Own Eurovision Song Contest 40

Own Eurovision Song Contest 40 Welcome to Germany! Twisted Fate
Dates
Semi-final 1 date	2 August 2015
Semi-final 2 date	8 August 2015
Final date	19 August 2015
Host
Venue	Nuremberg Arena Nuremberg,Germany
Presenter(s)	Carolin Kebekus
Broadcaster	NDR
Opening act	"Traffic Lights" by Lena
Participants
Entries	46
Debuting	None
Returning	Croatia Cyprus England Georgia Lebanon Ukraine
Withdrawing	Azerbaijan Czech Republic Egypt Lithuania Monaco Montenegro Portugal
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
Voting
System	Each country awardes 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winner	Poland "Naucz mnie"
Own Eurovision Song Contest
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Own Eurovision Song Contest 40, often referred to as OESC #40, is the 40th edition of the Own Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at the Nuremberg Arena, located in Nuremberg, Germany, following the country's victory at the Own Eurovision Song Contest 39 with Lena performing her single "Traffic Lights". This is the second time the country is hosting the event, after holding the Own Eurovision Song Contest 15 edition in Berlin. The contest was scheduled to consist of two semi-finals and a final.

Forty-six countries have confirmed their participation in the competition. Croatia, Cyprus, England, Georgia, Lebanon and Ukraine have all returned in the contest, with Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Egypt, Lithuania, Monaco, Montenegro and Portugal all announcing their withdrawal.

The Big six status countries and also the countries that will automatically qualified for the Grand Final in the 40th edition are Denmark, the host country Germany, Israel, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Although they are automatically in the final, they will be drawn to vote in one of the two scheduled semifinals.

The winner of the Own Eurovision Song Contest 40 was Poland, this marks the third time the country has won the contest, last time Poland won the Own Eurovision Song Contest 12 and the Own Eurovision Song Contest 26. "Naucz mnie" by Sarsa received a total amount of 208 points, winning by a margin of 11 points. The runner-up was England. Third place was occupied by Hungary, fourth place went to France, fifth to Switzerland and sixth to Sweden.

The host country didn't manage to end in the first part of the scoreboard, receiving a total amount of 92 points and ending on the 17th place. From the other countries that were directly qualified in the Grand Final only Denmark managed to place in the first part of the leader board, which received the 13th place, while the other countries didn't manage to place in the first part of the leader board, placing in the bottom four.

Venue

Nuremberg Arena is an arena in Nuremberg, Germany. Nuremberg Arena opened in 2001 and holds up to 6,500 people. It is used for ice hockey, basketball and concerts. Since 2005, it is also called Arena Nürnberger Versicherung.

Location

Further information: Germany

Nuremberg

Location of the host city in Germany.

Nuremberg is a city on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia, about 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of Munich. It is the second-largest city in Bavaria (after Munich), and the largest in Franconia. The population as of February 2015, is 517,498, which makes it Germany's fourteenth-largest city. The "European Metropolitan Area Nuremberg" has 3.5 million inhabitants.

This is the first time the contest take place in Nuremberg, Germany and is the second time the contest takes place in Germany, last time the contest took place in Berlin in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 15.

Semi-final and Grand Final allocation draw

Semi-final Allocation Draw

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on July 24, 2015 at the Nuremberg Arena. The participating countries, excluding the Big 6 countries, were split into six pots, based on voting history and geographical location. From these pots, 20 countries each were allocated to compete in first semifinal and 20 in second semifinal. The pots are as follows:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Kosovo Macedonia Serbia	Armenia Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Russia Ukraine Uzbekistan	Austria Hungary Moldova Poland Romania Slovakia Switzerland
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Iceland Latvia Norway Sweden	Algeria Cyprus Greece Lebanon Morocco Turkey	Belgium England France Ireland Netherlands Spain

The host country, Germany will vote in the first semi-final. The rest of the big six countries will vote as follow: Israel with Italy in first semifinal, while Denmark with Scotland and Wales in second semifinal.

Running Order

The running order of the semifinals was revealed on July 26, 2015, also the draw of the host country for the Grand Final was revealed and it will perform on number 14 out of 26 countries.

Participants

Forty-six countries have confirmed participation in the 40th edition, with six countries returning and seven countries withdrawing.

The 40th edition will see the return of Croatia, Cyprus, England, Georgia, Lebanon and Ukraine, while Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Egypt, Lithuania, Monaco, Montenegro and Portugal withdrew from this edition.

• Georgia last participated in Tbilisi, Georgia at the Own Eurovision Song Contest 33.
• Croatia, Cyprus, England, Lebanon and Ukraine last participated in Thessaloniki, Greece at the Own Eurovision Song Contest 38.

Returning artists

Returns	Contestant	Currenty country	Past country
5	Tamta Goduadze	Georgia	Georgia 13, Georgia 22, Georgia 24, Georgia 27, Georgia 30
4	Anna Shurochkina	Russia	Russia 14, Russia 21, Russia 26, Russia 35
3	Zehira Darabid	Algeria	Algeria 23, Algeria 24, Algeria 34
	Marianna Hansen	Greece	Faroe Islands 24, Greece 25, Greenland 27
	Nightwish	Finland	Finland 06, Åland Islands 08, Finland 16
2	Colonia	Croatia	Croatia 08, Croatia 11
	Stefanie Heinzmann	Switzerland	Switzerland 28, Switzerland 34
1	Bobby Andonov	Macedonia	Macedonia 29
	Stine Bramsen	Denmark	Denmark 39
	Dubioza Kolektiv	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina 06
	Elisa Kolk	Estonia	Estonia 38
	Katrine Lukins	Latvia	Latvia 30
	Peter Bič Project	Slovakia	Slovakia 13
	Eva Simons	Netherlands	Netherlands 30

Results

Semifinals

Semi Final 1

• The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the Grand Final.
• The host Germany, Israel and Italy will vote in this semi final.
• The countries that are highlighted in orange qualified for the final.
• The 10 qualifiers were announced on August 2, 2015.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Greece	Shaya	"Sunshine"	14	58
02	Ukraine	Diana Miro	"Insanity"	13	61
03	Estonia	Anterro feat. Elisa Kolk & Kristjan Kasearu	"L.O.V.E."	12	65
04	Lebanon	Myriam Fares	"Nifsi Aoulhalak"	8	79
05	Slovakia	Peter Bič Project	"Thinking About You"	18	35
06	Moldova	Nicoleta Nucă	"Nu Sunt"	9	78
07	Bulgaria	Kamen Vodenicharov feat. Toncho Tokmakchiev	"Vsichko Otnachalo"	20	28
08	Faroe Islands	Mahanna	"Here We Come"	2	99
09	Iceland	Young Karin	"Sirens"	19	28
10	Russia	Nyusha	"Tsunami"	4	84
11	Belgium	Hooverphonic	"Anger Never Dies"	6	84
12	Uzbekistan	Tamila	"Zolim"	17	53
13	Belarus	Milki	"Accent"	7	82
14	Switzerland	Stefanie Heinzmann	"In The End"	1	130
15	Serbia	Milica Pavlović	"Selfi"	11	66
16	Armenia	Genealogy	"Menq Enq Mer Sarery"	10	67
17	Ireland	HomeTown	"Cry For Help"	5	84
18	Sweden	Dinah Nah	"Taste Your Love"	3	96
19	Cyprus	Anna Vilanides	"Poios Apo Tous Dio"	16	57
20	Kazakhstan	Indigo	"Toyla"	15	58

Semi Final 2

• The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the Grand Final.
• Denmark, Scotland and Wales will vote in this semi final.
• The countries that are highlighted in orange qualified for the final.
• The 10 qualifiers were announced on August 8, 2015.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Spain	Eva Ruiz	"Qué Has Hecho Con Mi Vida"	14	57
02	Croatia	Colonia	"Feniks"	7	85
03	Romania	Otilia	"Bilionera"	19	33
04	Hungary	Adina	"Insomnia"	6	85
05	France	Cheraze	"Promets Pas La Lune"	5	87
06	Macedonia	Bobby Andonov	"Broken"	12	59
07	Turkey	Murat Dalkiliç	"Yani"	4	96
08	Latvia	Katrine Lukins	"Find You"	15	52
09	Norway	Aurora	"Running With The Wolves"	8	82
10	Austria	Capcha One	"Alone Again"	9	72
11	Georgia	Tamta	"Unloved"	3	103
12	England	Alesha Dixon	"The Way We Are"	2	116
13	Finland	Nightwish	"Élan"	17	44
14	Albania	Soni Malaj	"Me Rrena"	18	34
15	Poland	Sarsa	"Naucz Mnie"	1	118
16	Morocco	Redouane Ghazir	"Demi Meghribi"	20	22
17	Algeria	Zaho	"Tout Est Pareil"	10	71
18	Kosovo	Kida	"Boni Zo"	16	49
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dubioza Kolektiv	"No Escape (From Balkan)"	11	69
20	Netherlands	Eva Simons feat. Konshens	"Policeman"	13	58

Grand Final

The twenty-six finalists are:

• the Big 6 countries.
• the top ten countries from the first semi-final.
• the top ten countries from the second semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Israel	Kathleen Reiter	"Mind Of A Gambler"	24	45
02	Georgia	Tamta	"Unloved"	8	128
03	Belgium	Hooverphonic	"Anger Never Dies"	9	115
04	Norway	Aurora	"Running With The Wolves"	12	104
05	Turkey	Murat Dalkiliç	"Yani"	7	139
06	Hungary	Adina	"Insomnia"	3	149
07	Russia	Nyusha	"Tsunami"	21	78
08	Armenia	Genealogy	"Menq Enq Mer Sarery"	20	80
09	Belarus	Milki	"Accent"	14	99
10	Scotland	Yasmin	"Finish Line"	25	32
11	Denmark	Carpark North feat. Stine Bramsen	"32"	13	103
12	England	Alesha Dixon	"The Way We Are"	2	197
13	Austria	Capcha One	"Alone Again"	19	83
14	Germany	Bellini	"Samba Do Brasil"	17	92
15	Switzerland	Stefanie Heinzmann	"In The End"	5	141
16	Italy	Giulia	"Turn Your Light On"	23	67
17	Lebanon	Myriam Fares	"Nifsi Aoulhalak"	16	97
18	France	Cheraze	"Promets Pas La Lune"	4	143
19	Faroe Islands	Mahanna	"Here We Come"	10	108
20	Algeria	Zaho	"Tout Est Pareil"	22	73
21	Ireland	HomeTown	"Cry For Help"	15	99
22	Croatia	Colonia	"Feniks"	18	87
23	Sweden	Dinah Nah	"Taste Your Love"	6	140
24	Wales	Keenan Cahill feat. Electrovamp	"Hands Up"	26	15
25	Poland	Sarsa	"Naucz Mnie"	1	208
26	Moldova	Nicoleta Nucă	"Nu Sunt"	11	104

Scoreboards

First semifinal

		Voting results Semi-Final 1
																										Points	Place
	Greece		4	2		10	5				10	3			5					12					7	58	14
	Ukraine			5	2		10	2		2		4	5	6	8			1	2			10	4			61	13
	Estonia	3				7	2			7		6	7						8	5			12		8	65	12
	Lebanon	10		12		1		3	1		2	2	10	3		2		8	6		8	8		3		79	8
	Slovakia		5		1									7		3			1	7			3	8		35	18
	Moldova	2			5	6		5	5		3	7			2	5	7	10		4	2	7		5	3	78	9
	Bulgaria	5					7		3						12						1					28	20
	Faroe Islands	1	6	8	12					4	4	12		10			5	4		6	10	12		1	4	99	2
	Iceland				8		3	1					4						12							28	19
	Russia	4	7		6		6		6	8		8	12	5		1	3	1	5	3	7		1			84	4
	Belgium		1		7	12			12	10	7		3	2		4	12						7	7		84	6
	Uzbekistan			3				10			1			1	6	7	1	5			12	3	2	2		53	17
	Belarus	6		6		5	4			5			2			10	4		4	8	6	4	10	6	2	82	7
	Switzerland		10		10	8		4	10	12	12	1	1	4		8	10	12			5	1	5	12	5	130	1
	Serbia	12	12	10	3			7		1			6		3				3	2		6			1	66	11
	Armenia			1		2	12	8	4		8				7			6			4	5		10		67	10
	Ireland		3	4			1		8		6	10			4	6	2		10	10			8		12	84	5
	Sweden	8	8	7	4			6		6	5	5	8	12				7		1	3		6		10	96	3
	Cyprus	7				4	8		7	3					1	12	6	3				2		4		57	16
	Kazakhstan		2			3		12	2					8	10		8		7						6	58	15

12 points awarded in the first semifinal

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal.

No.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4	Switzerland	Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Russia
3	Belgium	Armenia, Faroe Islands, Slovakia
	Faroe Islands	Belgium, Israel, Lebanon
2	Serbia	Greece, Ukraine
1	Armenia	Moldova
	Bulgaria	Switzerland
	Cyprus	Belarus
	Estonia	Italy
	Greece	Cyprus
	Iceland	Sweden
	Ireland	Rest of the World
	Kazakhstan	Bulgaria
	Lebanon	Estonia
	Russia	Uzbekistan
	Sweden	Belarus
	Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan

Second semifinal

		Voting results Semi-Final 2
																										Points	Place
	Spain			6		1	1	4	2	3	6		6	6	1	7				1		4		5	4	57	14
	Croatia	3				7		10	1			5		1	10	10	3	3		12	12	8				85	7
	Romania					5	6	3					4		7				5			1	1	1		33	19
	Hungary	4				8			12	5	5	6		8		8		6			5	5	4	4	5	85	6
	France			3			5		3				8		2	3	8	8	12	10	10		7		8	87	5
	Macedonia		4	12	4			2	4			3	12	5	3							3		7		59	12
	Turkey		5	8	5	12	10			1		7	7		8		5		4	8	1		6	8	1	96	4
	Latvia	2	3			3		7		4	2	1	5	12		5				4	4					52	15
	Norway	1	8	5	2	6			6		1	4	1	7			2	10			7	12		10		82	8
	Austria		6	10	3				7	2		10	2	4			1	4	6	5	2		3		7	72	9
	Georgia		10	2	7		3		10	6	4				6	6	7		10	6		10	10		6	103	3
	England			4	12	10	7			7	12	12		2		12	6	5	1		8		12	3	3	116	2
	Finland	5						1		8			10			1				7				12		44	17
	Albania	6						8				2				2		2	8			6				34	18
	Poland	12	7	7	10	4	8			10	7			10				12		3	6	2	8		12	118	1
	Morocco	8	1		1			12																		22	20
	Algeria				8		4		8		10	8		3		4	4		2		3	7			10	71	10
	Kosovo	7			6			5							12		12						5		2	49	16
	Bosnia&Herzegovina	10	12				12	6			3				4			7	7				2	6		69	11
	Netherlands		2	1		2	2		5	12	8		3		5		10	1	3	2				2		58	13

12 points awarded in the second semifinal

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal.

No.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	England	Austria, Georgia, Hungary, Poland, Scotland
3	Poland	Algeria, Rest of the World, Spain
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia, Macedonia
	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands
	Kosovo	Albania, Morocco
	Macedonia	England, Romania
1	Finland	Wales
	France	Kosovo
	Hungary	Latvia
	Latvia	Finland
	Morocco	Turkey
	Netherlands	Norway
	Norway	Denmark
	Turkey	France

Grand Final

		Voting results Grand Final
																																																	Points	Place
	Israel					1					7			3		10			3					6			4						2									6				3			45	24
	Georgia	2		2	2			3			6	10					7			2		8	10	4						6	8			6		12	5		1	4	7		8	2	10			3	128	8
	Belgium		2		5	6		1	8			2	7		12			12		10					8	3					4		4	3			7				12	5				4			115	9
	Norway			3			1		3		1	12					12	1		3		2	1	5	12			3					8	7		8		4			6	7					7		104	12
	Turkey		3					7	5		3		12		7	3			12				5	12	6			12		4		3		8	7				5	10				1	7	7			139	7
	Hungary	10		8	10			12		10	4			2					1		10	7				5	10				5				6	7	12	6			10	1	7					6	149	3
	Russia			10														6								12	3	6					5	12		2							2	10			8	2	78	21
	Armenia										5		4		10	8								2	5		8					12						2					4	6	2			12	80	20
	Belarus				8										1	2	1				7			1			5		3	5	1		3	4	12	10	2			3	5		10		8			8	99	14
	Scotland		6					6	1	6			2					3		4																		3									1		32	25
	Denmark				12				4					12		4	5	10		5						4	1		5			2	10					7				8		12		2			103	13
	England	5	12		4	5	8		10	12	12	1		10				7	8		8	6		3	2	7	2	10	12	8		6	7	2				5		8				4	5		4	4	197	2
	Austria	7								5					5		10	2			3		6								10				10		4	10	4		3				4				83	19
	Germany	1		1		10	10						5						7	1		1			4			5	7		6				8	6	1	8			1					5		5	92	17
	Switzerland			12			4	10	6			7			6			4		8	2	4	3							3	7	1	12		5	5	3		7		8	4				10		10	141	5
	Italy		4		1	3	3					3		5		5		8	5	6	5						7							1		3				5							3		67	23
	Lebanon	4	10			12		8															2		1				8	1		4		6		2	6	2											97	16
	France									3	10	4			8	7	2				4	5	12					7	4	10	12	10						1		2			12	5	12	8	5		143	4
	Faroe Islands	12			3	4	2			4	2		8	4		12	4				1	10			7	8			1	2	3								8			12				1			108	10
	Algeria	3	1	6			5	2		2		8		8		6										2		1				8	1		4		6		2	6	2								73	22
	Ireland						12		2				10				8		10	7				7	10				6						3			12	10								2		99	15
	Croatia		5	5		8				1		6			3				6						1		6			1					2		10					3	6		1	12	10	1	87	18
	Sweden		8	7	6		7	5		8								5	4		6		4			1		4	10	7			6	7					6		4	2	1	8	6	6	12		140	6
	Wales					7							1	6																																			15	26
	Poland	6		4	7		6	4	12	7	8	5	3	7	4		6			12	12	12	7	8			12	8	8		2	7							3	12		10	3				6	7	208	1
	Moldova	8	7			2			7				6	1	2	1	3		2			3	8			10		2	2			5			1	4	8		12	7				3					104	11
The table is ordered by appearance in the final, then by appearance in the semi-finals.

12 points awarded in the grand final

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Grand Final.

No.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	Poland	Algeria, Armenia, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Macedonia, Moldova
4	England	Belarus, Georgia, Scotland, Ukraine
	France	Albania, Croatia, Kosovo, Slovakia
	Turkey	England, France, Greece, Sweden
3	Belgium	Germany, Latvia, Lebanon
	Denmark	Austria, Morocco, Norway
	Faroe Islands	Finland, Israel, Switzerland
	Norway	Denmark, Italy, Wales
2	Armenia	Bulgaria, Rest of the World
	Hungary	Kazakhstan, Russia
	Ireland	Hungary, Spain
	Russia	Poland, Uzbekistan
	Switzerland	Belgium, Iceland
1	Belarus	Serbia
	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Georgia	Cyprus
	Lebanon	Turkey
	Moldova	Romania
	Sweden	Netherlands

Voting Ceremony

Spokepersons

1. Måns Zelmerlöw
2. Nearchos Evangelou & Charis Savva
3. Eva Hache
4. Giusy Ferreri
5. Marla Blumenblatt
6. Benjamin Peltonen
7. The Young Professionals
8. Vlaho Arbulić
9. Katarina Ivanovska
10. Sylwia Grzeszczak (Previously participated at the 7th,9th, 10th, 21st and 30th editions)
11. Elina Born
12. Helena Paparizou
13. Greta Svabo Bech
14. Dato Kenchiashvili
15. Loïc Nottet
16. Samira Said
17. Katherine Jenkins
18. Dominika Mirgova
19. Joy Denalane
20. Jean-Pierre Bacri
21. Zhanar Dugalova
22. Olena Kucher
23. Pınar Deniz
24. Of Monsters And Men
25. Anna Murphy
26. Sati Kazanova
27. Renáta Tolvai
28. Bonvivan
29. Marit Bjoergen
30. Anastasia Malashkevich
31. Katarina Grujic
32. Nadine Coyle
33. Dhurata Dora
34. Rayhon
35. Aminata Savadogo
36. Dj Diass
37. INNA (Previously participated at the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th,14th,15th,21st,29th and 32nd editions)
38. Rodolphe Bou Nader
39. Sasha Lopez
40. Medina
41. Amy McDonald
42. Xhensila Myrtezaj
43. Britt Dekker
44. Mary Berry
45. Tal
46. Sirusho
47. Alexa Fesser

Other countries

• Andorra: The country announced that they are not planning to return to the contest anytime soon.
• Azerbaijan: Financial difficulties ruled the country out of the 40th contest.
• Czech Republic: The country withdrew from the contest because of the weak result from the previous edition.
• Egypt: The country withdrew due to some budged cuts and it's more likely to return in the next edition.
• Liechtenstein: The country announced that they are not planning to return to the contest due to lack of money and interest.
• Lithuania: The country withdrew from the contest because of the weak result from the previous edition.
• Luxembourg: The country announced that they don't want to return to the contest.
• Malta: The country announced at OEBU that they are not gonna return to the contest due to lack of interest.
• Monaco: The HoD announced that the country would not be participating in the contest because of financial reasons.
• Montenegro: The country withdrew from the contest because of the weak result from the previous edition.
• Northern Ireland: The country announced at first that they will return, but withdrew in the last moment.
• Portugal: The country withdrew from the contest because of the weak result from the previous edition.
• San Marino: The country has not stated yet a decision if they are returning in the contest.
• Slovenia: The country at first submitted the song "You're A Tree And I'm Balloon" by Maja Keuc, but then they decided to withdraw.

See also

• Own Eurovision Song Contest