ESC TEL AVIV 2019 (64ª)

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  • Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 18 May 2019 – 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: Expo Tel Aviv (International Convention Center) / (Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center, מרכז הירידים והקונגרסים בישראל / Tel Aviv Convention Center, מרכז הירידים – תל אביב / Ganei HaTaarucha, גני התערוכה, “Exhibition Gardens”, Tel Aviv Fairgrounds), Tel Aviv, 🇮🇱 Israel
  • Presenter (s): Bar Refaeli (בר רפאלי), Erez Tal (ארז טל),  Assi Azar (אסי עזר) & Lucy Ayoub (لوسي ايوب‎, לוסי איוב)
  • Musical Director: —
  • Director: Amir Ukrainitz, Sivan Magazanik, Yuval Cohen
  • Executive Producer: Zivit Davidovitch
  • Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
  • Multicamera Director: Amir Ukrainitz, Sivan Magazanik
  • Host broadcaster: Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC);  תאגיד השידור הישראלי‎, يئة البث الإسرائيلي‎) / KAN (כאן‎, مكان‎).  
  • Opening Act: “Diva” and “Tel Aviv” performed by Dana International; “Ey Sham” performed by Ilanit;  “Golden Boy” performed by Nadav Guedj; Flag parade introducing the 26 finalist countries.
  • Interval Act: “Heroes” performed by Conchita Wurst; “Fuego” performed by Måns Zelmerlöw; “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” performed by Eleni Foureira; “Toy” performed by Verka Serduchka;”Hallelujah” performed by Gali Atari; “Bo’ee – Come to Me” performed by Idan Raichel; “Nana Banana” performed by Netta Barzilai; “Future” ft. Quavo, “Like a Prayer” and “Dark Ballet” performed by Madonna; Gal Gadot.
  • Motto: “Dare to Dream” (הָעֵזו לחלום)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 42: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (59ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (42ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (59ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (58ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (55ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (56ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (36ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (5ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (57ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (38ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (48ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (55ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (24ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (24ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (13ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (16ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (8ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (31ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (21ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (10ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (19ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (38ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (31ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (12ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (58ª)]; First Semi-Final 17 [🇧🇪 Belgium (58ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (50ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (38ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (8ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (36ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (31ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (24ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (16ª),  🇲🇪 Montenegro (11ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (22ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (24ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (17ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (13ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (12ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (5ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (48ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (10ª)]; Second Semi-Final 18  [🇳🇴Norway (55ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (48ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (31ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (20ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (21ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (15ª),  🇱🇻 Latvia (19ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (56ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (12ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (13ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (19ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (24ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (51ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (58ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (50ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (20ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (57ª)]
  • Debuting countries: —
  • Return: —
  • Non-returning countries: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (12ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (15ª)
  • Vote – Voting system: Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers.
  • Nil Points: — [a]
  • Winning song: 1f3c6 “Arcade” – Duncan Laurence – 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (5ª)

About/Overview. After Netta’s grand victory in Lisbon in Lisbon, the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Tel Aviv, Israel. The 64th Eurovision Song Contest was held at Expo Tel Aviv (International Convention Center). The first Semi-Final was held on Tuesday 14 May, the second Semi-Final on Thursday 16 May and the Grand Final took place on Saturday 18 May. The three shows were hosted by Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub.

The exact running order of each show was determined by the producers on the basis of the Semi-Final Allocation Draw, the outcome of which you can find here. Each of the so-called ‘Big Five’ and Host Country Israel had also been allocated to vote in one of the two Semi-Finals: Spain, France and Israel voted in the first Semi-Final. Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom voted in the second Semi-Final.

  • Dates – First Semi-Final: Tuesday, 14 May, 2019, 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: Expo Tel Aviv (International Convention Center) / (Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center, מרכז הירידים והקונגרסים בישראל / Tel Aviv Convention Center, מרכז הירידים – תל אביב / Ganei HaTaarucha, גני התערוכה, “Exhibition Gardens”, Tel Aviv Fairgrounds), Tel Aviv, 🇮🇱 Israel
  • Presenter (s): Bar Refaeli (בר רפאלי), Erez Tal (ארז טל),  Assi Azar (אסי עזר) & Lucy Ayoub (لوسي ايوب‎, לוסי איוב)
  • Musical Director: —
  • Director: Amir Ukrainitz, Sivan Magazanik, Yuval Cohen
  • Executive Producer: Zivit Davidovitch
  • Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
  • Multicamera Director: Amir Ukrainitz, Sivan Magazanik
  • Host broadcaster: Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC);  תאגיד השידור הישראלי‎, يئة البث الإسرائيلي‎) / KAN (כאן‎, مكان‎).  
  • Opening Act: “Toy” performed by Netta Barzilai.
  • Interval Act: “Just the Way You Are” performed by Dana International.
  • Motto: “Dare to Dream” (הָעֵזו לחלום)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 42: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (59ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (42ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (59ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (58ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (55ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (56ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (36ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (5ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (57ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (38ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (48ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (55ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (24ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (24ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (13ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (16ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (8ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (31ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (21ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (10ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (19ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (38ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (31ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (12ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (58ª)]; First Semi-Final 17 [ 🇧🇪 Belgium (58ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (50ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (38ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (8ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (36ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (31ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (24ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (16ª),  🇲🇪 Montenegro (11ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (22ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (24ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (17ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (13ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (12ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (5ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (48ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (10ª)]; Second Semi-Final 18  [🇳🇴Norway (55ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (48ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (31ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (20ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (21ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (15ª),  🇱🇻 Latvia (19ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (56ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (12ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (13ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (19ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (24ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (51ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (58ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (50ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (20ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (57ª)]
  • Debuting countries: —
  • Return: —
  • Non-returning countries: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (12ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (15ª)
  • Vote – Voting system: Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers.
  • Nil Points: — [a]
  • Winning song: 1f3c6 “Zero Gravity” –  Kate Miller-Heidke –  🇦🇺 Australia (1ª)

About/Overview. After Netta’s grand victory in Lisbon in Lisbon, the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Tel Aviv, Israel. The 64th Eurovision Song Contest was held at Expo Tel Aviv (International Convention Center). The first Semi-Final was held on Tuesday 14 May, the second Semi-Final on Thursday 16 May and the Grand Final took place on Saturday 18 May. The three shows were hosted by Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub.

The exact running order of each show was determined by the producers on the basis of the Semi-Final Allocation Draw, the outcome of which you can find here. Each of the so-called ‘Big Five’ and Host Country Israel had also been allocated to vote in one of the two Semi-Finals: Spain, France and Israel voted in the first Semi-Final. Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom voted in the second Semi-Final.

  • Dates – Second Semi-Final: Thursday, 16 May 2019 – 21:00 CEST
  • Host – Venue & Location: Expo Tel Aviv (International Convention Center) / (Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center, מרכז הירידים והקונגרסים בישראל / Tel Aviv Convention Center, מרכז הירידים – תל אביב / Ganei HaTaarucha, גני התערוכה, “Exhibition Gardens”, Tel Aviv Fairgrounds), Tel Aviv, 🇮🇱 Israel
  • Presenter (s): Bar Refaeli (בר רפאלי), Erez Tal (ארז טל),  Assi Azar (אסי עזר) & Lucy Ayoub (لوسي ايوب‎, לוסי איוב)
  • Musical Director: —
  • Director: Amir Ukrainitz, Sivan Magazanik, Yuval Cohen
  • Executive Producer: Zivit Davidovitch
  • Executive Supervisor: Jon Ola Sand
  • Multicamera Director: Amir Ukrainitz, Sivan Magazanik
  • Host broadcaster: Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC);  תאגיד השידור הישראלי‎, يئة البث الإسرائيلي‎) / KAN (כאן‎, مكان‎).  
  • Opening Act: —
  • Interval Act: “A Million Dreams” performed by Shalva Band; Lior Suchard.
  • Motto: “Dare to Dream” (הָעֵזו לחלום)
  • Participants – Number of entries: 42: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (59ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (42ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (59ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (58ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (55ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (56ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (36ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (5ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (57ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (38ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (48ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (55ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (24ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (24ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (13ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (16ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (8ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (31ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (21ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (10ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (19ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (38ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (31ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (12ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (58ª)]; First Semi-Final 17 [ 🇧🇪 Belgium (58ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (50ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (38ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (8ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (36ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (31ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (24ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (16ª),  🇲🇪 Montenegro (11ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (22ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (24ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (17ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (13ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (12ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (5ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (48ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (10ª)]; Second Semi-Final 18  [🇳🇴Norway (55ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (48ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (31ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (20ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (21ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (15ª),  🇱🇻 Latvia (19ª), 🇸🇪 Sweden (56ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (12ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (13ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (19ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (24ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (51ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (58ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (50ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (20ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (57ª)]
  • Debuting countries: —
  • Return: —
  • Non-returning countries: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (12ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (15ª)
  • Vote – Voting system: Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers.
  • Nil Points: — [a]
  • Winning song: 1f3c6 “Arcade” – Duncan Laurence – 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (2°)

About/Overview. After Netta’s grand victory in Lisbon in Lisbon, the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Tel Aviv, Israel. The 64th Eurovision Song Contest was held at Expo Tel Aviv (International Convention Center). The first Semi-Final was held on Tuesday 14 May, the second Semi-Final on Thursday 16 May and the Grand Final took place on Saturday 18 May. The three shows were hosted by Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub.

The exact running order of each show was determined by the producers on the basis of the Semi-Final Allocation Draw, the outcome of which you can find here. Each of the so-called ‘Big Five’ and Host Country Israel had also been allocated to vote in one of the two Semi-Finals: Spain, France and Israel voted in the first Semi-Final. Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom voted in the second Semi-Final.

Missed participation

  • 2019 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine: “Siren song” (Пісня сирени) (English) – Maruv (Hanna Korsun) / MARUV (Ганна Корсун). However, due to a disagreement between Maruv and the broadcaster, she was forced to cancel her participation. The music video for “Siren Song” was released on 5 April 2019. On 27 February 2019, UA:PBC announced the withdrawal of the country from the contest, due to the controversy surrounding its national selection. Despite this, the channel still broadcast the show. During the final of the Ukrainian national selection on 23 February 2019, it was announced that the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) had reserved the right to change the decision made by the jury and the Ukrainian public. Following Maruv’s win, it was reported the broadcaster had sent a contract to her management, requiring her to cancel all upcoming appearances and performances in Russia to represent Ukraine. She was also given 48 hours to sign the contract or be replaced. On 24 February 2019, Maruv revealed the contract sent to her by UA:PBC had also banned her from improvising on stage and communicating with any journalist without the permission of the broadcaster, and required her to fully comply with any requests from the broadcaster. Later, the broadcaster published a statement explaining every entry of the contract. If she failed to follow any of these clauses, she would be fined ₴2 million (~€65,500). Maruv also said the broadcaster would not give her any financial compensation for the competition and would not pay for her trip to Tel Aviv. On 25 February 2019, both Maruv and UA:PBC confirmed she would not represent Ukraine in the contest due to disputes over the contract, and that another act would be chosen. National final runner-up Freedom Jazz announced on 26 February they had also rejected the broadcaster’s offer to represent Ukraine as did third-place finisher Kazka the following day. The incident garnered media coverage from major international outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Billboard, The Telegraph, The Independent, SBS News, The Irish Independent, Le Figaro, Cosmopolitan, and ABC. On 27 February, UA:PBC announced its withdrawal from the contest. On 23 February 2019, Maruv won the final of Vidbir for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Her win was marred by controversy about her concerts in Russia. The rights to her Eurovision song, “Siren Song”, belong to the Russian record label Warner Music Russia and the label had organised her first ever solo concert to be held in Moscow at Izvestia Hall on 6 April 2019. After it became clear that she would be performing in two concerts in Russia the following months, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Culture Vyacheslav Kyrylenko stated that artists who toured Russia or “did not recognise the territorial integrity of Ukraine” should not take part in Eurovision. During the final, when asked on stage whether Crimea is part of Ukraine, she replied affirmatively, and when asked if Russia was an aggressor, she replied: “If the country has a bad president, that doesn’t mean that all the people who live there are evil”. After the show, when Ukraine’s Channel 24 asked her to describe what was happening in Donbass and her position towards it, she replied: ‘This is a very difficult question for me to answer, because my relatives have lost their homes there and it is very difficult for me to talk about it. But I want peace to come at last and all this to be over.’ On 24 February the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA: PBC) offered Maruv a contract; one of the terms forbid her to hold concerts in Russia. Maruv saw no harm in performing in Russia claiming “performing concerts is my way of bringing peace,” later she confirmed she was willing to postpone her concerts. Maruv stated that the issue of not touring in Russia was not critical to her, and the major disagreement was about other conditions of the contract which she described as a cabal. She said that she is a tax-paying citizen of Ukraine and genuinely loves her country, however she is not ready to turn her participation in the contest into the “promo-action of Ukrainian politicians”. “I am a musician, not the baseball bat on the political arena”, she said. The next day it was revealed that UA: PBC and Maruv were not able to reach an agreement on her participation in the contest. Ukraine withdrew from participating in Eurovision 2019 as a result of the controversy, which they had been tipped to receive a high score. The song “Siren Song” became a huge hit in CIS countries. It received three platinum certifications in Russia. On 29 November 2019 She released EP Hellcat Story. In 2020 Maruv presented her alter ego Shlakoblochina and released an EP Fatality under this name. She also recorded Russian version of the song “More” for the game League of Legends.

Participation map

Transmitirá a 2º semifinal noutro horário. Participating countries Transmitirá a Final em direto. Did not qualify from the semi final Transmitirá a 1º semifinal em direto. Countries that participated in the past but not in 2019

ESC 2019 Scoreboard Grand Final Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

ESC 2019 Scoreboard First Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

ESC 2019 Scoreboard Second Semi-Final Ι Detailed voting results Ι Jurors:

The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country’s victory at the 2018 contest with the song “Toy” by Netta. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), the contest was held at Expo Tel Aviv, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2019. The three live shows were presented by Israeli television presenters Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub, and Israeli model Bar Refaeli.

Forty-one countries participated in the contest, with Bulgaria and Ukraine not returning after their participation in the previous edition. Members of Bulgaria’s delegation had been moved to other projects, while Ukraine, which had originally planned to participate, ultimately withdrew as a result of a controversy surrounding its national selection.

The winner was the Netherlands with the song “Arcade”, performed by Duncan Laurence and written by Laurence along with Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy and Will Knox. Italy, Russia, Switzerland and Sweden rounded out the top five, although, due to a voting error, Norway were placed fifth and Sweden sixth – this was corrected three days after the contest. Further down the table, North Macedonia and San Marino achieved their best results to date, finishing 7th and 19th respectively. Israel finished 23rd in the final, making it the fourth time that the host country ranked in the bottom five since 2015.

The EBU reported that the contest had an audience of 182 million viewers in 40 European markets, a decrease of 4 million viewers from the previous edition. However, an increase of two percent in the 15–24 year old age range was reported.

The lead-up to the contest was met with controversy on multiple fronts, primarily on issues surrounding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict – this eventually led to demonstrations by interval act performer Madonna and Icelandic entrants Hatari during the broadcast of the final.

Pavilion 2 of Expo Tel Aviv – host venue of the 2019 contest

1.Location. The 2019 contest took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country’s victory at the 2018 edition with the song “Toy”, performed by Netta Barzilai. It was the third time that Israel had hosted the contest, after having hosted the 1979 and 1999 contests in Jerusalem. The selected venue was Expo Tel Aviv’s 7,300-seat congress and convention centre in “Bitan 2” (Pavilion 2), which was opened in January 2015. Located on Rokach Boulevard in northern Tel Aviv, the convention centre serves as a venue for many events, including concerts, exhibitions, trade fairs, and conferences. The fairground has ten halls and pavilions, plus a large outdoor space. The new pavilion had recently hosted the 2018 European Judo Championships from 26 to 28 April.

1.1.Bidding phase. After Israel’s victory in the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal, Netta Barzilai and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the 2019 contest would be held in Jerusalem, but this was yet to be confirmed by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/KAN) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Israeli finance minister Moshe Kahlon also said in an interview the event would be held solely in Jerusalem and estimated its cost at 120 million Israeli shekels (approximately €29 million). The mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, mentioned Jerusalem Arena and Teddy Stadium as possible venues to host the event. The municipality of Jerusalem confirmed that because it lacked the seating capacity, the contest would not be held at the International Convention Centre, which had hosted the contest in 1979 and 1999. 

On 18 June 2018, Netanyahu stated that Israel had committed to remaining in compliance with EBU rules regarding the constitution of member broadcasters, so as not to affect its hosting of Eurovision. The IPBC’s establishment included a condition that news programming would be delegated later to a second public broadcasting entity. This would have violated EBU rules requiring member broadcasters to have their own internal news departments.

The following day, Israel was officially confirmed as the host country, and on 24 June 2018, KAN formally opened the bidding process for cities interested in hosting the 2019 contest. Israeli deputy minister Michael Oren stated that Jerusalem did not have the resources to host the contest on 28 July, reiterating that Tel Aviv was the more likely host. 

Soon afterwards, reports surfaced of the government not providing the €12 million downpayment requested by KAN to cover hosting expenses and security. Following a tense back-and-forth between KAN and the government, a compromise between the two parties was reached on 29 July 2018 that would see KAN paying the €12 million to the EBU and the Finance Ministry covering expenses should complications arise. The mayor of Tel Aviv, Ron Huldai, announced that the city would be willing to pay for the convention centre itself, should it be chosen as the host city. 

In the week of 27 August 2018, executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand led a handful of EBU delegates around Israel to look at potential venues in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and to hear the bid from Eilat. On 30 August 2018, Sand stated in an interview with KAN that Eilat was no longer in the running to host, leaving Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as the remaining cities in the running. He added that there was no serious discussion among members of the EBU about boycotting the event.

On 13 September 2018, the EBU announced Tel Aviv as the host city, with Expo Tel Aviv as the chosen venue for the 2019 contest.

Key:  Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue. The shortlisted cities are marked in green, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.

City Venue Notes
Coat of arms of Eilat.svg Eilat (אֵילַת; إِيلَات) Haifa Hangars on the port Proposal intended to connect two hangars to a hall, in order to meet the EBU’s capacity and venue requirements.
Coat of arms of Haifa.svg Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) Haifa Sammy Ofer Stadium Candidacy had been dependent on the construction of a roof.
Wappen von Jerusalem Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם القُدس) Jerusalem Pais Arena  Indoor arena similar to the venues of recent contests. It was Jerusalem’s preferred venue, in case they were chosen to be the host city.
Teddy Stadium Candidacy had been dependent on the construction of a roof.
Emblem of Tel Aviv.svg Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv-Yafo; תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ;تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا) Tel AvivExpo Tel Aviv, Pavilion 2 The IPBC expected Pavilion 2 to have room for up to 9,000 attendees, while an additional 1,500 fans will be able to gather in the greenroom.

1.2.Other sites. Located at the Charles Clore Park in Tel Aviv, the Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors’ area during the events week. It was open from 12 to 18 May 2019. There it was possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue.

The EuroClub was located at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv Port and 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.

The “Orange Carpet” event, where the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at Habima Square in central Tel Aviv on 12 May 2019, followed by the Opening Ceremony at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium.

2.Format. 

2.1.Visual design. The contest’s slogan, “Dare to Dream”, was unveiled on 28 October 2018, while the official logo and branding were revealed on 8 January 2019. Designed by Awesome Tel Aviv and Studio Adam Feinberg, it consists of layered triangles designed to resemble a star, reflecting “the stars of the future” coming to Tel Aviv.

2.2.Postcards. Filmed between March and April 2019, and directed by Keren Hochma, the 2019 postcards involved the act travelling to a location in Israel that resembles that of their own country. An imaginary play button circled above the act’s head, and, when the act pressed it, they performed a themed dance and threw the play button towards the screen, afterwards, it “flies over” to the stage where the ceiling lit up with their country’s flag using augmented reality. The dances in each postcard were wide-ranging and included parkour, ballet and street dance, among other styles. The following locations were used:

  • 🇦🇱 Albania – Banias Nature Reserve (بانياس الحولة; בניאס)
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia – Masada National Park (מצדה)
  • 🇦🇺 Australia – Jaffa (Yafo, יָפוֹ, Yafa, يَافَا) 
  • 🇦🇹 Austria – Tel Aviv Bauhaus (מרכז באוהאוס)
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Gan HaShlosha National Park (גן השלושה, Park of the three; Sakhne (الساخنة, The hot [pool])
  • 🇧🇾 Belarus – Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem (מוזיאון רוקפלר, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם‎ / القُدس‎)
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium – Mitzpe Ramon (מִצְפֵּה רָמוֹן, Ramon Lookout; متسبي رمون)
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia – The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (מוזיאון ישראל, Muze’on Yisrael, متحف إسرائيل)
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Eilat (אֵילַת; إِيلَات)
  • 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – Caesarea (ΚαισάρειαKaisáreia, קיסריהKeisaria, قيساريةQisarya)
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark – Jerusalem International YMCA (ימקא הבינלאומית ירושלים)
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia– Tel Aviv Promenade (טיילת תל אביב-יפו, the Tayelet, הטיילת‎ – The Promenade)
  • 🇫🇮 Finland – Financial District, Ramat Gan (Diamond Exchange District, מִתְחַם הַבּוּרְסָה, Mitham HaBursa, The Exchange District)
  • 🇫🇷 France – Tel Aviv Museum of Art (מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות Muzeon Tel Aviv Leomanut) 
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia – Acre (Akko, עַכּוֹ; Akka. عكّا)
  • 🇩🇪 Germany – Sea of Galilee (יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, بحيرة طبريا)
  • 🇬🇷 Greece – Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem (VLJI, מכון ון ליר בירושלים, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, معهد فان لير في القدس)
  • 🇭🇺 Hungary – Beit Guvrin National Park (בית גוברין – מרשה, Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park)
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland – Beit She’an National Park (Beit She’an,  בֵּית שְׁאָן)
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland – Palm Plantation, Eylot (דקליים, אֵילוֹת)
  • 🇮🇱 Israel – Old City, Jerusalem (הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה; البلدة القديمة, the Old City)
  • 🇮🇹 Italy – Ashdod Port (נמל אשדוד)
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia – Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance, Tel Aviv (מרכז סוזן דלל למחול ולתיאטרון)
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania – HaBonim Beach (הַבּוֹנִים, The Builders)
  • 🇲🇹 Malta – Timna Park (בקעת תמנע)
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova – Zichron Yaakov’s Wineries (Zikhron Ya’akov (זִכְרוֹן יַעֲקֹב, Jacob’s Memorial, Zikhron)
  • 🇲🇪 Montenegro – Mikhmoret Beach (מכמורת, مخمورت, Fishing net)
  • 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Mount Arbel (הר ארבל, Har Arbel)
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Carmel Forest (Mount Carmel National Park, פארק הכרמל, Park HaKarmel) 
  • 🇳🇴Norway – Judean Desert (برّ الخليل, מִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה)
  • 🇵🇱 Poland – Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem (משכנות שאננים, Peaceful Dwellings)
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal – Dead Sea (יַם הַמֶּלַח, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ)
  • 🇷🇴 Romania – Mount Hermon (جبل الشيخ / جبل حرمون; הַר חֶרְמוֹן)
  • 🇷🇺 Russia – Tower of David, Jerusalem (מגדל דוד, Migdál Davíd)
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino – Solar Thermal Power Station, Ashalim (תחנות הכוח באשלים)
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia – Cherry Blossom, Ein Zivan (עין זיוון)
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia – Ruhama Badlands (רֻחָמָה, روحامة)
  • 🇪🇸 Spain – Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا)
  • 🇸🇪 Sweden – Tel Aviv Port (נמל תל אביב, Namal Tel Aviv)
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Heichal HaTarbut, היכל התרבות ע”ש צ’ארלס ברונפמן)
  • 🇬🇧 United Kindom – Bahá’í Gardens, Haifa (המרכז הבהאי העולמי)

At the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Semi-final 2 dress rehearsal

2.3.Presenters. On 25 January 2019, KAN announced that four presenters would host the three shows: TV hosts Erez Tal (who was also one of the Israeli commentators for the 2018 final) and Assi Azar (who works for the Israeli Channel 12), supermodel Bar Refaeli and KAN host Lucy Ayoub (who was also the Israeli jury spokesperson at the 2018 contest). Tal and Refaeli were the main hosts, while Azar and Ayoub hosted the green room.

2.4.Semi-final allocation draw. The draw to determine the participating countries’ semi-finals took place on 28 January 2019 at 17:00 CET, at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[31] The thirty-six semi-finalists were divided over six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest’s official televoting partner Digame. The purpose of drawing from different pots was to reduce the chance of “bloc voting” and to increase suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – host country Israel and “Big Five” countries France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom – would broadcast and vote in. The ceremony was hosted by contest presenters Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub, and included the passing of the host city insignia from Duarte Cordeiro, vice mayor of Lisbon (host city of the previous contest) to Ron Huldai, mayor of Tel Aviv.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
  • 🇦🇱 Albania
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • 🇲🇪 Montenegro
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia
  • 🇫🇮 Finland
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland
  • 🇮🇸 Norway
  • 🇸🇪 Sweden
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  • 🇧🇾 Belarus
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia
  • 🇷🇺 Russia
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine[b]
  • 🇦🇺 Australia
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  • 🇵🇱 Poland
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal
  • 🇦🇹 Austria
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium
  • 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
  • 🇭🇺 Hungary
  • 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland[c]
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  • 🇬🇷 Greece
  • 🇲🇹 Malta
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova
  • 🇷🇴 Romania
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino

2.5.Voting system. On 30 March 2019, the EBU announced that the presentation of the televoting results during the final would change for the first time since the current voting system was introduced in 2016. The jury results’ presentation remained the same with a live spokesperson in each participating country revealing the top song from their national jury that earned 12 points. In a change from previous years, the televoting result was revealed in the order of jury ranking, from the lowest to the highest.

Madonna performed Like a Prayer and Future during the interval of the final.

2.6.Opening and interval acts. On 8 April 2019, it was confirmed that Madonna would perform three songs during the final. The EBU later revealed they would be “Future” featuring Quavo and “Like a Prayer” and a yet-to-be released song, “Dark Ballet”. On 15 April 2019, the EBU released further information about the opening and interval acts.

The first semi-final was opened by Netta Barzilai, performing a new version of her winning song “Toy”, and also featured Dana International with “Just the Way You Are”.[39] The second semi-final included Shalva Band performing “A Million Dreams” and mentalist Lior Suchard.

The final was opened with the traditional flag parade introducing the 26 finalists, which featured Netta Barzilai, Dana International with “Diva” and “Tel Aviv”, Nadav Guedj with “Golden Boy” and Ilanit with “Ey Sham”. In the “Switch Song” interval act, five former Eurovision participants were featured: Conchita Wurst performed “Heroes”, Måns Zelmerlöw performed “Fuego”, Eleni Foureira performed “Dancing Lasha Tumbai”, Verka Serduchka performed “Toy”, and Gali Atari, together with the four above-mentioned artists, performed her winning song “Hallelujah”. Idan Raichel then performed “Bo’ee – Come to Me” together with the Idan Raichel Project. Netta Barzilai later performed her new single “Nana Banana”, while actress Gal Gadot also appeared in a short video skit.

Madonna’s interval performance in the final was heavily criticised due to her poor vocal performance, and further criticisms were raised when her official YouTube channel uploaded a video of the performance with the vocals auto-tuned. Madonna’s representatives at Live Nation were subject to a lawsuit by host broadcaster KAN following the performance.

3.Participating countries. The EBU initially announced on 7 November 2018 that 42 countries would participate in the contest, with Bulgaria opting not to participate for financial reasons.

Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the contest on 27 February 2019, thereby reducing the number of participating countries to 41.

On 6 March 2019, the EBU confirmed North Macedonia would take part for the first time under its new name, instead of the previous name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which had been used since the country first participated in 1998.

3.1.Returning artists. The contest featured five representatives who had performed previously as lead vocalists for the same countries. Two of them participated in 2016—Sergey Lazarev represented Russia and won the semi-final, while Serhat represented San Marino in the semi-final. Joci Pápai represented Hungary in 2017. Tamara Todevska represented Macedonia (now named North Macedonia) in the 2008 semi-final, alongside Vrčak and Adrian, and backed in 2004 and 2014 for Toše Proeski and Tijana Dapčević, respectively. Nevena Božović represented Serbia in the semi-final of 2013 as part of Moje 3, and in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The contest also featured a former backing vocalist representing his country for the first time—Jurij Veklenko provided backup for Lithuania in 2013 and 2015.

On the other hand, previous representatives returned to provide supporting vocals for their own or another country. Mikheil Javakhishvili, Georgia’s representative in 2018 as part of Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao, backed Oto Nemsadze. Mikel Hennet, who represented Spain in 2007 as part of D’Nash, backed Miki. Stig Rästa, Estonia’s representative in 2015 alongside Elina Born, backed Victor Crone. Mladen Lukić, who represented Serbia in 2018 as part of Balkanika, backed Nevena Božović. Sahlene, who represented Estonia in 2002, and provided backing for her native country Sweden in 1999, for Malta in 2000 and for Australia in 2016, backed for the United Kingdom this time. Jacques Houdek, who represented Croatia in 2017, backed Roko. Émilie Satt, who represented France in 2018 as part of Madame Monsieur, backed Bilal Hassani. Destiny Chukunyere, who won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for Malta, backed Michela.

3.2.Semi-final 1. The first semi-final took place on 14 May 2019 at 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST). Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final. Those countries plus France, Israel and Spain voted in this semi-final. ]Ukraine was originally allocated to participate in the second half of the semi-final, but withdrew from the contest due to controversy over its national selection. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

3.3.Semi-final 2. The second semi-final took place on 16 May 2019 at 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST). Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries plus Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. Switzerland was pre-drawn into this semi-final due to scheduling issues. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

3.4.Final. The final took place on 18 May 2019 at 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST). Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all forty-one participating countries eligible to vote.

3.5.Participants and results.

3.6.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2019: 

• National Selections in 2019:

COUNTRY EVENT WINNER
🇦🇱 Albania Festivali i Këngës #57 Jonida Maliqi – “Ktheju tokës“
🇦🇺 Australia Australia Decides 2019 Kate Miller-Heidke – “Zero Gravity”
🇧🇾 Belarus (Belarusian Selection 2019) ZENA – “Like It”
🇭🇷 Croatia Dora 2019 Roko Blažević – “The Dream”
🇨🇿 Czech Republic ESCZ 2019 Lake Malawi – “Friend of a Friend”
🇩🇰 Denmark Melodi Grand Prix 2019 Leonora – “Love Is Forever”
🇪🇪 Estonia Eesti Laul 2019 Victor Crone – “Storm”
🇫🇮 Finland Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2019 (song selection) [l] Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman – “Look Away”
🇫🇷 France Destination Eurovision 2019 Bilal Hassani – “Roi“
🇬🇪 Georgia Georgian Idol (artist selection) [m] Oto Nemsadze – “Keep On Going”
🇩🇪 Germany Unser Lied für Israel S!sters – “Sister”
🇭🇺 Hungary A Dal 2019 Joci Pápai – “Az én apám“
🇮🇸 Iceland Söngvakeppnin 2019 Hatari – “Hatrið mun sigra“
🇮🇱 Israel HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion (artist selection) [n] Kobi Marimi – “Home”
🇮🇹 Italy Sanremo 2019 Mahmood – “Soldi“
🇱🇻 Latvia Supernova 2019 Carousel – “That Night”
🇱🇹 Lithuania Eurovizijos Atranka 2019 Jurijus (Jurij Veklenko) – “Run with the Lions”
🇲🇩 Moldova O melodie pentru Europa 2019 Anna Odobescu – “Stay”
🇲🇪 Montenegro Montevizija 2019 D-moll – “Heaven”
🇳🇴 Norway Melodi Grand Prix 2019 KEiiNO – “Spirit in the Sky”
🇵🇹 Portugal Festival da Canção 2019 Conan Osíris – “Telemóveis“
🇷🇴 Romania Selecţia Naţională 2019 Ester Peony – “On a Sunday”
🇷🇸 Serbia Beovizija 2019 Nevena Božović – “Kruna” (Круна)
🇸🇮 Slovenia EMA 2019 Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl – “Sebi“
🇪🇸 Spain Operación Triunfo Miki – “La venda“
🇸🇪 Sweden Melodifestivalen 2019 John Lundvik – “Too Late for Love”
🇺🇦 Ukraine Vidbir 2019 Maruv – “Siren Song”
🇬🇧 United Kindom You Decide 2019 Michael Rice – “Bigger than Us”

• Internal Selections in 2019:

🇦🇲 Armenia Srbuk – “Walking Out”
🇦🇹 Austria Pænda – “Limits”
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Chingiz – “Truth”
🇧🇪 Belgium Eliot – “Wake Up”
🇨🇾 Cyprus Tamta – “Replay”
🇬🇷 Greece Katerine Duska – “Better Love”
🇮🇪 Ireland Sarah McTernan – “22”
🇲🇹 Malta Michela – “Chameleon”
🇳🇱 The Netherlands Duncan Laurence – “Arcade”
🇲🇰 North Macedonia Tamara Todevska – “Proud”
🇵🇱 Poland Tulia – “Fire of Love (Pali się)” / “Pali się“
🇷🇺 Russia Sergey Lazarev – “Scream”
🇸🇲 San Marino Serhat – “Say Na Na Na”
🇨🇭 Switzerland Luca Hänni – “She Got Me”

3.7.Connections:

4.Detailed voting results.

4.1.Belarusian jury dismissal and incorrect aggregated vote. The Belarusian jury was dismissed following the revelation of their votes in the first semi-final, which is contrary to the rules of the contest. To comply with the contest’s voting regulations, the EBU worked with its voting partner, Digame, to create a substitute aggregated result (calculated based on the results of other countries with similar voting records), which was approved by voting monitor Ernst & Young, to determine the Belarusian jury votes for the final. In these results, Israel, which did not receive points from any other jury during the final, received 12 points from Belarus.

However, Twitter user @euro_bruno noted on May 19 that it appeared an incorrect substitute Belarusian result was announced during the broadcast of the final four days earlier. The mistake was confirmed in a statement issued by the EBU three days later, on 22 May 2019. According to the statement, the EBU “discovered that due to a human error an incorrect aggregated result was used. This had no impact on the calculation of points derived from televoting across the 41 participating countries and the overall winner and Top 4 songs of the contest remain unchanged. To respect both the artists and EBU Members which took part, [they wished] to correct the grand final results in accordance with the rules.”

The error, a reversal of the Belarusian aggregated votes, led to the bottom ten countries receiving points instead of the top ten. Malta, which had been incorrectly ranked last, would receive Belarus’ 12 jury points, and Israel would end up with no jury points. The corrected point totals also changed some rankings: Sweden finished fifth overall instead of Norway, Belarus finished 24th overall instead of Germany, San Marino ended 19th despite losing four points, and North Macedonia won the jury vote instead of Sweden.

The mistake made by the EBU and their voting partner was widely panned by the press. Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad said the EBU had to present the new vote totals “blushing with shame”, calling the situation “chaos”. British newspaper Metro thought the EBU had “screwed up”, while the Daily Mirror named the accidental reversal of the aggregated vote total a “scandalous blunder”.

A similar situation occurred in the 1976, 1977, 1979, 1996 and 1998 contests and the semi-final of the 2004 contest, whereupon the results also had to be corrected after the broadcast due to an error with the votes.

The corrected results have been used in all following scoreboards (where applicable).

4.2.Semi-final 1.

Split results of semi-final 1 
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1 🇦🇺 Australia 261 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 157 🇮🇸 Iceland 151
2 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 242 🇬🇷 Greece 131 🇦🇺 Australia 140
3 🇮🇸 Iceland 221 🇦🇺 Australia 121 🇪🇪 Estonia 133
4 🇪🇪 Estonia 198 🇨🇾 Cyprus 95 🇸🇲 San Marino 124
5 🇬🇷 Greece 185 🇷🇸 Serbia 91 🇸🇮 Slovenia 93
6 🇸🇮 Slovenia 167 🇧🇾 Belarus 78 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 85
7 🇷🇸 Serbia 156 🇸🇮 Slovenia 74 🇷🇸 Serbia 65
8 🇸🇲 San Marino 150 🇮🇸 Iceland 70 🇵🇱 Poland 60
9 🇨🇾 Cyprus 149 🇭🇺 Hungary 65 🇬🇷 Greece 54
10 🇧🇾 Belarus 122 🇪🇪 Estonia 65 🇨🇾 Cyprus 54
11 🇵🇱 Poland 120 🇵🇱 Poland 60 🇧🇾 Belarus 44
12 🇭🇺 Hungary 97 🇧🇪 Belgium 50 🇵🇹 Portugal 43
13 🇧🇪 Belgium 70 🇲🇪 Montenegro 31 🇬🇪 Georgia 33
14 🇬🇪 Georgia 62 🇬🇪 Georgia 29 🇭🇺 Hungary 32
15 🇵🇹 Portugal 51 🇸🇲 San Marino 26 🇧🇪 Belgium 20
16 🇲🇪 Montenegro 46 🇫🇮 Finland 9 🇲🇪 Montenegro 15
17 🇫🇮 Finland 23 🇵🇹 Portugal 8 🇫🇮 Finland 14
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 1

Voting procedure used: [T] 100% televoting, [J] 100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Jury vote
🇨🇾 🇲🇪 🇫🇮 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 🇨🇿 🇭🇺 🇧🇾 🇷🇸 🇧🇪 🇬🇪 🇦🇺 🇮🇸 🇪🇪 🇵🇹 🇬🇷 🇸🇲 🇫🇷 🇮🇱 🇪🇸
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 🇨🇾 Cyprus 149 95 54 8 4 7 10 4 8 3 5 1 8 1 12 8 6 4 6
🇲🇪 Montenegro 46 31 15 4 12 5 10
🇫🇮 Finland 23 9 14 1 2 4 2
🇵🇱 Poland 120 60 60 10 3 7 8 6 3 8 7 3 5
🇸🇮 Slovenia 167 74 93 5 1 5 8 12 3 7 7 4 5 8 1 4 4
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 242 157 85 1 3 8 7 12 10 7 10 8 12 12 10 12 12 8 3 8 6 8
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 97 65 32 6 1 6 2 4 2 6 2 1 6 5 7 10 7
🇧🇾 Belarus 122 78 44 8 8 12 4 4 3 3 10 6 7 1 4 1 7
🇷🇸 Serbia 156 91 65 6 7 3 10 5 6 7 5 6 3 6 6 4 6 5 3 3
🇧🇪 Belgium 70 50 20 10 2 3 6 3 2 4 10 2 3 5
🇬🇪 Georgia 62 29 33 7 2 1 2 10 5 2
🇦🇺 Australia 261 121 140 5 12 12 5 8 5 12 4 12 1 2 10 6 7 8 12
🇮🇸 Iceland 221 70 151 8 4 4 5 4 1 1 10 10 2 2 7 12
🇪🇪 Estonia 198 65 133 6 1 6 12 1 7 8 7 5 1 10 1
🇵🇹 Portugal 51 8 43 3 2 2 1
🇬🇷 Greece 185 131 54 12 12 7 10 5 4 5 2 6 10 7 8 4 12 5 12 10
🇸🇲 San Marino 150 26 124 2 10 3 1 2 3 3 2
Detailed televoting results of semi-final 1

Voting procedure used: [T] 100% televoting, [J] 100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Televote
🇨🇾 🇲🇪 🇫🇮 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 🇨🇿 🇭🇺 🇧🇾 🇷🇸 🇧🇪 🇬🇪 🇦🇺 🇮🇸 🇪🇪 🇵🇹 🇬🇷 🇸🇲 🇫🇷 🇮🇱 🇪🇸
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 🇨🇾 Cyprus 149 95 54 4 1 3 1 10 3 1 12 10 8 1
🇲🇪 Montenegro 46 31 15 7 8
🇫🇮 Finland 23 9 14 2 12
🇵🇱 Poland 120 60 60 6 1 7 6 5 5 5 8 2 5 8 2
🇸🇮 Slovenia 167 74 93 8 7 8 5 7 8 10 3 5 5 7 7 5 3 2 3
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 242 157 85 2 3 5 5 5 4 3 1 6 1 10 12 8 4 1 4 6 5
🇭🇺 Hungary 97 65 32 2 3 6 2 12 1 3 3
🇧🇾 Belarus 122 78 44 6 5 2 2 3 4 7 2 6 1 2 4
🇷🇸 Serbia 156 91 65 5 12 1 4 12 4 2 4 3 3 6 2 6 1
🇧🇪 Belgium 70 50 20 3 1 1 4 2 5 4
🇬🇪 Georgia 62 29 33 10 1 10 1 4 7
🇦🇺 Australia 261 121 140 4 7 8 10 4 10 5 10 7 10 10 5 10 8 6 7 12 7
🇮🇸 Iceland 221 70 151 1 6 12 12 10 6 10 12 6 7 6 12 6 8 7 7 10 3 10
🇪🇪 Estonia 198 65 133 7 2 10 7 8 8 8 6 3 12 8 7 7 12 3 8 1 10 6
🇵🇹 Portugal 51 8 43 3 2 8 2 4 12 12
🇬🇷 Greece 185 131 54 12 1 1 2 4 4 8 5 12 3 2
🇸🇲 San Marino 150 26 124 8 10 4 6 3 12 12 7 5 2 12 6 4 10 6 4 5 8

4.2.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country’s professional jury and televote in the first semi-final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇪🇸 Spain
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇵🇹 Portugal , 🇸🇮 Slovenia
4 🇬🇷 Greece 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇸🇲 San Marino
1 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇭🇺 Hungary
🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇬🇷 Greece
🇪🇪 Estonia 🇧🇾 Belarus
🇮🇸 Iceland 🇫🇷 France
🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇷🇸 Serbia
🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
12 points awarded by televoting
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
4 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇵🇱 Poland
3 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇭🇺 Hungary
2 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇵🇹 Portugal 
🇬🇷 Greece 🇨🇾Cyprus, 🇸🇲 San Marino
🇵🇹 Portugal 🇫🇷 France, 🇪🇸 Spain
🇷🇸 Serbia 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇸🇮 Slovenia
1 🇦🇺 Australia 🇮🇱 Israel
🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇬🇷 Greece
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇮🇸 Iceland
🇫🇮 Finland 🇪🇪 Estonia
🇭🇺 Hungary 🇷🇸 Serbia

4.3.Semi-final 2.

Split results of semi-final 2
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 280 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 155 🇳🇴 Norway 170
2 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 239 🇸🇪 Sweden 150 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 140
3 🇸🇪 Sweden 238 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 140 🇨🇭 Switzerland 137
4 🇨🇭 Switzerland 232 🇲🇹 Malta 107 🇷🇺 Russia 124
5 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 224 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 103 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 121
6 🇷🇺 Russia 217 🇨🇭 Switzerland 95 🇸🇪 Sweden 88
7 🇳🇴 Norway 210 🇷🇺 Russia 93 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 84
8 🇲🇹 Malta 157 🇲🇩 Moldova 58 🇱🇹 Lithuania 77
9 🇦🇱 Albania 96 🇩🇰 Denmark 53 🇦🇱 Albania 58
10 🇩🇰 Denmark 94 🇷🇴 Romania 47 🇲🇹 Malta 50
11 🇱🇹 Lithuania 93 🇳🇴 Norway 40 🇩🇰 Denmark 41
12 🇲🇩 Moldova 85 🇦🇱 Albania 38 🇭🇷 Croatia 38
13 🇷🇴 Romania 71 🇱🇻 Latvia 37 🇲🇩 Moldova 27
14 🇭🇷 Croatia 64 🇦🇲 Armenia 26 🇷🇴 Romania 24
15 🇱🇻 Latvia 50 🇭🇷 Croatia 26 🇦🇲 Armenia 23
16 🇦🇲 Armenia 49 🇦🇹 Austria 21 🇱🇻 Latvia 13
17 🇦🇹 Austria 21 🇱🇹 Lithuania 16 🇮🇪 Ireland 3
18 🇮🇪 Ireland 16 🇮🇪 Ireland 13 🇦🇹 Austria 0
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 2

Voting procedure used: [T] 100% televoting, [J] 100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Jury vote
🇦🇲 🇮🇪 🇲🇩 🇨🇭 🇱🇻 🇷🇴 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇦🇹 🇭🇷 🇲🇹 🇱🇹 🇷🇺 🇦🇱 🇳🇴 🇳🇱 🇲🇰 🇦🇿 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇬🇧
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 🇦🇲 Armenia 49 26 23 2 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 2
🇮🇪 Ireland 16 13 3 5 8
🇲🇩 Moldova 85 58 27 5 5 12 6 2 5 5 3 2 6 3 4
🇨🇭 Switzerland 232 95 137 6 10 3 4 12 7 10 5 2 5 8 8 5 2 8
🇱🇻 Latvia 50 37 13 3 7 6 7 1 3 5 5
🇷🇴 Romania 71 47 24 2 12 1 12 1 8 4 2 5
🇩🇰 Denmark 94 53 41 3 1 2 7 2 4 3 5 3 5 12 6
🇸🇪 Sweden 238 150 88 12 12 10 12 4 12 12 4 10 10 7 12 12 4 7 10
🇦🇹 Austria 21 21 0 1 1 2 8 6 1 1 1
🇭🇷 Croatia 64 26 38 1 5 5 2 5 8
🇲🇹 Malta 157 107 50 10 4 7 4 4 5 4 2 6 3 8 6 4 10 7 6 6 10 1
🇱🇹 Lithuania 93 16 77 3 6 3 3 1
🇷🇺 Russia 217 93 124 7 8 1 3 6 3 7 3 8 4 8 3 7 10 12 3
🇦🇱 Albania 96 38 58 2 2 5 7 12 7 3
🇳🇴 Norway 210 40 170 1 7 3 6 8 5 3 4 1 2
🇳🇱 The Netherlands 280 140 140 4 8 12 8 8 7 10 10 8 12 12 1 4 10 6 4 10 4 2
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 239 155 84 8 6 10 8 5 10 10 8 12 2 2 10 12 7 4 10 12 7 12
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 224 103 121 5 6 10 7 1 1 6 7 7 8 4 10 6 1 8 3 6 7
Detailed televoting results of semi-final 2

Voting procedure used: [T] 100% televoting, [J] 100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Televote
🇦🇲 🇮🇪 🇲🇩 🇨🇭 🇱🇻 🇷🇴 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇦🇹 🇭🇷 🇲🇹 🇱🇹 🇷🇺 🇦🇱 🇳🇴 🇳🇱 🇲🇰 🇦🇿 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇬🇧
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 🇦🇲 Armenia 49 26 23 2 10 5 6
🇮🇪 Ireland 16 13 3 3
🇲🇩 Moldova 85 58 27 3 12 2 5 5
🇨🇭 Switzerland 232 95 137 8 6 6 3 7 6 4 12 8 12 4 4 6 7 8 2 10 12 6 6
🇱🇻 Latvia 50 37 13 1 12
🇷🇴 Romania 71 47 24 1 12 10 1
🇩🇰 Denmark 94 53 41 1 2 2 5 10 2 1 2 3 1 8 4
🇸🇪 Sweden 238 150 88 4 5 8 4 1 10 1 4 7 5 2 4 10 10 1 3 5 4
🇦🇹 Austria 21 21 0
🇭🇷 Croatia 64 26 38 2 5 1 1 8 1 3 3 10 1 3
🇲🇹 Malta 157 107 50 7 4 3 2 2 5 2 1 3 1 4 6 2 8
🇱🇹 Lithuania 93 16 77 12 5 1 10 4 7 3 1 5 12 2 2 1 12
🇷🇺 Russia 217 93 124 12 7 10 3 12 8 3 3 4 3 5 10 2 4 3 7 12 7 7 2
🇦🇱 Albania 96 38 58 12 3 2 3 6 2 12 4 2 12
🇳🇴 Norway 210 40 170 5 10 4 10 8 5 12 12 10 10 8 8 8 12 12 3 5 10 8 10
🇳🇱 The Netherlands 280 140 140 10 8 7 6 7 6 8 5 6 7 10 6 7 10 5 8 8 8 3 5
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 239 155 84 6 7 4 1 6 5 12 6 2 6 8 1 6 7 6 1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan 224 103 121 3 8 4 6 10 7 8 7 5 4 7 12 7 6 7 5 4 4 7

4.3.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country’s professional jury and televote in the second semi-final. 

12 points awarded by juries
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
7 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway
4 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
3 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇨🇭  Switzerland
2 🇷🇴 Romania 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇷🇺 Russia
1 🇦🇱 Albania 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
🇩🇰 Denmark 🇮🇹 Italy
🇲🇩 Moldova 🇷🇴 Romania
🇷🇺 Russia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇸🇪 Sweden
12 points awarded by televoting
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
4 🇳🇴 Norway 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇸🇪 Sweden
3 🇦🇱 Albania 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇨🇭  Switzerland
🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇷🇺 Russia 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇱🇻 Latvia
🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇲🇹 Malta
1 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇷🇺 Russia
🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania
🇲🇩 Moldova 🇷🇴 Romania
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇭🇷 Croatia
🇷🇴 Romania 🇲🇩 Moldova

4.4.Final. 

Split results of the final
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 498 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 247 🇳🇴 Norway 291
2 🇮🇹 Italy 472 🇸🇪 Sweden 241 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 261
3 🇷🇺 Russia 370 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 237 🇮🇹 Italy 253
4 🇨🇭 Switzerland 364 🇮🇹 Italy 219 🇷🇺 Russia 244
5 🇸🇪 Sweden 334 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 202 🇨🇭 Switzerland 212
6 🇳🇴 Norway 331 🇦🇺 Australia 153 🇮🇸 Iceland 186
7 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 305 🇨🇭 Switzerland 152 🇦🇺 Australia 131
8 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 302 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 150 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 100
9 🇦🇺 Australia 284 🇷🇺 Russia 126 🇸🇪 Sweden 93
10 🇮🇸 Iceland 232 🇲🇹 Malta 87 🇸🇲 San Marino 65
11 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 157 🇨🇾 Cyprus 77 🇸🇮 Slovenia 59
12 🇩🇰 Denmark 120 🇩🇰 Denmark 69 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 58
13 🇨🇾 Cyprus 109 🇫🇷 France 67 🇷🇸 Serbia 54
14 🇲🇹 Malta 107 🇬🇷 Greece 50 🇪🇸 Spain 53
15 🇸🇮 Slovenia 105 🇸🇮 Slovenia 46 🇩🇰 Denmark 51
16 🇫🇷 France 105 🇮🇸 Iceland 46 🇪🇪 Estonia 48
17 🇦🇱 Albania 90 🇦🇱 Albania 43 🇦🇱 Albania 47
18 🇷🇸 Serbia 89 🇳🇴 Norway 40 🇫🇷 France 38
19 🇸🇲 San Marino 77 🇷🇸 Serbia 35 🇮🇱 Israel 35
20 🇪🇪 Estonia 76 🇪🇪 Estonia 28 🇨🇾 Cyprus 32
21 🇬🇷 Greece 74 🇩🇪 Germany 24 🇬🇷 Greece 24
22 🇪🇸 Spain 54 🇧🇾 Belarus 18 🇲🇹 Malta 20
23 🇮🇱 Israel 35 🇸🇲 San Marino 12 🇧🇾 Belarus 13
24 🇧🇾 Belarus 31 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 8 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 7
25 🇩🇪 Germany 24 🇪🇸 Spain 1 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 3
26 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11 🇮🇱 Israel 0 🇩🇪 Germany 0

Distribution of points to the top 10 countries in the final

  Televoting
  Jury votes
Detailed jury voting results of the final

Voting procedure used: [T] 100% televoting, [J] 100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Jury vote
🇵🇹 🇦🇿 🇲🇹 🇲🇰 🇸🇲 🇳🇱 🇲🇪 🇪🇪 🇵🇱 🇳🇴 🇪🇸 🇦🇹 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇦🇱 🇭🇺 🇲🇩 🇮🇪 🇧🇾 🇦🇲 🇷🇴 🇨🇾 🇦🇺 🇷🇺 🇩🇪 🇧🇪 🇸🇪 🇭🇷 🇱🇹 🇷🇸 🇮🇸 🇬🇪 🇬🇷 🇱🇻 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇨🇭 🇸🇮 🇮🇱
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 Malta 107 87 20 10 5 8 6 4 8 1 12 4 3 6 3 2 5 1 3 1 1 4
🇦🇱 Albania 90 43 47 7 2 8 7 8 1 2 2 3 3
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 157 150 7 10 4 1 8 12 6 3 1 4 12 8 3 8 5 5 1 7 7 4 6 12 3 3 4 12 1
🇩🇪 Germany 24 24 0 2 3 5 8 6
🇷🇺 Russia 370 126 244 12 10 6 10 5 10 6 2 4 1 5 3 1 5 6 10 4 3 2 1 10 4 3 3
🇩🇰 Denmark 120 69 51 7 3 2 5 4 3 12 6 4 1 1 2 7 7 1 4
🇸🇲 San Marino 77 12 65 1 5 6
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 305 247 58 5 8 3 1 3 7 8 10 12 12 10 12 10 12 5 10 10 7 7 4 7 10 12 8 1 8 7 10 7 7 12 2
🇸🇪 Sweden 334 241 93 2 5 12 12 8 12 6 10 2 6 4 2 12 2 12 1 7 12 2 5 8 8 12 2 10 12 12 10 12 8 7 6
🇸🇮 Slovenia 105 46 59 3 4 10 1 4 4 4 10 6
🇨🇾 Cyprus 109 77 32 3 6 1 5 1 5 1 5 7 8 8 2 7 6 12
🇳🇱 The Netherlands 498 237 261 12 7 7 3 7 7 8 8 6 1 3 8 6 6 5 5 6 8 6 12 6 12 7 8 12 6 7 12 8 10 6 12
🇬🇷 Greece 74 50 24 6 4 8 4 3 12 10 3
🇮🇱 Israel 35 0 35
🇳🇴 Norway 331 40 291 4 1 1 7 6 5 4 5 7
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11 8 3 2 2 2 1 1
🇮🇸 Iceland 232 46 186 2 6 3 8 2 10 6 4 5
🇪🇪 Estonia 76 28 48 5 1 6 5 1 2 8
🇧🇾 Belarus 31 18 13 1 1 8 1 7
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 302 202 100 8 8 4 4 5 2 5 7 4 7 7 8 5 6 7 5 10 6 2 12 5 10 3 4 10 8 6 5 4 6 2 10 7
🇫🇷 France 105 67 38 3 6 5 2 3 3 4 10 4 8 3 1 1 5 2 2 3 2
🇮🇹 Italy 472 219 253 6 5 12 12 12 6 2 3 4 7 5 7 1 7 8 8 12 12 8 12 3 10 3 7 2 8 1 8 5 5 8 10
🇷🇸 Serbia 89 35 54 12 4 7 2 3 1 4 2
🇨🇭 Switzerland 364 152 212 1 3 2 10 10 6 3 10 5 10 3 10 4 7 4 1 6 7 10 8 5 5 3 6 2 3 5 3
🇦🇺 Australia 284 153 131 7 2 10 2 4 12 10 8 6 2 10 4 12 10 4 6 2 7 10 2 4 10 4 5
🇪🇸 Spain 54 1 53 1
Detailed televoting results of the final

Voting procedure used: [T] 100% televoting, [J] 100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
 Televote
🇵🇹 🇦🇿 🇲🇹 🇲🇰 🇸🇲 🇳🇱 🇲🇪 🇪🇪 🇵🇱 🇳🇴 🇪🇸 🇦🇹 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇦🇱 🇭🇺 🇲🇩 🇮🇪 🇧🇾 🇦🇲 🇷🇴 🇨🇾 🇦🇺 🇷🇺 🇩🇪 🇧🇪 🇸🇪 🇭🇷 🇱🇹 🇷🇸 🇮🇸 🇬🇪 🇬🇷 🇱🇻 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇨🇭 🇸🇮 🇮🇱
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 🇲🇹 Malta 107 87 20 4 6 6 4
🇦🇱 Albania 90 43 47 12 7 12 1 5 10
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 157 150 7 1 2 2 2
🇩🇪 Germany 24 24 0
🇷🇺 Russia 370 126 244 10 12 4 12 10 12 3 1 2 5 8 12 7 12 5 12 12 7 10 8 1 12 8 8 8 12 12 3 4 12
🇩🇰 Denmark 120 69 51 1 5 6 5 6 4 4 7 4 4 1 3 1
🇸🇲 San Marino 77 12 65 10 8 8 10 6 8 1 2 1 1 10
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 305 247 58 3 5 1 6 6 2 7 12 2 2 12
🇸🇪 Sweden 334 241 93 6 8 3 12 6 5 2 2 8 1 2 3 8 6 10 7 4
🇸🇮 Slovenia 105 46 59 2 4 7 4 2 3 5 6 3 10 10 2 1
🇨🇾 Cyprus 109 77 32 7 1 12 12
🇳🇱 The Netherlands 498 237 261 8 7 10 7 6 1 8 10 8 8 7 4 5 7 8 6 8 10 10 12 6 6 5 7 12 6 4 7 3 5 5 6 5 4 7 5 5 6 5 2
🇬🇷 Greece 74 50 24 10 2 12
🇮🇱 Israel 35 0 35 1 7 3 5 4 3 12
🇳🇴 Norway 331 40 291 6 1 7 5 3 12 10 8 7 8 12 10 5 10 3 12 8 5 4 1 12 10 12 7 12 5 8 4 12 8 10 12 8 10 8 6 10
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11 8 3 3
🇮🇸 Iceland 232 46 186 3 1 2 7 2 5 12 10 3 6 8 7 12 1 6 7 3 5 10 7 2 3 8 3 6 5 3 2 7 6 4 1 12 7
🇪🇪 Estonia 76 28 48 2 1 10 4 3 10 1 8 8 1
🇧🇾 Belarus 31 18 13 5 8
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 302 202 100 2 1 4 4 3 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 3 2 10 6 6 1 12 3 5 7 4 7 5 3
🇫🇷 France 105 67 38 2 4 2 1 4 1 3 3 10 1 3 4
🇮🇹 Italy 472 219 253 7 6 12 3 8 10 5 7 7 12 10 8 4 5 4 3 7 8 8 5 1 6 8 4 12 10 7 6 1 10 3 2 3 10 3 12 8 8
🇷🇸 Serbia 89 35 54 10 12 4 3 8 7 10
🇨🇭 Switzerland 364 152 212 5 8 8 4 5 6 4 5 6 10 12 7 3 4 5 4 7 4 8 10 7 7 2 10 5 1 6 2 6 7 7 1 5 6 2 2 4 7
🇦🇺 Australia 284 153 131 4 3 2 2 6 4 5 3 10 6 1 10 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 1 10 3 6 8 2 6 6 2 6
🇪🇸 Spain 54 1 53 12 2 3 2 4 6 2 4 1 7 5 5

4.4.1.12 points. Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country’s professional jury and televote in the final.

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

4.4.2.Spokespersons. The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country’s national jury in the following order:

  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal – Inês Lopes Gonçalves
  2. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Faig Aghayev
  3. 🇲🇹 Malta – Ben Camille
  4. 🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Nikola Trajkovski
  5. 🇸🇲 San Marino – Monica Fabbri
  6. 🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Emma Wortelboer
  7. 🇲🇪 Montenegro – Ajda Šufta
  8. 🇪🇪 Estonia – Kelly Sildaru
  9. 🇵🇱 Poland – Mateusz Szymkowiak
  10. 🇳🇴 Norway – Alexander Rybak
  11. 🇪🇸 Spain – Nieves Álvarez
  12. 🇦🇹 Austria – Philipp Hansa
  13. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Rylan Clark-Neal
  14. 🇮🇹 Italy – Ema Stokholma 
  15. 🇦🇱 Albania – Andri Xhahu
  16. 🇭🇺 Hungary – Bence Forró 
  17. 🇲🇩 Moldova – Doina Stimpovschi
  18. 🇮🇪 Ireland – Sinéad Kennedy
  19. 🇧🇾 Belarus – Maria Vasilevich
  20. 🇦🇲 Armenia – Aram Mp3
  21. 🇷🇴 Romania – Ilinca
  22. 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Hovig
  23. 🇦🇺 Australia – Electric Fields
  24. 🇷🇺 Russia – Ivan Bessonov
  25. 🇩🇪 Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
  26. 🇧🇪 Belgium – David Jeanmotte 
  27. 🇸🇪 Sweden – Eric Saade
  28. 🇭🇷 Croatia – Monika Lelas Halambek
  29. 🇱🇹 Lithuania – Giedrius Masalskis 
  30. 🇷🇸 Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina 
  31. 🇮🇸 Iceland – Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
  32. 🇬🇪 Georgia – Gaga Abashidze
  33. 🇬🇷 Greece – Gus G
  34. 🇱🇻 Latvia – Laura Rizzotto
  35. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – Radka Rosická 
  36. 🇩🇰 Denmark – Rasmussen
  37. 🇫🇷 France – Julia Molkhou 
  38. 🇫🇮 Finland – Christoffer Strandberg
  39. 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Sinplus
  40. 🇸🇮 Slovenia – Lea Sirk
  41. 🇮🇱 Israel – Izhar Cohen

5.Other countries. Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that will be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision network. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members. The Israeli minister of communications, Ayoob Kara, also invited other countries from the MENA region. With some Israel largely had tense relationships and others no diplomatic relations at all. Kara pointed out that Tunisia and the Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, were invited. Tunisia is eligible to participate but has not due to rules banning the promotion of Israeli content, while the Gulf states do not have national broadcasters with EBU membership.

5.1.Active EBU members.

  •  Andorra – Despite being absent for 10 years, local media reported that Ràdio i Televisió d’Andorra (RTVA) was still interested in returning to the contest, but the principality’s failure to make the final along with the cost was discouraging the broadcaster from participating. For a return to take place, RTVA would need funding from the Andorran Government. On 19 May 2018, Andorra confirmed that they would not return in 2019.
  • 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – On 25 May 2018, the Bosnian broadcaster, Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT), announced that it would not be participating in 2019, stating that the country would not be allowed to return to the contest until debt-related sanctions placed on them by the EBU are lifted. Bosnia and Herzegovina last took part in 2016.
  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Despite confirming their preliminary participation in the 2019 contest, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) announced on 13 October 2018 that many members of the delegation were moving onto other projects, and on 15 October 2018, BNT announced that they would withdraw from the 2019 contest because of financial difficulties.
  • 🇸🇰 Slovakia – On 31 May 2018, the Slovak broadcaster Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS) announced that the country would not return to the contest in 2019 due to financial difficulties. Slovakia last took part in 2012.
  • 🇹🇷 Turkey – Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said in an interview that Turkey had no plans to return to the contest. On 4 August 2018, İbrahim Eren, general manager of Türkiye Radyo Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), said that at the moment the broadcaster was not considering returning to the contest for various reasons, including Conchita Wurst’s victory for Austria in 2014. Turkey last took part in 2012.
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine – On 27 February 2019, UA:PBC announced the withdrawal of the country from the contest, due to the controversy surrounding its national selection. Despite this, the channel still broadcast the show.

5.2.Associate EBU members.

  • 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – On 22 December 2017, the Ministry of Culture and Sport claimed that Channel 31 had finalised negotiations with the EBU, allowing Kazakhstan to debut in 2019; however, on 23 December 2017, the EBU stated that “Channel 31 Kazakhstan has indeed expressed interest in becoming a member of the EBU and hence participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, since Channel 31 is outside the European Broadcasting Area and is also not a member of the Council of Europe, it is not eligible to become an active member of the EBU.” On 25 July 2018, it was announced that Kazakhstan would participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, thus making a debut in 2019 possible. On 30 July 2018, the EBU stated that the decision to invite Kazakhstan was made solely by the Junior Eurovision Steering Group, and there were no current plans to invite associate members other than Australia. On 22 November 2018, Jon Ola Sand said in a press conference that “we need to discuss if we can invite our associate member Kazakhstan to take part in adult ESC in the future, but this is part of a broader discussion in the EBU and I hope we can get back to you on this issue later.” However, he later clarified that Kazakhstan was not going to have an entry in the 2019 edition.

5.3.Non-EBU members.

  •  Kosovo – In June 2018, RTK general director Mentor Shala said that they were pushing for full membership to still be able to take part in the 2019 contest. However, in December 2018, RTK’s membership vote was delayed until June 2019.
  •  Liechtenstein – On 4 November 2017, 1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television (1 FL TV), the national broadcaster of the Principality of Liechtenstein, confirmed that the country were planning a debut in the 2019 contest, and that they were applying for EBU membership and are “in [the] process of complying all requirements”. They also reiterated their intention to select the participant through a national selection process in the form of Liechtenstein Music Contest. However, on 20 July 2018, the EBU stated that 1 FL TV had not applied for membership. On 26 July 2018, 1 FL TV confirmed that Liechtenstein would not debut at the 2019 contest due to the sudden death of the broadcaster’s director, Peter Kölbel.

6.Broadcasts. Countries may add commentary from commentators working on-location or remotely at the broadcaster. Commentators can add insight to the participating entries and the provision of voting information.

The European Broadcasting Union provided international live streams of both semi-finals and the final through their official YouTube channel with no commentary. The live streams were geo-blocked to viewers in Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States and Venezuela due to rights limitations. After the live broadcasts, all three shows were made available for every country listed above, except the United States and Canada.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) –
🇦🇱 Albania All shows RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu –
🇦🇲 Armenia All shows Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia Aram Mp3 and Avet Barseghyan –
🇦🇺 Australia All shows SBS Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey –
🇦🇹 Austria All shows ORF 1 Andi Knoll –
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan All shows İTV Murad Arif –
🇧🇾 Belarus All shows Belarus-1, Belarus 24 Evgeny Perlin –
🇧🇪 BELGIUM All shows La Une French: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Maureen Louys –
SF1/Final één Dutch: Peter Van de Veire –
SF2 Ketnet
🇭🇷 CROATIA All shows HRT 1, HR 2 Duško Ćurlić –
🇨🇾 CYPRUS All shows CyBC Evridiki and Tasos Tryfonos  –
🇨🇿 CZECH REPUBLIC Semi-finals ČT2 Libor Bouček  –
Final ČT1
🇩🇰 DENMARK All shows DR1 Ole Tøpholm –
🇪🇪 ESTONIA All shows ETV Estonian: Marko Reikop –
ETV+ Russian: Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda –
🇫🇮 FINLAND All shows Yle TV2 Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen and Krista Siegfrids –
Swedish: Eva Frantz  and Johan Lindroos
Semi-finals Yle Radio Suomi Finnish: Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen 
Final Finnish: Sanna Pirkkalainen and Sami Sykkö 
🇫🇷 FRANCE Semi-finals France 4 André Manoukian and Sandy Heribert –
Final France 2 Stéphane Bern and André Manoukian
🇬🇪 GEORGIA Semi–finals 1TV Helen Kalandadze and Gaga Abashidze –
Final Helen Kalandadze, Gaga Abashidze and Nodiko Tatishvili
🇩🇪 GERMANY Semi–finals One Peter Urban –
Final One, Das Erste, Deutsche Welle
🇬🇷 GREECE All shows ERT2, ERT Sports HD Giorgos Kapoutzidis and Maria Kozakou –
SF1/Final Voice of Greece
🇭🇺 HUNGARY All shows Duna Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie –
🇮🇸 ICELAND All shows RÚV Icelandic: Gísli Marteinn Baldursson –
Semi–finals RÚV 2 English: Alex Elliott –
Final RÚV.is
🇮🇪 IRELAND Semi-finals RTÉ2 Marty Whelan –
Final RTÉ One
SF2 RTÉ Radio 1 Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski
Final RTÉ 2fm
🇮🇱 ISRAEL All shows Kan 11, Kan 88 Sharon Taicher and Eran Zarachowicz –
🇮🇹 ITALY Semi-finals Rai 4, Rai Radio 2 Federico Russo and Ema Stokholma  –
Final Rai 1 Federico Russo and Flavio Insinna
Rai Radio 2 Ema Stokholma and Gino Castaldo
🇱🇻 LATVIA All shows LTV Toms Grēviņš and Ketija Šēnberga –
🇱🇹 LITHUANIA All shows LRT televizija, LRT Radijas Darius Užkuraitis and Gerūta Griniūtė –
🇲🇹 MALTA SF2/Final PBS Unknown –
🇲🇩 MOLDOVA All shows Moldova 1 –
🇲🇪 MONTENEGRO All shows TVCG 1, TVCG SAT Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković –
🇳🇱 THE NETHERLANDS All shows NPO 1 Jan Smit and Cornald Maas –
Final NPO Radio 2 Wouter van der Goes and Frank van ‘t Hof –
🇲🇰 North Macedonia All shows MRT 1 Toni Cifrovski –
🇳🇴 NORWAY All shows NRK1 Olav Viksmo-Slettan –
Final NRK3 Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes and Markus Neby  –
NRK P1 Ole-Christian Øen –
🇵🇱 POLAND All shows TVP1, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech –
🇵🇹 PORTUGAL All shows RTP1, RTP Internacional José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim –
🇷🇴 ROMANIA All shows TVR 1, TVR HD, TVRi Liana Stanciu and Bogdan Stănescu –
🇷🇺 Russia All shows Russia-1, Russia HD Dmitry Guberniev and Olga Shelest  –
🇸🇲 SAN MARINO All shows San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo –
🇷🇸 SERBIA SF1/Final RTS1, RTS HD, RTS Svet Duška Vučinić –
SF2 Tamara Petković and Katarina Epštajn
Final Radio Belgrade 1 Nikoleta Dojčinović and Katarina Epštajn
🇸🇮 SLOVENIA Semi-finals TV SLO 2 Andrej Hofer  –
Final TV SLO 1
🇪🇸 SPAIN Semi-finals La 2 Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela –
Final La 1
Radio Nacional, Radio 5, Radio Exterior Daniel Galindo
🇸🇪 SWEDEN All shows SVT1 Charlotte Perrelli and Edward af Sillén –
SR P4 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND Semi-finals SRF zwei German: Sven Epiney –
Final SRF 1
Semi-finals RTS Deux French: Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner –
Final RTS Un French: Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner and Bastian Baker
SF2 RSI La 2 Italian: Clarissa Tami and Sebalter –
Final RSI La 1
🇬🇧 UNITED KINDOM Semi-finals BBC Four Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal –
Final BBC One Graham Norton
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce –
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country/Territory Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) –
 Canada All shows Omni Television No commentary [j]
🇰🇿 KAZAKHSTAN All shows Khabar TV Kaldybek Zhaysanbay and Mahabbat Esen –
 Kosovo All shows RTK Alma Bektashi and Agron Krasniqi –
🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA Final Rádio FM Unknown –
 Ukraine All shows UA:First Timur Miroshnychenko –
STB Serhiy Prytula
 United States Final WJFD-FM Ewan Spence, Samantha Ross and Bernardo Pereira –
All shows Netflix No commentary [k]

7.Incidents. 

7.1.Religious requests. On 14 May 2018, Yaakov Litzman, leader of the ultra-Orthodox party United Torah Judaism and Israel’s former Minister of Health, drafted a letter to the Ministers of Tourism, Communications, and Culture and Sports, in which he requested the event not violate religious laws: “In the name of hundreds of thousands of Jewish citizens from all the populations and communities for whom Shabbat (the holy sabbath) observance is close to their hearts, I appeal to you, already at this early stage, before production and all the other details of the event has begun, to be strict [in ensuring] that this matter does not harm the holiness of Shabbat and to work in every way to prevent the desecration of Shabbat, God forbid, as the law and the status quo requires”.[195] According to Jewish religious law, Shabbat is observed from just before sunset on Friday evening until Saturday night. The Saturday evening broadcast of the show, which were to start at 22:00 local time, would not conflict with this. However, the Friday evening jury show and Saturday afternoon rehearsals would. Similar protests arose in the lead-up to the 1999 Israeli-held contest, but then there were fewer competing delegations, which allowed for certain adjustments to be made to accommodate the issue. The chairman of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group (the contest’s executive board), Dr. Frank-Dieter Freiling, noted that he was well aware of the tension, and had plans to address it in his communications with the host broadcaster KAN.[196]Shalva Band, who performed as the interval act during the second semi-final, withdrew from Israel’s national final citing similar concerns on possibly performing during Shabbat in the rehearsals for the final, should they have won.

7.2.Calls for boycott. The possibility of Jerusalem being the venue for an Israeli-hosted contest led many proponents of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to call on their national broadcasters to boycott the competition because of Israel’s policies towards Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. This included members of the Australian Greens party, Sinn Féin, Sweden’s Left Party and many entertainers including 1994 contest winner Charlie McGettigan. The Icelandic broadcaster RÚV met to discuss a boycott in response to a petition of 23,000 signatures, but ultimately neither RÚV nor any other broadcaster withdrew from the contest in response to boycott calls. In the event, viewing figures for the contest dropped to the joint lowest level since 2013.

Several national selections were disrupted by BDS supporters calling for a boycott in the lead-up to the contest. This included the second semi-final of France’s Destination Eurovision, which was invaded by stage intruders who held up signs advocating a boycott; and selection events in Spain, Germany, Denmark and Norway were all targeted by protesters outside the venues calling for a boycott. The EBU later sent a special letter to all participating broadcasters advising precautions they could take to prevent similar disruptions. An opinion piece in Sweden’s largest newspaper Aftonbladet, calling for a boycott of the contest and other cultural exchanges with Israel, was signed by 171 Swedish professionals in the cultural sector.

In March 2019, LGBT activist groups Al Qaws and Pinkwatching Israel called for a boycott of the contest in opposition to Israeli “pinkwashing”. In late April, over 100 celebrities including Stephen Fry and Sharon Osbourne signed a joint statement against boycotting Eurovision in Israel, asserting that any cultural boycott would be antithetical to advancing peace in the region.

7.3.Late Ukrainian withdrawal. During the final of the Ukrainian national selection on 23 February 2019, it was announced that the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) had reserved the right to change the decision made by the jury and the Ukrainian public. Following Maruv’s win, it was reported the broadcaster had sent a contract to her management, requiring her to cancel all upcoming appearances and performances in Russia to represent Ukraine. She was also given 48 hours to sign the contract or be replaced.

On 24 February 2019, Maruv revealed the contract sent to her by UA:PBC had also banned her from improvising on stage and communicating with any journalist without the permission of the broadcaster, and required her to fully comply with any requests from the broadcaster. Later, the broadcaster published a statement explaining every entry of the contract. If she failed to follow any of these clauses, she would be fined ₴2 million (~€65,500). Maruv also said the broadcaster would not give her any financial compensation for the competition and would not pay for her trip to Tel Aviv.

On 25 February 2019, both Maruv and UA:PBC confirmed she would not represent Ukraine in the contest due to disputes over the contract, and that another act would be chosen. National final runner-up Freedom Jazz announced on 26 February 2019 they had also rejected the broadcaster’s offer to represent Ukraine as did third-place finisher Kazka the following day. The incident garnered media coverage from major international outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Billboard, The Telegraph, The Independent, SBS News, The Irish Independent, Le Figaro, Cosmopolitan, and ABC. On 27 February 2019, UA:PBC announced its withdrawal from the contest.

7.4.Ticket sales controversy. The ticket prices for the year’s event sparked criticism, both in Israel and abroad, with The Times of Israel calling them “likely the most expensive ever for Eurovision”. Explanations for the high prices included the high cost of living in Israel and the fact that the Israeli government was not subsidising the Eurovision production. Although the venue could hold up to 10,000 people, only 7,300 seats were available because of the size of the stage, the technical equipment and the security features. Of those 7,300 seats, 3,000 had been reserved for the EBU, leaving only 4,300 for fans so that demand exceeded supply.

On 3 March 2019, ticket sales were frozen because of irregularities noticed by the Oversight Committee of KAN. Hebrew-language Israeli media reported tickets being illegally resold for more than twice their original price. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan ordered an investigation into the situation.

On 14 March 2019, tickets sales resumed. According to KAN, 220 improperly-purchased tickets to the final live show were revoked and were sold again in the second round of ticket sales.

7.5.Technical issues. 

7.5.1.Cyber attack during semi-final 1. KAN suffered a cyber attack by a group of hackers that affected the broadcaster’s accessibility livestreams of the first semi-final. The hackers were able to briefly show anti-Israeli statements on the streams such as “Israel is not safe, you will see” and “Risk of missile attack, please take shelter”. The incident was investigated by both the broadcaster and the EBU. KAN released a statement regarding the incident saying: “The problem was fixed quickly, and it seems that during the first semi-finals a site was hacked here for a few minutes, and we believe that the messages were not seen by many people.”

7.5.2.Semi-final 1 technical issues. Multiple broadcasters around Europe reported various issues during the live broadcast of the first semi-final. Viewers reported a loss of commentary from Tel Aviv in the Netherlands and North Macedonia. The Polish public broadcaster, TVP, had to replace their regular commentator Artur Orzech who was in Tel Aviv with another person who was based in Warsaw because viewers were unable to hear Orzech. Germany and the United Kingdom lost a portion of the show. On BBC Four, which broadcast the semi-finals in the UK, the programme cut out as the recap of the qualifiers of the first semi-final began to play, and was replaced by the message “We are sorry for the break in this programme and are trying to correct the fault” while the French broadcaster France Télévisions experienced audio issues during the Portuguese and Belgian performances. Similar technical issues happened during the 2011 contest.

7.5.3.Keiino’s jury final performance. During Norway’s jury final performance, two technical issues occurred in a short time. The screen turned black while Keiino performed their song “Spirit in the Sky”. When the picture returned the camera operator was seen in the picture. NRK complained to the EBU and requested a new run through, but the EBU rejected the complaints.

7.6.Jury vote issues. Following the reveal of the detailed jury voting, it emerged that three jurors appeared to have voted backwards in their semi-finals. In the first semi-final, Czech juror Jitka Zelenková ranked Portugal as her favourite entry, Slovenia as her least-favourite entry, and ranked Estonia as fourteenth on her list; this was directly opposite to the other Czech jurors, who all ranked Slovenia first and two who ranked Portugal last. In the final, Zelenková’s rankings changed significantly; she listed Estonia as her fourth favourite and Slovenia as her sixth favourite. Neither Zelenková, the Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) nor the EBU had confirmed that her semi-final votes were reversed, but if this were corrected, Poland would have qualified to the final instead of Belarus.

Swedish juror Lina Hedlund also appeared to have voted backwards in the second semi-final. She ranked the Netherlands and Switzerland as her favourite entries in the final, but ranked them as her two least-favourite entries in the semi-final. Additionally, Hedlund ranked Austria her favourite entry in the semi-final, which led Austria to receive eight points from Sweden. Neither Hedlund, the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) nor the EBU had commented on the incident.

The second semi-final also seemed to have had Russian juror Igor Gulyaev casting his votes in reverse order. In the semi-final, Gulyaev ranked Denmark first and Azerbaijan last, although he reversed these placements in the final. He also ranked Albania as his second least favourite entry in the semi-final, but conversely as his second favourite in the final. If his and Hedlund’s votes were corrected, it would have had no impact on the result other than minor differences in the number of points received by each country.

This was the second year in which a juror accidentally submitted their votes backwards. In the 2016 contest, Danish juror Hilda Heick ranked the entries backwards, resulting in Ukraine receiving 12 points from Denmark instead of Australia.

7.7.Political demonstrations during the final. The organisation of the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel faced protests due to the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and not exclusively outside the venue.

During Madonna’s interval performance in the final where she sang “Like a Prayer” and “Future”, the singer directed a monologue (part of her song “Dark Ballet”) to backup dancers wearing gas masks between the two songs, alluding to the “[storm] inside of us”, saying “they think we are not aware of their crimes. We know, but we’re just not ready to act”. This was interpreted as a reference to the conflict. During “Future”, two dancers—one wearing an Israeli, the other a Palestinian flag on the back of their costumes—were seen holding each other while guest vocalist Quavo sang the lyrics: “Not everyone is coming to the future, not everyone is learning from the past”. Madonna later stated that the use of Israeli and Palestinian flags was not a pro-Palestine demonstration, but a call for unity and peace.

While receiving their points from the televotes, members of the Icelandic entry Hatari were seen showing banners that included the Palestinian flag. There had previously been concerns that the self-described anti-capitalist group would use their performance to protest the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, and the band had previously received warnings from the EBU about statements they had made prior to the contest. Following the flag incident, the EBU stated that “the consequences of this action will be discussed by the Reference Group after the Contest”. Hatari subsequently announced a collaboration with Palestinian artist Bashar Murad for their next single. The Icelandic broadcaster RÚV was eventually handed a €5,000-fine for the incident. The incident was retained on the official replay of the final on YouTube, but was edited out on the official DVD release.

8.Other awards. In addition to the main winner’s trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2019 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. The winners were revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 18 May.

Category Country Song Performer(s) Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award 🇦🇺 Australia “Zero Gravity” Kate Miller-Heidke
  • Kate Miller-Heidke
  • Keir Nuttall
  • Julian Hamilton
Composers Award 🇮🇹 Italy “Soldi“ Mahmood
  • Alessandro Mahmoud
  • Dario “Dardust” Faini
  • Charlie Charles
Press Award 🇳🇱 The Netherlands “Arcade” Duncan Laurence
  • Duncan de Moor
  • Joel Sjöö
  • Wouter Hardy
  • Will Knox

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 2019 poll was Italy’s “Soldi” performed by Mahmood; the top five results are shown below.

Country Performer(s) Song OGAE result
🇮🇹 Italy Mahmood “Soldi“ 411
🇨🇭 Switzerland Luca Hänni “She Got Me” 406
🇳🇱 The Netherlands Duncan Laurence “Arcade” 401
🇳🇴 Norway Keiino “Spirit in the Sky” 224
🇨🇾 Cyprus Tamta “Replay” 218

8.3.Barbara Dex Award. The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given each year to the artist who wore the most notable outfit. First awarded in 1997, the award originally highlighted the worst-dressed artists in the competition, until this criterion was changed in 2019. 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)
1 🇵🇹 Portugal Conan Osíris
2 🇨🇾 Cyprus Tamta
3 🇧🇾 Belarus Zena
4 🇧🇪 Belgium Eliot
5 🇲🇰 North Macedonia Tamara Todevska

9.Official album. Eurovision Song Contest: Tel Aviv 2019 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group digitally on 12 April 2019 and physically on 26 April 2019. The album features all 41 entries including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the final.

9.1.Charts.

Chart (2019) Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 13
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 2
Irish Compilation Albums (IRMA) 2
UK Compilation Albums (OCC) 3

10.Notes.

  • [a] While no countries finished the competition with 0 points, Israel failed to score points from the professional juries, while Germany failed to score points from the public televote.
  • [b] Ukraine withdrew approximately a month after the semi-final allocation draw.
  • [c] Switzerland, which had been allocated to pot five, was pre-allocated to compete in the second semi-final at the request of Swiss broadcaster SRF.
  • [d] a b Contains two repeated lines in English.
  • [e] Contains an idiom in Abkhaz.
  • [f5] a b Contains phrases in Turkish.
  • [g] a b Also contains lines in Danish and German.
  • [h] a b Contains one repeated line in Northern Sami.
  • [i] Contains two lines in Arabic.
  • [j] Omni Television aired all three shows on a six hour delay with no commentary.
  • [k] Netflix, an over-the-top video on demand service, signed an agreement with the EBU in July 2019 that would allow them to distribute the 2019 contest on their service in the United States. All three shows were made available on the platform from 22 July 2019 to May 2020 with no commentary.
  • [l] Darude was internally selected by the Finnish broadcaster YLE. During the one night only of UMK 2019, DJ Darude and vocalist Sebastian Rejman performed three songs and an international jury and the Finnish public selected the winning song “Look Away”.
  • [m] The Georgian artist was selected through the talent show Georgian Idol. The show had auditions and seven live shows. In the final there were four contestants competing for representing Georgia at Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Oto Nemsadze won the Georgian Idol, and represented Georgia at Eurovision 2019 with the song “Keep on Going”, which was internally selected.
  • [n] The Israeli artist for Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was selected in the talent show HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion (The Next Star for Eurovision / הכוכב הבא לאירוויזיון). The show consisted of 16 auditions, 7 shortlisting rounds, 4 heats, 4 semi-finals and 1 final. The winner of HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion was Kobi Marimi. His song for Eurovision 2019, “Home”, was selected internally.

11.Trivial. —

← Eurovision Song Contest 2018 • Eurovision Song Contest 2019 • Eurovision Song Contest 2020 →

Countries (in order of appearance)
Final Malta ⦁ Albania ⦁ Czech Republic ⦁ Germany ⦁ Russia ⦁ Denmark ⦁ San Marino ⦁ North Macedonia ⦁ Sweden • Slovenia ⦁ Cyprus ⦁ The Netherlands (winner) • Greece • Israel ⦁ Norway • United Kingdom ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Estonia ⦁ Belarus ⦁ Azerbaijan ⦁ France ⦁ Italy ⦁ Serbia ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Australia ⦁ Spain
First Semi-Final Cyprus ⦁ Montenegro ⦁ Finland ⦁ Poland ⦁ Slovenia ⦁ Czech Republic ⦁ Hungary ⦁ Belarus ⦁ Serbia • Belgium ⦁ Georgia • Australia (winner) • Iceland ⦁ Estonia ⦁ Portugal ⦁ Greece ⦁ San Marino
Second Semi-Final Armenia ⦁ Ireland ⦁ Moldova ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Latvia ⦁ Romania ⦁ Denmark ⦁ Sweden ⦁ Austria • Croatia ⦁ Malta ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ Russia • Albania • Norway • The Netherlands (winner) ⦁ North Macedonia ⦁ Azerbaijan

Artists (in order of appearance)
Final Michela ⦁ Jonida Maliqi ⦁ Lake Malawi ⦁ S!sters ⦁ Sergey Lazarev ⦁ Leonora ⦁ Serhat ⦁Tamara Todevska ⦁ John Lundvik ⦁ Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl ⦁ Tamta ⦁ Duncan Laurence (winner) • Katerine Duska ⦁ Kobi Marimi ⦁ KEiiNO ⦁ Michael Rice • Hatari ⦁ Victor Crone ⦁ ZENA • Chingiz ⦁ Bilal Hassani ⦁ Mahmood • Nevena Božović ⦁ Luca Hänni • Kate Miller-Heidke • Miki
First Semi-Final Tamta ⦁ D mol ⦁ Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman ⦁ Tulia ⦁ Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl ⦁ Lake Malawi ⦁ Joci Pápai ⦁ Zena ⦁ Nevena Božović ⦁ Eliot • Kate Miller-Heidke (winner) ⦁ Hatari ⦁ Victor Crone • Conan Osíris • Katerine Duska ⦁ Serhat
Second Semi-Final Srbuk ⦁ Sarah McTernan ⦁ Anna Odobescu ⦁ Luca Hänni ⦁ Carousel ⦁ Ester Peony ⦁ Leonora ⦁ John Lundvik ⦁ Pænda ⦁ Roko • Michela ⦁ Jurij Veklenko ⦁ Sergey Lazarev • Jonida Maliqi • Keiino ⦁ Duncan Laurence (winner) ⦁ Tamara Todevska • Chingiz

Songs (in order of appearance)
Final “Chameleon” ⦁ “Ktheju tokës” ⦁ “Friend of a Friend” ⦁ “Sister” ⦁ “Scream” ⦁ “Love Is Forever” ⦁”Say Na Na Na” ⦁ “Proud” ⦁ “Too Late for Love” • “Sebi” • “Replay” • “Arcade” (winner) ⦁ “Better Love” ⦁ “Home” ⦁ “Spirit in the Sky” • “Bigger than Us” • “Hatrið mun sigra” • “Storm” • “Like It” • “Truth”• “Roi” ⦁ “Soldi” • “Kruna” (Круна) • “She Got Me” • “Zero Gravity” • “La venda“
First Semi-Final “Replay” ⦁ “Heaven” ⦁ “Look Away” ⦁ “Fire of Love (Pali się)” ⦁ “Sebi” ⦁ “Friend of a Friend” ⦁ “Az én apám” ⦁ “Like It” ⦁ “Kruna” (Круна) • “Wake Up” • “Keep On Going” • “Zero Gravity” (winner) • “Hatrið mun sigra” • “Storm” • “Telemóveis” ⦁ “Better Love” • “Say Na Na Na” 
Second Semi-Final “Walking Out” ⦁ “22” ⦁ “Stay” ⦁ “She Got Me” ⦁ “That Night” ⦁ “On a Sunday” ⦁ “Love Is Forever” ⦁ “Too Late for Love” ⦁ “Limits” • “The Dream” • “Chameleon” • “Run with the Lions” • “Scream” • “Ktheju tokës” • “Spirit in the Sky” ⦁”Arcade” (winner) • “Proud” • “Truth”
Non-participating entries: Ukraine: Maruv (Hanna Korsun) / MARUV (Ганна Корсун) – “Siren song”