• Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 18 May 2013 – 21:00 CEST
• Host – Venue & Location: Malmö Arena, Malmö, 🇸🇪 Sweden
• Presenter (s): Petra Mede, Eric Saade (green room, final)
• Musical Director: —
• Director: Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović
• Executive Producer: Martin Österdahl
• Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
• Multicamera Director: Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander & Sven Stojanović
• Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT)
• Opening Act: “We Write the Story” (composed by Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & Avicii)
• Interval Act: Loreen (medley: “We Got The Power”, “My Heart Is Refusing Me” and “Euphoria”); “Swedish Smörgåsbord”, music by Jan Lundkvist, lyrics by Matheson Bayley, Edward af Sillén and Daniel Réhn, performed by Petra Mede; Sarah Dawn Finer (performing “The Winner Takes It All”)
• Motto: We are one! (Unleash the full potential, Släpp loss hela potentialen)
• Participants – Number of entries: 39 : Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (53ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (50ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (10ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (26ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (32ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (7ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (6ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (36ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (9ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (25ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (18ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (42ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (53ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (11ª),  🇳🇴 Norway (49ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (11ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (15ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (52ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (44ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (49ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (14ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (52ª),  🇳🇱 The Netherlands (51ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (6ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (44ª)]; First Semi-Final 16 [🇲🇪 Montenegro (5ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (52ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (10ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (45ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (18ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (18ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (20ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (42ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (16ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (11ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (51ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (14ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (9ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (31ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (8ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (44ª)]; Second Semi-Final 17  [🇱🇻 Latvia (13ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (4ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (13ª),  🇲🇹 Malta (25ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (9ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (26ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (32ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (7ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (6ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (52ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (15ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (49ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (11ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (6ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (32ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (10ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (44ª)]
• Debuting countries: —
• Return: 🇦🇲 Armenia (7ª)
• Non-returning countries: 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (17ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (43ª), 🇸🇰 Slovakia (7ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (33ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
• Nil Points: —
• Winning song:  “Only teardrops” – Emmelie de Forest – 🇩🇰 Denmark (3ª)

About/Overview. Thirteen years after Stockholm hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, the 2013 contest took place in the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden. Two Semi-Finals determined which twenty countries — ten from each Semi-Final — would join the ‘Big Five’ (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) and host coumntry Sweden in the Grand Final. The opening act of the Grand Final featured a true Eurovision anthem titled We Write The Story by Benny and Björn from ABBA and the Swedish DJ Avicii. Petra Mede presented the show alone, the first time there had been a solo presenter since 1995. The slogan for the 2013 competition was ‘We Are One’.

About the winner. In the end, after all the excitement and millions of votes, it was Emmelie de Forest who took home the trophy for Denmark with the song “Only Teardrops”.

Facts and figures. There was a mechanism built into the catwalk of the stage that could elevate the artists. However, it was only used by Loreen during the interval act and UK participant Bonnie Tyler; Ukraine’s performance featured Igor Vovkovinskiy, who is the tallest person living in the United States. Igor carried Zlata, Ukraine’s representative, onto the stage during her performance.

Final.

R/o	COUNTRY		PARTICIPANT(S)	SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE	POINTSRANK
01		🇫🇷 Francia France 3	Amandine Bourgeois	L’enfer et moi (Hell and me) French	014	23
02		🇱🇹 Lithuania LRT	Andrius Pojavis	Something (Kažkas) English	017	22
03		🇲🇩 Moldova TRM	Aliona Moon	O mie (A thousand, A million, Un milion) Romanianh	071	11
04		🇫🇮 Finland YLE	Krista Siegfrids	Marry me (Nai minut) English	013	24
05		🇪🇸 Spain TVE	ESDM – El Sueño de Morfeo	Contigo hasta el final (With you until the end) Spanish[c]	008	25
06		🇧🇪 Belgium RTBF	Roberto Bellarosa	Love kills (L’amour tue) English	071	12
07		🇪🇪 Estonia ERR	Birgit (Birgit Õigemeel)	Et uus saaks alguse (So there can be a new beginning / So there could be a new beginning) Estonian	019	20
08		🇧🇾 Belarus BTRC	Alyona Lanskaya (Алена Ланская, Alena Lanskaja, Алёна Ланская, Alyona Lanskaya)	Solayoh (Салэа) English	048	16
09		🇲🇹 Malta PBS	Gianluca Bezzina	Tomorrow English	120	08
10		🇷🇺 Russia C1R	Dina Garipova (Дина Гарипова, Динә Гарипова, Dinä Ğäripova)	What if (Нәрсә, әгәр…; Что, если…) English	174	05
11		🇩🇪 Germany NDR	Cascada	Glorious (Glorreich) English	018	21
12		🇦🇲 Armenia AMPTV	Dorians (Դորիանս)	Lonely planet (Միայնակ մոլորակ) English	041	18
13		🇳🇱 The Netherlands TROS	Anouk (Anouk Teeuwe)	Birds English	114	09
14		🇷🇴 Romania TVR	Cezar (Florin Cezar Ouatu, Cezar The Voice)	It’s my life (Este viața mea) English	065	13
15		🇬🇧 United Kindom BBC	Bonnie Tyler	Believe in me English	023	19
16		🇸🇪 Sweden SVT	Robin Stjernberg	You English	062	14
17		🇭🇺 Hungary MTV	ByeAlex	Kedvesém (Zoohacker Remix) [Dear] Hungarian	084	10
18		🇩🇰 Denmark DR winner	Emmelie de Forest	Only teardrops (Kun tårer) English	281	01
19		🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV	Eythor Ingi (Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson)	Ég á líf (I have a life) Icelandic	047	17
20		🇦🇿 Azerbaijan İctimai	Farid Mammadov (Fərid Məmmədov)	Hold me (Tut Məni) English	234	02
21		🇬🇷 Greece ERT	Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis (Koza Παρουσίαση feat. Αγάθωνας Ιακωβίδης)	Alcohol is free (Το Αλκοόλ Είναι Δωρεάν) Greek[b]	152	06
22		🇺🇦 Ukraine NTU	Zlata Ognevich (Злата Огнєвіч, Злата Огневич)	Gravity (Тяжіння) English	214	03
23		🇮🇹 Italy RAI	Marco Mengoni	L’essenziale (The essential) Italian	126	07
24		🇳🇴 Norway NRK	Margaret Berger	I feed you my love English	191	04
25		🇬🇪 Georgia GPB	Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani (Sopho Gelovani & Nodiko “Nodar” Tatishvili, სოფო გელოვანი & ნოდიკო “ნოდარ” ტატიშვილი; სოფო გელოვანი დანოდიკო ტატიშვილი / წარმოდგენილები, როგორც „Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani)	Waterfall (ჩანჩქერი) English	050	15
26		🇮🇪 Ireland RTÉ	Ryan Dolan	Only love survives English	005	26

About/Overview. Thirteen years after Stockholm hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, the 2013 contest took place in the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden. Two Semi-Finals determined which twenty countries — ten from each Semi-Final — would join the ‘Big Five’ (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) and host coumntry Sweden in the Grand Final. The opening act of the Grand Final featured a true Eurovision anthem titled We Write The Story by Benny and Björn from ABBA and the Swedish DJ Avicii. Petra Mede presented the show alone, the first time there had been a solo presenter since 1995. The slogan for the 2013 competition was ‘We Are One’.

About the winner. In the end, after all the excitement and millions of votes, it was Emmelie de Forest who took home the trophy for Denmark with the song “Only Teardrops”.

Facts and figures. There was a mechanism built into the catwalk of the stage that could elevate the artists. However, it was only used by Loreen during the interval act and UK participant Bonnie Tyler; Ukraine’s performance featured Igor Vovkovinskiy, who is the tallest person living in the United States. Igor carried Zlata, Ukraine’s representative, onto the stage during her performance.

First Semi-Final. Q – Qualifiers qualifier

• Second Semi-Final: Thursday, 16 May 2013 – 21:00 CEST
• Host – Venue & Location: Malmö Arena, Malmö, 🇸🇪 Sweden
• Presenter (s): Petra Mede, Eric Saade (green room, final)
• Musical Director: —
• Director: Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović
• Executive Producer: Martin Österdahl
• Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
• Multicamera Director: Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander & Sven Stojanović
• Host broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT)
• Opening Act: “Urban Orchestra” (choreographed by Jennie Widegren and Fredrik Rydman).
• Interval Act: “Swedish Pop Voices” featuring Darin and Agnes Carlsson.
• Motto: We are one! (Unleash the full potential, Släpp loss hela potentialen)
• Participants – Number of entries: 39 : Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (53ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (50ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (10ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (26ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (32ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (7ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (6ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (36ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (9ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (25ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (18ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (42ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (53ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (11ª),  🇳🇴 Norway (49ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (11ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (15ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (52ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (44ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (49ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (14ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (52ª),  🇳🇱 The Netherlands (51ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (6ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (44ª)]; First Semi-Final 16 [🇲🇪 Montenegro (5ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (52ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (10ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (45ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (18ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (18ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (20ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (42ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (16ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (11ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (51ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (14ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (9ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (31ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (8ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (44ª)]; Second Semi-Final 17  [🇱🇻 Latvia (13ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (4ª), 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia (13ª),  🇲🇹 Malta (25ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (9ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (26ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (32ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (7ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (6ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (52ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (15ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (49ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (11ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (6ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (32ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (10ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (44ª)]
• Debuting countries: —
• Return: 🇦🇲 Armenia (7ª)
• Non-returning countries: 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (17ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (43ª), 🇸🇰 Slovakia (7ª), 🇹🇷 Turkey (33ª)
• Vote – Voting system: Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
• Nil Points: —
• Winning song:  “Hold me” – Farid Mammadov – 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – (1ª)

About/Overview. Thirteen years after Stockholm hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, the 2013 contest took place in the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden. Two Semi-Finals determined which twenty countries — ten from each Semi-Final — would join the ‘Big Five’ (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) and host coumntry Sweden in the Grand Final. The opening act of the Grand Final featured a true Eurovision anthem titled We Write The Story by Benny and Björn from ABBA and the Swedish DJ Avicii. Petra Mede presented the show alone, the first time there had been a solo presenter since 1995. The slogan for the 2013 competition was ‘We Are One’.

About the winner. In the end, after all the excitement and millions of votes, it was Emmelie de Forest who took home the trophy for Denmark with the song “Only Teardrops”.

Facts and figures. There was a mechanism built into the catwalk of the stage that could elevate the artists. However, it was only used by Loreen during the interval act and UK participant Bonnie Tyler; Ukraine’s performance featured Igor Vovkovinskiy, who is the tallest person living in the United States. Igor carried Zlata, Ukraine’s representative, onto the stage during her performance.

Second Semi-Final. Q – Qualifiers

R/o	COUNTRY		PARTICIPANT(S)	SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE	Points	RANK
01		🇱🇻 Latvia LTV	PeR (Please explain the Rhythm)	Here we go (Aiziet) English	013	17
02		🇸🇲 San Marino SMRTV	Valentina Monetta	Crisalide (Vola) [Chrysalis (Flying) / Chrysalis (You’ll Be Flying)] Italian	047	11
03		🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia MKRTV	Esma and Lozano (Есма & Лозано, Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska & Vlatko Lozanoski – Lozano; Есма Реџепова-Теодосиевска & Влатко Лозаноски – Лозано)	Pred da se razdeni (Пред да се раздени, Before the sunrise / Пред да се раздени, If I Could Change The World) Macedonian, Romani	028	16
04		🇦🇿 Azerbaijan İctimai qualifier	Farid Mammadov (Fərid Məmmədov)	Hold me (Tut Məni) English [Q]	139	01
05		🇫🇮 Finland YLE qualifier	Krista Siegfrids	Marry me (Nai minut) English [Q]	064	09
06		🇲🇹 Malta PBS qualifier	Gianluca Bezzina	Tomorrow English [Q]	118	04
07		🇧🇬 Bulgaria BNT	Elitsa & Stoyan (Елица & Стоян, Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov, Елица Тодорова и Стоян Янкулов)	Samo shampioni (Само шампиони, Only champions) Bulgarian	045	12
08		🇮🇸 Iceland RÚV qualifier	Eythor Ingi (Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson)	Ég á líf (I have a life) Icelandic [Q]	072	06
09		🇬🇷 Greece ERT qualifier	Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis (Koza Παρουσίαση feat. Αγάθωνας Ιακωβίδης)	Alcohol is free (Το Αλκοόλ Είναι Δωρεάν) Greek[b] [Q]	121	02
10		🇮🇱 Israel IBA	Moran Mazor (מורן מזור‎)	Rak bishvilo (רק בשבילו, Only for him) Hebrew	040	14
11		🇦🇲 Armenia AMPTV qualifier	Dorians (Դորիանս)	Lonely planet (Միայնակ մոլորակ) English [Q]	069	07
12		🇭🇺 Hungary MTV qualifier	ByeAlex	Kedvesém (Zoohacker Remix) [Dear] Hungarian [Q]	066	08
13		🇳🇴 Norway NRK qualifier	Margaret Berger	I feed you my love (Jeg mater deg kjærligheten min) English [Q]	120	03
14		🇦🇱 Albania RTSH	Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko (Adrian Lulgjuraj dhe Bledar Sejko)	Identitet (Identity) Albanian	031	15
15		🇬🇪 Georgia GPB qualifier	Sopho Gelovani & Nodiko “Nodar” Tatishvili (სოფო გელოვანი & ნოდიკო “ნოდარ” ტატიშვილი; სოფო გელოვანი დანოდიკო ტატიშვილი / წარმოდგენილები, როგორც „Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani)	Waterfall (ჩანჩქერი) English [Q]	063	10
16		🇨🇭 Switzerland SSR SRG	Takasa (Heilsarmee)	You and me English	041	13
17		🇷🇴 Romania TVR qualifier	Cezar (Florin Cezar Ouatu, Cezar The Voice)	It’s my life (Este viața mea) English [Q]	083	05

Missed participation

• 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia: “Imperija” (Империја, Empire) (Macedonian) – Esma Redžepova & Vlatko Lozanoski (Есма Реџепова & Влатко Лозаноски). Unlike their Bulgarian neighbours, the Macedonians selected internally for 2013. On 8 March, several Macedonian media outlets reported that the song “Imperija” would be withdrawn as the Eurovision entry and replaced with a different song “Pred da se razdeni”  (Before the sunrise, Пред да се раздени with the English version being If I Could Change The World), ostensibly due to the poor internet reaction.     

• 🇧🇾 Belarus: “Rhythm of Love” (English) – Alyona Lanskaya (Алёна Ланская). For the fourth year in a row the Belarus entry was replaced. The original song was selected (chosen from nine other songs) on 7 December 2012 through a combination of the Belarusian national selection, ‘Eurofest’ and an internal song selection carried out by the winning artist. After receiving top points from both the jury (50%) and the public vote (50%), Alyona Lanskaya was selected to represent Belarus in Malmö. While her song, “Rhythm of Love”, was also selected, the Eurofest rules specified that the winning artist was free to change the song if they were able to find a more suitable alternative. After the public contest, the responsible committee of Belarusian BTRC network, decided to replace it and on 6 March 2013 announced the song “Solayoh” to be sung by Lanskaya at the Eurovision Song Contest.

• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: “Kismet” (Кисмет) (Bulgarian) – Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov (Елица Тодорова & Стоян Янкулов). The Bulgarian entry was selected through a combination of an internal selection to select the artist and a national final to select the song (three candidate songs), organised by the Bulgarian broadcaster BNT. The combined jury/televote produced a tied result. After a tie between “Samo shampioni” (Само шампиони) and “Kismet” (Кисмет), the televoting results took precedence which resulted in “Kismet” being selected as the winning song for Malmö.  After a week later apparently due to copyrights issues with Jonatan Tesei, one of the apparent authors of the song that BNT was misinformed about of the national final. The broadcaster’s possession of copyrights for the entry “Kismet”, are required under the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest, the song was replaced with the runner-up.

Participation map

Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final  Countries that participated in the past but not in 2013

ESC 2013 Scoreboard Grand Final Ι Detailed voting results:

Final:

ESC 2013 Scoreboard First Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results:

First Semi-Final:

ESC 2013 Scoreboard Second Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results:

Second Semi-Final:

The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country’s victory at the 2012 contest with the song “Euphoria” by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at Malmö Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2013. The three live shows were presented by Swedish comedian and television presenter Petra Mede, being the first time only one host had presented the show since the 1995 contest. Former Swedish entrant Eric Saade acted as the green room host in the final.

Thirty-nine countries participated, with Armenia returning after their one-year absence. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Slovakia and Turkey all withdrew from the contest for various reasons. Slovakia and Turkey have never returned to the contest since.

The winner was Denmark with the song “Only Teardrops”, performed by Emmelie de Forest and written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard. This was the second time that Denmark had won on Swedish soil after 2000. Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Norway and Russia rounded out the top five. Of the “Big Five” countries, only Italy managed to finish in the top ten, for the third time in a row since its return, coming seventh. The Netherlands finished ninth in what was the country’s first appearance in a final since 2004. For the first time since 1985, no country of the former Yugoslav federation participated in the final.

This year marked the first time that the “Parade of Nations”, a concept that had been used in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since its inception in 2004, was used in Eurovision. It sees all countries performing in the grand final presenting themselves with their national flags before the contest begins. This year, the contestants entered the main stage by walking across a bridge over the audience. This idea has subsequently continued in every Eurovision edition onwards.

The EBU reported that 170 million viewers watched the semi-finals and final of the 2013 edition.

1.Location. On 8 July 2012, the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) announced that Malmö Arena in Malmö would be the host venue for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. This was the fifth time after 1975, 1985, 1992 and 2000 that the competition was held in Sweden and the second time, after 1992, that it was held in Malmö. SVT had expressed the desire to host the contest at a slightly smaller venue than previous years, as well as smaller environment which is easier to dedicate and decorate for other celebrations and festivities of the event within the host city. These were factors in the choice of Malmö Arena as the host venue,^[12] and Malmö as Sweden’s third-largest city by population after Stockholm and Gothenburg, the two other initial location-bidders.

SVT made the advance decision to allocate Denmark at one semi-final and Norway at the other, in consideration for the number of Danish and Norwegian fans likely to come, with the arena being relatively small and so not suitable for accommodating both countries’ fans at one semi-final event. The Øresund Bridge was eventually also used as the main artistic medium for the theme of the contest, as an expression of binding cultures.

1.1.Bidding phase. On the night of the final for the 2012 contest, the chief executive of SVT, Eva Hamilton, stated to the Swedish media that various venues in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö were being considered for hosting the 2013 contest. One alternative put forward in the Expressen, was to hold the competition at three venues – the semi-finals in Gothenburg and Malmö, and the final in Stockholm. This proposal was dismissed as unfeasible by SVT, which declared that the contest would be hosted in only one city.

On 20 June 2012, it was announced that Gothenburg had withdrawn from the bidding process due to the city being the host of the Göteborg Horse Show in late April 2013. There were also concerns about the availability of hotel rooms due to a variety of other events taking place in the same time frame as the Eurovision Song Contest.^[16] The executive producer for the 2013 contest, Martin Österdahl, told Swedish press that he did not like the decisions made by previous hosts to hold the contest in larger arenas, stating that he and SVT wanted the 2013 contest to be “more close and personal”. SVT also claimed that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) wanted the 2013 contest to be “smaller” due to the escalating costs of previous contests.

The following candidate cities had provisionally reserved venues and hotel rooms, as part of their bids to host the 2013 contest. On 8 July 2012, Malmö Arena was confirmed as the host venue for the contest. Malmö Arena is Sweden’s fourth-largest indoor arena, after Friends Arena, Tele2 Arena and Globe Arena, all located in Stockholm.

Key:    Host venue

City	Venue	Notes
Gothenburg (Göteborg)	Scandinavium	The venue hosted the 1985 contest.
	Swedish Exhibition Centre	Withdrew on 20 June 2012.
Malmö	Malmö Arena	The venue has served as the host of the Melodifestivalen semi-finals for the past four years.
Stockholm	Friends Arena	Opened in October 2012; hosted the final of Melodifestivalen in March 2013.

2.Format. The combination of televoting and jury voting results underwent changes that were detailed in the official rules for the 2013 contest. 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. It was announced in the official Media Handbook that an official app would also be available for voters to vote via during the contest.

Official sponsors of the broadcast were the main Swedish-Finnish telecommunication company TeliaSonera, and the German cosmetics company Schwarzkopf. The competition sponsors were the makeup company IsaDora cosmetics, the supermarket ICA and Tetra Pak.

The Stockholm based singer and actress Sarah Dawn Finer also appeared in both semi-finals and the final in sketches as the comic character Lynda Woodruff. “Lynda” presented the votes for Sweden at the previous contest in Baku. Finer also appeared in the final as herself performing the ABBA song “The Winner Takes It All” before the results were announced. The ex Swedish football captain Zlatan Ibrahimović was revealed on 28 April to be part of the opening segment of the Eurovision final, in a pre-recorded message welcoming viewers to his home city of Malmö. The 2011 Swedish entrant Eric Saade was the host of the green room during the final.

2.1.Semi-final allocation draw. The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 17 January 2013 at the Malmö City Hall. A draw at the EBU headquarters determined that, due to their geographical proximity with Malmö, Denmark would perform in the first semi-final, while Norway would perform in the second semi-final. This provided a maximum availability of tickets for visitors from both countries. The EBU also allocated Israel to the second semi-final after a request from the delegation in order to avoid complications with a national holiday coinciding with the date of the first semi-final. The remaining participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom), were split into five pots, based on voting patterns from the previous nine years. From these pots, 15 (in addition to Denmark) were allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May 2013 and 15 (in addition to Norway and Israel) were allocated to compete in the second semi-final on 16 May 2013.

The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
🇦🇱 Albania 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇨🇭 Switzerland	🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania	🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇷🇺 Russia 🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇬🇷 Greece 🇲🇹 Malta 🇳🇱 The Netherlands	🇦🇹 Austria 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇷🇴 Romania 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇸🇮 Slovenia

2.2.Running order. Unlike previous years, the running order was not decided by the drawing of lots, but instead by the producers, with the aim of making the shows more exciting and ensuring that all contestants had a chance to stand out, preventing entries that are too similar cancelling each other out. The decision elicited mixed reactions from both fans of the contest and participating broadcasters.

The running order for the semi-finals was released on 28 March 2013. The running order for the final was determined on 17 May 2013. An additional allocation draw occurred for the final with each finalist nation drawing to perform either in the first or second half of the final. The allocation draw for qualifying countries from the semi-finals occurred during the semi-final winners’ press conferences following each semi-final, while the allocation draw for the Big Five countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) occurred during their first individual press conferences on 15 May 2013. As the host country, the running order position for Sweden in the final was exclusively determined by a draw during the heads of delegation meeting on 18 March 2013. Sweden was drawn to perform 16th in the final.

2.3.Graphic design. As aforesaid, SVT wanted to make a good use of Malmo Arena’s space to highlight the performances and increase the audience’s visibility compared to previous years. SVT created a main stage and a smaller stage with higher-lower shifted floors, connected by a trail closely surrounded by a standing crowd from both sides of it and around the small stage. The main stage mobility was expressed as a main artistic medium at the opening act of the second semi-final and with highlighting Moldova’s performance towards its finish, as a movable part beneath the singer’s dress making her look gradually taller. The small stage mobility highlighted United Kingdom’s performance towards its finish, lifted above the close-standing audience.

On 17 January 2013, at the semi-final allocation draw, the EBU revealed the graphic design, created by the Gothenburg-based branding agency Happy F&B for the 2013 contest, featuring a butterfly and slogan “We Are One”. The butterfly featured an array of colours and textures, it also represented something small which can start powerful and big movements, a phenomenon known as the butterfly effect, indicating that a flap from one butterfly can start a hurricane. Meanwhile, the slogan, “We Are One”, highlighted equality and unity of all the participating countries alongside the cultural diversity and influence of each participant.

SVT confirmed on 19 February 2013 that the postcard films, used to introduce each song in the contest, would feature each artist in their respective country, to give the viewer a personal insight of each competing participant. This broke with recent tradition of the postcards often containing short segments of life within either the host city or country of the contest. They were produced by a company called Camp David. The on-air graphics were produced by Broken Doll, a production company. The animation of the many butterflies was done by the visual effects studio Swiss International. For example, Sweden’s postcard features Robin and his friends at a funfair, having fun and meeting fans, while Ireland’s postcard shows Ryan together with his family. In addition to the graphic design, there was a theme music for the contest entitled “Wolverine” composed by Adam Kafe, which was used in the intros and in-between commercial breaks.

2.4.National host broadcaster. On 11 July 2012, the show producer Christer Björkman advised the public not to buy tickets for the 2013 contest that are currently in circulation and instead to wait for tickets to be released through official channels. Björkman said that official tickets had not yet been released, as necessary decisions over the stage and seating plans had not yet been made. Björkman also gave reassurance that accommodation would be available, as while the organizers had booked a large quantity of hotel rooms, some may be made available to the general public. On 21 November 2012, SVT officially announced the launch of ticket sales.^[48]

On 17 October 2012, the executive producer Martin Österdahl told the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that SVT plans for the 2013 contest to have only one presenter for the entire contest, unlike previous years where there were up to three presenters per show. The last time there was just one presenter was in the 1995, in Dublin, Ireland, when the solo host was Mary Kennedy. Petra Mede was announced as the host for the 2013 contest on 28 January 2013.

3.Participating countries. The EBU announced on 21 December 2012 that 39 countries would compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Armenia, which was last represented in 2011, confirmed that it would be returning to the contest following a one-year break. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Portugal both decided not to enter the 2013 contest due to financial difficulties, while Slovakia and Turkey did not participate for different reasons, with Turkish broadcaster TRT mentioning dissatisfaction with the 50-50 jury-televote voting system as well as the rule of the “Big Five”.

3.1.Returning artists. Valentina Monetta represented San Marino for the second year in a row. She would also return for the 2014 and 2017 contests.

Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov returned as a duo, having previously represented Bulgaria in 2007. Yankoulov would also return for the 2022 contest, as part of Intelligent Music Project.

Nevena Božović represented Serbia as part of Moje 3 and became the first contestant to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest after competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, where she came third in 2007.^[60] She later represented Serbia in 2019.

Bledar Sejko, who represented Albania, was the on-stage guitarist for the Albanian entry in 2011.

Gor Sujyan, who represented Armenia, was a backing vocalist for the Armenian entry in 2010.

Aliona Moon, who represented Moldova, was a backing vocalist for the Moldovan entry in 2012. In addition, Pasha Parfeny, the Moldovan representative of 2012, was the composer of the Moldovan entry and accompanied her on stage on the piano.

Estonian backing vocalists Lauri Pihlap and Kaido Põldma were part of the group 2XL, which won the contest in 2001 together with Dave Benton and Tanel Padar.

3.2.Semi-final 1. Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.

3.3.Semi-final 2. France, Germany and Spain voted in this semi-final.

3.4.Final. For the first time since 1985 contest, which was, coincidentally, held in Sweden as well, no country of the former Yugoslavia participated in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.

3.5.Participants and results. 

3.6.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2013: 

• National Selections in 2013:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇦🇱 Albania	Festivali i Këngës #51	Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko – “Identitet“
🇦🇲 Armenia	(Armenian Selection 2013) (song selection) [i]	Gor Sujyan ⁄ Dorians – “Lonely Planet”
🇦🇹 Austria	Österreich rockt den Song Contest	Natália Kelly – “Shine”
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Milli Seçim Turu 2013	Farid Mammadov – “Hold Me”
🇧🇾 Belarus	Eurofest 2013	Alyona Lanskaya – “Rhytm of Love” / “Solayoh”
🇧🇪 Belgium	Eurovision 2013: A vous de choisir la chanson! (song selection) [j]	Roberto Bellarosa – “Love Kills”
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Nedelya x 3 (song selection) [k]	Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov – “Samo shampioni” (Само шампиони)
🇩🇰 Denmark	Melodi Grand Prix 2013	Emmelie de Forest – “Only Teardrops”
🇪🇪 Estonia	Eesti Laul 2013	Birgit Õigemeel / Birgit – “Et uus saaks alguse“
🇫🇮 Finland	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2013	Krista Siegfrids – “Marry Me”
🇩🇪 Germany	Unser Song für Malmö	Cascada – “Glorious”
🇬🇷 Greece	Eurosong 2013	Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis – “Alcohol Is Free”
🇭🇺 Hungary	A Dal 2013	ByeAlex – “Kedvesem” (Zoohacker Remix)
🇮🇸 Iceland	Söngvakeppnin 2013	Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson / Eythor Ingi – “Ég á líf“
🇮🇪 Ireland	Eurosong 2013	Ryan Dolan – “Only Love Survives”
🇮🇱 Israel	Kdam Eurovision 2013	Moran Mazor – “Rak Bishvilo” (רק בשבילו)
🇱🇻 Latvia	Dziesma 2013	PeR – “Here We Go”
🇱🇹 Lithuania	Eurovizijos Atranka 2013	Andrius Pojavis – “Something”
🇲🇹 Malta	MESC 2013	Gianluca Bezzina – “Tomorrow”
🇲🇩 Moldova	O melodie pentru Europa 2013	Aliona Moon – “A million” / “O mie“
🇳🇴 Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2013	Margaret Berger – “I Feed You My Love”
🇷🇴 Romania	Selecția Națională 2013	Florin Cezar Ouatu / Cezar – “It’s My Life”
🇷🇸 Serbia	Beosong 2013	Moje 3 – “Ljubav je svuda” (Љубав је свуда)
🇪🇸 Spain	ESDM – Destino Eurovisión (song selection) [l]	El Sueño de Morfeo / ESDM – “Contigo hasta el final“
🇸🇪 Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2013	Robin Stjernberg – “You”
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Die Große Entscheidungsshow 2013	Heilsarmee / Takasa – “You and Me”
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Vidbir 2013	Zlata Ognevich – “Gravity”

• Internal Selections in 2013:

3.7.Connections:

4.Detailed voting results. The EBU published the split results of the semi-finals and final on 29 May 2013. Unlike in previous years a full points breakdown of the jury and public voting was not revealed, instead an average rank was provided for each country based on the votes of the juries and televote in isolation.

4.1.Semi-final 1. 

Split results of semi-final 1

Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Avg. Rank	Country	Avg. Rank
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	167	🇩🇰 Denmark	3.58	🇩🇰 Denmark	3.33
2	🇷🇺 Russia	156	🇷🇺 Russia	3.74	🇷🇺 Russia	3.89
3	🇺🇦 Ukraine	140	🇲🇩 Moldova	4.32	🇺🇦 Ukraine	3.94
4	🇲🇩 Moldova	95	🇺🇦 Ukraine	5.16	🇲🇪 Montenegro	7.33
5	🇧🇪 Belgium	75[d]	🇦🇹 Austria	6.32	🇱🇹 Lithuania	7.44
6	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	75[d]	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	6.42	🇮🇪 Ireland	7.61
7	🇧🇾 Belarus	64	🇧🇪 Belgium	6.63	🇧🇪 Belgium	7.72
8	🇮🇪 Ireland	54	🇪🇪 Estonia	7.47	🇧🇾 Belarus	7.83
9	🇱🇹 Lithuania	53	🇧🇾 Belarus	8.26	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	7.94
10	🇪🇪 Estonia	52	🇮🇪 Ireland	9.26	🇭🇷 Croatia	8.00
11	🇷🇸 Serbia	46	🇱🇹 Lithuania	9.37	🇲🇩 Moldova	8.28
12	🇲🇪 Montenegro	41	🇨🇾 Cyprus	9.47	🇷🇸 Serbia	8.39
13	🇭🇷 Croatia	38	🇭🇷 Croatia	9.95	🇪🇪 Estonia	10.06
14	🇦🇹 Austria	27	🇲🇪 Montenegro	10.16	🇨🇾 Cyprus	12.00
15	🇨🇾 Cyprus	11	🇷🇸 Serbia	10.95	🇦🇹 Austria	12.33
16	🇸🇮 Slovenia	8	🇸🇮 Slovenia	11.47	🇸🇮 Slovenia	13.17

Semi-final 1 voting results

		Total score
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇦🇹 Austria	27		1	1	4	4							3	4	2	3	2	2		1
	🇪🇪 Estonia	52	3				1	5	1	4		4	5	5	8		1		5	6	4
	🇸🇮 Slovenia	8				5					3
	🇭🇷 Croatia	38	5		2			4	6	3	5	1			1	1		10
	🇩🇰 Denmark	167	12	12	8	12		10	4	12	8	6	8	7	12	8	10	8	6	12	12
	🇷🇺 Russia	156	10	10	10	8	12		7	7	7	10	10	8	10	10	7	6	4	10	10
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	140	2	6	12	7	8	7		8	12	12	12	12	2	12	8	5	12	1	2
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	75	8	7	3		10	3			2	7			5		12	1	1	8	8
	🇲🇪 Montenegro	41				6	5		8				2	6				12		2
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	53		4			2	1	5				7	2	6	3	6		10		7
	🇧🇾 Belarus	64			4			2	12	2	6	8		10	3	6		4	7
	🇲🇩 Moldova	95	7	3	7	1	6	12	10	6	4	3	6			5	5	7	8	5
	🇮🇪 Ireland	54		5		2	3	6	3	5		5	4	1		7	4			3	6
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	11	1	2													2	3			3
	🇧🇪 Belgium	75	4	8	6	3	7	8		10	1	2	3	4	7					7	5
	🇷🇸 Serbia	46	6		5	10			2	1	10		1			4			3	4

4.1.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semi-final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
7	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇸🇮 Slovenia
	🇩🇰 Denmark	🇦🇹 Austria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇬🇧 United Kindom
1	🇧🇾 Belarus	🇺🇦 Ukraine
	🇲🇩 Moldova	🇷🇺 Russia
	🇲🇪 Montenegro	🇷🇸 Serbia
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	🇧🇪 Belgium
	🇷🇺 Russia	🇩🇰 Denmark

4.2.Semi-final 2.

Split results of semi-final 2

Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Avg. Rank	Country	Avg. Rank
1	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	139	🇲🇹 Malta	3.40	🇷🇴 Romania	4.78
2	🇬🇷 Greece	121	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	4.60	🇬🇷 Greece	5.00
3	🇳🇴 Norway	120	🇬🇷 Greece	5.55	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	5.28
4	🇲🇹 Malta	118	🇳🇴 Norway	5.80	🇳🇴 Norway	5.50
5	🇷🇴 Romania	83	🇬🇪 Georgia	6.05	🇨🇭 Switzerland	7.00
6	🇮🇸 Iceland	72	🇫🇮 Finland	7.05	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	7.44
7	🇦🇲 Armenia	69	🇦🇲 Armenia	7.15	🇲🇹 Malta	7.78
8	🇭🇺 Hungary	66	🇮🇸 Iceland	7.40	🇭🇺 Hungary	8.39
9	🇫🇮 Finland	64	🇮🇱 Israel	7.95	🇮🇸 Iceland	8.61
10	🇬🇪 Georgia	63	🇸🇲 San Marino	8.40	🇫🇮 Finland	8.89
11	🇸🇲 San Marino	47	🇭🇺 Hungary	8.55	🇦🇲 Armenia	9.44
12	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	45	🇦🇱 Albania	9.10	🇸🇲 San Marino	9.47
13	🇨🇭 Switzerland	41	🇷🇴 Romania	9.70	🇬🇪 Georgia	9.89
14	🇮🇱 Israel	40	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	9.75	🇮🇱 Israel	10.67
15	🇦🇱 Albania	31	🇱🇻 Latvia	9.90	🇦🇱 Albania	11.78
16	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	28	🇨🇭 Switzerland	10.65	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	12.22
17	🇱🇻 Latvia	13	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	10.75	🇱🇻 Latvia	13.28

Semi-final 2 voting results

		Total score
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇱🇻 Latvia	13			2					3							7	1
	🇸🇲 San Marino	47	3		5	1	1	6			1	4	4	2			1		4	5		10
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	28		2				5	5							12		4
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	139	7	3	8		3	12	12	8	12	12		12	5	8	12	3	12	8		2
	🇫🇮 Finland	64	8	7		3		1		7		1		5	8	1		2	3	7	3	8
	🇲🇹 Malta	118	6	10	12	12	5			6	5	2	7	8	12	6	6	7	7	2	5
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	45		8	3	4					2		10	1	1	4	4		1	1		6
	🇮🇸 Iceland	72	10				12						1	10	10			10			12	7
	🇬🇷 Greece	121	5	12	6	7	7	7	10	2		6	8	3	7	10	2	6	10		8	5
	🇮🇱 Israel	40				6	2		4	1			6			3	5		2	4	4	3
	🇦🇲 Armenia	69	1					8	8		7	8			4		10		5	12	6
	🇭🇺 Hungary	66	2	4			8		6			3			2	7	3	12	6	3	10
	🇳🇴 Norway	120	12	5	7	5	10	3	7	12	4	5	5	7			8	8	8		2	12
	🇦🇱 Albania	31		6	10	2					8							5
	🇬🇪 Georgia	63	4	1	4	10		4	3	4	6	7	12	4								4
	🇨🇭 Switzerland	41					6	2	1	5	3		2	6	3	2				10	1
	🇷🇴 Romania	83			1	8	4	10	2	10	10	10	3		6	5				6	7	1

4.2.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semi-final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
7	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇷🇴 Romania
3	🇲🇹 Malta	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway
	🇳🇴 Norway	🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇪🇸 Spain
2	🇮🇸 Iceland	🇫🇮 Finland, 🇩🇪 Germany
1	🇦🇲 Armenia	🇫🇷 France
	🇬🇪 Georgia	🇦🇲 Armenia
	🇬🇷 Greece	🇸🇲 San Marino
	🇭🇺 Hungary	🇨🇭 Switzerland
	🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	🇦🇱 Albania

4.3.Final.

Split results of the final

Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Avg. Rank	Country	Avg. Rank
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	281	🇩🇰 Denmark	6.23	🇩🇰 Denmark	4.97
2	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	234	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	7.77	🇺🇦 Ukraine	5.66
3	🇺🇦 Ukraine	214	🇸🇪 Sweden	8.05	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	5.86
4	🇳🇴 Norway	191	🇳🇴 Norway	8.23	🇬🇷 Greece	6.00
5	🇷🇺 Russia	174	🇲🇩 Moldova	8.69	🇷🇺 Russia	6.84
6	🇬🇷 Greece	152	🇺🇦 Ukraine	8.74	🇳🇴 Norway	7.14
7	🇮🇹 Italy	126	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	9.05	🇷🇴 Romania	7.49
8	🇲🇹 Malta	120	🇮🇹 Italy	9.46	🇭🇺 Hungary	8.19
9	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	114	🇲🇹 Malta	9.54	🇲🇹 Malta	10.97
10	🇭🇺 Hungary	84	🇷🇺 Russia	9.67	🇮🇹 Italy	11.70
11	🇲🇩 Moldova	71[e]	🇧🇪 Belgium	9.92	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	11.70
12	🇧🇪 Belgium	71[e]	🇫🇷 France	10.95	🇮🇸 Iceland	13.05
13	🇷🇴 Romania	65	🇬🇪 Georgia	12.10	🇧🇾 Belarus	14.11
14	🇸🇪 Sweden	62	🇬🇷 Greece	12.28	🇮🇪 Ireland	14.62
15	🇬🇪 Georgia	50	🇬🇧 United Kindom	12.46	🇦🇲 Armenia	15.11
16	🇧🇾 Belarus	48	🇪🇪 Estonia	13.41	🇩🇪 Germany	15.81
17	🇮🇸 Iceland	47	🇮🇸 Iceland	13.44	🇧🇪 Belgium	16.03
18	🇦🇲 Armenia	41	🇫🇮 Finland	13.77	🇸🇪 Sweden	16.19
19	🇬🇧 United Kindom	23	🇦🇲 Armenia	14.44	🇲🇩 Moldova	16.57
20	🇪🇪 Estonia	19	🇩🇪 Germany	15.44	🇫🇮 Finland	16.68
21	🇩🇪 Germany	18	🇭🇺 Hungary	15.59	🇱🇹 Lithuania	16.73
22	🇱🇹 Lithuania	17	🇧🇾 Belarus	16.15	🇬🇧 United Kindom	17.03
23	🇫🇷 France	14	🇮🇪 Ireland	16.21	🇬🇪 Georgia	17.08
24	🇫🇮 Finland	13	🇷🇴 Romania	17.82	🇪🇪 Estonia	19.59
25	🇪🇸 Spain	8	🇱🇹 Lithuania	17.95	🇫🇷 France	21.68
26	🇮🇪 Ireland	5	🇪🇸 Spain	19.64	🇪🇸 Spain	22.92

Final voting results

		Total score
C o n t e s t a n t s	🇫🇷 France	14	8														2												2								1	1
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	17									1				3			6			5											1				1
	🇲🇩 Moldova	71					2		1	6	8		12		1			4		2	4		3	3	6					4		3		5			7
	🇫🇮 Finland	13	3						4																			1		3			2
	🇪🇸 Spain	8			6													2
	🇧🇪 Belgium	71	5	7		12	3	3		3		4				3			3			2			8		2			5		4	5		2
	🇪🇪 Estonia	19																	6			10																			3
	🇧🇾 Belarus	48							3		12			4	7		5									2					1			3		5	5				1
	🇲🇹 Malta	120	10			8		7			2	8	5		8	10	6	10		1	7	5					5	5	5	2	3		4			3	3	3
	🇷🇺 Russia	174		5		4		10	7	8	4			7			7		2	6	8	12	5	4			12	2	1	6		10	7	7	10	6	6	5	6		7
	🇩🇪 Germany	18			3		6		5											3																				1
	🇦🇲 Armenia	41	1								6	3		1							2		8		2	1				7						10
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	114		8	4		8	6				5	2			8			8					12	3		7		8			6	10		7		2		2	4	4
	🇷🇴 Romania	65		4	5		4	4						10	6	6		1								7			6	1	10			1
	🇬🇧 United Kindom	23		1									3							4						5						7			1					2
	🇸🇪 Sweden	62				3				1				5		12			4			4	4	1			1	3	4			5	8		6				1
	🇭🇺 Hungary	84	6	3	8	7				2						2		3	10				6				4	12			2								4	10	5
	🇩🇰 Denmark	281		10	1	10	5	12	8	12	5	10	6	6	5	7	4	12	7	8	1	6	2	10	4	6	8	10	12	12	7	12		10	12	7	12	7	10	3	2
	🇮🇸 Iceland	47		6				2				6				4			5								6	8					1		4					5
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	234	2		7	2	12		12	5	10	12	10	8						7	10	3	12	5	12	12		4	7	8	12	2		12	3	12		8	7	6	12
	🇬🇷 Greece	152	12		10	1	7	8	2			1	7		4	5	8	7	1		6	1	7	2	10	4		6					6	8			4	12	5	8
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	214				5	1	5	10	10		7	4	12	12	1	12	5		10	12	7	10	8	1	10	10		3		8	8	3			8		10	12		10
	🇮🇹 Italy	126	4		12		10			4			1				1			12				6		8				10	6			6	8	2	10	6	8	12
	🇳🇴 Norway	191	7	12	2	6			6	7	3	2	8	2	2		3	8	12	5	3	8	1	7	7	3	3	7	10		4		12	4	5	4	8	4	3	7	6
	🇬🇪 Georgia	50									7			3	10		10								5						5			2							8
	🇮🇪 Ireland	5		2				1																														2

4.3.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
10	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇱🇹 Lithuania , 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇷🇺 Russia
8	🇩🇰 Denmark	🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇬🇧 United Kindom
5	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇲🇩 Moldova
3	🇮🇹 Italy	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
	🇳🇴 Norway	🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇸🇪 Sweden
2	🇬🇷 Greece	🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇸🇲 San Marino
	🇷🇺 Russia	🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇱🇻 Latvia
1	🇧🇾 Belarus	🇺🇦 Ukraine
	🇧🇪 Belgium	🇳🇱 The Netherlands
	🇭🇺 Hungary	🇩🇪 Germany
	🇲🇩 Moldova	🇷🇴 Romania
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	🇧🇪 Belgium
	🇸🇪 Sweden	🇳🇴 Norway

4.3.2.Spokespersons. The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw following the jury results from final dress rehearsal. Similar to the 2012 contest an algorithm was used to generate as much suspense as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.

5.Other countries.

• 🇦🇩 Andorra – At a meeting with the head of the EBU, Ingrid Deltenre, the Andorran Prime Minister Antoni Martí said that Andorra would not return for the 2013 contest due to investment cuts.
• 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – The Bosnian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Bosne i Hercegovine (BHRT) announced that the country would not participate in the 2013 contest due to economic difficulties. BHRT still broadcast the 2013 contest.
• 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – The Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) announced that they had no intention of participating in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.
•  Liechtenstein – The head of 1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television (1FLTV), Peter Kölbel, had said that due to a lack of financial subsidies from the Government of Liechtenstein, participation would be impossible until 2013 at the earliest. 1FLTV have been trying to join the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 2010, but the government has not granted the nation’s only channel the necessary subsidies. Kölbel stated that the country had a good chance of joining the contest in 2013, if funding was approved, but it was later announced that it would not be participating.
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – On 13 September 2012, RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg announced that they would not return to the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö due to a lack of available resources.
• 🇲🇨 Monaco – On 24 September 2012, Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) confirmed that Monaco would not return to the 2013 contest for unspecified reasons.
•  Morocco – On 20 September 2012, Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT) confirmed Morocco would not be returning for the 2013 contest, although reasons for this decision have not been published.
• 🇵🇱 Poland – On 22 November 2012, Telewizja Polska (TVP) announced that Poland would not be returning to the contest in 2013. Poland had not participated in 2012 due to the broadcaster’s primary financial focus being on the UEFA Euro 2012 (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) along with the 2012 Summer Olympics.
• 🇵🇹 Portugal – On 22 November 2012, the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) confirmed that Portugal would not be taking part in the 2013 contest for financial reasons. RTP still broadcast the 2013 contest.
• 🇸🇰 Slovakia – On 4 December 2012, the Slovakian broadcaster Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS) announced that Slovakia would not be participating in the 2013 contest.
• 🇹🇷 Turkey – On 14 December 2012, the Turkish broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) announced their non-participation in the contest, citing dissatisfaction with the 2009 introduction of a mixed jury/televote voting system and the status of the “Big Five” rule.

6.Broadcasts. Most countries sent commentators to Malmö 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 2013 contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of a record breaking 170 million viewers.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
🇦🇱 Albania	All shows	TVSH, TVSH 2, RTSH Muzikë	Andri Xhahu
🇦🇲 Armenia	Semi-finals	Armenia 1	André and Arevik Udumyan	–
	Final		Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan
🇦🇹 Austria	All shows	ORF eins	Andi Knoll	–
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	All shows	İTV	Konul Arifgizi	–
🇧🇾 Belarus	All shows	Belarus-1, Belarus 24	Evgeny Perlin	–
🇧🇪 Belgium	All shows	La Une	French: Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye	–
		één, Radio 2	Dutch: André Vermeulen and Tom De Cock
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	All shows	BNT 1	Georgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
🇭🇷 Croatia	Semi-finals	HRT 2	Duško Ćurlić	–
	Final	HRT 1
	SF1/Final	HR 2	Robert Urlić	–
🇨🇾 Cyprus	All shows	RIK 1, RIK Triton	Melina Karageorgiou	–
🇩🇰 Denmark	All shows	DR1	Ole Tøpholm	–
🇪🇪 Estonia	All shows	ETV	Marko Reikop	–
	SF1/Final	Raadio 2	Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk	–
🇫🇮 Finland	All shows	YLE TV2	Finnish: Aino Töllinen and Juuso Mäkilähde	–
		YLE Radio Suomi	Finnish: Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
		YLE TV2, YLE Radio Vega	Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
🇫🇷 France	SF2	France Ô	Audrey Chauveau and Bruno Berberes	–
	Final	France 3	Cyril Féraud and Mireille Dumas	–
🇬🇪 Georgia	All shows	1TV	Temo Kvirkvelia	–
🇩🇪 Germany	Semi-finals[f]	Einsfestival	Peter Urban	–
		NDR Fernsehen
	SF2	Phoenix
	Final	Das Erste
🇬🇷 Greece	All shows	NET	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	–
		Proto Programma, Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece
🇭🇺 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
	SF1/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	–
	SF1		Ofer Nachshon
	SF2		Amit Kotler [he] and Yuval Caspin
	Final		Ron Levinthal, Kobi Oshrat and Yhaloma Bat Porat
🇮🇹 Italy	SF1	Rai 5	Federica Gentile	–
	Final	Rai 2	Filippo Solibello, Marco Ardemagni and Natascha Lusenti
🇱🇻 Latvia	All shows	LTV	Valters Frīdenbergs	–
	Final		Kārlis Būmeisters
🇱🇹 Lithuania	All shows	LRT, LRT Radijas	Darius Užkuraitis	–
🇲🇰 FYRO Macedonia	All shows	MRT 1	Karolina Petkovska	–
🇲🇹 Malta	All shows	TVM	Gordon Bonello and Rodney Gauci	–
🇲🇩 Moldova	All shows	Moldova 1, Radio Moldova	Lidia Scarlat	–
🇲🇪 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	Jan Smit and Daniël Dekker
🇳🇴 Norway	All shows	NRK1	Olav Viksmo-Slettan	–
	Final	NRK P3	Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes and Yngve Hustad Reite	–
🇷🇴 Romania	All shows	TVR 1	Liana Stanciu	–
🇷🇺 Russia	All shows	Channel One	Yana Churikova and Yuriy Aksyuta	–
🇸🇲 San Marino	All shows	SMtv San Marino	Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo	–
🇷🇸 Serbia	SF1	RTS1	Duška Vučinić-Lučić	–
	SF2		Marina Nikolić
	Final	RTS2	Silvana Grujić	–
🇸🇮 Slovenia	Semi-finals	TV SLO 2	Andrej Hofer	–
	Final	TV SLO 1
🇪🇸 Spain	SF2	La 2	José Luis Uribarri	–
	Final	La 1
🇸🇪 Sweden	All shows	SVT1	Josefine Sundström	–
		SR P4	Carolina Norén	–
	Semi-finals		Ronnie Ritterland
	Final		Björn Kjellman
🇨🇭 Switzerland	SF2	SRF zwei	German: Sven Epiney	–
	Final	SRF 1
	SF2/Final	RTS Deux	French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner	–
	SF2	RSI La 2	Italian: Alessandro Bertoglio	–
	Final	RSI La 1
🇺🇦 Ukraine	All shows	First National	Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova	–
		UR-1	Olena Zelinchenko	–
🇬🇧 United Kindom	Semi-finals	BBC Three	Scott Mills and Ana Matronic	–
	Final	BBC One	Graham Norton
		BBC Radio 2	Ken Bruce

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA	All shows	SBS One	Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang	–
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	All shows	BHT 1, BH Radio 1	Dejan Kukrić	–
China	All shows[g]	CCTV-15	No commentary	–
🇰🇿 KAZAKHSTAN	All shows	Arna Media	Roman Raifeld and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay	–
🇵🇹 Portugal	All shows[h]	RTP1	Sílvia Alberto	–
🇸🇰 Slovakia	Final	Rádio FM	Daniel Baláž  and Pavol Hubinák	–

7.Incidents. 

7.1.Azerbaijan-s vote rigging. Prior to the finals, the Lithuanian media outlet 15min released an undercover video suggesting that representatives from Azerbaijan were trying to bribe Lithuanians for votes in the televoting. The video detailed the plan, which involved recruiting groups of 10 people each, and supplying them with SIM cards so they could vote multiple times during the voting window. It was also suggested that similar activity was taking place in a total of 15 countries including Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, Croatia and Switzerland. In response to the allegations, Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand reaffirmed the contest’s commitment to a “fair and transparent result”. He stated that while Eurovision organisers were looking into the case, they “[emphasised] that the intention of these individuals have not yet been clarified, and nor has a link been established between the individuals in the video and the Azeri delegation, the Azeri act or the Azeri EBU member Ictimai TV.” He added that, since 1998, when he was first involved with the contest, “every year there are rumors about irregularities in the voting”.

The EBU later confirmed an attempt of cheating in the contest, which was unsuccessful according to EBU as the EBU’s system prevent fraud. According to the EBU, there is no evidence that any broadcaster has been involved in cheating. The rules were changed the next year to ensure that all broadcasters would be responsible for preventing fraud to their advantage or face a three-year suspension if fraud is revealed. However, in May 2015, a member of the contest’s Reference Group confirmed that Azerbaijan had cheated, and that it was organized and very expensive.

When Azerbaijan officially awarded no points to Dina Garipova of Russia, despite Garipova having reportedly come second in the country’s phone poll, the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ordered an inquiry. The Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that the result had been falsified, and stated that “this outrageous action will not remain without a response”. He promised a co-ordinated response with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov. Simultaneously, the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that his own country having received no points from Russia showed that the result must have been falsified.

7.2.Plagiarism allegations. Cascada’s entry for Germany, “Glorious”, was the subject of investigation by NDR following allegations that it was too similar to the 2012 winner, “Euphoria” by Loreen. NDR spokeswoman Iris Bents played down the allegations, stating that “Every year there are attempts to create scandals around the Eurovision Song Contest and the participants.” Following an independent audit, “Glorious” was found not to have plagiarized “Euphoria”.

Allegations of plagiarism against the winning Danish entry surfaced after Eric van Tijn, a notable Dutch music producer, mentioned the opening flute solo’s similarity to “I Surrender”, a 2002 song by the Dutch band K-Otic. However, Van Tijn also stated that the flute solo was the only similarity between the two songs, thus calling it “a storm in a teacup”.

7.3.Finland’s same-sex kiss. The performance of the Finnish entry, “Marry Me”, caused controversy in certain more socially conservative countries broadcasting the contest. The act featured the female singer Krista Siegfrids and one of her female backing singers kissing each other at the end, widely labelled in media as Eurovision’s first “lesbian kiss”. Siegfrids stated to the media that the act was done to encourage Finland to legalise same sex marriage. It was reported that Turkish and Greek media reacted negatively to Siegfrids’ act. According to Gay Star News, the Turkish Eurovision broadcaster TRT, who had previously decided not to participate itself, initially indicated that they would still broadcast the contest, but made a late decision not to do so.

7.4.Eric Saade’s green room incident. Green room host Eric Saade referred to Petra Mede as a “MILF” on air during the break between the first and second halves of the voting, saying “Back to you, Petra. #MILF”. When the broadcaster for the United Kingdom, BBC aired this, the sound was lost. It remains unknown whether this was just an accident, or if the BBC did it purposely. While the statement was supposedly scripted and SVT were aware of Saade’s plan, some on social media were confused and offended by the comment.

8.Other awards. In addition to the main winner’s trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, “General Organisation of Eurovision Fans” voting poll also took place before the contest.

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)
Artistic Award	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	“Hold Me”	Farid Mammadov	Dimitris Kontopoulos John Ballard Ralph Charlie
Composers Award	🇸🇪 Sweden	“You”	Robin Stjernberg	Robin Stjernberg Linnea Deb Joy Deb Joakim Harestad Haukaas
Press Award	🇬🇪 Georgia	“Waterfall”	Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani	Thomas G:son

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 2013 poll was also the winner of the contest, “Only Teardrops” performed by Emmelie de Forest; the top five results are shown below.

Country	Song	Performer(s)	OGAE result
🇩🇰 Denmark	“Only Teardrops”	Emmelie de Forest	374
🇸🇲 San Marino	“Crisalide (Vola)“	Valentina Monetta	282
🇳🇴 Norway	“I Feed You My Love”	Margaret Berger	269
🇩🇪 Germany	“Glorious”	Cascada	195
🇮🇹 Italy	“L’essenziale“	Marco Mengoni	177

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
1	🇷🇸 Serbia	Moje 3	967
2	🇷🇴 Romania	Cezar	544
3	🇮🇱 Israel	Moran Mazor	296
4	🇦🇱 Albania	Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko	150
5	🇲🇪 Montenegro	Who See	110

9.Official album. Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2013 was a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and released by CMC International and Universal Music Group on 29 April 2013. The album featured all 39 songs that entered in the 2013 contest including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. The digital version featured a bonus track, “We Write the Story”, performed by ex-ABBA members, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and the late Swedish DJ and record producer, Avicii.

9.1.Charts.

Chart (2013)	Peak position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	2

10.Notes.

• [a] Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Nina Žižić.
• [b] ^a b The song is in Greek; however, the titular English phrase is repeated throughout the song.
• [c] The song is Spanish; however the last phrase was sung in English.
• [d] ^a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as the Netherlands, Belgium is deemed to have finished in fifth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
• [e] ^a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Belgium, Moldova is deemed to have finished in eleventh place due to receiving a greater individual score from one country, as both countries received points from the same number of national juries.
• [f] Germany provided a deferred broadcast of semi-final 2 on Einsfestival and of the semi-finals on NDR Fernsehen.
• [g] Broadcast between 5 and 7 October 2013.
• [h] Portugal provided deferred broadcast of the semi-finals.
• [i] Gor Sujyan and his band “Dorians” was internally selected to represent Armenia at Eurovision 2013. The song “Lonely Planet” that Sujyan and Dorians would perform at Eurovision was selected through a national final. More than 70 songs were submitted and a jury selected four songs for the competition.
• [j] Roberto Bellarosa was internally selected to represent Belgium at Eurovision 2013. The song “Love Kills” that Roberto would perform at Eurovision was selected through a radio national final called Eurovision 2013: A vous de choisir la chanson!. From six submitted songs a jury selected 3 songs for the competition.
• [k] Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov were internally selected to represent Bulgaria at Eurovision 2013. The song “Kismet” won the song selection but due to copyright issues the winning song was replaced by the runner-up song “Samo shampioni”. The song “Samo Shampioni” (Само шампиони) that Elitsa and Stoyan performed at Eurovision was selected through a national final with three songs.
• [l] The group El Sueño de Morfeo (ESDM) was internally selected to represent Spain at Eurovision 2013. The song “Contigo Hasta El Final” that ESDM performed at Eurovision was selected through El Sueño de Morfeo – Destino Eurovisión, with three songs all written by ESDM.

11.Trivial / Fun facts.

• A mechanism was built into the catwalk of the stage that could raise an artist up some metres above the ground.
• It was only used in the interval act by Loreen and the UK participant Bonnie Tyler.
• The UK participant was the multi-million record seller Bonnie Tyler who finished far down the scoreboard with her song Believe In Me.

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Countries (in order of appearance)
Final	France ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ Moldova ⦁ Finland ⦁ Spain ⦁ Belgium ⦁ Estonia ⦁ Belarus ⦁ Malta • Russia ⦁ Germany ⦁ Armenia • The Netherlands • Romania ⦁ United Kingdom ⦁ Sweden ⦁ Hungary • Denmark (winner) ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Azerbaijan ⦁ Greece ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ Italy ⦁ Norway ⦁ Georgia ⦁ Ireland
First Semi-Final	Austria ⦁ Estonia ⦁ Slovenia ⦁ Croatia ⦁ Denmark (winner) ⦁ Russia ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ Montenegro • Lithuania ⦁ Belarus • Moldova • Ireland ⦁ Cyprus ⦁ Belgium ⦁ Serbia
Second Semi-Final	Latvia ⦁ San Marino ⦁ FYRO Macedonia ⦁ Azerbaijan (winner) ⦁ Finland ⦁ Malta ⦁ Bulgaria ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Greece • Israel ⦁ Armenia ⦁ Hungary ⦁ Norway • Albania • Georgia ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Romania
Artists (in order of appearance)
Final	Amandine Bourgeois ⦁ Andrius Pojavis ⦁ Aliona Moon ⦁ Krista Siegfrids ⦁ ESDM ⦁ Roberto Bellarosa ⦁ Birgit ⦁ Alyona Lanskaya ⦁ Gianluca ⦁ Dina Garipova ⦁ Cascada ⦁ Dorians • Anouk ⦁ Cezar ⦁ Bonnie Tyler ⦁ Robin Stjernberg • ByeAlex ⦁ Emmelie de Forest (winner) • Eythor Ingi ⦁ Farid Mammadov • Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis ⦁ Zlata Ognevich ⦁ Marco Mengoni • Margaret Berger ⦁ Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani ⦁ Ryan Dolan
First Semi-Final	Natália Kelly ⦁ Birgit ⦁ Hannah ⦁ Klapa s Mora ⦁ Emmelie de Forest (winner) ⦁ Dina Garipova ⦁ Zlata Ognevich ⦁ Anouk ⦁ Who See ⦁ Andrius Pojavis ⦁ Alyona Lanskaya • Aliona Moon ⦁ Ryan Dolan ⦁ Despina Olympiou ⦁ Roberto Bellarosa • Moje 3
Second Semi-Final	PeR ⦁ Valentina Monetta ⦁ Esma and Lozano ⦁ Farid Mammadov (winner) ⦁ Krista Siegfrids ⦁ Gianluca ⦁ Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov ⦁ Eythor Ingi ⦁ Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis ⦁ Moran Mazor • Dorians ⦁ ByeAlex ⦁ Margaret Berger • Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko ⦁ Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani ⦁ Takasa • Cezar
Songs (in order of appearance)
Final	“L’enfer et moi” ⦁ “Something” ⦁ “O mie” ⦁ “Contigo hasta el final” ⦁ “Love Kills” ⦁ “Et uus saaks alguse” ⦁ “Solayoh” ⦁ “Tomorrow” ⦁ “What If” • “Glorious” • “Lonely Planet” • “Birds” ⦁ “It’s My Life” ⦁ “Believe in Me” ⦁ “You” • “Kedvesem” (Zoohacker Remix) • “Only Teardrops” (winner) • “Ég á líf” • “Hold Me” • “Alcohol Is Free” • “Gravity” • “L’essenziale” • “I Feed You My Love” • “Waterfall” • “Only Love Survives”
First Semi-Final	“Shine” ⦁ “Et uus saaks alguse” ⦁ “Straight into Love” ⦁ “Mižerja” ⦁ “Only Teardrops” (winner) ⦁ “What If” ⦁ “Gravity” ⦁ “Birds” ⦁ “Igranka” (Игранка) • “Something” • “Solayoh” • “O mie” • “Only Love Survives” • “An me thimasai” (Aν με θυμάσαι) ⦁ “Love Kills” • “Ljubav je svuda” (Љубав је свуда)
Secon Semi-Final	“Here We Go” ⦁ “Crisalide (Vola)” ⦁ “Pred da se razdeni” (Пред да се раздени) ⦁ “Hold Me” (winner) ⦁ “Marry Me” ⦁ “Tomorrow” ⦁ “Samo shampioni” (Само шампиони) ⦁ “Ég á líf” ⦁ “Alcohol Is Free” • “Rak Bishvilo” (רק בשבילו) • “Lonely Planet” • “Kedvesem” (Zoohacker Remix) • “I Feed You My Love” • “Identitet” • “Waterfall” • “You and Me” • “It’s My Life”
Non-participating entries: FYRO Macedonia: Esma Redžepova & Vlatko Lozanoski (Есма Реџепова & Влатко Лозаноски) – “Imperija” (Империја, Empire) • Belarus: Alyona Lanskaya (Алёна Ланская) – “Rhythm of Love” • Bulgaria: Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov (Елица Тодорова & Стоян Янкулов) – “Kismet” (Кисмет)