ESC ROTTERDAM 2021 (65ª)

Dates – Grand Final: Saturday, 22 May 2021 – 21:00 CEST
Host – Venue & Location: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Paesi Bassi
Presenter (s): Edsilia Rombley, Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials)
Musical Director: —
Director: Marnix Kaart, Marc Pos, Daniel Jelinek
Executive Producer: Sietse Bakker & Astrid Dutrénit
Executive Supervisor: Martin Österdahl
Multicamera Director: Marnix Kaart & Daniel Jelinek
Host broadcaster: Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep/ Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (AVROTROS), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) in Eurovisione
Opening Act: Flag parade with 26 finalists & Music of Pieter Gabriel & Eric van Tijn.
Interval Act: Music Binds Us with Afrojack, Glennis Grace & Wulf with orchestra. Afrojack, Glennis Grace, Wulf und Orchester: “Hero”, “Ten Feet Tall” & “Titanium”; Rock the Roof: Lenny Kuhr – “De Troubadour”, Teach-In & Getty Kaspers – “Ding-A-Dong”, Sandra Kim – “J’aime la vie”, Helena Paparizou – “My Number One”, Lordi – “Hard Rock Hallelujah”, Måns Zelmerlöw – “Heroes”, Duncan Laurence – “Arcade” & “Stars”; The Human Countdown – dancers.
Motto: “#OpenUp”
Participants – Number of entries: 39: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (63ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (46ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (64ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (63ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (60ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (61ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (37ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (17ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (43ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (62ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (23ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (33ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (52ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (13ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (41ª),🇨🇭 Switzerland (61ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (33ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (16ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (54ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (13ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (13ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (59ª)]; First Semi-Final 16 [🇸🇪 Sweden (60ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (6ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (20ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (26ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (21ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (54ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (23ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (62ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (33ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (26ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (13ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (37ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (59ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (43ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª)]; Second Semi-Final 17 [🇬🇷 Greece (41ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (26ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (53ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (16ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (11ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (9ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (13ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (23ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (33ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (61ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (49ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (17ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (54ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (52ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (13ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (13ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (21ª)]
Debuting countries: —
Return: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (13ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª)
Non-returning countries: 🇲🇪 Montenegro (11ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (17ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (17ª) – Disqualified, 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª)
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. 50% televoting (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points) and 50% national juries (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points).
Nil Points: 🇬🇧 United Kindom (2ª)^[a]
Winning song: “Zitti e buoni” – Måneskin – 🇮🇹 Italy (3ª)

About/Overview. After Duncan Laurence’s victory in Tel Aviv in 2019, the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest was due to take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, however, the event was cancelled in March 2020 due to the emerging COVID-19 crisis. Almost immediately preparations began to ensure that a 2021 Contest would go ahead. Every possible scenario was explored to ensure that a 2021 event would take place, and as May crept closer, organiser plans began to crystallise with the Dutch government confirming in April 2021 that the Contest could proceed with a limited audience. All 39 participating countries were asked to provide a pre-recorded ‘Live-on-Tape’ performance that could be used should an act be unable to make it to the stage at the Rotterdam Ahoy. In the end, Australia were the only delegation unable to travel to the Dutch city, meaning that Montaigne’s ‘Live-on-Tape’ performance of her entry Technicolour was the only one used. Unfortunately, in the lead up to their participation in the second Semi-Final, a member of Daði Freyr’s group Gagnamagnið tested positive for COVID-19. This meant that Iceland’s rehearsal footage was used for both their Semi-Final and Grand Final appearance. The band went on to finish in 4th place with 378 points. After months of successful protocols and preparations by the host broadcasters to ensure a Contest whatever the global situation, the Italians struck gold at the Grand Final with alt-rock band Måneskin. Their self-penned track “Zitti E Buoni” (English translation: ‘Shut Up and Behave’) won the Eurovision Song Contest with 524 points and became a global streaming hit, along with their follow-up song “I Wanna Be Your Slave”.

183 million viewers. The return of the Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s biggest live music event, was seen by 183 million viewers across 36 markets, with a huge increase in online engagement. The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 achieved, on average, a 4 percentage point higher TV audience share than the previous Contest of 40.5%. More than double the average primetime viewing share for the same group of channels (19.4%). The Contest was a massive hit with young audiences. The viewing share of the Grand Final among 15–24-year-olds was up 7 percentage points on 2019. 52.8% of that age group watching TV at that time tuned in, which is 4 times higher than the broadcast channels average (14.5%). Online, during the week of the Eurovision Song Contest, 50.6 million unique viewers across 234 countries watched on the official YouTube channel, up 28% on 2019. 18–34-year-olds made up 71% of those who viewed live content. The same week the Contest’s official social media accounts generated 14 million engagement actions on posts (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok). The new TikTok channel also generated 4.3 million engagement actions. There were also over 1.5 million readers for the newly launched Eurovision.tv Live Blog covering the rehearsals and three live shows.

The new logo for Eurovision 2021

Theme. In December 2020, the Eurovision 2021 logo was revealed as an evolution of the 2020 logo. The new design was inspired by the world map with Rotterdam as the beating heart of Europe in May 2021. “The logo connects Rotterdam with the capitals of the participating countries and symbolises coming together, regardless of the form,” said Sietse Bakker, the Executive Producer of the event. As with the previous year, the logo and concept was developed by agency Clever ° Franke, which generated the logo using software developed in-house. The design of the 2020 edition was awarded a European Design Award and a Red Dot Design Award. Co-founder Gert Franke said they “extended the style from last year to 2021” and retained the “simple, intelligent, minimalist and experimental” elements but then added a “festive touch, to celebrate the return of the Eurovision Song Contest.” The show’s slogan, ‘#OpenUp’, carrier over from the 2020 Contest.

Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials)

Presenters. Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials) were our fabulous presenters for the 2021 Contest.

R/O	Country	participant(s)	SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE	Points	Rank
1	🇨🇾 Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou (Έλενα Τσαγκρινού)	El Diablo English^[d]	094	16
2	🇦🇱 Albania	Anxhela Peristeri	Karma Albanian	057	21
3	🇮🇱 Israel	Eden Alene (עדן אלנה)	Set Me Free (חופשייה) English^[g]	093	17
4	🇧🇪 Belgium	Hooverphonic	The Wrong Place English	074	19
5	🇷🇺 Russia	Manizha (Манижа)	Russian Woman (Русская женщина, Russkaya zhenshchina) Russian, English	204	9
6	🇲🇹 Malta	Destiny (Destiny Chukunyere)	Je Me Casse (I’m Out of Here; I Break Off) English^[h]	255	7
7	🇵🇹 Portugal	The Black Mamba	Love Is On My Side (O Amor Está do Meu Lado) English	153	12
8	🇷🇸 Serbia	Hurricane	Loco Loco Serbian^[k]	102	15
9	🇬🇧 United Kindom	James Newman	Embers English	000	26
10	🇬🇷 Greece	Stefania (Stefania Liberakakis, Στεφανία Λυμπερακάκη)	Last Dance English	170	10
11	🇨🇭 Switzerland	Gjon’s Tears	Tout l’Univers (The Whole Universe) French	432	3
12	🇮🇸 Iceland	Daði og Gagnamagnið	10 Years English	378	4
13	🇪🇸 Spain	Blas Cantó	Voy A Quedarme (I am going to stay) Spanish	006	24
14	🇲🇩 Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	SUGAR (Zahăr; Tuz bubi, Туз буби, Ace of diamonds) English	115	13
15	🇩🇪 Germany	Jendrik (Jendrik Sigwart)	I Don’t Feel Hate (Ich empfinde keinen Hass) English^[f]	003	25
16	🇫🇮 Finland	Blind Channel	Dark Side (Pimeä puoli) English	301	6
17	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	VICTORIA (Viktoriya Georgieva, Виктория Георгиева)	growing up is getting old (Growing Up Is Getting Old, Порастването е остаряване) English	170	11
18	🇱🇹 Lithuania	The Roop (The ROOP)	Discoteque (Diskoteka) English	220	8
19	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Go_A (Ґоу_Ей)	“Shum” (Шум, Noise) Ukrainian	364	5
20	🇫🇷 France	Barbara Pravi	Voilà French	499	2
21	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Efendi (Samira Efendi, Samirə Əfəndi)	Mata Hari English^[c]	065	20
22	🇳🇴 Norway	TIX	Fallen Angel (Ut av mørket, Out of the darkness) English	075	18
23	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Jeangu Macrooy	Birth Of A New Age English, Sranan Tongo	011	23
24	🇮🇹 Italy	Måneskin	Zitti E Buoni (Quiet and Well-Behaved) Italian	524	1
25	🇸🇪 Sweden	Tusse	Voices English	109	14
26	🇸🇲 San Marino	Senhit (Senhit feat. Flo Rida)	Adrenalina English^[j]	050	22

Dates – Grand Final: Tuesday, 18 May 2021 – 21:00 CEST
Host – Venue & Location: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Paesi Bassi
Presenter (s): Edsilia Rombley, Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials)
Musical Director: —
Director: Marnix Kaart, Marc Pos, Daniel Jelinek
Executive Producer: Sietse Bakker & Astrid Dutrénit
Executive Supervisor: Martin Österdahl
Multicamera Director: Marnix Kaart & Daniel Jelinek
Host broadcaster: Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep/ Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (AVROTROS), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) in Eurovisione
Opening Act: Duncan Laurence – “Feel Something”.
Interval Act: Davina Michelle & Thekla Reuten – “The Power of Water”.
Motto: “#OpenUp”
Participants – Number of entries: 39: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (60ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (43ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (60ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (59ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (56ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (58ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (37ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (17ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (39ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (59ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (22ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (32ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (49ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (39ª),🇨🇭 Switzerland (59ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (32ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (16ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (51ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (13ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (13ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (56ª)]; First Semi-Final 16 [🇸🇪 Sweden (57ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (6ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (20ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (25ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (21ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (51ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (22ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (59ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (32ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (25ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (13ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (37ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (56ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (39ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª)]; Second Semi-Final 17 [🇬🇷 Greece (39ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (25ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (52ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (16ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (11ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (9ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (23ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (32ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (59ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (49ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (17ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (51ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (49ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (13ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (13ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (20ª)]
Debuting countries: —
Return: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (13ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª)
Non-returning countries: 🇲🇪 Montenegro (11ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (17ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (17ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª)
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. 50% televoting (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points) and 50% national juries (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points).
Nil Points: 🇬🇧 United Kindom (2ª)^[a]
Winning song: “Je me casse” – Destiny – 🇲🇹 Malta (1ª)

The new logo for Eurovision 2021

Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials)

Presenters. Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials) were our fabulous presenters for the 2021 Contest.

R/O	Country	participant(s)	SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE	Points	Rank
1	🇱🇹 Lithuania	The Roop qualified	Discoteque (Diskoteka) English	203	4
2	🇸🇮 Slovenia	Ana Soklič	Amen English	044	13
3	🇷🇺 Russia	Manizha (Манижа) qualified	Russian Woman (Русская женщина, Russkaya zhenshchina) Russian, English	225	3
4	🇸🇪 Sweden	Tusse qualified	Voices English	142	7
5	🇦🇺 Australia	Montaigne	Technicolour English	028	1
6	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	Vasil (Vasil Garvanliev, Васил Гарванлиев)	Here I Stand English	023	15
7	🇮🇪 Ireland	Lesley Roy	MAPS English	020	16
8	🇨🇾 Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou (Έλενα Τσαγκρινού) qualified	El Diablo English^[d]	170	6
9	🇳🇴 Norway	TIX qualified	Fallen Angel (Ut av mørket, Out of the darkness) English	115	10
10	🇭🇷 Croatia	Albina (Albina Grčić)	Tick-Tock English, Croatian	110	11
11	🇧🇪 Belgium	Hooverphonic qualified	The Wrong Place English	117	9
12	🇮🇱 Israel	Eden Alene (עדן אלנה) qualified	Set Me Free (חופשייה) English^[g]	192	5
13	🇷🇴 Romania	ROXEN	Amnesia (Amnezie) English	085	12
14	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Efendi (Samira Efendi, Samirə Əfəndi) qualified	Mata Hari English^[c]	138	8
15	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Go_A (Ґоу_Ей) qualified	Shum (Шум, Noise) English	267	2
16	🇲🇹 Malta	Destiny (Destiny Chukunyere) qualified	Je Me Casse (I’m Out of Here; I Break Off) English^[h]	325	1

Dates – Grand Final: Thursday, 20 May 2021 – 21:00 CEST
Host – Venue & Location: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Paesi Bassi
Presenter (s): Edsilia Rombley, Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials)
Musical Director: —
Director: Marnix Kaart, Marc Pos, Daniel Jelinek
Executive Producer: Sietse Bakker & Astrid Dutrénit
Executive Supervisor: Martin Österdahl
Multicamera Director: Marnix Kaart & Daniel Jelinek
Host broadcaster: Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep/ Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (AVROTROS), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) in Eurovisione
Opening Act: Eefje de Visser & Redo: Forward Unlimited.
Interval Act: Ahmad Joudeh & BMX and Dez Maarsen: Close Encounter of a Special Kind.
Motto: “#OpenUp”
Participants – Number of entries: 39: Final 26 [🇫🇷 France (60ª), 🇮🇹 Italy (43ª), 🇩🇪 Germany (60ª), 🇬🇧 United Kindom (59ª), 🇪🇸 Spain (56ª), 🇳🇱 The Netherlands (58ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (37ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (17ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (39ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (59ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (22ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (32ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (49ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇬🇷 Greece (39ª),🇨🇭 Switzerland (59ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (32ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (16ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (51ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (13ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (13ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (56ª)]; First Semi-Final 16 [🇸🇪 Sweden (57ª), 🇦🇺 Australia (6ª), 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (20ª), 🇸🇮 Slovenia (25ª), 🇱🇹 Lithuania (21ª), 🇮🇪 Ireland (51ª), 🇷🇺 Russia (22ª), 🇧🇪 Belgium (59ª), 🇲🇹 Malta (32ª), 🇭🇷 Croatia (25ª), 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (13ª), 🇨🇾 Cyprus (37ª), 🇳🇴 Norway (56ª), 🇮🇱 Israel (39ª), 🇷🇴 Romania (21ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª)]; Second Semi-Final 17 [🇬🇷 Greece (39ª), 🇪🇪 Estonia (25ª), 🇦🇹 Austria (52ª), 🇲🇩 Moldova (16ª), 🇸🇲 San Marino (11ª), 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (9ª), 🇷🇸 Serbia (14ª), 🇵🇱 Poland (23ª), 🇮🇸 Iceland (32ª), 🇨🇭 Switzerland (59ª), 🇩🇰 Denmark (49ª), 🇦🇱 Albania (17ª), 🇫🇮 Finland (51ª), 🇵🇹 Portugal (49ª), 🇬🇪 Georgia (13ª), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (13ª), 🇱🇻 Latvia (20ª)]
Debuting countries: —
Return: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (13ª), 🇺🇦 Ukraine (16ª)
Non-returning countries: 🇲🇪 Montenegro (11ª), 🇭🇺 Hungary (17ª), 🇧🇾 Belarus (17ª), 🇦🇲 Armenia (14ª)
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. 50% televoting (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points) and 50% national juries (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points).
Nil Points: 🇬🇧 United Kindom (2ª)^[a]
Winning song: “Tout l’univers” – Gjon’s Tears – 🇨🇭 Switzerland (1ª)

The new logo for Eurovision 2021

Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials)

Presenters. Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials) were our fabulous presenters for the 2021 Contest.

R/O	Country	participant(s)	SONG – TRANSLATE – LANGUAGE	Points	Rank
1	🇸🇲 San Marino	Senhit (Senhit feat. Flo Rida) qualified	Adrenalina English^[j]	118	9
2	🇪🇪 Estonia	Uku Suviste	The Lucky One (See õnnelik) English	058	13
3	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	Benny Cristo	omaga (Omaga: Oh My God) English^[e]	023	15
4	🇬🇷 Greece	Stefania (Stefania Liberakakis, Στεφανία Λυμπερακάκη) qualified	Last Dance English	184	6
5	🇦🇹 Austria	Vincent Bueno	Amen English	066	12
6	🇵🇱 Poland	RAFAŁ	The Ride English	035	14
7	🇲🇩 Moldova	Natalia Gordienko qualified	SUGAR (Tuz bubi, Туз буби, Ace of diamonds) English	179	7
8	🇮🇸 Iceland	Daði og Gagnamagnið qualified	10 Years English	288
9	🇷🇸 Serbia	Hurricane qualified	Loco Loco Serbian^[k]	124	8
10	🇬🇪 Georgia	Tornike Kipiani	You English	016	16
11	🇦🇱 Albania	Anxhela Peristeri qualified	Karma English	112	10
12	🇵🇹 Portugal	The Black Mamba qualified	Love Is On My Side (O Amor Está do Meu Lado) English	239	4
13	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	VICTORIA (Viktoriya Georgieva, Виктория Георгиева) qualified	growing up is getting old (Growing Up Is Getting Old, Порастването е остаряване) English	250	3
14	🇫🇮 Finland	Blind Channel qualified	Dark Side (Pimeä puoli) English	234	5
15	🇱🇻 Latvia	Samanta Tīna	The Moon Is Rising (Mēness lec) English	014	17
16	🇨🇭 Switzerland	Gjon’s Tears qualified	Tout l’Univers (The Whole Universe) French	291	1
17	🇩🇰 Denmark	Fyr Og Flamme	Øve Os På Hinanden (Practice on each other) Danish	089	11

Missed participation

🇦🇲 Armenia: Having intended to compete in 2020, Armenia were initially confirmed for the 2021 contest when the list of participants was announced by the EBU in October 2020, and were set to perform in the second half of the second semi-final. However, on 5 March 2021, the Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV) confirmed that they were subsequently unable to participate due to social and political crises in the country in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
🇧🇾 Belarus: Galasy ZMesta (Галасы ЗМеста) – “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)” (Я научу тебя). Belarus had originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They internally selected Galasy ZMesta as their representative, initially with the song “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)”, but the entry was deemed ineligible to compete by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) due to violation of the contest’s rules against political entries. After their replacement entry “Pesnyu pro zaytsa (Song About Hares)” was also deemed ineligible, Belarus was disqualified from the contest on 26 March 2021. This was the first time Belarus was absent from the contest since the country’s debut in 2004. Belarus was originally set to compete in the first half of the first semi-final on 18 May 2021. Back in March 2020, regarding the selection of the 2020 Belarusian participants, VAL, during a broadcast of Makaionka, 9 then Belarusian Eurovision commentator Evgeny Perlin stated that the Belarusian state broadcaster had not confirmed VAL yet, because “there [was] still time for that”. The duo was not selected for the 2021 contest as a result of a string of events in the aftermath of the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. In the run-up towards and after the August 2020 Belarusian presidential elections, VAL showed support for opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and subsequently openly supported the Belarusian democracy movement. After not having appeared in the media for five months, VAL gave an interview to an independent publication, stating that they had not been allowed to talk with the media according to their contract and that they felt neglected by the broadcaster. On September 25, 2020, a day after the independent interview was published, the Belarusian broadcaster confirmed that they would not internally select VAL for Eurovision 2021, stating the duo had “no conscience”. BTRC opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit a live performance of their entries to the broadcaster between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2021. At the closing of the deadline, 50 entries were received by the broadcaster and among the artists that had submitted entries was 2006 British Eurovision contestant Daz Sampson. On 9 March 2021, “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)” (Russian: Я научу тебя) performed by the band Galasy ZMesta was announced as the Belarusian entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The song became Belarus’ first entry to be performed in the Russian language at the Eurovision Song Contest. After the release of Belarus’ 2021 entry, there were immediate calls for the country to be disqualified from the contest, due to the “obvious political subtext” of the song. Among others, the Swedish political party Liberalerna and the Belarusian Foundation for Cultural Solidarity called for Belarus to be disqualified from the contest. Several Eurovision news outlets also announced that they would be limiting the coverage of the song. On 11 March 2021, the EBU released a statement, stating that after scrutinizing the entry, they concluded that “the song puts the non-political nature of the Contest in question”. As a result, the EBU declared the entry ineligible to compete in the contest, and demanded that the Belarusian broadcaster BTRC must either submit a new version of the song or an entirely new song that was compliant with the rules, or face disqualification. Due to the EBU releasing a statement declaring the original entry ineligible, on 13 March 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko stated that he would potentially order BTRC to opt for a new entry instead of modifying the lyrics of the original song. On 26 March 2021, Galasy ZMesta submitted a new song, titled “Pesnya pro zaytsev (Song about hares)” (Russian: Песня про зайцев), as the replacement entry. The new song was also rejected by the EBU for the same reasons as their previous attempt, and Belarus was subsequently disqualified from the 2021 contest.

Participation map

Finalist countries Did not qualify from the semi final Countries that participated in the past but not in 2021

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, following the country’s win at the 2019 contest with the song “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence. The Netherlands was set to host the 2020 contest, before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and AVROTROS, the contest was held at Rotterdam Ahoy, and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 and 20 May, and a final on 22 May 2021. The three live shows were presented by Dutch television presenters and singers Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit, and Dutch YouTube personality and make-up artist Nikkie de Jager.

Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, of which twenty-six re-entered the artists chosen for 2020 (albeit with different songs, as per the contest’s rules). Bulgaria and Ukraine returned after their absence from the 2019 contest, while Hungary and Montenegro did not return after their participation in the 2019 edition. Armenia and Belarus had originally planned to participate, but Armenia withdrew due to its social and political crises following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and Belarus was disqualified after submitting entries in violation of the rules twice, and not providing an eligible entry before the deadline.

The winner was Italy with the song “Zitti e buoni“, performed by Måneskin and written by the band’s members Damiano David, Ethan Torchio, Thomas Raggi and Victoria De Angelis. France, Switzerland, Iceland and Ukraine rounded out the top five, with France and Switzerland achieving their best results since 1991 and 1993 respectively. Italy won the combined vote and televote, but placed fourth in the jury vote after Switzerland, France, and Malta. Italy was the second member of the “Big Five” to win the contest after Germany in 2010. For the first time since 1995, none of the top three entries were performed in English, with France and Switzerland performing in French, and Italy in Italian.

Also, for the first time since the current voting system was implemented in 2016, more than one country received no points from the televote in the final; these countries were Germany, Spain, the host country the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, the last of those becoming the first country to receive no points from both the jury and televote. It was the fifth time that the host country ranked in the bottom five since 2015, with the Netherlands finishing 23rd in the final, as well as the second time that the United Kingdom had received no points in the contest, the last time having been in 2003, as well as the first time that they had finished in last place in successive contests, having also placed last in 2019. For the first time since it made its debut in 2015, Australia failed to qualify for the final, making Ukraine the only country that has never failed to qualify from the semi-finals since their introduction in 2004.^[b]

The EBU reported that the contest had an audience of 183 million viewers in 36 European markets, an increase of a million viewers from the previous edition, with an increase of seven percent in the 15–24 year old age range.

Rotterdam Ahoy – host venue of the 2021 contest.

Location. The 2021 contest was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands,following the country’s victory at the 2019 edition with the song “Arcade”, performed by Duncan Laurence. It was the fifth time that the Netherlands had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1958, 1970, 1976 and 1980. The selected venue was the 16,400-seat Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam Ahoy, a convention centre and multi-purpose indoor arena located on Ahoyweg, which serves as a venue for many events, including concerts, exhibitions, trade fairs, and conferences. Rotterdam Ahoy had previously hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, and was set to host the 2020 contest before its cancellation. The “Turquoise Carpet” event, where the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at the Rotterdam Cruise Terminal on 16 May 2021.

Host city selection. By Eurovision tradition, the Netherlands received the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest after the country won the competition in 2019.The Dutch host broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS launched the bidding process in the same month on 29 May, in which five cities – Arnhem, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Maastricht, Rotterdam, and Utrecht – submitted their bid books during a ceremonial event held in Hilversum on 10 July 2019. On 16 July, Maastricht and Rotterdam were shortlisted, and after the NPO visited both cities, on 30 August 2019, Rotterdam was announced as the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

Following the cancellation of the 2020 contest, the EBU began talks with broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS, as well as the city of Rotterdam, on the possibility of staging the 2021 contest in the city. On 23 April 2020, the municipal council of Rotterdam approved an increased budget after Dutch media reported that the city would require an additional €6.7 million to host the contest. The decision was imminent as it was required that the EBU be informed by late April if Rotterdam was willing to host the contest. If Rotterdam declined to host the event, NPO, NOS and AVROTROS had until mid-May 2020 to find an alternative. During the broadcast of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, which aired on 16 May 2020, Rotterdam was confirmed as the host city of the 2021 contest.

Production. The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was a co-production between three related Dutch television organisations — Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and AVROTROS — of which each assumed a different role. Sietse Bakker and Astrid Dutrénit served as executive producers, while Emilie Sickinghe and Jessica Stam served as deputy executive producers. Marnix Kaart, Marc Pos and Daniel Jelinek served as directors of the three live shows, and Gerben Bakker served as head of show. Background music for the shows was composed by Eric van Tijn.

In January 2020, the EBU announced that Martin Österdahl would become the executive supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest after the 2020 edition, succeeding Jon Ola Sand. Before his appointment, Österdahl had been an executive producer for the 2013 and 2016 editions, and had been a member of the Eurovision Song Contest reference group between 2012 and 2018.

The total budget for the shows was €22 million, of which €3.7 million was left unspent after the contest, according to the municipal executive. The additional money was allocated to contingency scenarios that were eventually discarded.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 7 May 2020, the Dutch authorities prohibited all mass gatherings in the country until a COVID-19 vaccine became available. The host broadcasters stated that they were assessing the decision and how it would impact the event.

On 18 September 2020, the EBU released a summary of contingency scenarios for the contest in order for it to take place regardless of the circumstances, including: The event being held as in previous years (Scenario A); The event being held with social distancing measures in place (Scenario B); Providing the option for acts to perform from their home country if they are unable to travel to Rotterdam (Scenario C); A fully-remote contest hosted from Rotterdam (Scenario D), with all acts performing from their home country, and no in-person festivities or audience in Rotterdam. This scenario was trialled during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

In February 2021, the EBU and the host broadcasters stated that it had ruled out hosting the contest as normal (Scenario A). Scenario C was also modified – all acts would perform remotely like in scenario D. A health and safety protocol for the contest was published on 2 March 2021, with the EBU affirming that the contest would be held under scenario B, while reiterating that downscaling options remained on the table should circumstances change. On 30 April 2021, the EBU confirmed scenario B for the contest.

**Overview of the hosting scenarios**
Contest aspect	Scenario A (Normal)	Scenario B (1.5-metre) †	Scenario C (Travel restrictive)	Scenario D (Lockdown)
Shows from Ahoy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Participants in Rotterdam	All	All/most	None	None
Audience in the arena	100%	0–80%	0–80%	None
Side events in Rotterdam	Yes	Adapted	Reduced	None
Press centre	1,500 on site	500 on site 1,000 virtual	1,500 virtual	1,500 virtual

Eurovision 2021 and COVID-19: Here are the 4 scenarios. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Dutch Host Broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS had been working on 4 basic scenarios for hosting Eurovision 2021, depending on the status of COVID-19. A decision will be based on the situation in the early months of 2021. They had come to a conclusion, to go ahead with Scenario B: Social distancing.

SCENARIO A – Normal Eurovision. In this situation, the Eurovision Song Contest will be organized as normal from Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena with 9 shows (including the dress rehearsals) in a packed venue, with delegations and artists from all the participating broadcasters and numerous activities in and around Rotterdam. The feasibility of this scenario largely depends on the roll-out of a possible vaccine for COVID-19 or the availability of reliable testing. This scenario is no longer realistic, and has been ruled out because of the current status of the coronavirus pandemic.
SCENARIO B – Social distancing. Everyone present at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam would need to practice social distancing and remain 1.5 meters from each other at all times. Again, there would be 9 shows, with an audience in the arena, but with limited capacity to allow for social distancing. Teams from each participating broadcaster would travel to Rotterdam, but with limits on the number of people in each delegation and on the number of press who could attend. Activities in and around Rotterdam would be adapted accordingly. Because there would be less space for the audience in this scenario, a new seating layout would have to be made. If that happens, a fair draw will be held to decide who can still attend each show. There will be more information about this in the first months of 2021. Anyone who is unsuccessful in the draw will, of course, be refunded the full purchase amount for their tickets. Everyone attending the Eurovision Song Contest at Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena would need to practice social distancing. Strict health and safety measures (including frequent COVID-19 testing) would be in place at the venue. A protocol to protect artists, delegations, and crew on and off site would be adhered to. If there are any delegations who cannot travel to Rotterdam, their artists will perform “live-on-tape” with a recorded performance being used. Those who can travel to Rotterdam will perform their songs live on stage. There would be 9 shows (6 dress rehearsals, 2 Semi-Finals and a Grand Final), either with no audience or a reduced audience to allow for social distancing. The final capacity would be dependent on local government guidelines.There will be activities in the city of Rotterdam held in a safe and responsible way.
SCENARIO C – Travel restrictions. A Eurovision Song Contest, probably also socially distanced, from Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena as in scenario B, with 9 shows and a limited number of audience members in the arena. If there are any delegations who cannot travel to Rotterdam, their artists will perform from their own country. All performances in the shows will be brought together in Rotterdam. The entries of the countries that are allowed to travel and the opening and interval acts will still be performed live. A Eurovision Song Contest, from Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena but no delegations or artists will travel to Rotterdam. Hosts and interval acts will still be live from the Ahoy. The performances of ALL the participants will be “live-on-tape”. Strict health and safety measures (including frequent COVID testing) would be in place at the venue. A protocol to protect crew on and off site would be adhered to. There would be 9 shows (6 dress rehearsals, 2 Semi-Finals and a Grand Final), either with no audience or a reduced audience to allow for social distancing. The final capacity would be dependent on local government guidelines. There will be reduced activities in the city of Rotterdam held in a safe and responsible way.
SCENARIO D – Lockdown. Should the Netherlands end up in a lockdown-like situation again, there will be a Eurovision Song Contest without an audience and probably without activities in and around Rotterdam. The performances of the participants will all come from their own country and be brought together from Rotterdam’s Ahoy arena, much like we will see at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in November. A Eurovision Song Contest without an audience and virtual activities will be considered to explore the host city of Rotterdam. The performances of all the participants will be “live-on-tape”. There would be 9 shows (6 dress rehearsals, 2 Semi-Finals and a Grand Final), but no audience.

On 1 April 2021, it was announced that an audience of 3,500 people would be allowed at each of the nine shows, including the three live shows and six rehearsals; the Dutch cabinet later gave its approval on 29 April. All audience members must have had tested negative for COVID-19.

Due to pandemic precautions, the “Turquoise Carpet” event was the only in-person side event to take place in 2021. Impacted side events included: the Opening Ceremony event, which was not held; the Eurovision Village, which took place from 15 to 23 May in an online-only form; and the EuroClub, which was cancelled for this year.

Visual design. On 18 September 2020, along with possible scenarios, the EBU confirmed that the planned visual design and slogan for 2020, “Open Up”, would be used for the 2021 contest as well. The revamped official logo and branding was unveiled on 4 December 2020. Designed by Clever°Franke, it is “an abstract presentation inspired by the map of the world and visually connects the location of the capitals of the [then] 41 participating countries with Rotterdam as Europe’s beating heart”. The revamped visual identity, designed by MediaMonks and NEP, was built around patterns and ‘tracks’ that symbolises the Netherlands and “opening up”.

Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager, presenters of the 2021 contest.

Presenters. On 18 September 2020, along with possible scenarios, the EBU confirmed that the 2020 planned presenters would be appointed as presenters for the 2021 contest as well: actress and television host Chantal Janzen, singer and commentator for the contest Jan Smit, singer Edsilia Rombley, who represented the Netherlands in the 1998 and 2007 contests, and beauty vlogger Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials).

In addition, De Jager and Krista Siegfrids (Finland’s representative in the 2013 contest) were the presenters of the contest’s online content. Siegfrids hosted Krista Calling, a weekly YouTube series with behind-the-scenes coverage from Rotterdam, and De Jager hosted LookLab with NikkieTutorials, an online talk show series featuring 38 participants with Queen Máxima as a special guest.^[c] Koos van Plateringen, Hila Noorzai and Samya Hafsaoui moderated the contest’s press conferences, while Van Plateringen and Fenna Ramos hosted the “Turquoise Carpet” event.

Stage and green room in the arena

Stage design. During the announcement of the dates of the 2021 contest, Sietse Bakker, executive producer of the 2021 contest, stated that the planned 2020 stage design would also be used in the 2021 contest. The design was inspired by the slogan “Open Up” and the typical Dutch flat landscape. The Eurovision stage was designed by German stage designer Florian Wieder [de], who also designed the stages for the contests in 2011–12, 2015, and 2017–19. Its features included a revolvable primary LED screen that is 52 metres (171 ft) wide and 12 metres (39 ft) high, and a retractable semi-transparent LED screen which could be used as a backdrop for the secondary stage. The stage design was complemented by augmented reality effects. Unlike the 2019 contest, the green room was placed in the main performance venue, and encompassed the entire floor space previously reserved for the standing audience, so as to facilitate social distancing.

Opening and interval acts. On 4 May 2021, the EBU released information about the opening and interval acts.

The first semi-final was opened by Duncan Laurence, performing “Feel Something”, and featured singer and YouTuber Davina Michelle and actress Thekla Reuten in an interval act titled “The Power of Water”, centering on the Netherlands’ history of water management. Michelle performed her new single “Sweet Water” in the performance. In both acts, augmented reality was used.

The second semi-final was opened by breakdancer Redouan “Redo” Ait Chitt and singer-songwriter Eefje de Visser, with ballet dancer Ahmad Joudeh and BMX-er Dez Maarsen performing during the interval; the acts are titled “Forward Unlimited” and “Close Encounter of a Special Kind”, respectively.

The final was opened by the traditional flag parade, introducing all twenty-six finalists, accompanied by a remix of “Venus” produced and performed by 16-year-old DJ Pieter Gabriel, with co-presenters Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit and Edsilia Rombley singing parts of the song. The interval acts included a medley of “Hero”, “Ten Feet Tall” and “Titanium” performed by DJ Afrojack, singers Wulf and Glennis Grace, and an orchestra composed of young Dutch musicians; the “Rock the Roof” interval act, where six former Eurovision winners – Måns Zelmerlöw, Teach-In, Sandra Kim, Lenny Kuhr, Helena Paparizou and Lordi – performed their winning songs – “Heroes”, “Ding-a-dong”, “J’aime la vie”, “De troubadour”, “My Number One” and “Hard Rock Hallelujah” respectively – atop several venues in Rotterdam; and Duncan Laurence, who performed his winning song “Arcade” and his new single “Stars”.^[d] A dance sketch titled “The Human Countdown” was then performed, which signified the closure of the voting window.

Format.

Entries. For this year, delegations were given the option to use pre-recorded backing vocals. Each delegation could still choose to use backing singers, whether on or off stage, or a combination of live and recorded backing vocals. All lead vocals performing the melody of the song must still be live, according to the rules. As a measure to guarantee that all participants could take part in the contest, every national broadcaster were required to create a ‘live-on-tape’ backup recording prior to the contest, which could be used if a participant was unable to travel to Rotterdam, or subjected to quarantine on arrival. The recordings took place in a studio setting, in real-time (as it would be at the contest) without any edits to the vocals or any part of the performance itself after the recording. A set of production guidelines was also revealed to ensure fairness and the integrity of the recordings.

Other rules for the entries stayed the same in the 2021 contest. This includes that the maximum length for a song is three minutes, that there can be at most six performers on stage, and that the compositions (lyrics and music) must not have been commercially released before 1 September of the year before. Following the cancellation of the 2020 contest, the EBU explored the option of allowing the songs selected for the 2020 contest to compete in the 2021 contest, which needed to be discussed with the Eurovision Song Contest reference group and the national broadcasters. Victoria, Bulgaria’s representative for 2020 and 2021, publicly expressed her support for such a move. However, on 20 March 2020, the reference group decided that, in accordance with the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest, the 2020 songs would not be eligible to compete in the 2021 contest.

Semi-final allocation draw. On 17 November 2020, the EBU confirmed that the semi-final allocation draw for the 2021 contest would not be held. Instead, the semi-finals would feature the same line-up of countries as determined by the draw for the 2020 contest’s semi-finals, which was held on 28 January 2020 at the Rotterdam City Hall and hosted by contest presenters Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit and Edsilia Rombley. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the six automatic qualifiers – host country the Netherlands and “Big Five” countries France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom – would broadcast and vote in. The EBU also decided to maintain the Netherlands’ grand final running order position – 23.

The pots used initially for the 2020 contest featured as follows:

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

Postcards. The “postcards” were 40-second video introductions shown on television whilst the stage was being prepared for the next contestant to perform their entry. Filmed between January and April, and directed by Martijn Nieman and Laurence Drenthe, with Kevin Soares serving as executive producer, the 2021 postcards were based on the “Open Up” theme of the contest. In a departure from the initial concept created for the 2020 contest owing to travel restriction concerns, the postcards involved the acts being presented through footage shot in their country of origin. These were inserted via chroma keying onto the framework of a ‘tiny house’ set-up in various locations around the Netherlands, and decorated with items personal to the artist. At the end of each postcard, a light streak hit the house and was refracted into a country-specific coloured streak, mimicking the prism and transitions to the stage, where the ceiling was lit up with that country’s flag colours using augmented reality. The postcards were produced by Amsterdam-based production company IDTV, with additional post-production and VFX work by Antwerp-based agency STORM. The following locations were used for each participating country:

🇦🇱 Albania – Hoge Brug, Maastricht
🇦🇺 Australia – Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam
🇦🇹 Austria – Nannewiid, Frisian Lakes
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Giethoorn
🇧🇪 Belgium – Bourtange
🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Agelo
🇭🇷 Croatia – Broek op Langedijk
🇨🇾 Cyprus – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
🇨🇿 Czech Republic – Almere
🇩🇰 Denmark – Nijmegen
🇪🇪 Estonia – Circuit Zandvoort
🇫🇮 Finland – Sibelco silver sand quarry, Heerlen
🇫🇷 France – Houtribdijk
🇬🇪 Georgia – Port of Rotterdam
🇩🇪 Germany – Scheveningen
🇬🇷 Greece – Halley Astronomical Observatory, Vinkel
🇮🇸 Iceland – Zeeburgereiland, Amsterdam
🇮🇪 Ireland – Hermitage Amsterdam
🇮🇱 Israel – Utrecht Centraal railway station
🇮🇹 Italy – Arnhem
🇱🇻 Latvia – Middelburg
🇱🇹 Lithuania – Rotterdam Centraal railway station
🇲🇹 Malta – Vlissingen
🇲🇩 Moldova – Schiermonnikoog
🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Ouddorp
🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Dolmen D14, Eext
🇳🇴 Norway – Koppelpoort, Amersfoort
🇵🇱 Poland – Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
🇵🇹 Portugal – Markt, Delft
🇷🇴 Romania – Leeuwarden
🇷🇺 Russia – Bolwoningen, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
🇸🇲 San Marino – Evoluon, Eindhoven
🇷🇸 Serbia – Keukenhof, Lisse
🇸🇮 Slovenia – Marker Wadden
🇪🇸 Spain – Doornspijk
🇸🇪 Sweden – Museumplein, Amsterdam
🇨🇭 Switzerland – Noordereiland, Rotterdam
🇺🇦 Ukraine – Veluwezoom National Park
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Gasselte

Red: Participating countries in the first semi-final; Pink: Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final; Blue: Participating countries in the second semi-final; Light Blue: Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

Participating countries. The EBU initially announced on 26 October 2020 that 41 countries would participate in the contest, featuring the same line-up of countries that were set to participate in the cancelled 2020 edition. Bulgaria and Ukraine marked their return to the contest after their absences from the 2019 contest, while Hungary and Montenegro were confirmed as non-returning following their latest appearances in 2019.

In March 2021, Armenia and Belarus confirmed their non-participation in the contest; Armenia withdrew due to its social and political crises in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, while Belarus was disqualified from the contest after submitting entries in violation of the rules twice, and not providing an eligible entry before the deadline, thereby reducing the number of participating countries to 39.

Returning artists. After the cancellation of the 2020 contest, the participating broadcasters of 24 countries announced that, for the 2021 contest, they would internally select the same artists initially selected for 2020. In addition, the artists initially selected for Estonia and Lithuania in 2020 won their national finals to represent their countries in 2021.

Discounting 2020, the contest featured three representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same country, and five artists who participated in other Eurovision events or as backing vocalists for the same or for another country. Among the representatives who returned as lead vocalists, Natalia Gordienko had previously represented Moldova in 2006 with Arsenium and Connect-R; Senhit had represented San Marino in 2011; and Sanja Vučić, a member of Hurricane, had previously represented Serbia in 2016 in a solo performance.

Former backing vocalists who competed as lead artists included Ksenija Knežević, a member of Serbia’s group Hurricane, who had previously served as backing vocalist in 2015 for Montenegro’s entrant Knez; Destiny, who had provided backing vocals for Malta’s Michela in 2019; Vincent Bueno, who had backed Austria’s Nathan Trent in 2017; and Vasil, who had provided backing vocals for North Macedonia’s Tamara Todevska in 2019. Two artists had previously competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Malta’s Destiny, who had won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, and Greece’s Stefania, who had competed for the Netherlands in the 2016 Junior contest as member of the group Kisses. Mladen Lukić, who had previously competed for Serbia in 2018 as a member of Balkanika, returned as a backing vocalist for Hurricane.

Semi-final 1. The first semi-final took place on 18 May 2021 at 21:00 (CEST). Sixteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Germany, Italy and the Netherlands voted in this semi-final. Belarus was originally allocated to participate in the first half of the semi-final, but was disqualified from the contest after submitting entries in violation of the rules twice, and not providing an eligible entry before the deadline. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Points	Place
1	🇱🇹 Lithuania	The Roop	“Discoteque”	English	203	4
2	🇸🇮 Slovenia	Ana Soklič	“Amen”	English	44	13
3	🇷🇺 Russia	Manizha	“Russian Woman”	Russian, English	225	3
4	🇸🇪 Sweden	Tusse	“Voices”	English	142	7
5	🇦🇺 Australia^[g]	Montaigne	“Technicolour”	English	28	14
6	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	Vasil	“Here I Stand”	English	23	15
7	🇮🇪 Ireland	Lesley Roy	“Maps”	English	20	16
8	🇨🇾 Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou	“El Diablo“	English^[h]	170	6
9	🇳🇴 Norway	Tix	“Fallen Angel”	English	115	10
10	🇭🇷 Croatia	Albina	“Tick-Tock”	English, Croatian	110	11
11	🇧🇪 Belgium	Hooverphonic	“The Wrong Place”	English	117	9
12	🇮🇱 Israel	Eden Alene	“Set Me Free”	English^[i]	192	5
13	🇷🇴 Romania	Roxen	“Amnesia”	English	85	12
14	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Efendi	“Mata Hari”	English^[j]	138	8
15	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Go_A	“Shum” (Шум)	Ukrainian	267	2
16	🇲🇹 Malta	Destiny	“Je me casse“	English^[k]	325	1

Semi-final 2. The second semi-final took place on 20 May 2021 at 21:00 (CEST). Seventeen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries plus France, Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. Armenia was originally allocated to participate in the second half of the semi-final, but withdrew from the contest due to its social and political crises in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Points	Place
1	🇸🇲 San Marino	Senhit^[l]	“Adrenalina“	English^[m]	118	9
2	🇪🇪 Estonia	Uku Suviste	“The Lucky One”	English	58	13
3	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	Benny Cristo	“Omaga”	English^[n]	23	15
4	🇬🇷 Greece	Stefania	“Last Dance”	English	184	6
5	🇦🇹 Austria	Vincent Bueno	“Amen”	English	66	12
6	🇵🇱 Poland	Rafał	“The Ride”	English	35	14
7	🇲🇩 Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	“Sugar”	English	179	7
8	🇮🇸 Iceland^[o]	Daði og Gagnamagnið	“10 Years”	English	288	2
9	🇷🇸 Serbia	Hurricane	“Loco Loco“	Serbian^[p]	124	8
10	🇬🇪 Georgia	Tornike Kipiani	“You”	English	16	16
11	🇦🇱 Albania	Anxhela Peristeri	“Karma”	Albanian	112	10
12	🇵🇹 Portugal	The Black Mamba	“Love Is on My Side”	English	239	4
13	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Victoria	“Growing Up Is Getting Old”	English	250	3
14	🇫🇮 Finland	Blind Channel	“Dark Side”	English	234	5
15	🇱🇻 Latvia	Samanta Tīna	“The Moon Is Rising”	English	14	17
16	🇨🇭 Switzerland	Gjon’s Tears	“Tout l’univers“	French	291	1
17	🇩🇰 Denmark	Fyr og Flamme	“Øve os på hinanden“	Danish	89	11

Final. The final took place on 22 May 2021 at 21:00 (CEST). Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all thirty-nine participating countries eligible to vote.

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Points	Place
1	🇨🇾 Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou	“El Diablo“	English^[h]	94	16
2	🇦🇱 Albania	Anxhela Peristeri	“Karma”	Albanian	57	21
3	🇮🇱 Israel	Eden Alene	“Set Me Free”	English^[i]	93	17
4	🇧🇪 Belgium	Hooverphonic	“The Wrong Place”	English	74	19
5	🇷🇺 Russia	Manizha	“Russian Woman”	Russian, English	204	9
6	🇲🇹 Malta	Destiny	“Je me casse“	English^[k]	255	7
7	🇵🇹 Portugal	The Black Mamba	“Love Is on My Side”	English	153	12
8	🇷🇸 Serbia	Hurricane	“Loco Loco“	Serbian^[p]	102	15
9	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	James Newman	“Embers”	English	0	26
10	🇬🇷 Greece	Stefania	“Last Dance”	English	170	10
11	🇨🇭 Switzerland	Gjon’s Tears	“Tout l’univers“	French	432	3
12	🇮🇸 Iceland^[o]	Daði og Gagnamagnið	“10 Years”	English	378	4
13	🇪🇸 Spain	Blas Cantó	“Voy a quedarme“	Spanish	6	24
14	🇲🇩 Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	“Sugar”	English	115	13
15	🇩🇪 Germany	Jendrik	“I Don’t Feel Hate”	English^[q]	3	25
16	🇫🇮 Finland	Blind Channel	“Dark Side”	English	301	6
17	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Victoria	“Growing Up Is Getting Old”	English	170	11
18	🇱🇹 Lithuania	The Roop	“Discoteque”	English	220	8
19	🇺🇦 Ukraine	Go_A	“Shum” (Шум)	Ukrainian	364	5
20	🇫🇷 France	Barbara Pravi	“Voilà“	French	499	2
21	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Efendi	“Mata Hari”	English^[j]	65	20
22	🇳🇴 Norway	Tix	“Fallen Angel”	English	75	18
23	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Jeangu Macrooy	“Birth of a New Age”	English, Sranan Tongo	11	23
24	🇮🇹 Italy	Måneskin	“Zitti e buoni“	Italian	524	1
25	🇸🇪 Sweden	Tusse	“Voices”	English	109	14
26	🇸🇲 San Marino	Senhit^[l]	“Adrenalina“	English^[m]	50	22

3.5.Participants and results.

3.6.All the national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2021:

• National Selections in 2021:

COUNTRY	EVENT	WINNER
🇦🇱 Albania	Festivali i Këngës #59	Anxhela Peristeri – “Karma”
🇭🇷 Croatia	Dora 2021	Albina – “Tick-Tock”
🇩🇰 Denmark	Melodi Grand Prix 2021	Fyr og Flamme – “Øve os på hinanden“
🇪🇪 Estonia	Eesti Laul 2021	Uku Suviste – “The Lucky One”
🇫🇮 Finland	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021	Blind Channel – “Dark Side”
🇫🇷 France	C’est vous qui décidez	Barbara Pravi – “Voilà“
🇮🇱 Israel	HaShir Shelanu L’Eurovizion song selection	Eden Alene – “Set Me Free”
🇮🇹 Italy	Sanremo 2021	Måneskin – “Zitti e buoni“
🇱🇹 Lithuania	Pabandom iš naujo 2021	The Roop – “Discoteque”
🇳🇴 Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2021	TIX – “Fallen Angel”
🇵🇹 Portugal	Festival da Canção 2021	The Black Mamba – “Love Is on My Side”
🇷🇺 Russia	Evrovidenie 2021	Manizha – “Russian Woman” (Русская женщина, Russkaya Zhenschin)
🇪🇸 Spain	Destino Eurovisión 2021 song selection	Blas Cantó – “Voy a quedarme“
🇸🇪 Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2021	Tusse – “Voices”

• Internal Selections in 2021:

🇦🇺 Australia	Montaigne – “Technicolour”
🇦🇹 Austria	Vincent Bueno – “Amen”
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Efendi – “Mata Hari”
🇧🇪 Belgium	Hooverphonic – “The Wrong Place”
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Victoria – “Growing Up Is Getting Old”
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou – “El Diablo“
🇨🇿 Czech Republic	Benny Cristo – “Omaga”
🇬🇪 Georgia	Tornike Kipiani – “You”
🇩🇪 Germany	Jendrik – “I Don’t Feel Hate”
🇬🇷 Greece	Stefania – “Last Dance”
🇮🇸 Iceland	Daði & Gagnamagnið – “10 Years”
🇮🇪 Ireland	Lesley Roy – “Maps”
🇱🇻 Latvia	Samanta Tīna – “The Moon Is Rising”
🇲🇹 Malta	Destiny – “Je me casse“
🇲🇩 Moldova	Natalia Gordienko – “Sugar”
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	Jeangu Macrooy – “Birth of a New Age”
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	Vasil – “Here I Stand”
🇵🇱 Poland	Rafał – “The Ride”
🇷🇴 Romania	Roxen – “Amnesia”
🇸🇲 San Marino	Senhit feat. Flo Rida – “Adrenalina“
🇷🇸 Serbia	Hurricane – “Loco Loco“
🇸🇮 Slovenia	Ana Soklič – “Amen”
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Gjon’s Tears – “Tout l’univers“
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Go_A – “Shum” (Шум)
🇬🇧 United Kindom	James Newman – “Embers”

3.7.Connections:

Detailed voting results.

Semi-final 1.

**Split results of semi-final 1**
Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
Place	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇲🇹 Malta	325	🇲🇹 Malta	174	🇺🇦 Ukraine	164
2	🇺🇦 Ukraine	267	🇷🇺 Russia	117	🇲🇹 Malta	151
3	🇷🇺 Russia	225	🇺🇦 Ukraine	103	🇱🇹 Lithuania	137
4	🇱🇹 Lithuania	203	🇮🇱 Israel	99	🇷🇺 Russia	108
5	🇮🇱 Israel	192	🇨🇾 Cyprus	92	🇮🇱 Israel	93
6	🇨🇾 Cyprus	170	🇸🇪 Sweden	91	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	91
7	🇸🇪 Sweden	142	🇧🇪 Belgium	70	🇨🇾 Cyprus	78
8	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	138	🇱🇹 Lithuania	66	🇳🇴 Norway	77
9	🇧🇪 Belgium	117	🇷🇴 Romania	58	🇭🇷 Croatia	53
10	🇳🇴 Norway	115	🇭🇷 Croatia	57	🇸🇪 Sweden	51
11	🇭🇷 Croatia	110	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	47	🇧🇪 Belgium	47
12	🇷🇴 Romania	85	🇳🇴 Norway	38	🇷🇴 Romania	27
13	🇸🇮 Slovenia	44	🇸🇮 Slovenia	36	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	11
14	🇦🇺 Australia	28	🇦🇺 Australia	26	🇸🇮 Slovenia	8
15	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	23	🇮🇪 Ireland	16	🇮🇪 Ireland	4
16	🇮🇪 Ireland	20	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	12	🇦🇺 Australia	2

**Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 1**
		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	🇱🇹	🇸🇮	🇷🇺	🇸🇪	🇦🇺	🇲🇰	🇮🇪	🇨🇾	🇳🇴	🇭🇷	🇧🇪	🇮🇱	🇷🇴	🇦🇿	🇺🇦	🇲🇹	🇩🇪	🇮🇹	🇳🇱
Voting procedure used: 100% televoting 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Jury vote

C o n t e s t A n t s	🇱🇹 Lithuania	203	66	137			2	7	2		5	3		6	2	12	8		1	4	4	7	3
	🇸🇮 Slovenia	44	36	8						3		6	4			3	7	4	4	5
	🇷🇺 Russia	225	117	108		10		6	7	7	8	8	3	8	12	6	5	12		1	7	5	12
	🇸🇪 Sweden	142	91	51	3		7		6	1	1	7	10	1	6	5	4	6	3	10	12	4	5
	🇦🇺 Australia	28	26	2	8		1							2			2		12		1
	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	23	12	11		4					2						6
	🇮🇪 Ireland	20	16	4				1	3			2	1		3			3		2		1
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	170	92	78	4	12	8	4	10	4	4		5	10		10	3		2	8	5	3
	🇳🇴 Norway	115	38	77	2	3		8	1	2	3				7	2						6	4
	🇭🇷 Croatia	110	57	53	1	7	3			8	10	5			1	1	1	5	8	3	2	2
	🇧🇪 Belgium	117	70	47	10	5	6	2				4		4		7		2	10			10	10
	🇮🇱 Israel	192	99	93	7	2	10	10	8	12		1	8	7	4			1	6		3	12	8
	🇷🇴 Romania	85	58	27	5							10	2	3	5			7	7	12	6		1
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	138	47	91		8	4	3	5	6	7		6							6			2
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	267	103	164	12	1	5	5	4	5	6		7	5	10	4	10	8		7	8		6
	🇲🇹 Malta	325	174	151	6	6	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	10	5		10	8	7

**Detailed televoting results of semi-final 1**
		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	🇱🇹	🇸🇮	🇷🇺	🇸🇪	🇦🇺	🇲🇰	🇮🇪	🇨🇾	🇳🇴	🇭🇷	🇧🇪	🇮🇱	🇷🇴	🇦🇿	🇺🇦	🇲🇹	🇩🇪	🇮🇹	🇳🇱
Voting procedure used: 100% televoting 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Televote

C o n t e s t a n t s	🇱🇹 Lithuania	203	66	137			7	10	8	4	12	12	12	3	8	5	6	3	12	7	12	8	8
	🇸🇮 Slovenia	44	36	8						3				5
	🇷🇺 Russia	225	117	108	8	7		3	7	8	1	7	4	10	2	12	5	8	6	2	6	7	5
	🇸🇪 Sweden	142	91	51	5	2	2				4	3	10		7	2		1	3	10			2
	🇦🇺 Australia	28	26	2			1												1
	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	23	12	11		8								1			2
	🇮🇪 Ireland	20	16	4	1				2											1
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	170	92	78	4	1	5	4	6	6	6		3	6	3	6	4	4	4	12	1	2	1
	🇳🇴 Norway	115	38	77	6	6	6	12	3		2	1		2	6	4	3	10	2	6	4	1	3
	🇭🇷 Croatia	110	57	53		12		2	5	12	7	2	1			3		2			7
	🇧🇪 Belgium	117	70	47	10	4	3	5		2			2			1	1		5		3	4	7
	🇮🇱 Israel	192	99	93	2		4	6	4	1	5	10	5	4	4		10	12	7	5	5	3	6
	🇷🇴 Romania	85	58	27							3	5			1			5		3		10
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	138	47	91	3	3	10	1	1	7		4	6	8	5	7	7		10	8	2	5	4
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	267	103	164	12	10	12	7	12	5	8	6	7	12	10	8	12	7		4	10	12	10
	🇲🇹 Malta	325	174	151	7	5	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	7	12	10	8	6	8		8	6	12

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.

**12 points awarded by juries**
N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
8	🇲🇹 Malta	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇸🇪 Sweden
3	🇷🇺 Russia	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
2	🇮🇱 Israel	🇮🇹 Italy, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
1	🇦🇺 Australia	🇺🇦 Ukraine
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	🇸🇮 Slovenia
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	🇮🇱 Israel
	🇷🇴 Romania	🇲🇹 Malta
	🇸🇪 Sweden	🇩🇪 Germany
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇱🇹 Lithuania

**12 points awarded by televoting**
N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇺 Russia
5	🇱🇹 Lithuania	🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
2	🇭🇷 Croatia	🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia
2	🇲🇹 Malta	🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands
1	🇨🇾 Cyprus	🇲🇹 Malta
	🇮🇱 Israel	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
	🇳🇴 Norway	🇸🇪 Sweden
	🇷🇺 Russia	🇮🇱 Israel

Semi-final 2.

**Split results of semi-final 2**
Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
Place	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇨🇭 Switzerland	291	🇨🇭 Switzerland	156	🇫🇮 Finland	150
2	🇮🇸 Iceland	288	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	149	🇮🇸 Iceland	148
3	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	250	🇮🇸 Iceland	140	🇨🇭 Switzerland	135
4	🇵🇹 Portugal	239	🇵🇹 Portugal	128	🇲🇩 Moldova	123
5	🇫🇮 Finland	234	🇬🇷 Greece	104	🇵🇹 Portugal	111
6	🇬🇷 Greece	184	🇫🇮 Finland	84	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	101
7	🇲🇩 Moldova	179	🇸🇲 San Marino	76	🇩🇰 Denmark	80
8	🇷🇸 Serbia	124	🇦🇱 Albania	74	🇬🇷 Greece	80
9	🇸🇲 San Marino	118	🇷🇸 Serbia	56	🇷🇸 Serbia	68
10	🇦🇱 Albania	112	🇲🇩 Moldova	56	🇸🇲 San Marino	42
11	🇩🇰 Denmark	89	🇦🇹 Austria	53	🇦🇱 Albania	38
12	🇦🇹 Austria	66	🇪🇪 Estonia	29	🇪🇪 Estonia	29
13	🇪🇪 Estonia	58	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	23	🇵🇱 Poland	17
14	🇵🇱 Poland	35	🇵🇱 Poland	18	🇬🇪 Georgia	15
15	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	23	🇩🇰 Denmark	9	🇦🇹 Austria	13
16	🇬🇪 Georgia	16	🇱🇻 Latvia	4	🇱🇻 Latvia	10
17	🇱🇻 Latvia	14	🇬🇪 Georgia	1	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	0

**Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 2**
		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	🇸🇲	🇪🇪	🇨🇿	🇬🇷	🇦🇹	🇵🇱	🇲🇩	🇮🇸	🇷🇸	🇬🇪	🇦🇱	🇵🇹	🇧🇬	🇫🇮	🇱🇻	🇨🇭	🇩🇰	🇫🇷	🇪🇸	🇬🇧
Voting procedure used: 100% televoting 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Jury vote

C o n t e s t a n t s	🇸🇲 San Marino	118	76	42		1	2	10	1	10	10	3	2	1	8		2	2	2	2	5	8	3	4
	🇪🇪 Estonia	58	29	29				1		4	3		1	3		1	7		3	3			1	2
	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	23	23	0				4			1			6		5	5					2
	🇬🇷 Greece	184	104	80	10	3	5			12	8	7	8		10	3	10	6		1	2	12	7
	🇦🇹 Austria	66	53	13		4						4	3	5	7	2	6	5	1	7	3		6
	🇵🇱 Poland	35	18	17	12			2									3				1
	🇲🇩 Moldova	179	56	123	8			12	2	7			4		3		12		4			1		3
	🇮🇸 Iceland	288	140	148	1	8	10	7	10	3	6		12	7	4	10		8	12	8	8	6	8	12
	🇷🇸 Serbia	124	56	68	4	5	4	3	6			2		2	5	4		3		4		5	4	5
	🇬🇪 Georgia	16	1	15													1
	A🇦🇱 lbania	112	74	38	7	2	1	6	3	6	5	5				8	4	4	5	5	10		2	1
	🇵🇹 Portugal	239	128	111	2	6	12	5	7	1	2	8	7	10	1		8	7	8	10	4	10	10	10
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	250	149	101	5	10	7	8	8	5	12	10	10	8	2	12		12	6	12	6	4	5	7
	🇫🇮 Finland	234	84	150	3	7	6		5	2		6	6	4	6	6			7	6	7	7		6
	🇱🇻 Latvia	14	4	10							4
	🇨🇭 Switzerland	291	156	135	6	12	8		12	8	7	12	5	12	12	7		10	10		12	3	12	8
	🇩🇰 Denmark	89	9	80			3		4			1						1

**Detailed televoting results of semi-final 2**
		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	🇸🇲	🇪🇪	🇨🇿	🇬🇷	🇦🇹	🇵🇱	🇲🇩	🇮🇸	🇷🇸	🇬🇪	🇦🇱	🇵🇹	🇧🇬	🇫🇮	🇱🇻	🇨🇭	🇩🇰	🇫🇷	🇪🇸	🇬🇧
Voting procedure used: 100% televoting 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Televote

C o n t e s t a n t s	🇸🇲 San Marino	118	76	42		4		2		2		3	3	12	7			1			2		4	2
	🇪🇪 Estonia	58	29	29			1				3						1	7	10	1	6
	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	23	23	0
	🇬🇷 Greece	184	104	80	5		2				12	5	8	10	10	10	8	2	1	2	3		1	1
	🇦🇹 Austria	66	53	13								2			3					4	4
	🇵🇱 Poland	35	18	17					1		7	1										1		7
	🇲🇩 Moldova	179	56	123	12	12	12	12	6	7		6	12			12		5	12			12	3
	🇮🇸 Iceland	288	140	148	8	7	10	5	10	10	6		7	7	1	7	6	12	7	7	12	6	8	12
	🇷🇸 Serbia	124	56	68	7		5	4	12	1	1			1	4	2	10			12		7	2
	🇬🇪 Georgia	16	1	15		3				3						3	2		3		1
	🇦🇱 Albania	112	74	38	2			10	2		2		1	2		1	4	3		8		3
	🇵🇹 Portugal	239	128	111	3	5	4	3	7	5	4	8	4		6		5	6	5	10	8	10	12	6
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	250	149	101	4	2	6	6	4	4	5	4	6	8	8	5		4	2	3	5	5	10	10
	🇫🇮 Finland	234	84	150	10	10	8	8	5	12	8	10	10	6	5	6	12		8	6	10	2	6	8
	🇱🇻 Latvia	14	4	10		1								5										4
	🇨🇭Switzerland	291	156	135	6	6	7	7	8	8	10	7	5	3	12	8	7	10	6		7	8	7	3
	🇩🇰 Denmark	89	9	80	1	8	3	1	3	6		12	2	4	2	4	3	8	4	5		4	5	5

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	🇨🇭 Switzerland	🇦🇱Albania, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇪🇸 Spain
4	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	🇫🇮 Finland, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
3	🇮🇸 Iceland	🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2	🇬🇷 Greece	🇫🇷 France, 🇵🇱 Poland
2	🇲🇩 Moldova	🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇬🇷 Greece
1	🇵🇱 Poland	🇸🇲 San Marino
1	🇵🇹 Portugal	🇨🇿 Czech Republic

**12 points awarded by televoting**
N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
8	🇲🇩 Moldova	🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇷 France, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇬🇷Greece, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇸🇲 San Marino, 🇷🇸 Serbia
3	🇮🇸 Iceland	🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2	🇫🇮 Finland	🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇵🇱 Poland
2	🇷🇸 Serbia	🇦🇹 Austria, 🇨🇭 Switzerland
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	🇮🇸 Iceland
	🇬🇷 Greece	🇲🇩 Moldova
	🇵🇹 Portugal	🇪🇸 Spain
	🇸🇲 San Marino	🇬🇪 Georgia
	🇨🇭 Switzerland	🇦🇱 Albania

Final.

**Split results of the final**
Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
Place	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	🇮🇹 Italy	524	🇨🇭 Switzerland	267	🇮🇹 Italy	318
2	🇫🇷 France	499	🇫🇷 France	248	🇺🇦 Ukraine	267
3	🇨🇭 Switzerland	432	🇲🇹 Malta	208	🇫🇷 France	251
4	🇮🇸 Iceland	378	🇮🇹 Italy	206	🇫🇮 Finland	218
5	🇺🇦 Ukraine	364	🇮🇸 Iceland	198	🇮🇸 Iceland	180
6	🇫🇮 Finland	301	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	140	🇨🇭 Switzerland	165
7	🇲🇹 Malta	255	🇵🇹 Portugal	126	🇱🇹 Lithuania	165
8	🇱🇹 Lithuania	220	🇷🇺 Russia	104	🇷🇺 Russia	100
9	🇷🇺 Russia	204	🇺🇦 Ukraine	97	🇷🇸 Serbia	82
10	🇬🇷 Greece	170^[r]	🇬🇷 Greece	91	🇬🇷 Greece	79
11	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	170^[r]	🇫🇮 Finland	83	🇸🇪 Sweden	63
12	🇵🇹 Portugal	153	🇮🇱 Israel	73	🇲🇩 Moldova	62
13	🇲🇩 Moldova	115	🇧🇪 Belgium	71	🇳🇴 Norway	60
14	🇸🇪 Sweden	109	🇱🇹 Lithuania	55	🇲🇹 Malta	47
15	🇷🇸 Serbia	102	🇲🇩 Moldova	53	🇨🇾 Cyprus	44
16	🇨🇾 Cyprus	94	🇨🇾 Cyprus	50	🇦🇱 Albania	35
17	🇮🇱 Israel	93	🇸🇪 Sweden	46	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	33
18	🇳🇴 Norway	75	🇸🇲 San Marino	37	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	30
19	🇧🇪 Belgium	74	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	32	🇵🇹 Portugal	27
20	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	65	🇦🇱 Albania	22	🇮🇱 Israel	20
21	🇦🇱 Albania	57	🇷🇸 Serbia	20	🇸🇲 San Marino	13
22	🇸🇲 San Marino	50	🇳🇴 Norway	15	🇧🇪 Belgium	3
23	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	11	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	11	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	0^[s]
24	🇪🇸 Spain	6	🇪🇸 Spain	6	🇪🇸 Spain	0^[s]
25	🇩🇪 Germany	3	🇩🇪 Germany	3	🇩🇪 Germany	0^[s]
26	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	0	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	0	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	0^[s]

**Detailed jury voting results of the final**
		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	🇮🇱	🇵🇱	🇸🇲	🇦🇱	🇲🇹	🇪🇪	🇲🇰	🇦🇿	🇳🇴	🇪🇸	🇦🇹	🇬🇧	🇮🇹	🇸🇮	🇬🇷	🇱🇻	🇮🇪	🇲🇩	🇷🇸	🇧🇬	🇨🇾	🇧🇪	🇩🇪	🇦🇺	🇫🇮	🇵🇹	🇺🇦	🇮🇸	🇷🇴	🇭🇷	🇨🇿	🇬🇪	🇱🇹	🇩🇰	🇷🇺	🇫🇷	🇸🇪	🇨🇭	🇳🇱
Voting procedure used: 100% televoting 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Jury vote

C o n t e s t a n t s	🇨🇾 Cyprus	94	50	44	3			7	4		2			6					12			1					7	4											2	2
	🇦🇱 Albania	57	22	35			2		12																													7					1
	🇮🇱 Israel	93	73	20		6					8		8	3		6	4	1					2	3							7			5			1	1	5	5	4		4
	🇧🇪 Belgium	74	71	3	6	3						3				1	5	6	3		3				4					5	6				3		7		3	6	1		6
	🇷🇺 Russia	204	104	100	7	1					1	12						8	2	1		10			6	7	2	1	4	10		2		4	2					10	3	3	8
	🇲🇹 Malta	255	208	47	5	4	7	8		1	5	7	12	8	4		7	5	6	2	10	7		5	10	5	8	12	1	4	5	1	12	3	7	1	3	4	4		12	6	7
	🇵🇹 Portugal	153	126	27		8			7	5		2		5	7	7	6					2	5	6	1	1					2	10	10	1	12	8	6			8		7
	🇷🇸 Serbia	102	20	82				1			12																							7
	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	0	0	0
	🇬🇷 Greece	170	91	79			8	6	6			10	1	1				3				8	3	8	12				2			4							7	12
	🇨🇭 Switzerland	432	267	165	12	7	4	12	10	12	6		7	10	10	8		7		12	5	3	1		2	12	10	10	12	7	8	12	7	8	5	10	8	12	1	7	5		5
	🇮🇸 Iceland	378	198	180		10				8	4		2	7	12	10	8	10		10	8	5	7			3	3	8	8	8	4			10	8	6	4	10		3	7	5	10
	🇪🇸 Spain	6	6	0												2								4
	🇲🇩 Moldova	115	53	62			5					8							10					12									6						12
	🇩🇪 Germany	3	3	0											2																		1
	🇫🇮 Finland	301	83	218		2	1	3	2	7					1	4	10	4		4			10	1	3	8						5	8		1			8				1
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	170	140	30	1		3			6		1	6	4	5	5			8	5	1	12	6		5	6		2	10	12		8	2		4	4	2	6	6			10
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	220	55	165	10		6			2				2			12			6	4						1		3					2		3						4
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	364	97	267	4				5	4		6	3				1		1	7	6					10	5	5		2		3	5			7	12				8		3
	🇫🇷 France	499	248	251	8		12	10	3	10	7	4	4	12	8	12	3	2	5	3	12	4	12	7	7		12	7	7	6	10	6	4	6	10		5				6	12	12
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	65	32	33	2			2													2	6									3					5			8			2	2
	🇳🇴 Norway	75	15	60													2				7										1							3			2
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	11	11	0											3									2				3		1						2
	🇮🇹 Italy	524	206	318		5	10	4		3	10		5		6			12	4	8			8	10	8	2	6	6	6	3	12	7	3	12	6	12	10		10		10	8
	🇸🇪 Sweden	109	46	63					8		3	5	10										4			4	4		5									2		1
	🇸🇲 San Marino	50	37	13		12		5	1							3			7																			5		4

**Detailed televoting results of the final**
		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	🇮🇱	🇵🇱	🇸🇲	🇦🇱	🇲🇹	🇪🇪	🇲🇰	🇦🇿	🇳🇴	🇪🇸	🇦🇹	🇬🇧	🇮🇹	🇸🇮	🇬🇷	🇱🇻	🇮🇪	🇲🇩	🇷🇸	🇧🇬	🇨🇾	🇧🇪	🇩🇪	🇦🇺	🇫🇮	🇵🇹	🇺🇦	🇮🇸	🇷🇴	🇭🇷	🇨🇿	🇬🇪	🇱🇹	🇩🇰	🇷🇺	🇫🇷	🇸🇪	🇨🇭	🇳🇱
Voting procedure used: 100% televoting 100% jury vote		Total score	Jury score	Televoting score	Televote

C🇬🇧 o n t e s t a n t s🇮🇹	🇨🇾 Cyprus	94	50	44			8	2	2		6								12				2																12
	🇦🇱 Albania	57	22	35							10						10		7															1								7
	🇮🇱 Israel	93	73	20								12													2								1							5
	🇧🇪 Belgium	74	71	3																											1						2
	🇷🇺 Russia	204	104	100	10	2	1			6	1	6					7	1	1	10		12	6	7	3		5		1	1	4			3	5	4	4
	🇲🇹 Malta	255	208	47	5								3	3	2	6			3		4				1	2		8				3	2					2			2		1
	🇵🇹 Portugal	153	126	27										1							2											2								8		8	6
	🇷🇸 Serbia	102	20	82					4		12				12		4	12						5			3	2						12						3	1	12
	🇬🇧United Kingdom	0	0	0
	🇬🇷 Greece	170	91	79			7	8										8				7	3	2	12					2					8	12							10
	🇨🇭 Switzerland	432	267	165	6	7	3	12		2	7	4	2	7	5	1		5	4	4	3	4	1	3		4	2	5	7	6	7	6	5	5	3		6	6	5	6	5		7
	🇮🇸 Iceland	378	198	180	1	8			5	3			10	5	10	10	6	3		5	10		5			5	6	12	12	3	6			4	7	1	3	12	1	4	10	5	8
	🇪🇸 Spain	6	6	0
	🇲🇩 Moldova	115	53	62			6	7				1					2												2	8			12		12	2			3	7
	🇩🇪 Germany	3	3	0
	🇫🇮 Finland	301	83	218	4	6	4	3	7	12	2	5	6	2	4	7	8	4	6	8	5	5	7	8	4	6	8	3		5	8	12	6	6	4		7	7	8	1	12	4	4
	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	170	140	30			2	5						8		8									7
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	220	55	165	3	4			6	10			12	4	3	12	5			12	12	2			5	7	12	6	5		10	4	3		1	10		4	2		7	1	3
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	364	97	267	12	12	5	4	1	5	4	8	5	6	7	4	12	7	5	6	8	10	8	6	6	10	4	10	10	10		8	7	8	10	6	12	1	7	12	4	2	5
	🇫🇷 France	499	248	251	8	5	10	6	3	7	5	2	4	12	6	5	1	6	8	3	7	6	10	10	8	12	10	4	6	12	5	7	8	7	2	5	8	3	6		6	6	12
	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	65	32	33	2						3		1						2			1	4	4							3		4	2		3			4
	🇳🇴 Norway	75	15	60		3			10	4		7			1	2		2		2						1	1	1	4			1					5	8			8
	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	11	11	0
	🇮🇹 Italy	524	206	318	7	10	12	10	12	8	8	10	7	10	8	3		10	10	7	6	8	12	12	10	8	7	7	8	7	12	5	10	10	6	8	10	5	10	10	3	10	2
	🇸🇪 Sweden	109	46	63		1		1	8	1			8							1	1	3		1		3			3	4	2	10					1	10		2		3
	🇸🇲 San Marino	50	37	13								3					3																			7

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
8	🇫🇷 France	🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇸🇲 San Marino, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
8	🇨🇭 Switzerland	🇦🇱 Albania, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇱🇻 Latvia
4	🇮🇹 Italy	🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
4	🇲🇹 Malta	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇪 Sweden
2	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇵🇹 Portugal
	🇬🇷 Greece	🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇫🇷 France
	🇲🇩 Moldova	🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇷🇺 Russia
1	🇦🇱 Albania	🇲🇹 Malta
	🇨🇾 Cyprus	🇬🇷Greece
	🇮🇸 Iceland	🇦🇹 Austria
	🇱🇹 Lithuania	🇮🇹 Italy
	🇵🇹 Portugal	🇨🇿 Czech Republic
	🇷🇺 Russia	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
	🇸🇲 San Marino	🇵🇱 Poland
	🇷🇸 Serbia	🇲🇰 North Macedonia
	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇱🇹 Lithuania

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

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

🇮🇱 Israel – Lucy Ayoub
🇵🇱 Poland – Ida Nowakowska
🇸🇲 San Marino – Monica Fabbri
🇦🇱 Albania – Andri Xhahu
🇲🇹 Malta – Stephanie Spiteri
🇪🇪 Estonia – Sissi
🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Vane Markoski
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Ell and Nikki
🇳🇴 Norway – Silje Skjemstad Cruz
🇪🇸 Spain – Nieves Álvarez
🇦🇹 Austria – Philipp Hansa
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Amanda Holden
🇮🇹 Italy – Carolina Di Domenico
🇸🇮 Slovenia – Lorella Flego
🇬🇷 Greece – Manolis Gkinis
🇱🇻 Latvia – Aminata Savadogo
🇮🇪 Ireland – Ryan O’Shaughnessy
🇲🇩 Moldova – Sergey Stepanov (also known as “Epic Sax Guy”)
🇷🇸 Serbia – Dragana Kosjerina
🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Joanna Dragneva
🇨🇾 Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
🇧🇪 Belgium – Danira Boukhriss
🇩🇪 Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
🇦🇺 Australia – Joel Creasey
🇫🇮 Finland – Katri Norrlin
🇵🇹 Portugal – Elisa
🇺🇦 Ukraine – Tayanna
🇮🇸 Iceland – Hannes Óli Ágústsson (as Olaf Yohansson from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)
🇷🇴 Romania – Cătălina Ponor
🇭🇷 Croatia – Ivan Dorian Molnar
🇨🇿 Czech Republic – Taťána Kuchařová
🇬🇪 Georgia – Oto Nemsadze
🇱🇹 Lithuania – Andrius Mamontovas
🇩🇰 Denmark – Tina Müller
🇷🇺 Russia – Polina Gagarina
🇫🇷 France – Carla
🇸🇪 Sweden – Carola
🇨🇭 Switzerland – Angélique Beldner
🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Romy Monteiro^[t]

Other countries. Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision network. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members. Associate member Australia did not need an invitation for the 2021 contest, as it had previously been granted permission to participate at least until 2023.

Active EBU members.

Andorra – In November 2019, Democrats for Andorra, the ruling party of Andorra, stated that the country would eventually return to the contest, with a cost assessment as a prerequisite. Susanne Georgi, the 2009 Andorran representative, stated in May 2020 that she had secured the funding required for the country to return. Later that year, on 1 August 2020, Georgi explained on Eurovision fan website Wiwibloggs’ podcast that she had held a meeting with Prime Minister of Andorra Xavier Espot Zamora, in which they verbally agreed to make a return in 2022 (as they did not want to participate under the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic).
🇦🇲 Armenia – Having intended to compete in 2020, Armenia were initially confirmed for the 2021 contest when the list of participants was announced by the EBU in October 2020, and were set to perform in the second half of the second semi-final. However, on 5 March 2021, the Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV) confirmed that they were subsequently unable to participate due to social and political crises in the country in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
🇧🇾 Belarus – Having intended to compete in 2020, Belarus were initially confirmed for the 2021 contest when the list of participants was announced by the EBU in October 2020, and were set to perform in the first half of the first semi-final. However, on 26 March 2021, Belarus was disqualified by the EBU after their intended entry “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)” by Galasy ZMesta was rejected due to violating the rules, and not being able to submit an eligible replacement entry. Six days after the Eurovision final, the EBU voted to suspend Belarusian broadcaster BTRC’s membership due to concerns about the content that it was broadcasting. BTRC was given two weeks to respond before the suspension comes into effect on 11 June, but there was no public response. The broadcaster was expelled from the EBU on 1 July, rendering future participations impossible until at least 2025.
Morocco – In response to rumours that the EBU had been in discussions with Morocco regarding participation, Karim Sbai, the Director of Communications of Morocco’s Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision, stated in February 2020 that Morocco’s possible return had not yet been discussed. Ultimately, Morocco was not included on the final list of participants for 2021.
🇹🇷 Turkey – In May 2020, Faruk Kaymakcı, Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs & Director for EU Affairs, stated that he hoped to see Turkey returning. However, Turkey was not included on the final list of participants for 2021. Turkey last took part in 2012.

Active EBU member broadcasters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luxembourg, Monaco and Slovakia also confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.

Associate EBU members.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – In August 2020, the EBU stated that they had no intention to invite Kazakhstan for this year.

Non-EBU members.

Kosovo – In August 2020, the EBU stated that they had no intention to invite Kosovo for this year.
Liechtenstein – In July 2020, Liechtensteiner broadcaster 1 FL TV announced that they had ruled out debuting in 2021. The broadcaster had attempted to become an EBU member in the past but halted its plans when its director, Peter Kölbel, unexpectedly died. It would also need the backing of the Liechtenstein government to be able to carry the cost of becoming an EBU member and paying the participation fee for the contest.

Broadcasts. All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing an insight about the show and voting information to their local audience. While they must broadcast at least the semi-final they are voting in and the final, most broadcasters air all three shows with different programming plans. Similarly, some non-participating broadcasters may still want to air the contest.

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 Australia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, United States and the United Kingdom. After the live broadcasts, all three shows were made available for every country listed above except the United States.

**Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries**
Country	Show(s)	Broadcaster(s)	Commentator(s)	–
🇦🇱 Albania	All shows	RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana	Andri Xhahu	–
🇦🇺 Australia	All shows^[u]	SBS	Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey	–
🇦🇹 Austria	All shows	ORF 1	Andi Knoll	^–
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	All shows	İTV	Murad Arif and Husniyya Maharramova	–
🇧🇪 Belgium	All shows	één	Peter Van de Veire	–
	All shows	Ketnet	Dutch audio description
	Final	Radio 2	Anja Daems and Showbizz Bart
	All shows	La Une,^[v] RTBF Auvio	Jean-Louis Lahaye and Fanny Jandrain^[w]	–
	SF1/Final	VivaCité^[x]	Jean-Louis Lahaye and Fanny Jandrain^[w]	–
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	All shows	BNT 1, BNT 4	Elena Rosberg and Petko Kralev	–
🇭🇷 Croatia	All shows	HRT 1	Duško Ćurlić	–
🇭🇷 Croatia	Final	HR 2	Unknown	^–
🇨🇾 Cyprus	All shows	RIK 1, RIK HD, RIK Sat	Louis Patsalides	^´´
🇨🇿 Czech Republic	Semi-finals	ČT2	Jan Maxián and Albert Černý	´´
🇨🇿 Czech Republic	Final	ČT1	Jan Maxián and Albert Černý	´´
🇩🇰 Denmark	All shows	DR1	Henrik Milling and Nicolai Molbech	^–
🇪🇪 Estonia	All shows	ETV	Marko Reikop	^–
		ETV+	Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda	^–
		ERR	Sign language: Various interpreters	^–
🇫🇮 Finland	All shows	Yle TV1	Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos Russian: Levan Tvaltvadze	–
		Yle Radio Suomi	Sanna Pirkkalainen and Toni Laaksonen
		Yle X3M	Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
🇫🇷 France	Semi-finals	Culturebox	Laurence Boccolini	–
🇫🇷 France	Final	France 2	Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini	–
🇬🇪 Georgia	All shows	1TV	Nika Lobiladze	–
🇩🇪 Germany	All shows	One	Peter Urban	–
🇩🇪 Germany	Final	Das Erste, Deutsche Welle	Peter Urban	–
🇬🇷 Greece	All shows	ERT1	Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis	^–
	All shows	Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece	Dimitris Meidanis	^–
	Final	Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece	Giorgos Katsaros	–
🇮🇸 Iceland	All shows	RÚV	Gísli Marteinn Baldursson	^–
	All shows	RÚV 2	Sign language: Elsa G. Björnsdóttir	–
	SF2/Final	Rás 2	Unknown	–
	All shows	RUV.is	Alex Elliott	^–
🇮🇪 Ireland	Semi-finals	RTÉ2	Marty Whelan	–
	Final	RTÉ One	Marty Whelan	–
	SF1	RTÉ Radio 1	Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski	–
	Final	RTÉ 2fm	Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski	–
🇮🇱 Israel	All shows	Kan 11, Kan Educational^[y], Kan Tarbut	Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick	–
🇮🇹 Italy	Semi-finals	Rai 4, Rai Radio 2	Ema Stokholma and Saverio Raimondo	–
	Final	Rai 1	Gabriele Corsi and Cristiano Malgioglio
	Final	Rai Radio 2	Ema Stokholma and Gino Castaldo
🇱🇻 Latvia	Semi-finals	LTV1	Toms Grēviņš	–
🇱🇻 Latvia	Final	LTV1	Toms Grēviņš and Marie N	–
🇱🇹 Lithuania	All shows	LRT televizija, LRT Radijas	Ramūnas Zilnys	–
🇲🇹 Malta	All shows	TVM	No commentary	^–
🇲🇩 Moldova	All shows	Moldova 1, Radio Moldova	Doina Stimpovschi	^–
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	All shows	NPO 1, BVN	Cornald Maas and Sander Lantinga	–
		NPO 1 Extra	Sign language: Various interpreters	^–
		NPO Zappelin Extra	Dutch audio description	^–
	Final	NPO Radio 2	Wouter van der Goes and Frank van ‘t Hof	^–
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	All shows	MRT 1, MRT 2	Eli Tanaskovska	–
🇳🇴Norway	All shows	NRK1	Marte Stokstad	–
	Final	NRK3	Martin Lepperød and Adelina Ibishi	^–
	Final	NRK P1	Ole-Christian Øen	^–
🇵🇱 Poland	All shows	TVP1, TVP Polonia	Marek Sierocki and Aleksander Sikora	–
🇵🇹 Portugal	All shows^[z]	RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África	José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim	^–
🇷🇴 Romania	All shows	TVR 1, TVRi	Bogdan Stănescu	–
🇷🇺 Russia	All shows	Channel One	Yana Churikova and Yuri Aksyuta	–
🇸🇲 San Marino	All shows	San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino	Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo	^–
🇷🇸 Serbia	All shows	RTS 1, RTS Planeta, RTS Svet	Duška Vučinić	–
🇷🇸 Serbia	Final	Radio Belgrade 1	Katarina Epštajn and Nikoleta Dojčinović	^–
🇸🇮 Slovenia	Semi-finals	TV SLO 2	Mojca Mavec	–
	Final	TV SLO 1	Mojca Mavec
	All shows	RTV 4D, Radio Val 202	Miha Šalehar, Neja Jerant and Uršula Zaletelj
🇪🇸 Spain	Semi-finals	La 2	Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela and Víctor Escudero	^–
	Final	La 1, TVE Internacional	Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela and Víctor Escudero	^–
	Final	Radio Nacional, Radio Exterior, Radio 5	Imanol Durán	–
🇸🇪 Sweden	All shows	SVT1	Edward af Sillén and Christer Björkman	^–
🇸🇪 Sweden	All shows	SR P4	Carolina Norén	^–
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Semi-finals	SRF zwei	Sven Epiney	–
	Final	SRF 1	Sven Epiney	–
	Semi-finals	RTS 2	Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner	–
	Final	RTS 1	Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner and Joseph Gorgoni	–
	SF2	RSI La 2	Clarissa Tami	–
	Final	RSI La 1	Clarissa Tami and Sebalter	–
🇺🇦 Ukraine	All shows	UA:First	Timur Miroshnychenko	^–
	All shows	STB	Serhiy Prytula	^–
	Final	UA:Ukrainian Radio	Olena Zelinchenko	–
	Final	UA:Radio Promin	Anna Zakletska and Dmytro Zakharchenko	^–
🇬🇧 United Kindom	Semi-finals	BBC Four	Scott Mills, Sara Cox^[aa] and Chelcee Grimes	–
	Final	BBC One	Graham Norton
	Final	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	^–
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	All shows	Khabar TV	Kaldybek Zhajsanbaj and Mahabbat Esen	–
Kosovo	All shows	RTK	Unknown	^–
🇸🇰 Slovakia	Final	Rádio FM	Daniel Baláž [sk], Lucia Haverlík, Pavol Hubinák and Juraj Malíček [sk]	–
Suriname	Final	ATV	Unknown	^–
United States	All shows	Peacock	No commentary	^[ab]
United States	Final	WJFD-FM	Ewan Spence and Ross Middleton	^–

Viewing figures.

**Estimated viewership by country (in millions)**
Country	Viewership	–
🇦🇺 Australia	0.28	^–
🇦🇹 Austria	0.59	^–
🇧🇪 Belgium	1.44 (één)	–
🇧🇪 Belgium	0.45 (La Une)	–
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	0.30	^–
🇨🇾 Cyprus	0.17	^–
🇨🇿 Czech Republic	0.16	^–
🇩🇰 Denmark	0.53	^–
🇪🇪 Estonia	0.15	^–
🇫🇮 Finland	1.46	^–
🇫🇷 France	5.5	^–
🇩🇪 Germany	6.54 (Das Erste)	–
🇩🇪 Germany	1.2 (One)	–
🇬🇷 Greece	2.04	^–
🇮🇸 Iceland	0.14	^–
🇮🇪 Ireland	0.36	^–
🇮🇹 Italy	4.51	–
🇱🇻 Latvia	0.11	^–
🇱🇹 Lithuania	1	^–
🇳🇱 The Netherlands	5.57	^–
🇳🇴Norway	1.48	^–
🇵🇱 Poland	1.40 (TVP 1)	–
🇵🇱 Poland	0.07 (TVP Polonia)	–
🇵🇹 Portugal	1.20	^–
🇷🇴 Romania	0.18	^–
🇷🇺 Russia	3.47	^–
🇷🇸 Serbia	2.5	–
🇪🇸 Spain	4.07	^–
🇸🇪 Sweden	2.9	^–
🇨🇭 Switzerland	0.47 (SRF 1)	^-.
🇨🇭 Switzerland	0.02 (RSI La 1)	^-.
🇺🇦 Ukraine	1.83^[ac] (UA:First)	^–
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	7.7 (BBC One, Final)	–
	0.73 (BBC Four, SF1)
	0.75 (BBC Four, SF2)
Total	183	^–

Incidents.

Disqualification of Belarus. Two days after “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)” was announced as the Belarusian entry for the contest, the EBU ruled that the song did not comply with the contest’s rules against political entries, and that the song was not eligible to compete in the contest unless it was modified or replaced. After failing to meet an extended deadline for submitting an eligible entry, with their second submission “Pesnya pro zaytsa (Song About Hares)” also being found to not comply with the rules, it was announced on 26 March 2021 that Belarus was disqualified from the contest.

Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You) & Controversy, and Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)” (Я научу тебя) is a song by Belarusian band Galasy ZMesta. The song was selected by the Belarusian national broadcaster BTRC to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but was rejected by the competition’s organisers for having content which they believed was too political in nature. The music video was also taken down from the official Eurovision site.

Eurovision Song Contest. On 9 March 2021, Belarusian broadcaster BTRC announced that Galasy ZMesta would represent Belarus in the 2021 contest with the song “Ya nauchu tebya”. The song would be performed in the first half of the first semi-final of the contest. Although many artists who had originally planned to participate in the cancelled Eurovision 2020 contest returned to Eurovision 2021, state broadcaster BTRC had confirmed in September 2020 that they would refuse to reselect VAL as Belarus’ representatives due to their support for the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, alleging that the duo “had no conscience”.

“Ya nauchu tebya” elicited a strongly negative response from Eurovision fans. Within hours of its release, a Change.org petition was started requesting Belarus’ disqualification from Eurovision 2021 due to lyrics which were interpreted as celebrating “political oppression and slavery”. It generated over one thousand signatures in twelve hours. Later in the day, Sweden withdrew Belarus’ place on the Melodifestivalen jury, asking the United Kingdom to step in as a replacement. Several Eurovision news websites stated that they would stop giving coverage to the entry.

Two days after the song’s announcement, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) issued a statement asserting that due to the political nature of the song, it did not follow the rules of the contest. The Belarusian broadcaster was subsequently given the option of either resubmitting a modified version of the song, or selecting a different song. Should Belarus refuse both alternatives, the country would no longer able to compete.

A second song was proposed titled “Pesnya pro zaytsev (Song About Hares)”. This was in its turn rejected by the EBU, causing Belarus to be disqualified from the 2021 contest. The EBU issued a statement saying: “It was concluded that the new submission was also in breach of the rules of the competition that ensure the Contest is not instrumentalized or brought into disrepute. As BTRC have failed to submit an eligible entry within the extended deadline, regrettably, Belarus will not be participating in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in May”.

In June 2022, the head of BTRC Ivan Eismont admitted that the song was dedicated to the European Union.

Belarus had originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They internally selected Galasy ZMesta as their representative, initially with the song “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)”, but the entry was deemed ineligible to compete by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) due to violation of the contest’s rules against political entries. After their replacement entry “Pesnyu pro zaytsa (Song About Hares)” was also deemed ineligible, Belarus was disqualified from the contest on 26 March 2021. This was the first time Belarus was absent from the contest since the country’s debut in 2004. Belarus was originally set to compete in the first half of the first semi-final on 18 May 2021

Background. Prior to the 2021 Contest, Belarus had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in 2004. The nation’s best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2007 with the song “Work Your Magic” performed by Dmitry Koldun. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Belarus had managed to qualify to the final six times. In 2019, Belarus qualified to the final and placed twenty-fourth with the song “Like It” performed by Zena. In 2020, VAL was set to represent Belarus with the song “Da vidna” before the event’s cancellation.

The Belarusian national broadcaster, National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC), broadcasts the event within Belarus and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. From 2012 to 2020, the broadcaster has organised a national final in order to choose Belarus’ entry. However, the broadcaster selected their 2021 entry via an internal selection.

Before Eurovision.

Internal selection. Back in March 2020, regarding the selection of the 2020 Belarusian participants, VAL, during a broadcast of Makaionka, 9 then Belarusian Eurovision commentator Evgeny Perlin stated that the Belarusian state broadcaster had not confirmed VAL yet, because “there [was] still time for that”. The duo was not selected for the 2021 contest as a result of a string of events in the aftermath of the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. In the run-up towards and after the August 2020 Belarusian presidential elections, VAL showed support for opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and subsequently openly supported the Belarusian democracy movement. After not having appeared in the media for five months, VAL gave an interview to an independent publication, stating that they had not been allowed to talk with the media according to their contract and that they felt neglected by the broadcaster. On September 25, 2020, a day after the independent interview was published, the Belarusian broadcaster confirmed that they would not internally select VAL for Eurovision 2021, stating the duo had “no conscience”.

BTRC opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit a live performance of their entries to the broadcaster between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2021. At the closing of the deadline, 50 entries were received by the broadcaster and among the artists that had submitted entries was 2006 British Eurovision contestant Daz Sampson. On 9 March 2021, “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)” (Russian: Я научу тебя) performed by the band Galasy ZMesta was announced as the Belarusian entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The song became Belarus’ first entry to be performed in the Russian language at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Disqualification. After the release of Belarus’ 2021 entry, there were immediate calls for the country to be disqualified from the contest, due to the “obvious political subtext” of the song. Among others, the Swedish political party Liberalerna and the Belarusian Foundation for Cultural Solidarity called for Belarus to be disqualified from the contest. Several Eurovision news outlets also announced that they would be limiting the coverage of the song. On 11 March 2021, the EBU released a statement, stating that after scrutinizing the entry, they concluded that “the song puts the non-political nature of the Contest in question”. As a result, the EBU declared the entry ineligible to compete in the contest, and demanded that the Belarusian broadcaster BTRC must either submit a new version of the song or an entirely new song that was compliant with the rules, or face disqualification.

Due to the EBU releasing a statement declaring the original entry ineligible, on 13 March 2021, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko stated that he would potentially order BTRC to opt for a new entry instead of modifying the lyrics of the original song. On 26 March 2021, Galasy ZMesta submitted a new song, titled “Pesnya pro zaytsev (Song about hares)” (Russian: Песня про зайцев), as the replacement entry. The new song was also rejected by the EBU for the same reasons as their previous attempt, and Belarus was subsequently disqualified from the 2021 contest.

After Eurovision. On 28 May 2021, six days after the 2021 final, the EBU voted to suspend BTRC’s membership for three years. BTRC was given two weeks to respond before the suspension comes into effect on 11 June, but there was no public response. The broadcaster was entirely expelled from the EBU on 1 July, therefore losing the rights to broadcast and participate in the contest.

Ukrainian rehearsal stand-in. Before Ukraine’s second rehearsal on 12 May, lead singer of the band Go_A, Kateryna Pavlenko, reported feeling unwell. In accordance with the contest’s health and safety protocols, Pavlenko was required to quarantine in her hotel room. The other band members tested negative and were able to rehearse, with Dutch stand-in singer Emmie van Stijn providing vocals instead of Pavlenko. Pavlenko took a COVID-19 PCR test, which came back negative the following day, allowing her to perform again.

Van Stijn received positive reactions for her performance, in particular for her pronunciation of the Ukrainian lyrics, and was invited to sit with the Ukrainian delegation in the green room during the first semi-final.

A COVID-19 testing zone was set up outside Rotterdam Ahoy during the Eurovision event weeks.

COVID-19 infections. Ahead of the “Turquoise Carpet” event, one member of each of the Polish and Icelandic delegations tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, those delegations were absent from the event, having gone into self-isolation in accordance with the contest’s health and safety protocols. The Romanian and Maltese delegations were also absent from the event on a precautionary measure, as they were based in the same hotel as the Polish and Icelandic delegations.

All other members of the Polish and Icelandic delegations tested negative, and remained in quarantine until the jury show of the second semi-final. However, it was later confirmed that a member of the Icelandic group Daði og Gagnamagnið had tested positive, and as a result, the group withdrew from performing in the live shows. Footage from their rehearsal at Rotterdam Ahoy was broadcast instead during both the jury show and the live show of the second semi-final; this footage was also shown in the final. The remaining members of the Polish delegation were subsequently released from isolation.

On 20 May, the EBU confirmed that Duncan Laurence had tested positive and would not perform live in the final. He was due to perform his winning song “Arcade” and his new single “Stars” during the interval, and present the points on behalf of the Dutch jury; the latter role was filled by Romy Monteiro. Pre-recorded rehearsal footage of Laurence’s interval performance was broadcast instead during the final. Due to the positive test result, Laurence was also not present to hand over the trophy to the winner; the presenters handed over the trophy instead.

The day after the final, a member of the Norwegian delegation tested positive and was forced to remain in Rotterdam for isolation. It was later confirmed that six additional members of the delegation had tested positive after returning to Norway.

Technical issues.

Jury show issues. During the jury show of the first semi-final, the Romanian, Ukrainian and Maltese delegations reported problems with their performances; most notably, Roxen was heard to be off-beat with the chorus of their song “Amnesia”. The EBU later confirmed that in-ear monitoring issues had occurred and that all artists involved would be given a second chance to perform. No issues occurred during the second performances.

During San Marino’s jury final performance, the rotating platform did not stop when it was supposed to, leading Senhit to have to jump from it while in motion. The Sammarinese delegation later filed a complaint, also claiming that all the camera shots were distorted due to these timing issues. The delegation offered to allow Senhit and Flo Rida to withdraw from the event, though they ultimately decided to stay. The contest’s executive supervisor, Martin Österdahl, apologised to the delegation and reaffirmed that the issue would be addressed moving forward and that they would be protected to the highest degree.

Camera breaking prior to Ireland’s performance. During the setup for Ireland’s performance in the first semi-final, a camera broke, which caused an extended delay after the postcard was shown. Co-presenter Chantal Janzen improvised in the green room during the live broadcast to fill in the time.

False allegation of drug use. During a green room segment in the final, Damiano David, lead singer of the Italian band Måneskin, was claimed by some online viewers on social media to be seen snorting a line of cocaine when leaned over a table, although there were no drugs in the footage and the singer was sitting away from the table, close to the Italian delegation members. In the band’s press conference following their victory, Torbjörn Ek, a journalist working at the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, asked about the allegations, which David denied by suggesting that fellow member Thomas Raggi had broken a glass which David was picking up off the floor, going on to say “I don’t use drugs, please guys, do not say that.” The band later released a statement on their official Instagram account, stating: “We are really shocked about what some people are saying about Damiano doing drugs. We really are AGAINST drugs and we never used cocaine. We are ready to get tested, cause we got nothing to hide.” The EBU released a statement the following day, stating that the band, their management and the Italian head of delegation had denied any allegation, and the singer in question, Damiano, requested to be tested the same night, but as testing could not be immediately organized, he would “take a voluntary drug test after arriving home”. It was also confirmed that “broken glass was found after an on site check”. The allegations were mostly covered by the French press and briefly commented on by the French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, but the French participating broadcaster France Télévisions announced that it won’t file any official charges, while in the Italian press, it was described as a social media joke that had gone too far and become fake news.

On 24 May, the EBU released a statement confirming that no drug use took place in the green room during the final, following a negative drug test and inspection of all available footage. The EBU also expressed concern over “inaccurate speculation leading to fake news [that] has overshadowed the spirit and the outcome of the event and unfairly affected the band.”

Dutch televoting issues. The EBU confirmed on 24 May that they had issues handling the Dutch televote in the final. Numerous Dutch viewers complained on social media about their votes not being counted and had only received their confirmation texts hours after the show. The EBU later confirmed to NOS that those votes were not counted due to a problem with the Dutch branch of the telecom provider T-Mobile, while clarifying that they had no authority over the issue. The Dutch televoting results, therefore, remained valid.

Other awards. In addition to the main winner’s trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The OGAE, “General Organisation of Eurovision Fans” voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards. The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden’s then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and winner of the 1984 contest Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest’s final. The awards are divided into three categories: the Artistic Award, the Composers Award, and the Press Award. The winners were revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 22 May.

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award	🇫🇷 France	“Voilà“	Barbara Pravi	Barbara Pravi Igit Lili Poe
Press Award	🇫🇷 France	“Voilà“	Barbara Pravi	Barbara Pravi Igit Lili Poe
Composers Award	🇨🇭 Switzerland	“Tout l’univers“	Gjon’s Tears	Gjon Muharremaj Nina Sampermans Wouter Hardy Xavier Michel

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 2021 poll was Malta’s “Je me casse” performed by Destiny; the top five results are shown below.

Country	Performer(s)	Song	OGAE result
🇲🇹 Malta	Destiny	“Je me casse“	363
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Gjon’s Tears	“Tout l’univers“	358
🇫🇷 France	Barbara Pravi	“Voilà“	318
🇱🇹 Lithuania	The Roop	“Discoteque”	301
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Elena Tsagrinou	“El Diablo“	238

Barbara Dex Award. The Barbara Dex Award, created in 1997 by fansite House of Eurovision and organised by fansite Songfestival.be since 2017, was awarded to the performer voted to have worn the most notable outfit. The top-ranked entry this year was Norway’s representative Tix, who was the last person to ever receive the award, due to its cancellation the following year.

Place	Country	Performer(s)
1	🇳🇴Norway	Tix
2	🇷🇴 Romania	Roxen
3	🇭🇷 Croatia	Albina
4	🇬🇧 United Kindom	James Newman
5	🇮🇱 Israel	Eden Alene

Eurovision Awards. The Eurovision Awards, first held in 2021, saw competing acts celebrated across ten categories. Shortlists were determined by major Eurovision fansites and podcasts, with editors and presenters nominating their favourites in each category; the final result was determined by followers of the official Eurovision Instagram channel who cast votes for their favourite act.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Runners-up are indicated with a single dagger (†).

Most Innovative Staging	Best Vocals
🇺🇦 Ukraine: Go_A ‡ 🇨🇾 Cyprus: Elena Tsagrinou 🇫🇷 France: Barbara Pravi † 🇫🇷 France: Stefania 🇨🇭 Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears	🇨🇭 Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears ‡ 🇦🇱 Albania: Anxhela Peristeri 🇮🇱 Israel: Eden Alene † 🇲🇹 Malta: Destiny 🇵🇹 Portugal: The Black Mamba
Most Iconic Prop	Best Non-Qualifier
🇷🇺 Russia: Manizha (Dress) ‡ 🇮🇸 Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið (Circular piano) † 🇸🇲 San Marino: Senhit (Head dress) 🇪🇸 Spain: Blas Cantó (Moon) 🇬🇧 United Kindom: James Newman (Trumpets)	🇭🇷 Croatia: Albina ‡ 🇦🇺 Australia: Montaigne 🇨🇿 Czech Republic: Benny Cristo 🇩🇰 Denmark: Fyr og Flamme † 🇵🇱 Poland: Rafał
Best Spokesperson	Best Dressed
🇮🇸 Iceland: Hannes Óli Ágústsson (as Olaf Yohansson from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga) ‡ 🇦🇺 Australia: Joel Creasey 🇩🇪 Germany: Barbara Schöneberger 🇲🇩 Moldova: Sergey Stepanov (a.k.a. “Epic Sax Guy”) † 🇸🇪 Sweden: Carola	🇮🇹 Italy: Måneskin ‡ 🇮🇸 Iceland: Daði Freyr 🇳🇴 Norway: Tix † 🇸🇪 Sweden: Tusse 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Go_A
The MoroccanOil Award for Best Hairstyle	Best Choreography
🇷🇸 Serbia: Hurricane ‡ 🇨🇾 Cyprus : Elena Tsagrinou 🇮🇱 Israel: Eden Alene † 🇳🇱 The Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy 🇪🇸 Spain: Blas Cantó	🇱🇹 Lithuania: The Roop ‡ 🇨🇾 Cyprus: Elena Tsagrinou 🇮🇸 Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið 🇲🇹 Malta: Destiny 🇷🇸 Serbia: Hurricane †
Best Official Video	Moment of the Year
🇮🇹 Italy: Måneskin — “Zitti e buoni“ ‡ 🇩🇪 Germany: Jendrik — “I Don’t Feel Hate” 🇮🇸 Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið — “10 Years” † 🇲🇩 Moldova: Natalia Gordienko — “Sugar” 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Go_A — “Shum“	🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇸🇳🇱 Four 0 points in a row ‡ 🇮🇸 Daði og Gagnamagnið still participate 🇮🇹 Damiano David: “Rock ‘n’ roll never dies!” † 🇸🇲 Flo Rida makes an appearance 🇬🇧 James Newman’s champagne celebration

Eurovision Song Celebration: Live-On-Tape. The EBU announced on 29 March 2021 that the Eurovision Song Celebration would return for a second edition, premiering on the contest’s official YouTube channel. Krista Siegfrids presented the show, which was aired in two parts on 28 and 29 May, and provided a showcase for the ‘live-on-tape’ back-up performances along with additional bonus material.

The first part of the show featured the back-up performances of the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the final (excluding Ireland), while the second part featured the back-up performances of the finalists (excluding the United Kingdom).

As with the previous year’s Song Celebration, fans were asked to contribute to the show by sending video clips of their favourite entries.

Cover art of the official album

Official album. Eurovision Song Contest: Rotterdam 2021 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group digitally on 16 April 2021 and physically on 23 April 2021. The album features all 39 entries including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the final.

Charts.

**Chart performance for Eurovision Song Contest: Rotterdam 2021**
Chart (2021)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	23
Austrian Compilation Albums (Ö3 Austria)	2
Dutch Compilation Albums (Compilation Top 30)	1
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	2
Greek Albums (IFPI)	5
Irish Compilation Albums (IRMA)	26
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	54
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)	3

Notes.

[a]^ The United Kingdom was the only country to finish the competition with 0 points. Despite scoring points from the professional juries, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands all failed to score points from the public televote.
[b]^ No country has always participated in the final since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. Ukraine, despite having always reached the final, did not participate in 2015 and 2019. Additionally, the 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[c]^ Tornike Kipiani from Georgia opted not to participate in the series.
[d]^ Laurence’s interval performance in the final was pre-recorded due to him testing positive for COVID-19 two days prior.
[e]^ Armenia withdrew from the contest on 5 March 2021.
[f]^ Belarus was disqualified from the contest on 26 March 2021.
[g]^ Due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, Australia competed using their ‘live-on-tape’ performance, filmed at SBS Studios in Sydney.
[h]^ ^a ^b Contains repeated words in Spanish
[i]^ ^a ^b Contains several phrases in Hebrew
[j]^ ^a ^b Contains one repeated chant in Azerbaijani
[k]^ ^a ^b Contains one repeated phrase in French
[l]^ ^a ^b Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Flo Rida.
[m]^ ^a ^b Contains one repeated word in Italian
[n]^ Contains one sentence in Czech
[o]^ ^a ^b Following a positive COVID-19 test result for a member of Gagnamagnið, Iceland competed using footage from their rehearsal at Rotterdam Ahoy, recorded on 13 May.
[p]^ ^a ^b Contains one phrase in English and one repeated word in Spanish
[q]^ Contains two spoken sentences in German
[r]^ ^a ^b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Bulgaria, Greece is deemed to have finished in tenth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
[s]^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Despite 4 countries finishing with 0 points, tiebreaking rules put the United Kingdom in 23rd place with the televote, Spain 24th, Germany 25th and the Netherlands 26th due to their running order positions.
[t]^ Monteiro was a replacement for Duncan Laurence, who was absent due to testing positive for COVID-19.
[u]^ All shows were broadcast live, with a primetime rebroadcast in the evening between 21 and 23 May.
[v]^ The second semi-final was broadcast on La Une on a 90-minute delay.
[w]^ Jandrain was a late replacement for Maureen Louys, who was absent due to testing positive for COVID-19.
[x]^ The final was broadcast on VivaCité on a 60-minute delay.
[y]^ Due to the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, the shows would be deferred to Kan Educational in the event that the main broadcast on Kan 11 is interrupted.
[z]^ The first semi-final was broadcast on a two-hour delay, starting at 22:15 WEST.
[aa]^ Cox was a late replacement for Rylan Clark-Neal who was absent due to illness but still appeared in pre-recorded segments.
[ab]^ Peacock is an over-the-top video streaming service owned by NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, which also owns NBC who is an associate member of the EBU for the United States. After announcing that NBC would broadcast the American Song Contest in 2022, the EBU later announced that Peacock had acquired rights to distribute both the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 and 2022 in the US. All three shows were streamed live with video-on-demand viewing available afterwards, with no commentary.
[ac]^ Including Suspilne online stream, Facebook stream and eurovision.ua stream
[-]^ Eurovision 2021 took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two countries were not able to perform live: Australia due to travel restrictions and Iceland due to a positive test among the performers
[-]^ The highest note ever sung in Eurovision was from the 2021 contest, where Israel’s Eden Alene reached the B6 whistle note
[-]^ Belarus was expelled from Eurovision 2021. The submitted song had lyrics with political undertones mocking the Belarusian pro-democracy movement

← ~~Eurovision Song Contest 2020~~ • Eurovision Song Contest 2021 • Eurovision Song Contest 2022 →
Countries (in order of appearance)
Final	Cyprus ⦁ Albania ⦁ Israel • Belgium ⦁ Russia ⦁ Malta ⦁ Portugal ⦁ Serbia • United Kingdom ⦁ Greece ⦁ Switzerland ⦁ Iceland • Spain ⦁ Moldova ⦁ Germany ⦁ Finland • Bulgaria ⦁ Lithuania ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ France ⦁ Azerbaijan • Norway ⦁ The Netherlands ⦁ Italy (winner) ⦁ Sweden ⦁ San Marino
First Semi-Final	Lithuania ⦁ Slovenia ⦁ Russia ⦁ Sweden ⦁ Australia ⦁ North Macedonia ⦁ Ireland ⦁ Cyprus ⦁ Norway • Croatia ⦁ Belgium • Israel • Romania ⦁ Azerbaijan ⦁ Ukraine ⦁ Malta (winner)
Second Semi-Final	San Marino ⦁ Estonia ⦁ Czech Republic ⦁ Greece ⦁ Austria ⦁ Poland ⦁ Moldova ⦁ Iceland ⦁ Serbia • Georgia ⦁ Albania ⦁ Portugal ⦁ Bulgaria • Finland • Latvia • Switzerland (winner) ⦁ Denmark
Artists (in order of appearance)
Final	Elena Tsagrinou ⦁ Anxhela Peristeri ⦁ Eden Alene ⦁ Hooverphonic ⦁ Manizha • Destiny ⦁ The Black Mamba ⦁ Hurricane ⦁ James Newman ⦁ Stefania ⦁ Gjon’s Tears ⦁ Daði og Gagnamagnið ⦁ Blas Cantó ⦁ Natalia Gordienko ⦁ Jendrik ⦁ Blind Channel ⦁ VICTORIA ⦁ The ROOP • Go_A • Barbara Pravi • Efendi • TIX • Jeangu Macrooy • Måneskin (winner) • Tusse • Senhit
First Semi-Final	The ROOP ⦁ Ana Soklič ⦁ Manizha ⦁ Tusse ⦁ Montaigne ⦁ Vasil ⦁ Lesley Roy ⦁ Elena Tsagrinou ⦁ TIX ⦁ Destiny (winner) • Albina ⦁ Hooverphonic ⦁ Eden Alene • ROXEN • Efendi ⦁ Go_A • Destiny (winner)
Second Semi-Final	Senhit ⦁ Uku Suviste ⦁ Benny Cristo ⦁ Stefania ⦁ Vincent Bueno ⦁ Rafał ⦁ Natalia Gordienko ⦁ Daði og Gagnamagnið ⦁ Hurricane ⦁ Tornike Kipiani • Anxhela Peristeri ⦁ The Black Mamba ⦁ VICTORIA • Blind Channel • Samanta Tīna ⦁ Gjon’s Tears (winner) • Fyr og Flamme
Songs (in order of appearance)
Final	“El Diablo” ⦁ “Karma” • “Set Me Free” ⦁ “The Wrong Place” • “Russian Woman” • “Je me casse” ⦁ “Love is on My Side” • “Loco Loco” ⦁ “Embers” • “Last Dance” • “Tout l’univers” ⦁ “10 Years” • “Voy a quedarme” ⦁ “Sugar” • “I Don’t Feel Hate” • “Dark Side” ⦁ “Growing Up Is Getting Old” • “Discoteque” ⦁ “Shum” (Шум) • “Voilà” • “Mata Hari” ⦁ “Fallen Angel” • “Birth of a New Age” ⦁ “Zitti e buoni” (winner) • “Voices” • “Adrenalina“
First Semi-Final	“Discoteque” ⦁ “Amen” ⦁ “Russian Woman” ⦁ “Voices” ⦁ “Technicolour” ⦁ “Here I Stand” ⦁ “Maps” ⦁ “El Diablo” ⦁ “Fallen Angel” • “Tick-Tock” • “The Wrong Place” • “Set Me Free” • “Amnesia” • “Mata Hari” • “Shum” (Шум) • “Je me casse” (winner)
Second Semi-Final	“Adrenalina” • “The Lucky One” • “Omaga” ⦁ “Last Dance” ⦁ “Amen” • “The Ride” • “Sugar” ⦁ “10 Years” ⦁ “Loco Loco” ⦁ “You” • “Karma” • “Love Is on My Side” ⦁ “Growing Up Is Getting Old” ⦁ “Dark Side” ⦁ “The Moon Is Rising” • “Tout l’univers” (winner) ⦁ “Øve os på hinanden”
Non-participating entries: Belarus: Galasy ZMesta (Галасы ЗМеста) – “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)” (Я научу тебя)

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