Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The 59th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The competition went to Denmark, after Emmelie de Forest won the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.[3] The first semifinal took place on 6 May 2014, the second semifinal on 8 May 2014 and, the Grand final was held on 10 May 2014.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
"#JoinUs"
Dates
Semi-final 1 date 6 May 2014
Semi-final 2 date 8 May 2014
Final date 10 May 2014
Host
Venue B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark[1]
Presenter(s) Lise Rønne
Nikolaj Koppel
Pilou Asbæk
Executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand
Host broadcaster DR
Interval act "Rainmaker" performed by Emmelie de Forest and the 26 finalists[2]
Participants
Number of entries 37
Debuting countries None
Returning countries
Withdrawing countries
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Semi-final 1

Spain, France, and Denmark will vote in this semi-final.[4] The top 10 countries will qualify to the final.

Draw[5] Country Language Artist[6] Song[6] English translation
01   Armenia English Aram MP3 "Not Alone"
02   Latvia English1 Aarzemnieki "Cake to Bake"
03   Estonia English Tanja "Amazing"
04   Sweden English Sanna Nielsen "Undo"
05   Iceland English Pollapönk "No Prejudice"
06   Albania English Hersi "One Night's Anger"
07   Russia English Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine"
08   Azerbaijan English Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire"
09   Ukraine English Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock"
10   Belgium English Axel Hirsoux "Mother"
11   Moldova English Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul"
12   San Marino English Valentina Monetta "Maybe (Forse)"
13   Portugal Portuguese Suzy "Quero ser tua" I want to be yours
14   Netherlands English The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm"
15   Montenegro Montenegrin Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" (Мој свијет) My world
16   Hungary English András Kállay-Saunders "Running"
1.^ The song is in English; however, there are some phrases in Latvian.[7][8]

Semi-final 2

Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom will vote in this semi-final.[4] The top 10 countries will qualify to the final.

Draw[5] Country Language Artist[9] Song[9] English translation
01   Malta English Firelight "Coming Home"
02   Israel Hebrew, English Mei Finegold "Same Heart"
03   Norway English Carl Espen "Silent Storm"
04   Georgia English The Shin and Mariko "Three Minutes to Earth"
05   Poland Polish, English Donatan & Cleo "My Słowianie - We Are Slavic" Us Slavs
06   Austria English Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix"
07   Lithuania English Vilija Matačiūnaitė "Attention"
08   Finland English Softengine "Something Better"
09   Ireland English Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith "Heartbeat"
10   Belarus English Teo "Cheesecake"
11   Republic of Macedonia English Tijana "To the Sky"
12   Switzerland English Sebalter "Hunter of Stars"
13   Greece English Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd "Rise Up"
14   Slovenia English, Slovene Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round"
15   Romania English Paula Seling & Ovi "Miracle"

Finalists

Draw Country Language Artist[10] Song[10] English translation
23   Denmark (host) English Basim "Cliche Love Song"
  France French2 TWIN TWIN "Moustache"
  Germany English Elaiza "Is It Right"
  Italy Italian Emma "La mia città" My city
  Spain English, Spanish Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain"
  United Kingdom English Molly "Children of the Universe"
2.^ The song is in French; however, there is one sentence in English and one sentence in Spanish.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Media

References

  1. Siim, Jarmo (2 September 2013). "Copenhagen announced as host city of Eurovision 2014". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. Storvik-Green, Simon. "Emmelie to sing #JoinUs song with finalists". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. Storvik-Green, Simon (21 May 2013). "Executive Producer appointed for Eurovision 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Escuerdo, Victor M. (20 January 2014). "Allocation Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Running order for Eurovision Semi-Finals decided". Eurovision Song Contest 2014. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Eurovision Song Contest 2014 First Semi-Final". Eurovision.tv. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  7. Cake to bake, original lyrics, Eurovision.tv.
  8. Cake to bake, English lyrics, Eurovision.tv.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Second Semi-Final". Eurovision.tv. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.