Eurovision Song Contest 2021

65th Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Open Up
date	May 18, 2021 (semi-final 1) May 20, 2021 (semi-final 2) May 22, 2021 (final)
Host country	Netherlands
venue	Rotterdam Ahoy , Rotterdam
Broadcasting television station	, ,
Moderation	Chantal Janzen , Edsilia Rombley , Jan Smit and Nikkie de Jager
Opening act	First semi-final: Duncan Laurence : Feel Something (Music / Text: Armin van Buuren , Benno de Goeij, Duncan de Moor , Brett McLaughlin , Jordan Palmer, Sydney Cubit) Second semi-final: Redo & Eefje de Visser: Forward Unlimited Final: flag parade of the 26th Finalists with music by Pieter Gabriel & Eric van Tijn
Pause filler	First semi-final: Davina Michelle and Thekla Reuten : The Power of Water (Music / Text: Davina Michelle , Sebastiaan Brouwer, Eric van Tijn) Second semi-final: Ballet dancer Ahmad Joudeh and BMX-er Dez Maarsen: Close Encounter of a Special Kind Final: Afrojack , Glennis Grace , Wulf and orchestra: Hero (music / text: Afrojack , David Guetta , Stargate) , Ten Feet Tall (music / text: Afrojack , C. Braide, Greg Kurstin , Wrabel) and Titanium (music / text: Afrojack , Sia Furler , David Guetta , Giorgio Tuinfort ) ; Appearances of past winners on the roofs of Rotterdam ( Rock the Roof ): Lenny Kuhr : De Troubadour (music: David Hartsema; text: Lenny Kuhr ), teach-in with Getty Kaspers : Ding-A-Dong (music: Dick Bakker; text: Eddy Ouwens, Will Luikinga), Sandra Kim : J'aime la vie (music: Jean-Paul Furnémont, Angelo Crisci; text: Rosario Marino Atria), Helena Paparizou : My Number One (music: Christos Dantis; text: Natalia Germanou, Christos Dantis), Lordi : Hard Rock Hallelujah (Music / Text: Mr. Lordi ), Måns Zelmerlöw : Heroes (Music / Text: Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad) Duncan Laurence : Arcade (Music / Text: Duncan de Moor , Joel Sjöö, Will Knox, Wouter Hardy) and Stars (Music / Text: Duncan de Moor , Brett McLaughlin , Jordan Garfield, Wouter Hardy) dance performance: The Human Countdown
participating countries	39
winner	Italy
Withdrawn participants	Armenia , Belarus (disqualification)
Voting rule	Each country distributes two sets of points consisting of 1–8, 10 and 12 points to the ten best songs or their performers. The first set of points comes from the jury, the second from the televoting of viewers in the respective country.
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The 65th Euro Vision Song Contest took place in the period from 18 to 22 May 2021 Rotterdam Ahoy in the Dutch city of Rotterdam place after Duncan Laurence the 2019 Euro Vision Song Contest in Israel's Tel Aviv with the song Arcade won for the Netherlands and the 2020 event in Rotterdam was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . This was the fifth time that the country hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after 1958 , 1970 , 1976 and 1980 .

On March 20, 2020, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the ESC's reference group had decided, in accordance with the applicable rules, that the songs that were originally selected for 2020 should not be submitted again for 2021. It was left to the broadcasters of the participating countries whether the same or a different artist should be selected for the ESC 2021.

The competition was won with 524 points for Italy by the rock band Måneskin with their self-written song Zitti e buoni . It was the first Italian contribution since 1990 to win. Overall, it was the country's third win in the competition. The French Barbara Pravi took second place with Voilà . Third place went to Gjon's Tears for Switzerland with the song Tout l'univers , which scored the most jury points with 267 points.

Austria , represented by Vincent Bueno with Amen , was eliminated in the semi-finals. Germany took penultimate place with the contribution I Don't Feel Hate sung by Jendrik .

venue

See also : Choosing the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Since the ESC 2020 - which should have taken place in Rotterdam - had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the EBU, as the host, was in talks with the broadcasting companies NPO , NOS and AVROTROS as well as the city ​​of Rotterdam as to whether the 2021 edition would be held in Rotterdam can be.

On April 8, 2020 it was announced that the decision whether Rotterdam will host the event in 2021 should be made on April 23, 2020. The EBU had given the city of Rotterdam an ultimatum so that it had to decide whether it wanted to act as an organizer or whether the EBU had to look for a new organizer. The city of Rotterdam should decide in the city council on April 23, 2020 whether there should be further costs for the ESC for 2021. The city already incurred costs of 8.1 million euros for the canceled 2020 event. Of these costs incurred, around 6.7 million euros were not covered by insurance that was not taken out. 1.4 million euros, on the other hand, are already covered by insurance and could therefore be used for preparations for 2021. The city council therefore had to vote on whether or not to provide the 6.7 million euros for 2021.

On April 23, 2020, the Rotterdam City Council decided that it would provide the 6.7 million euros. However, it is still unclear whether the competition will even take place in Rotterdam and in what form it will take place. This will depend on the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic develops and whether there is already a vaccine by 2021. After all, neither the EBU nor the Dutch broadcasters officially commented on it. However, if the Song Contest takes place in Rotterdam, the city would like to distribute free tickets to city carers. Rotterdam itself hoped to find out in May 2020 whether it would take over the hosting in 2021 or not.

On May 7, 2020 it was announced that the Dutch government would no longer allow large events until there was a vaccine for COVID-19 . Therefore, NPO planned to meet with NOS, AVROTROS, the Rotterdam City Council and the EBU to discuss this regulation. A spokesman for NPO said, however, that it is too early to provide further information and that the parties concerned will not agree on this until the end of the month.

On May 16, 2020, as part of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light Rotterdam was presented as the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

format

Executive supervisor

In January 2020 the EBU announced that Martin Österdahl will succeed Jon Ola Sand as the new Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest after the ESC 2020 . Prior to his appointment, Österdahl was executive producer of the 2013 and 2016 editions and a member of the Eurovision Song Contest reference group between 2012 and 2018 .

Motto and logo

See also : Motto and logo of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

On September 18, 2020, the EBU announced that the motto of the canceled 2020 Open Up competition would be kept. According to Executive Producer Sietse Bakker, the design of the logo should still be revised.

On December 4, 2020, the EBU published the new logo for the 2021 competition. It is based heavily on the design of 2020, but the abstract flags of the countries are no longer sorted according to the debut year of the respective country. For 2021, the flags are arranged according to the location of the respective capitals around Rotterdam as the central venue in the middle. The design was worked out by the Clever ° Franke agency , which was also responsible for the 2020 logo design.

"Postcards"

The postcards show stylized tiny houses that can be viewed from all sides. The houses are located in 39 locations in the Netherlands and show special places in nature, city life or the architecture of the country. The respective locations are individually selected for the artists and refer to them.

In the houses, the artists are introduced using recorded images and individual furnishings. The pictures were taken in the artists' home countries. At the end of the video the actors can be seen as holograms in or on their tiny house.

Stage design

See also : Stage design of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

The stage and the green room in the arena

On May 15, 2020, Sietse Bakker, Executive Producer of ESC 2021, confirmed that the stage design that was planned for the 2020 edition will be used for 2021. The reason he gave was that this had already been prepared.

Moderation

See also : Moderation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

On September 18, 2020, the EBU confirmed that the 2021 competition will be moderated by the quartet selected in 2020 consisting of Chantal Janzen , Jan Smit , Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials).

Adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 took place under special conditions. In Rotterdam Ahoy, for example, only 3,500 guests were allowed per show who had to present a daily negative corona test. This corresponded to about 20 percent of the arena's capacity. The common hygiene rules also applied. With the exception of the Australian participant, whose contribution will be recorded from her home country, all of the performers are expected to perform live in Rotterdam.

Recorded backing vocals

In order to ensure that the competition would run smoothly, the EBU announced on June 18, 2020 that it would be allowed to play the accompanying song of the participating contributions from tape for the first time in 2021. This rule change is intended to reduce the costs of the participating countries, as it allows them to travel with smaller delegations, so that accompanying singers can be dispensed with. The host television company is also relieved, as this removes technical hurdles. This option is purely optional and can also be combined with live background singing. The main vocals will be sung live as before. Whether this rule change will also apply to future competitions will be discussed within the EBU after the ESC 2021.

Attendees

countries

Countries that participated in 2021

Countries eliminated in the semi-finals

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2021

The participating countries had until September 16, 2020 to submit the required papers to the EBU. The respective television station representing the participating country then had until October 10, 2020 to withdraw its participation without penalty.

On October 26, 2020, the EBU announced that 41 countries would again take part in 2021. It would have been the third time in a row that 41 countries would have competed. It would also have been the first time since 1990 that all countries from the previous year had participated. However, on March 5, 2021, Armenia surprisingly withdrew its participation. This means that 40 countries have taken part, the last time in 2015 . It would also have been only the second time that 40 countries had started. On March 26, 2021, however, it was announced that Belarus had been disqualified because the submitted entry did not meet the EBU regulations. As a result, 39 countries will compete, most recently so few countries took part in 2013 . In the last ten years only fewer took part in 2014 .

Recurring performers

Performers who were previously present at the Song Contest are the Moldovan singer Natalia Gordienko , who represented the country together with Arsenium in 2006 , the Austrian singer Vincent Bueno , who supported Nathan Trent in 2017 , and Senhit , who played San Marino has already represented. Also Vasil joined in 2019 for Northern Macedonia as backing vocals in appearance. Two of the three members of the Hurricane group were also already present at the competition. Sanja Vučić represented Serbia in 2016, Ksenija Knežević appeared at the ESC 2015 as a background singer for Montenegro. The Maltese interpreter Destiny also appeared as an accompanist for Michela Pace in 2019 . In addition, Destiny was able to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for Malta. She will be the first junior Eurovision Song Contest winner since the Tolmacheva sisters in 2014 to take part in the competition. The Greek interpreter Stefania also took part in the JESC for the Netherlands in 2016 as part of the Kisses trio.

country	Interpreter	Previous participation year (s)
Malta	Destiny Chukunyere	Backing song: 2019
Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	2006
North Macedonia	Vasil	Backing song: 2019
Austria	Vincent Bueno	Backing song: 2017
San Marino	Senhit	2011
Serbia	Ksenija Knežević (as a member of Hurricane )	Backing song: 2015 for Montenegro
	Sanja Vučić (as a member of Hurricane)	2016
	Mladen Lukić (backing vocals)	2018 (together with Sanja Ilić as a member of Balkanika )
		Backing song: 2019

Performers from 2020 at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Of the artists selected in 2020, 26 will return to the 2021 event. Of these, The Roop from Lithuania and Uku Suviste from Estonia managed, as in the previous year, to prevail in the national preliminary round.

On the other hand, new performers, compared to 2020, were selected from 14 countries. In Finland and Sweden, the performers who won the national preliminary rounds last year could not prevail again in the 2021 competition. In Germany, the selected artist from 2020 withdrew during the selection process for 2021.

	Artist from 2020		new interpreter
	internal selection	after preliminary decision	internal selection	after preliminary decision
				Artist 2020 did not take part	Artist 2020 took part
country	Azerbaijan  Australia  Belgium  Bulgaria  Georgia  Greece  Ireland  Iceland  Israel  Latvia  Malta  Moldova  Netherlands  North Macedonia  Austria  Romania  San Marino  Switzerland  Serbia  Slovenia  Spain  Czech Republic  Ukraine  United Kingdom	Estonia  Lithuania	Germany 1  Poland  Cyprus	Albania  Denmark  France  Italy  Croatia  Norway  Portugal  Russia	Finland  Sweden
number	24	2	3	8th	2
				10
	26		13th
Total	39

¹ Artist von 2020 took part in the internal selection process, but left it at his own request.

National preliminary decisions

Belgium

According to the schedule, the Walloon broadcaster Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF) would be responsible for selecting the artist in 2021. Since the 2020 competition was canceled, RTBF and VRT agreed that VRT will also take part in 2021. RTBF will therefore not be responsible for participation again until 2022.

On March 20, 2020, VRT announced that Hooverphonic , which should represent Belgium in 2020, will represent the country in the 2021 Song Contest. Your song was selected internally again. The Wrong Place, composed by Alex Callier and Charlotte Foret, and the accompanying music video were released on March 4, 2021 . The band's lead singer will be Geike Arnaert , who returned to Hooverphonic in 2020 after a 12 year absence, replacing previous singer Luka Cruysberghs .

Germany

On March 18, 2020, Thomas Schreiber announced that the Norddeutsche Rundfunk (NDR) would first have to discuss with its creative team whether the German interpreter of 2020 Ben Dolic could also compete for Germany in 2021. It was also still unclear whether Germany would even participate in 2021. Before announcing that Rotterdam will host the competition in 2021 and that it will also take place, Thomas Schreiber pointed out that the NDR had not yet made a decision on 2021, as it was still unclear at the time whether the competition would take place in 2021 at all. The NDR also wanted to make whether Ben Dolic would appear again for Germany in 2021 depending on the response to his appearance in the Elbphilharmonie . However, after these actions, the NDR did not announce a decision regarding 2021.

On July 6, 2020, those responsible for ESC Thomas Schreiber, Christian Blenker and Alexandra Wolfslast announced in an interview with ESC-Kompakt that the German representative for the ESC 2021 should be elected according to the same principle as in the previous year. According to this, the interpreter and contribution are to be selected in a multi-stage process by two independent juries. Ben Dolic was therefore not automatically placed, but he and the composer Borislaw Milanow should submit a new title for the selection. In November 2020, Dolic announced that he would not be a participant in the ESC 2021.

On February 6th, 2021 it was announced that Jendrik Sigwart will compete for Germany at the ESC. The article I Don't Feel Hate , which Jendrik wrote and produced himself, was published on February 25, 2021. It contains three lines in German, making it the first German contribution since 2007 to contain German.

Austria

On March 26, 2020, the ORF announced that the Austrian singer Vincent Bueno would represent the country again. The title of the song Amen was released on February 26, 2021. The song was published on March 10, 2021 and premiered in the Ö3-Wecker. The title was written by the Swedish producer Jonas Thander, the Swiss musician Tobias Carshey and the British songwriter Ashley Hicklin. The Austrian Marvin Dietmann will be responsible for the stage appearance. He was already responsible for the stage production of Conchita Wurst in 2014 and will also be responsible for the Cypriot, Spanish, Czech and Bulgarian stage performances in 2021.

Switzerland

On March 20, 2020, Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) announced that the singer Gjon's Tears , who was supposed to represent Switzerland in 2020, will now represent the country in 2021. This leaves Switzerland with an internal selection. SRG SSR announced on May 11, 2020 that the song with which Gjon's Tears will compete in 2021 will be selected according to the same principle as in 2019 and 2020. Composers and producers had the opportunity to submit a contribution until September 20, 2020. At the same time, Gjon's Tears had written and produced songs himself, so that in the end a song tailored to him is selected.

In December 2020, SRF announced that the song had been selected. The song was released on March 10, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. ( CET ). The song Tout l ' univers , sung entirely in French, was written by Gjon's Tears, Wouter Hardy, Nina Sampermans and Xavier Michel in a songwriting camp.

Other countries

country	National preliminary decision
Albania	Festivali i Këngës 2020
Azerbaijan	internal selection
Australia	internal selection
Bulgaria	internal selection
Denmark	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2021
Estonia	Eesti Laul 2021
Finland	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
France	Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez
Georgia	internal selection
Greece	internal selection
Ireland	internal selection
Iceland	internal selection
Israel	internal selection (artist)
	HaShir Shelanu L'Eurovizion (song)
Italy	Sanremo Festival 2021
Croatia	Dora 2021
Latvia	internal selection
Lithuania	Pabandom iš naujo! 2021
Malta	internal selection
Moldova	internal selection
Netherlands	internal selection
North Macedonia	internal selection
Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2021
Poland	internal selection
Portugal	Festival da Canção 2021
Romania	internal selection
Russia	Evrovidenie 2021 - Natsionalnyy Otbor
San Marino	internal selection
Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2021
Serbia	internal selection
Slovenia	internal selection
Spain	internal selection (artist)
	Destino Eurovision 2021 (song)
Czech Republic	internal selection
Ukraine	internal selection
United Kingdom	internal selection
Cyprus	internal selection

Semifinals

Participants in the 1st semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 1st semifinals

Participants in the 2nd semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 2nd semifinals

draw

See also : Draw for the semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

On November 17, 2020, the EBU announced that the ESC's reference group had decided that the 2020 draw would remain in effect for 2021. This was justified by the fact that all countries that would have participated in 2020 will also participate in 2021. People who have already purchased tickets for a program should also be taken into account. Martin Österdahl, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, said: “Under normal circumstances, we would look forward to the semi-final draw and host broadcast ceremony as an important milestone with a view to Rotterdam 2021. With the same participating countries as last year, the reference group decided that it makes sense to keep the 2020 draw for tickets already purchased and for the participating TV channels. Despite the canceled traditional ceremony in January, we have many plans to build tension around the return of the Eurovision Song Contest. "

The exact starting order of the respective semi-finals was announced via 2 YouTube videos on March 30, 2021. The producers of the ESC 2021 had determined the order.

First semifinals

The first semi-final took place on May 18, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). Ten countries qualified for the final.

 Germany , Italy and the Netherlands as well as the 16 participating countries were entitled to vote in this semi-final.   

place	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
							jury	spectator	total
01.	16	Malta	Destiny	Je me casse M / T: Malin Christin, Amanuel Dermont, Nicklas Eklund, Pete Barringer	English , French	I will leave	174	151	325
02.	15th	Ukraine	Go_A	SCHUM ШУМ M: Taras Shevchenko , Kateryna Pavlenko ; T: Kateryna Pavlenko	Ukrainian	noise	103	164	267
03.	03	Russia	Manizha Манижа	Russian Woman M: Ori Avni, Ori Kaplan , Manizha ; T: Manizha	Russian , English	Russian woman	117	108	225
04th	01	Lithuania	The Roop	Discoteque M: Vaidotas Valiukevičius , Robertas Baranauskas , Mantas Banišauskas , Laisvūnas Černovas, Ilkka Wirtanen; T: Vaidotas Valiukevičius , Mantas Banišauskas , Kalle Lindroth	English	discotheque	066	137	203
05.	12th	Israel	Eden Alene עדן אלנה	Set Me Free M / T: Noam Zlatin, Ido Netzer, Amit Mordechai, Ron Carmi	English, Hebrew	Set me free	099	093	192
06th	08th	Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou Έλενα Τσαγκρινού	El diablo M / T: Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Laurell Barker , Oxa , Thomas Stengaard	English, Spanish	The devil	092	078	170
07th	04th	Sweden	Chick	Voices M / T: Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov	English	voices	091	051	142
08th.	14th	Azerbaijan	Efendi Əfəndiyeva	Mata Hari M / T: Amy van der Wel, Luuk van Beers, Josh Earl, Tony Cornelissen	English, Azerbaijani	Mata Hari	047	091	138
09.	11	Belgium	Hooverphonic	The Wrong Place M / T: Alex Callier , Charlotte Foret	English	The wrong place	070	047	117
10.	09	Norway	TIX	Fallen Angel M: Andreas Haukeland ; T: Andreas Haukeland , Mathias Haukeland, Emelie Hollow	English	Fallen Angel	038	077	115
11.	10	Croatia	Albina	Tick-Tock M: Branimir Mihaljević; T: Tihana Buklijaš Bakić, Max Cinnamon	English, Croatian	Tick ​​Tock	057	053	110
12th	13th	Romania	Roxen	Amnesia M / T: Adelina Stîngă, Viky Red	English	amnesia	058	027	085
13th	02	Slovenia	Ana Soklič	Amen M: Ana Soklič , Žiga Pirnat, Bojan Simončič; T: Charlie Mason, Ana Soklič , Žiga Pirnat	English	-	036	008th	044
14th	05	Australia	Montaigne	Technicolor M / T: Montaigne , Dave Hammer	English	Colorful	026	002	028
15th	06th	North Macedonia	Vasil Васил	Here I Stand M: Vasil Garvanliev , Davor Jordanovski, Borche Kuzmanovski; T: Vasil Garvanliev	English	Here I am	012th	011	023
16.	07th	Ireland	Lesley Roy	Maps M / T: Lesley Roy , Lukas Hällgren, Philip Strand, Emelie Eriksson	English	cards	016	004th	020th

First semi-final scoreboard

The following table shows the jury and televoting points. The countries highlighted in green indicate that the country has qualified for the final. The orange highlighted line represents the televoting points, while the white or green highlighted line represents the jury points.

Voting result

Start number	country
		place	Points		AU	AZ	BE	MR	CY	DE	IE	IL	IT	LT	MT	MK	NO	RO	RU	SI	SE	NL	UA	Voting
1	Lithuania	4th	203	66	2	-	2	6th	3	4th	5	12th	7th		4th	-	-	8th	2	-	7th	3	1	14th	31
				137	8th	3	8th	3	12th	12th	12th	5	8th		7th	4th	12th	6th	7th	-	10	8th	12th	17th
2	Slovenia	13th	44	36	-	4th	-	-	6th	-	-	3	-	-	5	3	4th	7th	-		-	-	4th	8th	10
				8th	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-		-	-	-	2
3	Russia	3.	225	117	7th	12th	12th	8th	8th	7th	8th	6th	5	-	1	7th	3	5		10	6th	12th	-	16	34
				108	7th	8th	2	10	7th	6th	1	12th	7th	8th	2	8th	4th	5		7th	3	5	6th	18th
4th	Sweden	7th	142	91	6th	6th	6th	1	7th	12th	1	5	4th	3	10	1	10	4th	7th	-		5	3	17th	29
				51	-	1	7th	-	3	-	4th	2	-	5	10	-	10	-	2	2		2	3	12th
5	Australia	14th	28	26		-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	12th	6th	8th
				2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2
6th	North Macedonia	15th	23	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-		-	6th	-	4th	-	-	-	3	6th
				11	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	2	-	8th	-	-	-	3
7th	Ireland	16.	20th	16	3	3	3	-	2	-		-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	8th	11
				4th	2	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
8th	Cyprus	6th	170	92	10	-	-	10		5	4th	10	3	4th	8th	4th	5	3	8th	12th	4th	-	2	15th	33
				78	6th	4th	3	6th		1	6th	6th	2	4th	12th	6th	3	4th	5	1	4th	1	4th	18th
9	Norway	10.	115	38	1	-	7th	-	-	-	3	2	6th	2	-	2		-	-	3	8th	4th	-	10	27
				77	3	10	6th	2	1	4th	2	4th	1	6th	6th	-		3	6th	6th	12th	3	2	17th
10	Croatia	11.	110	57	-	5	1		5	2	10	1	2	1	3	8th	-	1	3	7th	-	-	8th	14th	24
				53	5	2	-		2	7th	7th	3	-	-	-	12th	1	-	-	12th	2	-	-	10
11	Belgium	9.	117	70	-	2		4th	4th	-	-	7th	10	10	-	-	-	-	6th	5	2	10	10	12th	24
				47	-	-		-	-	3	-	1	4th	10	-	2	2	1	3	4th	5	7th	5	12th
12th	Israel	5.	192	99	8th	1	4th	7th	1	3	-		12th	7th	-	12th	8th	-	10	2	10	8th	6th	15th	32
				93	4th	12th	4th	4th	10	5	5		3	2	5	1	5	10	4th	-	6th	6th	7th	17th
13th	Romania	12th	85	58	-	7th	5	3	10	6th	-	-	-	5	12th	-	2		-	-	-	1	7th	10	16
				27	-	5	1	-	5	-	3	-	10	-	3	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	6th
14th	Azerbaijan	8th.	138	47	5		-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	6th	6th	6th	-	4th	8th	3	2	-	9	26
				91	1		5	8th	4th	2	-	7th	5	3	8th	7th	6th	7th	10	3	1	4th	10	17th
15th	Ukraine	2.	267	103	4th	8th	10	5	-	8th	6th	4th	-	12th	7th	5	7th	10	5	2	5	6th		16	34
				164	12th	7th	10	12th	6th	10	8th	8th	12th	12th	4th	5	7th	12th	12th	10	7th	10		18th
16	Malta	1.	325	174	12th	10	8th	12th	12th	10	12th	8th	8th	6th		10	12th	12th	12th	6th	12th	7th	5	18th	36
				151	10	6th	12th	7th	8th	8th	10	10	6th	7th		10	8th	8th	8th	5	8th	12th	8th	18th

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

Countries in bold have reached the final.

jury number country received from 8th  Malta Australia, Ireland, Croatia, Norway, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Cyprus 3  Russia Azerbaijan, Belgium, Netherlands 2  Israel Italy, North Macedonia 1  Australia Ukraine  Lithuania Israel  Romania Malta  Sweden Germany  Ukraine Lithuania  Cyprus Slovenia

spectator number country received from 06th  Ukraine Australia, Italy, Croatia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia 05  Lithuania Germany, Ireland, Norway, Ukraine, Cyprus 02  Croatia North Macedonia, Slovenia  Malta Belgium, Netherlands 01  Israel Azerbaijan  Norway Sweden  Russia Israel  Cyprus Malta

Second semifinals

The second semi-final took place on May 20, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). Ten countries qualified for the final.

 France , Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as the 17 participating countries, were eligible to vote in this semi-final.   

place	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points
							jury	spectator	total
01.	16	Switzerland	Gjon's Tears	Tout l'univers M: Wouter Hardy, Nina Sampermans, Gjon Muharremaj ; T: Wouter Hardy, Nina Sampermans, Gjon Muharremaj , Xavier Michel	French	The whole universe	156	135	291
02.	08th	Iceland	Daði and Gagnamagnið	10 Years M / T: Daði Freyr	English	ten years	140	148	288
03.	13th	Bulgaria	Victoria Виктория	Growing Up Is Getting Old M / T: Wiktorija Georgiewa , Maya Nalani, Helena Larsson, Oliver Björkvall	English	Growing up means getting old	149	101	250
04th	12th	Portugal	The Black Mamba	Love Is on My Side M / T: Pedro Tatanka	English	Love is on my side	128	111	239
05.	14th	Finland	Blind channel	Dark Side M / T: Aleksi Kaunisvesi , Joonas Porko , Joel Hokka , Niko Moilanen , Olli Matela	English	Dark side	084	150	234
06th	04th	Greece	Stefania Στεφανία	Last Dance M: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Arcade; T: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Arcade, Sharon Vaughn	English	Last Dance	104	080	184
07th	07th	Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	Sugar M: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Filipp Kirkorow ; T: Mikhail Guzeriev , Sharon Vaughn	English	sugar	056	123	179
08th.	09	Serbia	Hurricane	Loco loco M: Nemanja Antonić, Darko Dimitrov; T: Sanja Vučić	Serbian , Spanish , English	Crazy crazy	056	068	124
09.	01	San Marino	Senhit	Adrenalina M / T: Chanel Tukia, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Kenny Silverdique, Linnea Deb, Malou Ruotsalainen, Senhit Zadik Zadik, Suzi Pancenkov, Thomas Stengaard, Dillard Tramar	English, Italian	adrenaline	76	42	118
10.	11	Albania	Anxhela Peristeri	Karma M: Kledi Bahiti; T: Olti Curri	Albanian	-	074	038	112
11.	17th	Denmark	Fire and flame	Øve os på hinanden M / T: Laurits Emanuel	Danish	Practice on each other	009	080	089
12th	05	Austria	Vincent Bueno	Amen M / T: Jonas Thander, Tobias Carshey, Ashley Hicklin	English	-	053	013th	066
13th	02	Estonia	Uku Suviste	The Lucky One M: Uku Suviste ; T: Uku Suviste , Sharon Vaughn	English	The lucky guy	029	029	058
14th	06th	Poland	Rafał	The Ride M / T: Joakim Övrenius, Thomas Karlsson, Clara Rubensson, Johan Mauritzson	English	The drive	018th	017th	035
15th	03	Czech Republic	Benny Cristo	omaga M: Filip Vlček; T: Ben Cristovao	English, Czech	Oh my God	023	000	023
16.	10	Georgia	Tornike Kipiani თორნიკე ყიფიანი	You M / T: Tornike Kipiani	English	You	001	015th	016
17th	15th	Latvia	Samanta Tina	The Moon Is Rising M / T: Samanta Tīna , Aminata Savadogo , Oskars Uhaņs	English	The moon is rising	004th	010	014th

Scoreboard for the second semifinals

The following table shows the jury and televoting points. The countries highlighted in green indicate that the country has qualified for the final. The orange highlighted line represents the televoting points, while the white or green highlighted line represents the jury points.

Voting result

Start number	country
		place	Points		AL	AT	BG	CZ	DK	EE	FI	FR	GE	GR	IS	LV	MD	PL	PT	SM	RS	IT	CH	UK	Voting
1	San Marino	9.	118	76	8th	1	2	2	5	1	2	8th	1	10	3	2	10	10	-		2	3	2	4th	18th	29
				42	7th	-	-	-	2	4th	1	-	12th	2	3	-	-	2	-		3	4th	-	2	11
2	Estonia	13th	58	29	-	-	7th	-	-		-	-	3	1	-	3	3	4th	1	-	1	1	3	2	11	18th
				29	-	-	1	1	6th		7th	-	-	-	-	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	7th
3	Czech Republic	15th	23	23	-	-	5		-	-	-	2	6th	4th	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	6th	6th
				0	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
4th	Greece	6th	184	104	10	-	10	5	2	3	6th	12th	-		7th	-	8th	12th	3	10	8th	7th	1	-	15th	30th
				80	10	-	8th	2	3	-	2	-	10		5	1	12th	-	10	5	8th	1	2	1	15th
5	Austria	12th	66	53	7th		6th	-	3	4th	5	-	5	-	4th	1	-	-	2	-	3	6th	7th	-	12th	16
				13th	3		-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	4th
6th	Poland	14th	35	18th	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-		-	12th	-	-	-	-	4th	9
				17th	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	7th		-	-	-	-	-	7th	5
7th	Moldova	7th	179	56	3	-	12th	-	-	-	-	1	-	12th	-	4th		7th	-	8th	4th	-	-	3	9	22nd
				123	-	6th	-	12th	-	12th	5	12th	-	12th	6th	12th		7th	12th	12th	12th	3	-	-	13th
8th	Iceland	2.	288	140	4th	10	-	10	8th	8th	8th	6th	7th	7th		12th	6th	3	10	1	12th	8th	8th	12th	18th	37
				148	1	10	6th	10	12th	7th	12th	6th	7th	5		7th	6th	10	7th	8th	7th	8th	7th	12th	19th
9	Serbia	8th.	124	56	5	6th	-	4th	-	5	3	5	2	3	2	-	-	-	4th	4th		4th	4th	5	14th	25th
				68	-	12th	10	5	-	-	-	7th	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	7th		2	12th	-	11
10	Georgia	16.	16	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7th
				15th	-	-	2	-	1	3	-	-		-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	6th
11	Albania	10.	112	74		3	4th	1	10	2	4th	-	-	6th	5	5	5	6th	8th	7th	-	2	5	1	16	27
				38		2	4th	-	-	-	3	3	2	10	-	-	2	-	1	2	1	-	8th	-	11
12th	Portugal	4th	239	128	1	7th	8th	12th	4th	6th	7th	10	10	5	8th	8th	2	1		2	7th	10	10	10	19th	37
				111	6th	7th	5	4th	8th	5	6th	10	-	3	8th	5	4th	5		3	4th	12th	10	6th	18th
13th	Bulgaria	3.	250	149	2	8th		7th	6th	10	12th	4th	8th	8th	10	6th	12th	5	12th	5	10	5	12th	7th	19th	38
				101	8th	4th		6th	5	2	4th	5	8th	6th	4th	2	5	4th	5	4th	6th	10	3	10	19th
14th	Finland	5.	234	84	6th	5	-	6th	7th	7th		7th	4th	-	6th	7th	-	2	6th	3	6th	-	6th	6th	15th	34
				150	5	5	12th	8th	10	10		2	6th	8th	10	8th	8th	12th	6th	10	10	6th	6th	8th	19th
15th	Latvia	17th	14th	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4th
				10	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	3
16	Switzerland	1.	291	156	12th	12th	-	8th	12th	12th	10	3	12th	-	12th	10	7th	8th	7th	6th	5	12th		8th	17th	36
				135	12th	8th	7th	7th	7th	6th	10	8th	3	7th	7th	6th	10	8th	8th	6th	5	7th		3	19th
17th	Denmark	11.	89	9	-	4th	-	3		-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	22nd
				80	2	3	3	3		8th	8th	4th	4th	1	12th	4th	-	6th	4th	1	2	5	5	5	18th

final

The final took place on May 22, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The Big Five countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) and the host country qualified directly for the final. There were also ten countries from each of the two semi-finals, so that 26 countries will compete in the final.

On November 19, 2020, the EBU confirmed that the host country, the Netherlands, will keep its 23rd starting position drawn for the 2020 competition. This was decided by the reference group of the Eurovision Song Contest.

place	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points			picture
							jury	spectator	total
01.	24	Italy	Måneskin	Zitti e buoni M / T: Måneskin	Italian	Quiet and good	206	318	524
02.	20th	France	Barbara Pravi	Voilà M: Barbara Pravi , Igit; T: Barbara Pravi , Igit, Lili Poe	French	Behold	248	251	499
03.	11	Switzerland	Gjon's Tears	Tout l'univers M: Wouter Hardy, Nina Sampermans, Gjon Muharremaj ; T: Wouter Hardy, Nina Sampermans, Gjon Muharremaj , Xavier Michel	French	The whole universe	267	165	432
04th	12th	Iceland	Daði and Gagnamagnið	10 Years M / T: Daði Freyr	English	ten years	198	180	378
05.	19th	Ukraine	Go_A	SCHUM ШУМ M: Taras Shevchenko , Kateryna Pavlenko ; T: Kateryna Pavlenko	Ukrainian	noise	097	267	364
06th	16	Finland	Blind channel	Dark Side M / T: Aleksi Kaunisvesi , Joonas Porko , Joel Hokka , Niko Moilanen , Olli Matela	English	Dark side	083	218	301
07th	06th	Malta	Destiny	Je me casse M / T: Malin Christin, Amanuel Dermont, Nicklas Eklund, Pete Barringer	English France	I will leave	208	047	255
08th.	18th	Lithuania	The Roop	Discoteque M: Vaidotas Valiukevičius , Robertas Baranauskas , Mantas Banišauskas , Laisvūnas Černovas, Ilkka Wirtanen; T: Vaidotas Valiukevičius , Mantas Banišauskas , Kalle Lindroth	English	discotheque	055	165	220
09.	05	Russia	Manizha Манижа	Russian Woman M: Ori Avni, Ori Kaplan , Manizha ; T: Manizha	Russian , English	Russian woman	104	100	204
10.	10	Greece	Stefania Στεφανία	Last Dance M: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Arcade; T: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Arcade, Sharon Vaughn	English	Last Dance	091	079	170
11.	17th	Bulgaria	Victoria Виктория	Growing Up Is Getting Old M / T: Wiktorija Georgiewa , Maya Nalani, Helena Larsson, Oliver Björkvall	English	Growing up means getting old	140	030th	170
12th	07th	Portugal	The Black Mamba	Love Is on My Side M / T: Pedro Tatanka	English	Love is on my side	126	027	153
13th	14th	Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	Sugar M: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Filipp Kirkorow ; T: Mikhail Guzeriev , Sharon Vaughn	English	sugar	053	062	115
14th	25th	Sweden	Chick	Voices M / T: Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov	English	voices	046	063	109
15th	08th	Serbia	Hurricane	Loco loco M: Nemanja Antonić, Darko Dimitrov; T: Sanja Vučić	Serbian , Spanish , English	Crazy crazy	020th	082	102
16.	01	Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou Έλενα Τσαγκρινού	El diablo M / T: Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Laurell Barker , Oxa , Thomas Stengaard	English Spanish	The devil	050	044	094
17th	03	Israel	Eden Alene עדן אלנה	Set Me Free M / T: Noam Zlatin, Ido Netzer, Amit Mordechai, Ron Carmi	English, Hebrew	Set me free	073	020th	093
18th	22nd	Norway	TIX	Fallen Angel M: Andreas Haukeland ; T: Andreas Haukeland , Mathias Haukeland, Emelie Hollow	English	Fallen Angel	015th	060	075
19th	04th	Belgium	Hooverphonic	The Wrong Place M / T: Alex Callier , Charlotte Foret	English	The wrong place	071	003	074
20th	21	Azerbaijan	Efendi Əfəndiyeva	Mata Hari M / T: Amy van der Wel, Luuk van Beers, Josh Earl, Tony Cornelissen	English, Azerbaijani	Mata Hari	032	033	065
21.	02	Albania	Anxhela Peristeri	Karma M: Kledi Bahiti; T: Olti Curri	Albanian	-	022nd	035	057
22nd	26	San Marino	Senhit feat. Flo Rida	Adrenalina M / T: Chanel Tukia, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Kenny Silverdique, Linnea Deb, Malou Ruotsalainen, Senhit Zadik Zadik, Suzi Pancenkov, Thomas Stengaard, Dillard Tramar	English, Italian	adrenaline	037	013th	050
23	23	Netherlands (hosts)	Jeangu Macrooy	Birth of a New Age M: Jeangu Macrooy , Pieter Perquin (Perquisite); T: Jeangu Macrooy	English, Sranantongo	Birth of a new age	011	000	011
24	13th	Spain	Blow Cantó	Voy a quedarme M / T: Blas Cantó , Leroy Sanchez, Daniel Ortega "Dangelo", Dan Hammond	Spanish	I will stay	006th	000	006th
25th	15th	Germany	Jendrik	I Don't Feel Hate M / T: Jendrik Sigwart , Christoph Oswald	English, German	I don't feel hate	003	000	003
26.	09	United Kingdom	James Newman	Embers M / T: James Newman , Conor Blake, Danny Shah, Tom Hollings, Samuel Brennan	English	Embers	000	000	000

Scoreboard final

The following table shows the jury and televoting points. The countries in the left column are sorted according to the starting order, while the countries entitled to vote are sorted according to the award of jury points. The country highlighted in yellow shows the first place and thus the winner. The orange highlighted line represents the televoting points, while the white or yellow highlighted line represents the jury points.

country
	Points		IL	PL	SM	AL	MT	EE	MK	AZ	NO	IT	AT	UK	IT	SI	GR	LV	IE	MD	RS	BG	CY	BE	DE	AU	FI	PT	UA	IS	RO	MR	CZ	GE	LT	DK	RU	FR	SE	CH	NL	Voting
Cyprus	094	050	3	-	-	7th	4th	-	2	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	1	-	-		-	7th	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	11	18th
		044	-	-	8th	2	2	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	2	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	07th
Albania	057	022nd	-	-	2		12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	1	04th	09
		035	-	-	-		-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	05
Israel	093	073		6th	-	-	-	-	8th	-	8th	3	-	6th	4th	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	5	-	-	1	1	5	5	4th	-	4th	17th	21
		020th		-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	04th
Belgium	074	071	6th	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	5	6th	3	-	3	-	-	-	4th		-	-	-	5	6th	-	-	-	3	-	7th	-	3	6th	1	-	6th	17th	19th
		003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	02
Russia	204	104	7th	1	-	-	-	-	1	12th	-	-	-	-	-	8th	2	1	-	10	-	-	6th	7th	2	1	4th	10	-	2	-	4th	2	-	-	-		10	3	3	8th	21	43
		100	10	2	1	-	-	6th	1	6th	-	-	-	-	7th	1	1	10	-	12th	6th	7th	3	-	5	-	1	1	4th	-	-	3	5	4th	4th	-		-	-	-	-	22nd
Malta	255	208	5	4th	7th	8th		1	5	7th	12th	8th	4th	-	7th	5	6th	2	10	7th	-	5	10	5	8th	12th	1	4th	5	1	12th	3	7th	1	3	4th	4th	-	12th	6th	7th	35	50
		047	5	-	-	-		-	-	-	3	3	2	6th	-	-	3	-	4th	-	-	-	1	2	-	8th	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	1	15th
Portugal	153	126	-	8th	-	-	7th	5	-	2	-	5	7th	7th	6th	-	-	-	-	2	5	6th	1	1	-	-	-		2	10	10	1	12th	8th	6th	-	-	8th	-	7th	-	22nd	28
		027	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	8th	6th	06th
Serbia	102	020th	-	-	-	1	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	03	15th
		082	-	-	-	-	4th	-	12th	-	-	-	12th	-	4th	12th	-	-	-	-		5	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	12th	-	12th
United Kingdom	000	000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	00	00
		000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	00
Greece	170	091	-	-	8th	6th	6th	-	-	10	1	1	-	-	-	3		-	-	8th	3	8th	12th	-	-	-	2	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	12th	-	-	-	15th	26
		079	-	-	7th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th		-	-	7th	3	2	12th	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	8th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11
Switzerland	432	267	12th	7th	4th	12th	10	12th	6th	-	7th	10	10	8th	-	7th	-	12th	5	3	1	-	2	12th	10	10	12th	7th	8th	12th	7th	8th	5	10	8th	12th	1	7th	5		5	34	68
		165	6th	7th	3	12th	-	2	7th	4th	2	7th	5	1	-	5	4th	4th	3	4th	1	3	-	4th	2	5	7th	6th	7th	6th	5	5	3	-	6th	6th	5	6th	5		7th	34
Iceland	378	198	-	10	-	-	-	8th	4th	-	2	7th	12th	10	8th	10	-	10	8th	5	7th	-	-	3	3	8th	8th	8th	4th		-	10	8th	6th	4th	10	-	3	7th	5	10	28	57
		180	1	8th	-	-	5	3	-	-	10	5	10	10	6th	3	-	5	10	-	5	-	-	5	6th	12th	12th	3	6th		-	4th	7th	1	3	12th	1	4th	10	5	8th	29
Spain	006th	006th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	02	02
		000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	00
Moldova	115	053	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-		-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	06th	17th
		062	-	-	6th	7th	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8th	-	-	12th	-	12th	2	-	-	3	7th	-	-	-	11
Germany	003	003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	02	02
		000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	00
Finland	301	083	-	2	1	3	2	7th	-	-	-	-	1	4th	10	4th	-	4th	-	-	10	1	3	8th	-	-		-	-	5	8th	-	1	-	-	8th	-	-	-	1	-	19th	56
		218	4th	6th	4th	3	7th	12th	2	5	6th	2	4th	7th	8th	4th	6th	8th	5	5	7th	8th	4th	6th	8th	3		5	8th	12th	6th	6th	4th	-	7th	7th	8th	1	12th	4th	4th	37
Bulgaria	170	140	1	-	3	-	-	6th	-	1	6th	4th	5	5	-	-	8th	5	1	12th	6th		5	6th	-	2	10	12th	-	8th	2	-	4th	4th	2	6th	6th	-	-	10	-	26	31
		030th	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	05
Lithuania	220	055	10	-	6th	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	12th	-	-	6th	4th	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	3		-	-	-	-	4th	-	12th	39
		165	3	4th	-	-	6th	10	-	-	12th	4th	3	12th	5	-	-	12th	12th	2	-	-	5	7th	12th	6th	5	-	10	4th	3	-	1	10		4th	2	-	7th	1	3	27
Ukraine	364	097	4th	-	-	-	5	4th	-	6th	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	7th	6th	-	-	-	-	10	5	5	-	2		3	5	-	-	7th	12th	-	-	-	8th	-	3	19th	57
		267	12th	12th	5	4th	1	5	4th	8th	5	6th	7th	4th	12th	7th	5	6th	8th	10	8th	6th	6th	10	4th	10	10	10		8th	7th	8th	10	6th	12th	1	7th	12th	4th	2	5	38
France	499	248	8th	-	12th	10	3	10	7th	4th	4th	12th	8th	12th	3	2	5	3	12th	4th	12th	7th	7th	-	12th	7th	7th	6th	10	6th	4th	6th	10	-	5	-	-		6th	12th	12th	33	71
		251	8th	5	10	6th	3	7th	5	2	4th	12th	6th	5	1	6th	8th	3	7th	6th	10	10	8th	12th	10	4th	6th	12th	5	7th	8th	7th	2	5	8th	3	6th		6th	6th	12th	38
Azerbaijan	065	032	2	-	-	2	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8th	-	-	2	2	09	21
		033	2	-	-	-	-	-	3		1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	4th	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4th	2	-	3	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	12th
Norway	075	015th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	2	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	05	21
		060	-	3	-	-	10	4th	-	7th		-	1	2	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	4th	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	8th	-	-	8th	-	-	16
Netherlands	011	011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-		05	05
		000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		00
Italy	524	206	-	5	10	4th	-	3	10	-	5	-	6th	-		12th	4th	8th	-	-	8th	10	8th	2	6th	6th	6th	3	12th	7th	3	12th	6th	12th	10	-	10	-	10	8th	-	28	66
		318	7th	10	12th	10	12th	8th	8th	10	7th	10	8th	3		10	10	7th	6th	8th	12th	12th	10	8th	7th	7th	8th	7th	12th	5	10	10	6th	8th	10	5	10	10	3	10	2	38
Sweden	109	046	-	-	-	-	8th	-	3	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	4th	4th	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1		-	-	10	28
		063	-	1	-	1	8th	1	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	1	-	3	-	-	3	4th	2	10	-	-	-	-	1	10	-	2		3	-	18th
San Marino	050	037	-	12th		5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4th	-	-	-	07th	10
		013th	-	-		-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	03

The lowest (red background) and highest (green background) total values ​​are marked in the table.

• Fewest jury votes: United Kingdom - 0 
• Fewest televoting votes: Germany , Netherlands , Spain , United Kingdom - 0    
• Fewest overall votes: United Kingdom - 0 
• Fewest jury points: United Kingdom - 0 
• Fewest televoting points: Germany , Netherlands , Spain , United Kingdom - 0    
• Least total points: United Kingdom - 0 
• Most of the jury votes: Malta - 35 
• Most televoting votes: France , Italy , Ukraine - 38   
• Most total votes: France - 71 
• Most jury points: Switzerland - 267 
• Most televoting points: Italy - 318 
• Most total points: Italy - 524 

Statistics of the twelve-point award (final)

jury

Jury points for the winning song from Italy

number	country	received from
8th	France	Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, San Marino, Switzerland, Serbia, Spain, United Kingdom
	Switzerland	Albania, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Israel, Latvia
4th	Malta	Australia, Norway, Sweden, Romania
	Italy	Georgia, Croatia, Slovenia, Ukraine
2	Bulgaria	Portugal, Moldova
	Greece	France, Cyprus
	Moldova	Bulgaria, Russia
1	Albania	Malta
	Iceland	Austria
	Lithuania	Italy
	Portugal	Czech Republic
	Russia	Azerbaijan
	San Marino	Poland
	Serbia	North Macedonia
	Ukraine	Lithuania
	Cyprus	Greece

spectator

Televoting points for the winning song from Italy

number	country	received from
5	Italy	Bulgaria, Malta, San Marino, Serbia, Ukraine
	Lithuania	Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, United Kingdom
	Serbia	Croatia, North Macedonia, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia
	Ukraine	France, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Poland
4th	France	Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
3	Finland	Estonia, Iceland, Sweden
	Iceland	Australia, Denmark, Finland
2	Greece	Georgia, Cyprus
	Moldova	Romania, Czech Republic
	Cyprus	Greece, Russia
1	Israel	Azerbaijan
	Russia	Moldova
	Switzerland	Albania

Points speaker

The 39 points speakers announced the results of the jury vote in their countries. The voting order was determined by the EBU one day before the final. The points spokesperson was free to choose whether to announce their points in English or French.

No.	country	Points speaker	Remarks
01	Israel	Lucy Ayoub	Points spokesperson 2018 , co-moderator of the ESC 2019
02	Poland	Ida Nowakowska	Co-moderator of the JESC 2019 & 2020
03	San Marino	Monica Fabbri	Points spokesperson 2012 & 2019
04th	Albania	Andri Xhahu	Points speaker 2012 - 2019
05	Malta	Stephanie Spiteri
06th	Estonia	Sissi Nylia Benita	Runner-up at Eesti Laul 2021
07th	North Macedonia	Vane Markoski
08th	Azerbaijan	Ell & Nikki	Winner 2011
09	Norway	Silje Skjemstad Cruz
10	Spain	Nieves Álvarez	Points spokeswoman 2017 - 2019
11	Austria	Philipp Hansa	Points speaker 2019
12th	United Kingdom	Amanda Holden
13th	Italy	Carolina Di Domenico	Italian co-commentator on the semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
14th	Slovenia	Lorella Flego	Points spokeswoman 2012
15th	Greece	Manolis Gkinis
16	Latvia	Aminata Savadogo	Latvian participant 2015 & points spokesperson 2017
17th	Ireland	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	Irish participant 2018
18th	Moldova	Sergey Stepanov	Participant of the ESC 2010 & 2017
19th	Serbia	Dragana Kosjerina	Point speaker 2016 & 2018 - 2019 , moderator of Beovizija 2015 & 2018 - 2020
20th	Bulgaria	Joanna Dragneva	Participant of the ESC 2008
21	Cyprus	Loukas Hamatsos	Points speaker 2000 , 2003 - 2004 , 2011 - 2013 , 2015 - 2016
22nd	Belgium	Danira Boukhriss	Points spokeswoman 2018
23	Germany	Barbara Schöneberger	Points spokeswoman 2015 - 2019
24	Australia	Joel Creasey
25th	Finland	Katri Norrlin	English- speaking co-commentator at Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021
26	Portugal	Elisa	Portuguese participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020
27	Ukraine	Tayanna	Participant in the Widbir 2017 and 2018
28	Iceland	Hannes Óli Ágústsson	Actor in the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
29	Romania	Cătălina Ponor
30th	Croatia	Ivan Dorian Molnar
31	Czech Republic	Taťána Kuchařová
32	Georgia	Oto Nemsadze	Georgian participant 2019
33	Lithuania	Andrius Mamontovas	Participant of the ESC 2006
34	Denmark	Tina Müller	Moderator of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2021
35	Russia	Polina Gagarina	Russian participant 2015
36	France	Carla	French participant in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
37	Sweden	Carola Häggkvist	Participant of the ESC 1983 and 2006 , winner of the ESC 1991
38	Switzerland	Angélique Beldner
39	Netherlands	Romy Monteiro

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: France - Barbara Pravi - Voilà 
• Artist award for the best artist: France - Barbara Pravi - Voilà 
• Composer Prize for the best composition / text: Switzerland - Wouter Hardy, Nina Sampermans, Gjon Muharremaj - Tout l'univers 

Cancel

Cancellation and therefore no return to the ESC

country	Reason and remark	last participation
Andorra	In November 2019, the ruling Andorra party, Demòcrates per Andorra, announced that Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) would return to the competition if financial support was given. On May 17, 2020, RTVA announced that Andorra would not return to the ESC in 2021 either. The reason for this is that the broadcaster RTVA decided years ago against a return, which is made on the basis of parliament. On May 20, 2020, the singer Susanne Georgi , who last represented the country in 2009 , announced that she had found a sponsor who would cover the participation costs. In October 2019, Georgi presented her plans to the Prime Minister of Andorra Xavier Espot Zamora and the RTVA General Director Xavier Mujal. The band Anonymous , who represented Andorra at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, also supported their plans . On August 1, 2020, Georgi announced to the Eurovision fan site Wiwibloggs that the country would not return in 2021. However, the singer had conversations with those in charge of the RTVA broadcaster and they went well. According to Georgi, RTVA is planning to return to the competition in 2022, as the broadcaster does not want to participate until the COVID-19 pandemic is completely over. Otherwise, the risk of cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic is too high for them. Georgi is also working on signing a contract stating that Andorra will be a permanent participant for at least three years with the help of the sponsor. However, Georgi also pointed out that there is still nothing official about a return, but she has received oral confirmation of a return in 2022.	2009
Armenia	Although originally listed, the Armenian broadcaster AMPTV withdrew its participation on March 5, 2021. This was justified with the ongoing political crisis as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh War , the short production time and other objective reasons that make it impossible for Armenia to participate in the ESC 2021.	2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina	On October 6, 2020, the Bosnian broadcaster Bosanskohercegovačka radiotelevizija (BHRT) announced that the country would not return to the competition in 2021 either. Furthermore, the broadcaster is subject to EBU sanctions for accumulated debts, which means that the EBU BHRT denies all participation in Eurovision events. BHRT is only given the right to start again when the debts have been paid. However, BHRT also said that the station is currently very financially unstable and unpredictable. Accordingly, participation is currently not possible.	2016
Luxembourg	On July 30, 2020, the Luxembourg broadcaster RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg announced that the country would also stay away from the competition in 2021. The reason given was that the broadcaster is currently concentrating on news and thus an entertainment program does not fit into the broadcaster's concept.	1993
Morocco	In February 2020, Karim Sbai, communications director of the Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT) stated that despite media reports about talks between the station and the EBU, no decision has yet been made on Morocco's return to the competition. In the end, Morocco was not on the list of participants for 2021, so the country will not return to the competition.	1980
Monaco	On September 8, 2020, the Monegasque broadcaster TMC confirmed that Monaco will also stay away from the competition in 2021. However, TMC did not give precise reasons for the absence.	2006
Montenegro	On October 5, 2020, the Montenegrin Association of Pop Musicians and Performers called on the Montenegrin broadcaster Radio Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) to return the country to the ESC in 2021. After all, the country had already withdrawn from the canceled 2020 competition in advance. The association issued a statement on this, which was published because of the comments made by RTCG council member Bojana Jokić. Jokic said in early October Let me make you happy before the media, we will not be embarrassed at Euro Vision 2021 Either (dt .: Let me do you happy before the media do, we will not embarrass even the Euro Vision 2021) . This implied that the country will forego participation in 2021. The Association of Musicians responded in a statement that states that the country has many proud musicians and performers who have already won many prizes at festivals and galas at home and abroad. The association said that Montenegro, as a small country, has already reached the finals at the ESC twice and never finished last. In addition, reference was made to the successes of Montenegro in the competition as part of the confederation of Serbia and Montenegro and as part of Yugoslavia . On October 12, 2020, RTCG announced that the country would not participate in 2021 either. However, the broadcaster did not provide a reason for not staying.	2019
Slovakia	On July 11, 2020, a spokeswoman for the Slovak broadcaster RTVS announced to the Czech Eurovision fan site eurocontest.cz that it was unlikely that Slovakia would return to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. On August 3, 2020, RTVS announced that they would not return to the competition in 2021 either. The station cited financial restrictions and low audience ratings as reasons for staying away. However, RTVS did not completely rule out participation in the future.	2012
Turkey	On May 23, 2020, the Turkish Vice Foreign Minister, Faruk Kaymakcı, announced that he hoped that Turkey would soon participate in the ESC again. He said that the Turkish broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) had problems with the EBU and that he would like both parties to enter into a dialogue with one another in order to resolve them. However, he also said that the decision to return was not in his hands and that TRT ended up being the decision maker about whether or not to participate. In the end, Turkey was not on the list of participants, so the country will not return to the competition.	2012
Hungary	On October 15, 2020, the Hungarian broadcaster Duna Média published the rules for the A Dal 2021 competition . After the broadcast from 2012 to 2019 was only used to select the Hungarian contributions, the 2020 competition was held as a pure music competition independently of the ESC. The country also withdrew from the 2020 competition. Nothing about the Eurovision Song Contest can be found in the rules of A Dal 2021 either. In the end, the country was not on the list of participants for 2021. Thus, Hungary, like Montenegro, decided not to return after its last participation in 2019. A little later, the former head of the delegation Lőrinc Bubnó announced in an interview that primarily financial reasons for a Withdrawal, as participation is quite costly for the country. On the other hand, however, he also mentioned the controversial position of the state on the LGBT community at the ESC, initiated by the conservative government of Viktor Orbán . However, the head of delegation stressed that he would not take this point of view.	2019
Belarus	On March 26, 2021, the EBU announced that Belarus would not take part in the 2021 Song Contest. See disqualification of Belarus .	2019

Cancellation and therefore no debut at the ESC

country	Reason and remark
Kazakhstan	On August 18, 2020, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Kazakhstan would not be invited to the competition in 2021. The country has been taking part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest as an associated EBU member since 2018 . So Kazakhstan will not debut in 2021 either.
Kosovo	On August 18, 2020, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Kosovo would not be invited to the competition in 2021. So far, the country has taken part in the Eurovision Young Dancers 2011 once as a non-EBU member . This means that Kosovo will not debut in 2021 either.
Liechtenstein	On July 30, 2020, 1 FL TV announced that Liechtenstein would not make its debut in the competition in 2021 either. The reasons for this are the participation costs, which are too high for the broadcaster, and the lack of membership in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
United States	In January 2020, the EBU announced that potential US participation would be discussed if the upcoming American Song Contest is a success. On August 6, it was announced that the American Song Contest would debut at the end of 2021 and that participation would not be discussed until after the issue. Several broadcasters in the US are associate members of the EBU.

transmission

German-speaking countries

Germany

As in 2018 and 2019, the two semi-finals were transferred back to One . The final broadcast was broadcast on Das Erste, One, Deutsche Welle and eurovision.de.

Broadcasts on German television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	spectator		Market share
					total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
May 18, 2021	First semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban	0.70 million		2.7%	4.1%
May 20, 2021	Second semifinals				0.72 million		2.8%	4.9%
May 22, 2021	Countdown to Rotterdam	8:15 pm		Moderation: Barbara Schöneberger	4.08 million (the first)	1.55 million (the first)	14.1% (The first)	22.4% (The first)
	Final from Rotterdam	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Peter Urban Points spokesperson: Barbara Schöneberger	6.53 million (the first) 1.20 million (one)	2.83 million (the first) 0.59 million (one)	26.7% (The First) 4.9% (One)	37.4% (The First) 7.8% (One)
	ESC aftershow	00:45 a.m.		Moderation: Barbara Schöneberger	2.37 million (the first)		26.0% (The first)	31.4% (The first)

Austria

In Austria, both semi-finals and the final with commentary by Andi Knoll were shown on ORF 1 .

Broadcasts on Austrian television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	spectator		Market share
					total	12 to 49 years	total	12 to 49 years
May 18, 2021	Mr. Song Contest proudly presents (1)	8:15 pm		Moderator: Andi Knoll
	First semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Andi Knoll
May 20, 2021	Mr. Song Contest proudly presents (2)	8:15 pm		Moderator: Andi Knoll
	Second semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Andi Knoll
May 22, 2021	Mr. Song Contest proudly presents (3)	8:15 pm		Moderator: Andi Knoll
	final	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Andi Knoll

Switzerland

In the German-speaking part of Switzerland, the two semi-finals were broadcast on SRF two and the final on SRF 1 . In the French-speaking part of Switzerland, only the second semi-final was broadcast on RTS 2 and the final on RTS 1 . In the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, only the second semi-final was broadcast on RSI LA 2 and the final on RSI LA 1 .

Broadcasts on Swiss television

date	broadcast	Time	TV channel	Moderation / comment	language	spectator		Market share
						total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
May 18, 2021	First semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Sven Epiney	German	0.111 million	0.070 million	10.5%	13.9%
May 20, 2021	Eurovision Song Contest - Countdown	8:10 p.m.			German
	Second semifinals	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Sven Epiney
				Commentators: Jean-Marc Richard & Nicolas Tanner	French
				Commentator: Clarissa Tami	Italian
May 22, 2021	Final from Rotterdam	9:00 p.m.		Commentator: Sven Epiney	German
				Commentators: Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner & Joseph Gorgoni	French
				Commentators: Clarissa Tami & Sebalter	Italian

Other countries

Television broadcast

country	First semifinals		Second semifinals		final
	Channel	Moderation / comment	Channel	Moderation / comment	Channel	Moderation / comment
participating countries
Australia	SBS , SBS HD	Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey	SBS , SBS HD	Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey	SBS , SBS HD	Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey
Bulgaria	BNT 1	Elena Rosberg & Petko Kralev	BNT 1	Elena Rosberg & Petko Kralev	BNT 1	Elena Rosberg & Petko Kralev
Denmark	DR1	Henrik Milling and Nicolai Molbech	DR1	Henrik Milling and Nicolai Molbech	DR1	Henrik Milling and Nicolai Molbech
France	France 4	Laurence Boccolini	France 4	Laurence Boccolini	France 2	Stéphane Bern & Laurence Boccolini
Finland	Yle TV1	Mikko Silvennoinen ( Finnish )	Yle TV1	Mikko Silvennoinen ( Finnish )	Yle TV1	Mikko Silvennoinen ( Finnish )
	Yle TV1	Eva Frantz & Johan Lindroos ( Swedish )	Yle TV1	Eva Frantz & Johan Lindroos ( Swedish )	Yle TV1	Eva Frantz & Johan Lindroos ( Swedish )
	Yle TV1	Levan Tvaltvadze ( Russian )	Yle TV1	Levan Tvaltvadze ( Russian )	Yle TV1	Levan Tvaltvadze ( Russian )
Greece	ERT1 , ERT Sports HD, ERT World	Maria Kozakou & George Kapoutzidi	ERT1 , ERT Sports HD, ERT World	Maria Kozakou & George Kapoutzidi	ERT1 , ERT Sports HD, ERT World	Maria Kozakou & George Kapoutzidi
Italy	Rai 4 , Rai 4 HD	Ema Stokholma & Saverio Raimondo	Rai 4 , Rai 4 HD	Ema Stokholma & Saverio Raimondo	Rai 1 , Rai 1 HD	Gabriele Corsi & Cristiano Malgioglio
Malta	TVM	-	TVM	-	TVM	-
Netherlands	NPO 1	Cornald Maas & Sander Lantinga	NPO 1	Cornald Maas & Sander Lantinga	NPO 1	Cornald Maas & Sander Lantinga
Norway	NRK1	Marte Stokstad	NRK1	Marte Stokstad	NRK1	Marte Stokstad
San Marino	San Marino RTV	Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo	San Marino RTV	Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo	San Marino RTV	Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo
Sweden	SVT1	Edward af Sillén & Christer Björkman	SVT1	Edward af Sillén & Christer Björkman	SVT1 / SVT24	Edward af Sillén & Christer Björkman (on SVT24 with sign language )
Spain	La 2	Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela & Víctor Escudero	La 2	Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela & Víctor Escudero	La 1	Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela & Víctor Escudero
Czech Republic	ČT2	Jan Maxián & Albert Černý	ČT2	Jan Maxián & Albert Černý	ČT1	Jan Maxián & Albert Černý
Ukraine	WP: Perschyj	Timur Miroshnychenko	WP: Perschyj	Timur Miroshnychenko	WP: Perschyj	Timur Miroshnychenko
United Kingdom	BBC Four	Sara Cox, Chelcee Grimes & Scott Mills	BBC Four	Sara Cox, Chelcee Grimes & Scott Mills	BBC One	Graham Norton
Cyprus	RIK 1, RIK Sat, RIK HD	Louis Patsalides	RIK 1, RIK Sat, RIK HD	Louis Patsalides	RIK 1, RIK Sat, RIK HD	Louis Patsalides
Countries not participating
Canada	Omni Television	-	Omni Television	-	Omni Television	-
United States	Peacock	-	Peacock	-	Peacock	-
worldwide	YouTube	-	YouTube	-	YouTube	-

Radio broadcast

country	First semifinals		Second semifinals		final
	Channel	Moderation / comment	Channel	Moderation / comment	Channel	Moderation / comment
participating countries
Italy	Rai Radio 2	Ema Stokholma & Saverio Raimondo	Rai Radio 2	Ema Stokholma & Saverio Raimondo	Rai Radio 2	Ema Stokholma & Gino Castaldo
San Marino	Radio San Marino	Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo	Radio San Marino	Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo	Radio San Marino	Lia Fiorio & Gigi Restivo
Switzerland	-	-	Radio SRF 3	Judith Wernli , Eric Duration	Radio SRF 3	Judith Wernli , Eric Duration

Eurovision preview parties

AFAS Live, venue of the Eurovision In Concert

Every year before the actual ESC there are a few promotional events where the participants present themselves to the press and fans abroad. The preview parties are used for this purpose , but they are not compulsory events for the participants in the Eurovision Song Contest. A promotional event was planned for 2021, but this event did not take place due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Eurovision in Concert 2021

The Eurovision in Concert 2021 should have taken place on April 10, 2021 at AFAS Live , a concert hall in Amsterdam. As the 2020 event has already been canceled but tickets have already been sold, these tickets should still be valid for 2021. On February 16, 2021, the event was postponed again and will only take place again in 2022. The tickets from 2020 are still valid in 2022.

Controversy

Criticism of the Cypriot contribution

After the publication of the song El diablo , there was an uproar among Orthodox Christians in Cyprus. They felt offended by the song because it contained the devil. An online petition against the song was started, which 16,000 people signed. There the Orthodox Church of Cyprus asked the government to cancel the song as a Cypriot contribution. In it she demands that the song should be "replaced by another one that expresses our history, tradition and what we stand for". A spokesman for the Cypriot President confirmed that the song would not be withdrawn and referred to artistic freedom. Thereupon, because of the song, unknown people threatened to set fire to the headquarters of the Cypriot State Broadcasting Corporation ( RIK ). State television then stated that the song was not about paying homage to the devil, but about the struggle between good and evil and about the fact that a young woman wanted to break away from a man, a useless person. Furthermore, a man broke into the radio building of RIK, insulted employees and called the title an affront to Christianity due to supposed satanic connotations. In the end, the man was arrested by the police. The contribution was also criticized because the accompanying video is very similar to the music video Love Me Land by the Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson .

Disqualification of Belarus

In January 2021, the Belarusian Foundation for Cultural Solidarity launched a campaign with the aim of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) withdrawing the Belarusian state broadcaster Belaruskaja Tele-Radio Campanija (BTRC) from participating in the ESC 2021 and excluding it as an EBU member . The Swedish Liberalerna party also started a campaign to exclude Belarus from the ESC 2021, as did the group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament . In February EBU General Director Noel Curran replied that the Eurovision Song Contest was a music competition without a political agenda. According to Curran, the EBU always aims not to instrumentalize the competition for political views.

On March 9, 2021, the state radio BTRC then published its contribution to the 2021 competition. The release of the song met with widespread criticism from the competition's fan base. The lyrics of Ya nauchu tebya are said to have a strong political context and thus violate the rules of competition. Thereupon fans started an online petition demanding the disqualification of the Belarusian entry; over 1,000 signatures were found within 24 hours. On March 10, 2021, some national and international Eurovision news sites such as Eurovoix opposed the Belarusian contribution and asked the EBU to disqualify the contribution.

On March 11, 2021, under the pressure of growing criticism, the EBU published a statement regarding Belarus, in which the Belarusian broadcaster BTRC was asked to change the text or to exchange the contribution. According to the EBU, Ya nauchu tebya's text violates the rules of competition. If BTRC does not comply with the request to submit a new version or a new song, the EBU will have to disqualify the country from the 2021 competition.

On March 12, 2021, the Norwegian head of the delegation, Stig Karlsen, announced that he was behind the EBU's decision to request a text change. The following day, the controversial President of Belarus, Aljaksandr Lukashenka, said: “You are now putting pressure on us from all sides. Even at Eurovision, I look at it. Who are these people there? Well, they just have more authority. As they say, good PR. Still, we will do a new song, no question about it. ”BTRC itself said that it would wait and only answer questions as soon as a decision had been made. On March 14, 2021, the lead singer of the Belarusian group Galasy ZMesta, Dmitry Butakov, said he did not find the text political. However, he didn't want to answer any questions about the song contest itself.

On March 26, 2021, the EBU announced that Belarus would not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. A second song by the band Galasy ZMesta with the title Pesnyu pro zaytsa ( Russian Песню про зайца ) was submitted within the agreed time frame, but was also judged by the EBU as not complying with the regulations. Since Belarus had not submitted a suitable entry within the deadline, it was disqualified. The head of the state television and radio company criticized this decision as politically motivated and spoke of an "absolute disgrace".

Controversy over music video from North Macedonia

The music video of the singer Vasil , which was filmed in the North Macedonian State Gallery and published on March 11, 2021, sparked a heated discussion about one of the works of art on display, which is reminiscent of the Bulgarian national colors of white, green and red. It was a work of art that was modeled on the Turin shroud and, after a renovation, was hung in the wrong order long before the shoot. In addition, a video from the previous year became known in which the singer spoke about his Bulgarian roots. This statement and the work of art caused some North Macedonians to cause a shit storm about Vasil. His sexual orientation, which was previously taboo , also made him a target for homophobic attacks. The video was edited to public pressure just a few days later and republished without the artwork.

On March 16, 2021, the singer took a position and made it clear that it was never his intention to hurt anyone. The broadcaster MRT announced on the same day that it would analyze the situation and announce the decision soon. It remained open whether the country would consider withdrawing or other consequences. At the same time, petitions were launched to build up official pressure and encourage the MRT to do the former. In the Bulgarian media it was reported that Vasil had been questioned by the North Macedonian state security regarding targeted pro-Bulgarian propaganda. It was the first time that a representative of an ethnic minority from North Macedonia was hostile to the ESC in his own country.

On March 23, the broadcaster announced that there would be no consequences and that Vasil would represent the country.

Criticism of the Russian contribution

After her victory in the preliminary round , the Russian representative Manizha faced great criticism in Russia. Among other things, it was criticized that she should not represent Russia because of her Tajik roots or that her song is not Russian enough. At the same time, others complained that the song was partly in Russian, which would worsen Russia's chances at the Eurovision Song Contest. The feminist message of the song Russian Woman was also criticized. Among other things, members of the Russian parliament criticized the “anti-Russian” message of the song. Subsequently, Manizha received support from some previous Russian ESC participants, such as the 2008 ESC winner, Dima Bilan , and the United Nations Refugee Commissioner , who welcomed Manizha, who had fled Tajikistan to Russia, to see Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest would represent. In an interview with the BBC on March 24, 2021, Manizha told of the hatred that hit her and death threats she had received.

Criticism of the Latvian music video

After the publication of Samanta Tīna's Latvian contribution , the hitherto little known musician Kaspars Pudniks started a petition calling for Tīna to be deposed as representative of Latvia. It is unacceptable that the video openly advertises LGBT rights and promotes their values ​​and that it is unclear what goals the singer intends with the music video. The international audience should not be given the impression that LGBT people are welcome in Latvia. One has to protect the traditional family and the Latvian culture. According to Pudniks, if there had been a preliminary decision with a telephone vote, this post would not have been chosen. The video and text continued to contain satanic content. Pudniks asked the radio to remove the relevant images. In addition, a possible violation of the Latvian administrative law should be examined. At the end of March, Tīna reported that she had been charged because the content of the video was too erotic.

The radio then stood behind the singer and said that it was right to allow Samanta Tīna to participate in 2021 as well. The Facebook post in which Pudniks presented his views was removed a little later due to hate speech. The singer later said that she was always ready to listen to criticism but did not understand the hateful comments that were written about her on the internet. At no time did she harm anyone.

Rumor about drug use by the Italian front singer

After the points were awarded, a rumor spread that Måneskin's lead singer Damiano David had used cocaine . When asked about it at the press conference, he replied that one of the bandmates broke a glass and he wiped away the pieces, and that he was not going to use drugs. He announced that he would do a drug test. On May 24, 2021 it was confirmed that it was negative. The EBU confirmed this and expressed concern that such speculation and fake news would overshadow the spirit of the event.

miscellaneous

• Each country had to record a live-on-tape performance beforehand , which could be shown in the event that artists could not travel to Rotterdam. These recordings will be shown on May 29, 2021 as part of Eurovision Song Celebration: Live-On-Tape . On April 20, 2021 it was announced that the Australian delegation would not be able to arrive, which is why the live-on-tape version of the singer Montaigne was shown in the actual competition .
• For the first time since the introduction of the Douze Points voting scheme in 1975, more than two countries received 0 points in a vote in the context of the song contest. For the last time, four countries received no points in 1965 .
• If the old voting system had been used, which was valid until 2016 (combination of jury and audience), France would have won with 284 points; Italy would have come close to second with 283 points.
• For the first time in the history of the new voting system (since 2016), the host country ( Netherlands ) did not receive any viewer points. 
•  Azerbaijan : The Azerbaijani contribution contained lyrics for the first time, partly in the local language. It is also the second Eurovision title with the name Mata Hari . The first contribution with this name was sung by Anne-Karine Strøm in 1976 .
•  Australia failed to qualify for the finals for the first time in the history of the competition. This means that Ukraine remains the only country that has qualified for the final every time since the semi-finals were introduced. 
•  Iceland : A band member from Daði og Gagnamagnið tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 the day before the 2nd semi-final , for this reason the recordings from the 2nd sample were used.
•  Italy : It is only the second victory of a Big Five country since the introduction of this rule in 1999. The first victory of a Big Five country was Germany in 2010 .
•  San Marino : Senhit appeared first in their semi-finals, but last in the final. In addition, the country received the highest score of 12 points in a final for the first time.
•  Austria and Slovenia : For the second time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, two entries in the same year had the same title. So far, this has only been the case in 2015 . 
•  United Kingdom : For the first time since the introduction of the new voting system in 2016, a country remained completely without points. It was the second time in history for the UK after 2003 .

Web links

• Official website of the Eurovision Song Contest
• Website of ARD for Euro Vision Song Contest

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