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Eurovision Song Contest 2014
#JoinUs
Pilou Asbæk
Directed byPer Zachariassen
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand[1]
Executive producerPernille Gaardbo
Host broadcasterDanish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-2014 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries37
Number of finalists26
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the 2013 contest with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at B&W Hallerne,[2] and consisted of two semi-finals on 6 and 8 May, and a final on 10 May 2014.[3] The three live shows were presented by Danish television presenter Lise Rønne, musician Nikolaj Koppel and actor Pilou Asbæk.[4]

Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest; this included the return of Poland and Portugal after absences of two years and one year respectively. Overall, there were two fewer countries competing compared to the previous year, making thirty-seven participants, the smallest number since 2006. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia announced that they would not be taking part.

The winner was

Big Five" countries, only Spain achieved a place in the top ten, while France finished in last place for the first time in its Eurovision history. Meanwhile, San Marino and Montenegro
both qualified for the final for the first time.

A new record of 195 million viewers for the contest was reported.[1] The host broadcaster DR and the EBU won the International TV Award at the Ondas Awards for their production of the contest. The show organisers from Copenhagen spent in total DKr 112 million on the contest, three times more than the expected costs, and were furthermore accused of nepotism.[6]

Location

B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen – host venue of the 2014 contest.

The contest was held at the former shipyard

Refshaleøen, in the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, with the social networking hashtag "#JoinUs" as the motto. The location had been refurbished to accommodate the event, with the surrounding area transformed into "Eurovision Island"—an Olympic Park-inspired complex housing the event venue, press centre, and other amenities.[2]

The mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, declared in late August that the city would contribute to the budget with 40 million (Danish Kroner) (5.36 million). He also announced that the aim was to make the Eurovision 2014 into the greenest contest to date since Copenhagen had been elected European Green Capital for 2014.[7]

Bidding phase

Five cities had been considered as host city of the contest, including

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 final, were the first venues to join the bidding phase.[9] Later, Fredericia and Aalborg entered the phase with the Messe C and Gigantium venues, respectively.[10][11] The fifth city to join the phase was Horsens, with the venue being the courtyard of the former Horsens State Prison. In the event that Horsens had been chosen to host the contest, the courtyard would have been covered by a permanent glass roof.[12][13] The contest was provisionally set to take place on 13, 15 and 17 May 2014, however, the dates were later brought forward a week in order to accommodate the candidate cities.[3]

On 17 June 2013, the municipality executive of Aalborg decided not to bid for hosting the contest due to the city's lack of sufficient hotel capacity. While DR required the host city to have at least 3,000 hotel rooms, the city of Aalborg had only 1,600 hotel rooms, more than half of which had been booked for other events taking place at the same time as the Eurovision Song Contest.[14][15] On 18 June 2013, DR announced that formal bids on hosting the contest had been received by the municipalities of Copenhagen, Herning and Horsens, and that the Municipality of Fredericia had confirmed its intention to place a formal bid, too.[16]

On 19 June 2013, the deadline for placing bids on hosting the contest,[15] it was reported that Wonderful Copenhagen, the official convention, event and visitors bureau of the Greater Copenhagen area, had proposed three venues in its bid on hosting the contest: The Parken Stadium, a large tent on the grounds of DR Byen and the B&W Hallerne.[17][18] On 25 June 2013, the Municipality of Fredericia announced that the Triangle Region had withdrawn its bid on hosting the contest, due to the lack of a suitable venue. DR required the hosting venue to have no pillars blocking any views and an interior height of at least 16 metres. However, no venues in the region met those requirements and, therefore, Fredericia was no longer in the running for becoming host city of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.[19] On 28 June 2013, Anders Hørsholt, CEO of Parken Sport & Entertainment, stated that the Parken Stadium was no longer in the running for hosting the contest due to several football matches having already been scheduled to take place at the stadium in the weeks leading up to the contest.[20]

On 2 September 2013, the Danish broadcaster DR announced that it had chosen Copenhagen as the host city for the 2014 contest, with B&W Hallerne chosen as the host venue.

Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.

Key  †  Host venue

City Venue Notes
Aalborg Gigantium Hosted Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in
2012. Withdrew on 17 June 2013.[21]
Copenhagen A large tent on the grounds of DR Byen
B&W Hallerne[22]
Parken Stadium Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Withdrew on 28 June 2013.[20]
Fredericia Messe C Withdrew on 26 June 2013.[23]
Herning Jyske Bank Boxen Hosted the final of
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013
Horsens Fængslet

Other sites

Location of host venue (red) and other contest-related sites and events (blue)

The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors' area during the events week. There it was possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. Located at the Nytorv Square, it was open from 4 to 11 May 2014.[24]

The EuroClub was the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub was restricted to accredited fans, delegates, and press. It was located at VEGA CPH Music Club.[25]

The "Red Carpet" event, where the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at Copenhagen City Hall on 4 May 2014 at 17:00 CET, followed by the Opening Ceremony.[26]

Participating countries

Eurovision Song Contest 2014 – Participation summaries by country

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members.[27]

Thirty-seven countries participated in the 2014 contest. Poland and Portugal both returned to the contest, having last participated in 2011 and 2012 respectively.[28][29] However, Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT),[30] Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT),[31] Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)[32] and Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)[33] did not participate in the 2014 contest.

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014[34]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Hersi "One Night's Anger" English
  • Gentian Lako
  • Jorgo Papingji
 Armenia AMPTV Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" English
 Austria ORF Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" English
 Azerbaijan İTV Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" English
 Belarus BTRC Teo "Cheesecake" English
 Belgium VRT Axel Hirsoux "Mother" English
 Denmark DR Basim "Cliche Love Song" English
 Estonia ERR Tanja "Amazing" English
 Finland Yle Softengine "Something Better" English
  • Topi Latukka
  • Henri Oskár
 France France Télévisions Twin Twin "Moustache" French
  • François Ardouvin
  • Lorent Ardouvin
  • Pierre Beyres
  • Kim N'Guyen
 Georgia
GPB
The Shin and Mariko "Three Minutes to Earth" English
  • Eugen Eliu
  • Zaza Miminoshvili
 Germany NDR[a] Elaiza "Is It Right" English
  • Adam Kesselhaut
  • Frank Kretschmer
  • Elżbieta Steinmetz
 Greece NERIT
RiskyKidd
"Rise Up" English
  • RiskyKidd
 Hungary MTVA András Kállay-Saunders "Running" English
 Iceland RÚV Pollapönk "No Prejudice" English
  • John Grant
  • Haraldur Freyr Gíslason
  • Heiðar Örn Kristjánsson
 Ireland RTÉ Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith "Heartbeat" English
 Israel IBA Mei Finegold "Same Heart" English, Hebrew Rami Talmid
 Italy RAI Emma "La mia città" Italian Emma Marrone
 Latvia
LTV
Aarzemnieki "Cake to Bake" English Guntis Veilands
 Lithuania LRT Vilija "Attention" English
 
Macedonia
MRT Tijana "To the Sky" English
 Malta PBS Firelight "Coming Home" English Richard Edwards Micallef
 Moldova TRM Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul" English
  • Ivan Akulov
  • Lidia Scarlat
 Montenegro RTCG Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" (Мој свијет) Montenegrin
 Netherlands TROS The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" English
 Norway NRK Carl Espen "Silent Storm" English Josefin Winther
 Poland TVP Donatan and Cleo "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" Polish, English
 Portugal RTP Suzy "Quero ser tua" Portuguese Emanuel
 Romania TVR Paula Seling and Ovi "Miracle" English
 Russia RTR Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" English
 San Marino SMRTV Valentina Monetta "Maybe" English
 Slovenia RTVSLO Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round" English, Slovene
  • Raay
 Spain RTVE Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain" English, Spanish
 Sweden SVT Sanna Nielsen "Undo" English
  Switzerland SRG SSR Sebalter "Hunter of Stars" English Sebastiano Paù-Lessi
 Ukraine NTU Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" English
 United Kingdom BBC Molly "Children of the Universe" English

Returning artists

Valentina Monetta represented San Marino for a third and final consecutive year, having previously represented the microstate at the 2012 and 2013 contests.[36] This makes Monetta the fourth main singer to compete in three consecutive contests (and the only one of amongst them never to win in one of these occasions), following Lys Assia and Corry Brokken, who both competed in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 contests, and Udo Jürgens, who competed in 1964, 1965 and 1966.

Paula Seling and Ovi returned as a duo, having previously represented Romania in 2010.[37]

The Tolmachevy Sisters, who represented Russia, previously participated in and won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006.

Macedonian backing vocalist Tamara Todevska previously represented Macedonia in 2008.[38] She would later represent Macedonia again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia in 2009 and provided backing vocals numerous times for Croatia (2003), Montenegro (2008) and Slovenia (2007, 2011, 2012), returned as a backing vocalist for Montenegro.[39]

Other countries

Active EBU members

Bosnian broadcaster BHRT initially stated their intention to participate in the contest; however, in late 2013 it was announced that they would not be taking part due to a lack of sponsorship.[40][41] Similarly, Bulgarian broadcaster BNT initially planned to participate but later announced otherwise due to limited funds.[30][42][43]

Active EBU member broadcasters in

2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis.[44][32][45][46][47][48][49][33][50][51][52][53]

Non-EBU members

While

Liechtensteiner broadcaster 1 FL TV had originally intended to join the EBU in time to participate in the 2013 contest,[57] but the government never granted the required financial subsidies and the broadcaster put off the aim to make their debut to 2014; however, the government again failed to provide any funds and 1 FL TV was unable to join the contest.[58][59]

Format

Pilou Asbæk
.
Stage design of the contest

The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final, a format which has been in use since

Big Five
): France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry. Each member of a respective nation's jury was required to rank every song, except that of their own country. The voting results from each member of a particular nation's jury were combined to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. Likewise, the televoting results were also interpreted as a full ranking, taking into account the full televoting result rather than just the top ten. The combination of the jury's full ranking and the televote's full ranking produced an overall ranking of all competing entries. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1-point.[60] In the event of a televoting (insufficient number of votes/technical issues) or jury failure (technical issue/breach of rules), only a jury/televoting was used by each country.[61][62]

On 20 September 2013, the EBU released the official rules for the 2014 contest, which introduced rule changes regarding the jury voting.[63] The rules aimed at providing more transparency regarding each five member national jury by releasing the names of all jurors on 1 May 2014 prior to the start of the contest and providing each juror's full ranking results after the conclusion of the contest. In addition, jury members on a particular nation's jury can only serve as a juror if they have not already participated as such in one of the preceding two contest editions.[64]

The contest was held in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia. Votes cast through Ukrainian telecom providers which service Crimea were counted towards Ukraine's votes.[65]

Semi-final allocation draw

Results of the semi-final allocation draw
  Participating countries in the first semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
  Participating countries in the second semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 20 January 2014 at the

its Independence Day coinciding with the date of the first semi-final.[68] The remaining participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based on voting patterns from the previous ten years.[69]

The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows:[70]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Running order

As in 2013, the host broadcaster DR and their producers determined the running order for each show with only the starting position of the host nation being determined by draw.[71] A draw which took place during the heads of delegation meeting on 17 March 2014 in Copenhagen determined that Denmark would perform 23rd in the final.[72] On 24 March 2014, the running order for the two semi-finals was released.[73] Prior to the creation of the running order for the final, an allocation draw was held during the semi-final winners press conferences following the conclusion of each semi-final and during the individual press conferences on 6 May 2014 for the Big Five (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom). The draw determined whether the country would perform in the first or second half of the final. The producers published the final running order shortly before 02:00 (CEST) on 9 May 2014. Ukraine were chosen to perform first, whilst the United Kingdom were chosen to perform last.[74]

Graphic design

The graphic design of the contest was revealed by the EBU on 18 December 2013. The theme art comprises a blue and purple diamond, within it the generic Eurovision Song Contest logo featuring the Danish flag as well as the hashtag and slogan "#JoinUs" at the centre of the diamond.[75]

The postcards used to introduce a country and their participants were shot in their respective countries and featured the artists using unique ways to create their country's flag, e.g. the postcard for the United Kingdom features Molly creating the Union Flag from AEC Routemaster buses, Royal Mail vans, and people wearing blue raincoats along with strips of red and white paper, and the postcard for Denmark features Basim and his singers using old furniture and red and white paint to paint the Danish flag.[76] The postcards then ended with the act taking a picture on a camera or phone and a close up of the resulting artwork was shown onscreen. The flag created by the artist(s) is then captured into a diamond and transitions to the official flag.

National host broadcaster

Pernille Gaardbo was appointed by DR's Director-General Maria Rørbye Rønn as the executive producer for the contest, three-days after Denmark's victory at the 2013 contest.[77] Maria Rørbye Rønn stated in an interview that "By choosing Pernille Gaardbo, we have a person who has all the necessary leadership skills, which are essential in order to run a project of this magnitude, and the technical insight for such a large TV-production, which the Eurovision Song Contest is".[77] Gaardbo has worked for the host broadcaster for 17 years, 12 of which was in the role of supervisor of the DR Medieservice.[77]

Crown Princess Mary attended the final as invited guests.[78][79] In March 2014, host broadcaster DR invited Jessica Mauboy to perform during the interval act of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014, part of DR's recognition of Australia's dedication to the contest.[80] Mauboy performed the song "Sea of Flags" during the interval act.[81]

Contest overview

Semi-final 1

Spain, France, and Denmark voted in this semi-final.[82]

  Qualifiers
R/O[73] Country[70] Artist Song Points Place[83]
1  Armenia Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" 121 4
2  Latvia Aarzemnieki "Cake to Bake" 33 13
3  Estonia Tanja "Amazing" 36 12
4  Sweden Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 131 2
5  Iceland Pollapönk "No Prejudice" 61 8
6  Albania Hersi "One Night's Anger" 22 15
7  Russia Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" 63 6
8  Azerbaijan Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" 57 9
9  Ukraine Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" 118 5
10  Belgium Axel Hirsoux "Mother" 28 14
11  Moldova Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul" 13 16
12  San Marino Valentina Monetta "Maybe" 40 10
13  Portugal Suzy "Quero ser tua" 39 11
14  Netherlands The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" 150 1
15  Montenegro Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" 63 7
16  Hungary András Kállay-Saunders "Running" 127 3

Semi-final 2

Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[82]

  Qualifiers
R/O[73] Country[70] Artist Song Points Place[84]
1  Malta Firelight "Coming Home" 63 9
2  Israel Mei Finegold "Same Heart" 19 14
3  Norway Carl Espen "Silent Storm" 77 6
4  Georgia The Shin and Mariko "Three Minutes to Earth" 15 15
5  Poland Donatan and Cleo "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" 70 8
6  Austria Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" 169 1
7  Lithuania Vilija "Attention" 36 11
8  Finland Softengine "Something Better" 97 3
9  Ireland Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith "Heartbeat" 35 12
10  Belarus Teo "Cheesecake" 87 5
11  Macedonia Tijana "To the Sky" 33 13
12   Switzerland Sebalter "Hunter of Stars" 92 4
13  Greece
RiskyKidd
"Rise Up" 74 7
14  Slovenia Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round" 52 10
15  Romania Paula Seling and Ovi "Miracle" 125 2

Final

As in the 2013 contest, the winner was announced as soon as it was mathematically impossible to catch up. In this case, the winner had been determined by the 34th vote out of the 37, which came from Ukraine.

  Winner
R/O[74] Country[70] Artist Song Points Place[85]
1  Ukraine Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" 113 6
2  Belarus Teo "Cheesecake" 43 16
3  Azerbaijan Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" 33 22
4  Iceland Pollapönk "No Prejudice" 58 15
5  Norway Carl Espen "Silent Storm" 88 8
6  Romania Paula Seling and Ovi "Miracle" 72 12
7  Armenia Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" 174 4
8  Montenegro Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" 37 19
9  Poland Donatan and Cleo "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" 62 14
10  Greece
RiskyKidd
"Rise Up" 35 20
11  Austria Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" 290 1
12  Germany Elaiza "Is It Right" 39 18
13  Sweden Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 218 3
14  France Twin Twin "Moustache" 2 26
15  Russia Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" 89 7
16  Italy Emma "La mia città" 33 21
17  Slovenia Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round" 9 25
18  Finland Softengine "Something Better" 72 11
19  Spain Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain" 74 10
20   Switzerland Sebalter "Hunter of Stars" 64 13
21  Hungary András Kállay-Saunders "Running" 143 5
22  Malta Firelight "Coming Home" 32 23
23  Denmark Basim "Cliche Love Song" 74 9
24  Netherlands The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" 238 2
25  San Marino Valentina Monetta "Maybe" 14 24
26  United Kingdom Molly "Children of the Universe" 40 17

Spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw following the jury results from the final dress rehearsal. An algorithm implemented by NRK, based on jury vote, was used to generate as much suspense as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[86]

  1.  Azerbaijan – Sabina Babayeva
  2.  Greece – Andrianna Maggania
  3.  Poland – Paulina Chylewska [pl]
  4.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  5.  San Marino – Michele Perniola
  6.  Denmark – Sofie Lassen-Kahlke [da]
  7.  Montenegro – Tijana Mišković
  8.  Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
  9.  Russia – Alsou
  10.  Netherlands – Tim Douwsma
  11.  Malta – Valentina Rossi
  12.  France – Élodie Suigo
  13.  United Kingdom – Scott Mills
  14.  Latvia –
    Ralfs Eilands
  15.  Armenia – Anna Avanesyan [hy]
  16.  Iceland – Benedikt Valsson
  17.  Macedonia – Marko Mark
  18.  Sweden – Alcazar
  19.  Belarus – Alyona Lanskaya
  20.  Germany – Helene Fischer
  21.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon
  22.  Portugal – Joana Teles
  23.  Norway – Margrethe Røed
  24.  Estonia – Lauri Pihlap
  25.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
  26.  Moldova – Olivia Furtuna
  27.  Ireland – Nicky Byrne
  28.  Finland – Redrama
  29.  Lithuania – Ignas Krupavičius
  30.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
  31.  Spain – Carolina Casado [es]
  32.  Belgium – Angelique Vlieghe
  33.  Italy – Linus
  34.  Ukraine – Zlata Ognevich
  35.   Switzerland – Kurt Aeschbacher [de]
  36.  Georgia – Sophie Gelovani and Nodi Tatishvili
  37.  Slovenia – Ula Furlan [sl]

Detailed voting results

Full results including televoting and results from the individual jury members were released shortly after the final.[87]

Semi-final 1

Albania, Montenegro, San Marino and Moldova used juries due to an inability to provide televoting results.[88]

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1[88]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Netherlands 150  Netherlands 130  Netherlands 147
2  Sweden 131  Sweden 125  Hungary 125
3  Hungary 127  Hungary 122  Sweden 122
4  Armenia 121  Armenia 102  Armenia 121
5  Ukraine 118  Azerbaijan 94  Ukraine 119
6  Russia 63[b]  Ukraine 88  Russia 73
7  Montenegro 63[b]  Montenegro 74  Portugal 72
8  Iceland 61  Iceland 68  San Marino 58
9  Azerbaijan 57  Albania 64  Iceland 50
10  San Marino 40  Estonia 61  Montenegro 43
11  Portugal 39  Russia 57  Belgium 41
12  Estonia 36  Latvia 27  Azerbaijan 41
13  Latvia 33  San Marino 25  Latvia 40
14  Belgium 28  Belgium 24  Albania 23
15  Albania 22  Moldova 24  Moldova 14
16  Moldova 13  Portugal 17  Estonia 13
Detailed voting results of semi-final 1[89][90][88]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% jury vote
Total score
Armenia
Latvia
Estonia
Sweden
Iceland
Albania
Russia
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
Belgium
Moldova
San Marino
Portugal
Netherlands
Montenegro
Hungary
Denmark
France
Spain
Contestants
Armenia 121 6 5 8 3 5 12 12 3 10 4 12 10 8 5 12 6
Latvia 33 6 1 6 7 5 2 3 2 1
Estonia 36 5 10 5 5 5 4 2
Sweden 131 4 8 7 10 6 6 10 8 10 3 8 8 5 10 10 6 12
Iceland 61 5 2 7 3 4 7 1 7 6 8 8 3
Albania 22 2 5 1 12 2
Russia 63 7 4 1 2 2 10 6 1 12 5 4 5 4
Azerbaijan 57 2 4 1 7 10 5 6 6 2 4 7 1 2
Ukraine 118 12 7 10 6 7 3 7 12 7 8 4 7 5 8 3 7 5
Belgium 28 6 4 4 7 1 3 2 1
Moldova 13 4 1 2 6
San Marino 40 2 1 3 4 8 3 6 4 1 7 1
Portugal 39 3 4 1 1 6 3 2 3 3 5 8
Netherlands 150 10 12 12 12 12 2 2 3 7 10 2 12 12 1 12 12 10 7
Montenegro 63 8 3 12 5 2 1 5 6 6 4 7 4
Hungary 127 1 3 8 10 8 10 8 8 8 12 4 8 10 10 6 3 10

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
8  Netherlands  Denmark,  Estonia,  Hungary,  Iceland,  Latvia,  Portugal,  San Marino,  Sweden
4  Armenia  France,  Netherlands,  Russia,  Ukraine
2  Ukraine  Armenia,  Azerbaijan
1  Sweden  Spain
 Albania  Montenegro
 Russia  Moldova
 Montenegro  Albania
 Hungary  Belgium

Semi-final 2

  Qualifiers

Georgia and Macedonia used juries due to either technical issues with the televoting or an insufficient number of votes cast during the televote period.[91]

Split results of semi-final 2[91]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Austria 169  Austria 138  Austria 165
2  Romania 125  Finland 117  Romania 126
3  Finland 97  Malta 113  Poland 116
4   Switzerland 92  Norway 100   Switzerland 98
5  Belarus 87  Romania 99  Greece 91
6  Norway 77  Belarus 71  Belarus 86
7  Greece 74  Macedonia 70  Finland 63
8  Poland 70  Slovenia 60  Norway 55
9  Malta 63  Greece 52  Slovenia 48
10  Slovenia 52   Switzerland 51  Ireland 47
11  Lithuania 36  Lithuania 41  Lithuania 44
12  Ireland 35  Poland 34  Malta 36
13  Macedonia 33  Georgia 33  Macedonia 28
14  Israel 19  Ireland 33  Israel 26
15  Georgia 15  Israel 32  Georgia 15
Detailed voting results of semi-final 2[92][93][91]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% jury vote
Total score
Malta
Israel
Norway
Georgia
Poland
Austria
Lithuania
Finland
Ireland
Belarus
Macedonia
Switzerland
Greece
Slovenia
Romania
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Contestants
Malta 63 2 8 4 1 1 5 3 4 12 5 3 3 5 7
Israel 19 3 2 5 6 1 2
Norway 77 7 5 6 5 8 10 8 4 2 7 4 4 7
Georgia 15 2 6 5 1 1
Poland 70 1 4 7 2 4 2 10 3 3 3 5 12 10 4
Austria 169 10 10 8 10 10 10 12 12 7 6 12 12 10 12 4 12 12
Lithuania 36 5 7 2 5 6 1 10
Finland 97 3 12 1 8 8 5 10 10 8 4 2 5 5 8 8
Ireland 35 4 1 3 5 4 7 1 2 1 2 5
Belarus 87 6 7 1 12 7 10 12 7 1 2 8 6 8
Macedonia 33 3 2 2 1 1 10 12 2
Switzerland 92 5 5 12 6 7 8 6 3 1 5 8 10 10 3 3
Greece 74 8 6 6 3 1 3 4 4 12 4 3 7 6 6 1
Slovenia 52 8 4 4 3 7 3 2 6 6 7 2
Romania 125 12 12 10 6 12 2 6 7 8 8 7 10 7 8 4 6

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
7  Austria  Finland,  Greece,  Ireland,  Italy,  Romania,   Switzerland,  United Kingdom
3  Romania  Austria,  Israel,  Malta
2  Belarus  Georgia,  Lithuania
1  Malta  Macedonia
 Poland  Germany
 Finland  Norway
 Macedonia  Slovenia
  Switzerland  Poland
 Greece  Belarus

Final

  Winner
Split results of the final[94]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Austria 290  Austria 224  Austria 311
2  Netherlands 238  Sweden 201  Netherlands 222
3  Sweden 218  Netherlands 200  Armenia 193
4  Armenia 174  Hungary 138  Sweden 190
5  Hungary 143  Armenia 125  Poland 162
6  Ukraine 113  Malta 119  Russia 132
7  Russia 89  Finland 114   Switzerland 114
8  Norway 88  Azerbaijan 108  Ukraine 112
9  Denmark 74[c]  Norway 102  Romania 103
10  Spain 74[c]  Denmark 85  Hungary 98
11  Finland 72[d]  Spain 83  Belarus 56
12  Romania 72[d]  Ukraine 78  Iceland 46
13   Switzerland 64  Russia 70  Denmark 43[e]
14  Poland 62  Germany 61  Greece 43[e]
15  Iceland 58  Iceland 59  Spain 41
16  Belarus 43  United Kingdom 52  Norway 39
17  United Kingdom 40  Romania 51  Finland 39
18  Germany 39  Belarus 50  Montenegro 33
19  Montenegro 37  Greece 49  Italy 32
20  Greece 35  Montenegro 48  Germany 31
21  Italy 33[f]  Italy 37  United Kingdom 29
22  Azerbaijan 33[f]   Switzerland 27  Azerbaijan 26
23  Malta 32  Poland 23  San Marino 18
24  San Marino 14  Slovenia 21  Malta 17
25  Slovenia 9  San Marino 16  Slovenia 15
26  France 2  France 5  France 1
Detailed voting results of the final[95][96][94]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Azerbaijan
Greece
Poland
Albania
San Marino
Denmark
Montenegro
Romania
Russia
Netherlands
Malta
France
United Kingdom
Latvia
Armenia
Iceland
Macedonia
Sweden
Belarus
Germany
Israel
Portugal
Norway
Estonia
Hungary
Moldova
Ireland
Finland
Lithuania
Austria
Spain
Belgium
Italy
Ukraine
Switzerland
Georgia
Slovenia
Contestants
Ukraine 113 10 5 5 1 7 7 7 8 5 8 2 10 2 5 5 6 4 10 6
Belarus 43 7 1 12 8 1 5 3 6
Azerbaijan 33 12 10 3 1 7
Iceland 58 8 5 1 6 7 4 4 2 6 5 2 1 7
Norway 88 3 7 6 1 10 2 2 5 1 3 4 5 3 3 7 7 8 1 5 5
Romania 72 6 8 4 1 8 1 4 12 2 8 8 5 5
Armenia 174 7 1 6 2 10 7 8 7 6 12 10 2 8 5 10 6 6 4 5 7 3 4 12 4 10 12
Montenegro 37 6 12 12 7
Poland 62 2 1 4 5 3 5 2 7 10 2 3 2 8 7 1
Greece 35 4 2 4 1 2 7 6 2 3 4
Austria 290 1 12 5 8 2 8 5 12 10 10 12 6 10 3 12 7 12 12 10 4 10 7 12 12 10 12 12 12 8 12 10 12
Germany 39 8 4 2 6 5 7 5 2
Sweden 218 2 4 7 10 12 3 12 2 8 7 4 7 8 7 10 8 8 10 8 6 4 10 7 6 10 10 12 6 2 8
France 2 1 1
Russia 89 12 10 5 2 10 6 12 3 2 1 8 6 4 8
Italy 33 10 6 12 1 2 2
Slovenia 9 8 1
Finland 72 3 3 4 2 6 3 5 6 4 7 6 6 4 3 6 4
Spain 74 2 12 5 6 5 4 2 1 4 5 2 6 4 2 2 8 4
Switzerland 64 4 10 5 6 3 3 1 5 3 7 1 5 2 3 2 1 3
Hungary 143 8 6 8 7 3 12 10 6 4 1 6 10 7 5 7 6 7 4 1 5 7 2 7 3 1
Malta 32 5 1 4 5 10 3 3 1
Denmark 74 6 1 4 1 3 3 1 8 8 8 5 1 6 1 3 6 3 6
Netherlands 238 8 12 2 10 3 3 8 8 12 4 12 7 10 2 12 10 12 12 12 10 8 12 10 7 8 4 10 10
San Marino 14 3 3 3 4 1
United Kingdom 40 5 7 4 4 3 8 5 1 3

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Grand Final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
13  Austria  Belgium,  Finland,  Greece,  Ireland,  Israel,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Portugal,  Slovenia,  Spain,  Sweden,   Switzerland,  United Kingdom
8  Netherlands  Estonia,  Germany,  Hungary,  Iceland,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Norway,  Poland
3  Armenia  Austria,  France,  Georgia
 Sweden  Denmark,  Romania,  Ukraine
2  Montenegro  Armenia,  Macedonia
 Russia  Azerbaijan,  Belarus
1  Italy  Malta
 Azerbaijan  San Marino
 Belarus  Russia
 Romania  Moldova
 Spain  Albania
 Hungary  Montenegro

Broadcasts

Most countries sent commentators to Copenhagen or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.

It was reported by the EBU that the 2014 contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of a record breaking 195 million viewers.[1]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Albania RTSH
Radio Tirana
All shows Andri Xhahu [97]
 Armenia AMPTV
Armenia 1
Semi-finals Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan [hy] [98]
Final Tigran Danielyan and Arevik Udumyan
 Austria ORF ORF eins All shows Andi Knoll [99]
 Azerbaijan İTV İTV, İTV Radio All shows Konul Arifgizi [100]
 Belarus BTRC Belarus-1, Belarus 24 All shows Evgeny Perlin [101][102]
 Belgium VRT
één, Radio 2
All shows Peter Van de Veire and Eva Daeleman [nl] [103]
RTBF La Une Jean-Louis Lahaye [fr] and Maureen Louys [104]
VivaCité Final Olivier Gilain [105]
 Denmark DR DR1 Semi-finals Anders Bisgaard [106][107]
Final Ole Tøpholm [108]
DR3 Peter Falktoft [da] and Esben Bjerre Hansen [109]
DR Ramasjang Sign language performers [110]
DR P4 Anders Bisgaard [106][107]
 Estonia ERR ETV All shows Marko Reikop [111]
Raadio 2 SF1/Final Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk [112]
 Finland Yle Yle TV2, Yle Radio Suomi All shows
  • Finnish: Jorma Hietamäki and Sanna Pirkkalainen
  • Swedish: Eva Frantz [fi] and Johan Lindroos
[113]
YLE Radio Suomi Jorma Hietamäki and Sanna Pirkkalainen
Yle Radio Vega Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
 France France Télévisions France Ô SF1 Audrey Chauveau [fr] and Bruno Berberes [fr] [114]
France 3 Final Cyril Féraud and Natasha St-Pier [115]
 Georgia
GPB
1TV All shows Lado Tatishvili and Tamuna Museridze [116][117]
 Germany ARD EinsPlus, Einsfestival All shows[g] Peter Urban [118]
Phoenix
Semi-finals
Das Erste Final
 Greece NERIT
NERIT1
, NERIT HD
All shows Maria Kozakou [119]
Final Giorgos Kapoutzidis
 Hungary MTVA M1 All shows Gábor Gundel Takács [hu] [120][121]
 Iceland RÚV RÚV, Rás 2 All shows Felix Bergsson [is] [122][123]
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-finals Marty Whelan [124]
RTÉ One Final
RTÉ Radio 1 SF2/Final Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski [125]
 Israel IBA Channel 1 All shows No commentary; Hebrew subtitles [126]
Channel 33 No commentary; Arabic subtitles
IBA 88FM Kobi Menora and Yuval Caspin [he] [127]
 Italy RAI Rai 4 Semi-finals Marco Ardemagni [it] and Filippo Solibello [it] [128]
Rai 2 Final Linus and Nicola Savino [129][130]
 Latvia
LTV
LTV1
All shows Valters Frīdenbergs and Kārlis Būmeisters [131]
 Lithuania LRT LRT, LRT Radijas All shows Darius Užkuraitis [lt] [132][133]
 Macedonia MRT
Radio Skopje
All shows Karolina Petkovska [134][135][136]
 Malta PBS TVM All shows Carlo Borg Bonaci [137]
 Moldova TRM Moldova 1, Radio Moldova All shows Daniela Babici [138][139]
 Montenegro RTCG TVCG 1, TVCG MNE All shows Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković [140][141][142][143]
Radio Crne Gore, Radio 98 Sonja Savović and Sanja Pejović
 Netherlands NPO Nederland 1, BVN All shows Cornald Maas and Jan Smit [144][145]
 Norway NRK NRK1 All shows Olav Viksmo-Slettan [146]
NRK3 Final Ronny Brede Aase [no], Silje Nordnes [no] and Line Elvsåshagen [no] [147]
 Poland TVP TVP1, TVP1 HD, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka All shows[h] Artur Orzech [148]
 Portugal RTP RTP1 All shows[i] Sílvia Alberto [149]
 Romania TVR TVR 1, TVRi, TVR HD All shows Bogdan Stănescu [150]
 Russia RTR Russia-1 All shows Olga Shelest [ru] and Dmitry Guberniev [151][152]
 San Marino SMRTV San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino All shows Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo [153]
SMtv Web TV John Kennedy O'Connor and Jamarie Milkovic [154]
 Slovenia RTVSLO TV SLO 2 [sl] Semi-finals Andrej Hofer [sl] [155]
TV SLO 1 [sl], Televizija Maribor Final
Radio Val 202, Radio Maribor [sl] SF2/Final
 Spain RTVE La 2 SF1 José María Íñigo [156]
La 1 Final
Ábside Media [es] Cadena COPE Paco González and Tiempo de juego [es] team [157]
PRISA Ona FM [es]Cadena SER Catalunya Sergi Mas [es] [158]
 Sweden SVT SVT1 All shows Malin Olsson and Edward af Sillén [159]
SR SR P4 Carolina Norén and Ronnie Ritterland [160]
  Switzerland SRG SSR SRF zwei Semi-finals Sven Epiney [161]
SRF 1 Final
RTS Deux SF2 Jean-Marc Richard and Valérie Ogier [162][163]
RTS Un Final
RSI La 2 SF2 Sandy Altermatt [it] and Alessandro Bertoglio [it] [164]
RSI La 1 Final
 Ukraine NTU Pershyi Natsionalnyi All shows Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova [165][166][167]
UR UR-2 [uk] Olena Zelinchenko [168]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Three Semi-finals Scott Mills and Laura Whitmore [169]
BBC One Final Graham Norton [170]
BBC Radio 2 Eurovision SF2 Ana Matronic [171]
BBC Radio 2 Final Ken Bruce [170]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Australia SBS SBS One All shows Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang [172]
 Canada OutTV All shows[j] Adam Rollins and Tommy D. [173]
 Croatia HRT HRT 1, HR 2 Final Aleksandar Kostadinov [174][175]
 Cyprus CyBC RIK 1 All shows Melina Karageorgiou [176]
 Faroe Islands KvF All shows Unknown [177]
 Kazakhstan Khabar Agency
Khabar TV
All shows Diana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay [178]
 New Zealand BBC BBC UKTV All shows Unknown [179]
 Serbia RTS RTS1, RTS SAT, RTS HD All shows Silvana Grujić [180][181]
Final Dragan Ilić
 Slovakia RTVS Rádio FM All shows Daniel Baláž [sk] and Pavol Hubinák [182][183]
Final Juraj Kemka [sk]

Incidents

Armenian contestant's statements

On the week of the contest, Armenian contestant Aram Mp3 commented on Conchita Wurst's image by saying that her lifestyle was "not natural"[184] and that she needed to decide to be either a woman or a man.[184] The statement sparked controversy, following which Aram Mp3 apologised and added that what he said was meant to be a joke.[185] Wurst accepted the apology, by stating, "I have to say that if it's a joke it's not funny... but he apologised and that's fine for me."[186][187]

Georgia jury votes

Georgia's jury votes in the Grand Final were all declared invalid, as all the jury members had voted exactly the same from 3 points up to 12 points.[188] According to EBU, this constitutes a statistical impossibility. Therefore, only Georgia's televoting result was used for the distribution of the Georgian points in the Grand Final.[188]

Lithuanian spokesperson's commentary

Lithuanian spokesperson Ignas Krupavičius, just before announcing that ten points of his country's vote had been assigned to Conchita Wurst, referred to Wurst's beard in saying "Now it is time to shave", then pulled out a razor and pretended to shave his own face, before giggling at the joke. Host Nikolaj Koppel replied "Time to shave? I think not.", because the next country to announce the votes was Austria. British commentator Graham Norton also expressed his frustration at the joke and supported Koppel's reply.[189]

Reaction to Russia's performance