Own Eurovision Song Contest 1

Own Eurovision Song Contest 1 Welcome to Moldova!
Dates
Semi-final 1 date	8 May 2012
Semi-final 2 date	9 May 2012
Final date	13 May 2012
Host
Venue	Zimbru Stadium Chișinău, Moldova
Presenter(s)	Dan Bălan Aliona Munteanu
Broadcaster	TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM)
Opening act	Te Deum (Prelude (Marche en rondeau))
Participants
Entries	29
Debuting	See below
Returning	None
Withdrawing	None
Participation map
Voting
System	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winner	Sweden "The girl"
Own Eurovision Song Contest
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Own Eurovision Song Contest 1, often referred to as OESC #01, was the first edition of Own Eurovision Song Contest, held in Chișinău, Moldova.

Twenty-nine countries participated in the first contest. Charlotte Perrelli from Sweden won the contest with the song "The girl" receving a total of 115 points. Spain finished in second place, with Greece finishing in third place. They were followed by Romania, which reached the 4th place and Russia 5th place.

Twenty-two countries participated in the Grand Final. The host country, Moldova failed to make it into the first half of the leader board, receiving 42 points and placed 19th.

Venue

Zimbru Stadium is a football-specific stadium in Chişinău, Moldova completed in May, 2006 with a capacity of 10,400 people, corresponds to all norms required by UEFA and FIFA for national and international matches. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Zimbru Chişinău and the Moldova national football team.

The Moldovan football team's second biggest defeat took place in this stadium, a 5-0 defeat to England in September 2012, during FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualification.

Location

Chișinău

Location of the host city in Moldova.

Chișinău is the capital and largest city of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc. According to January 2012 official estimates, Chișinău proper has a population of 723,500 and the municipality of Chișinău is home to 794,800 residents.
Founded in 1436 as a monastery village, the city was part of the Moldavian Principality. Chișinău was mentioned for the first time in 1436, when Moldavian princes Ilie and Ştefan gave several villages with the common name Cheseni near the Akbash well to one feudal lord Oancea for his good service. That year, Stephen III of Moldavia signed the donation to his uncle Vlaicu, who became the owner of the village Chișinău near the well Albișoara.
The second documentary attestation (this time about the village Chișinău) dates with the chronicles from 1466. Over the next centuries Chişinău's population steadily grows and at the beginning of the 19th century it had 7,000 inhabitants.
In 1812 Chișinău came under Russian imperial administration. Having got an official status of town in 1818, Chişinău became a centre of the Bessarabian district and since 1873 the centre of the Bessarabian province. If from 1812 till 1818 the Chişinău population had increased from 7 up to 18 thousand people, by the end of the 19th century it had grown up to 110,000. The growth of population was due to the immigrants from Russian Empire. In 1856, Chişinău was the Russian Empire's fifth biggest city, after Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa, and Riga.
The mayor of Chişinău office was established in 1817 as City Duma and its first mayors there were the captain Anghel Nour (1817–1821). Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni was Metropolitan of Chişinău between 1812 and 1821. The Ştefan cel Mare Central Park was originally laid out in 1818.

Participants

Twenty-eight countries participated in one of the two semi-finals of the contest, with the host country pre-qualified to the Grand Final.

The final included the ten selected countries from each semi-final and a wildcard, making a total of twenty-two participants.

Confirmed and debuting countries

Below is a list of all debuting countries :

1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Armenia
4. Belgium
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina
6. Bulgaria
7. Croatia
8. Cyprus
9. Czech Republic
10. Denmark
11. Greece
12. Ireland
13. Italy
14. Kosovo
15. Lebanon
16. Macedonia
17. Malta
18. Moldova
19. Portugal
20. Romania
21. Russia
22. San Marino
23. Serbia
24. Slovenia
25. Spain
26. Sweden
27. Switzerland
28. Turkey
29. United Kingdom

Results

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place in Chisinau on 8th of May 2012 and 9th May 2012. 28 countries took part in one of the two semi-finals.

Semi-final 1

• fourteen countries participated in the first semifinal.
• the ten countries, in this semi-final, with the highest scoring points, according to the voting of the countries, qualifies for the final.
• Moldova (host country) voted in this semifinal.
• Andorra and San Marino were disqualified.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Romania	Corina	"Munky Funky"	1	104
02	Belgium	Natalia	"Drop a little"	12	25
03	Macedonia	Robert Bilbilov feat. Viktorija Loba	"Ti si vinovna"	4	57
04	Bulgaria	Azis	"Hop"	6	55
05	Malta	Raquela	"Entertain me"	11	34
06	Slovenia	Saša Lendero	"Ne grem na kolena"	9	42
07	Lebanon	Birgitte Yaghi	"Albi w omri"	5	56
08	Andorra	Soraya	"Solo por ti"	14	48
09	Serbia	Ivana Pavković	"U senci istine"	7	53
10	Cyprus	Michalis Hatzigiannis	"Plai plai"	3	62
11	United Kingdom	Charlene Soraia	"Wherever you will go"	10	38
12	San Marino	Emma	"Non è l'inferno"	13	64
13	Denmark	Eivør Pálsdóttir	"Undo your mind"	8	42
14	Czech Republic	Verona	"Hey boy"	2	74

Notes

1.^ The countries were disqualified for not voting.

Semi-final 2

• fourteen countries participated in the second semifinal.
• the ten countries, in this semi-final, with the highest scoring points, according to the voting of the countries, qualifies for the final.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina got the wildcard.
• Italy and Switzerland were disqualified.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Russia	Serebro	"Dyshy"	3	67
02	Italy	Modà feat. Emma	"Arriverà"	14	39
03	Albania	Anjeza Shahini	"Në pasqyrë"	10	45
04	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hari Varesanovic & Nina Badric	"Ne mogu ti reci sta je tuga"	11	42
05	Ireland	Damo & Ivor	"Everybody's drinkin"	12	34
06	Switzerland	Nathalie	"Vivo sospesa"	13	40
07	Croatia	Connect feat. Jelena Rozga	"Dalmatinka"	9	46
08	Sweden	Charlotte Perrelli	"The girl"	5	54
09	Greece	Antique	"Follow me"	1	101
10	Kosovo	Bubulina Krasniqi	"Elementi i 5-të"	4	60
11	Portugal	Catarina Pereira	"Canta por mim"	7	49
12	Turkey	Aynur Aydin	"Yenildim daima"	8	48
13	Spain	La Oreja De Van Gogh	"La niña que llora en tus fiestas"	6	52
14	Armenia	Sirusho	"I like it"	2	77

Notes

2.^ The countries were disqualified for not voting.

3.^ The countries who placed 11th place were allowed to battle for a second chance to reach the Grand Final, this country won the wildcard.

Second Chance Round

• the second chance round took place on May 10, 2012.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Result
01	Malta	Raquela	"Entertain me"	Eliminated
02	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hari Varesanovic & Nina Badric	"Ne mogu ti reci sta je tuga"	Final

Grand Final

The finalists are:

• the host country: Moldova.
• the top ten countries from the first semifinal.
• the top ten countries from the second semifinal.
• the wildcard, chosen from a country ranked 11th in the semifinals.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Slovenia	Saša Lendero	"Ne grem na kolena"	17	52
02	Croatia	Connect feat. Jelena Rozga	"Dalmatinka"	10	79
03	Macedonia	Robert Bilbilov feat. Viktorija Loba	"Ti si vinovna"	14	65
04	Lebanon	Brigitte Yaghi	"Albi w omri"	11	77
05	Greece	Antique	"Follow me"	3	99
06	Armenia	Sirusho	"I like it"	6	96
07	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hari Varesanovic & Nina Badric	"Ne mogu ti reci sta je tuga"	13	77
08	Albania	Anjeza Shahini	"Në pasqyrë"	22	21
09	Turkey	Aynur Aydin	"Yenildim daima"	9	79
10	Kosovo	Bubulina Krasniqi	"Elementi i 5-të"	12	77
11	Czech Republic	Verona	"Hey boy"	8	82
12	Moldova	Natalia Barbu	"Suflet gol"	19	42
13	United Kingdom	Charlene Soraia	"Wherever you will go"	15	60
14	Spain	La Oreja de Van Gogh	"La niña que llora en tus fiestas"	2	103
15	Russia	Serebro	"Dyshy"	5	97
16	Bulgaria	Azis	"Hop"	18	43
17	Serbia	Ivana Pavković	"U senci istine"	16	59
18	Denmark	Eivør Pálsdóttir	"Undo your mind"	21	24
19	Cyprus	Michalis Hatzigiannis	"Plai plai"	20	37
20	Romania	Corina	"Munky Funky"	4	98
21	Sweden	Charlotte Perrelli	"The girl"	1	115
22	Portugal	Catarina Pereira	"Canta por mim"	7	84

Score sheet

First semi-final

Semi-final 1 voting results
Place	Voting	Points
1	Romania	104
2	Czech Republic	74
3	San Marino	64
4	Cyprus	62
5	Macedonia	57
6	Lebanon	56
7	Bulgaria	55
8	Serbia	53
9	Andorra	48
10	Denmark	42
11	Slovenia	42
12	United Kingdom	38
13	Malta	34
14	Belgium	25

		Voting results Semi-Final 1
	Romania	104		6	10	12	12	6	10		10	4	7		5	10	12
	Belgium	25	1		6	8	1						1		6	2
	Macedonia	57		3		10		12	1		12	10			4	3	2
	Bulgaria	55		12	5		4	8	7		1	5	5		8
	Malta	34	8	1	4	1			5						7	5	3
	Slovenia	42	10		12						8	1	8		3
	Lebanon	56	7	7		7	7	5			3	7	4			1	8
	Andorra	48	4	8	7	2	3	3	2		7	6	2			4
	Serbia	53		5	2	5	2	7	4			8	6		1	7	6
	Cyprus	62	3	10	3	3	5	2			6		3		10	12	5
	UK	38	12		1			4	12		5						4
	San Marino	64	5	2	8		8		8			12	12		2	6	1
	Denmark	42	2	4		6	6	1	3		2	3				8	7
	Czech Republic	74	6			4	10	10	6		4	2	10		12		10

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
3	Romania	Bulgaria, Malta, Moldova
2	Macedonia	Serbia, Slovenia
	San Marino	Cyprus, United Kingdom
	United Kingdom	Lebanon, Romania
1	Bulgaria	Belgium
	Cyprus	Czech Republic
	Czech Republic	Lebanon
	Slovenia	Macedonia

Second semi-final

Semi-final 2 voting results
Place	Voting	Points
1	Greece	101
2	Armenia	77
3	Russia	67
4	Kosovo	60
5	Sweden	54
6	Spain	52
7	Portugal	49
8	Turkey	48
9	Croatia	46
10	Albania	45
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42
12	Switzerland	40
13	Italy	39
14	Ireland	34

		Voting results Semi-Final 2
	Russia	67			3	8	2		4		5	3	8	2	10	10	12
	Italy	39	2			5	1		5	2		10	1	1	4	6	2
	Albania	45									4	12	7	12	5	4	1
	Bosnia&Herzegovina	42	7		6		3		12	5	1	2		5		1
	Ireland	34				7			7	3		1		4	12
	Switzerland	40	3			3			3	1	3	6	12			5	4
	Croatia	46	8		5	12				10				8		3
	Sweden	54	4		4		5		2		8	8	10		3	7	3
	Greece	101	12		8	10	7		10	8		7	6	6	7	12	8
	Kosovo	60			10	6	8			6	2		2	10	6		10
	Portugal	49	6		12		4				10	4		3	1	2	7
	Turkey	48	1		7	2	6		6	7	7	5	5		2
	Spain	52	10		1	1	12		1	4	6		3			8	6
	Armenia	77	5		2	4	10		8	12	12		4	7	8		5

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
2	Albania	Kosovo, Turkey
	Armenia	Greece, Sweden
	Greece	Armenia, Russia
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia
	Croatia	Bosnia-Herzegovina
	Ireland	Spain
	Portugal	Albania
	Russia	Moldova
	Spain	Ireland
	Switzerland	Portugal

Final

Grand Final voting results
Place	Voting	Points
1	Sweden	115
2	Spain	103
3	Greece	99
4	Romania	98
5	Russia	97
6	Armenia	96
7	Portugal	84
8	Czech Republic	82
9	Turkey	79
10	Croatia	79
11	Lebanon	77
12	Kosovo	77
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77
14	Macedonia	65
15	United Kingdom	60
16	Serbia	59
17	Slovenia	52
18	Bulgaria	43
19	Moldova	42
20	Cyprus	37
21	Denmark	24
22	Albania	21

		Voting results Grand Final
	Slovenia	52		7	8			1	8	2	6	1			7	5			5			2
	Croatia	79	12		12			6	12	3		3				6	8		12				5
	Macedonia	65	7	5					10							7	10	10	6		10
	Lebanon	77		1						1	5	10		2	5	10		7			2	5		7		5	3	2		12
	Greece	99	6		1	6		12	4					3	1		12	8			7	7	2	6			7	7		4	6
	Armenia	96	3		5	7					7		7	1			2	2	8	2	3	4	10	5	1	6	6	5		7	5
	Bosnia&Herzegovina	77	10	12	10					5					3		7		10		12				8
	Albania	21										7											1	4			5				4
	Turkey	79	4			1		7	5	6		8			2	12		1		4				3	6	4	2	6		5	3
	Kosovo	77				5					12		12	7	12	2				5		6	6			7		1		2
	Czech Republic	82		8	4						8	2		8	8		5	5	7	8			8		3	8
	Moldova	42								7		4	3				1		2	7		12			2	2					2
	UK	60		6		12		3			2											10	7	2		1	1			8	8
	Spain	103	5		3	10		10	3	4		5	10	6			4	6		3	5			1	4		4	3		10	7
	Russia	97	8							8	3		6	10	4					12	8	8	3	10			8	8			1
	Bulgaria	43		3	7	4			6						6					1					12	3				1
	Serbia	59		10				5	7		1		2	4	10			3		6	6				5
	Denmark	24											4	5		8		4	3
	Cyprus	37		2				2				12	8			4						1	4					4
	Romania	98		4	6	8			1				5	12		3		12	1	10			12	8		10				6
	Sweden	115	2			3		8		10	10		1				3		4		4	3		12	10	12	10	10		3	10
	Portugal	84	1		2	2		4	2	12	4	6				1	6				1				7		12	12			12
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 grand final.

N.	Recipient nation	Voting nation
4	Portugal	Albania, Andorra, San Marino, Switzerland
	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia
3	Romania	Bulgaria, Moldova, Sweden
	Kosovo	Czech Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom
2	Sweden	Malta, Portugal
	Greece	Armenia, Russia
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia, Cyprus
1	Russia	Denmark
	Turkey	Spain
	Lebanon	Ireland
	United Kingdom	Lebanon
	Bulgaria	Belgium
	Moldova	Romania
	Cyprus	Kosovo

Voting during the final

Countries revealed their votes in the following order.

Greece and Italy didn't vote in the final.

1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Armenia
4. Belgium
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina
6. Bulgaria
7. Croatia
8. Cyprus
9. Czech Republic
10. Denmark
11. Ireland
12. Kosovo
13. Lebanon
14. Macedonia
15. Malta
16. Moldova
17. Portugal
18. Romania
19. Russia
20. San Marino
21. Serbia
22. Slovenia
23. Spain
24. Sweden
25. Switzerland
26. Turkey
27. United Kingdom

Rules violation

It was discovered in the second edition that Albania, Andorra, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland were cheating, awording high points to each other. This was not according to the rules so they were disqualified. The results were affected because of this, especially in the Grand Final.
Below you can find the official results and the real results, if those countries haven't voted.

Grand Final voting real/official results
Place	Real Voting	Points	Official Voting	Points
1	Romania	90	Sweden	115
2	Spain	84	Spain	103
3	Czech Republic	84	Greece	99
4	Kosovo	76	Romania	98
5	Croatia	76	Russia	97
6	Armenia	75	Armenia	96
7	Greece	73	Portugal	84
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72	Czech Republic	82
9	Macedonia	65	Turkey	79
10	Lebanon	64	Croatia	79
11	Sweden	63	Lebanon	77
12	Russia	62	Kosovo	77
13	Turkey	59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77
14	Serbia	58	Macedonia	65
15	Slovenia	50	United Kingdom	60
16	United Kingdom	49	Serbia	59
17	Bulgaria	43	Slovenia	52
18	Portugal	36	Bulgaria	43
19	Moldova	33	Moldova	42
20	Cyprus	33	Cyprus	37
21	Denmark	24	Denmark	24
22	Albania	8	Albania	21

See also

• Own Eurovision Song Contest