Eurovision Song Contest 2013

58th Eurovision Song Contest
motto	We Are One
date	May 14, 2013 (semi-final 1) May 16, 2013 (semi-final 2) May 18, 2013 (final)
Host country	Sweden
venue	Malmo Arena , Malmo
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Petra Mede Finale: Eric Saade (Green Room)
Opening act	First semi-final: Loreen sang her winning title Euphoria with children in sign language Second semi-final: Urban Orchestra (Choreography: Jennie Widegren and Fredrik Rydman) Final: We Write the Story (Music / Text: Björn Ulvaeus , Benny Andersson , Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri )
Pause filler	First semi-final: Northern Lights (music: Kleerup ; choreography: Jennie Widegren and Fredrik Rydman) Second semi-final: Swedish Pop Voices (feat. Darin and Agnes Carlsson ) Final: Loreen: We Got The Power (music / text: Ester Dean , Geoff Earley ) , My Heart Is Refusing Me (music / text: Moh Denebi, Björn Djupström, Loreen) , Euphoria (music / text: Thomas G: son , Peter Boström) ; Petra Mede: Swedish Smörgåsbord (Music: Jan Lundkvist; Text: Matheson Bayley, Edward af Sillén, Daniel Réhn) ; Carola : Fångad av en stormvind (music / text: Stephan Berg) ; Sarah Dawn Finer : The Winner Takes It All (Music / Text: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus)
participating countries	39
winner	Denmark
Returning participants	Armenia
Withdrawn participants	Bosnia and Herzegovina , Portugal , Slovakia , Turkey
Voting rule	Each country distributes 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) to the ten best titles of the vote. The voting takes place with 50% jury and 50% televoting.
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The 58th Eurovision Song Contest took place from May 14th to 18th, 2013 in the Malmö Arena . The host was Sveriges Television ( SVT ) after the singer Loreen , who appeared for Sweden , won the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku with her contribution Euphoria .

The final was seen by over 170 million viewers. The winner was the song Only Teardrops , performed by the Danish singer Emmelie de Forest .

venue

Stockholm Gothenburg Malmo

Applicant cities: Successful application Unsuccessful applications

The application deadline for the event expired on June 21, 2012. The event hall must be available for six weeks before May 20, 2013.

Have applied Stockholm (incl. Solna ) and Malmo . Gothenburg had initially expressed interest, but the Scandinavium event hall there , in which the Eurovision Song Contest took place in 1985 , was not available in April because of the show jumping World Cup .

Stockholm was considered a favorite, but at the same time, the 2013 men's ice hockey world championship was already hosting an elaborate major event that will also use the city's largest event hall, the Ericsson Globe . Instead, the new Friends Arena in Solna entered the race, which has now also hosted the final of the 2013 national preliminary round.

Malmö ultimately won the bid. Those in charge praised the well-crafted proposals from the two candidates. The decisive factor in favor of the Malmö Arena event hall, which can hold up to 15,500 spectators, was ultimately the infrastructure there and the fact that the Friends Arena, which could have seated up to 35,000 spectators, was viewed as large and expensive. The development of the past few years with ever larger arenas and out of control costs is not sustainable for the ESC and has not brought any improvement in the result.

city	venue	Capacity (at concerts)	owner	Remarks
Gothenburg
	Scandinavium	Max. 14,000	Idrotts- och Kulturcentrum i Göteborg AB	Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
	Svenska Mässan	-		Application withdrawn on June 20, 2012
Malmo	Malmo Arena	Max. 15,400	Parkfast Arena AB	Venue of the Swedish preliminary round Melodifestivalen
Stockholm	Friends Arena	Max. 45,000	SGA Fastigheter (City of Stockholm)	The venue for the Melodifestivalen finals in March 2013

format

Moderation

On January 28, 2013, the Swedish comedian Petra Mede was presented as the presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. It had been known for a long time that there would be only one moderator in 2013 instead of three, as three moderators were considered more expensive and more rehearsal. The last time the ESC was moderated in 1995 by the Irish presenter Mary Kennedy alone.

motto

The official motto of the event was We Are One ("We are one"). It should highlight the equality and solidarity of all participating countries. Furthermore, the culture and value of each country should be addressed in the network of all countries. The ESC anthem We Write the Story was written by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and produced together with DJ Avicii .

National juries

The national juries decide 50% of the final result at the Eurovision Song Contest. For this, the members of a country will meet and watch the dress rehearsal of the shows together. Each member then creates a ranking of all the evening's contributions based on the song's voice, composition and originality. Everyone should do this independently of the others. As soon as all lists have been completed, they will be checked by the EBU and converted into points. The following people sat on the German jury:

Germany

country	Members	Known as
Germany	Lena	Singer, winner 2010 , participant 2011
	Tim bendzko	Singer
	Alina Süggeler	singer
	Carolin Niemczyk	singer
	Florian Silbereisen	Singer

New voting rule

After the re-introduction of the jury rating at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, the basis for awarding points was changed in 2013. In the past four years, not all titles were taken into account in the 50/50 weighting of the televoting and the jury evaluation, only the respective best ten.

In the participating countries, the results of the televoting and the jury evaluation will be used to rank all titles participating in the show. As before, the title of “own” country is ignored in the ranking. Then the numbers of the individual songs from the televoting and the jury evaluation are added up. The sum of the place numbers results in a combined sequence of televoting and jury evaluation. The first ten titles from this combined order receive the "usual" 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points from the respective country.

On May 28, 2013, the EBU published the rankings of the participants averaged over all voting countries separately after jury evaluation and televoting.

Attendees

countries

Countries that took part in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013

Countries that were eliminated in the semi-finals in 2013

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2013

On December 21st, 2012 it was announced that 39 countries will start in Malmö. Of the participating countries, Sweden qualified as the host country and the "Big Five" (Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) qualified directly for the final on May 18, 2013. Armenia is taking part again after a one-year break. Bosnia-Herzegovina , Portugal and Slovakia canceled this year's participation due to financial difficulties. In addition, Turkey did not take part, as the country no longer agreed with the status of the “Big Five” and the equal weighting of the jury and televoting in the points assessment.

The ESC Reference Group announced on November 7th, 2012 that the starting order of both the semi-finals and the final will not be drawn as in previous years, but will be determined by the host broadcaster. The start order must then be confirmed by the ESC Reference Group . This innovation was accepted by the TV committee of the European Broadcasting Union .

Recurring performers

Bledar Sejko took part in the Song Contest for the second time in 2013. He previously represented Albania in 2011 when he played the backing vocals for Aurela Gaçe , but was eliminated in the semifinals. Also Gor Sudschjan , lead singer of Dorians , was for already the second time on the stage of the competition. He previously took part in 2010 and reached number 7 when he performed the backing vocals for Eva Rivas . Also Eliza Todorova and Stoyan Jankulow took part in 2007 at the Song Contest and reached 5th place there Aliona Moon took Moldavia already in the previous year as an accompanying singer. She reached 11th place. Valentina Monetta also took part in the previous year, but could not reach the final.

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation	Previous placement	This year's placement
Albania	Bledar Sejko	2011 ( accompaniment vocals by Aurela Gaçe )	14. (SF)	15. (SF)
Armenia	Gor Sudschjan (lead singer of the Dorians )	2010 ( backing vocals by Eva Rivas )	7th	18th
Bulgaria	Eliza Todorowa and Stojan Jankulow	2007	5.	12. (SF)
Moldova	Aliona Moon	2012 ( backing vocals by Pasha Parfeny )	11.	11.
San Marino	Valentina Monetta	2012	14. (SF)	11. (SF)

National preliminary decisions

Belgium

On December 16, 2012, a preliminary decision took place on Radio Vivacité in which Roberto Bellarosa presented three songs after he had been selected internally by RTBF . 50% of the winning title was determined by televoting and 50% by an expert jury. So in the end the title won Love Kills .

Germany

→ Main article : Our song for Malmö

On February 14, 2013 in Hanover at the show Unser Song für Malmö the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was selected. Cascada received a total of 30 points and won with the title Glorious , followed by LaBrassBanda with 23 and Söhne Mannheims with 17 points. Cascada was ranked first by viewers during the televoting, second by radio listeners and third by the jury.

The German preliminary decision was moderated by Anke Engelke .

Austria

→ Main article : Austria rocks the Song Contest (2013)

The Austrian contribution was determined in the show Austria rocks the song contest on February 15, 2013. For the preliminary decision, five young talents were selected by ORF , who were asked to produce a song for the Eurovision Song Contest by January 2013. 18-year-old Natália Kelly was able to prevail with her song Shine . She received 70 of a total of 200 possible points, 50 percent of which were awarded by an international jury and calls from the audience. If Kelly was only in second place with two points behind her competitor Yela according to the jury votes , she was able to convince most of the viewers and in the end had a lead of 20 points.

The Austrian preliminary decision was moderated by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Andi Knoll .

Switzerland

On December 15, 2012, the Swiss preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 took place in Kreuzlingen . The band Salvation Army won the televoting with the song You And Me with 37.54% of the votes. The Carrousel (J'avais rendez-vous) group received 17.26 percent of the vote, finishing in second place. With 11.75 percent, Jesse Ritch (Forever & A Day) came third in the televoting. The big decision show was moderated by Sven Epiney .

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 2012
Armenia	National preliminary decision
Azerbaijan	Milli Seçim Turu 2013
Bulgaria	National preliminary decision
Denmark	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013
Estonia	Eesti Laul 2013
Finland	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2013
France	internal selection
Georgia	internal selection
Greece	Eurosong 2013
Ireland	Eurosong 2013
Iceland	Söngvakeppnin 2013
Israel	Kdam Eurovision 2013
Italy	Sanremo Festival 2013
Croatia	internal selection
Latvia	Dziesma 2013
Lithuania	Eurovizijos 2013
Malta	Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Macedonia	internal selection
Moldova	O Melody Pentru Europa 2013
Montenegro	internal selection
Netherlands	internal selection
Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2013
Romania	Selecția Națională 2013
Russia	internal selection
San Marino	internal selection
Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2013
Serbia	Beosong 2013
Slovenia	internal selection
Spain	El Sueño de Morfeo: Destino Eurovisión
Ukraine	Evrobachennya 2013 - Natsionalyni vidbir
Hungary	A Dal 2013
United Kingdom	internal selection
Belarus	Eurofest 2013
Cyprus	internal selection

Semifinals

draw

Participants in the 1st semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 1st semi-final

Participants in the 2nd semifinal

Countries entitled to vote in the 2nd semi-final

On January 17, 2013, the two semi-finals were drawn in a ceremony in Malmö City Hall. The countries that do not automatically qualify for the final have been allocated to one of five pots for the draw based on their voting behavior over the past nine years. The allocation was made by the company that oversees the televoting for the EBU .

Exceptions to this were Israel, Denmark and Norway. Because of the celebrations for the Jewish holiday Shavuot on the day of the first semi-final, Israel was assigned to the second semi-final. The two neighboring countries of Sweden should not start in the same semifinals to avoid that the expected high ticket demand from these two countries is concentrated in one semifinals. Therefore, in a special draw in November 2012, Denmark was drawn to the first and Norway to the second semifinals (see Pot 0).

In addition, it was also determined in which semifinals the Big Five ( Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as the host Sweden) will be entitled to vote.

A new system was used this year to determine the starting order of the participants. In advance it was determined in which semifinals the participating countries would compete. After that, it was not determined by lot, as in previous years, at which starting place the participants would be, but according to dramaturgical aspects. The starting positions were determined by Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand in coordination with the EBU Reference Group.

Pot 0	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Denmark  Israel  Norway	Albania  Croatia  Macedonia  Montenegro  Switzerland  Serbia	Estonia  Finland  Ireland  Iceland  Latvia  Lithuania	Armenia  Azerbaijan  Georgia  Russia  Ukraine  Belarus	Belgium  Bulgaria  Greece  Malta  Netherlands  Cyprus	Moldova  Austria  Romania  San Marino  Slovenia  Hungary

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on May 14, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The event was opened by last year's winner Loreen and a children's choir, who performed the winning song Euphoria together . The dance performance Northern Lights , performed by Jennie Widegren and Fredrik Rydman, was presented to fill the pause. This performance was arranged by the Swedish musician and music producer Kleerup . The ten best placed, marked green in the table, have received a starting place for the final on May 18th. In order to avoid interference, the results were kept secret until after the final.

 Italy , Sweden and the United Kingdom were eligible to vote in this semi-final.   

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	05	Denmark	Emmelie de Forest	Only Teardrops M / T: Lise Cabble , Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard	English	only tears	167
02.	06th	Russia	Dina Garipowa Дина Гарипова	What If M / T: Gabriel Alares, Joakim Björnberg, Leonid Gutkin	English	What happened if	156
03.	07th	Ukraine	Zlata Ognevich Злата Огневич	Gravity M: Mikhail Nekrasov; T: Karen Kavaleryan	English	Gravity	140
04th	12	Moldova	Aliona Moon	O mie M: Pasha Parfeny; T: Yuliana Scutaru	Romanian	One thousand	095
05.	15th	Belgium	Roberto Bellarosa	Love Kills M / T: Iain James, Jukka Immonen	English	Love kills	075
06th	08th	Netherlands	Anouk	Birds M: Anouk Teeuwe , Tore Johansson, Martin Gjerstad; T: Anouk Teeuwe	English	Birds	075
07th	11	Belarus	Alyona Lanskaya Алëна Ланская	Solayoh M: Mark Paelinck; T: Martin King	English	-	064
08th.	13	Ireland	Ryan Dolan	Only Love Survives M / T: Wez Devine, Ryan Dolan	English	Only love survives	054
09.	10	Lithuania	Andrius Pojavis	Something M / T: Andrius Pojavis	English	Something	053
10.	02	Estonia	Birgit	Et uus saaks alguse M: Mihkel Mattisen; T: Mihkel Mattisen / Silvia Soro	Estonian	This could be a new beginning	052
11.	16	Serbia	Moje 3	Ljubav je svuda (Љубав је свуда) M: Saša Milošević Mare; T: Marina Tucaković	Serbian	Love is everywhere	046
12.	09	Montenegro	Who See ft. Nina Žižić	Igranka M: Đorđe Miljenović (Wikluh Sky); T: Dejan Dedović (Dedduh) , Mario Đorđević (Noyz) , Djordje Miljenovic (Wikluh Sky)	Montenegrin	party	041
13.	04th	Croatia	Klapa s mora	Mižerja M / T: Goran Topolovac	Croatian	Calamity	038
14th	01	Austria	Natália Kelly	Shine M / T: Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla , Alexander Kahr	English	to shine	027
15th	14th	Cyprus	Despina Olympiou Δέσποινα Ολυμπίου	To me thimasai (Αν Με Θυμάσαι) M: Andreas Giorgallis; T: Zenon Zindillis	Greek	If you remember me	011
16.	03	Slovenia	Hannah	Straight into Love M: Hannah Mancini , Gregor Zemljič, Erik Margan, Matija Rodić; T: Hannah Mancini , Marko Primužak	English	Straight into love	008th

First semi-final score table

Voting result
Start number	country	space	Points	Juryvoring- space	Televoting place	AT	BY	BE	MR	CY	DK	EE	IE	IT	LT	MD	ME	RU	RS	SI	SE	NL	UA	UK
01	Austria	14th	027	06.32	12.33		-	3	4th	2	4th	1	4th	2	-	3	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1
02	Estonia	10.	052	07.47	10.06	3	5	1	-	-	1		8th	5	4th	5	-	5	-	-	6th	4th	1	4th
03	Slovenia	16.	008th	11.47	13.17	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-		-	-	-	-
04th	Croatia	13.	038	09.95	08.00	5	-	-		1	-	-	1	-	1	-	5	4th	10	2	-	3	6th	-
05	Denmark	01.	167	03.58	03.33	12	8th	10	12	8th		12	12	6th	6th	7th	8th	10	8th	8th	12	12	4th	12
06th	Russia	02.	156	03.74	03.89	10	10	7th	8th	10	12	10	10	4th	10	8th	7th		6th	10	10	7th	7th	10
07th	Ukraine	03.	140	05.16	03.94	2	12	8th	7th	12	8th	6th	2	12	12	12	12	7th	5	12	1	8th		2
08th	Netherlands	06th	075	06.42	07.94	8th		12	-	-	10	7th	5	1	7th	-	2	3	1	3	8th		-	8th
09	Montenegro	12.	041	10.16	07.33	-	2	-	6th	-	5	-	-	-	-	6th		-	12	-	2	-	8th	-
10	Lithuania	09.	053	09.37	07.44	-	7th	6th	-	3	2	4th	6th	10		2	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	7th
11	Belarus	07th	064	08.26	07.83	-		-	-	6th	-	-	3	7th	8th	10	6th	2	4th	4th	-	2	12	-
12	Moldova	04th	095	04.32	08.28	7th	6th	5	1	5	6th	3	-	8th	3		4th	12	7th	7th	5	6th	10	-
13	Ireland	08th.	054	09.26	07.61	-	4th	4th	2	7th	3	5		-	5	1	-	6th	-	-	3	5	3	6th
14th	Cyprus	15th	011	09.47	12.00	1	-	2	-		-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
15th	Belgium	05.	075	06.63	07.72	4th	3		3	-	7th	8th	7th	-	2	4th	1	8th	-	6th	7th	10	-	5
16	Serbia	11.	046	10.95	08.39	6th	1	-	10	4th	-	-	-	3	-	-	10	-		5	4th	1	2	-

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (first semi-final)

number	country	received from
7th	Denmark	Estonia, Ireland, Croatia, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, United Kingdom
	Ukraine	Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Slovenia, Belarus, Cyprus
1	Moldova	Russia
	Montenegro	Serbia
	Netherlands	Belgium
	Russia	Denmark
	Belarus	Ukraine

Second semi-final

The second semifinal took place on May 16, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ) and was opened with a dance performance, choreographed by Jennie Widegren and Fredrik Rydman. The "Swedish Pop Voices" performed on the show, supported by Darin and Agnes Carlsson . The ten best placed, marked green in the table, have received a starting place for the final on May 18th. In order to avoid interference, the results were kept secret until after the final.

 Germany , France and Spain were entitled to vote in this semi-final.   

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
01.	04th	Azerbaijan	Farid Mammadov Fərid Məmmədov	Hold Me M: Dimitrios Kontopoulos; T: John Ballard, Ralph Charlie Al Fahel	English	Hold me	139
02.	09	Greece	Koza Mostra ft. Agathonas Iakovidis Κόζα Μόστρα ft. Αγάθωνας Ιακωβίδης	Alcohol Is Free M: Ilias Kozas; T: Stathis Pachidis, Ilias Kozas	Greek , English	Alcohol is free	121
03.	13	Norway	Margaret Berger	I Feed You My Love M / T: Karin Park, Robin Lynch, Niklas Olovson	English	I give you my love	120
04th	06th	Malta	Gianluca	Tomorrow M / T: Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat	English	tomorrow	118
05.	17th	Romania	Cezar	It's My Life M / T: Cristian Faur	English	It's my life	083
06th	08th	Iceland	Eythor Ingi	Ég á líf M / T: Örlygur Smári, Pétur Örn Gudmundsson	Icelandic	I have a life	072
07th	11	Armenia	Dorians	Lonely Planet M: Tony Iommi ; T: Vardan Zadoyan	English	Lonely planet	069
08th.	12	Hungary	ByeAlex	Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix) M / T: Alex Márta	Hungarian	My love	066
09.	05	Finland	Krista Siegfrids	Marry Me M / T: Krista Siegfrids , Erik Nyholm, Kristoffer Karlsson, Jessica Lundström	English	Marry me	064
10.	15th	Georgia	Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani ნოდიკო ტატიშვილი & სოფო გელოვანი	Waterfall M: Thomas G: son , Erik Bernholm; T: Thomas G: son	English	waterfall	063
11.	02	San Marino	Valentina Monetta	Crisalide (Vola) M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Mauro Balestri	Italian	Butterfly pupa (fly)	047
12.	07th	Bulgaria	Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov Елица Тодорова & Стоян Янкулов	Samo shampioni (Само шампиони) M / T: Eliza Todorowa , Kristian Talew	Bulgarian	Only winners	045
13.	16	Switzerland	Takasa	You and Me M / T: Georg Schlunegger	English	You and me	041
14th	10	Israel	Moran Mazor מורן מזור	Rak bishvilo (רק בשבילו) M: Han Harari; T: Gal Sarig	Hebrew	Just for him	040
15th	14th	Albania	Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko	Identity M: Bledar Sejko ; T: Eda Sejko	Albanian	identity	031
16.	03	Macedonia	Esma and Lozano Есма & Лозано	Pred da se razdeni (Пред да се раздени) M: Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkovski, Simeon Atanasov; T: Magdalena Cvetkovska	Macedonian , Romani	Before sunrise	028
17th	01	Latvia	By	Here We Go M: Ralfs Eilands , Arturas Burke; T: Ralfs Eilands	English	Here we go	013

Second semi-final scoreboard

Voting result
Start number	country	space	Points	Jury voting space	Televoting place	AL	AT THE	AZ	BG	FI	MK	FR	GE	DE	GR	HU	IS	IL	LV	MT	NO	RO	SM	IT	CH
01	Latvia	17th	013	09.90	13.28	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	7th	-	-	-	3	-		-	-	-	-	-	1
02	San Marino	11.	047	08.40	09.47	-	4th	1	-	5	1	5	1	-	1	2	-	4th	3	6th	-	4th		10	-
03	Macedonia	16.	028	09.75	12.22	12	-	-	5	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	2	-	4th
04th	Azerbaijan	01.	139	04.60	05.28	8th	-		12	8th	3	8th	12	-	12	12	8th	12	7th	12	5	12	3	2	3
05	Finland	09.	064	07.05	08.89	1	-	3	-		-	7th	-	3	-	5	7th	1	8th	1	8th	3	7th	8th	2
06th	Malta	04th	118	03.40	07.78	6th	7th	12	-	12	5	2	6th	5	5	8th	6th	2	6th		12	7th	10	-	7th
07th	Bulgaria	12.	045	10.75	07.44	4th	10	4th		3	-	1	4th	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	8th	6th	-
08th	Iceland	06th	072	07.40	08.61	-	1	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	-	10		-	10	-	10	-	-	7th	10
09	Greece	02.	121	05.55	05.00	10	8th	7th	10	6th	7th	-	2	8th		3	2	6th	5	7th	7th	10	12	5	6th
10	Israel	14th	040	07.95	10.67	3	6th	6th	4th	-	2	4th	5	4th	-	-	1		-	-	-	2	-	3	-
11	Armenia	07th	069	07.15	09.44	-		-	8th	-	-	12	10	6th	7th	-	-	8th	1	8th	4th	5	-	-	-
12	Hungary	08th.	066	08.55	08.39	7th	-	-	6th	-	8th	3	3	10	-		-	3	2	-	2	6th	4th	-	12
13	Norway	03.	120	05.80	05.50	-	5	5	7th	7th	10	-	8th	2	4th	7th	12	5	12	3		8th	5	12	8th
14th	Albania	15th	031	09.10	11.78		-	2	-	10	-	-	-	-	8th		-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	5
15th	Georgia	10.	063	06.05	09.89	-	12	10	3	4th	-	-		-	6th	4th	4th	7th	4th	4th	-	-	1	4th	-
16	Switzerland	13.	041	10.65	07.00	2	2	-	1	-	6th	10	-	1	3	6th	5	-	-	2	3	-	-	-
17th	Romania	05.	083	09.70	04.78	5	3	8th	2	1	4th	6th	-	7th	10	-	10	10	-	10	6th		-	1	-

Statistics of the twelve-point allocation (second semi-final)

number	country	received from
7th	Azerbaijan	Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Malta, Romania, Hungary
3	Malta	Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Norway
	Norway	Iceland, Latvia, Spain
2	Iceland	Germany, Finland
1	Armenia	France
	Georgia	Armenia
	Greece	San Marino
	Macedonia	Albania
	Hungary	Switzerland

Distribution of places of the countries eliminated in the semi-finals

Based on the number of points in the respective semifinals, the countries eliminated in the semifinals can also be classified as follows:

space	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Semifinals	Place in the HF	Points in the HF
27.	San Marino	Valentina Monetta	Crisalide (Vola) M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Mauro Balestri	Italian	Butterfly pupa (fly)	2	11.	47
28.	Serbia	Moje 3	Ljubav je svuda (Љубав је свуда) M: Saša Milošević Mare; T: Marina Tucaković	Serbian	Love is everywhere	1	11.	46
29	Bulgaria	Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov Елица Тодорова & Стоян Янкулов	Samo shampioni (Само шампиони) M / T: Eliza Todorowa, Kristian Talew	Bulgarian	Only winners	2	12.	45
30th	Montenegro	Who See ft. Nina Žižić	Igranka M: Đorđe Miljenović (Wikluh Sky); T: Đorđe Miljenović (Wikluh Sky), Dejan Dedović (Dedduh), Mario Đorđević (Noyz)	Montenegrin	party	1	12.	41
31.	Switzerland	Takasa	You and Me M / T: Georg Schlunegger	English	You and me	2	13.	41
32.	Israel	Moran Mazor מורן מזור	Rak bishvilo (רק בשבילו) M: Han Harari; T: Gal Sarig	Hebrew	Just for him	2	14th	40
33.	Croatia	Klapa s mora	Mižerja M / T: Goran Topolovac	Croatian	Calamity	1	13.	38
34.	Albania	Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko	Identity M: Bledar Sejko; T: Eda Sejko	Albanian	identity	2	14th	31
35.	Macedonia	Esma and Lozano Есма & Лозано	Pred da se razdeni (Пред да се раздени) M: Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkovski, Simeon Atanasov; T: Magdalena Cvetkovska	Macedonian , Romani	Before sunrise	2	16.	28
36.	Austria	Natália Kelly	Shine M / T: Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla, Alexander Kahr	English	to shine	1	14th	27
37.	Latvia	By	Here We Go M: Ralfs Eilands, Arturas Burke; T: Ralfs Eilands	English	Here we go	2	17th	13
38.	Cyprus	Despina Olympiou Δέσποινα Ολυμπίου	To me thimasai (Αν Με Θυμάσαι) M: Andreas Giorgallis; T: Zenon Zindillis	Greek	If you remember me	1	15th	11
39.	Slovenia	Hannah	Straight into Love M: Hannah Mancini, Gregor Zemljič, Erik Margan, Matija Rodić; T: Hannah Mancini, Marko Primužak	English	Straight into love	1	16.	008th

final

Emmelie de Forest after the final

The final took place on May 18, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The Big Five countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) and the host country Sweden qualified directly for the final. There were also ten countries each from the two semi-finals, so that 26 countries competed in the final. All participating countries were entitled to vote.

 Finland and Georgia took part in the finals again after two years, Belarus , Belgium and Armenia after three years and the Netherlands after nine years. With the exception of Armenia, all of the countries mentioned were eliminated in the semifinals during the period mentioned. Armenia only dropped out in 2011, they did not participate in 2012.      

The finale was opened with the song We Write the Story , composed especially for the Eurovision Song Contest and produced by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus in collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii . As an interval act, the presenter Petra Mede performed with Swedish Smörgåsbord , a stage show in which Swedish culture is ironically portrayed. The Swedish singer and winner of the ESC 1991 , Carola Häggkvist , also briefly performed there . Last year's winner Loreen also performed a medley of the titles My Heart Is Refusing Me , We Got The Power and her winning title Euphoria , as well as Sarah Dawn Finer with the ABBA song The Winner Takes It All . The host Sweden's starting number 16 was determined in advance at a press conference. The start numbers of the Big Five and all other countries qualified for the final were determined on May 17, 2013. Each of the 39 participating countries was entitled to vote. The following participants (hosts, "Big Five" and the winners of the semi-finals) contested the final on May 18, 2013:

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points	image
01.	18th	Denmark	Emmelie de Forest	Only Teardrops M / T: Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard	English	only tears	281
02.	20th	Azerbaijan	Farid Mammadov Fərid Məmmədov	Hold Me M: Dimitrios Kontopoulos; T: John Ballard, Ralph Charlie Al Fahel	English	Hold me	234
03.	22nd	Ukraine	Zlata Ognevich Злата Огневич	Gravity M: Mikhail Nekrasov; T: Karen Kavaleryan	English	Gravity	214
04th	24	Norway	Margaret Berger	I Feed You My Love M / T: Karin Park, Robin Lynch, Niklas Olovson	English	I give you my love	191
05.	10	Russia	Dina Garipowa Дина Гарипова	What If M / T: Gabriel Alares, Joakim Björnberg, Leonid Gutkin	English	What happened if	174
06th	21st	Greece	Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis Κόζα Μόστρα feat. Αγάθωνας Ιακωβίδης	Alcohol Is Free M: Ilias Kozas; T: Stathis Pachidis, Ilias Kozas	Greek , English	Alcohol is free	152
07th	23	Italy	Marco Mengoni	L'essenziale M: Francesco De Benedittis, Roberto Casalino, Marco Mengoni ; T: Roberto Casalino	Italian	The essentials	126
08th.	09	Malta	Gianluca	Tomorrow M / T: Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat	English	tomorrow	120
09.	13	Netherlands	Anouk	Birds M: Tore Johansson, Martin Gjerstad; T: Anouk Teeuwe	English	Birds	114
10.	17th	Hungary	ByeAlex	Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix) M / T: Alex Márta	Hungarian	My love	084
11.	03	Moldova	Aliona Moon	O mie M: Pasha Parfeny; T: Yuliana Scutaru	Romanian	One thousand	071
12.	06th	Belgium	Roberto Bellarosa	Love Kills M / T: Iain James, Jukka Immonen	English	Love kills	071
13.	14th	Romania	Cezar	It's My Life M / T: Cristian Faur	English	It's my life	065
14th	16	Sweden	Robin Stjernberg	You M / T: Robin Stjernberg , Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Joakim Harestad Haukaas	English	You	062
15th	25th	Georgia	Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani ნოდიკო ტატიშვილი & სოფო გელოვანი	Waterfall M: Thomas G: son , Erik Bernholm; T: Thomas G: son	English	waterfall	050
16.	08th	Belarus	Alyona Lanskaya Алëна Ланская	Solayoh M: Mark Paelinck; T: Martin King	English	-	048
17th	19th	Iceland	Eythor Ingi	Ég á líf M / T: Örlygur Smári and Pétur Örn Gudmundsson	Icelandic	I have a life	047
18th	12	Armenia	Dorians	Lonely Planet M: Tony Iommi ; T: Vardan Zadoyan	English	Lonely planet	041
19th	15th	United Kingdom	Bonnie Tyler	Believe in Me M / T: Desmond Child , Lauren Christy, Chris Braide	English	Believe in me	023
20th	07th	Estonia	Birgit	Et uus saaks alguse M: Mihkel Mattisen; T: Mihkel Mattisen / Silvia Soro	Estonian	This could be a new beginning	019th
21st	11	Germany	Cascada	Glorious M / T: Yann Peifer , Manuel Reuter , Andres Ballinas, Tony Cornelissen	English	Glorious	018th
22nd	02	Lithuania	Andrius Pojavis	Something M / T: Andrius Pojavis	English	Something	017th
23.	01	France	Amandine Bourgeois	L'enfer et moi M: David Salkin; T: Boris Bergman	French	Hell and me	014th
24.	04th	Finland	Krista Siegfrids	Marry Me M / T: Krista Siegfrids , Erik Nyholm, Kristoffer Karlsson, Jessica Lundström	English	Marry me	013
25th	05	Spain	ESDM	Contigo hasta el final (With You Until the End) M / T: Raquel del Rosario , David Feito , Juan Suárez	Spanish	With you to the end	008th
26th	26th	Ireland	Ryan Dolan	Only Love Survives M / T: Wez Devine, Ryan Dolan	English	Only love survives	005

Scoreboard final

The following table shows the averaged placements of the participants in the jury and televoting as well as the points awarded in the final in the order of the voting countries. The voting order was published by the EBU a few hours before the final.

The subsequent winner from Denmark was in first place for the first time after the sixth mention of the voting results and remained there until the points were awarded. Only San Marino, which was the first to award the points, did not give Denmark a single point. The second-placed Azerbaijan received the most 12-point ratings.

		Voting result
		SM	SE	AL	NL	AT	UK	IL	RS	UA	HU	RO	MD	AZ	NO	AT THE	IT	FI	IT	BY	LV	BG	BE	RU	MT	EE	DE	IS	FR	GR	IE	DK	ME	SI	GE	MK	CY	MR	CH	LT	total
country	France	8th														2												2								1	1				014th
	Lithuania									1				3			6th			5											1				1						017th
	Moldova					2		1	6th	8th		12		1			4th		2	4th		3	3	6th					4th		3		5			7th					071
	Finland	3						4th																			1		3			2									013
	Spain			6th													2																								008th
	Belgium	5	7th		12	3	3		3		4th				3			3			2			8th		2			5		4th	5		2							071
	Estonia																	6th			10																			3	019th
	Belarus							3		12			4th	7th		5									2					1			3		5	5				1	048
	Malta	10			8th		7th			2	8th	5		8th	10	6th	10		1	7th	5					5	5	5	2	3		4th			3	3	3				120
	Russia		5		4th		10	7th	8th	4th			7th			7th		2	6th	8th	12	5	4th			12	2	1	6th		10	7th	7th	10	6th	6th	5	6th		7th	174
	Germany			3		6th		5											3																				1		018th
	Armenia	1								6th	3		1							2		8th		2	1				7th						10						041
	Netherlands		8th	4th		8th	6th				5	2			8th			8th					12	3		7th		8th			6th	10		7th		2		2	4th	4th	114
	Romania		4th	5		4th	4th						10	6th	6th		1								7th			6th	1	10			1								065
	United Kingdom		1									3							4th						5						7th			1					2		023
	Sweden				3				1				5		12			4th			4th	4th	1			1	3	4th			5	8th		6th				1			062
	Hungary	6th	3	8th	7th				2						2		3	10				6th				4th	12			2								4th	10	5	084
	Denmark		10	1	10	5	12	8th	12	5	10	6th	6th	5	7th	4th	12	7th	8th	1	6th	2	10	4th	6th	8th	10	12	12	7th	12		10	12	7th	12	7th	10	3	2	281
	Iceland		6th				2				6th				4th			5								6th	8th					1		4th					5		047
	Azerbaijan	2		7th	2	12		12	5	10	12	10	8th						7th	10	3	12	5	12	12		4th	7th	8th	12	2		12	3	12		8th	7th	6th	12	234
	Greece	12		10	1	7th	8th	2			1	7th		4th	5	8th	7th	1		6th	1	7th	2	10	4th		6th					6th	8th			4th	12	5	8th		152
	Ukraine				5	1	5	10	10		7th	4th	12	12	1	12	5		10	12	7th	10	8th	1	10	10		3		8th	8th	3			8th		10	12		10	214
	Italy	4th		12		10			4th			1				1			12				6th		8th				10	6th			6th	8th	2	10	6th	8th	12		126
	Norway	7th	12	2	6th			6th	7th	3	2	8th	2	2		3	8th	12	5	3	8th	1	7th	7th	3	3	7th	10		4th		12	4th	5	4th	8th	4th	3	7th	6th	191
	Georgia									7th			3	10		10								5						5			2							8th	050
	Ireland		2				1																														2				005

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

Scoring card for the winner from Denmark by country

number	country	received from
10	Azerbaijan	Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Austria, Russia, Hungary
8th	Denmark	France, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, United Kingdom
5	Ukraine	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Moldova, Belarus
3	Norway	Denmark, Finland, Sweden
	Italy	Albania, Switzerland, Spain
2	Greece	San Marino, Cyprus
	Russia	Estonia, Latvia
1	Belgium	Netherlands
	Moldova	Romania
	Netherlands	Belgium
	Sweden	Norway
	Hungary	Germany
	Belarus	Ukraine

Points speaker

The order in which each country announced the points was determined on the basis of the jury results from the dress rehearsal so that as much tension is generated as possible. All speakers announced their points in English, only Belgium, France and Switzerland announced their points in French.

No.	country	Points speaker	Remarks
01	San Marino	John Kennedy O'Connor
02	Sweden	Yohio	Participant at the Melodifestivalen 2013
03	Albania	Andri Xhahu	Points speaker 2012
04th	Netherlands	Cornald Maas
05	Austria	Kati Bellowitsch	Points spokesperson 2011 and 2012
06th	United Kingdom	Scott Mills	Points speaker 2010 and 2012
07th	Israel	Ofer Nachson	Points speaker 2009 - 2012
08th	Serbia	Maja Nikolić
09	Ukraine	Matias	Points speaker 2012
10	Hungary	Éva Novodomszky	Points spokesperson 2007 - 2009 , 2011 and 2012
11	Romania	Sonia Argint-Ionescu
12	Moldova	Olivia Furtuna	Points spokeswoman 2012
13	Azerbaijan	Tamilla Shirinova
14th	Norway	Tooji	Participant 2012
15th	Armenia	Andre	Participant 2006
16	Italy	Federica Gentile
17th	Finland	Kristiina Wheeler
18th	Spain	Inés Paz
19th	Belarus	Darja Domratschawa
20th	Latvia	Anmary	Participant 2012
21st	Bulgaria	Joanna Dragneva	Participant 2008 and points spokesperson 2009
22nd	Belgium	Barbara Louys
23	Russia	Alsou	Participant in 2000 and moderator at the 2009 finals
24	Malta	Emma Hickey
25th	Estonia	Rolf Roosalu	Points speaker 2010
26th	Germany	Lena	Winner 2010 and participant 2011
27	Iceland	María Sigrún Hilmarsdóttir
28	France	Marine Vignes
29	Greece	Andrianna Maggania	Points spokeswoman 2012
30th	Ireland	Nicky Byrne
31	Denmark	Sofie Lassen-Kahlke
32	Montenegro	Ivana Sebek
33	Slovenia	Andrea F.	Points speaker 2010
34	Georgia	Liza Tsiklauri
35	Macedonia	Dimitar Atanasovski
36	Cyprus	Loukas Hamatsos	Points speaker 2011 and 2012
37	Croatia	Uršula Tolj
38	Switzerland	Mélanie Freymond
39	Lithuania	Ignas Krupavičius	Points speaker 2009 and 2012

Split results between jury and televoting

For the first time and so far once only, no total number of points was published, but only the average placement in the split results. The following results would have been obtained with a pure jury or audience vote:

final
space	Televoting	Ø placement	jury	Ø placement
1	Denmark	4.97	Denmark	6.23
2	Ukraine	5.66	Azerbaijan	7.77
3	Azerbaijan	5.86	Sweden	8.05
4th	Greece	6:00 am	Norway	8.23
5	Russia	6.84	Moldova	8.69
6th	Norway	7.14	Ukraine	8.74
7th	Romania	7.49	Netherlands	9.05
8th	Hungary	8.19	Italy	9.46
9	Malta	10.97	Malta	9.54
10	Italy	11.70	Russia	9.67
11	Netherlands	11.70	Belgium	9.92
12	Iceland	13.05	France	10.95
13	Belarus	11/14	Georgia	12.10
14th	Ireland	14.62	Greece	12.28
15th	Armenia	11/15	United Kingdom	12.46
16	Germany	15.81	Estonia	13.41
17th	Belgium	16.03	Iceland	13.44
18th	Sweden	16.19	Finland	13.77
19th	Moldova	16.57	Armenia	14.44
20th	Finland	16.68	Germany	15.44
21st	Lithuania	16.73	Hungary	15.59
22nd	United Kingdom	17.03	Belarus	16.15
23	Georgia	08/17	Ireland	16.21
24	Estonia	19:59	Romania	17.82
25th	France	21.68	Lithuania	17.95
26th	Spain	22.92	Spain	19.64

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: Georgia - Waterfall - Sopo Gelowani and Nodiko Tatishvili 
• Artist award for the best artist: Azerbaijan - Farid Mammadov - Hold Me 
• Composers Prize for the best composition / text: Sweden - Robin Stjernberg, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb and Joakim Harestad Haukaas (m & t) - You - Robin Stjernberg 

transmission

Germany

The first semi-final was broadcast live on the digital channel Einsfestival , the second semi-final was broadcast live on the documentary channel Phoenix . Both shows by NDR and the second semifinals by Einsfestival were staggered on the broadcast evenings. Both shows were broadcast live on eurovision.de. The finale was also broadcast on the radio on NDR 2 , with commentary by Thomas Mohr and Tim Frühling .

Broadcasts on German radio

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	spectator		Market share
					total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
May 14, 2013	1st semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban	0	0
May 16, 2013	2nd semifinals	9:00 p.m.			0.44 million	0.28 million	01.7%	02.8%
May 18, 2013	Countdown to Malmö	8:15 pm		Moderator: Barbara Schöneberger	3.99 million	1.97 million	15.7%	22.9%
	final	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban German scoring: Lena Meyer-Landrut	8.21 million	4.25 million	34.0%	42.6%
	Grand Prix Party	about 0:15 a.m.		Moderator: Barbara Schöneberger	2.64 million	1.55 million	26.5%	30.4%

Switzerland

In the German-speaking part of Switzerland, the first and second semi-finals were broadcast on SRF Two and the final on SRF 1 and Radio SRF 3 . The satirical radio commentary could also be heard on television via two-channel sound . In the French-speaking part of Switzerland, only the second semi-final and the final were broadcast on RTS deux . In the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, the second semi-final was broadcast on RSI LA 2 and the final on RSI LA 1 . The RTS presenter Mélanie Freymond announced that the Swiss points were awarded.

Broadcasts on Swiss radio

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	language
May 14, 2013	1st semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Sven Epiney	German
May 16, 2013	2nd semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Sven Epiney	German
		9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Jean-Marc Richard , Nicolas Tanner	French
		9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Alessandro Bertoglio	Italian
May 18, 2013	Countdown live from Malmö	8:10 pm		Moderator: Viola Tami	German
	final	9:00 p.m.		Commentator 1: Sven Epiney Commentator 2: Peter Schneider , Gabriel Vetter
		9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Jean-Marc Richard , Nicolas Tanner	French
		9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Alessandro Bertoglio	Italian

Austria

In Austria, both semi-finals and the final with commentary by Andi Knoll were shown on ORF eins . Kati Bellowitsch announced the Austrian points at the final.

Eurovision preview parties

Melkweg , venue of the Eurovision In Concert

Every year before the actual ESC there are still a few promotional events where the participants present themselves to the press and fans abroad. The preview parties are used for this purpose , although they are not a mandatory event for participants in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2013 there were two events of this kind.

Eurovision in Concert

The fifth edition of Eurovision in Concert took place on April 13, 2013 in Melkweg in Amsterdam . The two former Eurovision participants Marlayne Sahupala ( 1999 ) and Linda Wagenmakers ( 2000 ) moderated the event. The three-time Swedish Eurovision participant Carola Häggkvist ( 1982 , 1991 and 2006 ) was invited as a special guest . The following 26 countries took part:

•  Albania
•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Estonia
•  Finland
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Ireland
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Croatia
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Malta
•  Macedonia
•  Moldova
•  Austria
•  Romania
•  Russia
•  San Marino
•  Switzerland
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Ukraine
•  Belarus

London Eurovision Party 2013

The London Eurovision Party 2013 took place on April 21, 2013 in the Shadow Lounge in London . The event was moderated by Nicki French and Paddy O'Connell. British actor and singer John Alford was invited as a special guest. The following seven countries took part in the event:

•  Finland
•  Greece
•  Malta
•  Austria
•  San Marino
•  Ukraine
•  Belarus

Problems in advance

Azerbaijan

According to the Lithuanian news portal 15min.lt , which is part of the Norwegian media group Schibsted , Azerbaijan has bought votes in 15 countries, including Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland, Ukraine and Croatia, with the help of an Azerbaijani "support team". Lithuanian journalists posed as students and filmed Azerbaijani recruiters offering them money to vote on different cell phone SIM cards for Azerbaijan.

In addition, Russia accuses Azerbaijan of “stealing votes” because the Russian contribution What If by Dina Garipova received zero points from Azerbaijan, even though the song came second in the SMS election there. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that this “unheard of event will not go without reaction”.

Switzerland

On December 17, 2012 it was announced that the band Salvation Army , which won the Swiss preliminary decision on December 15, 2012, may not start under the name "Salvation Army" or in the uniforms of the Salvation Army in Malmö, as this violates the EBU statutes would. The next day the Salvation Army announced that it was looking for an ESC-compatible solution together with Swiss radio and television , although the EBU decision was met with incomprehension. In particular, it is not understandable why the uniforms are not permitted, since the costume is free for all participants. After internal discussions, the band announced that they would change their name and uniform for the competition.

On March 13th, the group changed their name to Takasa and changed their clothes to white and blue.

Germany

Shortly after the preliminary decision , strong similarities were found between Cascada's contribution Glorious and last year's winning song, Euphoria . The phonetician of the University of Kiel, Tina John, said: “At the beginning the singing is absolutely identical, the refrain uses the same accentuation, the end culminates in an identical combination. The singers even use the same breathing style. "

The plagiarism allegation was invalidated on February 18, 2013 by an expert opinion commissioned by the NDR. The songs are "only stylistically similar, but no significant copyright matches can be proven."

Macedonia

The Macedonian broadcaster MKRTV exchanged the originally selected song Imperija after protests from Greece and their own country.

The Greek media criticized the title Imperija wake associations with the ancient Macedonia , in particular, as in the accompanying video clip one in Skopje located Alexander statue is shown. In Macedonia, on the other hand, the audience was dissatisfied with the song. The singer Esma Redžepova has no way of showing what her voice can do. The matter made such waves that even Al Jazeera Balkans reported it. Due to the pressure, Macedonian television decided to swap the title.

Belarus

Belarus also exchanged its song at short notice. Instead of Rhythm of Love , Aljona Lanskaja Solayoh sang .

Bulgaria

After the Bulgarian National Television announced that there were copyright problems with the song Kismet , the broadcaster, with the consent of the two performers, decided to replace the song with Samo Shampioni . The two titles already shared first place in the Bulgarian preliminary decision - Kismet won the televoting and Samo Shampioni the jury rating; According to the rules of the Bulgarian preliminary decision, the song that came first in the televoting would have been sent to Malmö.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2013  - collection of images

• Official website of the Euro Vision Song Contest 2013 (English)
• Website for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 (ARD)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sveriges Television, Petra Mede programledare för Eurovision Song Contest 2013 i Malmö, January 28, 2013 (Swedish)
2. ↑ Eric Saade blir greenroomvärd under Eurovision finals, May 8, 2013 (Swedish)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Loreen in leather Eurovision - with teckenspråkstolkning och stämsång
4. ↑ ^{a b} Mellanakt i Eurovision Song Contest 2013 blir en hyllning till musiken, April 15, 2013 (Swedish)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson och Avicii skriver musik till Eurovision-finalen, April 14, 2013 (Swedish)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Eurovision 2013: Andreas Kleerup to perform at first semi-final, April 4, 2013 (English)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Darin och Agnes medverkar i Eurovision-mellanakt, May 8, 2013 (Swedish)
8. ↑ Carola till Eurovision - i spectacular shownummer om svenskhet, May 9, 2013 (Swedish)
9. ↑ ^{a b} Här blir Carola fångad av en stormvind, May 17, 2013 (Swedish)
10. ↑ Sarah Dawn Finer uppträder i finalen av Eurovision Song Contest 2013, May 17, 2013 (Swedish)
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27. ↑ Natália Kelly to represent Austria in Malmö! In: eurovision.tv. Retrieved February 16, 2013 . 
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29. ↑ This is what the Eurovision losers say. In: blick.ch. Retrieved January 5, 2013 . 
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35. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Semi-Final (1) - Scoreboard ( English ) In: Eurovision.tv . May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
36. ↑ Koza Mostra and Agathonas Iakovidis to represent Greece. In: eurovision.tv. Retrieved February 18, 2012 . 
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48. ↑ Lena is the German point fee , May 18, 2013.
49. ↑ Alexander Krei: Stable audience numbers for the Song Contest. In: DWDL.de. May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013 . 
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57. ↑ Votes bought? Bad charge against Azerbaijan .  ( 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. In: news.de , accessed on May 21, 2013.  
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67. ↑ balkans.aljazeera.net
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