Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 "Light Your Fire!"
Dates
Semi-final 1	22 May 2012
Semi-final 2	24 May 2012
Final	26 May 2012
Host
Venue	Baku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
Presenter(s)	Leyla Aliyeva, Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen[1][2]
Director	Ladislaus Kiraly
Executive supervisor	Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	Adil Kerimli
Host broadcaster	İctimai Television (İTV)
Opening act	Final: Professional Azerbaijani dancers performing Azerbaijani dances, Ell & Nikki performing "Running Scared"
Interval act	Semi-final 1: Natig Rhythm Group[3] Semi-final 2: Marija Šerifović, Dima Bilan, Alexander Rybak, Lena, Ell & Nikki along with traditional Azerbaijani instruments[4] Final: Emin Agalarov[5]
Participants
Number of entries	42
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Montenegro
Withdrawing countries	Armenia  Poland
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2012
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Nul points	None
Winning song	Sweden "Euphoria"
Eurovision Song Contest
◄2011 • 2012 • 2013►

The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following Ell & Nikki's win at the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany with the song "Running Scared" — marking the first time that the country had won the contest. The contest was held at the newly constructed Baku Crystal Hall, with semi-finals held on 22 and 24 May 2012, followed by the final held on 26 May 2012. Forty-two countries competed in the contest - one less than the record number of 43 set at the previous contest, with Montenegro returning for the first time since 2009, and the withdrawal of Armenia due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, and Poland due to financial concerns.

The contest was won by singer Loreen from Sweden with the song "Euphoria"—written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström, the song scored a total of 372 points. Russia finished in second place, with Serbia finishing in third. They were followed by the host country, Azerbaijan, which reached the 4th place. Albania finished 5th, achieving its first top 5 placing. Germany, Italy and Spain were the three members of the "Big Five" that managed to rank within the top 10, finishing in 8th, 9th and 10th places 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, along with objections to the contest's presence by Iranian officials—who felt that the event was anti-Islamic because it was, according to them, a "gay parade".

Location

Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex

Baku Crystal Hall

Locations of the three suggested venues in Baku, Azerbaijan. The selected venue is highlighted with a red mark.

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 & Nikki.^[6][7] 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.^[8][9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11] Even though the full cost of the contract was not named, the government allocated 6 million AZN for the construction of the venue.^[12]

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

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.^[13] On 25 January 2012, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest.^[14] Even though the venue had an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people were able to attend each show.^[14] Tickets for the contest became available online for purchase on 28 February 2012.^[15][16]

Format

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,^[17] 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.^[18]

Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the 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 final, the first being the 2003 Contest.^[18][19][20]

Semi-final allocation draw

Semi-final allocation draw ceremony at the Buta Palace in Baku.

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.^[21] 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.^[22][23]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Macedonia  Montenegro  Serbia   Switzerland	Denmark  Estonia  Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Belarus  Georgia  Israel  Moldova  Russia  Ukraine	Armenia^1  Belgium  Cyprus  Greece  Netherlands  Turkey	Ireland  Latvia  Lithuania  Malta  Portugal  Romania	Austria  Bulgaria  Hungary  San Marino  Slovakia  Slovenia

1.^ Armenia withdrew approximately a month and a half after the semi-final allocation draw.

Graphic design

Inside of Baku Crystal Hall.

The design of the contest was built around the motto "Light your fire!", inspired by the nickname of Azerbaijan itself, "Land of Fire".^[24]

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.^[25] 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.^[25] 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.^[25][26]

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.^[25] 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.^[27][28]

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.^[29][30] 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.^[31] 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.^[32]

Participating countries

  Countries in the first semi-final

  Countries voting in the first semi-final

  Countries in the second semi-final

  Countries voting in the second semi-final

On 17 January 2012, the EBU announced that forty-three countries would take part in the 2012 contest.^[33] The 57th edition saw the return of Montenegro, who was previously represented by Andrea Demirović in 2009.^[34] Armenia, who had originally planned to participate, later withdraw their application due to security fears of the continuous Nagorno-Karabakh War with Azerbaijan.^[35] Poland also withdrew from the competition, due to the financial burden of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and Summer Olympics.^[33]

Returning artists

Four artists returned in this year's contest. Kaliopi for Macedonia who previously participated in the 1996 contest with the song "Samo ti", which placed in 26th position in the pre-qualifying round.^[36][37] Jónsi for Iceland^[38] and Željko Joksimović for Serbia^[39] both previously participated in 2004.

Joksimović had represented Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 with the song "Lane moje" which placed second in that year, and co-hosted the 2008 Contest with Jovana Janković. Jónsi performed "Heaven" in 2004, which placed 19th.^[40] For a second consecutive year Jedward participated for Ireland, after their 8th-place finish at the 2011 Contest with the song "Lipstick".^[41][42] Kaliopi would also then go on to re-represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Languages

The Finnish entry, "När jag blundar", sung by Pernilla Karlsson, was only Finland's second entry in Swedish 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.

Results

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain voted in the first semi-final.^[21] The EBU allowed the Albanian broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) to defer transmission and only use jury votes due to a serious bus accident in the country.^[43]

Draw[44]	Country[33]	Language[45]	Artist[46]	Song[46]	English translation	Place	Points
01	Montenegro	English^2[47]	Rambo Amadeus	"Euro Neuro"	—	15	20
02	Iceland	English	Gréta Salóme and Jónsi	"Never Forget"	—	8	75
03	Greece	English	Eleftheria Eleftheriou	"Aphrodisiac"	—	4	116
04	Latvia	English	Anmary	"Beautiful Song"	—	16	17
05	Albania	Albanian[48]	Rona Nishliu	"Suus"^3	Personal[49]^4	2	146
06	Romania	Spanish, English	Mandinga	"Zaleilah"	—	3	120
07	Switzerland	English	Sinplus	"Unbreakable"	—	11	45
08	Belgium	English[50]	Iris	"Would You?"	—	17	16
09	Finland	Swedish	Pernilla Karlsson	"När jag blundar"	When I close my eyes[51]	12	41
10	Israel	English, Hebrew	Izabo	"Time"	—	13	33
11	San Marino	English^5	Valentina Monetta[52]	"The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh - Oh Oh)"[53]	—	14	31
12	Cyprus	English	Ivi Adamou	"La La Love"	—	7	91
13	Denmark	English	Soluna Samay	"Should've Known Better"	—	9	63
14	Russia	Udmurt, English	Buranovskiye Babushki	"Party for Everybody"	—	1	152
15	Hungary	English	Compact Disco	"Sound of Our Hearts"	—	10	52
16	Austria	German^6	Trackshittaz	"Woki mit deim Popo"	Shake your booty[54]	18	8
17	Moldova	English^7	Pasha Parfeny	"Lăutar"	Traditional musician	5	100
18	Ireland	English	Jedward	"Waterline"	—	6	92

Notes

2.^ Contained some phrases in Montenegrin and German.

3.^ Although the song was completely in Albanian, the title is in Latin.

4.^ Suus is a Latin third person reflexive possessive pronoun, and means "his", "his own".

5.^ Contained some phrases in Italian.

6.^ Specifically Mühlviertlerisch, a Central Bavarian dialect spoken in Upper Austria.

7.^ Although the song was completely in English, the title was in Romanian.

Semi-final 2

France, Germany and the United Kingdom voted in the second semi-final. Germany requested that they vote in this semi-final.^[21] Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final, but later withdrew from the contest due to security reasons.^[35]

Draw[44]	Country[33]	Language[45]	Artist[46]	Song[46]	English translation	Place	Points
01	Serbia	Serbian[55]	Željko Joksimović	"Nije ljubav stvar" (Није љубав ствар)	Love is not an object[56]	2	159
02	Macedonia	Macedonian	Kaliopi	"Crno i belo" (Црно и бело)	Black and white[57][58]	9	53
03	Netherlands	English	Joan Franka	"You and Me"	—	15	35
04	Malta	English	Kurt Calleja	"This Is the Night"	—	7	70
05	Belarus	English	Litesound	"We Are the Heroes"	—	16	35
06	Portugal	Portuguese	Filipa Sousa	"Vida minha"	Life of mine	13	39
07	Ukraine	English	Gaitana	"Be My Guest"	—	8	64
08	Bulgaria	Bulgarian^9	Sofi Marinova	"Love Unlimited"	—	11	45
09	Slovenia	Slovene	Eva Boto	"Verjamem"	I believe	17	31
10	Croatia	Croatian	Nina Badrić	"Nebo"	Sky	12	42
11	Sweden	English	Loreen	"Euphoria"	—	1	181
12	Georgia	English, Georgian	Anri Jokhadze	"I'm a Joker"	—	14	36
13	Turkey	English	Can Bonomo	"Love Me Back"	—	5	80
14	Estonia	Estonian	Ott Lepland	"Kuula"	Listen	4	100
15	Slovakia	English	Max Jason Mai	"Don't Close Your Eyes"	—	18	22
16	Norway	English	Tooji	"Stay"	—	10	45
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Maya Sar	"Korake ti znam"	I know your steps	6	77
18	Lithuania	English	Donny Montell	"Love Is Blind"	—	3	104

Notes

9.^ The song also contained phrases in Arabic, Azerbaijani, English, French, Greek, Italian, Romani, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish and Turkish.^[59]

Final

Draw[44]	Country[33]	Language[45]	Artist[46]	Song[46]	English translation	Place	Points
01	United Kingdom	English	Engelbert Humperdinck	"Love Will Set You Free"	—	25	12
02	Hungary	English	Compact Disco	"Sound of Our Hearts"	—	24	19
03	Albania	Albanian[48]	Rona Nishliu	"Suus"^3	Personal[49] ^4	5	146
04	Lithuania	English	Donny Montell	"Love Is Blind"	—	14	70
05	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Maya Sar	"Korake ti znam"	I know your steps	18	55
06	Russia	Udmurt, English	Buranovskiye Babushki	"Party for Everybody"	—	2	259
07	Iceland	English	Gréta Salóme and Jónsi	"Never Forget"	—	20	46
08	Cyprus	English	Ivi Adamou	"La La Love"	—	16	65
09	France	French, English	Anggun	"Echo (You and I)"	—	22	21
10	Italy	English, Italian	Nina Zilli	"L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"	Love Is Female (Out of love)	9	101
11	Estonia	Estonian	Ott Lepland	"Kuula"	Listen	6	120
12	Norway	English	Tooji	"Stay"	—	26	7
13	Azerbaijan	English	Sabina Babayeva	"When the Music Dies"	—	4	150
14	Romania	Spanish, English	Mandinga	"Zaleilah"	—	12	71
15	Denmark	English^6	Soluna Samay	"Should've Known Better"	—	23	21
16	Greece	English	Eleftheria Eleftheriou	"Aphrodisiac"	—	17	64
17	Sweden	English	Loreen	"Euphoria"	—	1	372
18	Turkey	English	Can Bonomo	"Love Me Back"	—	7	112
19	Spain	Spanish	Pastora Soler	"Quédate conmigo"	Stay with me	10	97
20	Germany	English	Roman Lob	"Standing Still"	—	8	110
21	Malta	English	Kurt Calleja	"This Is the Night"	—	21	41
22	Macedonia	Macedonian	Kaliopi	"Crno i belo" (Црно и бело)	Black and white	13	71
23	Ireland	English	Jedward	"Waterline"	—	19	46
24	Serbia	Serbian	Željko Joksimović	"Nije ljubav stvar" (Није љубав ствар)	Love is not an object	3	214
25	Ukraine	English	Gaitana	"Be My Guest"	—	15	65
26	Moldova	English^8	Pasha Parfeny	"Lăutar"	Fiddler	11	81

Scoreboard

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 these results, which were as follows.^[60][61]

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1 split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting (including Albanian jury)	Points	Jury	Points
1	Russia	189	Albania	131
2	Romania	132	Moldova	107
3	Albania	131	Greece	103
4	Ireland	116	Cyprus	90
5	Greece	110	Romania	87
6	Cyprus	99	Denmark	81
7	Moldova	85	Hungary	76
8	Iceland	79	Russia	75
9	Denmark	53	Israel	72
10	Switzerland	49	Ireland	72
11	Hungary	39	Iceland	70
12	Finland	36	Finland	57
13	San Marino	25	Switzerland	45
14	Montenegro	24	San Marino	42
15	Latvia	18	Belgium	38
16	Israel	16	Montenegro	28
17	Austria	15	Austria	27
18	Belgium	2	Latvia	17

		Voting results[62]
	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 semifinal:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Albania	Austria, Azerbaijan, Italy, Montenegro, Switzerland
	Russia	Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Latvia
3	Romania	Ireland, Moldova, Spain
2	Cyprus	Greece, Iceland
	Greece	Cyprus, Romania
1	Finland	Hungary
	Ireland	San Marino
	Moldova	Russia
	Montenegro	Albania

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Sweden	180	Sweden	145
2	Serbia	148	Serbia	141
3	Lithuania	128	Ukraine	109
4	Turkey	114	Estonia	102
5	Estonia	88	Malta	97
6	Norway	72	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70	Croatia	66
8	Macedonia	63	Georgia	62
9	Bulgaria	59	Macedonia	58
10	Netherlands	51	Lithuania	55
11	Malta	39	Belarus	52
12	Belarus	37	Portugal	49
13	Portugal	37	Turkey	42
14	Croatia	34	Slovenia	40
15	Slovakia	32	Slovakia	40
16	Slovenia	27	Netherlands	31
17	Ukraine	24	Bulgaria	27
18	Georgia	15	Norway	25

		Voting results[63]
	Serbia	159		12	10	5	8	8	8	12	12	10	8	10		1	8	10	10	2	12	10	3
	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 semifinal:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	Sweden	Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia
4	Serbia	Bulgaria, France, Macedonia, Slovenia
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia, Turkey
	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
	Estonia	Portugal, Sweden
1	Belarus	Ukraine
	Georgia	Lithuania
	Malta	United Kingdom
	Turkey	Malta
	Ukraine	Belarus

Final

Final split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Sweden	343	Sweden	296
2	Russia	332	Serbia	173
3	Serbia	211	Albania	157
4	Turkey	176	Italy	157
5	Azerbaijan	151	Spain	154
6	Germany	125	Estonia	152
7	Romania	117	Ukraine	125
8	Albania	106	Azerbaijan	118
9	Greece	89	Moldova	104
10	Ireland	89	Germany	98
11	Macedonia	79	Russia	94
12	Estonia	78	Cyprus	85
13	Moldova	75	France	85
14	Lithuania	68	Lithuania	82
15	Cyprus	63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	71
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	57	Malta	70
17	Italy	56	Macedonia	69
18	Spain	45	Greece	60
19	Iceland	39	Iceland	53
20	Ukraine	37	Romania	53
21	United Kingdom	36	Denmark	51
22	Hungary	20	Turkey	50
23	Denmark	18	Hungary	30
24	Norway	16	Norway	24
25	Malta	10	Ireland	14
26	France	0	United Kingdom	11

		Voting results[64]
	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
Vertically, the table is ordered by appearance in the final. Horizontally, the table is ordered by voting order.

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:^[64]

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
18	Sweden	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom
4	Albania	Macedonia, Italy, San Marino, Switzerland
	Azerbaijan	Lithuania, Malta, Turkey, Ukraine
	Serbia	Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia
2	Cyprus	Greece, Sweden
	Greece	Albania, Cyprus
	Macedonia	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
1	Lithuania	Georgia
	Moldova	Romania
	Romania	Moldova
	Russia	Belarus
	Spain	Portugal
	Turkey	Azerbaijan

No country took nul points (receiving 0 points total) when both scores were added together, but France received 0 points at the televoting stage.

Other countries

•  Andorra – On 19 October 2011, Andorra announced that there are no plans for the country to participate in 2012 due to financial difficulties; the country also had planned to withdraw from the EBU entirely.^[65][66]
•  Armenia – On 7 March 2012, the EBU announced that Armenian Public Television (ARMTV) had decided to withdraw from participation despite originally being included in the list of participating countries. Its decision came after President Aliyev of Azerbaijan gave a speech on 28 February 2012 when he stated "Our main enemies are Armenians of the world and the hypocritical and corrupt politicians under their control."^[67][68][69] The country was consequently fined by the EBU and were expected to face further penalties, such as exclusion from participation in future contests if it failed to comply with the EBU requirements.^[70][71] Armenia had been in a continuous state of war with Azerbaijan since 1994 because of the Nagorno-Karabakh War.^[72]
•  Czech Republic – On 24 November 2011, it was reported that the Czech Republic would not compete at the 2012 contest, following the release of a television schedule by Česká televize (ČT).^[73]
•  Liechtenstein – On 26 November 2011, it was announced that two official EBU documents, published in March and October 2011, showed Liechtenstein's only national broadcaster 1FLTV as being granted active EBU membership, sparking speculations of a début for the nation.^[74] However, on 29 November 2011, these documents were later confirmed as editing mistakes, and thus a début had yet to be planned.^[75]
•  Luxembourg – On 31 December 2011, RTL Luxembourg confirmed that Luxembourg would not participate at the Eurovision in Baku.^[76]
•  Monaco – It had been reported on 23 November 2011, at an EBU meeting in Geneva, that Monaco were considering a return to the 2012 contest.^[77] However, on 3 December 2011, Phil Bosco, a former head of delegation told a French-speaking website that the Monegasque national broadcaster Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) did not intend to return to the Eurovision Song Contest any time in the near future, as there were no financial budget available.^[78]
•  Morocco – In an interview with the French delegation it had been revealed that Morocco were "likely to return" to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with a new broadcaster 2M TV.^[79] Reports about the proposed return of Morocco to the contest, after an absence of more than 30 years, were further enhanced at an EBU meeting in Geneva.^[77][80]
•  Poland – On 16 December 2011, it had been reported on the official Facebook page of Telewizja Polska (TVP) that Poland were withdrawing from the 2012 Contest.^[81] This was confirmed a few days later, stating that the broadcaster had decided to focus on the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and Summer Olympics. TVP stated that a return in 2013 has not been ruled out.^[82][83][84]

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".^[85][86] 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.^[86] Human Rights Watch reported a "violent crackdown on protesters" on the eve of the contest,^[87] 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.^[88]

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.^[89] 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, Eurovision 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".^[90] The EBU cited the "apolitical" nature of the contest and the Azerbaijani government's claim that the construction was not tied to the Eurovision Song Contest.^[89]

The festival's winner Loreen met local human rights activists during the contest, 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."^[88] An Azerbaijan government spokesman criticized her in response, saying that the contest should not "be politicised"^[88] and requested the EBU prevented further meetings of a similar nature.^[91] Swedish diplomats replied that the EBU, Swedish TV and Loreen had not acted against the competition's rules.^[92]

On 26 May, a flash mob of anti-government protesters were quickly dispersed by police.^[85] Activists expressed fears that they would face a crackdown when the international spotlight left Azerbaijan again at the end of the contest.^[86] Before submitting the results of the German vote, the presenter from Germany 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."^[93][94]

Tensions with Iran

Iranian officials objected to Azerbaijan hosting the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Iranian clerics Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari and Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani condemned Azerbaijan for "anti-Islamic behaviour", claiming that Azerbaijan were going to host a gay parade.^[95] 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.^[96] In response, Iran recalled its ambassador from Baku,^[97] while Azerbaijan demanded a formal apology from Iran for its statements in connection with Baku's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest,^[98] and later also recalled its ambassador from Iran.^[99]

On 30 May, the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan announced that they had thwarted a series of planned terror attacks against the Eurovision Song Contest, among the targets being Baku Crystal Hall, as well as Marriott and Hilton hotels in Baku.^[100] 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 Eurovision Song Contest.^[101]

Other awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards were named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.^[102] The awards were divided into three categories; Press Award; Artistic Award; and Composer Award.^[103]

Category	Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)
Artists Award	Sweden	"Euphoria"	Loreen	Thomas G:son, Peter Boström
Composer Award
Press Award	Azerbaijan	"When the Music Dies"	Sabina Babayeva	Anders Bagge, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn, Johan Kronlund

OGAE

Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen.^[104] The organisation consisted of a network of 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit company.^[105] In what had become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll was opened allowing members from the respective clubs to vote for their favourite songs of the 2012 contest. Below are the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.^[106]

Country	Song	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	OGAE result
Sweden	"Euphoria"	Loreen	Thomas G:son, Peter Boström	375
Italy	"L'amore è femmina"	Nina Zilli	Christian Rabb, Kristoffer Sjökvist, Frida Molander, Charlie Mason	212
Iceland	"Never Forget"	Gréta Salóme & Jónsi	Gréta Salóme	211
Serbia	"Nije ljubav stvar"	Željko Joksimović	Željko Joksimović	199
Norway	"Stay"	Tooji	Tooji Keshtkar, Peter Boström and Figge Boström	164

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian singer Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest wearing her own self-designed and often-mocked dress.^[107]

Place[108]	Country[108]	Performer(s)[108]	Votes[108]
1	Albania	Rona Nishliu	829
2	Ireland	Jedward	551
3	Bulgaria	Sofi Marinova	232
4	Netherlands	Joan Franka	163
5	Ukraine	Gaitana	145

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their vote was determined in a draw following the jury results from final dress rehearsal. Similar to the 2011 contest an algorithm was used to add as much excitement as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.^[109]

1.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
2.  Montenegro – Marija Marković
3.  Romania – Paula Seling
   (Romanian representative in 2010 and 2014)
4.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
5.  Ukraine – Oleksiy Matias
6.  Belarus – Dmitry Koldun
   (Belarusian representative in 2007 Contest)
7.  Belgium – Peter Van de Veire
8.  Azerbaijan – Safura Alizadeh
   (Azeri representative in 2010 Contest)
9.  Malta – Keith Demicoli
10.  San Marino – Monica Fabbri
11.  France – Amaury Vassili
    (French representative in 2011 Contest)
12.  United Kingdom – Scott Mills
13.  Turkey – Ömer Önder
14.  Greece – Adriana Magania
15.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Elvir Laković Laka
    (Bosnian representative in 2008 Contest)
16.  Moldova – Olivia Fortuna
17.  Bulgaria – Anna Angelova
18.   Switzerland – Sara Hildebrand
19.  Slovenia – Lorella Flego
20.  Cyprus – Loucas Hamatsos
21.  Croatia – Nevena Rendeli
22.  Slovakia – Mária Pietrová
23.  Macedonia – Kristina Talevska
24.  Netherlands – Viviënne van den Assem
25.  Portugal – Joana Teles
26.  Iceland – Matthías Matthíasson
    (Icelandic representative in 2011 Contest as part of Sjonni's Friends)
27.  Sweden – Sarah Dawn Finer
    (as Lynda Woodruff)^[110]
28.  Norway – Nadia Hasnaoui
    (Co-Host of 2010 Contest)
29.  Lithuania – Ignas Krupavičius
30.  Estonia – Getter Jaani
    (Estonian representative in 2011 Contest)
31.  Denmark – Louise Wolff
32.  Latvia – Valters Frīdenbergs
    (Latvian representative in 2005 Contest as part of Valters and Kaža)
33.  Spain – Elena S. Sánchez
34.  Finland – Mr Lordi
    (Winner of 2006 Contest as lead singer of Lordi)
35.  Georgia – Sopho Toroshelidze
    (Georgian representative in 2011 Contest as part of Eldrine)
36.  Italy – Ivan Bacchi
37.  Serbia – Maja Nikolić
38.  Germany – Anke Engelke
    (Co-Host of 2011 Contest)
39.  Russia – Oxana Fedorova
40.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
41.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon
42.  Ireland – Gráinne Seoige¹⁰

Notes
10.^ Ireland was originally scheduled to announce its votes as the 32nd country, but instead voted 42nd (last). The reason for this was technical difficulties in the minutes running up to the voting presentation.

Commentators

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.

Participating countries

The commentators of the 42 participating countries are as follows:

Country	SF1 / SF2 / Final	Commentator(s)
Albania	Final	Andri Xhahu
Austria[111][112][113]	All	Andi Knoll (ORF eins)
	Final	Stermann & Grissemann (ORF eins)
	Final	Lukas Plöchl (ORF eins)
Azerbaijan[114]	All	Konul Arifgizi (İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti)
		Saleh Baghirov (İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti)
Belarus	All	Denis Kurian (Belarus 1)
Belgium[115][116]	All	Jean-Pierre Hautier (French, La Une)
		Jean-Louis Lahaye (French, La Une)
		André Vermeulen (Dutch, één) (Dutch, Radio 2)
		Peter Van de Veire(Dutch, één) (Dutch, Radio 2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina[117]	All	Dejan Kukrić (BHT1)
Bulgaria	All	Elena Rosberg (BNT)
		Georgi Kushvaliev (BNT)
Croatia	All	Duško Čurlić (HRT1)
Cyprus[118]	All	Melina Karageorgiou (RIK 1)
Denmark[119]	All	Ole Tøpholm (DR1)
Estonia	All	Marko Reikop (ETV)
Finland[120][121]	All	Tarja Närhi (Finnish, YLE TV2, YLE HD)
		Tobias Larsson (Finnish, YLE TV2, YLE HD)
		Sanna Kojo (Finnish, YLE Radio Suomi)
		Jorma Hietamäki (Finnish, YLE Radio Suomi)
		Eva Frantz (Swedish, YLE Fem)
		Johan Lindroos (Swedish, YLE Fem)
France	SF2[122]	Audrey Chauveau (France Ô)
		Bruno Berberes (France Ô)
	Final[123]	Cyril Féraud (France 3)
		Mireille Dumas (France 3)
	Final[124]	Fabien Lecœuvre (France Bleu)
		Serge Poezevara (France Bleu)
Georgia	All	Temo Kvirkvelia
Germany	All	Peter Urban (Das Erste)[125]
		Tim Frühling (hr3)[126]
		Thomas Mohr (NDR 2)[127]
Greece[128]	All	Maria Kozakou (NET)
Hungary[129]	All	Gábor Gundel Takács (m1)
Iceland[130]	All	Hrafnhildur Halldorsdóttir (Sjónvarpið)
Ireland[131]	All	Marty Whelan (RTÉ Two) (semi finals), (RTÉ One) (final)
	Final	Shay Byrne (RTÉ Radio 1)
	Final	Zbyszek Zalinski (RTÉ Radio 1)
Israel	All	No commentator
Italy	SF1[132]	Federica Gentile (Rai 5)
	Final[133]	Filippo Solibello (Rai 2)
	Final	Marco Ardemagni] (Rai 2)
Latvia	All[134]	Valters Frīdenbergs (LTV)
	Final[135]	Kārlis Būmeistars (LTV)
Lithuania	All	Darius Užkuraitis (LRT)
Macedonia	All	Karolina Petkovska (MRT)
Malta	All	Elaine Saliba (TVM)
		Ronald Briffa (TVM)
Moldova	All	Marcel Spătari (TRM)
Montenegro	All	Dražen Bauković (TVCG1)
		Tamara Ivanković (TVCG1)
Netherlands[136][137]	All	Jan Smit (TROS)
		Daniël Dekker (TROS)
Norway[138]	All	Olav Viksmo-Slettan (NRK1)
Portugal[139]	All	Pedro Granger (RTP1)
Romania[140]	All	Leonard Miron (TVR1)
		Gianina Corondan (TVR1)
Russia[141]	All	Olga Shelest (Russia-1)
		Dmitry Guberniev (Russia-1)
San Marino[142]	All	Lia Fiorio (SMRTV)
		Gigi Restivo (SMRTV)
Serbia[143]	SF1	Dragan Ilić (RTS1)
	SF2 & Final	Duška Vučinić-Lučić (RTS1)
Slovakia[144]	All	Roman Bomboš (Jednotka, Rádio Slovensko, RTVS)
Slovenia	All	Andrej Hofer (RTVSLO)
Spain[145]	SF1 & Final	José María Íñigo (La 1), (La 2)
Sweden[146]	All	Gina Dirawi (SVT1)
		Edward af Sillén (SVT1)
		Björn Kjellman (SR P3)
		Carolina Norén (SR P3)
Switzerland	German[147]	Sven Epiney (SF zwei)
	French[148]	Jean-Marc Richard & Nicolas Tanner (RTS Deux)
	Italian[149]	Clarissa Tami and Paolo Meneguzzi (RSI La 2, semi-finals and RSI La 1, final)
Turkey[150]	All	Bülend Özveren (TRT 1)
		Erhan Konuk (TRT 1)
Ukraine[151]	All	Tymur Miroshnychenko (First National TV Channel)
		Tetiana Terekhova (First National TV Channel)
United Kingdom	Semi-Finals[152]	Scott Mills (BBC Three)
		Sara Cox (BBC Three)
	Final[153]	Graham Norton (BBC One)
		Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2)[154]

Non-participating countries

The commentators of the non-participating countries are:

Country	SF1/SF2/Final	Commentator(s)
Armenia[155]	Final	Gohar Gasparyan (AMPTV)
		Artur Grigoryan (AMPTV)
Australia[156][157]	All	Julia Zemiro (SBS)
		Sam Pang (SBS)
China	Final	No commentators (CCTV-15, broadcast the final on 1 December 2013, shortened into two hours)
Kazakhstan[158]	All	Norberg Makhambetov (Arna Media)
		Kaldybek Zhaysanbay (Arna Media)
Kyrgyzstan	All	Elmar Osmonov (OTRK)
		Aibek Akmatov (OTRK)

Official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
Released	4 May 2012
Genre	Pop
Length	63:02 (CD 1) 62:55 (CD 2)
Label	Universal
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Düsseldorf 2011 (2011) Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 (2012) Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2013 (2013)

Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 was a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and released by Universal Music Group on 3 May 2012. The album featured all the songs from the 2012 contest.^[159]

CD 1
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Suus"	Rona Nishliu (Albania)	3:04
2.	"Woki mit deim Popo"	Trackshittaz (Austria)	2:57
3.	"When the Music Dies"	Sabina Babayeva (Azerbaijan)	3:00
4.	"Korake ti znam"	Maya Sar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	3:01
5.	"Would You?"	Iris (Belgium)	3:00
6.	"Love Unlimited"	Sofi Marinova (Bulgaria)	3:00
7.	"We Are the Heroes"	Litesound (Belarus)	2:59
8.	"Unbreakable"	Sinplus (Switzerland)	3:00
9.	"La La Love"	Ivi Adamou (Cyprus)	3:01
10.	"Standing Still"	Roman Lob (Germany)	3:00
11.	"Should've Known Better"	Soluna Samay (Denmark)	3:03
12.	"Kuula"	Ott Lepland (Estonia)	2:56
13.	"Quédate conmigo"	Pastora Soler (Spain)	3:03
14.	"När jag blundar"	Pernilla (Finland)	2:58
15.	"Echo (You and I)"	Anggun (France)	3:02
16.	"Love Will Set You Free"	Engelbert Humperdinck (United Kingdom)	2:57
17.	"I'm a Joker"	Anri Jokhadze (Georgia)	3:01
18.	"Aphrodisiac"	Eleftheria Eleftheriou (Greece)	2:59
19.	"Nebo"	Nina Badrić (Croatia)	3:00
20.	"Sound of Our Hearts"	Compact Disco (Hungary)	2:57
21.	"Waterline"	Jedward (Ireland)	3:04
Total length:			63:02

CD 2
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Time"	Izabo (Israel)	2:56
2.	"Never Forget"	Gréta Salóme & Jónsi (Iceland)	3:00
3.	"L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"	Nina Zilli (Italy)	2:59
4.	"Love Is Blind"	Donny Montell (Lithuania)	3:04
5.	"Beautiful Song"	Anmary (Latvia)	2:59
6.	"Lăutar"	Pasha Parfeny (Moldova)	3:04
7.	"Euro Neuro"	Rambo Amadeus (Montenegro)	3:00
8.	"Crno i belo"	Kaliopi (Macedonia)	3:02
9.	"This Is the Night"	Kurt Calleja (Malta)	3:00
10.	"You and Me"	Joan Franka (Netherlands)	3:02
11.	"Stay"	Tooji (Norway)	2:57
12.	"Vida minha"	Filipa Sousa (Portugal)	2:56
13.	"Zaleilah"	Mandinga (Romania)	2:58
14.	"Nije ljubav stvar"	Zeljko Joksimovic (Serbia)	3:02
15.	"Party for Everybody"	Buranovskiye Babushki (Russia)	2:51
16.	"Euphoria"	Loreen (Sweden)	2:59
17.	"Verjamem"	Eva Boto (Slovenia)	3:05
18.	"Don't Close Your Eyes"	Max Jason Mai (Slovakia)	3:00
19.	"The Social Network Song (Oh Oh - Uh - Oh Oh)"	Valentina Monetta (San Marino)	3:00
20.	"Love Me Back"	Can Bonomo (Turkey)	3:01
21.	"Be My Guest"	Gaitana (Ukraine)	3:00
Total length:			62:55

See also

• ABU Radio Song Festival 2012
• ABU TV Song Festival 2012
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

References

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