Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | |
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#JoinUs | |
Pilou Asbæk | |
Directed by | Per Zachariassen |
Executive supervisor | Jon Ola Sand[1] |
Executive producer | Pernille Gaardbo |
Host broadcaster | Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 37 |
Number of finalists | 26 |
Debuting countries | None |
Returning countries | |
Non-returning countries | |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs. |
Winning song | |
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
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
The contest was held at the former shipyard
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
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.
Key † Host venue
City | Venue | Notes |
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Aalborg | Gigantium | Hosted Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2012. Withdrew on 17 June 2013.[21]
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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
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Horsens | Fængslet | — |
Other sites
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 | |
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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.
Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
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Albania | RTSH | Hersi | "One Night's Anger" | English |
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Armenia | AMPTV | Aram Mp3 | "Not Alone" | English | |
Austria | ORF | Conchita Wurst | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | English |
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Azerbaijan | İTV | Dilara Kazimova | "Start a Fire" | English |
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Belarus | BTRC | Teo | "Cheesecake" | English |
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Belgium | VRT | Axel Hirsoux | "Mother" | English |
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Denmark | DR | Basim | "Cliche Love Song" | English |
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Estonia | ERR | Tanja | "Amazing" | English |
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Finland | Yle | Softengine | "Something Better" | English |
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France | France Télévisions | Twin Twin | "Moustache" | French |
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Georgia | GPB
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The Shin and Mariko | "Three Minutes to Earth" | English |
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Germany | NDR[a] | Elaiza | "Is It Right" | English |
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Greece | NERIT | RiskyKidd
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"Rise Up" | English |
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Hungary | MTVA | András Kállay-Saunders | "Running" | English |
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Iceland | RÚV | Pollapönk | "No Prejudice" | English |
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Ireland | RTÉ | Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith | "Heartbeat" | English |
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Israel | IBA | Mei Finegold | "Same Heart" | English, Hebrew | Rami Talmid |
Italy | RAI | Emma | "La mia città" | Italian | Emma Marrone |
Latvia | LTV
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Aarzemnieki | "Cake to Bake" | English | Guntis Veilands |
Lithuania | LRT | Vilija | "Attention" | English |
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Macedonia
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MRT | Tijana | "To the Sky" | English |
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Malta | PBS | Firelight | "Coming Home" | English | Richard Edwards Micallef |
Moldova | TRM | Cristina Scarlat | "Wild Soul" | English |
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Montenegro | RTCG | Sergej Ćetković | "Moj svijet" (Мој свијет) | Montenegrin | |
Netherlands | TROS | The Common Linnets | "Calm After the Storm" | English |
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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 |
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Russia | RTR | Tolmachevy Sisters | "Shine" | English | |
San Marino | SMRTV | Valentina Monetta | "Maybe" | English |
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Slovenia | RTVSLO | Tinkara Kovač | "Round and Round" | English, Slovene |
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Spain | RTVE | Ruth Lorenzo | "Dancing in the Rain" | English, Spanish | |
Sweden | SVT | Sanna Nielsen | "Undo" | English |
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Switzerland | SRG SSR | Sebalter | "Hunter of Stars" | English | Sebastiano Paù-Lessi |
Ukraine | NTU | Mariya Yaremchuk | "Tick-Tock" | English |
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United Kingdom | BBC | Molly | "Children of the Universe" | English |
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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
Non-EBU members
While
Format
The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final, a format which has been in use since
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
The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 20 January 2014 at the
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 |
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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]
Contest overview
Semi-final 1
Spain, France, and Denmark voted in this semi-final.[82]
R/O[73] | Country[70] | Artist | Song | Points | Place[83] |
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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]
R/O[73] | Country[70] | Artist | Song | Points | Place[84] |
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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
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"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.
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]
- Azerbaijan – Sabina Babayeva
- Greece – Andrianna Maggania
- Poland – Paulina Chylewska
- Albania – Andri Xhahu
- San Marino – Michele Perniola
- Denmark – Sofie Lassen-Kahlke
- Montenegro – Tijana Mišković
- Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
- Russia – Alsou
- Netherlands – Tim Douwsma
- Malta – Valentina Rossi
- France – Élodie Suigo
- United Kingdom – Scott Mills
- Latvia – Ralfs Eilands
- Armenia – Anna Avanesyan
- Iceland – Benedikt Valsson
- Macedonia – Marko Mark
- Sweden – Alcazar
- Belarus – Alyona Lanskaya
- Germany – Helene Fischer
- Israel – Ofer Nachshon
- Portugal – Joana Teles
- Norway – Margrethe Røed
- Estonia – Lauri Pihlap
- Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
- Moldova – Olivia Furtuna
- Ireland – Nicky Byrne
- Finland – Redrama
- Lithuania – Ignas Krupavičius
- Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
- Spain – Carolina Casado
- Belgium – Angelique Vlieghe
- Italy – Linus
- Ukraine – Zlata Ognevich
- Switzerland – Kurt Aeschbacher
- Georgia – Sophie Gelovani and Nodi Tatishvili
- Slovenia – Ula Furlan
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]
Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
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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 |
Voting procedure used: 50% jury and televote 100% jury vote
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Armenia | 121 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | |||
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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 |
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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
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]
Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
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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 |
Voting procedure used: 50% jury and televote 100% jury vote
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Malta | 63 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
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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 |
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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
Voting procedure used: 50% jury and televote 100% televoting 100% jury vote
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Ukraine | 113 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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
This section needs additional citations for verification. (January 2022) |
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]
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Show(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Albania | RTSH | Radio Tirana
|
All shows | Andri Xhahu | [97] |
Armenia | AMPTV | Armenia 1
|
Semi-finals | Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan | [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 | [103] |
RTBF | La Une | Jean-Louis Lahaye 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 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 |
|
[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 and Bruno Berberes | [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 | [120][121] |
Iceland | RÚV | RÚV, Rás 2 | All shows | Felix Bergsson | [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 | [127] | |||
Italy | RAI | Rai 4 | Semi-finals | Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello | [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 | [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 , Silje Nordnes and Line Elvsåshagen | [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 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 | Semi-finals | Andrej Hofer | [155] |
TV SLO 1 , Televizija Maribor | Final | ||||
Radio Val 202, Radio Maribor | SF2/Final | ||||
Spain | RTVE | La 2 | SF1 | José María Íñigo | [156] |
La 1 | Final | ||||
Ábside Media | Cadena COPE | Paco González and Tiempo de juego team | [157] | ||
PRISA | Ona FM – Cadena SER Catalunya | Sergi Mas | [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 and Alessandro Bertoglio | [164] | ||
RSI La 1 | Final | ||||
Ukraine | NTU | Pershyi Natsionalnyi | All shows | Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova | [165][166][167] |
UR | UR-2 | 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] |
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 and Pavol Hubinák | [182][183] |
Final | Juraj Kemka |
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]