Welcome to Copenhagen
"City of beautiful Towers"
Founded in the 10th century as a Viking fishing village, Copenhagen has morphed into the cultural, political, and economic powerhouse of the country. Denmark's capital serves as a major financial center of Northern Europe, and because it is one of the richest cities in the world, residents enjoy a high quality of life. Copenhagen is known worldwide as a haven for cyclists - separate bike lanes connect the entire city - and for innovative Danish design. Clean, safe, and with a highly efficient public transit system, Copenhagen conforms to the Scandinavian stereotype in many ways, but surprises visitors where it breaks from the mold.
Host City / Copenhagen, Denmark
Venue / Copenhagen Opera House
Hosts / Cecilie Frøkjær and Morten Ankerdal
Participating countries / 58
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Armenia, Austria, China, Greece, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Portugal, Puerto Rico and Slovakia
Withdrawing countries / Belarus, Brazil, Israel, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland
Debuting players / Adrain for Luxembourg, Bartek for China, Cesar for Puerto Rico, David F for Austria, Eurolan for Liechtenstein, Giovanni for Moldova, Jhosua for Slovakia, Josef for Latvia, Sanio for Macedonia and Stefanos for Greece
Venue / Copenhagen Opera House
Hosts / Cecilie Frøkjær and Morten Ankerdal
Participating countries / 58
Debuting countries / None
Returning countries / Armenia, Austria, China, Greece, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Portugal, Puerto Rico and Slovakia
Withdrawing countries / Belarus, Brazil, Israel, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland
Debuting players / Adrain for Luxembourg, Bartek for China, Cesar for Puerto Rico, David F for Austria, Eurolan for Liechtenstein, Giovanni for Moldova, Jhosua for Slovakia, Josef for Latvia, Sanio for Macedonia and Stefanos for Greece
Returning Artists
Ajda Pekkan / for Turkey / placing 8th
Anelia / for Bulgaria / placing 13th Anouk / for Netherlands / placing 21st Anxhelina Hadërgjonaj / for Kosovo / not qualifying for the final Christina Aguilera / for United States / placing 10th Claudia Pavel / for Romania / Bronze Medallist Gotye / for Australia / placing 23rd Han Hong / for China / placing 15th Ithaka Maria / for Estonia / not qualifying for the final Lambe Alabakoski / for Macedonia / placing 12th Lauris Reiniks / for Estonia / placing 14th Lene Marlin / for Norway / placing 11th Michel Sardou / for France / not qualifying for the final Milk & Honey / for Germany / placing 4th Nadine Beiler / for Austria / placing 14th Nancy Ajram / for Lebanon / placing 22nd Ricky Martin / for Puerto Rico / not qualifying for the final Rovena Stefa / for Albania / placing 22nd |
The Result
Countries receiving most 12 points / Estonia and Germany, 5
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Australia, China, Greece, Costa Rica and Liechtenstein
Countries receiving points from most juries / Germany and Chile, 23
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Chile in 10th with 10 points from Armenia and South Korea as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Norway in 23rd, getting 12 points from Sweden
For a long time it looked like United Kingdom was going to take their 7th victory, but in the end Leona and Co. were overtaken by no less than five other countries. Going all the way to gold was Estonia, fighting off Germany who ended up with the silver medal. The bronze went to Sweden and Finland and Luxembourg rounded out the top 5. Further down the rankings, Austria tied for their best result ever finishing 7th, and Chile squeezed into the top 10 for the first time.
Estonia made their debut back in GM03 with a single participation and didn't return until GM10. In fact, they only competed 9 times during the first 27 editions of the contest and didn't become a regular participant, until the current HoD, Alex, took over in GM36. Since then Estonia hasn't missed a single edition. They reached the top 10 for the first time on their third attempt and won their first medal - a silver - in GM43. Often Estonia has failed to qualify for the final though - sometimes even several editions in a row, but that is all forgotten now, when they claim their first trophy in 43 participations. The gold medal is the 4th medal for Estonia, as they also have two bronze medals from GM45 and GM58. Well done Estonia, Ithaka Maria and Alex!
Countries giving 12 points to the winner / Australia, China, Greece, Costa Rica and Liechtenstein
Countries receiving points from most juries / Germany and Chile, 23
Highest placing country not scoring a top mark / Chile in 10th with 10 points from Armenia and South Korea as highest marks
Lowest placing country scoring a top mark / Norway in 23rd, getting 12 points from Sweden
For a long time it looked like United Kingdom was going to take their 7th victory, but in the end Leona and Co. were overtaken by no less than five other countries. Going all the way to gold was Estonia, fighting off Germany who ended up with the silver medal. The bronze went to Sweden and Finland and Luxembourg rounded out the top 5. Further down the rankings, Austria tied for their best result ever finishing 7th, and Chile squeezed into the top 10 for the first time.
Estonia made their debut back in GM03 with a single participation and didn't return until GM10. In fact, they only competed 9 times during the first 27 editions of the contest and didn't become a regular participant, until the current HoD, Alex, took over in GM36. Since then Estonia hasn't missed a single edition. They reached the top 10 for the first time on their third attempt and won their first medal - a silver - in GM43. Often Estonia has failed to qualify for the final though - sometimes even several editions in a row, but that is all forgotten now, when they claim their first trophy in 43 participations. The gold medal is the 4th medal for Estonia, as they also have two bronze medals from GM45 and GM58. Well done Estonia, Ithaka Maria and Alex!
The Winner
Scoreboards and Live Voting
Live voting
Scoreboard final
Scoreboard semi final one
Scoreboard semi final two
Scoreboard final
Scoreboard semi final one
Scoreboard semi final two
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