16 Adana

Welcome to Adana
"Agricultural Anatolia"

Adana is a major city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan river, 35 km inland from the Mediterranean, in south-central Anatolia. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province and has a population of 1.7 million, making it the fifth most populous city in Turkey. The Adana-Mersin polycentric metropolitan area, with a population of 3 million, stretches over 70 km east-west and 25 km north-south; encompassing the cities of Mersin, Tarsus and Adana. Adana lies in the heart of Çukurova, a geo-cultural region alternatively known as Cilicia. Home to six million people, Çukurova is one of the largest population concentrations in Turkey, as well as the most agriculturally productive area, owing to its large stretch of flat, fertile land. The region includes the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, and Hatay.

Host City / Adana, Turkey
Venue / 5 Ocak Stadium
Hosts / Hadise and Tarkan

Participating countries / 30
Debuting countries / Barbados, Japan, Mexico and Montenegro
Returning countries / China, Cyprus and Iceland
Withdrawing countries / Australia, Germany, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Slovenia, South Korea, USA and Venezuela

Debuting players / Arris for Barbados, Christian Garcia for Mexico, Ivan for China, Radovan for Montenegro and Robert for Japan

Returning Artists

Emina Jahovic / for Bosnia-Herzegovina / placing 4th
Marco Borsato / for Netherlands / placing 11th
Michalis Hatzigiannis / for Cyprus / placing 23rd

The Result

Countries receiving most 12 points / Israel, Portugal and Sweden, 3
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Barbados, Spain and Israel
Countries receiving points from most juries / Romania and Sweden, 17
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Greece in 9th place with 10 points from Barbados, Morocco and Turkey as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Ireland in 28th place getting 12 points from Finland

After having battled a bit with Albania in the beginning, Sweden quickly pulled away and stayed ahead until the end, securing a safe victory ahead of Romania and Hungary, who took home the silver and bronze respectively. Bosnia-Herzegovina and Portugal rounded out the top 5.

Sweden has taken part in all editions so far and kicked off their Global Music career with a gold medal for One More Time. For the next couple of editions they finished outside the top 10, only to bounce back in GM04, winning the silver, and then another gold in GM06 for Jessica Folcker. Their second victory was followed by several other top 10 results and a third gold medal as recently as GM12, when Basshunter finished on top. Last edition saw Sweden back on the podium with a bronze medal, and now the Scandinavian nation claims their 4th trophy with a former ESC champion! Well done Sweden, Carola and Pascal!