Eurovision Song Contest 2012

57th Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Light your fire! (Eng .: light your fire)
date	May 22, 2012 (semi-final 1) May 24, 2012 (semi-final 2) May 26, 2012 (final)
Host country	Azerbaijan
venue	Baku Crystal Hall , Baku
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Leyla Əliyeva , Eldar Qasımov u. Nargiz Birk-Petersen
Opening act	Finale: Ell & Nikki : Running Scared (Music / Text: M: Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman, Iain Farquharson; T: Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman)
Pause filler	1st semifinals: Natiq Rhythm Group 2nd semifinals: Marija Šerifović , Dima Bilan , Alexander Rybak and Lena sang a short version of their winning titles, accompanied by Azerbaijani folk musicians. Then all artists sang together with Ell & Nikki Grand Prix hit Waterloo by ABBA . Finale: Emin Ağalarov : Never Enough (Music / Text: Ben Adams , Mark Daniel Read)
participating countries	42
winner	Sweden
Returning participants	Montenegro
Withdrawn participants	Armenia , Poland
Voting rule	Each country distributes 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points to the ten best titles by voting. The vote takes place 50 percent each by jury and televoting .
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The 57th Eurovision Song Contest took place from May 22nd to 26th, 2012 in the Baku Crystal Hall in the Azerbaijani capital Baku . The Azerbaijani singing duo Ell & Nikki won the competition last year with their entry Running Scared .

The Swedish contribution Euphoria , performed by the singer Loreen , took first place. With 372 points she achieved the second highest score in the old rating system after Alexander Rybak in 2009.

venue

The construction of a new concert complex in the center of Baku had already been proposed in mid-May 2011. The Tofiq Bəhramov Stadium and the Heydar Aliyev Palace were also named as possible venues . On August 4, 2011, the construction of the “Baku Concert Arena” on “Dövlət Bayrağı Meydanı” (German: “National Flag Square”) was officially announced. According to Azad TV , the planned " Baku Crystal Hall " should have a capacity of 25,000 people.

At the ESC, the Baku Crystal Hall had a capacity of around 16,000 people due to the stage structure. The construction costs of the hall amounted to 120 to 140 million euros. The total expenditure was estimated by the East-West Research Center in Baku at 575 million euros.

Attendees

Finalists

Countries that did not qualify for the finals

Countries that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in the past but not in 2012.

By the end of the registration period, 43 countries had registered to take part in the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in Baku , Azerbaijan . After a two-year break, Montenegro took part again. On the other hand, Poland decided not to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest this year.

Of the participating countries, Azerbaijan as the host country and the "Big Five" (Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) qualified directly for the final on May 26, 2012. The other countries had to finish in the top ten in two semi-finals in order to take part in the final. 18 countries were to take part in the first semi-final, and 19 countries in the second. The six countries that had already qualified had the right to vote in one of the two semi-finals each.

The number of participants decreased to 42 countries when the Armenian broadcaster of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on March 7, 2012 that Armenia would not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku after all. At this point in time, Armenia had already been drawn into the first group of starters in the second semi-final, but had not yet selected an entry.

The following performers returned to the competition:

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maya Sar	2004 ( accompaniment by Deen ), 2011 (accompaniment by Dino Merlin )
Georgia	Anri Jokhadze	2008 (backing vocals by Diana Gurzkaja )
Ireland	Jedward	2011
Iceland	Jónsi	2004
Macedonia	Kaliopi	1996 (qualifying round)
Serbia	Željko Joksimović	2004 (for Serbia and Montenegro )

Semifinals

Participants in the 1st semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 1st semi-final

Participants in the 2nd semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 2nd semi-final

Raffles

On January 25, 2012, the two semi-finals were drawn in a ceremony in Baku. The complete logo and the motto “Light Your Fire!” Based on Azerbaijan as the “Land of Fire” (petroleum) were presented. In addition to Safura and AySel, the musical background was provided by ESC winners Marija Serifovic , Dima Bilan , Alexander Rybak , Lena and Ell & Nikki with their winning titles.

The participating countries, apart from the Big Five and the host Azerbaijan, were divided into six pots based on their votes in recent years. Azerbaijan, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom were allotted to a semi-final as co-voting nations. Germany was set for the second semi-final from the start, as it had previously successfully applied to the EBU to be allowed to vote in the second semi-final. Then the other participants were drawn to one of the two semi-finals using a key from the pots. During the drawing, it was also determined whether the country would start in the first or the second half of the respective semi-finals.

At the meeting of the reference group of the European Broadcasting Union on March 20, 2012, the starting numbers in the semi-finals and the pre-qualified countries in the final were drawn. A wildcard was drawn from each half of the semi-final and from the final, and they were allowed to choose their starting place. These were Finland (No. 9) and Ireland (No. 18) in the first semifinals , Ukraine (No. 7) and Lithuania (No. 18) in the second and Spain (No. 19) in the final .

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Macedonia  Montenegro  Switzerland  Serbia	Denmark  Estonia  Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Georgia  Israel  Moldova  Russia  Ukraine  Belarus	Armenia  Belgium  Greece  Netherlands  Turkey  Cyprus	Ireland  Latvia  Lithuania  Malta  Portugal  Romania	Bulgaria  Austria  San Marino  Slovakia  Slovenia  Hungary

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on May 22, 2012, 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The top ten countries qualified for the final. They are highlighted in light green here.

 Italy , Azerbaijan and Spain and the countries participating in the first semi-final were entitled to vote in this semi-final.   

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	14th	Russia	Buranowskije Babuschki Бура́новские ба́бушки	Party for Everybody M: Wiktor Drobysch; Timofei Leontiev; T: Olga Tuktarowa, Mary Susan Applegate	Udmurtic , English	Party for everyone	152
02.	05	Albania	Rona Nishliu	Suus M: Florent Boshnjaku; T: Rona Nishliu	Albanian with Latin title in	Personally	146
03.	06th	Romania	Mandinga	Zaleilah M: Costi Ioniță; T: Elena Ionescu, Dihigo Omar Secada	Spanish , English	-	120
04th	03	Greece	Eleftheria Eleftheriou Ελευθερία Ελευθερίου	Aphrodisiac M / T: Dimitris Stassos, Mikaela Stenström, Dajana Lööf	English	aphrodisiac	116
05.	17th	Moldova	Pasha Parfeny	Lăutar M: Pavel Parfeni, Alex Brașoveanu; T: Pavel Parfeni	English	musician	100
06th	18th	Ireland	Jedward	Waterline M / T: Nick Jarl, Sharon Vaughn	English	Waterline	092
07th	12	Cyprus	Ivi Adamou Ήβη Αδάμου	La La Love M / T: Alex Papakonstantinou, Björn Djupström, Alexandra Zakka, Viktor Svensson	English	La-la-love	091
08th.	02	Iceland	Greta Salóme & Jónsi	Never Forget M / T: Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir	English	never forget	075
09.	13	Denmark	Soluna Samay	Should've Known Better M: Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt ( Remee ), Lars Pedersen (Chief 1); T: Lars Pedersen (Chief 1), Isam Bachiri (Isam B), Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt ( Remee )	English	I should have known better	063
10.	15th	Hungary	Compact disco	Sound of Our Hearts M / T: Behnam Lotfi, Attila Sándor, Csaba Walkó, Gábor Pál	English	Sound of our hearts	052
11.	07th	Switzerland	Sinplus	Unbreakable M / T: Ivan Broggini, Gabriel Broggini	English	Indestructible	045
12.	09	Finland	Pernilla Karlsson	När jag blundar M / T: Jonas Karlsson	Swedish	When I close my eyes	041
13.	10	Israel	Izabo	Time M / T: Ran Shem-Tov, Shiri Hadar	English, Hebrew	time	033
14th	11	San Marino	Valentina Monetta	The Social Network Song (OH OH-Uh-OH OH) M: Ralph Siegel; T: José Santana Rodriguez, Timothy Touchton	English	The song of the social networks	031
15th	01	Montenegro	Rambo Amadeus Рамбо Амадеус	Euro Neuro M / T: Antonije Pušić ( Rambo Amadeus )	English with words in German and Montenegrin	-	020th
16.	04th	Latvia	Anmary	Beautiful Song M: Ivars Makstnieks; T: Roland's Ūdris	English	Nice song	017th
17th	08th	Belgium	iris	Would you? M / T: Nina Sampermans, Jean Bosco Safari, Walter Mannaerts	English	Would you?	016
18th	16	Austria	Trackshittaz	Woki with deim Popo M: Lukas Plöchl ; T: Lukas Plöchl , Manuel Hoffelner	German	Wiggle your bottom	8th

Scoreboard semi-finals 1

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	space	AL	AT	AZ	BE	CY	DK	FI	GR	HU	IS	IE	IL	IT	LV	MD	ME	RO	RU	SM	IT	CH
Montenegro	020th	15th	12																		8th
Iceland	075	08th		2		5	8th	10	10	5	4th			4th	1	5	2	5		1	3	6th	4th
Greece	116	04th	8th	1	10	8th	12	4th				5	10	3	5		10	10	12	5	7th	3	3
Latvia	017th	16			3								4th				4th	2		4th
Albania	146	02		12	12	10	10	7th	5	10	10	3	1	5	12	4th	1	12	4th	2	10	4th	12
Romania	120	03	5	5	7th	4th	6th	1		8th	3	4th	12	8th	10		12	7th		8th	6th	12	2
Switzerland	045	11	3	3			2				8th	2		1	8th	7th	8th		2		1
Belgium	016	17th	2						2	4th			6th						1			1
Finland	041	12	1			1		8th			12	7th	3	2		6th							1
Israel	033	13		7th			1	3	3		5					1			5	6th		2
San Marino	031	14th	10		5					2					3		7th	4th
Cyprus	091	07th	6th		1	3			1	12		12	5	10	7th	3	3	6th	7th	7th		8th
Denmark	063	09					4th		8th	1	1	8th	7th		6th	8th			3	3	4th		10
Russia	152	01		10	8th	12	7th	12	12	7th	7th	6th	8th	12	2	12	6th	8th	6th		2	7th	8th
Hungary	052	10	7th	4th	2	6th	5	5	4th								5		8th				6th
Austria	8th	18th				2						1											5
Moldova	100	05	4th	6th	6th		3	6th	6th	6th	2		2	6th	4th	2		3	10	12	5	10	7th
Ireland	092	06th		8th	4th	7th		2	7th	3	6th	10		7th		10		1		10	12	5
The table is arranged vertically according to the sequence of appearances in the finals, horizontally alphabetically.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (first semifinals)

number	country	received from
5	Albania	Azerbaijan, Italy, Montenegro, Austria, Switzerland
	Russia	Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Latvia
3	Romania	Ireland, Moldova, Spain
2	Greece	Romania, Cyprus
	Cyprus	Greece, Iceland
1	Finland	Hungary
	Ireland	San Marino
	Moldova	Romania
	Montenegro	Albania

Second semi-final

The second semi-final took place on May 24, 2012, 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The top ten countries qualified for the final. They are highlighted in light green here.

 Germany , France and the United Kingdom and the countries participating in the second semi-final were entitled to vote in this semi-final.   

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	11	Sweden	Loreen	Euphoria M / T: Thomas Gustafsson (Thomas G: son), Peter Boström	English	euphoria	181
02.	01	Serbia	Željko Joksimović Жељко Јоксимовић	Nije ljubav stvar M: Željko Joksimović; T: Marina Tucaković, Miloš Roganović	Serbian	Love is not an object	159
03.	18th	Lithuania	Donny Montell	Love Is Blind M: Brandon Stone; T: Brandon Stone, Jodie Rose	English	Love is blind	104
04th	14th	Estonia	Ott Lepland	Kuula M: Ott Lepland; T: Aapo Ilves	Estonian	Listen	100
05.	13	Turkey	Can Bonomo	Love Me Back M / T: Can Bonomo	English	Return my love	080
06th	17th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maya Sar	Korake ti znam M / T: Maja Sarihodžić ( Maya Sar )	Bosnian	I know your steps	077
07th	04th	Malta	Kurt Calleja	This Is the Night M / T: Johan Jämtberg, Kurt Calleja, Mikael Gunnerås	English	This is the night	070
08th.	07th	Ukraine	Gaitana Гайтана	Be My Guest M: Hajta-Lurdes Essami (Gaitana), KIWI Project; T: Hajta-Lurdes Essami (Gaitana)	English	Be my guest	064
09.	02	Macedonia	Kaliopi Калиопи	Crno i belo M: Romeo Grill; T: Kaliopi Bukle	Macedonian	Black and white	053
10.	16	Norway	Tooji	Stay M / T: Touraj " Tooji " Keshtkar, Peter Boström, Figge Boström	English	Stay	045
11.	08th	Bulgaria	Sofi Marinowa София Маринова	Love Unlimited M: Jassen Kosew, Krum Geopriew; T: Donka Wassilewa	Bulgarian with words in Turk. , Greek , Chip. , Serbo-Croat. , Romani , Ital. , Azerbaijan. , French , English and Arab.	Limitless love	045
12.	10	Croatia	Nina Badrić	Nebo M / T: Nina Badrić	Croatian	sky	042
13.	06th	Portugal	Filipa Sousa	Vida minha M: Andrej Babić; T: Carlos Coelho	Portuguese	My life	039
14th	12	Georgia	Anri Jokhadze ანრი ჯოხაძე	I'm a Joker M: Rusudan Tschchaidze; T: Bibi Kwachadze	English, Georgian	I am a prankster	036
15th	03	Netherlands	Joan Franka	You and Me M: Ayten Kalan ( Joan Franka ), Jessica Hoogenboom; T: Ayten Kalan ( Joan Franka )	English	You and me	035
16.	05	Belarus	Litesound	We Are the Heroes M / T: Dzmitrij Karakin, Uladsimir Karakin	English	We are the heroes	035
17th	09	Slovenia	Eva Boto	Verjamem M: Vladimir Graić, Hajrudin Varešanović (Hari Mata Hari); T: Igor Pirković	Slovenian	I think	031
18th	15th	Slovakia	Max Jason May	Don't Close Your Eyes M / T: Miroslav Šmajda ( Max Jason Mai )	English	Don't close your eyes	022nd

Scoreboard semi-finals 2

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	space	BY	BA	BG	MR	EE	MK	FR	GE	DE	LT	MT	NO	PT	RS	SK	SI	SE	NL	TR	UA	UK
Serbia	159	02	8th	10	12	10	1	12	12	10	10	2	5	10	8th		8th	12	8th	10		8th	3
Macedonia	053	09	2	8th	7th	7th				1			1			8th		6th			8th	5
Netherlands	035	15th					7th				8th	3		3				2	1		7th		4th
Malta	070	07th	5		6th	5	3	2		4th		6th				3	2	4th	4th	2	6th	6th	12
Belarus	035	16				2		1		8th		7th	4th							1		12
Portugal	039	13		4th		3			8th		3	1		5			5	3		6th	1
Ukraine	064	08th	12	2	5	1	5	3	2	6th		5	6th	2	2	4th	1		6th				2
Bulgaria	045	11		3				6th	3		2		2	6th	6th	2					10		5
Slovenia	031	17th		5		8th		4th			4th					10
Croatia	042	12	1	12				7th			1					12		8th				1
Sweden	181	01	7th	7th	10	6th	12	8th	6th	12	12	10	8th	12	10	7th	12	10		12	5	7th	8th
Georgia	036	14th	6th				4th					12			1						3	10
Turkey	080	05		6th	8th		2	10	7th	3	6th		12	1			3		7th	7th		2	6th
Estonia	100	04th	4th		3				10	7th	7th	8th		8th	12		10	1	12	8th		3	7th
Slovakia	022nd	18th					6th		1				7th		4th	1			3
Norway	045	10	3	1	2		8th					4th	3		3		4th		10	3	4th
Bosnia Herzegovina	077	06th			1	12		5	4th	2	5			4th	5	5	6th	5	5	5	12		1
Lithuania	104	03	10		4th	4th	10		5	5			10	7th	7th	6th	7th	7th	2	4th	2	4th	10
The table is arranged vertically according to the sequence of appearances in the finals, horizontally alphabetically.

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (second semifinals)

number	country	received from
6th	Sweden	Germany, Estonia, Georgia, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia
4th	Serbia	Bulgaria, France, Macedonia, Slovenia
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia, Turkey
	Estonia	Portugal, Sweden
	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
1	Georgia	Lithuania
	Malta	United Kingdom
	Turkey	Malta
	Ukraine	Belarus
	Belarus	Ukraine

final

Winner Loreen after the final

The final took place on May 26, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The Big Five countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) and the host country Azerbaijan qualified directly for the final. In addition, there were ten countries each from the two semi-finals, so that 26 countries competed in the final. All 42 participating countries were entitled to vote.

 Albania , Cyprus , Turkey and Norway took part in the final again after two years, Malta after three years and Macedonia after five years. In the periods described, the named countries were eliminated in the semifinals.      

The Azerbaijani singer Alim Qasımov opened the finals and was accompanied by dancers who presented Azerbaijani folk dances . Afterwards, the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Ell & Nikki, sang their winning song Running Scared .

During the televoting, the Azerbaijani President's son-in-law Emin Ağalarov performed with his song Never Enough .

Results list

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	17th	Sweden	Loreen	Euphoria M / T: Thomas Gustafsson (Thomas G: son), Peter Boström	English	enthusiasm	372
02.	06th	Russia	Buranowskije Babuschki Бура́новские ба́бушки	Party for Everybody M: Wiktor Drobysch, Timofei Leontiew; T: Olga Tuktarowa, Mary Susan Applegate	Udmurtic , English	Party for everyone	259
03.	24	Serbia	Željko Joksimović Жељко Јоксимовић	Nije ljubav stvar M: Željko Joksimović; T: Marina Tucaković, Miloš Roganović	Serbian	Love is not an object	214
04th	13	Azerbaijan	Səbinə Babayeva Səbinə Babayeva	When the Music Dies M / T: Anders Bagge, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn, Johan Kronlund	English	When the music dies	150
05.	03	Albania	Rona Nishliu	Suus M: Florent Boshnjaku; T: Rona Nishliu	Albanian with a Latin title	Personally	146
06th	11	Estonia	Ott Lepland	Kuula M: Ott Lepland; T: Aapo Ilves	Estonian	Listen	120
07th	18th	Turkey	Can Bonomo	Love Me Back M / T: Can Bonomo	English	Return my love	112
08th.	20th	Germany	Roman praise	Standing Still M / T: Jamie Cullum , Steve Robson, Wayne Hector	English	Stand still	110
09.	10	Italy	Nina Zilli	L'amore è femmina (Out of Love) M: Christian Rabb, Kristoffer Sjokvist, Frida Molander, Charlie Mason; T: Maria Chiara Fraschetta, Christian Rabb, Kristoffer Sjokvist, Frida Molander, Charlie Mason	English, Italian	Love is feminine	101
10.	19th	Spain	Pastora Soler	Quédate conmigo (Stay with Me) M: Antonio Sánchez, Thomas Gustafsson (Thomas G: son), Erik Bernholm; T: Antonio Sánchez	Spanish	stay with me	097
11.	26th	Moldova	Pasha Parfeny	Lăutar M: Pavel Parfeni, Alex Brașoveanu; T: Pavel Parfeni	English	musician	081
12.	14th	Romania	Mandinga	Zaleilah M: Costi Ioniță; T: Elena Ionescu, Dihigo Omar Secada	Spanish , English	-	071
13.	22nd	Macedonia	Kaliopi Калиопи	Crno i belo M: Romeo Grill; T: Kaliopi Bukle	Macedonian	Black and white	071
14th	04th	Lithuania	Donny Montell	Love Is Blind M: Brandon Stone; T: Brandon Stone, Jodie Rose	English	Love is blind	070
15th	25th	Ukraine	Gaitana Гайтана	Be My Guest M: Hajta-Lurdes Essami (Gaitana), KIWI Project; T: Hajta-Lurdes Essami (Gaitana)	English	Be my guest	065
16.	08th	Cyprus	Ivi Adamou Ήβη Αδάμου	La La Love M / T: Alex Papakonstantinou, Björn Djupström, Alexandra Zakka, Viktor Svensson	English	La-la-love	065
17th	16	Greece	Eleftheria Eleftheriou Ελευθερία Ελευθερίου	Aphrodisiac M / T: Dimitris Stassos, Mikaela Stenström, Dajana Lööf	English	aphrodisiac	064
18th	05	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maya Sar	Korake ti znam M / T: Maja Sarihodžić ( Maya Sar )	Bosnian	I know your steps	055
19th	23	Ireland	Jedward	Waterline M / T: Nick Jarl, Sharon Vaughn	English	Waterline	046
20th	07th	Iceland	Greta Salóme & Jónsi	Never Forget M / T: Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir	English	never forget	046
21st	21st	Malta	Kurt Calleja	This Is the Night M / T: Johan Jämtberg, Kurt Calleja, Mikael Gunnerås	English	This is the night	041
22nd	09	France	Anggun	Echo (You and I) M: William Rousseau, Jean-Pierre Pilot; T: William Rousseau, Anggun Cipta Sasmi	French , English	Echo (you and me)	021st
23.	15th	Denmark	Soluna Samay	Should've Known Better M: Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt ( Remee ), Lars Pedersen (Chief 1); T: Lars Pedersen (Chief 1), Isam Bachiri (Isam B), Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt ( Remee )	English	I should have known better	021st
24.	02	Hungary	Compact disco	Sound of Our Hearts M / T: Behnam Lotfi, Attila Sándor, Csaba Walkó, Gábor Pál	English	Sound of our hearts	019th
25th	01	United Kingdom	Engelbert	Love Will Set You Free M / T: Martin Terefe, Sacha Skarbek	English	Love will set you free	012
26th	12	Norway	Tooji	Stay M / T: Touraj " Tooji " Keshtkar, Peter Boström, Figge Boström	English	Stay	007th

Scoreboard final

Competitor	Voting results
	Points	AL	ME	RO	AT	UA	BY	BE	AZ	MT	SM	FR	UK	TR	GR	BA	MD	BG	CH	SI	CY	MR	SK	MK	NL	PT	IS	SE	NO	LT	EE	DK	LV	IT	FI	GE	IT	RS	DE	RU	HU	IL	IE
United Kingdom	12							1																							5		2										4th
Hungary	19th			7th										1			1						8th															2
Albania	146		10	1	8th			10		1	12			5	10	6th		4th	12	3	4th	5		12				1				5	1		6th	3	12	1	6th		8th
Lithuania	70		1				8th		4th	4th		3	7th					5							1				6th		3		4th			12				5			7th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	55		6th		7th									10					1	7th		10	2	7th														5
Russia	259	3	4th	4th	5	10	12	8th	10	3	10	4th	3	7th	4th	3	6th	6th		8th	5	6th	3	4th	4th	8th	7th	7th	8th	6th	8th	8th	10	8th	8th	5	10	7th	7th		7th	7th	6th
Iceland	46																			4th	1		4th						5		6th	6th		4th	7th				3		6th
Cyprus	65	6th		2					2						12												8th	12						5			5	8th		2		3
France	21st				2											2			6th								6th	2					3
Italy	101	7th	2			4th				10	7th	1			3		5		5	5	2	2	5	5		2			4th	4th	7th	3		1		4th			2		5	4th	2
Estonia	120					1	4th					10	4th				2						10		7th	7th	10	8th	7th	8th			8th	6th	10				4th	6th			8th
Norway	7th																								3		1	3
Azerbaijan	150	4th	5			12	7th			12	4th		2	12	5	7th	10	10			8th		6th	2						12						10		3		10		8th	1
Romania	71							3	6th			2		4th	7th		12				3					4th						1		10			7th			1		6th	5
Denmark	21st																										5		2		2				5		2		5
Greece	64	12		8th		5		2	5					3		1	4th	1			12															1		4th	1	3		2
Sweden	372	5	7th	10	12	6th	6th	12	7th	6th	3	12	12	6th	6th	8th	7th	8th	7th	10	10	7th	12	6th	12	3	12		12	10	12	12	12	12	12	8th		10	12	12	12	12	12
Turkey	112	10		3	3			7th	12	8th	5	5	1			4th		7th	3					8th	8th			6th		1		2				7th			8th		3	1
Spain	97			6th	6th			6th			1	6th	8th			5		3	8th		6th				6th	12	2	4th			4th				3						1	10
Germany	110	2			4th					2		7th	6th						4th	2		4th			2	10			3	3	10	10	7th	3	1	2	8th				10		10
Malta	41					7th	3		8th		2		5	2										1						7th								6th
Macedonia	71	8th	8th			3	2							8th		12		2		6th		8th	1														1	12
Ireland	46						1	4th	1				10									3			5		4th	5				4th	5		4th
Serbia	214	1	12	5	10	2		5		5	6th	8th			8th	10	3	12	10	12	7th	12	7th	10	10	5	3	10	10	5					2		6th		10	4th	4th
Ukraine	65						10		3	7th					1		8th							3		1			1	2	1		6th	2		6th	3			8th			3
Moldova	81		3	12	1	8th	5				8th				2				2	1		1				6th						7th		7th			4th			7th	2	5
The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance in the finals, horizontally according to the chronological reading of points.

Map of the scoring for the winning title from Sweden by country

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

Like the Swedish winning title, the second-placed Russian entry received points from all but one of the countries (Sweden not from Italy, Russia not from Switzerland), but Sweden received 18 times twelve points (never before has reached a Post the maximum number of points), Russia only once (from Belarus).

number	country	received from
18th	Sweden	Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, Hungary
4th	Albania	Italy, Macedonia, San Marino, Switzerland
	Azerbaijan	Lithuania, Malta, Turkey, Ukraine
	Serbia	Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia
2	Greece	Albania, Cyprus
	Macedonia	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
	Cyprus	Greece, Sweden
1	Lithuania	Georgia
	Moldova	Romania
	Romania	Moldova
	Russia	Belarus
	Spain	Portugal
	Turkey	Azerbaijan

Split results between jury and televoting

On June 18, 2012, the EBU announced the separate ratings for the final according to televoting and jury votes. Each nation had submitted the top ten of its audience and its jury separately to the EBU and, as usual, only presented the summarized overall ranking on the evening of the final. The following table shows the totals of the televote and jury points and the resulting placement for each final participant:

final
space	Televoting	Points	jury	Points
1	Sweden	343	Sweden	296
2	Russia	332	Serbia	173
3	Serbia	211	Albania	157
4th	Turkey	176	Italy	157
5	Azerbaijan	151	Spain	154
6th	Germany	125	Estonia	152
7th	Romania	117	Ukraine	125
8th	Albania	106	Azerbaijan	118
9	Greece	089	Moldova	104
10	Ireland	089	Germany	098
11	Macedonia	079	Russia	094
12	Estonia	078	Cyprus	085
13	Moldova	075	France	085
14th	Lithuania	068	Lithuania	082
15th	Cyprus	063	Bosnia and Herzegovina	071
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	057	Malta	070
17th	Italy	056	Macedonia	069
18th	Spain	045	Greece	060
19th	Iceland	039	Iceland	053
20th	Ukraine	037	Romania	053
21st	United Kingdom	036	Denmark	051
22nd	Hungary	020th	Turkey	050
23	Denmark	018th	Hungary	030th
24	Norway	016	Norway	024
25th	Malta	010	Ireland	014th
26th	France	000	United Kingdom	011

particularities

Since Azerbaijan is in an eastern time zone ( UTC +5, CEST +3), but the start of the events across Europe traditionally always takes place at the same time (UTC 7:00 p.m., in Germany CEST 9:00 p.m.), the events in Baku only started at 00:00 at night.

As in the past, there were inconsistencies in the choice of the contribution for Belarus in 2012. First, the singer Aljona Lanskaja won the Belarusian preliminary decision with the song All My Life . However, on February 24, 2012, the BRTC TV station announced that the group Litesound would go to Baku with We Are the Heroes .

One day after the publication of the song from San Marino, the EBU reference group announced on March 17, 2012 that the text and title of the song Facebook, Uh, Oh, Oh violated rule 1.2.2.g. This article stipulates that a song may not, among other things, contain a promotional message for a product. On March 23, San Marino released a new version of the song entitled The Social Network Song (OH OH-Uh-OH OH) . In the new version, the word “Facebook” has been replaced by the words “OH-OH”, “Beep-Beep”, “Hello” and “(Social) network”. In addition, the phrase "But soon Mark Zuckerberg 's hammerin '" was rewritten to "But soon the Internet's beepin' in".

The 86-year-old Jelisaweta Sarbatowa from the Russian group Buranowskije Babuschki set a record for the oldest person nominated for a Eurovision Song Contest, which was again set up in the following year by Emil Ramsauer from the Swiss group Takasa at the age of 95. Previously, this was the Croatian rapper 75 Cents , who appeared in 2008 as a 75-year-old. Sarbatowa is 70 years older than the youngest participant, 16-year-old Eva Boto from Slovenia. The "Grandmothers from Buranowo" will also present the first Eurovision Song Contest entry in Udmurt . In addition, Georgian and Azerbaijani are also represented on the competition stage for the first time, although Azerbaijani can only be heard with one sentence in the Bulgarian contribution Love Unlimited .

The Swede Peter Boström was co-author of both the Swedish winning title and the last-placed Norwegian entry.

The Albanian singer Rona Nishliu won the Barbara Dex Award this year .

Marcel Bezençon Prize

This year's winners of the Marcel Bezençon Prize , which has been awarded since 2002, are:

• Press award for the best song: Azerbaijan - When the Music Dies - Sabina Babayeva 
• Artist award for the best artist: Sweden - Loreen - Euphoria 
• Composer Prize for the best composition / text: Sweden - Thomas G: son (m & t) and Peter Boström (m & t) - Euphoria - Loreen 

National preliminary decisions in German-speaking countries

Belgium

On March 17, 2012, a small preliminary decision took place under the title Eurosong 2012 , in which Iris, selected internally by VRT , presented two titles. The winner was determined solely by televoting, so that the song Would You received 53% of the votes and thus won.

Germany

On June 15, 2011, another collaboration between ARD and ProSieben for the German preliminary decision on the song contest was officially announced. The entry was determined via the casting format Our Star for Baku . After Stefan Raab's departure , Thomas D was won over as president of the expert jury.

Austria

In Austria, the preliminary round was called Austria rocks the song contest as a cooperation between the TV broadcaster ORF eins and the radio broadcaster Ö3 . Of the ten participants, eight were selected in advance by an Ö3 jury. The band received another starting place from the casting show Blockstars - Sido makes band , and interested parties could also apply for a wild card. On February 24, 2012, the band Trackshittaz emerged from the preliminary round , and they prevailed against Conchita Wurst in the jump-off - Trackshittaz finally took last place in semi-final 1.

Switzerland

In the Swiss preliminary round on December 10, 2011, the Ticino band Sinplus prevailed with their song Unbreakable . The 88-year-old singer Lys Assia , the winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 , took 8th place with the song C'était ma vie composed by Ralph Siegel .

Other countries

The following table shows the mode in which the remaining participating countries selected their artist and song.

country	National preliminary decision
Albania	Festivali i Këngës 2011
Azerbaijan	Milli Seçim Turu 2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina	internal selection
Bulgaria	Bylgarskata pesen za Evroviziya 2012
Denmark	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012
Estonia	Eesti Laul 2012
Finland	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2012
France	internal selection
Georgia	National preliminary decision
Greece	Ellinikós Telikós 2012
Ireland	Eurosong 2012
Iceland	Söngvakeppnin 2012
Israel	internal selection
Italy	Sanremo Festival 2012
Croatia	internal selection
Latvia	Eirodziesma 2012
Lithuania	Eurovizijos 2012
Malta	Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Macedonia	internal selection
Moldova	O Melody Pentru Europa 2012
Montenegro	internal selection
Netherlands	National Song Festival 2012
Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2012
Portugal	Festival da Canção 2012
Romania	Selecția Națională 2012
Russia	Evrovidenie 2012
San Marino	internal selection
Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2012
Serbia	internal selection
Slovakia	internal selection
Slovenia	Misija Evrovizija 2012
Spain	Eurovisión: Pastora Soler
Turkey	internal selection
Ukraine	Evrobachennya 2012 - Natsionalyni vidbir
Hungary	A Dal 2012
United Kingdom	internal selection
Belarus	Eurofest 2012
Cyprus	A Song for Ivi

Changes to televoting

At the end of June 2011, another change to the voting mode by telephone was announced for 2012: As was the case last in 2009, the telephone lines for voting were only opened after the last title had been presented, the time window for voting was 15 minutes as it was then.

transmission

Germany

The first semi-final was broadcast live on the Einsfestival specialty channel on May 22, 2012 and repeated again on NDR television from midnight . The second semi-final, in which Germany was also entitled to vote, was broadcast by the specialty channel Phoenix and repeated by Einsfestival from 23:00. Judith Rakers moderated the countdown to the final and the after-party on the final day . The German points were given to Baku by Anke Engelke while the points were being awarded . Thus, all three moderators of last year's Eurovision Song Contest were also involved in the contest this year as jurors for the preliminary decision ( Stefan Raab ), moderator of the countdown (Judith Rakers) or in the German scoring (Anke Engelke). The German jury consisted of Anke Engelke and Mieze Katz from MIA. , Tim Bendzko , Sabine Heinrich and Ben . Both the final and the two semi-finals could be viewed on the internet via webstream on eurovision.de (German) and on eurovision.tv (English). 1 Live broadcast the second semi-final on the radio and hr3 , N-Joy and NDR 2 broadcast the final from 9:00 p.m. with Tim Frühling and Thomas Mohr as commentators.

Broadcasts on German radio

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	Audience rating
					total		of 14 to 49 year olds
May 22, 2012	1st semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban	0	0	0	0
May 24, 2012	2nd semifinals	9:00 p.m.			0.47 million	01.9%	0.35 million	03.4%
May 26, 2012	Countdown to Baku	8:15 pm		Moderator: Judith Rakers	3.20 million	14.8%	1.59 million	21.5%
	final	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban German scoring: Anke Engelke	8.29 million	36.6%	4.11 million	43.6%
	Grand Prix Party	12:24 am		Moderator: Judith Rakers	2.76 million	28.2%	1.49 million	30.1%

Switzerland

In the German-speaking part of Switzerland, the first semi-final and the final were broadcast on SF two . The commentator was Sven Epiney . In the French-speaking part of the country, these two events were broadcast on RTS Deux with commentary from Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner. In the Italian-speaking part, the first semi-final was broadcast on RSI LA 2 and the final on RSI LA 1 , commented by Clarissa Tami and Paolo Meneguzzi . The second semi-final was not broadcast by any Swiss broadcaster. SF presenter Sara Hildebrand announced the Swiss award of points.

Austria

In Austria, both semi-finals and the final with commentary by Andi Knoll - supported by Lukas Plöchl during the final - were shown on ORF eins . After ten years of abstinence, Stermann and Grissemann also commented on the final as an alternative in two-channel sound and on FM4 . Kati Bellowitsch announced the Austrian points at the final. Dominic Heinzl previously led a society magazine to get in the mood.

Albania

The EBU allowed the Albanian national television broadcaster RTSH not to broadcast the semifinals with Rona Nishliu live on television, as May 22nd had been declared a national day of mourning after a serious bus accident. Only the votes of the jury were counted for the award of points.

Production partnership

The host broadcaster İctimai TV engaged the German production company Brainpool with the technical implementation of the event. Brainpool was already responsible for the production of the ESC in Düsseldorf in 2011. As the executive producer Adil Karimli announced, they were convinced of the "excellent execution" at the time. Therefore, in 2012, Brainpool was again chosen as a production partner. In order to be able to guarantee a smooth implementation of the broadcast in Baku, almost all technical equipment such as cameras, transmission and recording technology was delivered from Germany.

Political and human rights

In connection with the construction activities for the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, human rights violations are said to have occurred. Human Rights Watch reports that houses and apartments have been illegally expropriated and vacated, sometimes without warning and at night. Owners who did not want to leave their apartments were evicted by turning off water and electricity and even removing the windows. Houses are also said to have been torn down before they could be evacuated by residents. In addition, the compensation payments made by the government are insufficient, if they are made at all.

On the occasion of the Eurovision Song Contest, Amnesty International called for letters of appeal to the President of Azerbaijan to secure the release of political prisoners.

Based on the motto “Light Your Fire!”, Demonstrators in Baku chanted for political reforms under the motto “Fight Your Liar!” (German: “Fight your liar!”).

According to the opposition, more than 60 people were arrested at a demonstration before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan. As the Alliance Public Chamber indicated, around ten protesters were injured. Dozens of people gathered on a lively promenade in the capital Baku on May 25, 2012 and said "Freedom!" called.

As the only one of the 42 jury speakers, Anke Engelke used the attention of the audience of millions in the final to clearly draw attention to the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. In the live broadcast she said at the beginning of the German announcement of points: “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. "(German:" 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 way, Azerbaijan. Europe looks up you.")

On March 7, 2012, Armenia canceled its participation in Baku. As a reason for the boycott, the state television gave in a statement statements by the Azerbaijani President, according to which the Armenian had called the main enemies of Azerbaijan all over the world - although the authorities there had promised to guarantee the security of all participating countries.

The neighboring state of Iran described the Eurovision Song Contest as an insult to Islam and withdrew its ambassador from Baku in protest against Azerbaijan's western orientation.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2012  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: "It is good to have a choice" - Sweden is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan  - Message

• Website of the Eurovision Song Contest
• Website of the NDR for the Eurovision Song Contest
• Results table
• Interactive points table for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 from Spiegel-Online

Individual evidence

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2. ^ Live Report from the First Semi-Final Dress Rehearsal
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5. ↑ ^{a b} eurovision.tv
6. ↑ escdaily.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ The Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest: What's Up? eurovision.tv, May 12, 2011, accessed on May 15, 2011 (English). 
8. ↑ Ell and Nikki in happiness. eurovision.de, accessed on May 15, 2011 . 
9. ↑ Off to Baku !, ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Eurovision blog (NDR) on May 15, 2011. 
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14. ↑ ^{a b} Jens Maier: The arena that nobody is allowed to photograph. In: Stern.de . May 7, 2012, accessed May 11, 2015 . 
15. ↑ 42 countries to compete! Armenia Withdraws from Eurovision 2012! In: ESCToday. March 8, 2012, archived from the original on March 8, 2012 ; Retrieved March 9, 2012 . 
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17. ^ Victor M. Escudero: Results of the 2012 Running Order Draw. In: Eurovision.tv. March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012 . 
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24. ↑ Eurovision 2012 Split Jury-televote Results Revealed. eurovision.tv, June 18, 2012, accessed on August 22, 2012 (English). 
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28. ↑ Winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards 2012. eurovision.tv, May 27, 2012, accessed on May 30, 2012 (English). 
29. ↑ BELGIUM 2012. In: natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved October 28, 2018 . 
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31. ↑ Stefan Raab ends, Spiegel Online on May 19, 2011.
32. ↑ Thomas D. is announced as jury president, DWDL on June 15, 2011.
33. ↑ Eurovision.de: Lys Assia does not go to Baku ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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35. ↑ ^{a b c d} semi-finals go back to the second row on dwdl.de
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38. ↑ Eurovision.de: Who will award the points from Germany?
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41. ↑ ^{a b} Primetime check: Saturday, May 26, 2012
42. ^ Albania to Broadcast Tonight's Semi-Final Deferred. May 22, 2012, accessed May 25, 2012 . 
43. ↑ Brainpool becomes production partner of the ESC 2012 on dwdl.de
44. ↑ Christof Siemes: Bad songs. The hit competition and human rights in Azerbaijan . In: Die Zeit , No. 7/2012
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48. ↑ 60 demonstrators arrested in Baku. Retrieved May 29, 2012 . 
49. ↑ ESC: Sweden wins, praise brave, Engelke politically . DWDL.de; Retrieved May 27, 2012.
50. ^ Armenia boycotted the Eurovision Song Contest . Mirror online
51. ↑ Iran accuses Azerbaijan of insulting Islam . Mirror online