 10 3 12 10 12 7 12 7 10 10 5 3 10 10 5 2 6 10 4 4 Ukraine 65 10 3 7 1 8 3 1 1 2 1 6 2 6 3 8 3 Moldova 81 3 12 1 8 5 8 2 2 1 1 6 7 7 4 7 2 5 Vertically, the table is ordered by appearance in the final. Horizontally, the table is ordered by voting order.
12 points Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:[52]
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 18 Sweden Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom 4 Albania Macedonia, Italy, San Marino, Switzerland Azerbaijan Lithuania, Malta, Turkey, Ukraine Serbia Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia 2 Cyprus Greece, Sweden Greece Albania, Cyprus Macedonia Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia 1 Lithuania Georgia Moldova Romania Romania Moldova Russia Belarus Spain Portugal Turkey Azerbaijan
No country took nul points (receiving 0 points total) when both scores were added together, but France received 0 points at the televoting stage.
Other countries Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
[53] [54] [55] [56] [57] The country was consequently fined by the EBU and were expected to face further penalties, such as exclusion from participation in future contests if it failed to comply with the EBU requirements.[58] [59] Armenia had been in a continuous state of war with Azerbaijan since 1994 because of the Nagorno-Karabakh War.[60] [61] [62] However, on 29 November 2011, these documents were later confirmed as editing mistakes, and thus a début had yet to be planned.[63] [64] [65] However, on 3 December 2011, Phil Bosco, a former head of delegation told a French-speaking website that the Monegasque national broadcaster Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) did not intend to return to the Eurovision Song Contest any time in the near future, as there were no financial budget available.[66] [67] Reports about the proposed return of Morocco to the contest, after an absence of more than 30 years, were further enhanced at an EBU meeting in Geneva.[65] [68] [69] This was confirmed a few days later, stating that the broadcaster had decided to focus on the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and Summer Olympics. TVP stated that a return in 2013 has not been ruled out.[70] [71] [72] 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".[73] [74] 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.[74] Human Rights Watch reported a "violent crackdown on protesters" on the eve of the contest,[75] 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.[76]
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.[77] 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, Eurovision 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".[78] The EBU cited the "apolitical" nature of the contest and the Azerbaijani government's claim that the construction was not tied to the Eurovision Song Contest.[77]
The festival's winner Loreen met local human rights activists during the contest, 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."[76] An Azerbaijan government spokesman criticized her in response, saying that the contest should not "be politicised"[76] and requested the EBU prevented further meetings of a similar nature.[79] Swedish diplomats replied that the EBU, Swedish TV and Loreen had not acted against the competition's rules.[80]
On 26 May, a flash mob of anti-government protesters were quickly dispersed by police.[73] Activists expressed fears that they would face a crackdown when the international spotlight left Azerbaijan again at the end of the contest.[74] Before submitting the results of the German vote, the presenter from Germany 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."[81] [82]
Tensions with Iran Iranian officials objected to Azerbaijan hosting the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Iranian clerics Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari and Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani condemned Azerbaijan for "anti-Islamic behaviour", claiming that Azerbaijan were going to host a gay parade.[83] 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.[84] In response, Iran recalled its ambassador from Baku,[85] while Azerbaijan demanded a formal apology from Iran for its statements in connection with Baku's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest,[86] and later also recalled its ambassador from Iran.[87]
On 30 May, the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan announced that they had thwarted a series of planned terror attacks against the Eurovision Song Contest, among the targets being Baku Crystal Hall, as well as Marriott and Hilton hotels in Baku.[88] 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 Eurovision Song Contest.[89]
Other awards Marcel Bezençon Awards Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards
The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring [90] The awards were divided into three categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.[91]
Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Artists Award "Euphoria" Composer Award Press Award "When the Music Dies"
OGAE Further information: OGAE
Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen.[92] The organisation consisted of a network of 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit company.[93] In what had become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll was opened allowing members from the respective clubs to vote for their favourite songs of the 2012 contest. Below are the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.[94]
Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) OGAE result "Euphoria" 375 "L'amore è femmina" Christian Rabb, Kristoffer Sjökvist, Frida Molander, Charlie Mason 212 "Never Forget" 211 "Nije ljubav stvar" 199 "Stay" 164
Barbara Dex Award Further information: Barbara Dex Award
The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian singer Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest wearing her own self-designed and often-mocked dress.[95]
Place[96] Country[96] Performer(s)[96] Votes[96] 1 Rona Nishliu 829 2 Jedward 551 3 Sofi Marinova 232 4 Joan Franka 163 5 Gaitana 145
International broadcasts and voting Voting and spokespersons 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.[97]
(Romanian representative in 2010 and 2014) (Belarusian representative in 2007 Contest) (Azeri representative in 2010 Contest) (French representative in 2011 Contest) (Bosnian representative in 2008 Contest) (Icelandic representative in 2011 Contest as part of Sjonni's Friends) (as Lynda Woodruff)[98] (Co-Host of 2010 Contest) (Estonian representative in 2011 Contest) (Latvian representative in 2005 Contest as part of Valters and Kaža) (Winner of 2006 Contest as lead singer of Lordi) (Georgian representative in 2011 Contest as part of Eldrine) (Co-Host of 2011 Contest) 10 Notes 10.^
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.
Participating countries The commentators of the 42 participating countries were as follows:
Country SF1 / SF2 / Final Commentator(s) SF2 & Final [99] [100] [101] All Final Final Lukas Plöchl (ORF eins) [102] All Konul Arifgizi (İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti) Saleh Baghirov (İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti) All Denis Kurian (Belarus 1) [103] [104] All Jean-Louis Lahaye (French, La Une) [105] All Dejan Kukrić (BHT1) All Elena Rosberg (BNT) Georgi Kushvaliev (BNT) All [106] All [107] All All [108] [109] All Tarja Närhi (Finnish, Yle TV2, Yle HD) Tobias Larsson (Finnish, Yle TV2, Yle HD) Sanna Kojo (Finnish, Yle Radio Suomi) Jorma Hietamäki (Finnish, Yle Radio Suomi) Eva Frantz (Swedish, Yle TV2) Johan Lindroos (Swedish, Yle TV2) SF2 [110] Audrey Chauveau (France Ô) Bruno Berberes (France Ô) Final [111] Final [112] Fabien Lecœuvre (France Bleu) Serge Poezevara (France Bleu) All Temo Kvirkvelia All [113] [114] [115] [116] All Maria Kozakou (NET) [117] All Gábor Gundel Takács (m1) [118] All Hrafnhildur Halldorsdóttir (Sjónvarpið) [119] All Final Final All No commentator SF1 [120] Federica Gentile (Rai 5) Final [121] Filippo Solibello (Rai 2) Final Marco Ardemagni (Rai 2) All [122] Final [123] All All All Elaine Saliba (TVM) Ronald Briffa (TVM) All Marcel Spătari (TRM) All Dražen Bauković (TVCG1) Tamara Ivanković (TVCG1) [124] [125] All [126] All [127] All Pedro Granger (RTP1) [128] All Leonard Miron (TVR1) Gianina Corondan (TVR1) [129] All Olga Shelest (Russia-1) Dmitry Guberniev (Russia-1) [130] All Lia Fiorio (SMRTV) Gigi Restivo (SMRTV) [131] SF1 SF2 & Final [132] All Final [133] Daniel Baláž (Radio FM) Pavol Hubinák (Radio FM) All [134] SF1 & Final [135] All Carolina Norén (SR P3) German [136] French [137] Jean-Marc Richard & Nicolas Tanner (RTS Deux) Italian [138] Clarissa Tami and Paolo Meneguzzi (RSI La 2, semi-finals and RSI La 1, final) [139] All Erhan Konuk (TRT 1) [140] All Tetiana Terekhova (First National TV Channel) Semi-Finals [141] Final [142] [143]
Non-participating countries The commentators of the non-participating countries were:
Country SF1/SF2/Final Commentator(s) [144] Final Artur Grigoryan (AMPTV) [145] [146] All Final No commentators (CCTV-15, broadcast the final on 1 December 2013, shortened into two hours) [147] All Norberg Makhambetov (Arna Media) Kaldybek Zhaysanbay (Arna Media) All Elmar Osmonov (OTRK) Aibek Akmatov (OTRK)
Official album Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest Released Genre Length Label Eurovision Song Contest: Düsseldorf 2011 Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2013
Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 [148]
1. "Suus" (Albania) 3:04 2. "Woki mit deim Popo" (Austria) 2:57 3. "When the Music Dies" (Azerbaijan) 3:00 4. "Korake ti znam" (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 3:01 5. "Would You?" (Belgium) 3:00 6. "Love Unlimited" (Bulgaria) 3:00 7. "We Are the Heroes" (Belarus) 2:59 8. "Unbreakable" (Switzerland) 3:00 9. "La La Love" (Cyprus) 3:01 10. "Standing Still" (Germany) 3:00 11. "Should've Known Better" (Denmark) 3:03 12. "Kuula" (Estonia) 2:56 13. "Quédate conmigo" (Spain) 3:03 14. "När jag blundar" (Finland) 2:58 15. "Echo (You and I)" (France) 3:02 16. "Love Will Set You Free" (United Kingdom) 2:57 17. "I'm a Joker" (Georgia) 3:01 18. "Aphrodisiac" (Greece) 2:59 19. "Nebo" (Croatia) 3:00 20. "Sound of Our Hearts" (Hungary) 2:57 21. "Waterline" (Ireland) 3:04 Total length: 63 :02
1. "Time" (Israel) 2:56 2. "Never Forget" (Iceland) 3:00 3. "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" (Italy) 2:59 4. "Love Is Blind" (Lithuania) 3:04 5. "Beautiful Song" (Latvia) 2:59 6. "Lăutar" (Moldova) 3:04 7. "Euro Neuro" (Montenegro) 3:00 8. "Crno i belo" (Macedonia) 3:02 9. "This Is the Night" (Malta) 3:00 10. "You and Me" (Netherlands) 3:02 11. "Stay" (Norway) 2:57 12. "Vida minha" (Portugal) 2:56 13. "Zaleilah" (Romania) 2:58 14. "Nije ljubav stvar" (Serbia) 3:02 15. "Party for Everybody" (Russia) 2:51 16. "Euphoria" (Sweden) 2:59 17. "Verjamem" (Slovenia) 3:05 18. "Don't Close Your Eyes" (Slovakia) 3:00 19. "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh - Uh - Oh Oh)" (San Marino) 3:00 20. "Love Me Back" (Turkey) 3:01 21. "Be My Guest" (Ukraine) 3:00 Total length: 62 :55
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Represented years
Chronological order 1968 1969 1973 1976 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1992 1998 2000 2001 2002 2006 2008 2012 2013 2014
Represented countries
Alphabetical order Austria Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Israel Luxembourg Norway Russia Spain Sweden United Kingdom
Represented artists
Alphabetical order Anne-Marie David Bobbysocks! Brotherhood of Man Conchita Wurst Dana International Dima Bilan Emmelie de Forest Herreys Johnny Logan Lordi Loreen Natasha St-Pier Nicole Olsen Brothers Rosa López
Represented songs
Alphabetical order "Believe / Never Let You Go" (medley) "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" "Diva" "Ein bißchen Frieden" "Euphoria" "Fly on the Wings of Love" "Hard Rock Hallelujah" "Je n'ai que mon âme" "La, la, la / Vivo cantando / Eres tú / Europe's Living a Celebration" (medley) "La det swinge" "Only Teardrops" "Rise Like a Phoenix" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Tu te reconnaîtras" "What's Another Year / Why Me? / Hold Me Now" (medley)
(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)
Coordinates: 40°20′39″N 49°51′01″E / 40.3442°N 49.8502°E / 40.3442; 49.8502
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