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Welcome to Strasbourg
"a medieval Past and dynamic Future"
Strasbourg is famous for its beautiful historical center, the Grande Île, which was the first city center classified entirely as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Strasbourg is one of the nine largest cities in France with nearly half a million inhabitants in the metropolitan area crossing the river to the German city of Kehl, on the eastern bank of the Rhine River. Strasbourg is ideal for cycling as the city center is flat, and there are plenty of bike lanes and bike paths. You can rent bikes at Vélhop kiosks stationed throughout the city. Adding a few days here to your itinerary will allow you to see the city when it's calmest, first thing in the morning and during the evening. The tourist office sells a variety of self-guided walking tours featuring medieval, renaissance, modern, and contemporary discoveries. You'll find good traditional restaurants in Petite France serving Alsatian white wine, such as Gewürtztraminer, Riesling, and Pinot Gris alongside local fish, an Alsace tradition. Petite France is the name given to the small area you can explore between the rivers, just south of the Grande Île, and home to some of the city's prettiest and most photogenic streets and buildings, with half-timbered houses leaning over narrow cobbled streets.
Host City / Strasbourg, France
Venue / Le Zénith de Strasbourg
Hosts / Karine Ferri and Olivier Giroud
Participating countries / 49
Debuting countries / Liberia
Returning countries / Armenia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, New Zealand, Serbia, South Korea and Venezuela
Countries taking a break / Austria, Azerbaijan, Chad, China, Greece, Iceland, Kosovo and Spain
Debuting players / Sara for Cameroon
Venue / Le Zénith de Strasbourg
Hosts / Karine Ferri and Olivier Giroud
Participating countries / 49
Debuting countries / Liberia
Returning countries / Armenia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, New Zealand, Serbia, South Korea and Venezuela
Countries taking a break / Austria, Azerbaijan, Chad, China, Greece, Iceland, Kosovo and Spain
Debuting players / Sara for Cameroon
Returning Artists
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Ani Lorak / for Ukraine / her best result being 7th
Lara Fabian / 4 times for Belgium and once for Canada, Luxembourg and Monaco / Silver Medallist |
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Ronan Keating / for Ireland / his best result being 8th
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David Bustamante / for Andorra / his best result being 19th
Marco Mengoni / twice for San Marino and once for Italy / his best result being 4th The Veronicas / for Australia / their best result being 7th |
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Belinda / for Mexico / her best result being 13th
Dewi Sandra / for Indonesia / not qualifying for the final Helene Fischer / once for Russia and once for Liechtenstein / Silver Medallist Mathai / for India / not qualifying for the final Zaho / for Algeria / not qualifying for the final |
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Ewelina Lisowska / for Poland / placing 9th
Florent Mothe / for France / Silver Medallist Greta Manuzi / for Italy / not qualifying for the final Jamie McDell / for New Zealand / placing 18th Mustafa Ceceli / for Turkey / placing 22nd Natalia Jiménez / for Venezuela / placing 18th Soni Malaj / for Albania / placing 4th |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Switzerland, 6
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / New Zealand, United States, Ireland, Germany, Canada and France
Countries receiving points from most juries / Canada and Mexico, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Israel in 6th with 10 points from Denmark, United States and Germany as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Denmark in 24th, getting 12 points from United Kingdom
Starting the voting, Belgium, Ireland and Canada were all contenders for victory, but one third into the sequence Switzerland took the lead and stayed on top until the end. Mexico and Canada took home the silver and bronze respectively, and Australia and Belgium rounded out the top 5.
Switzerland debuted as late as GM/30 and only gave the competition one try before disappearing again for another 25 editions. When they finally returned, their results were less than impressive, and the Alpine country had to wait until GM/66 to finish in the top 10 for the first time, when they finished 9th. Throughout their first 26 participations this was the only top 10 result, and Switzerland lost its patience and left again. Then in GM/95, a new player stepped up for the challenge of bringing Switzerland a good result. José Botella, the current HoD, took charge and in his very first attempt, Switzerland did just squeeze into the top 10, which was followed by their first gold medal in GM/96. On home soil, the country took home the silver, a feat it repeated just two editions ago, and now in only his 11th participation, José Botella strikes gold again! So what Switzerland could only manage once in its first 26 participations, they have now managed 6 times in the last 11 editions! Well done Switzerland, 77 Bombay Street and José Botella!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / New Zealand, United States, Ireland, Germany, Canada and France
Countries receiving points from most juries / Canada and Mexico, 22
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Israel in 6th with 10 points from Denmark, United States and Germany as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Denmark in 24th, getting 12 points from United Kingdom
Starting the voting, Belgium, Ireland and Canada were all contenders for victory, but one third into the sequence Switzerland took the lead and stayed on top until the end. Mexico and Canada took home the silver and bronze respectively, and Australia and Belgium rounded out the top 5.
Switzerland debuted as late as GM/30 and only gave the competition one try before disappearing again for another 25 editions. When they finally returned, their results were less than impressive, and the Alpine country had to wait until GM/66 to finish in the top 10 for the first time, when they finished 9th. Throughout their first 26 participations this was the only top 10 result, and Switzerland lost its patience and left again. Then in GM/95, a new player stepped up for the challenge of bringing Switzerland a good result. José Botella, the current HoD, took charge and in his very first attempt, Switzerland did just squeeze into the top 10, which was followed by their first gold medal in GM/96. On home soil, the country took home the silver, a feat it repeated just two editions ago, and now in only his 11th participation, José Botella strikes gold again! So what Switzerland could only manage once in its first 26 participations, they have now managed 6 times in the last 11 editions! Well done Switzerland, 77 Bombay Street and José Botella!
The Winner
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Scoreboards and Live Voting
Voting
12, 10, 8...1 point for your top 10
In the final you also have to choose 3 substitutes
The voting forms are here / Semi final and Final
In the final you also have to choose 3 substitutes
The voting forms are here / Semi final and Final
Watching the Videos
All the videos except Germany's are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic
The Final
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Switzerland 77 Bombay Street Up in the sky 151 points |
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Mexico Belinda Nada 128 points |
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Canada Lara Fabian & Mustafa Ceceli Make me yours tonight 127 points |
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Australia The Veronicas You ruin me 112 points |
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Belgium Gene Thomas Dat ben jij 108 points |
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Israel Marina Maximiliam Blumin Hurricane 107 points |
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San Marino Marco Mengoni La valle dei re 104 points |
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Ireland Ronan Keating Fires 99 points |
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South Korea Kim Bo Kyung Apa 99 points |
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Italy Greta Manuzi Due come tutti 93 points |
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Sweden Tove Lo Habits 90 points |
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Puerto Rico Natalia Jimenéz feat. Wisin Creo en mi 87 points |
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Hungary Boggie Fearless 79 points |
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France Florent Mothe Arrête 79 points |
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Portugal Carolina Deslandes feat. Agir Mountains 77 points |
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Germany Tim Peters Limit 77 points |
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Estonia Elina Born Mystery 73 points |
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United States Karmin Brokenhearted 66 points |
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Colombia Felipe Santos Te vuelvo a ver 66 points |
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Norway Martin Tungevaag Wicked wonderland 54 points |
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Albania Soni Malaj Te dua ty 54 points |
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Finland Princess Avenue Tear 54 points |
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Serbia Ivana Selakov feat. Sha Nema plana 41 points |
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Denmark Barbara Moleko Indianer 34 points |
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New Zealand Jamie McDell Dumb 29 points |
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Turkey Ozan Dogulu feat. Model Böyle aksamlar 73 points |
Semi Final One
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Canada Lara Fabian & Mustafa Ceceli Make me yours tonight 120 points |
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San Marino Marco Mengoni La valle dei re 103 points |
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Italy Greta Manuzi Due come tutti 92 points |
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Sweden Tove Lo Habits 84 points |
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Hungary Boggie Fearless 83 points |
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South Korea Kim Bo Kyung Apa 75 points |
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Norway Martin Tungevaag Wicked wonderland 75 points |
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Australia The Veronicas You ruin me 66 points |
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Israel Marina Maximiliam Blumin Hurricane 62 points |
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Estonia Elina Born Mystery 59 points |
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11 / Wildcard
Finland Princess Avenue Tear 58 points |
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Russia 3G Zvonki 55 points |
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Cyprus Irene Skylakaki Clock 53 points |
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Macedonia Nade Talevska Osameni 50 points |
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Liechtenstein Helene Fischer Der Augenblick 49 points |
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Monaco Jeanne Moreau & Yves Duteil L'adolescente 47 points |
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Czech Republic Lake Malawi Always June 43 points |
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Armenia Elina & Arman Galaxy 36 points |
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Luxembourg Leki Trouble 27 points |
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United Kingdom Tears for Fears feat. Oleta Adams Woman in chains 24 points |
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Fiji Knox Sa rui dede 20 points |
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Cameroon Axel Tony feat. Tunisiano Avec toi 53 points |
Semi Final Two
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Mexico Belinda Nada 112 points |
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Colombia Felipe Santos Te vuelvo a ver 104 points |
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Belgium Gene Thomas Dat ben jij 102 points |
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Germany Tim Peters Limit 89 points |
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Portugal Carolina Deslandes feat. Agir Mountains 87 points |
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Puerto Rico Natalia Jimenéz feat. Wisin Creo en mi 82 points |
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Albania Soni Malaj Te dua ty 76 points |
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Turkey Ozan Dogulu feat. Model Böyle aksamlar 70 points |
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New Zealand Jamie McDell Dumb 62 points |
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Serbia Ivana Selakov feat. Sha Nema plana 61 points |
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Algeria Zaho Divisés 59 points |
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Liberia Jerrilyn Mulbah Leka 54 points |
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Andorra David Bustamente Feliz 53 points |
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Venezuela Renny Waralala 52 points |
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Poland Ewelina Lisowska We mgle 50 points |
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Brazil Blondfire Where the kids are 41 points |
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Netherlands Waylon Wicked way 39 points |
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India Lecrae feat. Mathai Free from it all 37 points |
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South Africa Die Antwoord Baby's on fire 36 points |
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Chile Stanley Weissohn First love 33 points |
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Indonesia Dewi Sandra Aku pulang 22 points |
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DNF
Ukraine Ani Lorak Maljvi 71 points |
