Welcome to Holon
"Coming out of Sand Dunes"
Holon is a city on the central coastline south of Tel Aviv, Israel. Holon is part of the Gush Dan Area metropolitan area. The name of the city comes from the Hebrew word Holon, which means "(a little) true". Holon was founded on dunes six kilometers from Tel Aviv in 1935. In recent years, working-class Holon has tried to transform itself from merely a suburb of Greater Tel Aviv into a cultural hub. The opening of the modern Design Museum and its surrounding cultural centre have certainly rejuvenated the city. With its parks and children’s museum, Holon does make for a fun family day trip.
Host City / Holon, Israel
Venue / The Mediatheque
Hosts / Diamondz
Participating countries / 32
Debuting countries / Bulgaria, Cyprus and Russia
Returning countries / Australia, Ireland and Serbia
Withdrawing countries / Malta
Debuting players / Dan for Russia, Hanna for Serbia, Janel for Bulgaria, Konstantinos for Cyprus and Sara for Ireland
Venue / The Mediatheque
Hosts / Diamondz
Participating countries / 32
Debuting countries / Bulgaria, Cyprus and Russia
Returning countries / Australia, Ireland and Serbia
Withdrawing countries / Malta
Debuting players / Dan for Russia, Hanna for Serbia, Janel for Bulgaria, Konstantinos for Cyprus and Sara for Ireland
Returning Artists
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Cyprus, 4
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Italy, France, Romania and Argentina
Countries receiving points from most juries / Turkey, 21
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Denmark in 9th place with 10 points from Norway and Monaco as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Iceland in 23rd place getting 12 points from Australia
An exciting voting procedure gave us a new leader with almost every single jury with Netherlands and Cyprus taking turns in the lead for the most part. Towards the end Turkey came on strongly, taking the lead, but in the end Cyprus pushed ahead to take the gold medal on their debut. Turkey won the silver and Netherands took home the bronze medal. United Kingdom and Norway rounded out the top 5.
There is no better way to debut than this! It was Cyprus' first participation, but their artist, Anna Vissi, took the Global Music stage for the third time, having previously finished 9th twice for Greece. Well done Cyprus, Anna Vissi and new player Konstantinos!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Italy, France, Romania and Argentina
Countries receiving points from most juries / Turkey, 21
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Denmark in 9th place with 10 points from Norway and Monaco as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Iceland in 23rd place getting 12 points from Australia
An exciting voting procedure gave us a new leader with almost every single jury with Netherlands and Cyprus taking turns in the lead for the most part. Towards the end Turkey came on strongly, taking the lead, but in the end Cyprus pushed ahead to take the gold medal on their debut. Turkey won the silver and Netherands took home the bronze medal. United Kingdom and Norway rounded out the top 5.
There is no better way to debut than this! It was Cyprus' first participation, but their artist, Anna Vissi, took the Global Music stage for the third time, having previously finished 9th twice for Greece. Well done Cyprus, Anna Vissi and new player Konstantinos!
The Winner
Scoreboards and Live Voting
Voting
In the semi final, give 1 vote to the 14 songs, you think should qualify.
In the final, give 12, 10, 8...1 point for your top 10 and choose 3 substitutes
The voting forms are here / Semi final and Final
In the final, give 12, 10, 8...1 point for your top 10 and choose 3 substitutes
The voting forms are here / Semi final and Final
Watching the Videos
All the videos except the Bulgarian, Moroccan and Uzbek ones are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic