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Host City / Athens, Greece
Venue / Athens Concert Hall
Hosts / Doukissa Nomikou and Thanos Kalliris
Participating countries / 34
Debuting countries / Malaysia
Returning countries / Iran, Ireland, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom
Withdrawing countries / Austria, Brazil and France
Debuting players / Friso for Ukraine, Kostas for Malaysia, Moises for Ireland and Mücahit for Turkey
Venue / Athens Concert Hall
Hosts / Doukissa Nomikou and Thanos Kalliris
Participating countries / 34
Debuting countries / Malaysia
Returning countries / Iran, Ireland, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom
Withdrawing countries / Austria, Brazil and France
Debuting players / Friso for Ukraine, Kostas for Malaysia, Moises for Ireland and Mücahit for Turkey
Returning Artists
Alexander Klaws / for Germany / placing 10th
Anna Abreu / for Finland / placing 8th Arash / for Iran / not placing Diamondz / for Israel / Global Music Champion Hitomi Shimatani / for Japan / Global Music Champion Kylie Minogue / for Australia / Silver Medallist Lana Jurcevic / for Croatia / placing 4th Leona Lewis / for United Kingom / Silver Medallist Rebecca / for Iran / not placing Shirley Clamp / for Sweden / placing 4th Soraya Arnelas / for Spain / not placing |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / United Kingdom, 5
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Russia, Japan, Denmark and Kosovo
Countries receiving points from most juries / Croatia, 19
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Japan in 6th place with 10 points from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Israel, Kosovo and Malaysia as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Turkey in 17th place getting 12 points from Bosnia-Herzegovina
For the longest time, United Kingdom seemed to run away with the victory, but towards the end their points dried up. A single point from the last 6 juries was not enough to keep Croatia behind, and the former Yugoslavian republic took their first victory with a margin of 10 points down to United Kingdom in second place. Finland took the bronze medal, and Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran rounded out the top 5.
Croatia debuted in GM08 and has been a pretty consistant participant ever since. After a shaky start, Croatia reached the top 5 in their 5th participation after a change of HoD, but has since struggled to make a mark on the scoreboard. They had to wait until GM34 for their second top 10 result, when Lana Jurcevic finished just outside the medals. Just 3 editions later, Lana Jurcevic is back and goes all the way to take back the first trophy to Croatia. In 25 participations Croatia has been to 18 finals and has reached the top 10 3 times. Well done Croatia, Lana Jurcevic and Stian!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Russia, Japan, Denmark and Kosovo
Countries receiving points from most juries / Croatia, 19
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Japan in 6th place with 10 points from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Israel, Kosovo and Malaysia as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Turkey in 17th place getting 12 points from Bosnia-Herzegovina
For the longest time, United Kingdom seemed to run away with the victory, but towards the end their points dried up. A single point from the last 6 juries was not enough to keep Croatia behind, and the former Yugoslavian republic took their first victory with a margin of 10 points down to United Kingdom in second place. Finland took the bronze medal, and Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran rounded out the top 5.
Croatia debuted in GM08 and has been a pretty consistant participant ever since. After a shaky start, Croatia reached the top 5 in their 5th participation after a change of HoD, but has since struggled to make a mark on the scoreboard. They had to wait until GM34 for their second top 10 result, when Lana Jurcevic finished just outside the medals. Just 3 editions later, Lana Jurcevic is back and goes all the way to take back the first trophy to Croatia. In 25 participations Croatia has been to 18 finals and has reached the top 10 3 times. Well done Croatia, Lana Jurcevic and Stian!
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 except the Israeli one are in the YouTube playlist at TVGlobalMusic