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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "Running Scared" by Ell and Nikki. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contestTemplate:Sndonly four years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), the contest was held at the Baku Crystal Hall, and consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May, and a final on 26 May 2012. The three live shows were presented by Azerbaijani television presenter Leyla Aliyeva, newsreader Nargiz Birk-Petersen and singer Eldar Gasimov, the latter of whom was one of the previous edition's winners.[1][2]

Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Template:Esccnty returned to the contest for the first time since Template:Escyr. Meanwhile, Template:Esccnty withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. Template:Esccnty also did not participate due to financial concerns.

The winner was Template:Esccnty with the song "Euphoria", performed by Loreen and written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström. The song won both the jury vote and televote and received 372 points out of a maximum of 492. Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty rounded out the top five, with Albania achieving their best result to date. Out of the "Big Five" countries, Germany, Italy and Spain all managed to rank within the top 10, finishing eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively.

The lead-up to the contest was met with political concerns and protests surrounding the host country, including its human rights record and allegations by advocacy groups that Baku was carrying out forced evictions in the construction of the contest's venue.

Location

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Baku Crystal Hall, Baku - host venue of the 2012 contest.

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Azerbaijan got the right to host the 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the previous 2011 edition with the song "Running Scared" performed by Ell and Nikki.[3][4] Baku, the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region, was named the host city for the contest, with the venue being the Baku Crystal Hall, built a few months prior to the contest on the city's coastline.

Shortly after Azerbaijan's victory at the 2011 edition, officials announced that a new 23,000-seat concert venue was to be built near National Flag Square in Baku, as a potential venue for the event.[5][6] Three days later, other venue options were revealed by organisers, such as the 37,000-seat Tofiq Bahramov Stadium and the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex.[7] On 2 August 2011, Alpine Bau Deutschland AG was awarded the contract to construct the Baku Crystal Hall. Preparations for construction began in the area shortly after the announcement.[8] Even though the full cost of the contract was not named, the government allocated 6 million AZN for the construction of the venue.[9]

On 8 September 2011, Azad Azerbaijan TV (ATV) reported that Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest, but no formal confirmation was made at the time by the EBU. On 31 October 2011, Ismayil Omarov, the director general of Azerbaijani national broadcaster İctimai Television announced that a decision on the venue choice would be taken by the steering committee in January 2012.[10] On 25 January 2012, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest.[11] Even though the venue had an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people were able to attend each show.[11] Tickets for the contest became available online for purchase on 28 February 2012.[12][13]

Participants

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". Template:ESC 2012 participants On 17 January 2012, the EBU initially announced that forty-three countries would take part in the 2012 contest.[14] The 57th edition saw the return of Montenegro, who was last represented by Andrea Demirović in 2009.[15] Poland decided not to participate, due to the financial burden of the UEFA Euro 2012 (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[14] Armenia, who had originally planned to participate, later withdrew their application due to security concerns related to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42.[16]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 participants[17]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
Template:Esc RTSH Rona Nishliu "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Albanian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc ORF Trackshittaz "Script error: No such module "Lang"." GermanTemplate:Efn Template:Hlist
Template:Esc İTV Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc BTRC Litesound "We Are the Heroes" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc VRT Iris "Would You?" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc BHRT Maya Sar "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Bosnian Maja Sarihodžić
Template:Esc BNT Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited" Bulgarian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc HRT Nina Badrić "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian Nina Badrić
Template:Esc CyBC Ivi Adamou "La La Love" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc DR Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc ERR Ott Lepland "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Estonian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc Yle Pernilla "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Swedish Jonas Karlsson
Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Lang". Anggun "Echo (You and I)" French, English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc GPB Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker" English, Georgian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc NDRTemplate:Efn Roman Lob "Standing Still" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc ERT Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc MTVA Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RÚV Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" English Greta Salóme
Template:Esc RTÉ Jedward "Waterline" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc IBA Izabo "Time" English, Hebrew Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RAI Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" English, Italian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc LTV Anmary "Beautiful Song" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc LRT Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc MRT Kaliopi "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Macedonian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc PBS Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TRM Pasha Parfeny "Script error: No such module "Lang"." English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTCG Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro" English Rambo Amadeus
Template:Esc TROS Joan Franka "You and Me" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc NRK Tooji "Stay" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTP Filipa Sousa "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Portuguese Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TVR Mandinga "Zaleilah" Spanish, English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTR Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" Udmurt, English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc SMRTV Valentina Monetta "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh – Oh Oh)" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTS Željko Joksimović "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Serbian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTVS Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes" English Max Jason Mai
Template:Esc RTVSLO Eva Boto "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Slovene Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTVE Pastora Soler "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Spanish Template:Hlist
Template:Esc SVT Loreen "Euphoria" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc SRG SSR Sinplus "Unbreakable" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TRT Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" English Can Bonomo
Template:Esc NTU Gaitana "Be My Guest" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc BBC Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free" English Template:Hlist

Returning artists

Four artists returned in this year's contest. Kaliopi had intended to participate for Template:Esccnty with the song "Samo ti", which placed in 26th position in the pre-qualifying round.[18][19] She would then go on to represent Template:Esccnty. Jónsi had represented Template:Esccnty with the song "Heaven", which placed 19th.[20][21] Željko Joksimović for Serbia,[22] had represented Template:Esccnty with the song "Lane moje" which placed second, and had co-hosted the Template:Escyr with Jovana Janković. Jedward had represented Template:Esccnty, and returned for a second consecutive year, after their 8th-place finish with the song "Lipstick".[23][24] In addition, Martina Majerle, who represented Template:Esccnty, returned as a backing vocalist for Slovenia.

Lys Assia, who won the first Eurovison for Template:Esccnty, entered the song "Script error: No such module "Lang".", written by Ralph Siegel and Jean Paul Cara, into the Template:Esccnty.[25][26] The song, however, only came eighth in a closely fought national selection. Assia attended the event in Baku as a guest of honour.[27]

Languages

The Finnish entry, "När jag blundar", sung by Pernilla Karlsson, was only Finland's second entry in Swedish (after "Fri?" by Beat in 1990) and the first entry at all to be sung in Swedish since 1998. Russia's entry, "Party for Everybody", sung by Buranovskiye Babushki, was the first entry ever to be performed in Udmurt. The Georgian entry, "I'm a Joker" was the first Eurovision entry containing the Georgian language while the Bulgarian song "Love Unlimited" had a few words in the Azerbaijani language, both of whom never appeared at the contest before.

Other countries

Active EBU members

  • Template:EscTemplate:SndOn 7 March 2012, the EBU announced that Armenian broadcaster ARMTV had decided to withdraw despite originally being included in the list of participating countries, after Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev had given a speech the previous week calling "Armenians of the world" one of Azerbaijan's "main enemies".[28][29] Armenia was consequently fined by the EBU and was expected to face further penalties, such as exclusion from participation in future contests if it failed to comply with the EBU requirements.[30][31] Armenia had been in a continuous state of war with Azerbaijan since the early 1990s due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[32]

Active EBU member broadcasters in Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] The Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty broadcasters did the same, despite previous speculations of a possible return.[41][42][43][44]

Non-EBU member

On 26 November 2011, it was reported that two official EBU documents showed that Template:Esccnty's only national broadcaster 1 FL TV was being granted active EBU membership, sparking speculations of a debut for the nation.[45] However, it was clarified a few days later that these documents contained editing mistakes.[46]

Format

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Presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, from left to right – Leyla Aliyeva, Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen

In a meeting of the Eurovision Reference Group on 29 June 2011,[47] it was decided that the televoting system would revert the format used most recently in the 2009 contest, in which the phone and SMS lines opened for a fifteen-minute window after all songs had been performed, instead of opening before the show starts, which was the system used between 2010 and 2011. The results format of each show remained the same with each country's votes being decided on a 50:50 split between televoting and a national jury. Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry.[48]

Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the grand final was raised to 26, including the host nation, the "Big Five", and the ten qualifiers from each semi-final. This was the second time in the Eurovision Song Contest that 26 countries were in the grand final, the first being the 2003 contest.[48][49][50]

Semi-final allocation draw

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Semi-final allocation draw ceremony at the Buta Palace in Baku.
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The draw that determined the semi-final running order was held on 25 January 2012 at the Buta Palace. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based upon how those countries voted in past contests. From these pots, half (or as close to half as possible) competed in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012. The other half in that particular pot competed in the second semi-final on 24 May 2012.[51] This draw also acted as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals would commence and determine which semi-final the automatic finalists would be allowed to vote in.[52][53]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
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Graphic design

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Stage design of the contest.

The design of the contest was built around the motto "Light Your Fire!", inspired by the nickname of Azerbaijan itself, "Land of Fire".[54]

Each introductory video postcard began with a shot of the artist and performers, followed with the flag and country name in a handwritten font with a background resembling the yellow, orange and red fire of the 2012 theme art.[55] The postcards consisted of various shots of Azerbaijan, with a caption displaying 'Azerbaijan' and underneath 'Land of ...' (e.g. Land of Abundance; Land of Poetry etc.), which were then followed by the name of a town or geographic feature, showing the landscape and culture of the country.[55] Some postcards focused on the host city of Baku with text changing to 'Baku' and underneath 'City of ...' (e.g. City of Jazz; City of Leisure etc.). The postcards finished with a shot of the Crystal Hall displayed in the colours of the performing country's flag. These postcards acted as a tourism mechanism to present the country to a wider audience.[55][56]

The artist, song and number graphics as well as tables and voting graphics were kept the same as those used in 2011, with a slight modification to incorporate the 2012 theme art.[55] The lower points (1-7) were highlighted in red squares while the top points (8, 10, 12) were highlighted in orange squares with each square increasing in size in relation to the point value. Both sets of graphics were designed by London brand design agency Turquoise Branding.[57][58]

National host broadcaster

İctimai Television (İTV), which was the EBU member that broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, is one of country's public-service broadcasters.[59][60] Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Azerbaijan, Iltimas Mammadov, stated that telecom networks were ready to host the event. Azerbaijan's largest telecommunications operator, Azercell, was chosen as the presenting partner for the contest.[61] On 1 December 2011, İTV named the German production company Brainpool as its official production partner for the contest, citing the quality of its work on the previous year's contest.[62]

Contest overview

Semi-final 1

Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain voted in the first semi-final.[51] The EBU allowed the Albanian broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) to defer transmission and only use jury votes due to the Qafa e Vishës bus accident.[63]

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  Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012[64][65]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Euro Neuro" 20 15
2 Template:Esc Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" 75 8
3 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Aphrodisiac" 116 4
4 Template:Esc Anmary "Beautiful Song" 17 16
5 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 146 2
6 Template:Esc Mandinga "Zaleilah" 120 3
7 Template:Esc Sinplus "Unbreakable" 45 11
8 Template:Esc Iris "Would You?" 16 17
9 Template:Esc Pernilla "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 41 12
10 Template:Esc Izabo "Time" 33 13
11 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh – Oh Oh)" 31 14
12 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "La La Love" 91 7
13 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Should've Known Better" 63 9
14 Template:Esc Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" 152 1
15 Template:Esc Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" 52 10
16 Template:Esc Trackshittaz "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 8 18
17 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 100 5
18 Template:Esc Jedward "Waterline" 92 6

Semi-final 2

France, Germany and the United Kingdom voted in the second semi-final. Germany requested that they vote in this semi-final.[51] Before it withdrew, Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final.[16]

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  Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012[64][66]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 159 2
2 Template:Esc Kaliopi "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 53 9
3 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "You and Me" 35 15
4 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "This Is the Night" 70 7
5 Template:Esc Litesound "We Are the Heroes" 35 16
6 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 39 13
7 Template:Esc Gaitana "Be My Guest" 64 8
8 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Love Unlimited" 45 11
9 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 31 17
10 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 42 12
11 Template:Esc Loreen "Euphoria" 181 1
12 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "I'm a Joker" 36 14
13 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Love Me Back" 80 5
14 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 100 4
15 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Don't Close Your Eyes" 22 18
16 Template:Esc Tooji "Stay" 45 10
17 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 77 6
18 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Love Is Blind" 104 3

Final

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  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012[64][67]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Love Will Set You Free" 12 25
2 Template:Esc Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" 19 24
3 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 146 5
4 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Love Is Blind" 70 14
5 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 55 18
6 Template:Esc Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" 259 2
7 Template:Esc Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" 46 20
8 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "La La Love" 65 16
9 Template:Esc Anggun "Echo (You and I)" 21 22
10 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" 101 9
11 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 120 6
12 Template:Esc Tooji "Stay" 7 26
13 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "When the Music Dies" 150 4
14 Template:Esc Mandinga "Zaleilah" 71 12
15 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Should've Known Better" 21 23
16 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Aphrodisiac" 64 17
17 Template:Esc Loreen "Euphoria" 372 1
18 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Love Me Back" 112 7
19 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 97 10
20 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Standing Still" 110 8
21 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "This Is the Night" 41 21
22 Template:Esc Kaliopi "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 71 13
23 Template:Esc Jedward "Waterline" 46 19
24 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 214 3
25 Template:Esc Gaitana "Be My Guest" 65 15
26 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 81 11

Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. The order in which each country announced their vote was determined in a draw following the jury results from the final dress rehearsal. Similar to the Template:Escyr an algorithm was used to add as much excitement as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[68]

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  2. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMarija Marković
  3. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndPaula Seling
  4. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndKati Bellowitsch
  5. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndOleksiy Matias
  6. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndDmitry Koldun
  7. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndPeter Van de Veire
  8. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndSafura Alizadeh
  9. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndKeith Demicoli
  10. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMonica Fabbri
  11. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAmaury Vassili
  12. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndScott Mills
  13. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  14. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAdriana Magania
  15. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndElvir Laković Laka
  16. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndOlivia Fortuna
  17. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAnna Angelova
  18. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndSara Hildebrand
  19. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLorella Flego
  20. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLoucas Hamatsos
  21. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndNevena Rendeli
  22. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMária Pietrová
  23. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndKristina Talevska
  24. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndVivienne van den Assem
  25. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndJoana Teles
  26. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMatthías Matthíasson
  27. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndSarah Dawn Finer[69]
  28. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndNadia Hasnaoui
  29. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndIgnas Krupavičius
  30. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndGetter Jaani
  31. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  32. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndValters Frīdenbergs
  33. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndElena S. Sánchez
  34. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMr Lordi
  35. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndSopho Toroshelidze
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  37. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  38. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAnke Engelke
  39. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndOxana Fedorova
  40. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndÉva Novodomszky
  41. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndOfer Nachshon
  42. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndGráinne SeoigeTemplate:Efn

Detailed voting results

The EBU and PwC audit company checked and verified the individual jury and televoting results, which were combined to create the overall national vote for the contests. On 18 June 2012, the EBU published the following results.[70][71]

Semi-final 1

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Split results of semi-final 1[71]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
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3 Template:Esc 120 Template:Esc 103 Template:Esc 131
4 Template:Esc 116 Template:Esc 90 Template:Esc 116
5 Template:Esc 100 Template:Esc 87 Template:Esc 110
6 Template:Esc 92 Template:Esc 81 Template:Esc 99
7 Template:Esc 91 Template:Esc 76 Template:Esc 85
8 Template:Esc 75 Template:Esc 75 Template:Esc 79
9 Template:Esc 63 Template:Esc 72 Template:Esc 53
10 Template:Esc 52 Template:Esc 72 Template:Esc 49
11 Template:Esc 45 Template:Esc 70 Template:Esc 39
12 Template:Esc 41 Template:Esc 57 Template:Esc 36
13 Template:Esc 33 Template:Esc 45 Template:Esc 25
14 Template:Esc 31 Template:Esc 42 Template:Esc 24
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rowspan="18" Template:Vert header Montenegro 20 12 8
Iceland 75 5 5 5 4 5 10 4 3 8 10 1 4 2 2 1 6
Greece 116 10 5 8 12 3 8 3 7 12 4 5 1 10 10 10 5 3
Latvia 17 2 4 4 4 3
Albania 146 12 3 10 4 4 12 10 5 5 10 10 7 2 10 12 1 1 12 12 4
Romania 120 7 4 8 5 2 4 8 6 6 1 8 3 5 12 12 7 10 12
Switzerland 45 2 7 3 2 1 1 2 8 3 8 8
Belgium 16 4 2 1 2 6 1
Finland 41 7 6 1 1 1 2 8 12 3
Israel 33 1 5 3 1 3 6 5 7 2
San Marino 31 4 2 10 7 5 3
Cyprus 91 6 12 12 3 6 7 3 1 10 7 3 5 1 7 8
Denmark 63 8 1 8 3 10 8 4 4 3 1 7 6
Russia 152 8 6 7 12 6 8 12 12 12 2 7 12 7 10 6 8 8 2 7
Hungary 52 7 8 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 2
Austria 8 1 5 2
Moldova 100 3 6 2 4 10 7 6 6 5 3 6 12 2 6 2 6 4 10
Ireland 92 1 10 3 10 7 7 7 12 2 10 6 8 4 5

12 points

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

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Semi-final 2

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Split results of semi-final 2[71]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
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2 Template:Esc 159 Template:Esc 141 Template:Esc 148
3 Template:Esc 104 Template:Esc 109 Template:Esc 128
4 Template:Esc 100 Template:Esc 102 Template:Esc 114
5 Template:Esc 80 Template:Esc 97 Template:Esc 88
6 Template:Esc 77 Template:Esc 77 Template:Esc 72
7 Template:Esc 70 Template:Esc 66 Template:Esc 70
8 Template:Esc 64 Template:Esc 62 Template:Esc 63
9 Template:Esc 53 Template:Esc 58 Template:Esc 59
10 Template:Esc 45Template:Efn Template:Esc 55 Template:Esc 51
11 Template:Esc 45Template:Efn Template:Esc 52 Template:Esc 39
12 Template:Esc 42 Template:Esc 49 Template:Esc 37
13 Template:Esc 39 Template:Esc 42 Template:Esc 37
14 Template:Esc 36 Template:Esc 40 Template:Esc 34
15 Template:Esc 35Template:Efn Template:Esc 40 Template:Esc 32
16 Template:Esc 35Template:Efn Template:Esc 31 Template:Esc 27
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18 Template:Esc 22 Template:Esc 25 Template:Esc 15
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Macedonia 53 8 1 2 5 7 6 7 1 8 8
Netherlands 35 2 1 7 7 3 3 8 4
Malta 70 3 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 6 3 2 6 12
Belarus 35 1 1 4 12 2 8 7
Portugal 39 6 3 3 1 5 5 4 1 8 3
Ukraine 64 4 3 6 12 2 5 1 6 6 5 1 2 2 5 2 2
Bulgaria 45 2 6 2 6 10 6 3 3 2 5
Slovenia 31 10 4 8 5 4
Croatia 42 12 7 1 1 8 12 1
Sweden 181 7 8 12 8 7 10 7 10 10 6 12 5 12 12 12 7 10 6 12 8
Georgia 36 6 1 10 3 4 12
Turkey 80 10 7 12 2 8 7 3 2 3 1 6 7 6 6
Estonia 100 8 4 12 3 3 1 12 7 10 8 8 10 7 7
Slovakia 22 1 7 4 3 6 1
Norway 45 3 3 3 3 2 10 4 8 4 1 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 77 5 5 5 5 1 5 12 5 2 12 6 4 4 5 1
Lithuania 104 6 4 10 10 7 4 4 7 4 2 5 2 10 7 7 5 10

12 points

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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
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Split results of the final[71]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
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3 Template:Esc 214 Template:Esc 157 Template:Esc 211
4 Template:Esc 150 Template:Esc 157 Template:Esc 176
5 Template:Esc 146 Template:Esc 154 Template:Esc 151
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rowspan="26" Template:Vert header United Kingdom 12 1 5 2 4
Hungary 19 7 1 1 8 2
Albania 146 10 1 8 10 1 12 5 10 6 4 12 3 4 5 12 1 5 1 6 3 12 1 6 8
Lithuania 70 1 8 4 4 3 7 5 1 6 3 4 12 5 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 55 6 7 10 1 7 10 2 7 5
Russia 259 3 4 4 5 10 12 8 10 3 10 4 3 7 4 3 6 6 8 5 6 3 4 4 8 7 7 8 6 8 8 10 8 8 5 10 7 7 7 7 6
Iceland 46 4 1 4 5 6 6 4 7 3 6
Cyprus 65 6 2 2 12 8 12 5 5 8 2 3
France 21 2 2 6 6 2 3
Italy 101 7 2 4 10 7 1 3 5 5 5 2 2 5 5 2 4 4 7 3 1 4 2 5 4 2
Estonia 120 1 4 10 4 2 10 7 7 10 8 7 8 8 6 10 4 6 8
Norway 7 3 1 3
Azerbaijan 150 4 5 12 7 12 4 2 12 5 7 10 10 8 6 2 12 10 3 10 8 1
Romania 71 3 6 2 4 7 12 3 4 1 10 7 1 6 5
Denmark 21 5 2 2 5 2 5
Greece 64 12 8 5 2 5 3 1 4 1 12 1 4 1 3 2
Sweden 372 5 7 10 12 6 6 12 7 6 3 12 12 6 6 8 7 8 7 10 10 7 12 6 12 3 12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 8 10 12 12 12 12 12
Turkey 112 10 3 3 7 12 8 5 5 1 4 7 3 8 8 6 1 2 7 8 3 1
Spain 97 6 6 6 1 6 8 5 3 8 6 6 12 2 4 4 3 1 10
Germany 110 2 4 2 7 6 4 2 4 2 10 3 3 10 10 7 3 1 2 8 10 10
Malta 41 7 3 8 2 5 2 1 7 6
Macedonia 71 8 8 3 2 8 12 2 6 8 1 1 12
Ireland 46 1 4 1 10 3 5 4 5 4 5 4
Serbia 214 1 12 5 10 2 5 5 6 8 8 10 3 12 10 12 7 12 7 10 10 5 3 10 10 5 2 6 10 4 4
Ukraine 65 10 3 7 1 8 3 1 1 2 1 6 2 6 3 8 3
Moldova 81 3 12 1 8 5 8 2 2 1 1 6 7 7 4 7 2 5

12 points

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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
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Broadcasts

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Most countries sent commentators to Baku or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information. In addition to the participating countries, the hosts mentioned that the contest was also broadcast in Australia and New Zealand. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Show(s)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Commentator(s) Ref(s)
Template:Flagu RTSH TVSH All shows Andri Xhahu
Template:Flagu ORF ORF eins All shows Andi Knoll [78][79][80]
Final Stermann and Grissemann and Template:Ill
Template:Flagu İTV All shows Konul Arifgizi and Template:Ill [81]
Template:Flagu BTRC Belarus-1 All shows Denis Kurian
Template:Flagu VRT Script error: No such module "Lang"., Radio 2 All shows André Vermeulen and Peter Van de Veire [82]
RTBF Script error: No such module "Lang". Jean-Pierre Hautier and Template:Ill [83]
Template:Flagu BHRT BHT 1 All shows Dejan Kukrić [84]
Template:Flagu BNT   All shows Georgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
Template:Flagu HRT HRT 1 All shows Duško Ćurlić
Template:Flagu CyBC RIK 1 All shows Melina Karageorgiou [85]
Template:Flagu DR DR1, DR HD All shows Ole Tøpholm [86]
Template:Flagu ERR ETV All shows Marko Reikop
Template:Flagu YLE YLE TV2, Template:Ill All shows Template:Ubl [87][88]
Script error: No such module "Lang". Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
Yle Radio Vega Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
Template:Flagu Script error: No such module "Lang". France3.fr SF1 [89]
France Ô SF2 Template:Ill and Template:Ill
France 3 Final Cyril Féraud and Mireille Dumas [89][90]
Radio France France Bleu Template:Ill and Serge Poezevara
Template:Flagu GPB 1TV All shows Temo Kvirkvelia
Template:Flagu ARD Das Erste All shows Peter Urban [91]
NDR NDR 2 Thomas Mohr [92]
HR hr3 Tim Frühling [93]
Template:Flagu ERT NET All shows Maria Kozakou [94]
Template:Flagu MTVA m1 All shows Template:Ill [95]
Template:Flagu RÚV Sjónvarpið All shows Hrafnhildur Halldorsdóttir [96]
Template:Flagu RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-finals Marty Whelan [97][98]
RTÉ One Final
RTÉ Radio 1 Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski [99]
Template:Flagu IBA   All shows No commentary
Template:Flagu RAI Rai 5 SF1 Template:Ill [100]
Rai 2 Final Template:Ill and Template:Ill [101]
Template:Flagu LTV LTV1 All shows Valters Frīdenbergs [102]
Final Kārlis Būmeisters [103]
Template:Flagu LRT   All shows Template:Ill
Template:Flagu MRT MRT 1 All shows Karolina Petkovska [104]
Template:Flagu PBS TVM All shows Elaine Saliba and Ronald Briffa
Template:Flagu TRM Moldova 1 All shows Marcel Spătari
Template:Flagu RTCG TVCG 1 SF1/Final Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković [105][106]
TVCG 2 SF2 [107]
TVCG MNE All shows [108][109][110]
Template:Flagu NPO Nederland 1 All shows Jan Smit and Daniël Dekker [111][112]
Template:Flagu NRK NRK1 All shows Olav Viksmo-Slettan [113]
Template:Flagu RTP RTP1 All shows Template:Ill [114]
Template:Flagu TVR TVR 1 All shows Leonard Miron and Gianina Corondan [115]
Template:Flagu RTR Russia-1 All shows Template:Ill and Dmitry Guberniev [116]
Template:Flagu SMRTV SMtv San Marino All shows Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo [117]
Template:Flagu RTS RTS1, RTS Sat SF1 Dragan Ilić [118][119][120][121]
SF2/Final Duška Vučinić-Lučić
Template:Flagu RTVS Jednotka, Rádio Slovensko All shows Roman Bomboš
Rádio FM Final Template:Ill and Pavol Hubinák [122]
Template:Flagu RTVSLO TV SLO 2 Semi-finals Template:Ill [123][124]
TV SLO 1 Final [125]
Template:Flagu RTVE Script error: No such module "Lang". SF1 José María Íñigo [126]
Script error: No such module "Lang". Final
Template:Flagu SVT SVT1 All shows Gina Dirawi and Edward af Sillén [127]
SR SR P3 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
Template:Flagu SRG SSR Script error: No such module "Lang". SF1/Final Sven Epiney [128]
Script error: No such module "Lang". Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner [129]
Script error: No such module "Lang". SF1 Template:Ill and Paolo Meneguzzi [130]
Script error: No such module "Lang". Final
Template:Flagu TRT TRT 1, TRT HD, Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang". All shows Bülend Özveren and Template:Ill [131]
Template:Flagu NTU Script error: No such module "Lang". All shows Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova [132]
Template:Flagu BBC BBC Three Semi-finals Scott Mills and Sara Cox [133]
BBC One Final Graham Norton [134]
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce [135]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Show(s)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Commentator(s) Ref(s)
Template:Flagu AMPTV Armenia 1 All shows Gohar Gasparyan and Artur Grigoryan [136]
Template:Flagu SBS SBS One All showsTemplate:Efn Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang [137][138]

Incidents and controversies

Human rights concerns

Azerbaijan's large investment in hosting the Eurovision contest was widely discussed in Western media as an attempt to "mitigate misgivings about its poor democracy and human rights record".[139][140] Elnur Majidli, an activist imprisoned during the Arab Spring-inspired 2011 Azerbaijani protests, was released in an apparent effort to soften Azerbaijan's image ahead of the contest, but many political prisoners remained.[140] Human Rights Watch reported a "violent crackdown on protesters" on the eve of the contest,[141] and Amnesty International condemned the "stern crackdown of freedom of expression, dissent, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), critical journalists, in fact anyone who criticised the Aliyev regime too strongly" that continued up to the contest.[142]

Human Rights Watch also criticised the Azerbaijani government and the Baku City Authority for carrying out forced evictions against local residents, in order to allow for the demolition of flats to make way for construction in the neighbourhood where the Baku Crystal Hall was built.[143] The Public Association for Assistance to Free Economy, a transparency and economic rights campaign group, had described the evictions as a "violation of human rights", and as having "no legal authority". However, in a statement to the BBC, the EBU said that on a recent visit to Baku they had observed "that the construction of the concert hall [which] media reports refer to was already well under way on a clean construction site and thus there are no demolitions needed".[144] The EBU cited the "apolitical" nature of the contest and the Azerbaijani government's claim that the construction was not tied to the contest.[143]

The contest's eventual winner Loreen met local human rights activists during the event weeks, the only entrant to do so. She later told reporters, "Human rights are violated in Azerbaijan every day. One should not be silent about such things."[142] An Azerbaijan government spokesman criticized her in response, saying that the contest should not "be politicised" and requested the EBU prevented further meetings of a similar nature.[145] Swedish diplomats replied that the EBU, the Swedish broadcaster SVT and Loreen had not acted against the competition's rules.[146]

On 26 May, a flash mob of anti-government protesters were quickly dispersed by police.[139] Activists expressed fears that they would face a crackdown when the international spotlight left Azerbaijan again at the end of the contest.[140] Before presenting the results of the German vote, the German spokesperson Anke Engelke gave a live statement that alluded to the human rights issues in Azerbaijan, saying: "Tonight nobody could vote for their own country. But it is good to be able to vote. And it is good to have a choice. Good luck on your journey, Azerbaijan. Europe is watching you."[147][148]

Tensions with Iran

Iranian officials objected to Azerbaijan hosting the contest, with Iranian clerics Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari and Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani condemning Azerbaijan for "anti-Islamic behaviour", while also claiming that Azerbaijan was hosting a gay parade.[149] This led to protests in front of Iranian embassy in Baku, where protesters carried slogans mocking the Iranian leaders. Ali Hasanov, head of the public and political issues department in Azerbaijani president's administration, said that gay parade claims were untrue, and advised Iran not to meddle in Azerbaijan's internal affairs.[150] In response, Iran recalled its ambassador from Baku,[151] while Azerbaijan demanded a formal apology from Iran for its statements in connection with Baku's hosting of the contest,[152] and later also recalled its ambassador from Iran.[153]

On 30 May, the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan announced that they had thwarted a series of planned terror attacks against the contest, among the targets being Baku Crystal Hall, as well as Marriott and Hilton hotels in Baku.[154] On 22 August, The Daily Telegraph reported that according to Western intelligence services, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei personally gave orders to the elite Quds Force unit to launch terrorist attacks against the West and its allies, including Azerbaijan during the contest.[155]

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. 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 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.[156] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.[157]

Category Country Song Artist Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award Template:Esc "Euphoria" Loreen Template:Hlist
Composers Award
Press Award Template:Esc "When the Music Dies" Sabina Babayeva Template:Hlist

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 2012 poll was also the winner of the contest, "Euphoria" performed by Loreen; the top five results are shown below.[158][159][160]

Country Song Artist Points
Template:Esc "Euphoria" Loreen 375
Template:Esc "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" Nina Zilli 212
Template:Esc "Never Forget" Greta Salóme and Jónsi 211
Template:Esc "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Željko Joksimović 199
Template:Esc "Stay" Tooji 164

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.[161][162]

Place Country Artist Votes
1 Template:Esc Rona Nishliu 829
2 Template:Esc Jedward 551
3 Template:Esc Sofi Marinova 232
4 Template:Esc Joan Franka 163
5 Template:Esc Gaitana 145

Official album

File:ESC 2012 album cover.jpg
Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 was a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and released by Universal Music Group on 4 May 2012. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2012 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.[163]

Charts

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Chart (2012) Peak
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See also

Notes

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References

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  140. ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  141. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  142. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  143. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  144. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  145. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  146. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  147. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  148. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  149. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  150. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  151. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  152. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  153. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  154. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  155. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  156. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  157. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  158. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  159. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  160. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  161. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  162. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  163. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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