Welcome to Famagusta
"a taste of old-style cyprus"
Host City / Famagusta, Cyprus
Venue / Kaya Artemis Hotel
Hosts / Anna Vissi and Constantin Christofourou
Participating countries / 45
Debuting countries / Trinidad and Tobago
Returning countries / Armenia, Estonia, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Serbia and South Africa
Countries taking a break / Andorra, Austria, Colombia, Croatia, Finland, Jamaica, Qatar, Singapore and Venezuela
Debuting players / None
Venue / Kaya Artemis Hotel
Hosts / Anna Vissi and Constantin Christofourou
Participating countries / 45
Debuting countries / Trinidad and Tobago
Returning countries / Armenia, Estonia, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Serbia and South Africa
Countries taking a break / Andorra, Austria, Colombia, Croatia, Finland, Jamaica, Qatar, Singapore and Venezuela
Debuting players / None
Returning Artists
Aaradhna / for New Zealand and India / her best result being 17th
Ed Sheeran / for United Kingdom / his best result being 12th Eluveitie / for Switzerland / not qualifying for the final Erik Lloshi / for Albania / his best result being 20th Of Monsters and Men / for Iceland / their best result being 6th |
Bruno Correia / for Portugal / not placing
Ivana Selakov / for Serbia /, placing 23rd KOKIA / for Japan / placing 20th Massari / for Lebanon / not qualifying for the final Motel / for Mexico / not qualifying for the final Nina Zilli / for Italy / Silver Medallist t.A.T.u. / for Russia / placing 16th Traffic / for Estonia / not qualifying for the final |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Lebanon and Denmark, 4
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Netherlands, Israel, Serbia and United States
Countries receiving points from most juries/ Netherlands, 21
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / United States in 7th with 10 points from United Kingdom, Monaco and Ghana as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Russia in 26th, getting 12 points from Ukraine
Lebanon became the latest in a string of first-time-winners, when they fought off Switzerland and United Kingdom, who ended up with the silver and bronze medal respectively. Netherlands and Norway rounded out the top 5.
Lebanon made their debut back in GM/13 and had their first top 10 result in the following edition. They came very close to a medal in GM/22, when Cheb Mami and Elissa finished 4th. Lebanon has never been a consistant participant though, and has so far "only" competed 27 times. They won their first medal in GM/85, returning after a longer break, with Fady Maalouf claiming the bronze. That was, however, not enough to convince Lebanon of staying in the contest, and they only returned as recently as GM/111, when the current HoD, Bruno, took over the responsibilities. He has brought Lebanon to the final on 4 of his 5 participations, and now crowns his efforts with a gold medal. Well done Lebanon, Massari and Mia and Bruno!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Netherlands, Israel, Serbia and United States
Countries receiving points from most juries/ Netherlands, 21
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / United States in 7th with 10 points from United Kingdom, Monaco and Ghana as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Russia in 26th, getting 12 points from Ukraine
Lebanon became the latest in a string of first-time-winners, when they fought off Switzerland and United Kingdom, who ended up with the silver and bronze medal respectively. Netherlands and Norway rounded out the top 5.
Lebanon made their debut back in GM/13 and had their first top 10 result in the following edition. They came very close to a medal in GM/22, when Cheb Mami and Elissa finished 4th. Lebanon has never been a consistant participant though, and has so far "only" competed 27 times. They won their first medal in GM/85, returning after a longer break, with Fady Maalouf claiming the bronze. That was, however, not enough to convince Lebanon of staying in the contest, and they only returned as recently as GM/111, when the current HoD, Bruno, took over the responsibilities. He has brought Lebanon to the final on 4 of his 5 participations, and now crowns his efforts with a gold medal. Well done Lebanon, Massari and Mia and Bruno!
The Winner
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 are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic