Eurovision Song Contest 2013

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Template:Good article Template:EngvarB Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the Template:Escyr with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Script error: No such module "Lang". (SVT), the contest was held at the Malmö Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2013. The three live shows were presented by Swedish comedian and television presenter Petra Mede, being the first time only one host had presented the show since the Template:Escyr contest. Former Swedish entrant Eric Saade acted as the green room host in the final.

Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, with Template:Esccnty returning after its one-year absence. Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty all ceased their participation for various reasons. Slovakia and Turkey have yet to return to the contest since.

The winner was Template:Esccnty with the song "Only Teardrops", performed by Emmelie de Forest and written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard. The song had the highest average score in both the televote and jury vote. Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Norway and Russia rounded out the top five.

This year marked the reintroduction of the "Parade of Nations", a concept which was first used in the contest from Template:Escyr to Template:Escyr (with the exception of Template:Escyr) before making a one-off return in Template:Escyr. The concept had also been used, on-and-off, in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since Template:Escyr. It sees all countries performing in the final presenting themselves with their national flags before the contest begins. This year, the contestants entered the main stage by walking across a bridge over the audience. This idea has subsequently continued in every edition of the contest onwards.

The EBU reported that 170 million viewers watched the semi-finals and final of the 2013 edition.

Location

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Malmö Arena, Malmö – host venue of the 2013 contest.

On 8 July 2012, the Swedish broadcaster Script error: No such module "Lang". (SVT) announced that the Malmö Arena in Malmö would be the host venue for the 2013 contest. This was the fifth time after Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr that the competition was held in Sweden, and the second time that it was held in Malmö, after 1992. SVT had expressed the desire to host the contest at a slightly smaller venue than previous years, as well as smaller environment which is easier to dedicate and decorate for other celebrations and festivities of the event within the host city. These were factors in the choice of the Malmö Arena as the host venue,[1] and Malmö as Sweden's third-largest city by population after Stockholm and Gothenburg, the two other initial location-bidders.

The city's proximity to the borders with Denmark and Norway also spilled over into some of the producers' actions. Denmark was eventually allocated to compete in one semi-final and Norway in the other, taking into consideration the number of Danish and Norwegian fans who were likely to travel for the contest, with the arena being relatively small and thus not suitable for accommodating both countries' fans in one semi-final. The Øresund Bridge was also used as the main artistic medium for the theme of the contest, as an expression of binding cultures.

Bidding phase

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Square in Malmö before the finals, with time table demonstrating the countdown for the broadcast.

On the night of the final for the Template:Escyr, the chief executive of SVT, Eva Hamilton, stated to the Swedish media that various venues in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö were being considered for hosting the 2013 contest.[2] One alternative put forward in the Expressen was to hold the competition at three venues – the semi-finals in Gothenburg and Malmö, and the final in Stockholm.[3] This proposal was dismissed as unfeasible by SVT, which declared that the contest would be hosted in only one city.[4]

On 20 June 2012, it was announced that Gothenburg had withdrawn from the bidding process due to the city being the host of the Göteborg Horse Show in late April 2013. There were also concerns about the availability of hotel rooms due to a variety of other events taking place in the same time frame as the Eurovision Song Contest.[5] On 9 July, the executive producer for the 2013 contest, Martin Österdahl, told the Swedish press "that he felt uncomfortable with the decisions and choices made by the countries that had previously hosted the contest", stating that he and SVT wanted the 2013 contest to be "smaller, closer and personal".[1][6] SVT also claimed that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) also disclosed that the EBU had asked potential future host broadcasters that "there were demands about reducing the scale of the event, given the increased costs of recent editions".[6]

The following candidate cities had provisionally reserved venues and hotel rooms, as part of their bids to host the 2013 contest.[7] On 8 July 2012, the Malmö Arena was confirmed as the host venue for the contest. Malmö Arena is Sweden's fourth-largest indoor arena, after Friends Arena, Tele2 Arena and Globe Arena, all located in Stockholm.

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City Venue Notes
Gothenburg Scandinavium The venue hosted the 1985 contest.
Swedish Exhibition Centre Withdrew on 20 June 2012.[5]
Malmö Malmö Arena Template:Dagger The venue has hosted the Melodifestivalen heats for the past four years.
Stockholm Friends Arena Opened in October 2012; hosted the final of Melodifestivalen in March 2013.

Participants

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". Template:ESC 2013 participants The EBU announced on 21 December 2012 that 39 countries would compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.[8] Template:Esccnty, which was last represented in Template:Escyr, confirmed that it would be returning to the contest following a one-year break.[9][10] Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty both decided not to enter the 2013 contest due to financial difficulties,[11][12] while Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty did not participate for different reasons.[13][14]

Eurovision Song Contest 2013 participants[15]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
Template:Esc RTSH Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Albanian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc AMPTV Dorians "Lonely Planet" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc ORF Natália Kelly "Shine" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc İTV Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc BTRC Alyona Lanskaya "Solayoh" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTBF Roberto Bellarosa "Love Kills" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc BNT Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Bulgarian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc HRT Klapa s Mora "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Croatian Goran Topolovac
Template:Esc CyBC Despina Olympiou "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Greek Template:Hlist
Template:Esc DR Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc ERR Birgit "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Estonian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc Yle Krista Siegfrids "Marry Me" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Lang". Amandine Bourgeois "Script error: No such module "Lang"." French Template:Hlist
Template:Esc GPB Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani "Waterfall" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc NDRTemplate:Efn Cascada "Glorious" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc ERT Koza Mostra Template:Feat. Agathon Iakovidis "Alcohol Is Free" Greek Template:Hlist
Template:Esc MTVA ByeAlex "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Zoohacker Remix) Hungarian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RÚV Eythor Ingi "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTÉ Ryan Dolan "Only Love Survives" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc IBA Moran Mazor "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Hebrew Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RAI Marco Mengoni "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Italian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc LTV PeR "Here We Go" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc LRT Andrius Pojavis "Something" English Andrius Pojavis
Template:Esc MRT Esma and Lozano "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Macedonian, Romani Template:Hlist
Template:Esc PBS Gianluca "Tomorrow" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TRM Aliona Moon "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Romanian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTCG Who SeeTemplate:Efn "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Montenegrin Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TROS Anouk "Birds" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc NRK Margaret Berger "I Feed You My Love" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc TVR Cezar "It's My Life" English Cristian Faur
Template:Esc C1R Dina Garipova "What If" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc SMRTV Valentina Monetta "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Italian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTS Moje 3 "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Serbian Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTVSLO Hannah "Straight into Love" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc RTVE ESDM "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Spanish Template:Hlist
Template:Esc SVT Robin Stjernberg "You" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc SRG SSR Takasa "You and Me" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc NTU Zlata Ognevich "Gravity" English Template:Hlist
Template:Esc BBC Bonnie Tyler "Believe in Me" English Template:Hlist

Returning artists

Valentina Monetta who had represented Template:Esccnty, returned to the contest for the second year in a row. She would also return Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty.[16] Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov had represented Template:Esccnty.[17] Nevena Božović, representing Serbia as part of Moje 3, was the first contestant to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest after competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, where she came third for Template:Esccnty.[18] She would also represent Template:Esccnty.

Bledar Sejko, representing Albania, was the on-stage guitarist for Template:Esccnty. Gor Sujyan, representing Armenia, was a backing vocalist for Template:Esccnty. Aliona Moon, representing Moldova, was a backing vocalist for Template:Esccnty. In addition, Pasha Parfeny, who represented Moldova in 2012, was the composer of the 2013 Moldovan entry and accompanied Aliona Moon on stage on the piano.

Lauri Pihlap and Kaido Põldma, who were backing vocalists for Estonia, had won Eurovision as part of the group 2XL for Template:Esccnty, together with Dave Benton and Tanel Padar.

Other countries

Active EBU members

Active EBU member broadcasters in Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, the Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[19][20][11][21][22][23][24][25][26][13] Template:Esccnty broadcaster TRT did the same, citing dissatisfaction with the 2009 introduction of a mixed jury/televote voting system and the status of the "Big Five" rule.[14]

Non-EBU member

Template:Esccnty broadcaster 1 FL TV had been trying to join the EBU since 2010. Director Peter Kölbel had said that due to a lack of financial subsidies from the government, EBU membership participation to participate in the contest would be impossible to obtain until 2013 at the earliest;[27] however, it was later announced that the country would not take part in 2013.[28][29]

Format

The combination of televoting and jury voting results underwent changes that were detailed in the official rules for the 2013 contest.[30][31] Each member of a respective nation's jury was required to rank every song, except that of their own country. The voting results from each member of a particular nation's jury were combined to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. Likewise, the televoting results were also interpreted as a full ranking, taking into account the full televoting result rather than just the top ten. The combination of the jury's full ranking and the televote's full ranking produced an overall ranking of all competing entries. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1-point. It was announced in the official Media Handbook that an official app would also be available for voters to vote via during the contest.[32]

Official sponsors of the broadcast were the main Swedish-Finnish telecommunication company TeliaSonera, and the German cosmetics company Schwarzkopf.[33][34] The competition sponsors were the makeup company IsaDora cosmetics, the supermarket ICA and Tetra Pak.[35][36]

The Stockholm based singer and actress Sarah Dawn Finer also appeared in both semi-finals and the final in sketches as the comic character Lynda Woodruff.[37] "Lynda" presented the votes for Sweden at the previous contest in Baku.[37] Finer also appeared in the final as herself, performing the ABBA song "The Winner Takes It All" before the results were announced.[38] The ex-Swedish football captain Zlatan Ibrahimović was revealed on 28 April to be part of the opening segment of the Eurovision final, in a pre-recorded message welcoming viewers to Malmö, his home city.[39] The 2011 Swedish entrant Eric Saade was the host of the green room during the final.[40]

Semi-final allocation draw

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The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 17 January 2013 at the Malmö City Hall.[41] A draw at the EBU headquarters determined that, due to their geographical proximity with Malmö, Denmark would perform in the first semi-final, while Norway would perform in the second semi-final. This provided a maximum availability of tickets for visitors from both countries.[42] The EBU also allocated Israel to the second semi-final after a request from the delegation in order to avoid complications with a national holiday coinciding with the date of the first semi-final.[43] The remaining participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom), were split into five pots, based on voting patterns from the previous nine years. From these pots, 15 (in addition to Denmark) were allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May 2013 and 15 (in addition to Norway and Israel) were allocated to compete in the second semi-final on 16 May 2013.[44]

The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows:[43]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
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Running order

Unlike previous years, the running order was not decided by the drawing of lots, but instead by the producers, with the aim of making the shows more exciting and ensuring that all contestants had a chance to stand out, preventing entries that are too similar cancelling each other out.[42] The decision elicited mixed reactions from both fans of the contest and participating broadcasters.[45][46][47][48]

The running order for the semi-finals was released on 28 March 2013.[49] The running order for the final was determined on 17 May 2013.[50][51] An additional allocation draw occurred for the final with each finalist nation drawing to perform either in the first or second half of the final.[50] The allocation draw for qualifying countries from the semi-finals occurred during the semi-final winners' press conferences following each semi-final, while the allocation draw for the Big Five countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) occurred during their first individual press conferences on 15 May 2013.[50][52] As the host country, the running order position for Sweden in the final was exclusively determined by a draw during the heads of delegation meeting on 18 March 2013.[50] Sweden was drawn to perform 16th in the final.[50]

Graphic design

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The stage with its movable parts and the audience closely surrounding it during the opening act of the second semi-final

As aforesaid, SVT wanted to make a good use of Malmö Arena's space to highlight the performances and increase the audience's visibility compared to previous years. SVT created a main stage and a smaller stage with higher-lower shifted floors, connected by a trail closely surrounded by a standing crowd from both sides of it and around the small stage. The main stage mobility was expressed as a main artistic medium at the opening act of the second semi-final and with highlighting Moldova's performance towards its finish, as a movable part beneath the singer's dress making her look gradually taller. The small stage mobility highlighted United Kingdom's performance towards its finish, lifted above the close-standing audience.

On 17 January 2013, at the semi-final allocation draw, the EBU revealed the graphic design, created by the Gothenburg-based branding agency Happy F&B for the 2013 contest, featuring a butterfly and the slogan "We Are One".[53] The butterfly featured an array of colours and textures, while also representing the butterfly effect idea.[54] Meanwhile, the slogan "We Are One" highlighted equality and unity of all the participating countries alongside the cultural diversity and influence of each participant.

SVT confirmed on 19 February 2013 that the postcard films, used to introduce each song in the contest, would feature each artist in their respective country, to give the viewer a personal insight of each competing participant. This broke with recent tradition of the postcards often containing short segments of life within either the host city or country of the contest.[55] The postcards were produced by Camp David,[56] the on-air graphics by Broken Doll, and the animation of the butterflies by visual effects studio Swiss International.[57] In addition to the graphic design, there was a theme music for the contest, titled "Wolverine" and composed by Adam Kafe, which was used in the intros and in-between commercial breaks.[58]

National host broadcaster

On 11 July 2012, show producer Christer Björkman advised the public not to buy tickets for the 2013 contest that are currently in circulation and instead to wait for tickets to be released through official channels. Björkman said that official tickets had not yet been released, as necessary decisions over the stage and seating plans had not yet been made.[59] Björkman also gave reassurance that accommodation would be available, as while the organisers had booked a large quantity of hotel rooms, some may be made available to the general public.[59] On 21 November 2012, SVT officially announced the launch of ticket sales.[60]

On 17 October 2012, executive producer Martin Österdahl told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that SVT plans for the 2013 contest to have only one presenter for the entire event, unlike in previous years when there were up to three presenters per show. The last time only one presenter hosted the entire contest was in Template:Escyr, when the solo host was Mary Kennedy.[61][62] Petra Mede was announced as the host of the 2013 contest on 28 January 2013.[63][64]

Contest overview

Semi-final 1

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  Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013[65]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Shine" 27 14
2 Template:Esc Birgit "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 52 10
3 Template:Esc Hannah "Straight into Love" 8 16
4 Template:Esc Klapa s Mora "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 38 13
5 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Only Teardrops" 167 1
6 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "What If" 156 2
7 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Gravity" 140 3
8 Template:Esc Anouk "Birds" 75 6
9 Template:Esc Who SeeTemplate:Efn "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 41 12
10 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Something" 53 9
11 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Solayoh" 64 7
12 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 95 4
13 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Only Love Survives" 54 8
14 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 11 15
15 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Love Kills" 75 5
16 Template:Esc Moje 3 "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 46 11

Semi-final 2

Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty voted in this semi-final.[44]

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  Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013[66]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1 Template:Esc PeR "Here We Go" 13 17
2 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 47 11
3 Template:Esc Esma and Lozano "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 28 16
4 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Hold Me" 139 1
5 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Marry Me" 64 9
6 Template:Esc Gianluca "Tomorrow" 118 4
7 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 45 12
8 Template:Esc Eythor Ingi "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 72 6
9 Template:Esc Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis "Alcohol Is Free" 121 2
10 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 40 14
11 Template:Esc Dorians "Lonely Planet" 69 7
12 Template:Esc ByeAlex "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Zoohacker Remix) 66 8
13 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "I Feed You My Love" 120 3
14 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". and Bledar Sejko "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 31 15
15 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". and Sophie Gelovani "Waterfall" 63 10
16 Template:Esc Takasa "You and Me" 41 13
17 Template:Esc Cezar "It's My Life" 83 5

Final

For the first time since the Template:Escyr contest, which was, coincidentally, held in Sweden as well, no country of the former Template:Esccnty participated in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.[67][68]

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Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013[69]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
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2 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Something" 17 22
3 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 71 11
4 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Marry Me" 13 24
5 Template:Esc ESDM "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 8 25
6 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Love Kills" 71 12
7 Template:Esc Birgit "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 19 20
8 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Solayoh" 48 16
9 Template:Esc Gianluca "Tomorrow" 120 8
10 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "What If" 174 5
11 Template:Esc Cascada "Glorious" 18 21
12 Template:Esc Dorians "Lonely Planet" 41 18
13 Template:Esc Anouk "Birds" 114 9
14 Template:Esc Cezar "It's My Life" 65 13
15 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Believe in Me" 23 19
16 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "You" 62 14
17 Template:Esc ByeAlex "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Zoohacker Remix) 84 10
18 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Only Teardrops" 281 1
19 Template:Esc Eythor Ingi "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 47 17
20 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Hold Me" 234 2
21 Template:Esc Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis "Alcohol Is Free" 152 6
22 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Gravity" 214 3
23 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 126 7
24 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "I Feed You My Love" 191 4
25 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". and Sophie Gelovani "Waterfall" 50 15
26 Template:Esc Script error: No such module "Sort". "Only Love Survives" 5 26

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 votes was determined in a draw following the jury results from final dress rehearsal. Similar to the Template:Escyr an algorithm was used to generate as much suspense as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[70]

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  2. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndYohio
  3. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAndri Xhahu
  4. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndCornald Maas
  5. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndKati Bellowitsch
  6. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndScott Mills
  7. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndOfer Nachshon
  8. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  9. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMatias
  10. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndÉva Novodomszky
  11. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndSonia Argint
  12. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndOlivia Furtună
  13. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  14. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTooji
  15. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAndré
  16. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  17. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndKristiina Wheeler
  18. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndInés Paz
  19. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndDarya Domracheva
  20. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAnmary
  21. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  22. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  23. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAlsou
  24. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndEmma Hickey
  25. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndRolf Roosalu
  26. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLena
  27. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMaría Sigrún Hilmarsdóttir
  28. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  29. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAdriana Magania
  30. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndNicky Byrne
  31. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  32. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndIvana Sebek
  33. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndAndrea F
  34. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLiza Tsiklauri
  35. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndDimitar Atanasovski
  36. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLoukas Hamatsos
  37. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndUršula Tolj
  38. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  39. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndIgnas Krupavičius

Detailed voting results

The EBU published the split results of the semi-finals and final on 29 May 2013. Unlike in previous years, a full points breakdown of the jury and public voting was not revealed. Instead, an average ranking was provided for each country based on the votes of the juries and televote in isolation.[71]

Semi-final 1

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Split results of semi-final 1[71]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Avg. Rank Country Avg. Rank
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2 Template:Esc 156 Template:Esc 3.74 Template:Esc 3.89
3 Template:Esc 140 Template:Esc 4.32 Template:Esc 3.94
4 Template:Esc 95 Template:Esc 5.16 Template:Esc 7.33
5 Template:Esc 75Template:Efn Template:Esc 6.32 Template:Esc 7.44
6 Template:Esc 75Template:Efn Template:Esc 6.42 Template:Esc 7.61
7 Template:Esc 64 Template:Esc 6.63 Template:Esc 7.72
8 Template:Esc 54 Template:Esc 7.47 Template:Esc 7.83
9 Template:Esc 53 Template:Esc 8.26 Template:Esc 7.94
10 Template:Esc 52 Template:Esc 9.26 Template:Esc 8.00
11 Template:Esc 46 Template:Esc 9.37 Template:Esc 8.28
12 Template:Esc 41 Template:Esc 9.47 Template:Esc 8.39
13 Template:Esc 38 Template:Esc 9.95 Template:Esc 10.06
14 Template:Esc 27 Template:Esc 10.16 Template:Esc 12.00
15 Template:Esc 11 Template:Esc 10.95 Template:Esc 12.33
16 Template:Esc 8 Template:Esc 11.47 Template:Esc 13.17
Semi-final 1 voting results[72][73]
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rowspan="16" Template:Vert header Austria 27 1 1 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 1
Estonia 52 3 1 5 1 4 4 5 5 8 1 5 6 4
Slovenia 8 5 3
Croatia 38 5 2 4 6 3 5 1 1 1 10
Denmark 167 12 12 8 12 10 4 12 8 6 8 7 12 8 10 8 6 12 12
Russia 156 10 10 10 8 12 7 7 7 10 10 8 10 10 7 6 4 10 10
Ukraine 140 2 6 12 7 8 7 8 12 12 12 12 2 12 8 5 12 1 2
Netherlands 75 8 7 3 10 3 2 7 5 12 1 1 8 8
Montenegro 41 6 5 8 2 6 12 2
Lithuania 53 4 2 1 5 7 2 6 3 6 10 7
Belarus 64 4 2 12 2 6 8 10 3 6 4 7
Moldova 95 7 3 7 1 6 12 10 6 4 3 6 5 5 7 8 5
Ireland 54 5 2 3 6 3 5 5 4 1 7 4 3 6
Cyprus 11 1 2 2 3 3
Belgium 75 4 8 6 3 7 8 10 1 2 3 4 7 7 5
Serbia 46 6 5 10 2 1 10 1 4 3 4

12 points

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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
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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 Avg. Rank Country Avg. Rank
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2 Template:Esc 121 Template:Esc 4.60 Template:Esc 5.00
3 Template:Esc 120 Template:Esc 5.55 Template:Esc 5.28
4 Template:Esc 118 Template:Esc 5.80 Template:Esc 5.50
5 Template:Esc 83 Template:Esc 6.05 Template:Esc 7.00
6 Template:Esc 72 Template:Esc 7.05 Template:Esc 7.44
7 Template:Esc 69 Template:Esc 7.15 Template:Esc 7.78
8 Template:Esc 66 Template:Esc 7.40 Template:Esc 8.39
9 Template:Esc 64 Template:Esc 7.95 Template:Esc 8.61
10 Template:Esc 63 Template:Esc 8.40 Template:Esc 8.89
11 Template:Esc 47 Template:Esc 8.55 Template:Esc 9.44
12 Template:Esc 45 Template:Esc 9.10 Template:Esc 9.47
13 Template:Esc 41 Template:Esc 9.70 Template:Esc 9.89
14 Template:Esc 40 Template:Esc 9.75 Template:Esc 10.67
15 Template:Esc 31 Template:Esc 9.90 Template:Esc 11.78
16 Template:Esc 28 Template:Esc 10.65 Template:Esc 12.22
17 Template:Esc 13 Template:Esc 10.75 Template:Esc 13.28
Semi-final 2 voting results[74][75]
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rowspan="17" Template:Vert header Latvia 13 2 3 7 1
San Marino 47 3 5 1 1 6 1 4 4 2 1 4 5 10
Macedonia 28 2 5 5 12 4
Azerbaijan 139 7 3 8 3 12 12 8 12 12 12 5 8 12 3 12 8 2
Finland 64 8 7 3 1 7 1 5 8 1 2 3 7 3 8
Malta 118 6 10 12 12 5 6 5 2 7 8 12 6 6 7 7 2 5
Bulgaria 45 8 3 4 2 10 1 1 4 4 1 1 6
Iceland 72 10 12 1 10 10 10 12 7
Greece 121 5 12 6 7 7 7 10 2 6 8 3 7 10 2 6 10 8 5
Israel 40 6 2 4 1 6 3 5 2 4 4 3
Armenia 69 1 8 8 7 8 4 10 5 12 6
Hungary 66 2 4 8 6 3 2 7 3 12 6 3 10
Norway 120 12 5 7 5 10 3 7 12 4 5 5 7 8 8 8 2 12
Albania 31 6 10 2 8 5
Georgia 63 4 1 4 10 4 3 4 6 7 12 4 4
Switzerland 41 6 2 1 5 3 2 6 3 2 10 1
Romania 83 1 8 4 10 2 10 10 10 3 6 5 6 7 1

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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Final

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  Winner
Split results of the final[71]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Avg. Rank Country Avg. Rank
1 Template:Esc 281 Template:Esc 6.23 Template:Esc 4.97
2 Template:Esc 234 Template:Esc 7.77 Template:Esc 5.66
3 Template:Esc 214 Template:Esc 8.05 Template:Esc 5.86
4 Template:Esc 191 Template:Esc 8.23 Template:Esc 6.00
5 Template:Esc 174 Template:Esc 8.69 Template:Esc 6.84
6 Template:Esc 152 Template:Esc 8.74 Template:Esc 7.14
7 Template:Esc 126 Template:Esc 9.05 Template:Esc 7.49
8 Template:Esc 120 Template:Esc 9.46 Template:Esc 8.19
9 Template:Esc 114 Template:Esc 9.54 Template:Esc 10.97
10 Template:Esc 84 Template:Esc 9.67 Template:Esc 11.70
11 Template:Esc 71Template:Efn Template:Esc 9.92 Template:Esc 11.70
12 Template:Esc 71Template:Efn Template:Esc 10.95 Template:Esc 13.05
13 Template:Esc 65 Template:Esc 12.10 Template:Esc 14.11
14 Template:Esc 62 Template:Esc 12.28 Template:Esc 14.62
15 Template:Esc 50 Template:Esc 12.46 Template:Esc 15.11
16 Template:Esc 48 Template:Esc 13.41 Template:Esc 15.81
17 Template:Esc 47 Template:Esc 13.44 Template:Esc 16.03
18 Template:Esc 41 Template:Esc 13.77 Template:Esc 16.19
19 Template:Esc 23 Template:Esc 14.44 Template:Esc 16.57
20 Template:Esc 19 Template:Esc 15.44 Template:Esc 16.68
21 Template:Esc 18 Template:Esc 15.59 Template:Esc 16.73
22 Template:Esc 17 Template:Esc 16.15 Template:Esc 17.03
23 Template:Esc 14 Template:Esc 16.21 Template:Esc 17.08
24 Template:Esc 13 Template:Esc 17.82 Template:Esc 19.59
25 Template:Esc 8 Template:Esc 17.95 Template:Esc 21.68
26 Template:Esc 5 Template:Esc 19.64 Template:Esc 22.92
Detailed voting results of the final[76][77]
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rowspan="26" Template:Vert header France 14 8 2 2 1 1
Lithuania 17 1 3 6 5 1 1
Moldova 71 2 1 6 8 12 1 4 2 4 3 3 6 4 3 5 7
Finland 13 3 4 1 3 2
Spain 8 6 2
Belgium 71 5 7 12 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 8 2 5 4 5 2
Estonia 19 6 10 3
Belarus 48 3 12 4 7 5 2 1 3 5 5 1
Malta 120 10 8 7 2 8 5 8 10 6 10 1 7 5 5 5 5 2 3 4 3 3 3
Russia 174 5 4 10 7 8 4 7 7 2 6 8 12 5 4 12 2 1 6 10 7 7 10 6 6 5 6 7
Germany 18 3 6 5 3 1
Armenia 41 1 6 3 1 2 8 2 1 7 10
Netherlands 114 8 4 8 6 5 2 8 8 12 3 7 8 6 10 7 2 2 4 4
Romania 65 4 5 4 4 10 6 6 1 7 6 1 10 1
United Kingdom 23 1 3 4 5 7 1 2
Sweden 62 3 1 5 12 4 4 4 1 1 3 4 5 8 6 1
Hungary 84 6 3 8 7 2 2 3 10 6 4 12 2 4 10 5
Denmark 281 10 1 10 5 12 8 12 5 10 6 6 5 7 4 12 7 8 1 6 2 10 4 6 8 10 12 12 7 12 10 12 7 12 7 10 3 2
Iceland 47 6 2 6 4 5 6 8 1 4 5
Azerbaijan 234 2 7 2 12 12 5 10 12 10 8 7 10 3 12 5 12 12 4 7 8 12 2 12 3 12 8 7 6 12
Greece 152 12 10 1 7 8 2 1 7 4 5 8 7 1 6 1 7 2 10 4 6 6 8 4 12 5 8
Ukraine 214 5 1 5 10 10 7 4 12 12 1 12 5 10 12 7 10 8 1 10 10 3 8 8 3 8 10 12 10
Italy 126 4 12 10 4 1 1 12 6 8 10 6 6 8 2 10 6 8 12
Norway 191 7 12 2 6 6 7 3 2 8 2 2 3 8 12 5 3 8 1 7 7 3 3 7 10 4 12 4 5 4 8 4 3 7 6
Georgia 50 7 3 10 10 5 5 2 8
Ireland 5 2 1 2

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:[78]

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
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Broadcasts

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Most countries sent commentators to Malmö or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.

It was reported by the EBU that the 2013 contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of 170 million viewers.[79]

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, TVSH 2, RTSH Muzikë All shows Andri Xhahu
Template:Flagu AMPTV Armenia 1 Semi-finals André and Arevik Udumyan [80]
Final Erik Antaranyan and Template:Ill
Template:Flagu ORF ORF eins All shows Andi Knoll [81]
Template:Flagu İTV All shows Konul Arifgizi [82]
Template:Flagu BTRC Belarus-1, Belarus 24 All shows Evgeny Perlin [83]
Template:Flagu RTBF La Une All shows Maureen Louys and Template:Ill [84][85]
VRT één, Radio 2 André Vermeulen and Tom De Cock
Template:Flagu BNT BNT 1 All shows Georgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
Template:Flagu HRT HRT 2 Semi-finals Duško Ćurlić [86][87]
HRT 1 Final
HR 2 SF1/Final Robert Urlić [88]
Template:Flagu CyBC RIK 1, RIK Triton All shows Melina Karageorgiou [89]
Template:Flagu DR DR1 All shows Ole Tøpholm [90]
Template:Flagu ERR ETV All shows Marko Reikop [91]
Raadio 2 SF1/Final Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk [92]
Template:Flagu Yle Yle TV2 All shows Template:Ubl [93][94]
Yle Radio Suomi Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
Yle Radio Vega Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
Template:Flagu Script error: No such module "Lang". France Ô SF2 Template:Ill and Template:Ill [95]
France 3 Final Cyril Féraud and Mireille Dumas [96]
Template:Flagu GPB 1TV All shows Temo Kvirkvelia [97]
Template:Flagu ARD/NDR Einsfestival, NDR Fernsehen Semi-finalsTemplate:Efn Peter Urban [98]
Phoenix SF2
Das Erste Final
Template:Flagu ERT NET All shows Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis [99][100][101]
Proto Programma, Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece
Template:Flagu MTVA M1 All shows Template:Ill [102]
Template:Flagu RÚV RÚV, Rás 2 All shows Template:Ill [103]
Template:Flagu RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-finals Marty Whelan [104]
RTÉ One Final
RTÉ Radio 1 SF1/Final Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski [105]
Template:Flagu IBA Channel 1 All shows No commentary; Hebrew subtitles [106]
Channel 33 No commentary; Arabic subtitles
IBA 88FM Kobi Menora [107]
SF1 Ofer Nachshon
SF2 Template:Ill and Template:Ill
Final Template:Ill, Kobi Oshrat and Yhaloma Bat Porat
Template:Flagu RAI Rai 5 SF1 Template:Ill [108][109]
Rai 2 Final Template:Ill, Template:Ill and Template:Ill
Template:Flagu LTV LTV1 All shows Valters Frīdenbergs [110]
Final Kārlis Būmeisters
Template:Flagu LRT LRT, LRT Radijas All shows Template:Ill [111]
Template:Flagu MRT MRT 1 All shows Karolina Petkovska [112]
Template:Flagu PBS TVM All shows Gordon Bonello and Rodney Gauci [113]
Template:Flagu TRM Moldova 1, Radio Moldova All shows Lidia Scarlat [114][115]
Template:Flagu RTCG TVCG 1, TVCG 2Template:Efn, TVCG MNE All shows Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković [116][117][118][119]

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Radio Crne Gore, Radio 98 Sonja Savović and Sanja Pejović
Template:Flagu NPO Nederland 1, BVN All shows Jan Smit and Daniël Dekker
Template:Flagu NRK NRK1 All shows Olav Viksmo-Slettan [123]
NRK P3 Final Template:Ill, Template:Ill and Template:Ill [124]
Template:Flagu TVR TVR 1 All shows Liana Stanciu [125]
Template:Flagu Channel One Russia All shows Yana Churikova and Template:Ill [126]
Template:Flagu SMRTV SMtv San Marino All shows Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo [127]
Template:Flagu RTS RTS1, RTS Sat SF1 Duška Vučinić-Lučić [128][129]
SF2 Dragoljub Ilić
RTS2, RTS Sat, RTS HD, Template:Ill Final Silvana Grujić [130][131]
Template:Flagu RTVSLO TV SLO 2 Semi-finals Template:Ill [132]
TV SLO 1 Final
Template:Flagu RTVE La 2 SF2 José María Íñigo [133]
La 1 Final
Template:Flagu SVT SVT1 All shows Josefine Sundström [134]
SR SR P4 Carolina Norén [135]
Semi-finals Ronnie Ritterland
Final Björn Kjellman
Template:Flagu SRG SSR SRF zwei SF2 Sven Epiney [136]
SRF 1 Final
RTS Deux SF2/Final Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner [137]
RSI La 2 SF2 Template:Ill [138]
RSI La 1 Final
Template:Flagu NTU Script error: No such module "Lang". All shows Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova [139][140]
UR UR-1 Olena Zelinchenko [141]
Template:Flagu BBC BBC Three Semi-finals Scott Mills and Ana Matronic [142]
BBC One Final Graham Norton
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce
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 SBS SBS One All shows Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang [143]
Template:Flagu BHRT BHT 1, BH Radio 1 All shows Dejan Kukrić [144][145][146][147][148]
Template:Flagu CCTV CCTV-15 All showsTemplate:Efn No commentary [149]
Template:Flagu Khabar Agency Template:Ill All shows Roman Raifeld and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay [150][151]
Template:Flagu RTP RTP1 All showsTemplate:Efn Sílvia Alberto [152]
Template:Flagu RTVS Rádio FM Final Template:Ill and Pavol Hubinák [153]

Incidents and controversies

Azerbaijan's vote rigging

Prior to the finals, the Lithuanian media outlet 15min released an undercover video suggesting that representatives from Azerbaijan were trying to bribe Lithuanians for votes in the televoting.[154] The video detailed the plan, which involved recruiting groups of 10 people each, and supplying them with SIM cards so they could vote multiple times during the voting window. It was also suggested that similar activity was taking place in a total of 15 countries including Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, Croatia and Switzerland.[155] In response to the allegations, Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand reaffirmed the contest's commitment to a "fair and transparent result". He stated that while Eurovision organisers were looking into the case, they "[emphasised] that the intention of these individuals have not yet been clarified, and nor has a link been established between the individuals in the video and the Azeri delegation, the Azeri act or the Azeri EBU member Ictimai TV." He added that, since 1998, when he was first involved with the contest, "every year there are rumors about irregularities in the voting".[154]

The EBU later confirmed an attempt of cheating in the contest, which was unsuccessful according to EBU as the EBU's system prevents fraud. According to the EBU, there is no evidence that any broadcaster has been involved in cheating. The rules were changed the next year to ensure that all broadcasters would be responsible for preventing fraud to their advantage or face a three-year suspension if fraud is revealed.[156] However, in May 2015, a member of the contest's Reference Group confirmed that Azerbaijan had cheated, and that it was organized and very expensive.[157]

When Azerbaijan officially awarded no points to Dina Garipova of Russia, despite Garipova having reportedly come second in the country's phone poll, the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ordered an inquiry. The Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that the result had been falsified, and stated that "this outrageous action will not remain without a response". He promised a co-ordinated response with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov. Simultaneously, the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that his own country having received no points from Russia showed that the result must have been falsified.[158]

Plagiarism allegations

Cascada's entry for Germany, "Glorious", was the subject of investigation by NDR following allegations that it was too similar to the 2012 winner, "Euphoria" by Loreen.[159] NDR spokeswoman Iris Bents played down the allegations, stating that "Every year there are attempts to create scandals around the Eurovision Song Contest and the participants."[160] Following an independent audit, "Glorious" was found not to have plagiarized "Euphoria".[161]

Allegations of plagiarism against the winning Danish entry "Only Teardrops" surfaced after Eric van Tijn, a notable Dutch music producer, mentioned the opening flute solo's similarity to "I Surrender", a 2002 song by the Dutch band K-Otic. However, Van Tijn also stated that the flute solo was the only similarity between the two songs, thus calling it "a storm in a teacup".[162]

Finland's same-sex kiss

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Finland's contestant Krista Siegfrids kissing one of her backing singers.

The performance of the Finnish entry, "Marry Me", caused controversy in some countries broadcasting the contest. The act featured Krista Siegfrids and one of her female backing singers kissing each other at the end, widely labelled in media as Eurovision's first "lesbian kiss". Siegfrids stated to the media that the act was done to encourage Finland to legalise same-sex marriage. It was reported that Turkish and Greek media reacted negatively to Siegfrids' act.[163] According to Gay Star News, the Turkish broadcaster TRT, which had previously decided not to participate itself, initially indicated that it would still broadcast the contest, but made a late decision not to do so.[164]

Eric Saade's green room incident

Green room host Eric Saade referred to Petra Mede as a "MILF" on air during the break between the first and second halves of the voting, saying "Back to you, Petra. #MILF". When the broadcaster for the United Kingdom, BBC aired this, the sound was lost. It remains unknown whether this was just an accident, or if the BBC did it purposely.[165] While the statement was supposedly scripted and SVT were aware of Saade's plan, some on social media were confused and offended by the comment.[166]

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2013 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.[167] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.[168]

Category Country Song Artist Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award Template:Esc "Hold Me" Farid Mammadov Template:Hlist
Composers Award Template:Esc "You" Robin Stjernberg Template:Hlist
Press Award Template:Esc "Waterfall" Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani Thomas G:son

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 2013 poll was also the winner of the contest, "Only Teardrops" performed by Emmelie de Forest; the top five results are shown below.[169][170][171]

Country Song Artist Points
Template:Esc "Only Teardrops" Emmelie de Forest 374
Template:Esc "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Valentina Monetta 282
Template:Esc "I Feed You My Love" Margaret Berger 269
Template:Esc "Glorious" Cascada 195
Template:Esc "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Marco Mengoni 177

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.[172]

Place Country Artist Votes
1 Template:Esc Moje 3 967
2 Template:Esc Cezar 544
3 Template:Esc Moran Mazor 296
4 Template:Esc Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko 150
5 Template:Esc Who See 110

Official album

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Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2013 was a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and released by CMC International and Universal Music Group on 29 April 2013.[173] The album featured all 39 songs that entered in the 2013 contest including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. The digital version featured a bonus track, "We Write the Story", composed by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, and DJ and music producer Avicii.[174]

Charts

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Chart (2013) Peak
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See also

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

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