Europa Song Contest 1

Europa Song Contest 1; The Sensation of Love
Dates
Semi-final 1 date	6 May 2017
Semi-final 2 date	8 May 2017
Final date	20 May 2017
Host
Venue	Arena Armeec; Sofia, Bulgaria
Presenter(s)	Poli Genova
Broadcaster	BNT
Opening act	Semi-final 1: Poli Genova performing her song "If Love Was a Crime".; Semi-final 2: Dara performing her song "K'vo Ne Chu".; Final: Kristian Kostov performing his song "Beautiful Mess".
Interval act	Semi-final 1: Dara performing her song "Rodena Takava".; Semi-final 2: Poli Genova & Grafa performing their song "Sluhove".; Final: Poli Genova performing her song "Na Inat".
Participants
Entries	33
Debuting	All the participants
Returning	None
Withdrawing	None
	Participation map frameless}} Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final or the PQR ;
Voting
System	Each country/jury awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winner	Germany; "Aulë und Yavanna"
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Europa Song Contest 1, often referred to as ESC 1, was the debut edition of the Europa Song Contest. It was held in Sofia, Bulgaria as it was the host's country chose Arena Armeec while Poli Genova was selected as the presenter.

Thirty-Three countries participated in the first edition, all of them being debutants as it was the first edition. In order to participate, the countries had to be firstly approved to be members of the European Broadcasting Union.

Germany was crowned as the winner of the edition with the song "Aulë und Yavanna" performed by Oonagh. The song gathered a total of 156 points, 33 points ahead the runner-up, Greece. France finished on third place, while Lithuania, United Kingdom and Sweden completed the top 6 of the edition.

Location[]

For further information see Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The city has a population of 1.26 million, while over 1.5 million people live in its functional urban area. The city is located at the foot of Vitosha Mountain in the western part of the country, within less than 50 kilometres (31 mi) drive from the Serbian border. Its location in the centre of the Balkan peninsula means that it is the midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, whereas the Aegean Sea is the closest to it.

Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC.Being Bulgaria's primate city, Sofia is a hometown of many of the major local universities, cultural institutions and commercial companies.Sofia is one of the top 10 best places for start-up business in the world, especially in IT technologies.Sofia is Europe's most affordable capital to visit as of 2013.

For the longest time the city possessed a Thracian name, derived from the tribe Serdi, who were either of Thracian, Celtic, or mixed Thracian-Celtic origin.The Serdi and the name of emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus (53 – 117 AD) prompted the Romans to give the city the combinative name of Ulpia Serdica;Ulpia is derived from an Umbrian cognate of the Latin word lupus, meaning "wolf."It seems that the first written mention of Serdica was made during his reign and the last mention was in the 19th century in a Bulgarian text . During the Romans civitas Serdenisium was mentioned the "brightest city of the Serdi" in official inscriptions. The city was major throughout the past ever since Antiquity, when Roman emperor Constantine the Great referred to it as "my Rome", and it nearly became his capital.

Format[]

Semi-final allocation draw[]

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 1 April 2017 at the Arena Armeec. The thirty-three countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined. Switzerland at first decide to debut in the first edition but later decide to withdraw.

The six pots were the following:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Albania Croatia Czech Republic Italy Romania Serbia	Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Norway Sweden	Belgium Germany Netherlands ~~Switzerland~~¹ United Kingdom
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Armenia Belarus Kazakhstan Russia Turkey Ukraine	France Ireland Monaco Portugal Spain	Cyprus Greece Lithuania Israel Moldova

Participating countries[]

     Countries in the first semi-final
     Countries voting in the first semi-final
     Countries in the second semi-final

Thirty-Three countries participated in the first edition of the contest. The submissions for the first edition opened on 28 March 2017. Every country should choose their broadcaster for the contest. Kosovo wasn't allowed to enter the first edition. The contest started in April. As the rules say, if the country will select internally their entry, they should announced the artist at least one week before they reveal the song. Switzerland was announce that will take part in the first edition of the Europa Song Contest, but later Switzerland announce that they wont compete in the first edition. Also Switzerland announce that a debut in the second edition is very likely.

Results[]

Semi-final 1[]

Sixteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Bulgaria also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Lithuania	GJan	"Wild"	7	68
02	Spain	La Oreja de Van Gogh	"Verano"	11	50
03	United Kingdom	Steps	"Scared of The Dark"	3	84
04	Estonia	Kerli	"Feral Hearts"	5	73
05	Italy	Claudia Megrè	"Tatuami"	14	36
06	Turkey	Gülşen	"Bangır Bangır"	4	77
07	Monaco	Caroline Costa	"Ailleurs"	2	88
08	Czech Republic	Jan Bendig	"DGF"	15	32
09	Portugal	Ella Nor	"Não"	6	71
10	Armenia	Joni Hovhannisyan	"Lezginka"	16	30
11	Germany	Oonagh	"Aulë und Yavanna"	1	106
12	Netherlands	Burak Yeter ft. Danelle	"Tuesday"	12	45
13	Serbia	Dunja Ilić	"Euforija"	10	54
14	Croatia	Ivana Banfić	"Budi Svoja"	13	44
15	Moldova	Nicoleta Nuca	"Amintiri"	8	66
16	Ukraine	Elen Levon	"Dancing To The Same Song"	9	62

Semi-final 2[]

Sixteen countries participated in the second semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Norway	Máddji	"Dawn Light"	14	35
02	Finland	Saara	"Superpowers"	2	80
03	Denmark	Sada Vidoo	"Northern Lights"	4	73
04	Ireland	Aine Cahill	"The Pictures"	6	63
05	Sweden	Måns Zelmerlöw	"Glorious"	7	62
06	Greece	Tamta	"Unloved"	1	115
07	Belarus	Alexander Rybak	"Kotik"	10	49
08	France	Aurélie Preston	"All We Have"	8	60
09	Cyprus	Charis Savva & OGE ft. Demy	"Me Oplo Tin Foni Sou"	11	47
10	Russia	Like.A	"HaHaHa"	13	42
11	Israel	Arisa ft. Sarit Hadad	"Circus"	15	32
12	Kazakhstan	A-Studio	"Here is Love"	16	24
13	Belgium	Laura Tesoro	"Higher"	3	78
14	Faroe Islands	Eivør	"Í tokuni"	5	70
15	Romania	Marcus & Seba ft. Inna	"Show Me The Way"	9	55
16	Albania	ROD ft. Soundstreamers	"Light it Up"	12	43

Final[]

Twenty-one countries participated in the final, with all thirty-two participating countries eligible to vote.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Germany	Oonagh	"Aulë und Yavanna"	1	156
02	Moldova	Nicoleta Nuca	"Amintiri"	9	98
03	Sweden	Måns Zelmerlöw	"Glorious"	6	102
04	Lithuania	GJan	"Wild"	4	107
05	Romania	Marcus & Seba ft. Inna	"Show Me The Way"	17	71
06	Belgium	Laura Tesoro	"Higher"	16	72
07	Serbia	Dunja Ilić	"Euforija"	19	70
08	Ireland	Aine Cahill	"The Pictures"	18	70
09	Finland	Saara	"Superpowers"	15	76
10	Ukraine	Elen Levon	"Dancing To The Same Song"	14	81
11	Estonia	Kerli	"Feral Hearts"	7	101
12	Belarus	Alexander Rybak	"Kotik"	21	45
13	Monaco	Caroline Costa	"Ailleurs"	8	100
14	United Kingdom	Steps	"Scared of The Dark"	5	103
15	Faroe Islands	Eivør	"Í tokuni"	13	85
16	Denmark	Sada Vidoo	"Northern Lights"	12	88
17	Greece	Tamta	"Unloved"	2	123
18	Bulgaria	Dara	"Rodena Takava"	20	64
19	Portugal	Ella Nor	"Não"	11	93
20	Turkey	Gülşen	"Bangır Bangır"	10	98
21	France	Aurélie Preston	"All We Have"	3	111

Voting grids[]

Semi-final 1[]

Semi-final 1 split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Germany	97	Monaco	112
2	UK	91	Germany	92
3	Lithuania	84	Turkey	87
4	Estonia	83	Moldova	80
5	Portugal	75	UK	72
6	Monaco	74	Estonia	68
7	Ukraine	63	Portugal	64
8	Serbia	60	Ukraine	61
9	Netherlands	59	Spain	55
10	Moldova	57	Croatia	52
11	Turkey	56	Serbia	52
12	Spain	50	Lithuania	48
13	Italy	45	Czech R.	43
14	Armenia	38	Netherlands	36
15	Croatia	31	Italy	35
16	Czech R.	28	Armenia	27

	Voting results

Lithuania	68		8	8		1	2	5	10	3		2	2		4	7	6	10
Spain	50	6		3		12	6		1	4	1				8	6		3
UK	84	7	12		3	10	5	4	5		6	8	4	10		3		7
Estonia	73	3	10	4			3			6	7	10	12			5	5	8
Italy	36	4			8		4	1			3	4	3	4			3	2
Turkey	77	8	3	12		2			2	8				12	12	8	10
Monaco	88	5	4	7	10	6	1		6	7		7	10	6	1	10	7	1
Czech R.	32				7			7			5		5	7			1
Portugal	71		7	1		4	10	8	8		4	1	8	3	5	4	4	4
Armenia	30	10			12										6	2
Germany	106	12		10	1	8	12	2	3	2	12		7	2	3	12	8	12
Netherlands	45		1		2			6	4	10		5			10		2	5
Serbia	54		2	6	4		8	12		12	8				2
Croatia	44		6		6	7		3			10	3		8		1
Moldova	66	2	5	2	5	5		10	7	1	2	6	1	1	7		12
Ukraine	62	1		5		3	7		12	5		12	6	5				6

12 points[]

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

No.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Germany	Armenia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Moldova, Turkey
3	Turkey	Croatia, Serbia, United Kingdom
2	Serbia	Monaco, Portugal
2	Ukraine	Czech Republic, Germany
1	Armenia	Estonia
	Estonia	Netherlands
	Spain	Italy
	United Kingdom	Spain

Semi-final 2[]

Semi-final 2 split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Greece	108	Greece	120
2	Belgium	95	Faroe	97
3	Denmark	87	Finland	83
4	Romania	75	Ireland	70
5	Finland	66	Belgium	69
6	Sweden	61	France	62
7	Belarus	56	Denmark	60
8	Cyprus	55	Sweden	53
9	Faroe	52	Russia	49
10	Albania	50	Cyprus	46
11	France	48	Belarus	41
12	Israel	46	Romania	39
13	Ireland	40	Norway	34
14	Norway	36	Albania	33
15	Russia	34	Israel	30
16	Kazakhstan	20	Kazakhstan	27

	Voting results

Norway	35		12			3			7		2	5			6
Finland	80			7	1		1	10	10	7	10	2	5	8	7	5	7
Denmark	73		4		10	7	10	5	1		3	6		7	10	4	6
Ireland	63	4	10	2		2	3	4	2	10	8		2	5	8	3
Sweden	62	6		6			5	12		1	12	12	4	4
Greece	115		7	10		12		6	12	12	7	10	8	1	12	6	12
Belarus	49	12			8	4			4	4			10	2			5
France	60		6	3	3		6	2			1		3	12	4	10	10
Cyprus	47	5	3		7	5	8		6					3	5	1	4
Russia	42	7	2	5	6		7			2		4			1	8
Israel	32	1	8			1				8			1			12	1
Kazakhstan	24	8			4	6	2	1							3
Belgium	78	2	5	4	5	10	12	8	8	6	5	3				7	3
Faroe	70	10		12	12			3		5		8	12	6			2
Romania	55		1	1		8	4		3		6	7	7	10			8
Albania	43	3		8	2			7	5	3	4	1	6		2	2

12 points[]

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

No.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Greece	Albania, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, France, Sweden
3	Faroe Islands	Denmark, Ireland, Kazakhstan
3	Sweden	Belarus, Israel, Russia
1	Belarus	Norway
	Belgium	Greece
	Israel	Romania
	Norway	Finland

Final[]

Final split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Germany	168	Germany	143
2	France	135	Lithuania	141
3	Greece	119	Turkey	120
4	UK	105	Sweden	108
5	Portugal	100	Greece	105
6	Estonia	97	Monaco	102
7	Lithuania	94	France	102
8	Sweden	91	UK	96
9	Denmark	89	Moldova	94
10	Finland	86	Estonia	91
11	Romania	84	Faroe	89
12	Moldova	84	Denmark	88
13	Monaco	82	Portugal	86
14	Ukraine	82	Ukraine	81
15	Serbia	80	Ireland	78
16	Bulgaria	77	Finland	75
17	Faroe	74	Belgium	73
18	Turkey	73	Serbia	73
19	Belarus	66	Bulgaria	72
20	Belgium	65	Romania	63
21	Ireland	60	Belarus	29

	Voting results

Germany	156		10		7		3	3			7	5		8	7	10	10	3	6		12	2		12	10		2	1	10	12	4	12
Moldova	98	1		4	12	6	4	2	4	12	8			1				7						1	4	8	3		6	1	6		7	1
Sweden	102								10		10	12	8	5					3	6	2	8		2	8		10			8		4	6
Lithuania	107		4	3		3	2		7	6	4	4	12		6	2	8					4	2				12	6		7			3	12
Romania	71			7			8	5	3			3						5	1	1			10			7		7			1		10	3
Belgium	72			12	2					5		1	6					4	10	2		3	5	4	1				3			2	12
Serbia	70				8	12				7		2			3	8				8	6			10		6
Ireland	70	2	3		4		7	10		10				7		3		2				6					1		12			3
Finland	76	4				7	6		1				10		4		5		12	3	4	5	3			4	4		1		2		1
Ukraine	81	12		6	1					1			2	6			6				7				6	5	8	5	4	4			8
Estonia	101	5		2			5				1		5	2	1	7	3	6	5	4			1	8	2	2		12		6	12	1	4	7
Belarus	45				6							10						1			1	7		5			5			2		8
Monaco	100	10	8	1	10		1	6			5				5			8			3				5	10			7	3	7	5		6
UK	103	6		10		4		8	8			7	4						7			1	7	6	3				8	10		6		8
Faroe	85		1						12		12			12			12			10				7				2			10	7
Denmark	88	3	12			2	10						1		2	4				7	5	12	6	3		1		10			5		5
Greece	123	7	7	8		1		7	5	4		8	3	4	8	5	7		8				12			12		4			3			10
Bulgaria	64		6			5		1			2			3		1	4			12		10	4		7			3	2					4
Portugal	93		5			10	12		2	8			7			12	2		4		8					3	7			5	8
Turkey	98		2		5			12		3	3	6			10		1	10							12		6	8	5			10		5
France	111	8		5	3	8		4	6	2	6			10	12	6		12	2	5	10		8										2	2
The table is ordered by appearance in the final, then by appearance in the semi-finals.

12 points[]

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

No.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4	Faroe Islands	Denmark, Ireland, Monaco, Ukraine
4	Germany	Armenia, Kazakhstan, Norway, Turkey
3	Lithuania	Belarus, Czech Republic, Spain
2	Belgium	Russia, Sweden
	Denmark	France, Moldova
	Estonia	Israel, Netherlands
	France	Greece, United Kingdom
	Greece	Albania, Cyprus
	Moldova	Finland, Lithuania
	Portugal	Belgium, Faroe Islands
	Turkey	Croatia, Serbia
1	Bulgaria	Portugal
	Finland	Bulgaria
	Ireland	Italy
	Serbia	Romania
	Sweden	Estonia
	Ukraine	Germany

Other countries[]

Further information: List of countries in the Europa Song Contest

Countries that are active members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are also eligible to participate in the Europa Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

Active EBU members []

Iceland: (RÚV), had looked into debuting in the first edition, RÚV however declined before later debuting in second edition.
Switzerland: (SRG SSR) on 27 April 2017 the Swiss broadcaster announce that the country will debut in the first edition. However, Switzerland was decide to withdraw from the first edition, a debut in the upcoming editions is very likely.