- Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 10 May 2014 – 21:00 CEST
- Host – Venue & Location: B&W Hallerne (The B&W Halls – Burmeister & Wain Halls), Refshaleøen, Copenhagen, 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Presenter (s): Nikolaj Koppel, Pilou Asbæk & Lise Rønne
- Musical Director: —
- Director: Per Zachariassen
- Executive Producer: Pernille Gaardbo
- Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
- Multicamera Director: Per Zachariassen
- Host broadcaster: Danmarks Radio (DR)
- Opening Act: Parade of Flags presenting each artist and their national flag.
- Interval Act: Act by Momoland: “Ode to Joy” (performed by Annika Aakjær, Bjørn Fjæstad, Martin Greis, Elen Lura Haakesen, Louise Hart, Claus Hempler, Boi Holm, Christian Hougaard, Jimmy Jørgensen and Mark Linn); “12 Point Song” performed by the hosts; “Only Teardrops” and “Rainmaker” performed by Emmelie de Forest and the 26 finalists; There was a cancelled interval act: Trip to the Future.
- Motto: #JoinUs ()
- Participants – Number of entries: 37: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (54ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (11ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (27ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (33ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (8ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (17ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (7ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (37ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (26ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (43ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (54ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (12ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (12ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (16ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (53ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (45ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (50ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (52ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (50ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (6ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (17ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (46ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (51ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (19ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (53ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (5ª)]; First Semi-Final 16 [🇲🇪 Montenegro (6ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (53ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (11ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (19ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (19ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (17ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (12ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (52ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (10ª), 🇮🇪Ireland (45ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (8ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (14ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (51ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (27ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (11ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (7ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (5ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (44ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (11ª)]; Second Semi-Final 15 [🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (14ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (26ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (33ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (7ª),🇨🇭 Switzerland (53ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (16ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (50ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (33ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (45ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (17ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (46ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (15ª)]
- Debuting countries: —
- Return: 🇵🇱 Poland (17ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (44ª)
- Non-returning countries: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (9ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (20ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (31ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (8ª)
- Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
- Nil Points: —
- Winning song:
“Rise Like a Phoenix” – Conchita Wurst – 🇦🇹 Austria (2ª)
About/Overview. The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Copenhagen, Denmark and was won by Austria’s Conchita Wurst. The victory was headline news around the world. The Grand Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest took place on 10th May 2014. The slogan for the event was #JoinUs which was an attempt by the producers to incorporate social media into the shows.
Rise Like A Phoenix. Austria won the 2014 contest with “Rise Like A Phoenix”, performed by bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst. Immediately after her victory Conchita became a household name. The Netherlands finished in second place with “Calm After The Storm” performed by The Common Linnets, which became a big hit following the contest.
Facts and figures. Under new rules, the names of all jury members were announced on the 1st of May. Additionally, the ranking submitted by each individual jury member for all shows were published right after the Final. To increase diversity, music industry professionals could now only take a seat in a national jury if they had not been in the jury during one of the previous two editions of the contest; Valentina Monetta took part for the third consecutive time for San Marino and for the first time, the country qualified for the Final; The 2014 contest was held in a former shipyard, the B&W Hallerne; 37 countries competed in the competition in 2014; 195 million viewers tuned in for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest; The show was co-hosted by Pilou Asbæk, who had become world-famous in the political drama Borgen.
Final.
- Dates – First Semi-Final: Tuesday, 06 May 2014 – 21:00 CEST
- Host – Venue & Location: B&W Hallerne (The B&W Halls – Burmeister & Wain Halls), Refshaleøen, Copenhagen, 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Presenter (s): Nikolaj Koppel, Pilou Asbæk & Lise Rønne
- Musical Director: —
- Director: Per Zachariassen
- Executive Producer: Pernille Gaardbo
- Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
- Multicamera Director: Per Zachariassen
- Host broadcaster: Danmarks Radio (DR)
- Opening Act: “Only Teardrops” performed by Choir of Europe and Emmelie de Forest.
- Interval Act: “The Ugly Duckling” (musical pieces by Bent Fabric interpreted by Mike Sheridan).
- Motto: #JoinUs ()
- Participants – Number of entries: 37: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (54ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (11ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (27ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (33ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (8ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (17ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (7ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (37ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (26ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (43ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (54ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (12ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (12ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (16ª), 🇬🇧United Kindom (53ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (45ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (50ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (52ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (50ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (6ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (17ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (46ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (51ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (19ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (53ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (5ª)]; First Semi-Final 16 [🇲🇪 Montenegro (6ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (53ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (11ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (19ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (19ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (17ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (12ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (52ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (10ª), 🇮🇪Ireland (45ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (8ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (14ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (51ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (27ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (11ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (7ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (5ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (44ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (11ª)]; Second Semi-Final 15 [🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (14ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (26ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (33ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (7ª),🇨🇭 Switzerland (53ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (16ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (50ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (33ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (45ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (17ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (46ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (15ª)]
- Debuting countries: —
- Return: 🇵🇱 Poland (17ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (44ª)
- Non-returning countries: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (9ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (20ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (31ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (8ª)
- Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
- Nil Points: —
- Winning song:
“Calm after the storm” – The Common Linnets – 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (1ª)
About/Overview. The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Copenhagen, Denmark and was won by Austria’s Conchita Wurst. The victory was headline news around the world. The Grand Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest took place on 10th May 2014. The slogan for the event was #JoinUs which was an attempt by the producers to incorporate social media into the shows.
Rise Like A Phoenix. Austria won the 2014 contest with “Rise Like A Phoenix”, performed by bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst. Immediately after her victory Conchita became a household name. The Netherlands finished in second place with “Calm After The Storm” performed by The Common Linnets, which became a big hit following the contest.
Facts and figures. Under new rules, the names of all jury members were announced on the 1st of May. Additionally, the ranking submitted by each individual jury member for all shows were published right after the Final. To increase diversity, music industry professionals could now only take a seat in a national jury if they had not been in the jury during one of the previous two editions of the contest; Valentina Monetta took part for the third consecutive time for San Marino and for the first time, the country qualified for the Final; The 2014 contest was held in a former shipyard, the B&W Hallerne; 37 countries competed in the competition in 2014; 195 million viewers tuned in for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest; The show was co-hosted by Pilou Asbæk, who had become world-famous in the political drama Borgen.
First Semi-Final. [Q] – Qualifiers qualifier
- Periodo: Giovedì, 8 maggio 2014
- Host – Venue & Location: B&W Hallerne (The B&W Halls – Burmeister & Wain Halls), Refshaleøen, Copenhagen, 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Presenter (s): Nikolaj Koppel, Pilou Asbæk & Lise Rønne
- Musical Director: —
- Director: Per Zachariassen
- Executive Producer: Pernille Gaardbo
- Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
- Multicamera Director: Per Zachariassen
- Host broadcaster: Danmarks Radio (DR)
- Opening Act: Performance based on “Jalousie ‘Tango Tzigane'” composed by Jacob Gade.
- Interval Act: Australian presentation featuring Jessica Mauboy performing “Sea of Flags”; Eurovision Dance. A group of talented dancers from all over Europe aged from 8 to 86 perform.
- Motto: #JoinUs ()
- Participants – Number of entries: 37: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (54ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (11ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (27ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (33ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (8ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (17ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (7ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (37ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (26ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (43ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (54ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (12ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (12ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (16ª), 🇬🇧United Kindom (53ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (45ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (50ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (52ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (50ª), 🇲🇪 Montenegro (6ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (17ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (46ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (51ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (19ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (53ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (5ª)]; First Semi-Final 16 [🇲🇪 Montenegro (6ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (53ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (11ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (19ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (19ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (17ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (12ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (52ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (10ª), 🇮🇪Ireland (45ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (8ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (14ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (51ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (27ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (11ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (7ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (5ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (44ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (11ª)]; Second Semi-Final 15 [🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (14ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (26ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (33ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (7ª),🇨🇭 Switzerland (53ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (16ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (50ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (33ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (45ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (17ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (46ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (15ª)]
- Debuting countries: —
- Return: 🇵🇱 Poland (17ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (44ª)
- Non-returning countries: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (9ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (20ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (31ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (8ª)
- Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
- Nil Points: —
- Winning song:
“Rise Like a Phoenix” – Conchita Wurst – 🇦🇹 Austria (1ª)
About/Overview. The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Copenhagen, Denmark and was won by Austria’s Conchita Wurst. The victory was headline news around the world. The Grand Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest took place on 10th May 2014. The slogan for the event was #JoinUs which was an attempt by the producers to incorporate social media into the shows.
Rise Like A Phoenix. Austria won the 2014 contest with “Rise Like A Phoenix”, performed by bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst. Immediately after her victory Conchita became a household name. The Netherlands finished in second place with “Calm After The Storm” performed by The Common Linnets, which became a big hit following the contest.
Facts and figures. Under new rules, the names of all jury members were announced on the 1st of May. Additionally, the ranking submitted by each individual jury member for all shows were published right after the Final. To increase diversity, music industry professionals could now only take a seat in a national jury if they had not been in the jury during one of the previous two editions of the contest; Valentina Monetta took part for the third consecutive time for San Marino and for the first time, the country qualified for the Final; The 2014 contest was held in a former shipyard, the B&W Hallerne; 37 countries competed in the competition in 2014; 195 million viewers tuned in for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest; The show was co-hosted by Pilou Asbæk, who had become world-famous in the political drama Borgen.
Second Semi-Final. [Q] – Qualifiers
Participation map
Participating countries
Did not qualify from the semi final
Countries that participated in the past but not in 2014
ESC 2014 Scoreboard Grand Final Ι Detailed voting results:
Final:
ESC 2014 Scoreboard First Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results:
First Semi-Final:
ESC 2014 Scoreboard Second Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results:
Second Semi-Final:
The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country’s victory at the 2013 contest with the song “Only Teardrops” by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at B&W Hallerne, and consisted of two semi-finals on 6 and 8 May, and a final on 10 May 2014. The three live shows were presented by Danish television presenter Lise Rønne, musician Nikolaj Koppel and actor Pilou Asbæk.
Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest; this included the return of Poland and Portugal after absences of two years and one year respectively. Overall, there were two fewer countries competing compared to the previous year, making thirty-seven participants, the smallest number since 2006. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia announced that they would not be taking part.
The winner was Austria with the song “Rise Like a Phoenix”, performed by Conchita Wurst and written by Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, and Julian Maas.[12] Austria’s victory was the longest gap between victories for any country at the time – 48 years, not having won since 1966. The Netherlands, Sweden, Armenia and Hungary rounded out the top five, with the Netherlands achieving their best result since their victory in 1975, Hungary achieving their best result since their fourth place in 1994, and Armenia equalling their best result from 2008. Of the “Big Five” countries, only Spain achieved a place in the top ten, while France finished in last place for the first time in their Eurovision history. Meanwhile, San Marino and Montenegro both qualified for the final for the first time.
A new record of 195 million viewers for the contest was reported.
The official compilation album of the 2014 contest was released by Universal Music Group on 14 April 2014, and featured all 37 songs from the contest, including the official #JoinUs theme performed during the interval act of the final. The host broadcaster, DR, and the EBU won the International TV Award at the Ondas Awards for their production of the contest. The show organisers from Copenhagen spent in total 112 million Danish kroner on the contest; three times more than what was expected and were furthermore highly accused of cases of nepotism within the organisation.

B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen – host venue of the 2014 contest.
1.Location. The contest was held at the former shipyard Refshaleøen, in the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, with the social networking hashtag “#JoinUs” as the motto. The location had been refurbished to accommodate the event, with the surrounding area transformed into “Eurovision Island”—an Olympic Park-inspired complex housing the event venue, press centre, and other amenities.
The mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, declared in late August that the city would contribute to the budget with 40 million (Danish Kroner) (€5.36 million). He also announced that the aim was to make the Eurovision 2014 into the greenest contest to date since Copenhagen had been elected European Green Capital for 2014.
1.1.Bidding phase. Five cities had been considered as host city of the contest, including Herning and Copenhagen, both favourites to be the next host. The Parken Stadium, located in Copenhagen, which hosted the 2001 contest and Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, which hosted the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 final, were the first venues to join the bidding phase. Later, Fredericia and Aalborg entered the phase with the Messe C and Gigantium venues, respectively. The fifth city to join the phase was Horsens, with the venue being the courtyard of the former Horsens State Prison. In the event that Horsens had been chosen to host the contest, the courtyard would have been covered by a permanent glass roof. The contest was provisionally set to take place on 13, 15 and 17 May 2014, however, the dates were later brought forward a week in order to accommodate the candidate cities.
On 17 June 2013, the municipality executive of Aalborg decided not to bid for hosting the contest due to the city’s lack of sufficient hotel capacity. While DR required the host city to have at least 3,000 hotel rooms, the city of Aalborg had only 1,600 hotel rooms, more than half of which had been booked for other events taking place at the same time as the Eurovision Song Contest. On 18 June 2013, DR announced that formal bids on hosting the contest had been received by the municipalities of Copenhagen, Herning and Horsens, and that the Municipality of Fredericia had confirmed its intention to place a formal bid, too.
On 19 June 2013, the deadline for placing bids on hosting the contest, it was reported that Wonderful Copenhagen, the official convention, event and visitors bureau of the Greater Copenhagen area, had proposed three venues in its bid on hosting the contest: The Parken Stadium, a large tent on the grounds of DR Byen and the B&W Hallerne. On 25 June 2013, the Municipality of Fredericia announced that the Triangle Region had withdrawn its bid on hosting the contest, due to the lack of a suitable venue. DR required the hosting venue to have no pillars blocking any views and an interior height of at least 16 metres. However, no venues in the region met those requirements and, therefore, Fredericia was no longer in the running for becoming host city of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 June 2013, Anders Hørsholt, CEO of Parken Sport & Entertainment, stated that the Parken Stadium was no longer in the running for hosting the contest due to several football matches having already been scheduled to take place at the stadium in the weeks leading up to the contest.
On 2 September 2013, the Danish broadcaster DR announced that it had chosen Copenhagen as the host city for the 2014 contest, with B&W Hallerne chosen as the host venue.
Key: Host venue
City | Venue | Notes |
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Gigantium ![]() |
Hosted Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2006, 2010 and 2012. Withdrew on 17 June 2013. |
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Parken Stadium | Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Withdrew on 28 June 2013. | |
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Messe C ![]() |
Withdrew on 26 June 2013. |
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Jyske Bank Boxen ![]() |
Hosted the final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 |
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1.2.Other sites. The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors’ area during the events week. There it was possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. Located at the Nytorv Square, it was open from 4 to 11 May 2014.
The EuroClub was the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub was restricted to accredited fans, delegates, and press. It was located at VEGA CPH Music Club.
The “Red Carpet” event, where the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at Copenhagen City Hall on 4 May 2014 at 17:00 CET, followed by the Opening Ceremony.
2.Format. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final, a format which has been in use since 2008. The ten countries with the highest scores in each semi-final qualified to the final where they joined the host nation Denmark and the five main sponsoring nations (known as the Big Five): France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry. Each member of a respective nation’s jury was required to rank every song, except that of their own country. The voting results from each member of a particular nation’s jury were combined to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. Likewise, the televoting results were also interpreted as a full ranking, taking into account the full televoting result rather than just the top ten. The combination of the jury’s full ranking and the televote’s full ranking produced an overall ranking of all competing entries. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1-point. In the event of a televoting (insufficient number of votes/technical issues) or jury failure (technical issue/breach of rules), only a jury/televoting was used by each country.
On 20 September 2013, the EBU released the official rules for the 2014 contest, which introduced rule changes regarding the jury voting. The rules aimed at providing more transparency regarding each five member national jury by releasing the names of all jurors on 1 May 2014 prior to the start of the contest and providing each juror’s full ranking results after the conclusion of the contest. In addition, jury members on a particular nation’s jury can only serve as a juror if they have not already participated as such in one of the preceding two contest editions.

Presenters from left to right Nikolaj Koppel, Lise Rønne and Pilou Asbæk.

Stage design of the contest
2.1.Semi-final allocation draw. The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall. Prior to the allocation draw, on 24 November 2013 it was announced that Norway and Sweden would perform in different semi-finals in order to maximise the availability of tickets for visitors from both countries. A draw at the EBU headquarters determined that Sweden would perform in the first semi-final, while Norway would perform in the second semi-final. The EBU also allocated Israel to the second semi-final after a request from the delegation in order to avoid complications with its Independence Day coinciding with the date of the first semi-final. The remaining participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based on voting patterns from the previous ten years.
The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows:
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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2.2.Running order. As in 2013, the host broadcaster DR and their producers determined the running order for each show with only the starting position of the host nation being determined by draw. A draw which took place during the heads of delegation meeting on 17 March 2014 in Copenhagen determined that Denmark would perform 23rd in the final. On 24 March 2014, the running order for the two semi-finals was released. Prior to the creation of the running order for the final, an allocation draw was held during the semi-final winners press conferences following the conclusion of each semi-final and during the individual press conferences on 6 May 2014 for the Big Five (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom). The draw determined whether the country would perform in the first or second half of the final. The producers published the final running order shortly before 02:00 (CEST) on 9 May 2014. Ukraine were chosen to perform first, whilst the United Kingdom were chosen to perform last.
2.3.Crimea. The contest was held in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and Russia’s military intervention in Crimea, in which Ukraine’s Crimea was annexed by Russia. Votes cast through Ukrainian telecom providers which service Crimea were counted towards Ukraine’s votes.
2.4.Graphic design. The graphic design of the contest was revealed by the EBU on 18 December 2013. The theme art comprises a blue and purple diamond, within it the generic Eurovision Song Contest logo featuring the Danish flag as well as the hashtag and slogan “#JoinUs” at the centre of the diamond.
The postcards used to introduce a country and their participants were shot in their respective countries and featured the artists using unique ways to create their country’s flag, e.g. the postcard for the United Kingdom features Molly creating the Union Flag from AEC Routemaster buses, Royal Mail vans, and people wearing blue raincoats along with strips of red and white paper, and the postcard for Denmark featuring Basim and his singers using old furniture and red and white paint to paint the Danish flag.] The postcards then ended with the act taking a picture on a camera or phone and a close up of the resulting artwork was shown onscreen. The flag created by the artist(s) is then captured into a diamond and it transitions to the official flag. It then swirls round for the before-hand details of the artist/composer.
2.5.National host broadcaster. Pernille Gaardbo was appointed by DR’s Director General, Maria Rørbye Rønn, as the Executive Producer for the contest, three-days after Denmark’s victory at the 2013 contest. Maria Rørbye Rønn stated in an interview that “By choosing Pernille Gaardbo, we have a person who has all the necessary leadership skills, which are essential in order to run a project of this magnitude, and the technical insight for such a large TV-production, which the Eurovision Song Contest is”. Gaardbo has worked for the host broadcaster for 17 years, 12 of which was in the role of supervisor of the DR Medieservice.
Danish Royal Family members Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the final as invited guests of the host broadcaster DR. In March 2014, the host broadcaster DR invited Jessica Mauboy to perform during the interval act of the second semifinal on 8 May 2014, part of DR’s recognition of Australia’s loyalty to the Eurovision Song Contest. Mauboy performed the song “Sea of Flags” during the interval act.
3.Participating countries. Thirty-seven countries participated in the 2014 contest. Poland and Portugal both returned to the contest, having last participated in 2011 and 2012 respectively. However, Bulgaria broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT), Croatia broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), Cyprus broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) and Serbia broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) did not participate in the 2014 contest.
3.1.Returning artists. Valentina Monetta represented San Marino for a third and final consecutive year, having previously represented the microstate at the 2012 and 2013 contests. This makes Monetta the fourth main singer to compete in three consecutive contests (and the only one of amongst them never to win in one of these occasions), following Lys Assia and Corry Brokken, who both competed in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 contests, and Udo Jürgens, who competed in 1964, 1965 and 1966.
Paula Seling and Ovi returned as a duo, having previously represented Romania in 2010.
The Tolmachevy Sisters, who represented Russia, previously participated in and won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
Macedonian backing vocalist Tamara Todevska previously represented Macedonia in 2008. She would later represent Macedonia again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia in 2009 and provided backing vocals numerous times for Croatia (2003), Montenegro (2008) and Slovenia (2007, 2011, 2012), returned as a backing vocalist for Montenegro.
3.2.Semi-final 1. Spain, France, and Denmark voted in this semi-final.
3.3.Semi-final 2. Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.
3.4.Final. As in the 2013 contest, the winner was announced as soon as it was mathematically impossible to catch up. In this case, the winner had been determined by the 34th vote out of the 37, which came from Ukraine.
3.5.Participants and results.
3.6.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2014:
• National Selections in 2014:
COUNTRY | EVENT | WINNER |
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🇦🇱 Albania | Festivali i Këngës #52 | Hersiana Matmuja / Hersi – “One Night’s Anger” / “Zemërimi i një nate” |
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | Böyük Səhnə (artist selection) [m] | Dilara Kazimova – “Start a Fire” |
🇧🇾 Belarus | (Belarusian Selection 2014) | Teo – “Cheesecake” |
🇧🇪 Belgium | Eurosong 2014 | Axel Hirsoux – “Mother” |
🇩🇰 Denmark | Melodi Grand Prix 2014 | Basim – “Cliche Love Song” |
🇪🇪 Estonia | Eesti Laul 2014 | Tanja – “Amazing” |
🇫🇮 Finland | Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014 | Softengine – “Something Better” |
🇫🇷 France | Les chansons d’abord | Twin Twin – French[b] |
🇩🇪 Germany | Unser Song für Dänemark | Elaiza – “Is It Right” |
🇬🇷 Greece | Eurosong 2014 | Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd – “Rise Up” |
🇭🇺 Hungary | A Dal 2014 | András Kállay-Saunders – “Running” |
🇮🇸 Iceland | Söngvakeppnin 2014 | Pollapönk – “No Prejudice” |
🇮🇪 Ireland | Eurosong 2014 | Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith – “Heartbeat” |
🇮🇱 Israel | Kdam Eurovision 2014 (song selection) [n] | Mei Finegold – “Same Heart” |
🇱🇻 Latvia | Dziesma 2014 | Aarzemnieki – “Cake to Bake” |
🇱🇹 Lithuania | Eurovizijos Atranka 2014 | Vilija Matačiūnaitė / Vilija – “Attention” |
🇲🇹 Malta | MESC 2014 | Firelight – “Coming Home” |
🇲🇩 Moldova | O melodie pentru Europa 2014 | Cristina Scarlat – “Wild Soul” |
🇳🇴 Norway | Melodi Grand Prix 2014 | Carl Espen – “Silent Storm” |
🇵🇹 Portugal | Festival da Canção 2014 | Suzy – “Quero ser tua“ |
🇷🇴 Romania | Selecția Națională 2014 | Paula Seling & Ovi – “Miracle” |
🇸🇮 Slovenia | EMA 2014 | Tinkara Kovač – “Round and Round” / “Spet/Round and Round” |
🇪🇸 Spain | Mira quién va a Eurovisión | Ruth Lorenzo – “Dancing in the Rain” |
🇸🇪 Sweden | Melodifestivalen 2014 | Sanna Nielsen – “Undo” |
🇨🇭 Switzerland | Die Große Entscheidungsshow 2014 | Sebalter – “Hunter of Stars” |
🇺🇦 Ukraine | Vidbir 2014 | Mariya Yaremchuk – “Tick-Tock” |
• Internal Selections in 2014:
🇦🇲 Armenia | Aram MP3 – “Not Alone” |
🇦🇹 Austria | Conchita Wurst – “Rise Like a Phoenix” |
🇬🇪 Georgia | The Shin and Mariko – “Three Minutes to Earth” |
🇮🇹 Italy | Emma – “La mia città“ |
🇲🇪 Montenegro | Sergej Ćetković – “Moj svijet” (Мој свијет) |
🇳🇱The Netherlands | The Common Linnets – “Calm After the Storm” |
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | Tijana – “To the Sky” |
🇵🇱 Poland | Donatan & Cleo – “My Słowianie – We Are Slavic” |
🇷🇺 Russia | Tolmachevy Sisters – “Shine” |
🇸🇲 San Marino | Valentina Monetta – “Maybe” / “Maybe (Forse)” |
🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Molly – “Children of the Universe” |
3.7.Connections:
4.Detailed voting results. Full results including televoting and results from the individual jury members were released shortly after the final.
4.1.Semi-final 1. Albania, Montenegro, San Marino and Moldova used juries due to an inability to provide televoting results.
Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
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1 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 150 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 130 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 147 |
2 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 131 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 125 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 125 |
3 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 127 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 122 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 122 |
4 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 121 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 102 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 121 |
5 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 118 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 94 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 119 |
6 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 63[d] | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 88 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 73 |
7 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 63[d] | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 74 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 72 |
8 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 61 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 68 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 58 |
9 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 57 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 64 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 50 |
10 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 40 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 61 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 43 |
11 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 39 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 57 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 41 |
12 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 36 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 27 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 41 |
13 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 33 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 25 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 40 |
14 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 28 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 24 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 23 |
15 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 22 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 24 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 14 |
16 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 13 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 17 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 13 |
Voting procedure used: [1] 50% jury and televote, [2] 100% jury vote |
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🇦🇲 Armenia | 121 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | |||
🇱🇻 Latvia | 33 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
🇪🇪 Estonia | 36 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
🇸🇪 Sweden | 131 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 12 | |||
🇮🇸 Iceland | 61 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
🇦🇱 Albania | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
🇷🇺 Russia | 63 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 57 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
🇺🇦 Ukraine | 118 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |||
🇧🇪 Belgium | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
🇲🇩 Moldova | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
🇸🇲 San Marino | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
🇵🇹 Portugal | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 150 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | ||
🇲🇪 Montenegro | 63 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
🇭🇺 Hungary | 127 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
4.1.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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8 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇭🇺 Hungary , 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇸🇲 San Marino, 🇸🇪 Sweden |
4 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 🇫🇷 France, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
2 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan |
1 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 🇪🇸 Spain |
🇦🇱 Albania | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | |
🇷🇺 Russia | 🇲🇩 Moldova | |
🇲🇪 Montenegro | 🇦🇱 Albania | |
🇭🇺 Hungary | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
4.2.Semi-final 2.
Georgia and Macedonia used juries due to either technical issues with the televoting or an insufficient number of votes cast during the televote period.
Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
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1 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 169 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 138 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 165 |
2 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 125 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 117 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 126 |
3 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 97 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 113 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 116 |
4 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 92 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 100 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 98 |
5 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 87 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 99 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 91 |
6 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 77 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 71 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 86 |
7 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 74 | 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | 70 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 63 |
8 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 70 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 60 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 55 |
9 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 63 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 52 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 48 |
10 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 52 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 51 | 🇮🇪Ireland | 47 |
11 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 36 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 41 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 44 |
12 | 🇮🇪Ireland | 35 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 34 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 36 |
13 | 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | 33 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 33 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 28 |
14 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 19 | 🇮🇪Ireland | 33 | 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | 26 |
15 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 15 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 32 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 15 |
Voting procedure used: [1] 50% jury and televote, [2] 100% jury vote |
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🇲🇹 Malta | 63 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
🇮🇱 Israel | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
🇳🇴 Norway | 77 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
🇬🇪 Georgia | 15 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
🇵🇱 Poland | 70 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 4 | |||||
🇦🇹 Austria | 169 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||
🇱🇹 Lithuania | 36 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
🇫🇮 Finland | 97 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||||
🇮🇪Ireland | 35 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
🇧🇾 Belarus | 87 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | 33 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||
🇨🇭 Switzerland | 92 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | ||||
🇬🇷 Greece | 74 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||||
🇸🇮 Slovenia | 52 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
🇷🇴 Romania | 125 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
4.2.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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7 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇬🇷 Greece , 🇮🇪Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇬🇧 United Kindom |
3 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇮🇱 Israel , 🇲🇹 Malta |
2 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania |
1 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia |
🇵🇱 Poland | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
🇫🇮 Finland | 🇳🇴 Norway | |
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
🇨🇭 Switzerland | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
🇬🇷 Greece | 🇧🇾 Belarus |
4.3.Final.
Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
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1 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 290 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 224 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 311 |
2 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 238 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 201 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 222 |
3 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 218 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 200 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 193 |
4 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 174 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 138 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 190 |
5 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 143 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 125 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 162 |
6 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 113 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 119 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 132 |
7 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 89 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 114 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 114 |
8 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 88 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 108 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 112 |
9 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 74[e] | 🇳🇴 Norway | 102 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 103 |
10 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 74[e] | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 85 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 98 |
11 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 72[f] | 🇪🇸 Spain | 83 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 56 |
12 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 72[f] | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 78 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 46 |
13 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 64 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 70 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 43[g] |
14 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 62 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 61 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 43[g] |
15 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 58 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 59 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 41 |
16 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 43 | 🇬🇧 United Kindom | 52 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 39 |
17 | 🇬🇧 United Kindom | 40 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 51 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 39 |
18 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 39 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 50 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 33 |
19 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 37 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 49 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 32 |
20 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 35 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 48 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 31 |
21 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 33[h] | 🇮🇹 Italy | 37 | 🇬🇧 United Kindom | 29 |
22 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 33[h] | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 27 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 26 |
23 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 32 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 23 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 18 |
24 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 14 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 21 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 17 |
25 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 9 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 16 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 15 |
26 | 🇫🇷 France | 2 | 🇫🇷 France | 5 | 🇫🇷 France | 1 |
Voting procedure used: [1] 50% jury and televote, [2] 100% televoting, [3] 100% jury vote |
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🇧🇾 Belarus | 43 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 33 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇮🇸 Iceland | 58 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇳🇴 Norway | 88 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
🇷🇴 Romania | 72 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇦🇲 Armenia | 174 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||||
🇲🇪 Montenegro | 37 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇵🇱 Poland | 62 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
🇬🇷 Greece | 35 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇦🇹 Austria | 290 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | ||||||
🇩🇪 Germany | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇸🇪 Sweden | 218 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
🇫🇷 France | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇷🇺 Russia | 89 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇮🇹 Italy | 33 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇸🇮 Slovenia | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇫🇮 Finland | 72 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
🇪🇸 Spain | 74 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
🇨🇭 Switzerland | 64 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
🇭🇺 Hungary | 143 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
🇲🇹 Malta | 32 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇩🇰 Denmark | 74 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 238 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
🇸🇲 San Marino | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🇬🇧 United Kindom | 40 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
4.3.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Grand Final:
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13 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇮🇪Ireland, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇬🇧 United Kindom |
8 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇩🇪 Germany , 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland |
3 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇪 Georgia |
🇸🇪 Sweden | 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
2 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia |
🇷🇺 Russia | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
1 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 🇲🇹 Malta |
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🇧🇾 Belarus | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
🇷🇴 Romania | 🇲🇩 Moldova | |
🇪🇸 Spain | 🇦🇱 Albania | |
🇭🇺 Hungary | 🇲🇪 Montenegro |
4.3.2.Spokespersons. The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw following the jury results from the final dress rehearsal. An algorithm implemented by NRK, based on jury vote, was used to generate as much suspense as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Sabina Babayeva
- 🇬🇷 Greece – Andrianna Maggania
- 🇵🇱 Poland – Paulina Chylewska
- 🇦🇱 Albania – Andri Xhahu
- 🇸🇲 San Marino – Michele Perniola
- 🇩🇰 Denmark – Sofie Lassen-Kahlke
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro – Tijana Mišković
- 🇷🇴 Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
- 🇷🇺 Russia – Alsou
- 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Tim Douwsma
- 🇲🇹 Malta – Valentina Rossi
- 🇫🇷 France – Élodie Suigo
- 🇬🇧 United Kindom – Scott Mills
- 🇱🇻 Latvia – Ralfs Eilands
- 🇦🇲 Armenia – Anna Avanesyan
- 🇮🇸 Iceland – Benedict Valsson
- 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia – Marko Mark
- 🇸🇪 Sweden – Alcazar
- 🇧🇾 Belarus – Alyona Lanskaya
- 🇩🇪 Germany– Helene Fischer
- 🇮🇱 Israel – Ofer Nachshon
- 🇵🇹 Portugal – Joana Teles
- 🇳🇴 Norway – Margrethe Røed
- 🇪🇪 Estonia – Lauri Pihlap
- 🇭🇺 Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
- 🇲🇩 Moldova – Olivia Furtuna
- 🇮🇪Ireland – Nicky Byrne
- 🇫🇮 Finland – Redrama
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania – Ignas Krupavičius
- 🇦🇹 Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
- 🇪🇸 Spain – Carolina Casado
- 🇧🇪 Belgium – Angelique Vlieghe
- 🇮🇹 Italy – Linus
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Zlata Ognevich
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Kurt Aeschbacher
- 🇬🇪 Georgia – Sophie Gelovani and Nodi Tatishvili
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia – Ula Furlan
5.Other countries.
5.1.Active EBU members.
- 🇦🇩 Andorra – The Andorran broadcaster Ràdio i Televisió d’Andorra (RTVA) informed a Eurovision news website that due to financial reasons and budget constraints, Andorra would not return to the contest in 2014.
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – Despite the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) initially stating their intention to participate in the contest, on 18 December 2013 it was announced that they would not be taking part due to a lack of sponsorship.
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Despite initial indications that Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) had planned to participate in the 2014 contest, on 22 November 2013, BNT announced their non-participation in the competition, citing an expensive participation fee and limited funds due to budget cuts as reasons for this decision.
- 🇭🇷 Croatia – Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) announced on 19 September 2013 that they were not entering in the 2014 contest, citing the European financial crisis, as well as a string of poor results between 2010 and 2013 influencing their decision to take a year break. The last time Croatia qualified for the grand final before 2016 was in 2009.
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus – On 3 October 2013, the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) announced that it would not enter in the 2014 contest, citing public opinion regarding the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis and budget restrictions as factors that influenced this decision.
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – The Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) confirmed on 30 September 2013, that they would not return to the contest in 2014, citing low viewing figures and poor results as their reason.
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – The chief executive officer of RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, Alain Berwick, stated that Luxembourg would not return to the contest, citing the potential financial burden of hosting the contest and a lack of public interest as reasons for this decision. The broadcaster further confirmed on 24 July 2013, that Luxembourg would not be participating in the 2014 contest.
- 🇲🇨 Monaco – The Monegasque broadcaster Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) informed a Eurovision news website that Monaco would not be returning to the contest in 2014.
Morocco – On 11 September 2013, Moroccan broadcaster Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT) informed and confirmed to a Eurovision news website that they have not ruled out the possibility of making a comeback in the near future, but currently have no plans to make their return at the 2014 contest.
- 🇷🇸 Serbia – On 22 November 2013, Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) announced that it would not participate the 2014 contest due to financial difficulties and a lack of available sponsorship for a potential Serbian entry.
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia – Slovakian broadcaster Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS) announced through their official Twitter feed on 1 September 2013 that Slovakia would not participate in the 2014 contest. The non-participation was further confirmed on 9 September 2013.
- 🇹🇷 Turkey – On 14 September 2013, the general director of Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), İbrahim Şahin, stated that there are no plans to return to the contest under the current conditions. Dissatisfaction with the introduction of a mixed jury/televote voting system and the current status of the “Big Five” were once again cited as reasons for this decision. The non-participation was further confirmed on 7 November 2013.
5.2.Require active EBU membership.
Kosovo – While Kosovan broadcaster Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) did not voice any intention regarding the 2014 contest, Kosovo’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi told the Swedish television programme Korrespondenterna that he thought Kosovo, whose status is disputed, would be granted EBU membership and acceptance into the Eurovision in time for the 2014 edition. However, Kosovo has not been recognized as an independent country by the International Telecommunication Union, which is a requirement for full membership in the EBU.
Liechtenstein – Broadcaster 1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television (1FLTV) had originally intended to participate in the 2013 contest, pending subsidies being sought from the Liechtenstein government in order to join the EBU. However such financial offerings were never granted. The broadcaster at the time had stated that they would try again with the aim to make their debut in 2014. On 10 September 2013, 1FLTV announced that they will not be present at any foreseeable Eurovision Song Contest until such financial support has been granted by the government of Liechtenstein.
6.Broadcasts. Most countries sent commentators to Copenhagen or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.
It was reported by the EBU that the 2014 contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of a record breaking 195 million viewers.
Country | Show(s) | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | – |
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🇦🇱 Albania | All shows | TVSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana | Andri Xhahu | – |
🇦🇲 Armenia | Semi-finals | Armenia 1 | Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan | – |
Final | Tigran Danielyan and Arevik Udumyan | |||
🇦🇹 Austria | All shows | ORF eins | Andi Knoll | – |
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | All shows | İTV, İTV Radio | Konul Arifgizi | – |
🇧🇾 Belarus | All shows | Belarus-1, Belarus 24 | Evgeny Perlin | – |
🇧🇪 Belgium | All shows | één, Radio 2 | Dutch: Peter Van de Veire and Eva Daeleman | – |
La Une | French: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Maureen Louys | – | ||
Final | VivaCité | French: Olivier Gilain | – | |
🇩🇰 Denmark | Semi-finals | DR1 | Anders Bisgaard | – |
Final | Ole Tøpholm | – | ||
DR3 | Peter Falktoft and Esben Bjerre Hansen | – | ||
DR Ramasjang | Sign language performers | – | ||
DR P4 | Anders Bisgaard | – | ||
🇪🇪 Estonia | All shows | ETV | Marko Reikop | – |
SF1/Final | Raadio 2 | Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk | – | |
🇫🇮 Finland | All shows | Yle TV2, Yle Radio Suomi | Finnish: Jorma Hietamäki and Sanna Pirkkalainen | – |
Yle TV2, Yle Radio Vega | Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos | |||
🇫🇷 France | SF1 | France Ô | Audrey Chauveau and Bruno Berberes | – |
Final | France 3 | Cyril Féraud and Natasha St-Pier | – | |
🇬🇪 Georgia | All shows | 1TV | Lado Tatishvili and Tamuna Museridze | – |
🇩🇪 Germany | All shows[i] | EinsPlus, Einsfestival | Peter Urban | – |
Semi-finals | Phoenix | |||
Final | Das Erste | |||
🇬🇷 Greece | All shows | NERIT1, NERIT HD | Maria Kozakou | – |
Final | Giorgos Kapoutzidis | |||
🇭🇺 Hungary | All shows | M1 | Gábor Gundel Takács | – |
🇮🇸 Iceland | All shows | RÚV, Rás 2 | Felix Bergsson | – |
🇮🇪Ireland | Semi-finals | RTÉ Two | Marty Whelan | – |
Final | RTÉ One | |||
SF2/Final | RTÉ Radio 1 | Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski | – | |
🇮🇱 Israel | All shows | Channel 1 | No commentary; Hebrew subtitles | – |
Channel 33 | No commentary; Arabic subtitles | |||
IBA 88FM | Kobi Menora and Yuval Caspin | – | ||
🇮🇹 Italy | Semi-finals | Rai 4 | Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello | – |
Final | Rai 2 | Linus and Nicola Savino | – | |
🇱🇻 Latvia | All shows | LTV1 | Valters Frīdenbergs and Kārlis Būmeisters | – |
🇱🇹 Lithuania | All shows | LRT, LRT Radijas | Darius Užkuraitis | – |
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia | All shows | MRT 1, MRT Sat, Radio Skopje | Karolina Petkovska | – |
🇲🇹 Malta | All shows | TVM | Carlo Borg Bonaci | – |
🇲🇩 Moldova | All shows | Moldova 1, Radio Moldova | Daniela Babici | – |
🇲🇪 Montenegro | All shows | TVCG 1 | Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković | – |
Radio Crne Gore, Radio 98 | Sonja Savović and Sanja Pejović | |||
🇳🇱 The Netherlands | All shows | Nederland 1, BVN | Cornald Maas and Jan Smit | – |
🇳🇴 Norway | All shows | NRK1 | Olav Viksmo-Slettan | – |
Final | NRK3 | Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes and Line Elvsåshagen | – | |
🇵🇱 Poland | All shows[j] | TVP1, TVP1 HD, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka | Artur Orzech | – |
🇵🇹 Portugal | All shows[k] | RTP1 | Sílvia Alberto | – |
🇷🇴 Romania | All shows | TVR 1, TVRi, TVR HD | Bogdan Stănescu | – |
🇷🇺 Russia | All shows | Russia-1 | Olga Shelest and Dmitry Guberniev | – |
🇸🇲 San Marino | All shows | San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino | Italian: Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo | – |
SMtv Web TV | English: John Kennedy O’Connor and Jamarie Milkovic | – | ||
🇸🇮 Slovenia | Semi-finals | TV SLO 2 | Andrej Hofer | – |
Final | TV SLO 1, Televizija Maribor | |||
SF2/Final | Radio Val 202, Radio Maribor | |||
🇪🇸 Spain | SF1 | La 2 | Spanish: José María Íñigo | – |
Final | La 1 | |||
Cadena COPE | Spanish: Paco González and Tiempo de juego team | – | ||
Ona FM – Cadena SER Catalunya | Catalan: Sergi Mas | – | ||
🇸🇪 Sweden | All shows | SVT1 | Malin Olsson and Edward af Sillén | – |
SR P4 | Carolina Norén and Ronnie Ritterland | – | ||
🇨🇭 Switzerland | Semi-finals | SRF zwei | German: Sven Epiney | – |
Final | SRF 1 | |||
SF2 | RTS Deux | French: Jean-Marc Richard and Valérie Ogier | – | |
Final | RTS Un | |||
SF2 | RSI La 2 | Italian: Sandy Altermatt and Alessandro Bertoglio | – | |
Final | RSI La 1 | |||
🇺🇦 Ukraine | All shows | First National | Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova | – |
UR-2 | Olena Zelinchenko | – | ||
🇬🇧 United Kindom | Semi-finals | BBC Three | Scott Mills and Laura Whitmore | – |
Final | BBC One | Graham Norton | – | |
SF2 | BBC Radio 2 Eurovision | Ana Matronic | – | |
Final | BBC Radio 2 | Ken Bruce | – |
Country | Show(s) | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | – |
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🇦🇺 Australia | All shows | SBS One | Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang | – |
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All shows[l] | OutTV | Adam Rollins and Tommy D. | – |
🇭🇷 Croatia | Final | HRT 1, HR 2 | Aleksandar Kostadinov | – |
🇨🇾 Cyprus | All shows | RIK 1 | Melina Karageorgiou | – |
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All shows | SvF | Unknown | – |
All shows | Khabar TV | Diana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay | – | |
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All shows | BBC UKTV | Unknown | – |
🇷🇸 Serbia | All shows | RTS1, RTS SAT, RTS HD | Silvana Grujić | – |
Final | Dragan Ilić | |||
🇸🇰 Slovakia | All shows | Rádio FM | Daniel Baláž and Pavol Hubinák | – |
Final | Juraj Kemka |
7.Incidents.
7.1.Armenian contestant’s statements. On the week of the contest, Armenian contestant Aram Mp3 commented on Conchita Wurst’s image by saying that her lifestyle was “not natural” and that she needed to decide to be either a woman or a man. The statement sparked controversy, following which Aram Mp3 apologised and added that what he said was meant to be a joke. Wurst accepted the apology, by stating, “I have to say that if it’s a joke it’s not funny… but he apologised and that’s fine for me.”
7.2.Georgia jury votes. Georgia’s jury votes in the Grand Final were all declared invalid, as all the jury members had voted exactly the same from 3 points up to 12 points. According to EBU, this constitutes a statistical impossibility. Therefore, only Georgia’s televoting result was used for the distribution of the Georgian points in the Grand Final.
7.3.Lithuanian spokesperson’s commentary. Lithuanian spokesperson Ignas Krupavičius, just before announcing that ten points of his country’s vote had been assigned to Conchita Wurst, referred to Wurst’s beard in saying “Now it is time to shave”, then pulled out a razor and pretended to shave his own face, before giggling at the joke. Host Nikolaj Koppel replied “Time to shave? I think not.”, because the next country to announce the votes was Austria. British commentator Graham Norton also expressed his frustration at the joke and supported Koppel’s reply.
7.4.Reaction to Russia’s performance. Russia’s Tolmachevy Sisters were the subject of booing from the audience, during the semi-final and when they were announced to have qualified for the final. Russia’s act were also booed during the final; and when the Russian spokesperson delivered their top-three votes. The booing was also heard when countries awarded points to Russia, including neighbouring countries such as Azerbaijan and Belarus.
Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine, wrote: “I can’t remember the last time I heard a Eurovision audience boo anyone; during the Iraq war in 2003, no one booed Britain. […] There’s a difference between the Russian government and the Russian people, and the girls were there to represent the latter. They didn’t deserve the obloquy. And the Danes were wrong to have made the booing so audible.”
7.5.Internet activist security breach. After Conchita Wurst had won and performed the song again, and shortly before the end of the television broadcast, press photographers crowded around Wurst for pictures. During the photo session, Estonian “Free Anakata” activist Meelis Kaldalu managed to breach security and approach Wurst, giving her flowers and a Danish flag. She accepted the flowers, and Kaldalu knelt before her; what he said could not be heard. As security personnel realised Kaldalu was not supposed to be there, they began to drag him away, and Kaldalu produced a piece of paper, which he had hidden under his shirt, reading “#free anakata”.
8.Other awards. In addition to the main winner’s trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, “General Organisation of Eurovision Fans” voting poll also took place before the contest. The Premios Ondas (English: Wave Awards) have honoured the production values of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in one of their categories.
8.1.Marcel Bezençon Awards. The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden’s then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest’s final. The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.
Category | Country | Song | Performer(s) | Composer(s) |
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Artistic Award | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | “Calm After the Storm” | The Common Linnets |
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Composers Award | ||||
Press Award | 🇦🇹 Austria | “Rise Like a Phoenix” | Conchita Wurst |
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8.2.OGAE. OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2014 poll was “Undo” performed by Sanna Nielsen; the top five results are shown below.
Country | Song | Performer(s) | OGAE result |
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🇸🇪 Sweden | “Undo” | Sanna Nielsen | 354 |
🇭🇺 Hungary | “Running” | András Kállay-Saunders | 262 |
🇮🇱 Israel | “Same Heart” | Mei Finegold | 233 |
🇦🇹 Austria | “Rise Like a Phoenix” | Conchita Wurst | 221 |
🇬🇧 United Kindom | “Children of the Universe” | Molly | 162 |
8.3.Barbara Dex Award. The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium’s representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.
Place | Country | Performer(s) | Votes |
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1 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | Vilija Matačiūnaitė | 311 |
2 | 🇮🇹 Italy | Emma | 90 |
3 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | Cristina Scarlat | 90 |
4 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | The Shin and Mariko | 76 |
5 | 🇦🇱 Albania | Hersi | 64 |
8.4. Ondas Awards. Premios Ondas is an award ceremony organised by Radio Barcelona, a subsidiary of Cadena SER, since 1954. They are awarded in recognition of professionals in the fields of radio and television broadcasting, the cinema, and the music industry. The 61st Ondas Award recipients were announced on 6 November 2014, where Danish broadcaster DR, and the European Broadcasting Union received the International Television Award, for their production of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The award was handed over on 25 November 2014 at the Liceu in Barcelona.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2014 | DR – European Broadcasting Union | International Television Award | Won |

Cover art of the official album
9.Official album. Eurovision Song Contest: Copenhagen 2014 was the official compilation album of the 2014 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 14 April 2014. The album featured all 37 songs that entered in the 2014 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. It also featured as a bonus track, the official #JoinUs theme, “Rainmaker”, performed by the 2013 contest winner, Emmelie de Forest.
9.1.Charts.
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 2 |
10.Notes.
- [a] Contains some words in Latvian.
- [b] Contains some phrases in English and one in Spanish.
- [c] Contains some words in English.
- [d] a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Montenegro, Russia is deemed to have finished in sixth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
- [e] a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Spain, Denmark is deemed to have finished in ninth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
- [f] a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Romania, Finland is deemed to have finished in eleventh place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
- [g] a b Despite finishing with the same number of points in the televote as Greece, Denmark is deemed to have finished higher due to receiving points from a greater number of countries in the televote.
- [h] a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Azerbaijan, Italy is deemed to have finished in twenty-first place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
- [i] Broadcasts of all shows in Germany on Einsfestival were delayed.
- [j] The three shows were broadcast on TVP Rozrywka with a one day delay.
- [k] RTP provided a delayed same-day broadcast of the second semi-final.
- [l] OutTV broadcast the three shows in Canada between 20–22 June 2014.
- [m] Böyük Səhnə (Big Stage) was an Azerbaijani talent show organised by İTV that selected the Azerbaijani contestant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The competition consisted of four shows. The final where the remaining three contestants performed three songs: two cover versions of various songs and an original song. Dilara Kazimova was selected by the jury as the winner. The song “Start a Fire” that Kazimova performed at Eurovision was internally selected. “Start a Fire” was selected from submissions from local and international songwriters based on the decision of İTV and a national jury panel. The song was presented on the same day via the release of the official music video. The melody features the traditional Azeri musical instrument balaban. The song was performed by Kazimova for the first time in Azeri, under the name “Bir qığılcım”, and Turkish, under the name “Alev Gibi”.
- [n] Mei Finegold was internally selected by a selection committee to represent Israel at Eurovision 2014. The song “Same Heart” that Finegold performed at Eurovision was selected through a national final, “Kdam Eurovision 2014”. From 78 submitted songs a jury selected three songs for the competition.
11.Trivial / Fun facts.
- Some 195 million viewers tuned in for this contest.
- The show was co-hosted by Pilou Asbæk, who had become world-famous in the political drama Borgen.
- Valentina Monetta took part for the 3rd time for San Marino and for the 1st time, the country qualified for the Final.
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Countries (in order of appearance) |
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Final | Ukraine ⦁ Belarus ⦁ Azerbaijan ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Norway ⦁ Romina ⦁ Armenia ⦁ Montenegro ⦁ Poland • Greece ⦁ Austria (winner) ⦁ Germany • Sweden • France ⦁ Russia • Italy ⦁ Slovenia ⦁ Finland ⦁ Spain ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Hungary ⦁ Malta ⦁ Denmark ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ San Marino ⦁ United Kingdom |
First Semi-Final | Armenia ⦁ Lettonia ⦁ Estonia ⦁ Svezia ⦁ Islanda ⦁ Albania ⦁ Russia ⦁ Azerbaijan ⦁ Ukraine • Belgium ⦁ Moldova • San Marino • Portugal ⦁ The Netherlands (winner) ⦁ Montenegro ⦁ Hungary |
Second Semi-Final | Malta ⦁ Israel ⦁ Norway ⦁ Georgia ⦁ Poland ⦁ Austria (winner) ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ Finland ⦁ Ireland • Belarus ⦁ FYRO Macedonia ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Greece • Slovenia ⦁ Romania |
Artists (in order of appearance) |
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Final | Mariya Yaremchuk ⦁ Teo ⦁ Dilara Kazimova ⦁ Pollapönk ⦁ Carl Espen ⦁ Paula Seling and Ovi ⦁ Aram Mp3 ⦁ Sergej Ćetković ⦁ Donatan and Cleo ⦁ Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd ⦁ Conchita Wurst (winner) ⦁ Elaiza • Sanna Nielsen ⦁ Twin Twin ⦁ Tolmachevy Sisters ⦁ Emma • Tinkara Kovač ⦁ Softengine ⦁ Ruth Lorenzo • Sebalter ⦁ András Kállay-Saunders ⦁ Firelight • Basim ⦁ The Common Linnets • Valentina Monetta • Molly |
First Semi-Final | Aram Mp3 ⦁ Aarzemnieki ⦁ Tanja ⦁ Sanna Nielsen ⦁ Pollapönk ⦁ Hersi ⦁ Tolmachevy Sisters ⦁ Dilara Kazimova ⦁ Mariya Yaremchuk ⦁ Axel Hirsoux • Cristina Scarlat ⦁ Valentina Monetta ⦁ Suzy • The Common Linnets (winner) ⦁ Sergej Ćetković ⦁ András Kállay-Saunders |
Second Semi-Final | Firelight ⦁ Mei Finegold ⦁ Carl Espen ⦁ The Shin and Mariko ⦁ Donatan and Cleo ⦁ Conchita Wurst (winner) ⦁ Vilija ⦁ Softengine ⦁ Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith ⦁ Teo • Tijana ⦁ Sebalter ⦁ Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd • Tinkara Kovač • Paula Seling and Ovi |
Songs (in order of appearance) |
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Final | “Tick-Tock” ⦁ “Cheesecake” ⦁ “Start a Fire” ⦁ “No Prejudice” ⦁ “Silent Storm” ⦁ “Miracle” ⦁ “Not Alone” ⦁ “Moj svijet” (Мој свијет) ⦁ “My Słowianie – We Are Slavic” • “Rise Up” • “Rise Like a Phoenix” (winner) • “Is It Right” ⦁ “Undo” ⦁ “Moustache” ⦁ “Shine” • “La mia città” • “Round and Round” • “Something Better” • “Dancing in the Rain” • “Hunter of Stars” • “Running” ⦁ “Coming Home” • “Cliche Love Song” • “Calm After the Storm” • “Maybe” • “Children of the Universe” |
First Semi-Final | “Not Alone” ⦁ “Cake to Bake” ⦁ “Amazing” ⦁ “Undo” ⦁ “No Prejudice” ⦁ “One Night’s Anger” ⦁ “Shine” ⦁ “Start a Fire” ⦁ “Tick-Tock” • “Mother” • “Wild Soul” • “Maybe” • “Quero ser tua” ⦁ “Calm After the Storm” (winner) • “Moj svijet” (Мој свијет) • “Running” |
Secon Semi-Final | “Coming Home” ⦁ “Same Heart” ⦁ “Silent Storm” ⦁ “Three Minutes to Earth” ⦁ “My Słowianie – We Are Slavic” ⦁ “Rise Like a Phoenix” (winner) ⦁ “Attention” ⦁ “Something Better” ⦁ “Heartbeat” • “Cheesecake” • “To the Sky” • “Hunter of Stars” • “Rise Up” • “Round and Round” • “Miracle” |
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