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Europa Song Contest 2
Save The World
Dates
Semi-final 1 date 31 May 2017
Semi-final 2 date 2 June 2017
Final date 12 June 2017
Host
Venue EWE Arena
Oldenburg, Germany
Presenter(s) Anke Engelke
Broadcaster NDR
Opening act Semi-final 1: Introduction to the Europa Song Contest 2 from Anke Engelke
Semi-final 2: Oonagh performing her song "Aulë und Yavanna".
Final: Lena performing her song "Traffic Lights".
Interval act Semi-final 1: Cold Steel Drummers
Semi-final 2: Oonagh performing her song "Gäa".
Final: Robin Schulz performing his song "Sugar".
Participants
Entries 41
Debuting Austria
Azerbaijan
FYR Macedonia
Iceland
Latvia
Lebanon
Malta
Poland
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Withdrawing Albania
Cyprus
Monaco
Portugal
Voting
System Each country/jury awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winner Sweden
"A Million Years"
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Europa Song Contest 2, often referred to as ESC 2, was the second edition of the Europa Song Contest. It was held in Oldenburg, Germany as it was the host's country chose EWE Arena while Anke Engelke was selected as the presenter.

Forty-one countries participated in the edition including AustriaAzerbaijanFYR Macedonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lebanon, Malta, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia and Slovenia that made their debut appearance in the edition. AlbaniaCyprus, Monaco and Portugal announced their withdrawal from the second edition.

The winner of the second edition was Sweden the song "A Million Years"" performed by Mariette, which scored 141 points with a 13 points lead ahead the second time runner-up, MaltaLithuania finished on third place, while HungaryCzech Republic and the United Kingdom completed the top 6 of the edition.

Location[]

Oldenburg or simply Oldenburg is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. During the French annexation (1811–1813) in the wake of the Napoleonic war against Britain, it was also known as Le Vieux-Bourg in French. The city is situated at the Rivers Hunte and Haaren, in the northwestern region between the cities of Bremen in the east and Groningen (Netherlands) in the west. It has a population of 160,907 (December 2014).

The city is the place of origin of the House of Oldenburg. Before the end of the German Empire (1918), it was the administrative centre and residence of the monarchs of Oldenburg.

Archaeological finds point to a settlement dating back to the 8th century. The place was first mentioned in 1108 as Aldenburg in connection with Elimar I (also known as Egilmar I) who is now commonly seen as the first count of Oldenburg. The town gained importance due to its location at a ford of the navigable Hunte river. Oldenburg became the capital of the County of Oldenburg (later Duchy, Grand Duchy, and Free State), a small state in the shadow of the much more powerful Hanseatic city of Bremen.

In the 17th century, Oldenburg was a wealthy town in a time of war and turmoil and its population and power grew considerably. In 1667, the town was struck by a disastrous plague epidemic and, shortly after, a fire destroyed Oldenburg. The Danish kings, who were also counts of Oldenburg at the time, were not much interested in the condition of the town and it lost most of its former importance. In 1773, Danish rule ended. It was only then that the destroyed buildings in the city were rebuilt in a neoclassicist style.[3] (In German, the "neoclassicist style" of that period would usually be called klassizistisch, while neoklassizistisch specifically refers to the classicist style of the early 20th century.)

Bidding phase[]

Germany on 26 May 2017 announce that the canditates cities for the second edition was Hamburg Exhibition Centre in Hamburg with Capacity for contest 5,000. Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf with Capacity 66,500 and the last city was Oldenburg with venue EWE Arena with capacity 8,000. On 28 May 2017 German braodcaster (NDR) select for location Oldenburg - EWE Arena.

City Venue Capacity Notes
Hamburg Hamburg Exhibition Centre 5,000 Can be used for multipurpose events such as concerts and sporting events.
Düsseldorf Esprit Arena 66,500 Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Oldenburg EWE Arena Template:If empty 8,000 It is the home arena of the professional basketball team EWE Baskets Oldenburg, of the German League.

Logo and theme[]

The official logo of the second edition of the contest.

The official logo of the second edition of the contest.

The second edition logo of the Europa Song Contest was previously designed by George Rospier the main producer of Europa Song Contest. The main idea was to transmit something shocking, intense and energetic due to the some issues that the contest was suffering in the last edition. Overcoming those issues between all the producers and participants, led to this magnificient logo and everything is possible if you want to Save The World, which that's where the A note the Support Banners was made them by the German Broadcaster NDR.

Format[]

Semi-final allocation draw[]

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 25 May 2017 in Berlin. The big 6 countries were then drawn to determine in which semi-final each would country vote. The rest of the thirty-six 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.

The six pots were the following:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Running order[]

The running order of the semi-finals and the final of the edition was by producers appointed by both the EBU and the host broadcaster NDR.

Sneak peeks and betting odds[]

There were five sneak peeks with one to eight countries in each sneak peek. The countries were divided into the sneak peeks according to the order of the songs announcement with the songs that were announced first being in the first sneak peek. The broadcasters can post their result for each of the sneak peeks ranking the songs from first to last.

The betting odds of the edition are based on the rankings in the sneak peeks. The average rank of each country represented the country's odds to win the contest.

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

Forty-one countries confirmed their participation for the edition. Eleven of them, Austria, Azerbaijan, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Lebanon, Malta, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia and Slovenia, made their debut appearance in the contest; Poland and San Marino initially expressed their interest for participating in the contest before the first edition but only confirmed their participation for this edition.

Four countries, announced their withdrawal from the contest. Albania announce that the country will take a one edition break but they will return in the third edition with a stronger entry, Cyprus announce on 22 May 2017 that the country will represented by Ivi Adamou but later Cyprus decide to withdraw, Monaco announced their withdrawal citing financial and economical difficulties. Portugal announce on 21 May 2017 that the country will not take part in the second edition.

Returning artists[]

Demy return to represent this time her home country Greece after see wins the Greek National selection called The Greek Decision with the song "You Fooled Me". See previously represent Cyprus in the first edition featuring a Greek Rapper Oge and a Cypriot singer Charis Savva with the song "Me Oplo Tin Foni Sou".

Results[]

Semi-final 1[]

Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final. Germany, Lithuania and the United Kingdom also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Armenia Gaya Arzumanyan ft. Sevak Hanagyan "Ayayi Erkir Artsakh" 13 56
02 Faroe Islands Steso "Lummagud" 16 54
03 Bulgaria Galena "Moro Mou" 10 63
04 Slovakia Katarína Knechtová "FEA" 7 70
05 Lebanon The5 "Heya Kida El Haya" 6 72
06 Israel Nofar Salman "I'll Wait for you" 5 72
07 Belgium Lost Frequencies "All or Nothing" 12 60
08 Estonia Púr Múdd "The Way It Goes" 9 65
09 Ireland The Script "Superheroes" 11 62
10 Poland Gromee ft. Mahan Moin "Runaway" 4 80
11 Latvia Laura Lo & Chris Oak "Little Weird" 17 16
12 Azerbaijan Laleh "Colors" 3 97
13 Slovenia 1991 ft. July Jones "Heartstrings" 15 54
14 Belarus Nuteki "Take My Heart" 1 109
15 Ukraine Svetlana Loboda "Your eyes" 8 67
16 Czech Republic Olga Lounová "Time to Shine" 2 108
17 Iceland Birgir "Last For Long" 14 55

Semi-final 2[]

Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. France, Greece and Sweden also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Italy Enrico Papi "Mooseca" 5 86
02 Turkey Ceynur "Kafa Açma" 16 48
03 San Marino Chiara Galiazzo "Siamo adesso" 13 52
04 Moldova Tany Vander "Take Me Away" 14 50
05 Norway Elsa & Emilie "Endless Optimism" 10 63
06 Kazakhstan KeshYOU "Ruchti Aru" 4 91
07 Austria Rose May Alaba "Love Me Right" 6 74
08 FYR Macedonia Adelina Tahiri "Dale Kadale" 8 69
09 Finland Evelina "Kylmii Väreitä" 7 71
10 Netherlands Kraantje Pappie "Pompen" 18 36
11 Spain DJ Duran ft Katty S "Come, Come, Come" 11 61
12 Hungary Spoon 21 "Deák" 2 103
13 Malta Ira Losco "We are The Soldiers" 1 106
14 Romania LLP ft Irina Popa "My Remedy" 17 39
15 Serbia Sandra Afrika ft. DJ Denial X "Adio" 12 59
16 Croatia Ruža "Neke Dane" 15 48
17 Denmark Rikke Skytte "Color My World" 3 95
18 Russia Sergey Lazarev "Lucky Stranger" 9 65

Final[]

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

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Lebanon The5 "Heya Kida El Haya" 9 101
02 Estonia Púr Múdd "The Way It Goes" 25 53
03 Finland Evelina "Kylmii Väreitä" 18 79
04 Malta Ira Losco "We are The Soldiers" 2 128
05 Lithuania Greta Zazza "Like I Love You" 3 128
06 Italy Enrico Papi "Mooseca" 12 97
07 Norway Elsa & Emilie "Endless Optimism" 7 104
08 Hungary Spoon 21 "Deák" 4 120
09 Slovakia Katarína Knechtová "FEA" 24 60
10 Kazakhstan KeshYOU "Ruchti Aru" 8 101
11 United Kingdom Harry Styles "Sign of The Times" 6 109
12 Germany Zedd ft. Julia Michaels "Daisy" 16 90
13 Czech Republic Olga Lounová "Time to Shine" 5 111
14 Israel Nofar Salman "I'll Wait for you" 21 70
15 France Amir "Au cœur de moi" 20 73
16 FYR Macedonia Adelina Tahiri "Dale Kadale" 14 92
17 Bulgaria Galena "Moro Mou" 22 66
18 Belarus Nuteki "Take My Heart" 15 91
19 Poland Gromee ft. Mahan Moin "Runaway" 10 101
20 Azerbaijan Laleh "Colors" 13 96
21 Sweden Mariette "A Million Years" 1 141
22 Ukraine Svetlana Loboda "Your eyes" 19 78
23 Denmark Rikke Skytte "Color My World" 17 81
24 Greece Demy "You Fooled Me" 23 64
25 Russia Sergey Lazarev "Lucky Stranger" 26 47
26 Austria Rose May Alaba "Love Me Right" 11 97

Voting grids[]

Semi-final 1[]

Semi-final 1
split jury/televote results
Place Televoting Points Jury Points
1 Czech R. 127 Belarus 115
2 Belarus 113 Azerbaijan 98
3 Azerbaijan 88 Czech R. 93
4 Lebanon 84 Israel 83
5 Poland 83 Slovakia 78
6 Bulgaria 71 Poland 77
7 Armenia 70 Estonia 76
8 Belgium 65 Ukraine 69
9 Slovakia 63 Faroe 64
10 Ireland 62 Belgium 62
11 Estonia 60 Lebanon 62
12 Iceland 57 Bulgaria 60
13 Slovenia 56 Ireland 60
14 Ukraine 52 Iceland 51
15 Israel 51 Slovenia 50
16 Faroe 41 Armenia 46
17 Latvia 17 Latvia 16
Voting results
Armenia 56 4 12 2 1 2 5 3 1 1 5 10 10
Faroe 54 12 3 7 8 8 4 12
Bulgaria 63 12 1 10 6 3 1 2 5 3 2 1 5 7 5
Slovakia 70 6 4 10 12 12 5 7 6 6 1 1
Lebanon 72 8 7 1 6 5 3 12 2 3 7 12 6
Israel 72 4 7 2 5 12 4 4 1 10 4 8 7 4
Belgium 60 5 2 7 10 5 7 4 10 2 6 2
Estonia 65 5 1 1 10 2 7 6 12 7 10 1 3
Ireland 62 2 3 5 2 8 3 1 7 6 12 2 4 7
Poland 80 8 8 3 4 12 7 6 2 3 1 8 8 10
Latvia 16 4 4 6 2
Azerbaijan 97 12 5 5 3 6 10 7 2 5 12 2 5 8 3 12
Slovenia 54 7 12 5 7 2 1 5 12 3
Belarus 109 10 10 10 8 4 1 12 10 8 10 3 3 3 6 7 4
Ukraine 67 3 6 6 12 10 10 4 8 4 4
Czech R. 108 7 2 3 6 8 8 6 6 10 8 8 5 6 12 5 8
Iceland 55 1 4 7 8 6 3 1 4 10 2 8 1

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
3 Azerbaijan Faroe Islands, Ukraine, United Kingdom
2 Faroe Islands Israel, Lithuania
Lebanon Azerbaijan, Czech Republic
Slovakia Ireland, Latvia
Slovenia Lithuania, Lebanon
1 Armenia Bulgaria
Belarus Poland
Bulgaria Armenia
Czech Republic Germany
Estonia Slovenia
Ireland Belarus
Israel Estonia
Poland Belgium
Ukraine Slovakia

Semi-final 2[]

Semi-final 2
split jury/televote results
Place Televoting Points Jury Points
1 Macedonia 99 Malta 140
2 Italy 98 Kazakhstan 97
3 Finland 95 Hungary 96
4 Russia 90 Italy 88
5 Spain 86 Denmark 87
6 Denmark 81 San Marino 80
7 Hungary 77 Norway 75
8 Serbia 76 Austria 74
9 Kazakhstan 76 Turkey 65
10 Austria 75 Moldova 59
11 Malta 74 Finland 57
12 Norway 63 Croatia 54
13 Moldova 56 Netherlands 53
14 San Marino 54 Spain 48
15 Romania 34 Russia 46
16 Turkey 29 Macedonia 42
17 Netherlands 28 Serbia 29
18 Croatia 27 Romania 28
Voting results
Italy 86 4 7 1 12 6 8 1 10 8 1 12 10 6
Turkey 48 8 5 5 6 1 8 1 2 12
San Marino 52 6 6 8 5 3 1 6 1 1 1 8 6
Moldova 50 3 10 8 3 1 3 1 6 5 5 5
Norway 63 3 1 7 10 5 7 2 4 2 7 12 3
Kazakhstan 91 12 12 1 5 10 3 4 12 4 3 2 8 4 4 7
Austria 76 8 1 4 7 2 6 12 4 5 8 2 2 3 12
Macedonia 69 2 4 1 4 3 12 5 7 10 7 5 7 2
Finland 71 1 5 8 5 1 8 6 5 12 2 4 10 4
Netherlands 36 2 7 8 6 3 6 4
Spain 61 7 4 2 2 5 2 12 8 12 1
Hungary 103 2 6 12 12 2 5 12 7 7 8 5 10 12 3
Malta 106 10 12 10 2 8 12 6 4 10 7 3 3 5 7 7
Romania 39 6 3 4 1 1 5 4 7 8
Serbia 59 5 2 10 5 10 10 3 10 4
Croatia 48 7 3 7 7 6 6 3 8 1
Denmark 95 4 10 10 3 8 12 4 12 10 10 2 10
Russia 65 3 8 6 7 10 2 2 4 3 6 6 8

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
4 Hungary Denmark, Finland, Moldova, Norway
3 Kazakhstan Italy, Netherlands, Turkey
2 Austria Malta, Sweden
Denmark FYR Macedonia, Hungary
Italy Kazakhstan, Serbia
Malta Austria, San Marino
Spain Romania, Greece
1 Finland Croatia
FYR Macedonia Spain
Norway Russia
Turkey France

Final[]

Final
split jury/televote results
Place Televoting Points Jury Points
1 Sweden 159 Malta 155
2 Poland 124 Lithuania 141
3 Macedonia 122 UK 131
4 Italy 116 Sweden 130
5 Czech R. 115 Hungary 120
6 Hungary 114 Norway 112
7 Lithuania 114 Czech R. 108
8 Lebanon 113 Kazakhstan 104
9 Kazakhstan 111 Belarus 99
10 Finland 109 Lebanon 98
11 Germany 102 Azerbaijan 94
12 UK 98 Israel 91
13 Malta 88 Italy 90
14 Azerbaijan 88 France 89
15 Belarus 86 Slovakia 88
16 Norway 85 Austria 88
17 Bulgaria 82 Poland 85
18 Austria 80 Ukraine 85
19 Denmark 76 Denmark 71
20 Ukraine 70 Germany 70
21 Greece 65 Finland 65
22 France 59 Estonia 58
23 Russia 56 Bulgaria 58
24 Estonia 55 Macedonia 58
25 Slovakia 54 Greece 55
26 Israel 37 Russia 35
Voting results
Lebanon 101 8 10 1 8 12 3 4 7 4 7 6 7 8 10 5 1
Estonia 53 2 3 4 1 10 5 5 7 12 4
Finland 79 10 1 5 12 2 5 10 3 7 3 2 10 2 5 2
Malta 128 12 12 4 4 10 1 3 12 10 1 1 6 7 7 4 7 1 8 10 8
Lithuania 128 5 7 1 5 4 6 3 2 2 8 1 10 6 8 8 5 8 4 4 5 8 4 8 6
Italy 97 4 10 1 5 5 3 5 6 3 12 2 12 12 4 12 1
Norway 104 5 6 2 5 8 12 5 2 5 7 1 3 10 3 7 1 10 2 10
Hungary 120 1 12 3 12 3 2 6 8 6 5 12 10 6 8 2 1 7 5 3 8
Slovakia 60 10 10 8 1 3 1 1 1 2 6 5 7 3 2
Kazakhstan 101 8 8 12 10 2 10 2 3 4 4 8 6 10 2 12
UK 109 7 3 4 8 5 12 1 8 8 5 6 12 7 2 12 2 7
Germany 90 2 10 2 7 2 2 3 5 6 5 8 12 5 6 3 12
Czech R. 111 3 8 6 7 5 7 12 4 12 4 6 3 3 3 8 3 3 6 4 7
Israel 70 7 2 8 8 7 5 1 6 8 1 4 2 4 4 2 1
France 73 6 1 8 2 6 5 10 5 4 3 12 4 7
Macedonia 92 7 4 2 3 10 4 10 8 12 2 7 10 5 8
Bulgaria 66 6 3 7 6 2 7 5 3 10 4 6 6 1
Belarus 91 1 1 12 2 1 4 8 1 6 7 4 10 3 2 12 2 1 4 1 4 1 4
Poland 101 4 5 8 2 10 3 8 12 7 2 6 7 1 4 8 8 6
Azerbaijan 96 7 12 7 12 5 1 10 6 3 3 10 10 10
Sweden 141 2 10 3 10 6 8 4 7 8 8 12 7 12 7 1 5 8 8 5 7 3
Ukraine 78 5 12 4 12 7 10 10 12 6
Denmark 81 1 6 6 5 10 4 12 6 2 2 10 2 6 4 5
Greece 64 12 1 7 12 12 5 12 3
Russia 47 7 6 4 6 3 3 6 5 1 6
Austria 97 3 3 6 5 4 7 2 4 3 1 7 12 10 10 1 6 3 10
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 Greece Austria, France, Iceland, Romania
Italy Belgium, Latvia, Netherlands, Serbia
3 Hungary Azerbaijan, Finland, Norway
Malta Estonia, Lebanon, Slovakia
Ukraine Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova
United Kingdom Ireland, Poland, San Marino
2 Azerbaijan Hungary, United Kingdom
Belarus Greece, Malta
Czech Republic Belarus, Germany
Germany Faroe Islands, Spain
Kazakhstan Italy, Turkey
Sweden Russia, Ukraine
1 Austria Denmark
Denmark FYR Macedonia
Estonia Slovenia
Finland Bulgaria
France Croatia
FYR Macedonia Armenia
Lebanon Czech Republic
Norway Israel
Poland Sweden

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 []

  • Albania: RTSH announce that the country will take one edition break but they will return in the thrid edition.
  • Cyprus: RIK announce on 22 May 2017 that the country will represented by Ivi Adamou but later Cypurs announce their withdrawal.
  • Monaco: TMC has confirmed their withdrawal from the second edition. Reasons for this are a lack of money, preparations, interest by the broadcaster, the public as well as the retirement of the Head of Delegation
  • Portugal: RTP announce on 21 May 2017 that the country won't take part in the second edition.

International broadcasts and voting[]

Voting and spokespersons[]

  1. px Sada Vidoo
    (Danish representative in the first edition)
  2. px Mr Lordi
  3. px Poli Genova
    (Host of the first edition)
  4. px Erik Karapetyan
  5. px Barbara Palvin
  6. px Arash
  7. px Matthias Schweighöfer
  8. px Laura Tesoro
    (Belgian representative in the first edition)
  9. px Máddji
    (Norwegian representative in the first edition)
  10. px Nicky Byrne
  11. px Birgit Õigemeel
  12. px Cleo
  13. px Gülşen
    (Turkish representative in the first edition)
  14. px Asel Sagatova
  15. px Tomáš Martinka

  1. px Eleonora Boi
  2. px Teo
  3. px Keira Knightly
  4. px Kristbjörg Kjeld
  5. px Lisa Ajax
  6. px Marija Kilibarda
  7. px Gašper Rifelj
  8. px GJan
    (Lithuanian representative in the first edition)
  9. px Inna
    (Romanian representative in the first edition)
  10. px Nicoleta Nuca
    (Moldovan representative in the first edition)
  11. px Jana Burceska
  12. px Alvaro Soler
  13. px Imri Ziv
  14. px Amber
  15. px Polina Gagarina

  1. px Volodymyr Ostapchuk
  2. px Francesca Michielin
  3. px Yasmine Al Massri
  4. px Matt Pokora
  5. px Anouk
  6. px Jacques Houdek
  7. px Markus Riva
  8. px Tamta
    (Greek representative in the first edition)
  9. px Zoë
  10. px Eivør
    (Faroese representative in the first edition)
  11. px Celeste Buckingham

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