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The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, following Eli & Nikki giving the country its first-ever win the previous year with the song "Running Scared".

No country withdrew while Montenegro returned after a three-year gap. Both Armenia and Poland withdrew from competing - the former for the first time and the latter for the first time since the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in Stockholm.

It was won by singer Loreen from Sweden with the song "Euphoria", giving the country its fifth win, placing it equal on wins with United Kingdom, Luxembourg and France.

Location[]

Bidding Phase[]

Venue[]

Format[]

Pot allocations[]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Participants[]

Returning artists[]

Artist Note
Anri Jokhadze Appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade as a backing vocalist for his home country's representative Diana Gurtskaya
Kaliopi Represented F.Y.R. Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 in Oslo with the song "Samo ti", but failed to advance from the pre-qualifying round
Željko Joksimović Represented Serbia and Montenegro on its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul with the song "Lane moje", finishing as runner-up to "Wild Dances" by Ruslana of Ukraine. He co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade
Jónsi Represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul with the song "Heaven", finishing in 19th place with 16 points
Jedward Represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Düsseldorf with the song "Lipstick", finishing in 8th place with 119 points - the country's best result in eleven years
Martina Majerle Represented Slovenia along with the string quartet Quartissimo at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow with the song "Love Symphony", failing to qualify from the second semi-final

Semi Final 1[]

Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, Flag of Italy Italy and Flag of Spain Spain voted in this semi final. The EBU allowed the Albanian broadcaster, RTSH to show the show in Albania later and only used their jury votes because of a serious bus accident in the country.

Draw Country Performer(s) Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro" English 15 20
02 Flag of Iceland Iceland Greta Salóme & Jónsi "Never Forget" English 8 75
03 Flag of Greece Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" English 4 116
04 Flag of Latvia Latvia Anmary "Beautiful Song" English 16 17
05 Flag of Albania Albania Rona Nishliu "Suus" Albanian Personal 2 146
06 Flag of Romania Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah" English, Spanish 3 120
07 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Sinplus "Unbreakable" English 11 45
08 Flag of Belgium Belgium Iris "Would You?" English 17 16
09 Flag of Finland Finland Pernilla Karlsson "När jag blundar" Swedish When I close my eyes 12 41
10 Flag of Israel Israel Izabo "Time" English, Hebrew 13 33
11 Flag of San Marino San Marino Valentina Monetta "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh - Oh Oh)" English 14 31
12 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love" English 7 91
13 Flag of Denmark Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" English 9 63
14 Flag of Russia Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" Udmurt, English 1 152
15 Flag of Hungary Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" English 10 52
16 Flag of Austria Austria Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" German Shake your bottom 18 8
17 Flag of Moldova Moldova Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" English Traditional Musician 5 100
18 Flag of Ireland Ireland Jedward "Waterline" English 6 92

Semi Final 2[]

Flag of France France, Flag of Germany Germany and the Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. Armenia was supposed to perform in this semi-final, but they later withdrew due to security reasons. This is the first time in the Contest that two songs tied for tenth place.

Draw Country Performer(s) Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of Serbia Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" Serbian Love is not an object 2 159
02 Flag of North Macedonia F.Y.R. Macedonia Kaliopi "Crno i belo" Macedonian Black and White 9 53
03 Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands Joan Franka "You and Me" English - 15 35
04 Flag of Malta Malta Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night" English - 7 70
05 Flag of Belarus Belarus Litesound "We Are the Heroes" English 16 35
06 Flag of Portugal Portugal Filipa Sousa "Vida minha" Portuguese My life 13 39
07 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest" English - 8 64
08 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited" Bulgarian - 11 45
09 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Eva Boto "Verjamem" Slovene I believe 17 31
10 Flag of Croatia Croatia Nina Badrić "Nebo" Croatian Heaven 12 42
11 Flag of Sweden Sweden Loreen "Euphoria" English - 1 181
12 Flag of Georgia Georgia Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker" English, Georgian - 14 36
13 Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" English - 5 80
14 Flag of Estonia Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula" Estonian Hear Me 4 100
15 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes" English - 18 22
16 Flag of Norway Norway Tooji "Stay" English - 10 45
17 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" Bosnian I know your steps 6 77
18 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Donny Montell "Love is Blind" English - 3 104

Final[]

Draw Country Performer(s) Song Language Translation Place Points
01 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free" English - 25 7
02 Flag of Hungary Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" English - 24 19
03 Flag of Albania Albania Rona Nishliu "Suus" Albanian Personal 5 146
04 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Donny Montell "Love is Blind" English - 14 70
05 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" Bosnian I know your steps 18 55
06 Flag of Russia Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" Udmurt, English - 2 259
07 Flag of Iceland Iceland Greta Salóme & Jónsi "Never Forget" English - 20 46
08 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love" English - 25 12
09 Flag of France France Anggun "Echo (You and I)" French, English - 22 21
10 Flag of Italy Italy Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" English, Italian Love is Female (Out of Love) 9 101
11 Flag of Estonia Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula" Estonian Hear Me 6 120
12 Flag of Norway Norway Tooji "Stay" English - 26 7
13 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies" English - 4 150
14 Flag of Romania Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah" Spanish, English - 12 71
15 Flag of Denmark Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" English - 23 21
16 Flag of Greece Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" English - 17 64
17 Flag of Sweden Sweden Loreen "Euphoria" English - 1 372
18 Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" English - 7 112
19 Flag of Spain Spain Pastora Soler "Quédate conmigo (Stay With Me)" Spanish Stay with me 10 97
20 Flag of Germany Germany Roman Lob "Standing Still" English - 8 110
21 Flag of Malta Malta Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night" English - 21 41
22 Flag of North Macedonia F.Y.R. Macedonia Kaliopi "Crno i belo" Macedonian Black and white 13 71
23 Flag of Ireland Ireland Jedward "Waterline" English - 19 46
24 Flag of Serbia Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" Serbian Love is not an object 3 214
25 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest" English - 15 65
26 Flag of Moldova Moldova Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" English Tradional Musician 11 81

Scoreboard[]

2012 scoreboard

Gallery[]

Eurovision Song Contest
Winners
Lys AssiaCorry BrokkenAndré ClaveauTeddy ScholtenJacqueline BoyerJean-Claude PascalIsabelle AubretGrethe & Jørgen IngmannGigliola CinquettiFrance GallUdo JürgensSandie ShawMassielSaloméLuluLenny KuhrFrida BoccaraDanaSéverineVicky LeandrosAnne-Marie DavidABBATeach-InBrotherhood of ManMarie MyriamIzhar Cohen & AlphabetaMilk & HoneyJohnny LoganBucks FizzNicoleCorinne HermèsHerreysBobbysocks!Sandra KimJohnny LoganCéline DionRivaToto CutugnoCarolaLinda MartinNiamh KavanaghPaul Harrington & Charlie McGettiganSecret GardenEimear QuinnKatrina and the WavesDana InternationalCharlotte NilssonOlsen BrothersTanel Padar & Dave Benton with 2XLMarie NSertab ErenerRuslanaHelena PaparizouLordiMarija ŠerifovićDima BilanAlexander RybakLenaEli & NikkiLoreenEmmelie de ForestConchita WurstMåns ZelmerlöwJamalaSalvador SobralNettaDuncan LaurenceMåneskinKalush OrchestraLoreen
Winning Songs
RefrainNet als toenDors, mon amourEen beetjeTom PillibiNous les amoureuxUn premier amourDanseviseNon ho l'etàPoupée de cire, poupée de sonMerci, chériePuppet on a StringLa, la, laVivo cantandoBoom Bang-a-BangDe troubadourUn jour, un enfantAll Kinds of EverythingUn banc, un arbre, une rueAprès toiTu te reconnaîtrasWaterlooDing-a-DongSave Your Kisses for MeL'oiseau et l'enfantA-Ba-Ni-BiHallelujahWhat's Another YearMaking Your Mind UpEin bißchen FriedenSi la vie est cadeauDiggi-Loo Diggi-LeyLa det swingeJ'aime la vieHold Me NowNe partez pas sans moiRock MeInsieme: 1992Fångad av en stormvindWhy Me?In Your EyesRock 'n' Roll KidsNocturneThe VoiceLove Shine a LightDivaTake Me to Your HeavenFly on the Wings of LoveEverybodyI WannaEvery Way That I CanWild DancesMy Number OneHard Rock HallelujahMolitvaBelieveFairytaleSatelliteRunning ScaredEuphoriaOnly TeardropsRise Like a PhoenixHeroes1944Amar pelos doisToyArcadeZitti e buoniStefaniaTattoo
Contests
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Countries
AlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzechiaDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgNorth MacedoniaMaltaMoldovaMonacoMontenegroMoroccoThe NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSerbia and MontenegroSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomYugoslavia
Miscellaneous
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