Eurovision Song Contest 2014
The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following Emmelie de Forest's win at the contest in Malmö, Sweden with the song "Only Teardrops". It was the third time Denmark had hosted the contest, having previously done so in and. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Danmarks Radio, the contest was held at B&W Hallerne and consisted of two semi-finals on 6 and 8 May, and the final on 10 May 2014.
The three live shows were hosted by Lise Rønne, Nikolaj Koppel and Pilou Asbæk.
Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest; this included the return of and after absences of two years and one year respectively. Overall, there were two fewer countries competing compared to the previous year, making thirty-seven participants, the smallest number since 2006.,, and announced their non-participation. and both qualified for the final for the first time.
The winner was Austria with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", performed by Conchita Wurst and written by Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, and Julian Maas. This was Austria's second victory in the contest, following their win in. It was the longest gap between victories for any country - 48 years. The Netherlands, Sweden, Armenia and Hungary rounded out the top five. The Netherlands achieved their best result since their victory in, while Hungary achieved their best result since their fourth place in. Of the "Big Five" countries only Spain achieved a place in the top ten, while France finished in last place for the first time in their Eurovision history.
A new record of 195 million viewers for the Eurovision Song Contest was reported. The [|official compilation album] of the 2014 Contest was released by Universal Music Group on 14 April 2014, and featured all 37 songs from the contest, including the official #JoinUs theme performed during the interval act of the grand final. The host broadcaster, DR, and the EBU won the International TV Award at the Ondas Awards for their production of the contest.
The show organisers from Copenhagen all in all spent 112 million Danish kroner on the contest; three times more than what was expected and were furthermore highly accused of cases of within the organisation.
Location
The contest was held at the former shipyard Refshaleøen, in the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, with the social networking hashtag "#JoinUs" as the motto. The location had been refurbished to accommodate the event, with the surrounding area transformed into "Eurovision Island"—an Olympic Park-inspired complex housing the event venue, press centre, and other amenities.The mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, declared in late August that the city would contribute to the budget with 40 million . He also announced that the aim was to make the Eurovision 2014 into the greenest contest to date since Copenhagen had been elected European Green Capital for 2014.
Bidding phase
Five cities had been considered as host city of the contest, including Herning and Copenhagen, both favourites to be the next host. The Parken Stadium, located in Copenhagen, which hosted the contest and Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, which hosted the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 final, were the first venues to join the bidding phase. Later, Fredericia and Aalborg entered the phase with the Messe C and Gigantium venues, respectively. The fifth city to join the phase was Horsens, with the venue being the courtyard of the former Horsens State Prison. In the event that Horsens had been chosen to host the contest, the courtyard would have been covered by a permanent glass roof. The contest was provisionally set to take place on 13, 15 and 17 May 2014, however, the dates were later brought forward a week in order to accommodate the candidate cities.On 17 June 2013, the municipality executive of Aalborg decided not to bid for hosting the contest due to the city's lack of sufficient hotel capacity. While DR required the host city to have at least 3,000 hotel rooms, the city of Aalborg had only 1,600 hotel rooms, more than half of which had been booked for other events taking place at the same time as the Eurovision Song Contest. On 18 June 2013, DR announced that formal bids on hosting the contest had been received by the municipalities of Copenhagen, Herning and Horsens, and that the Municipality of Fredericia had confirmed its intention to place a formal bid, too.
On 19 June 2013, the deadline for placing bids on hosting the contest, it was reported that Wonderful Copenhagen, the official convention, event and visitors bureau of the Greater Copenhagen area, had proposed three different venues in its bid on hosting the contest: The Parken Stadium, a large tent on the grounds of DR Byen and the B&W Hallerne. On 25 June 2013, the Municipality of Fredericia announced that the Triangle Region had withdrawn its bid on hosting the contest, due to the lack of a suitable venue. DR required the hosting venue to have no pillars blocking any views and an interior height of at least 16 metres. However, no venues in the region met those requirements and, therefore, Fredericia was no longer in the running for becoming host city of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 June 2013, Anders Hørsholt, CEO of Parken Sport & Entertainment, stated that the Parken Stadium was no longer in the running for hosting the contest due to several football matches having already been scheduled to take place at the stadium in the weeks leading up to the contest.
On 2 September 2013, Danish public broadcaster DR announced that it had chosen Copenhagen as the host city for the 2014 contest, with B&W Hallerne chosen as the host venue.
Key
Host venue
City | Venue | Notes |
Aalborg | Gigantium | Hosted Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2006, 2010 and 2012. Withdrew on 17 June 2013. |
Copenhagen | - | - |
Copenhagen | A large tent on the grounds of DR Byen | — |
Copenhagen | B&W Hallerne | — |
Copenhagen | Parken Stadium | Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Withdrew on 28 June 2013. |
Fredericia | Messe C | Withdrew on 26 June 2013. |
Herning | Jyske Bank Boxen | Hosted the final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 |
Horsens | Fængslet | — |
Format
The competition consisted 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 qualified to the final where they joined the host nation Denmark and the five main sponsoring nations : France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry.
Each member of a respective nation's jury was required to rank every song, except that of their own country. The voting results from each member of a particular nation's jury were combined to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. Likewise, the televoting results were also interpreted as a full ranking, taking into account the full televoting result rather than just the top ten. The combination of the jury's full ranking and the televote's full ranking produced an overall ranking of all competing entries. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1-point. In the event of a televoting or jury failure, only a jury/televoting was used by each country.
On 20 September 2013, the EBU released the official rules for the 2014 contest, which introduced rule changes regarding the jury voting. The rules aimed at providing more transparency regarding each five member national jury by releasing the names of all jurors on 1 May 2014 prior to the start of the contest and providing each juror's full ranking results after the conclusion of the contest. In addition, jury members on a particular nation's jury can only serve as a juror if they have not already participated as such in one of the preceding two contest editions.
Semi-final allocation draw
The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall. Prior to the allocation draw, on 24 November 2013 it was announced that Norway and Sweden would perform in different semi-finals in order to maximise the availability of tickets for visitors from both countries. A draw at the EBU headquarters determined that Sweden would perform in the first semi-final, while Norway would perform in the second semi-final. The EBU also allocated Israel to the second semi-final after a request from the delegation in order to avoid complications with its Independence Day coinciding with the date of the first semi-final. The remaining participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists, were split into six pots, based on voting patterns from the previous ten years.The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows:
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
Running order
As in 2013, the host broadcaster DR and their producers determined the running order for each show with only the starting position of the host nation being determined by draw. A draw which took place during the heads of delegation meeting on 17 March 2014 in Copenhagen determined that Denmark would perform 23rd in the final. On 24 March 2014, the running order for the two semi-finals was released. Prior to the creation of the running order for the final, an allocation draw was held during the semi-final winners press conferences following the conclusion of each semi-final and during the individual press conferences on 6 May 2014 for the Big Five. The draw determined whether the country would perform in the first or second half of the final. The producers published the final running order shortly before 0200 CEST on 9 May 2014. Ukraine were drawn to perform first, whilst the United Kingdom were drawn to perform last.Crimea
The contest was held in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and Russia's military intervention in Crimea, in which Ukraine's Crimea was annexed by Russia. Votes cast through Ukrainian telecom providers which service Crimea were counted towards Ukraine's votes.Graphic design
The graphic design of the contest was revealed by the EBU on 18 December 2013. The theme art comprises a blue and purple diamond, within it the generic Eurovision Song Contest logo featuring the Danish flag as well as the hashtag and slogan "#JoinUs" at the centre of the diamond.The postcards used to introduce a country and their participants were shot in their respective countries and featured the artists using unique ways to create their country's flag, e.g. the postcard for the United Kingdom features Molly creating the Union Flag from AEC Routemaster buses, Royal Mail vans, and people wearing blue raincoats along with strips of red and white paper, and the postcard for Denmark featuring Basim and his singers using old furniture and red and white paint to paint the Danish flag. The postcards then ended with the act taking a picture on a camera or phone and a close up of the resulting artwork was shown onscreen. The flag created by the artist is then captured into a diamond and it transitions to the official flag. It then swirls round for the before-hand details of the artist/composer. For example, the entry for San Marino features the painting of the flag that Valentina Monetta created, transitioning into the official flag for San Marino.
National host broadcaster
Pernille Gaardbo was appointed by DR's Director General, Maria Rørbye Rønn, as the Executive Producer for the contest, three-days after Denmark's victory at the 2013 contest. Maria Rørbye Rønn stated in an interview that "By choosing Pernille Gaardbo, we have a person who has all the necessary leadership skills, which are essential in order to run a project of this magnitude, and the technical insight for such a large TV-production, which the Eurovision Song Contest is". Gaardbo has worked for the host broadcaster for 17 years, 12 of which was in the role of supervisor of the DR Medieservice.Danish Royal Family members Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the final as invited guests of the host broadcaster DR. In March 2014, the host broadcaster DR invited Jessica Mauboy to perform during the interval act of the second semifinal on 8 May 2014, part of DR's recognition of Australia's loyalty to the Eurovision Song Contest. Mauboy performed the song "Sea of Flags" during the interval act.
Participating countries
Thirty-seven countries participated in the 2014 Contest. and both returned to the contest, having last participated in and respectively. However, broadcaster Bulgarian National Television, broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija, broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia did not participate in the 2014 contest.Other absent countries that had previously participated were,,,,, , and.
Returning artists
represented for a third and final consecutive year, having previously represented the microstate at the 2012 and 2013 contests. This makes Monetta the fourth main singer to compete in three consecutive contests, following Lys Assia and Corry Brokken, who both competed in the, and contests, and Udo Jürgens, who competed in, and.Paula Seling and Ovi returned as a duo, having previously represented Romania in 2010.
The Tolmachevy Sisters, who represented Russia, previously participated in and won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
Macedonian backing vocalist Tamara Todevska previously represented Macedonia in 2008.
Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia in 2009 and provided backing vocals numerous times for Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia, returned as a backing vocalist for Montenegro.
Results
Full semi-final results including televoting and results from the individual jury members were released shortly after the final.Semi-final 1
, France, and Denmark also voted in this semi-final. The ten songs that are marked in orange qualified to the final.Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
01 | Aram MP3 | "Not Alone" | English | 4 | 121 | |
02 | Aarzemnieki | "Cake to Bake" | English | 13 | 33 | |
03 | Tanja | "Amazing" | English | 12 | 36 | |
04 | Sanna Nielsen | "Undo" | English | 2 | 131 | |
05 | Pollapönk | "No Prejudice" | English | 8 | 61 | |
06 | Hersi | "One Night's Anger" | English | 15 | 22 | |
07 | Tolmachevy Sisters | "Shine" | English | 6 | 63 | |
08 | Dilara Kazimova | "Start a Fire" | English | 9 | 57 | |
09 | Mariya Yaremchuk | "Tick-Tock" | English | 5 | 118 | |
10 | Axel Hirsoux | "Mother" | English | 14 | 28 | |
11 | Cristina Scarlat | "Wild Soul" | English | 16 | 13 | |
12 | Valentina Monetta | "Maybe" | English | 10 | 40 | |
13 | Suzy | "Quero ser tua" | Portuguese | 11 | 39 | |
14 | The Common Linnets | "Calm After the Storm" | English | 1 | 150 | |
15 | Sergej Ćetković | "Moj svijet" | Montenegrin | 7 | 63 | |
16 | András Kállay-Saunders | "Running" | English | 3 | 127 |
Notes
Semi-final 2
, Italy, and the United Kingdom also voted in this semi-final. The ten songs that are marked in orange qualified to the final.Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
01 | Firelight | "Coming Home" | English | 9 | 63 | |
02 | Mei Finegold | "Same Heart" | English, Hebrew | 14 | 19 | |
03 | Carl Espen | "Silent Storm" | English | 6 | 77 | |
04 | The Shin and Mariko | "Three Minutes to Earth" | English | 15 | 15 | |
05 | Donatan & Cleo | "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" | Polish, English | 8 | 70 | |
06 | Conchita Wurst | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | English | 1 | 169 | |
07 | Vilija | "Attention" | English | 11 | 36 | |
08 | Softengine | "Something Better" | English | 3 | 97 | |
09 | Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith | "Heartbeat" | English | 12 | 35 | |
10 | Teo | "Cheesecake" | English | 5 | 87 | |
11 | Tijana | "To the Sky" | English | 13 | 33 | |
12 | Sebalter | "Hunter of Stars" | English | 4 | 92 | |
13 | Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd | "Rise Up" | English | 7 | 74 | |
14 | Tinkara Kovač | "Round and Round" | English, Slovene | 10 | 52 | |
15 | Paula Seling & Ovi | "Miracle" | English | 2 | 125 |
Final
As in the 2013 contest, the winner was announced as soon as it was mathematically impossible to catch up. In this case, the winner had been determined by the 34th vote out of the 37, which came from Ukraine.Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
01 | Mariya Yaremchuk | "Tick-Tock" | English | 6 | 113 | |
02 | Teo | "Cheesecake" | English | 16 | 43 | |
03 | Dilara Kazimova | "Start a Fire" | English | 22 | 33 | |
04 | Pollapönk | "No Prejudice" | English | 15 | 58 | |
05 | Carl Espen | "Silent Storm" | English | 8 | 88 | |
06 | Paula Seling & Ovi | "Miracle" | English | 12 | 72 | |
07 | Aram MP3 | "Not Alone" | English | 4 | 174 | |
08 | Sergej Ćetković | "Moj svijet" | Montenegrin | 19 | 37 | |
09 | Donatan & Cleo | "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" | Polish, English | 14 | 62 | |
10 | Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd | "Rise Up" | English | 20 | 35 | |
11 | Conchita Wurst | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | English | 1 | 290 | |
12 | Elaiza | "Is It Right" | English | 18 | 39 | |
13 | Sanna Nielsen | "Undo" | English | 3 | 218 | |
14 | TWIN TWIN | "Moustache" | French | 26 | 2 | |
15 | Tolmachevy Sisters | "Shine" | English | 7 | 89 | |
16 | Emma | "La mia città" | Italian | 21 | 33 | |
17 | Tinkara Kovač | "Round and Round" | English, Slovene | 25 | 9 | |
18 | Softengine | "Something Better" | English | 11 | 72 | |
19 | Ruth Lorenzo | "Dancing in the Rain" | English, Spanish | 10 | 74 | |
20 | Sebalter | "Hunter of Stars" | English | 13 | 64 | |
21 | András Kállay-Saunders | "Running" | English | 5 | 143 | |
22 | Firelight | "Coming Home" | English | 23 | 32 | |
23 | Basim | "Cliché Love Song" | English | 9 | 74 | |
24 | The Common Linnets | "Calm After the Storm" | English | 2 | 238 | |
25 | Valentina Monetta | "Maybe" | English | 24 | 14 | |
26 | Molly | "Children of the Universe" | English | 17 | 40 |
Scoreboard
Semi-final 1
12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal:N. | Contestant | Nation giving 12 points |
8 | Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Portugal, San Marino, Sweden | |
4 | France, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine | |
2 | Armenia, Azerbaijan | |
1 | Spain | |
1 | Montenegro | |
1 | Moldova | |
1 | Albania | |
1 | Belgium |
Below is a summary of the split number one selection, by respectively each country's jury and televoters in the first semi final:
Albania, Montenegro, San Marino and Moldova used juries due to vote in Televote
Semi-final 2
12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal:N. | Contestant | Nation giving 12 points |
7 | Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom | |
3 | Austria, Israel, Malta | |
2 | Georgia, Lithuania | |
1 | Macedonia | |
1 | Germany | |
1 | Norway | |
1 | Slovenia | |
1 | Poland | |
1 | Belarus |
Below is a summary of the split number one selection, by respectively each country's jury and televoters in the second semi-final:
Georgia and Macedonia used juries due to either technical issues with the televoting or an insufficient number of votes cast during the televote period.
Final
12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Grand Final:N. | Contestant | Nation giving 12 points |
13 | Belgium, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom | |
8 | Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland | |
3 | Austria, France, Georgia | |
3 | Denmark, Romania, Ukraine | |
2 | Armenia, Macedonia | |
2 | Azerbaijan, Belarus | |
1 | Malta | |
1 | San Marino | |
1 | Russia | |
1 | Moldova | |
1 | Albania | |
1 | Montenegro |
Below is a summary of the split number one selection, by respectively each country's jury and televoters in the Grand Final:
Other countries
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. The EBU issued an invitation of participation for the 2014 Contest to all 56 active members. Thirty-seven countries confirmed their participation. Lebanon, Tunisia, and five other EBU members, however, did not publish their reasons for declining, whilst the following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.Active EBU members
- – The Andorran broadcaster Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra informed a Eurovision news website that due to financial reasons and budget constraints, Andorra would not return to the contest in 2014.
- – Despite the Bosnian broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina initially stating their intention to participate in the contest, on 18 December 2013 it was announced that they would not be taking part due to a lack of sponsorship.
- – Despite initial indications that Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television had planned to participate in the 2014 contest, on 22 November 2013, BNT announced their non-participation in the competition, citing an expensive participation fee and limited funds due to budget cuts as reasons for this decision.
- – Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision announced on 19 September 2013 that they were not entering in the 2014 contest, citing the European financial crisis, as well as a string of poor results between and influencing their decision to take a year break. The last time Croatia qualified for the grand final before was in.
- – On 3 October 2013, the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would not enter in the 2014 contest, citing public opinion regarding the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis and budget restrictions as factors that influenced this decision.
- – The Czech broadcaster Česká televize confirmed on 30 September 2013, that they would not return to the contest in 2014, citing low viewing figures and poor results as their reason.
- – The chief executive officer of RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, Alain Berwick, stated that Luxembourg would not return to the contest, citing the potential financial burden of hosting the contest and a lack of public interest as reasons for this decision. The broadcaster further confirmed on 24 July 2013, that Luxembourg would not be participating in the 2014 contest.
- – The Monegasque broadcaster Télé Monte Carlo informed a Eurovision news website that Monaco would not be returning to the contest in 2014.
- – On 11 September 2013, Moroccan broadcaster Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision informed and confirmed to a Eurovision news website that they have not ruled out the possibility of making a comeback in the near future, but currently have no plans to make their return at the 2014 contest.
- – On 22 November 2013, Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia announced that it would not participate the 2014 contest due to financial difficulties and a lack of available sponsorship for a potential Serbian entry.
- – Slovakian broadcaster Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska announced through their official Twitter feed on 1 September 2013 that Slovakia would not participate in the 2014 contest. The non-participation was further confirmed on 9 September 2013.
- – On 14 September 2013, the general director of Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu, İbrahim Şahin, stated that there are no plans to return to the contest under the current conditions. Dissatisfaction with the introduction of a mixed jury/televote voting system and the current status of the "Big Five" were once again cited as reasons for this decision. The non-participation was further confirmed on 7 November 2013.
Require active EBU membership
- – While Kosovan broadcaster Radio Television of Kosovo did not voice any intention regarding the 2014 contest, Kosovo's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi told the Swedish television programme :sv:Korrespondenterna|Korrespondenterna that he thought Kosovo, whose status is disputed, would be granted EBU membership and acceptance into the Eurovision in time for the 2014 edition. However, Kosovo has not been recognized as an independent country by the International Telecommunications Union, which is a requirement for full membership in the EBU.
- – Broadcaster 1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television had originally intended to participate in the 2013 contest, pending subsidies being sought from the Liechtenstein government in order to join the EBU. However such financial offerings were never granted. The broadcaster at the time had stated that they would try again with the aim to make their debut in 2014. On 10 September 2013, 1FLTV announced that they will not be present at any foreseeable Eurovision Song Contest until such financial support has been granted by the government of Liechtenstein.
Incidents
Armenian contestant's statements
On the week of the contest, Armenian contestant Aram Mp3 commented on Conchita Wurst's image by saying that her lifestyle was "not natural" and that she needed to decide to be either a woman or a man. The statement sparked controversy, following which Aram Mp3 apologised and added that what he said was meant to be a joke. Wurst accepted the apology, by stating, "I have to say that if it's a joke it's not funny... but he apologised and that's fine for me."Georgia jury votes
Georgia's jury votes in the Grand Final were all declared invalid, as all the jury members had voted exactly the same from 3 points up to 12 points. According to EBU, this constitutes a statistical impossibility. Therefore, only Georgia's televoting result was used for the distribution of the Georgian points in the Grand Final.Lithuanian spokesperson's commentary
Lithuanian spokesperson Ignas Krupavičius, just before announcing that ten points of his country's vote had been assigned to Conchita Wurst, said referring to Wurst's beard, "Now it is time to shave", then pulled out a razor and pretended to shave his own face, before giggling at the joke. Host Nikolaj Koppel replied to that by saying, "Time to shave? I think not.", because the next country announcing the votes was Austria. BBC commentator Graham Norton also expressed his frustration at the joke and supported Koppel's reply.Reaction to Russia's performance
Russia's Tolmachevy Sisters were the subject of booing from the audience, during the semifinal and when they qualified into final. Russia's act were also booed during the grand final; and when the Russian spokesperson delivered their top-three votes. The booing was also heard when countries awarded Russia votes, including neighbouring countries such as Azerbaijan and Belarus.Fraser Nelson, the editor of The Spectator magazine, wrote: "I can’t remember the last time I heard a Eurovision audience boo anyone; during the Iraq war in 2003, no one booed Britain. There’s a difference between the Russian government and the Russian people, and the girls were there to represent the latter. They didn’t deserve the obloquy. And the Danes were wrong to have made the booing so audible."
Internet activist security breach
After Conchita Wurst had won and performed the song again, and shortly before the end of the television broadcast, press photographers crowded around Wurst for pictures. During the photo session, Estonian "Free Anakata" activist Meelis Kaldalu managed to breach security and approach Wurst, giving her flowers and a Danish flag. She accepted the flowers, and Kaldalu knelt before her; what he said could not be heard. As security personnel realised Kaldalu was not supposed to be there, they began to drag him away, and Kaldalu produced a piece of paper, which he had hidden under his shirt, reading "#free anakata".Other awards
The Marcel Bezençon Awards, the OGAE voting poll and the Barbara Dex Awards are awards that were contested by the entries competing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, in addition to the main winner's trophy. In contrast, the Ondas Awards have honoured the production of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 itself in one of their categories.Marcel Bezençon Awards
The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia, honouring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman and Richard Herrey, the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon. The awards are divided into three categories: Press Award, Artistic Award, and Composer Award.Category | Country | Song | Performer | Composer |
Artistic Award | "Calm After the Storm" | The Common Linnets | Ilse DeLange, JB Meijers, Rob Crosby, Matthew Crosby, Jake Etheridge | |
Composer Award | "Calm After the Storm" | The Common Linnets | Ilse DeLange, JB Meijers, Rob Crosby, Matthew Crosby, Jake Etheridge | |
Press Award | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | Conchita Wurst | Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas |
OGAE
Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen. The organisation consists of a network of 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit company. In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll was opened allowing members from forty clubs to vote for their favourite songs of the 2014 contest. Below is the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.Country | Song | Performer | Composer | OGAE result |
"Undo" | Sanna Nielsen | Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah | 354 | |
"Running" | András Kállay-Saunders | András Kállay-Saunders, Krisztián Szakos | 262 | |
"Same Heart" | Mei Finegold | Rami Talmid | 233 | |
"Rise Like a Phoenix" | Conchita Wurst | Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas | 221 | |
"Children of the Universe" | Molly | Molly Smitten-Downes, Anders Hansson | 162 |
Barbara Dex Award
The Barbara Dex Award has been annually awarded by the fan website House of Eurovision since 1997, and is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each year in the contest. It is named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993 contest, in which she wore her own self designed dress.Place | Country | Performer | Votes |
1 | Vilija | 311 | |
2 | Emma | 90 | |
3 | Cristina Scarlat | 90 | |
4 | The Shin and Mariko | 76 | |
5 | Hersi | 64 |
Ondas Awards
The Ondas Awards is an award ceremony organised by Radio Barcelona, a subsidiary of Cadena SER, since 1954. They are awarded in recognition of professionals in the fields of radio and television broadcasting, the cinema, and the music industry. The 61st Ondas Award recipients were announced on 6 November 2014, where Danish broadcaster, Danmarks Radio and the European Broadcasting Union received the International Television Award, for their production of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The award will be handed over during the awards ceremony that will take place on 25 November 2014 at the Liceu in Barcelona.International broadcasts and voting
It was reported by the EBU that the 2014 Contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of a record breaking 195 million viewers.Voting and spokespersons
The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw following the jury results from the final dress rehearsal. An algorithm implemented by NRK, based on jury vote, was used to generate as much suspense as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.- – Sabina Babayeva
- – Andrianna Maggania
- – Paulina Chylewska
- – Andri Xhahu
- – Michele Perniola
- – Sofie Lassen-Kahlke
- – Tijana Mišković
- – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
- – Alsou
- – Tim Douwsma
- – Valentina Rossi
- – Elodie Suigo
- – Scott Mills
- – Ralfs Eilands
- – Anna Avanesyan
- – Benedict Valsson
- – Marko Mark
- – Alcazar
- – Alyona Lanskaya
- – Helene Fischer
- – Ofer Nachson
- – Joana Teles
- – Margrethe Røed
- – Lauri Pihlap
- – Éva Novodomszky
- – Olivia Furtuna
- – Nicky Byrne
- – Redrama
- – Ignas Krupavičius
- – Kati Bellowitsch
- – Carolina Casado
- – Angelique Vlieghe
- – Linus
- – Zlata Ognevich
- – Kurt Aeschbacher
- – Sophie Gelovani and Nodi Tatishvili
- – Ula Furlan
Commentators
- – Andri Xhahu
- – Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan ; Tigran Danielyan and Arevik Udumyan
- – Andi Knoll
- – Konul Arifgizi
- – Evgeny Perlin
- – Dutch: Peter Van de Veire and Eva Daeleman ; French: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Maureen Louys ; Olivier Gilain
- – Anders Bisgaard ; Ole Tøpholm ; Peter Falktoft and Esben Bjerre Hansen ; Sign language performers
- – Marko Reikop ; Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- – Finnish: Jorma Hietamäki and Sanna Pirkkalainen ; Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
- – Audrey Chauveau and Bruno Berberes ; Cyril Féraud and Natasha St-Pier
- – Lado Tatishvili and Tamuna Museridze
- – Peter Urban and EinsFestival
- – Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis
- – Gábor Gundel Takács
- – Felix Bergsson
- – Marty Whelan ; Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski
- – Hebrew/Arabic subtitles ; Kobi Menora and Yuval Caspin
- – Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello ; Linus and Nicola Savino
- – Valters Frīdenbergs and Kārlis Būmeisters
- – Darius Užkuraitis
- – Karolina Petkovska
- – Carlo Borg Bonaci
- – Daniela Babici
- – Dražen Bauković & Tamara Ivanković ; Sonja Savović and Sanja Pejović
- – Cornald Maas and Jan Smit
- – Olav Viksmo-Slettan ; Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Reiten Nordnes and Line Elvsåshagen
- – Artur Orzech, TVP Rozrywka
- – Sílvia Alberto, second semi-final )
- – Bogdan Stănescu
- – Olga Shelest and Dmitriy Guberniev
- – Italian: Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo ; English: John Kennedy O'Connor and Jamarie Milkovic
- – Andrej Hofer
- – José María Íñigo, first semi-final; La 1 ; Paco González ; :es:Sergi Mas|Sergi Mas
- – Malin Olsson and Edward af Sillén ; Carolina Norén and Ronnie Ritterland
- – German: Sven Epiney ; Italian: Sandy Altermatt and Alessandro Bertoglio ; French: Jean-Marc Richard and Valérie Ogier
- – Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetiana Terekhova ; Olena Zelinchenko
- – Scott Mills and Laura Whitmore ; Graham Norton ; Ana Matronic ; Ken Bruce
Non-participating countries
- – Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang
- – Adam Rollins and Tommy D.
- – Aleksandar Kostadinov
- – Melina Karageorgiou
- – TBC
- – Diana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay
- – TBC
- – Silvana Grujić, Dragan Ilić
- – Daniel Baláž, Pavol Hubinák and Juraj Kemka
Official album