Eurovision Song Contest 2015

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Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Building Bridges
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Dates
Semi-final 1 date 19 May 2015
Semi-final 2 date 21 May 2015
Final date 23 May 2015
Host
Venue Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
Presenter(s)
Director Kathrin Zechner
Executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer Edgar Böhm
Host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Participants
Number of entries 40
Debuting countries  Australia (guest)
Returning countries
Withdrawing countries
Participation map
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Voting system Each country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Eurovision Song Contest
◄2014 • 2015 • 2016►

The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 will be the 60th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest will take place in Vienna, Austria, following Conchita Wurst's victory in the 2014 edition with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix". This will be the second time that Austria will host the contest after holding its 1967 edition also in Vienna. The contest will consist of two semi-finals which will take place on 19 and 21 May, and a final on 23 May 2015. The shows will be presented by Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer.

Forty countries will participate in the contest, with Australia debuting as a guest entrant, and Cyprus, the Czech Republic, and Serbia returning. Ukraine, however, announced their withdrawal due to financial and political reasons.

Location

For more details on the host country, see Austria.
The venue of the contest, Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna

On 6 August 2014, Austrian public broadcaster ORF announced that it had chosen Vienna as the host city for the 2015 contest. The contest will be held at the Wiener Stadthalle, which has an overall capacity of approximately 16,000 people.[1]

Bidding phase

After Austria's victory in the 2014 Contest, their delegation revealed the possibility of hosting the contest either in the capital city, Vienna, or in Salzburg.[2] Vienna, Klagenfurt, Innsbruck, Lower Austria, Graz, Upper Austria, Burgenland, and Vorarlberg were all reportedly interested in hosting the contest while Salzburg pulled out of the bidding phase as the city was not able to meet the cost of the venue and promotion.[3]

Vienna, the capital city and the considered front-runner in the race, had two venues in the phase: the Wiener Stadthalle which hosts the annual Erste Bank Open tennis tournament, along with many concerts and events throughout the year, and the trade fair centre, Messe Wien. These venues have capacities of up to 16,000 and 30,000 respectively. Also in the race were Stadthalle Graz and Schwarzl Freizeit Zentrum, both located in the second largest city of Austria, Graz. With a maximum capacity of 30,000, the Wörthersee Stadion, located in Klagenfurt, also joined the race of hosting the contest. However, the stadium would require the construction of a roof for the contest to be hosted there. Innsbruck also joined the race with Olympiahalle, the venue which hosted ice hockey and figure skating at the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics. A fifth city, Linz, joined the race for hosting the contest with Brucknerhaus, although the venue is not big enough for the contest. Being geographically close to Linz, Wels showed desire to host the event as well.[4] Oberwart, with the Exhibition hall and Vorarlberg, with the Vorarlberger Landestheater were the latest cities to declare an interest.

On 29 May 2014, host broadcaster for the 2015 contest ORF and the EBU released some requirements and details about the venue.[5][6] ORF requested interested parties to respond until 13 June 2014.[7] They stated that the venue needs to be available for at least 6 to 7 weeks before the contest and one week after the conclusion of the contest. The chosen venue must not be open-air, but an air-conditioned building with a capacity of at least 10,000 and a minimum ceiling height of 15 meters, that is insulated for sound and light. The Green Room should be located in the arena or as near it as possible, with a capacity of 300. An additional room that is at least 6,000 m2 that will house 2 catering stands, a viewing room, make-up rooms, wardrobe, and booths for approximately 50 commentators. Separate offices that must be open between 11 and 24 May 2015, that are at least 4,000 m2 in space to house the press centre, with a capacity for at least 1,500 journalists.[5]

After the deadline ended on 13 June 2014, ORF announced 12 venues interested in hosting the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest:[8] ORF announced on 21 June 2014, that 3 cities (Vienna, Innsbruck, and Graz) had been short-listed in the final stage of the bidding process.[9][10][11] The contest was provisionally set to take place on 12, 14 and 16 May 2015, however, the dates were later pushed back a week in order to accommodate the candidate cities.[12]

Locations of the candidate cities. The chosen host city is marked in red. The cities marked in orange were short-listed cities in the final bidding stage.
City[8] Venue[8] Notes[8]
Candidate cities[9][10][13]
Graz Stadthalle Graz Hosted the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.
Innsbruck Olympiaworld Hosted the figure skating and ice hockey events at both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympic Games.
Vienna Wiener Stadthalle, Hall D Hosts the annual Erste Bank Open tennis tournament and many events throughout the year.
Failed bids[9][10]
Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion Served as host for some matches of UEFA Euro 2008.
Oberwart Messezentrum
Vienna Schönbrunn Palace
Vienna International Airport, Parking C[14]
Heldenplatz
New All-round Concert Hall in Neu Marx[14]
Marx hall
Trabrennbahn Krieau
Wels Messehalle

Format

The competition will consist of two semi-finals and a final, a format which has been in use since 2008. The ten countries with the highest scores in each semi-final will qualify to the final where they will join the host nation Austria, the five main sponsoring nations (known as the Big Five): France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, and Australia which was invited this year to commemorate the Contest's 60th anniversary.[15]

In late 2011, it was announced by the EBU that they had begun archiving all the contests since 1956 with the results expected before the 2015 Contest.[16] It was later reported that the archive is ready and will be released on the 60th anniversary. The content will be available to journalists in broadcast-ready formats. Additionally, "selected content" of the archive will be accessible to the public through the official Eurovision website.[17]

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 26 January 2015 at the Vienna Rathaus and hosted by Andi Knoll and Kati Bellowitsch.[18] The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (hosts Austria, the Big Five and Australia), were split into five pots, based on voting patterns from the previous ten years. The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows:[19]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

Running order

The final running order of the shows will be decided by the producers of the show again this year and approved by the EBU Executive Supervisor and the Reference Group. The running order is expected to be announced in March.[20]

Graphic design

On 31 July, the EBU released a new and revamped version of the generic logo as a celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest's 60th anniversary.[21] On 11 September 2014, the slogan for the 2015 Contest was revealed to be "Building Bridges". The Director General of ORF, Alexander Wrabetz, commented in reference to the slogan: "With the song contest in Vienna, we want music to build bridges across borders, cultures and languages. In light of the unifying power of this great common European event, we invite all to build bridges and to join hands."[22] The graphic design of the contest was revealed by the EBU on 25 November 2014.[23] The theme utilises wave-shaped spheres meant to symbolise diversity and the bridging of connections and encounters people experience on a constant basis. The colours of the theme intend to highlight individualism whilst simultaneously also representing the building of musical bridges and the diversity and variety of the artists, songs and audience. The theme art will be incorporated in all contest related developments such as crew uniforms, on-air graphics and merchandise.[23]

Presenters

On 19 December 2014, ORF announced that Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer will be the hosts of the 60th contest, the all-female trio will be the first in history to host the contest. Last year's winner Conchita Wurst was also chosen as host of the green room.[24]

National host broadcaster

During an initial meeting between the host broadcaster ORF and the EBU in late May 2014, the representatives of the core organising team were selected. Edgar Böhm, who is the Head of Entertainment at ORF, was announced as the executive producer.[25]

Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits

Main article: Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits

It was reported on 22 October 2014, that the EBU had agreed with the United Kingdom's broadcaster, BBC, to produce a special anniversary show to celebrate sixty-years of the Eurovision Song Contest; similar to the show Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place in 2005. At the time of the announcement, the format of the potential 60th anniversary show had not been confirmed. Although it had been confirmed that the event would take place in the Royal Albert Hall, in London; and co-hosted by the British commentator for Eurovision, Graham Norton, and the host of Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Petra Mede.[26][27] In response to the release of these details, Jon Ola Sand of the EBU commented that they were evaluating several proposals from member broadcasters in regards to the celebration of the 60th anniversary beyond the contest in May.[28][29]

Edgar Böhm, the executive producer of the 2015 contest, had confirmed that the BBC would be producing the 60th anniversary show for the Eurovision Song Contest.[30][31] An officially announced was released on 3 February 2015, confirming that BBC will host a special 60th anniversary show on 31 March 2015, at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London.[32] Norton and Mede were also confirmed as co-hosts for the event which will be televised across Europe on various dates schedule by the respective broadcasters. Tickets would go on sale from 6 February 2015, with fourteen acts from twelve countries have been confirmed in the official line-up.[33][34]

Participants

  Countries in the first semi-final
  Countries also voting in the first semi-final
  Countries in the second semi-final
  Countries also voting in the second semi-final
  Country voting in both semi-finals (Australia)

On 23 December 2014, it was announced that thirty-nine countries will participate in the 2015 Contest.[35] Cyprus and Serbia will return after one-year absences, Czech Republic will return after a five-year absence, while Ukraine has withdrawn.[35] The deadline to apply to participate was on 15 September 2014. Countries that applied had until 10 October 2014 to withdraw from participation without financial consequences.[36]

On 10 February 2015, the EBU announced that it had invited Australia to participate in the finals of the contest, represented by SBS—a long-time broadcaster of the ESC in the country. The special circumstances surrounding Australia's entry and "to not reduce the chances" of the semi-final participants have led the organisers to allow Australia to compete directly in the grand final without pre-qualification. Its participation will be a one-off event in honour of the contest's 60-year anniversary, and Eurovision's cult following in Australia; if Australia wins, it will be able to return for the 2016 edition—which would be organised by SBS but held in a European host city of its choice. The EBU has considered the possibility of similarly inviting outside countries to participate in future editions of the contest. Australia's participation will bring the number of the finalists up to 27. This will be the highest number of entries in a final in the contest's history.[37][15] It will be the first time that a country in the Oceania region will be participating in the contest.[15]

Returning artists

Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini both previously represented San Marino at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Perniola took part in 2013, and Simoncini took part in 2014 as part of the girl group, The Peppermints.[38] Amber, who will represent Malta, was a backing vocalist for the Maltese entry in 2012. Uzari, who will represent Belarus, was a backing vocalist for the Belarusian entry in 2011.[39]

Semi-final 1

16 countries will take part in this semi final. Australia, Austria, France and Spain will vote in this semi final.[20]

Country Language Artist Song English translation
First half
 Armenia English Genealogy[40][41] "Don't Deny"[40][41] —
 Belgium English Loïc Nottet[42] TBD 10 March 2015[43] —
 Estonia English Elina Born & Stig Rästa[44] "Goodbye to Yesterday"[44] —
 Finland TBD 28 February 2015[45] TBD 28 February 2015[45]
 Greece TBD 4 March 2015[45] TBD 4 March 2015[45]
 Macedonia Macedonian Daniel Kajmakoski[46] "Lisja esenski" (Лисја есенски)[46] Autumn leaves
 Moldova TBD 28 February 2015[45] TBD 28 February 2015[45]
 Netherlands English Trijntje Oosterhuis[47] "Walk Along"[48] —
Second half
 Albania English Elhaida Dani[49] "I'm Alive"[50] —
 Belarus English Uzari & Maimuna[51] "Time"[51] —
 Denmark English Anti Social Media[52] "The Way You Are"[52] —
 Georgia English Nina Sublatti[53] "Warrior"[53] —
 Hungary TBD 28 February 2015[45] TBD 28 February 2015[45]
 Romania TBD 8 March 2015[45] TBD 8 March 2015[45]
 Russia
 Serbia Serbian Bojana Stamenov[54] "Ceo svet je moj" (Цео свет је мој)[54] The whole world is mine

Semi-final 2

17 countries will take part in this semi final. Australia, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom will vote in this semi final.[20]

Country Language Artist Song English translation
First half
 Czech Republic English Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta[55] "Hope Never Dies"[55] —
 Ireland English Molly Sterling[56] "Playing with Numbers"[56] —
 Lithuania English Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila[57] "This Time"[58] —
 Malta English Amber "Warrior"[a] —
 Montenegro Knez[59] TBD March 2015[60]
 Norway TBD 14 March 2015[45] TBD 14 March 2015[45]
 Portugal Portuguese TBD 7 March 2015[45] TBD 7 March 2015[45]
 San Marino Michele Perniola & Anita Simoncini[38] TBD 13 March 2015[61]
Second half
 Azerbaijan TBD 15 March 2015[62] TBD 15 March 2015[62]
 Cyprus English Giannis Karagiannis[63] "One Thing I Should Have Done"[63] —
 Iceland English María Ólafsdóttir[64] "Unbroken"[64] —
 Israel Nadav Guedj[65] "Golden Boy"[66]
 Latvia English Aminata[67] "Love Injected"[67] —
 Poland TBD 9 March 2015[45] TBD 9 March 2015[45]
 Slovenia TBD 28 February 2015[45] TBD 28 February 2015[45]
 Sweden TBD 14 March 2015[45] TBD 14 March 2015[45]
 Switzerland English Mélanie René "Time to Shine" —

Finalists

Country[35] Language Artist Song English translation
 Australia[15] (guest) TBD March 2015[68] TBD March 2015[68]
 Austria (host) TBD 13 March 2015[45] TBD 13 March 2015[45]
 France French Lisa Angell[69] "N'oubliez pas"[69] Don't forget
 Germany TBD 5 March 2015[45] TBD 5 March 2015[45]
 Italy Italian Il Volo[70] "Grande amore"[71] Great love
 Spain Spanish Edurne[72] "Amanecer"[72] Dawn
 United Kingdom TBD 7 March 2015[45] TBD 7 March 2015[45]

Other countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

For a country to be eligible for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, it needs to be an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).[73] The EBU issued an invitation of participation for the 2015 Contest to all 56 active members.[73] Thirty-nine countries confirmed their participation,[35] whilst the following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

Active EBU Members

  •  Andorra – Andorran broadcaster Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) confirmed that Andorra would not return to the contest in 2015.[74]
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina – The Bosnian broadcaster, Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT), had submitted a provisional application to participate in the 2015 Contest,[75] whilst they determined how to fund the participation fees.[76] This application was subject to change and participation could subsequently be withdrawn.[77] On 17 November 2014, the broadcaster announced that they had withdrawn their application to participate at the forthcoming contest due to financial reasons.[78]
  •  Bulgaria – Despite sending a preliminary application to participate,[79] on 10 October 2014 the Bulgarian broadcaster BNT announced that it would not return to the contest due to financial reasons.[80] On 31 October 2014 BNT confirmed that they had not yet taken a final decision on participation at the 2015 contest, and that the EBU had given them extra time to resolve outstanding budget issues.[81] However on 18 December 2014 BNT confirmed via their official Eurovision Twitter account that they would not take part in the 2015 Contest.[82]
  •  Croatia – Croatian national broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) confirmed that Croatia would not participate in the 2015 contest.[83]
  •  Lebanon – Télé Liban confirmed that Lebanon would not be making their début in Vienna.[84] Lebanon were initially going to make their début at the 2005 contest, but they pulled out prior to the contest.[85]
  •  Luxembourg – On 31 July 2014, RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg confirmed that Luxembourg would not be returning to the contest in 2015.[86] However, it was reported on 26 October 2014 that the country's Minister of Culture, Maggy Nagel, expressed her desire for the country to return to the contest.[87][88][89] This was later confirmed by Nagel to be a "misunderstanding" and that the country would not be returning.[90] A collaboration with San Marino had been proposed by the broadcaster SMRTV and singer Thierry Mersch,[91][92] but later SMRTV clarified that there have only been talks between the two countries and the broadcaster is evaluating other proposals.[93] However, on 24 November 2014, it was announced that Mersch had failed to raise the necessary funds in time for the project to move forward.[94]
  •  Monaco – Monegasque broadcaster Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) confirmed that Monaco would not return to the contest in 2015.[95]
  •  Morocco – Moroccan broadcaster Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT) confirmed that Morocco would not return to the contest in 2015.[96]
  •  Slovakia – Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) announced that Slovakia would not return to the contest in 2015 due to financial restrictions and an incompatibility between the contest format and the programming goals of the broadcaster.[97]
  •  Turkey – Though TRT announced that Turkey would not be participating in the 2014 Contest for the second year in-a-row, it was later reported that a return in the 2015 Contest could be possible with Eurovision event supervisor Sietse Bakker tweeting about the possibility of the country's return.[98][99] In late August 2014, it was reported that international public relations officer for TRT, Yağmur Tüzün, stated that Turkey would not be returning to the contest in 2015 and that TRT currently has no plans to return to the competition.[100][101] The non-participation was further confirmed on 5 September 2014.[102] It was later announced on 6 February 2015, that Turkey would return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.[103]
  •  Ukraine – Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) announced on 19 September 2014 that the country would not be participating in the contest due to financial reasons and the ongoing armed conflict in the country.[104][105]

Require active EBU membership

  •  Liechtenstein – The Liechtenstein broadcaster 1FLTV has suspended plans to join the EBU due to lack of funding.[106]

International broadcasts and voting

Spokespersons

Commentators

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Maltese broadcaster, PBS announced changes to the rules and regulations for the competition and has allowed for the artist, author and composer of the winning entry to change parts of the winning song or select a new song entirely.[120] As a result, Amber's winning song, "Warrior", may not be the entry to be performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, and could subsequently change either partially or to an entirely different song altogether.[121]

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See also:

ABU Radio Song Festival 2015 | ABU TV Song Festival 2015 | Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits | Eurovision Young Dancers 2015 | Intervision Song Contest 2015 | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | Türkvizyon Song Contest 2015 |
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