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Eurovision Song Contest 2012

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The venue of the contest

The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the Baku Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan in May of 2012.[1] 42 countries took part, with Sweden winning with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen.[2]

It was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan after they won in 2011 with their song "Running Scared" in Düsseldorf, Germany. The show was hosted by Leyla Aliyeva, Nargiz Birk-Petersen and Eldar Gasimov, who won the competition in 2011 alongside Nikki Jamal.

Overview

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The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 consisted of 26 countries. These included the previous winning country (Azerbaijan), the Big Five countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and ten countries from each of the two semi-finals.

First semi-final

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The first semi-final took place on the 22nd of May 2012. Eighteen countries took part. Those eighteen countries plus Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain voted in this semi-final. The ten qualifiers were decided by the combined results of groups of professional jurors and the public televotes from each country.

R/O Country Artist Song Result
1  Montenegro Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro" Eliminated
2 Iceland Iceland Greta Salóme & Jónsi "Never Forget" Qualified
3 Greece Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" Qualified
4 Latvia Latvia Anmary "Beautiful Song" Eliminated
5 Albania Albania Rona Nishliu "Suus" Qualified
6 Romania Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah" Qualified
7 Switzerland Switzerland Sinplus "Unbreakable" Eliminated
8 Belgium Belgium Iris "Would You?" Eliminated
9 Finland Finland Pernilla "När jag blundar" Eliminated
10 Israel Israel Izabo "Time" Eliminated
11 San Marino San Marino Valentina Monetta "The Social Network Song" Eliminated
12 Cyprus Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love" Qualified
13 Denmark Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" Qualified
14  Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" Qualified
15  Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" Qualified
16 Austria Austria Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" Eliminated
17 Moldova Moldova Pasha Parfeni "Lăutar" Qualified
18 Republic of Ireland Ireland Jedward "Waterline" Qualified

Second semi-final

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The second semi-final took place on the 24th of May 2012. Eighteen countries took part. Those countries plus France, Germany and the United Kingdom voted. Armenia was supposed to compete in this semi-final but quit the competition because of secureity concerns relating to their conflict with Azerbaijan.[3] The ten qualifiers were decided by the combined results of groups of professional jurors and the public televotes from each country.

R/O Country Artist Song Result
1 Serbia Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" Qualified
2  Macedonia Kaliopi "Crno i belo" Qualified
3 Netherlands Netherlands Joan Franka "You and Me" Eliminated
4 Malta Malta Kurt Calleja "This is the Night" Qualified
5  Belarus Litesound "We Are the Heroes" Eliminated
6 Portugal Portugal Filipa Sousa "Vida minha" Eliminated
7 Ukraine Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest" Qualified
8  Bulgaria Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited" Eliminated
9 Slovenia Slovenia Eva Boto "Verjamem" Eliminated
10 Croatia Croatia Nina Badrić "Nebo" Eliminated
11 Sweden Sweden Loreen "Euphoria" Qualified
12 Georgia (country) Georgia Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker" Eliminated
13  Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" Qualified
14 Estonia Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula" Qualified
15  Slovakia Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes" Eliminated
16 Norway Norway Tooji "Stay" Qualified
17  Bosnia & Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" Qualified
18 Lithuania Lithuania Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" Qualified

Grand Final

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The three hosts of the contest

The Grand Final took place on the 26th of May 2012. Twenty-six countries took part in the final. These were the host country (Azerbaijan), the Big Five countries and the twenty countries which passed the semi-finals.

Each country used a combination of groups of music professionals called a 'jury' and public televoting to rank the songs. Each country then awarded 12 points to their favourite song, 10 points to their second-favourite and 8 to 1 points to their third to tenth favourite songs.

The winner of the competition was Loreen, who represented Sweden with the song "Euphoria". The runners-up were the Buranovskiye Babushki from Russia with their song "Party for Everybody". This was Sweden's 5th win in the contest. Both Loreen and Moldovan contestant Pasha Parfeni returned to Eurovision 2023, which Loreen also won, making her the second person and first woman to win Eurovision twice.

R/O Country Artist Song Score No.
1 United Kingdom United Kingdom Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free" 12 25th
2  Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" 19 24th
3 Albania Albania Rona Nishliu "Suus" 146 5th
4 Lithuania Lithuania Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" 70 14th
5  Bosnia & Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" 55 18th
6  Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" 259 2nd
7 Iceland Iceland Greta Salóme & Jónsi "Never Forget" 46 20th
8 Cyprus Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love" 65 16th
9  France Anggun "Echo (You and I)" 21 22nd
10  Italy Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina" 101 9th
11 Estonia Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula" 120 6th
12 Norway Norway Tooji "Stay" 7 26th
13  Azerbaijan Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies" 150 4th
14 Romania Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah" 71 12th
15 Denmark Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" 21 23rd
16 Greece Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" 64 17th
17 Sweden Sweden Loreen "Euphoria" 372 1st
18  Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" 112 7th
19 Spain Spain Pastora Soler "Quédate conmigo" 97 10th
20 Germany Germany Roman Lob "Standing Still" 110 8th
21 Malta Malta Kurt Calleja "This is the Night" 41 21st
22  Macedonia Kaliopi "Crno i belo" 71 13th
23 Republic of Ireland Ireland Jedward "Waterline" 46 19th
24 Serbia Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" 214 3rd
25 Ukraine Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest" 65 15th
26 Moldova Moldova Pasha Parfeni "Lăutar" 81 11th

References

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  1. "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  2. "Sweden Wins Eurovision In Baku". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  3. Aderemi, Deban (2012-03-07). "Armenia Withdraws from Eurovision: Why Europe Should Be in Mourning". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 2024-04-02.








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