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Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Celebrate Diversity
Dates
Semi-final 19 May 2017 (2017-05-09)
Semi-final 211 May 2017 (2017-05-11)
Final13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)
Host
VenueInternational Exhibition Centre
Kyiv, Ukraine
Presenter(s)
Directed by
  • Troels Lund
  • Alexander Kolb
  • Ladislaus Kiraly
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producerPavlo Grytsak
Host broadcaster
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2017 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries42
Number of finalists26
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Portugal
 Romania
Non-returning countries Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Russia
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Vote
Voting systemEach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs.
Winning song Portugal
"Amar pelos dois"
2016 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2018

The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the 2016 contest with the song "1944" by Jamala. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), the contest was held at the International Exhibition Centre and consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and a final on 13 May 2017. The three live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko, being the first contest since the inaugural 1956 edition without a female host.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Portugal and Romania returned to the contest after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina did not participate on financial grounds. Russia had originally planned to participate, but later withdrew after its representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of having travelled directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law.

The winner was Portugal with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral and written by his sister Luísa Sobral. The song won both the jury vote and televote, and Bulgaria, Moldova, Belgium and Sweden rounded out the top five. This was Portugal's first victory in 53 years of participation, the longest in Eurovision history. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since Serbia's "Molitva" in 2007. The top three countries – Portugal, Bulgaria and Moldova – all achieved their highest placings in their Eurovision history, while host country Ukraine received its worst placing to date, finishing 24th in the final.

The EBU reported that 182 million viewers watched the contest, 22 million fewer than the 2016 record.

Location

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International Exhibition Centre, Kyiv - host venue of the 2017 contest

Venue

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The contest took place in the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv, following Ukraine's victory at the 2016 contest with the song "1944", written and performed by Jamala. The International Exhibition Centre has a capacity of approximately 11,000 attendees and is the largest exhibition centre in Kyiv.[1] Located in the western part of the Livoberezhna microdistrict, the centre was opened in October 2002, and its head since its construction was Anatoly Tkachenko.[1]

Bidding phase

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Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue. The shortlisted cities are marked in green, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.

The Deputy Chief of host broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) and Head of Delegation for Ukraine, Viktoria Romanova, stated on 18 May 2016 that the first organisational meeting for the contest would take place before 8 June, during which the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and UA:PBC would go through the technical requirements for the contest, as well as any training required for the contest to take place in Ukraine. Romanova also announced that the venue for the contest would be announced over the summer.[2][3][4]

UA:PBC and the Ukrainian Government formally launched the bidding process for interested cities to apply to host the contest on 23 June.[5][6] The selection of the host city was scheduled to be conducted in four stages:

  • 24 June – 8 July: Interested cities were formally invited to submit their bids.
  • 8–15 July: A working group within UA:PBC and a government-appointed Local Organisational Committee (LOC) headed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman reviewed submitted bids prior to their formal presentation.
  • 18–22 July: Candidate cities formally presented their bids to the LOC. The bids of three cities were shortlisted and handed over to the EBU.
  • 22 July – 1 August: The three shortlisted cities were inspected by representatives from the EBU and LOC to explore their infrastructure and implementation of their bids. A press conference was initially planned to be held during this period to announce the selection results and the host city.

The following criteria were outlined for the selection of the host city:[7]

  • The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 7,000 but ideally up to 10,000 attendees.
  • An international press centre must be able to accommodate no less than 1,550 journalists.
  • Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 3,000 attendees.
  • The host city must have fairly priced hotel rooms to European standards, that are located in close proximity to the venue and the city centre. At least 2,000 hotel rooms must be provided: 1,000 for participating delegations and 1,000 for accredited media and fans.
  • The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
  • The host city must have modern transport infrastructure: an international airport and readily available transport between the airport, the city and hotels, in addition to convenient traffic in the city and the opportunity to provide additional transport routes.
  • The host city must provide a social program alongside their bid, showcasing the hospitality, originality, cultural values and identity of both the city and Ukraine.

Six cities submitted applications by the deadline of 8 July: Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa.[8] Prior to the opening of the bidding process, the cities of Cherkasy, Irpin, Uzhhorod and Vinnytsia had declared their interest in hosting the contest, but did not submit a formal bid.[9][10] Ukrainian Culture Minister Yevhen Nyshchuk stated on 30 June that an appropriate venue for the contest does not exist in Ukraine, suggesting that the construction of a new venue in Kyiv or Lviv should be considered.[11]

The six candidate cities were officially presented to the LOC on 20 July in a two-hour live discussion show titled City Battle, broadcast from the UA:Pershyi studios in Kyiv and moderated by Timur Miroshnychenko, with radio commentary from Olena Zelinchenko. The show was broadcast on UA:Pershyi, Radio Ukraine and the UA:Pershyi YouTube channel with commentary in English and Ukrainian. During the show, a representative from each candidate city presented its bid in front of a live studio audience:[12]

  • Dnipro: Borys Filatov (City Mayor)
  • Kharkiv: Ihor Terekhov (Deputy City Mayor)
  • Kherson: Volodymyr Mykolaienko (City Mayor)
  • Kyiv: Oleksii Reznikov (Deputy Head of City State Administration)
  • Lviv: Andrii Moskalenko (Deputy City Mayor)
  • Odesa: Pavlo Vugelman (Deputy City Mayor)

Members of the LOC, media representatives, Ukrainian musical experts and fans also participated in the discussion.

Host selection

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UA:PBC announced on 22 July that the bids from Dnipro, Kyiv and Odesa had been shortlisted for further consideration.[13]

The EBU announced on 30 July that the host city would be announced "in due course", rather than on the previously stated date of 1 August, with Executive Supervisor of the contest Jon Ola Sand stating that the EBU "really want to take the time it takes to come up with the right decision".[14] The Deputy General Director of UA:PBC, Oleksandr Kharebin, stated on 10 August that the host city would be announced on Ukrainian Independence Day, 24 August.[15] The announcement was later scheduled to take place on 25 August; however, it was postponed at 14:00 EEST, one hour before it was due to take place, with NTU citing the need to further consider some fine details regarding the decision.[16]

After several delays in announcing the host city, UA:PBC announced on 8 September that they would be meeting with the Ukrainian Government and the LOC on 9 September and that a press conference to announce the host city was scheduled to take place at 13:00 EEST on the same day from the Government Press Centre in Kyiv. Kyiv was announced as the host city for the contest with the International Exhibition Centre selected as the venue.[17][18]

Key  †  Host venue  ‡  Shortlisted

City[19] Venue Notes
Dnipro DniproEuroArena Proposal included the complete reconstruction of the Meteor Stadium and Sports Complex Meteor, which would have been completed by March 2017.[20] Withdrew after the host city announcement being postponed for a fourth time.
Kharkiv Metalist Oblast Sports Complex Hosted three group stage matches of UEFA Euro 2012 & EAMV Recording Label. Would have required significant construction including the addition of a roof.[21]
Kherson "Yuvileinyi" Concert Hall Proposal included expansion and reconstruction of the venue, which would have taken approximately 7–8 months.[22]
Kyiv
Palace of Sports Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009. May have conflicted with contest preparations as the venue hosted part of the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I ice hockey tournament between 22 and 28 April 2017.[23]
International Exhibition Centre Venue was initially submitted as a reserve.[24][25] Kyiv later announced on 24 August 2016 that this was their preferred venue for staging the contest.[26]
Lviv Arena Lviv Hosted three of the group-stage games for UEFA Euro 2012. The arena required the construction of a roof.[27]
Unfinished venue An unfinished venue originally planned for EuroBasket 2015 that was 25% complete when construction halted.[27]
Odesa Chornomorets Stadium Proposal included plans for reconstruction of the venue and options for providing a covered roof.[28][29]

Other sites

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The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors' area during the events week. There it was possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. Located at Independence Square in Kyiv, it was open from 4 to 14 May 2017.[30][31]

The EuroClub was the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub was restricted to accredited fans, delegates, and press. It was located at the Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Center.[32]

The "Red Carpet" event, where the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at Mariinskyi Palace in central Kyiv on 7 May 2017 at 19:00 CEST, followed by the Opening Ceremony at the Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Center.[33][34]

Participating countries

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Eurovision Song Contest 2017 – Participation summaries by country

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide.[35] The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members and associate member Australia.[36]

Initially, on 31 October 2016, it was announced that forty-three countries were to participate in the contest, equalling the record set in 2008 and 2011. Portugal and Romania returned after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew on financial grounds.[36] Russia had planned to participate but announced their withdrawal on 13 April 2017, after their representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of travelling directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law. This subsequently reduced the number of participating countries to forty-two, the same number of countries as 2016.[37][38]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017[39]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Lindita "World" English
 Armenia AMPTV Artsvik "Fly with Me" English
 Australia SBS Isaiah "Don't Come Easy" English
 Austria ORF Nathan Trent "Running on Air" English
 Azerbaijan İTV Dihaj "Skeletons" English
 Belarus BTRC Naviband "Story of My Life" Belarusian Arciom Lukjanienka
 Belgium RTBF Blanche "City Lights" English
 Bulgaria BNT Kristian Kostov "Beautiful Mess" English
 Croatia HRT Jacques Houdek "My Friend" English, Italian
  • Jacques Houdek
  • Arjana Kunštek
  • Fabrizio Laucella
  • Tony Malm
  • Ines Prajo
  • Siniša Reljić
 Cyprus CyBC Hovig "Gravity" English Thomas G:son
 Czech Republic ČT Martina Bárta "My Turn" English
  • DWB
  • Kyler Niko
 Denmark DR Anja "Where I Am" English
 Estonia ERR Koit Toome and Laura "Verona" English Sven Lõhmus
 Finland Yle Norma John "Blackbird" English
  • Lasse Piirainen
  • Leena Tirronen
 France France Télévisions Alma "Requiem" French, English
 Georgia GPB Tamara Gachechiladze "Keep the Faith" English
 Germany NDR[a] Levina "Perfect Life" English
 Greece ERT Demy "This Is Love" English
 Hungary MTVA Joci Pápai "Origo" Hungarian József Pápai
 Iceland RÚV Svala "Paper" English
 Ireland RTÉ Brendan Murray "Dying to Try" English
 Israel IBA Imri "I Feel Alive" English
 Italy RAI Francesco Gabbani "Occidentali's Karma" Italian
 Latvia LTV Triana Park "Line" English
 Lithuania LRT Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution" English
 Macedonia MRT Jana Burčeska "Dance Alone" English
  • Florance A.
  • Johan Alkenäs
  • Borislav Milanov
  • Joacim Persson
 Malta PBS Claudia Faniello "Breathlessly" English
 Moldova TRM SunStroke Project "Hey Mamma" English
  • Mihail Cebotarenco
  • Alina Galetskaya
  • Anton Ragoza
  • Sergey Stepanov
  • Sergei Yalovitsky
 Montenegro RTCG Slavko Kalezić "Space" English
  • Iva Boršić
  • Adis Eminić
  • Momčilo Zeković "Zeko"
 Netherlands AVROTROS OG3NE "Lights and Shadows" English
  • Rory de Kievit
  • Rick Vol
 Norway NRK Jowst[b] "Grab the Moment" English
 Poland TVP Kasia Moś "Flashlight" English
 Portugal RTP Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" Portuguese Luísa Sobral
 Romania TVR Ilinca feat. Alex Florea "Yodel It!" English
  • Mihai Alexandru
  • Alexa Niculae
 San Marino SMRTV Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson "Spirit of the Night" English
 Serbia RTS Tijana Bogićević "In Too Deep" English
  • Johan Alkenäs
  • Lisa Desmond
  • Borislav Milanov
  • Joacim Persson
 Slovenia RTVSLO Omar Naber "On My Way" English
 Spain RTVE Manel Navarro "Do It for Your Lover" Spanish, English
 Sweden SVT Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" English
  Switzerland SRG SSR Timebelle "Apollo" English
  • Alessandra Günthardt
  • Nicolas Günthardt
  • Elias Näslin
 Ukraine UA:PBC O.Torvald "Time" English
  • Zhenia Galych
  • Yevhen Kamenchuk
  • Denys Myzyuk
 United Kingdom BBC Lucie Jones "Never Give Up on You" English

Returning artists

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The contest featured five representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same countries. Valentina Monetta, who performed in a duet this time, represented San Marino in three consecutive editions: 2012, 2013, and 2014. The duo of Koit Toome and Laura Põldvere have both represented Estonia in different years: Toome in 1998 as a solo artist, finishing 12th place with the song "Mere lapsed", and Põldvere in 2005 as part of Suntribe, finishing 20th in the semi-final with the song "Let's Get Loud". Omar Naber represented Slovenia in 2005, finishing 12th in the semi-final with the song "Stop".[41] This also made for one of the only occasions in which the same participants not only returned after originally competing in the same year, but also had both participations occur in the same host country (the only other recent example being 1982, which saw both Norway's Anita Skorgan and Belgium's Stella Maessen return to the United Kingdom for the second time after the 1977 contest). SunStroke Project represented Moldova in 2010 alongside Olia Tira, finishing 22nd with the song "Run Away".[42]

The contest also featured the group OG3NE which previously represented the Netherlands at another Eurovision event, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, as Lisa, Amy and Shelley, with the song "Adem in, adem uit".[43] In addition, the contest featured two lead singers previously participating as backing vocalists for the same countries: Israel's representative Imri Ziv who backed Nadav Guedj in 2015 and Hovi Star in 2016,[44] and Serbia's representative Tijana Bogićević who backed Nina in 2011.

Other countries

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Active EBU members

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Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Luxembourg, Monaco and Slovakia confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[45][46][47][48][49][50][51] BHRT, broadcaster for Bosnia and Herzegovina, did the same due to financial difficulties[52] and non-payment of debts to the EBU totalling 6 million Swiss francs (€5.4 million); the EBU had already threatened to withdraw BHRT from all member services in May 2016, and in late 2016 they began to impose sanctions on the broadcaster for their pending debts.[53][54][55][56] Despite initially stating their participation in the contest[57] and efforts from non-governmental organizations aimed at their return in 2017,[58] Turkish broadcaster TRT ultimately opted not to participate.[59][60]

Associate EBU members

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Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency became an associate member of the EBU on 1 January 2016, opening up the possibility of their participation in 2017;[61][62] however, Kazakhstan was not on the final list of participating countries announced by the EBU on 31 October 2016.[63]

Non-EBU members

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In 2016, Kosovan broadcaster RTK was invited to the Eurovision Committee to discuss the possibility of being accepted in the EBU in order to take part in the contest;[64][65][66] however, Kosovo did not appear on the final list of participants. Liechtensteiner broadcaster 1 FL TV announced that they would not debut at the contest in 2017, but that they intended to obtain EBU membership in order to debut in a future contest, on receipt of financial support from the government.[67]

Format

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The preliminary dates for the contest were announced on 14 March 2016 at a meeting of Heads of Delegation in Stockholm, with the semi-finals expected to take place on 16 and 18 May and the final on 20 May 2017. These preliminary dates were chosen by the EBU to avoid the contest coinciding with any major television and sporting events scheduled to take place around that time.[68] However, the EBU announced on 24 June 2016 that the preliminary dates for the contest had to be brought forward a week, with the semi-finals scheduled for 9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May.[5] This was due to a request from UA:PBC, as the initial preliminary dates coincided with the remembrance day for the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars on 18 May.[69][70] However, despite attempts to avoid conflicts, the eventual dates coincided with the second leg of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League semi-finals.[70]

In December 2016, Pavlo Hrytsak was appointed as the new head of the organising committee. In February 2017, 21 team members resigned, claiming that Hrytsak's appointment effectively stopped work on the contest for two months.[71][72]

Semi-final allocation draw

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Results of the semi-final allocation draw
  Participating countries in the first semi-final
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final
  Participating countries in the second semi-final[c]
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at Column Hall on 31 January 2017, hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko and Nika Konstantinova. The thirty-seven semi-finalists had been allocated into six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Digame. Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called "bloc voting" and increase suspense in the semi-finals.[73]

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

Visual design

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The theme of the contest, "Celebrate Diversity", was unveiled on 30 January 2017, with its visual design featuring imagery of stylized beads. The main logo used the beads to form a traditional Ukrainian neck amulet.[74][75]

Presenters

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The hosts on the red carpet

The EBU announced on 27 February that the presenters for the contest would be Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko, with Miroshnychenko also hosting the green room.[76] It was the first time that the contest was presented by a male trio,[76] and the second time that the contest did not feature a female presenter, after 1956. Miroshnychenko has previously co-hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 and 2013.[77][78]

Promotional emojis

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It was announced on 30 April that the creative teams from both the Eurovision network and Twitter had worked together to create three emoji that would accompany specific promotional hashtags for the duration of the contest. The heart emoji would appear alongside #ESC2017 and #Eurovision, while the winners' trophy emoji would be used for #12Points and #douzepoints. The final emoji is the logo for the contest, which would appear alongside #CelebrateDiversity, the slogan of the contest.[79]

Opening and interval acts

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The EBU released details regarding the opening and interval acts for each of the live shows on 20 April.[80] The first semi-final was opened by Monatik performing "Spinning", while the interval featured Jamala performing a new version of her winning song "1944" and "Zamanyly".[80] The second semi-final was opened by a medley of past Eurovision songs performed by co-presenters Oleksandr Skichko and Volodymyr Ostapchuk, while the interval featured a dance performance by Apache Crew titled "The Children's Courtyard". In the interval of the final, Jamala performed her new single "I Believe in U",[80] and Onuka performed a megamix together with Ukraine's National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments.[81]

Contest overview

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Semi-final 1

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Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[82] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[83]

  Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017[84]
R/O[85] Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Sweden Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" 227 3
2  Georgia Tamara Gachechiladze "Keep the Faith" 99 11
3  Australia Isaiah "Don't Come Easy" 160 6
4  Albania Lindita "World" 76 14
5  Belgium Blanche "City Lights" 165 4
6  Montenegro Slavko Kalezić "Space" 56 16
7  Finland Norma John "Blackbird" 92 12
8  Azerbaijan Dihaj "Skeletons" 150 8
9  Portugal Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" 370 1
10  Greece Demy "This Is Love" 115 10
11  Poland Kasia Moś "Flashlight" 119 9
12  Moldova SunStroke Project "Hey Mamma" 291 2
13  Iceland Svala "Paper" 60 15
14  Czech Republic Martina Bárta "My Turn" 83 13
15  Cyprus Hovig "Gravity" 164 5
16  Armenia Artsvik "Fly with Me" 152 7
17  Slovenia Omar Naber "On My Way" 36 17
18  Latvia Triana Park "Line" 21 18

Semi-final 2

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Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. France, Germany and Ukraine voted in this semi-final.[82] Russia was originally set to perform in position three, but later withdrew from the contest after the artist it selected was banned from entering Ukraine, resulting in countries originally planned to perform fourth and later, to do so one place earlier.[37] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[86]

  Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017[87]
R/O[85] Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Serbia Tijana Bogićević "In Too Deep" 98 11
2  Austria Nathan Trent "Running on Air" 147 7
3  Macedonia Jana Burčeska "Dance Alone" 69 15
4  Malta Claudia Faniello "Breathlessly" 55 16
5  Romania Ilinca feat. Alex Florea "Yodel It!" 174 6
6  Netherlands OG3NE "Lights and Shadows" 200 4
7  Hungary Joci Pápai "Origo" 231 2
8  Denmark Anja "Where I Am" 101 10
9  Ireland Brendan Murray "Dying to Try" 86 13
10  San Marino Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson "Spirit of the Night" 1 18
11  Croatia Jacques Houdek "My Friend" 141 8
12  Norway Jowst[b] "Grab the Moment" 189 5
13   Switzerland Timebelle "Apollo" 97 12
14  Belarus Naviband "Story of My Life" 110 9
15  Bulgaria Kristian Kostov "Beautiful Mess" 403 1
16  Lithuania Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution" 42 17
17  Estonia Koit Toome and Laura "Verona" 85 14
18  Israel Imri "I Feel Alive" 207 3

Final

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Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 42 participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was revealed after the second semi-final qualifiers' press conference on 11 May.[88]

  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017[89]
R/O[88] Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Israel Imri "I Feel Alive" 39 23
2  Poland Kasia Moś "Flashlight" 64 22
3  Belarus Naviband "Story of My Life" 83 17
4  Austria Nathan Trent "Running on Air" 93 16
5  Armenia Artsvik "Fly with Me" 79 18
6  Netherlands OG3NE "Lights and Shadows" 150 11
7  Moldova SunStroke Project "Hey Mamma" 374 3
8  Hungary Joci Pápai "Origo" 200 8
9  Italy Francesco Gabbani "Occidentali's Karma" 334 6
10  Denmark Anja "Where I Am" 77 20
11  Portugal Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" 758 1
12  Azerbaijan Dihaj "Skeletons" 120 14
13  Croatia Jacques Houdek "My Friend" 128 13
14  Australia Isaiah "Don't Come Easy" 173 9
15  Greece Demy "This Is Love" 77 19
16  Spain Manel Navarro "Do It for Your Lover" 5 26
17  Norway Jowst[b] "Grab the Moment" 158 10
18  United Kingdom Lucie Jones "Never Give Up on You" 111 15
19  Cyprus Hovig "Gravity" 68 21
20  Romania Ilinca feat. Alex Florea "Yodel It!" 282 7
21  Germany Levina "Perfect Life" 6 25
22  Ukraine O.Torvald "Time" 36 24
23  Belgium Blanche "City Lights" 363 4
24  Sweden Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" 344 5
25  Bulgaria Kristian Kostov "Beautiful Mess" 615 2
26  France Alma "Requiem" 135 12

Spokespersons

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The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:[90]

  1.  Sweden – Wiktoria
  2.  Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov
  3.  San Marino – Lia Fiorio
  4.  Latvia – Aminata
  5.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon
  6.  Montenegro – Tijana Mišković
  7.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  8.  Malta – Martha Fenech
  9.  Macedonia – Ilija Grujoski
  10.  Denmark – Ulla Essendrop
  11.  Austria – Kristina Inhof
  12.  Norway – Marcus & Martinus
  13.  Spain – Nieves Álvarez
  14.  Finland – Jenni Vartiainen
  15.  France – Élodie Gossuin
  16.  Greece – Constantinos Christoforou
  17.  Lithuania – Eglė Daugėlaitė
  18.  Estonia – Jüri Pootsmann
  19.  Moldova – Gloria Gorceag
  20.  Armenia – Iveta Mukuchyan
  21.  Bulgaria – Boryana Gramatikova [bg]
  22.  Iceland – Bo Halldórsson
  23.  Serbia – Sanja Vučić
  24.  Australia – Lee Lin Chin
  25.  Italy – Giulia Valentina Palermo
  26.  Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
  27.  Portugal – Filomena Cautela
  28.   Switzerland – Luca Hänni
  29.  Netherlands – Douwe Bob
  30.  Ireland – Nicky Byrne
  31.  Georgia – Nika Kocharov
  32.  Cyprus – Giannis Karagiannis
  33.  Belarus – Alyona Lanskaya
  34.  Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
  35.  Hungary – Csilla Tatár
  36.  Slovenia – Katarina Čas
  37.  Belgium – Fanny Gillard [fr]
  38.  Poland – Anna Popek [pl]
  39.  United Kingdom – Katrina Leskanich
  40.  Croatia – Uršula Tolj
  41.  Czech Republic – Radka Rosická [cs]
  42.  Ukraine – Zlata Ognevich

Detailed voting results

[edit]

Semi-final 1

[edit]
  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1
Place Combined results Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Portugal 370  Portugal 173  Portugal 197
2  Moldova 291  Australia 139  Moldova 180
3  Sweden 227  Sweden 124  Belgium 125
4  Belgium 165  Moldova 111  Sweden 103
5  Cyprus 164  Azerbaijan 87  Cyprus 103
6  Australia 160  Armenia 87  Poland 69
7  Armenia 152  Czech Republic 81  Armenia 65
8  Azerbaijan 150  Georgia 62  Azerbaijan 63
9  Poland 119  Greece 61  Greece 54
10  Greece 115  Cyprus 61  Finland 51
11  Georgia 99  Poland 50  Montenegro 39
12  Finland 92  Finland 41  Albania 38
13  Czech Republic 83  Belgium 40  Georgia 37
14  Albania 76  Albania 38  Iceland 31
15  Iceland 60  Iceland 29  Australia 21
16  Montenegro 56  Montenegro 17  Slovenia 20
17  Slovenia 36  Slovenia 16  Latvia 20
18  Latvia 21  Latvia 1  Czech Republic 2
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 1[91]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Jury vote
Sweden
Georgia
Australia
Albania
Belgium
Montenegro
Finland
Azerbaijan
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Moldova
Iceland
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Armenia
Slovenia
Latvia
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
Contestants
Sweden 227 124 103 8 8 4 12 6 12 5 2 4 8 8 10 8 5 7 2 10 3 2
Georgia 99 62 37 6 1 3 3 6 3 4 10 5 7 6 5 2 1
Australia 160 139 21 12 6 5 10 3 8 7 6 8 6 10 12 7 1 12 10 1 8 7
Albania 76 38 38 10 10 10 8
Belgium 165 40 125 3 3 1 7 2 3 3 2 5 5 2 4
Montenegro 56 17 39 8 7 2
Finland 92 41 51 7 7 7 1 3 3 1 6 6
Azerbaijan 150 87 63 10 3 7 5 7 8 8 4 6 4 4 3 1 12 5
Portugal 370 173 197 5 12 6 6 7 4 10 12 5 12 12 12 7 10 7 8 12 4 12 10
Greece 115 61 54 1 8 12 2 2 7 1 12 10 6
Poland 119 50 69 12 2 4 2 3 1 1 8 2 2 4 3 6
Moldova 291 111 180 10 3 10 12 1 5 6 5 10 3 6 8 6 7 7 12
Iceland 60 29 31 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 3 8 1
Czech Republic 83 81 2 4 1 4 6 2 4 12 3 5 1 4 10 7 10 8
Cyprus 164 61 103 8 5 8 7 6 4 5 12 3 3
Armenia 152 87 65 7 5 10 8 4 4 12 6 10 5 1 4 6 5
Slovenia 36 16 20 1 4 1 1 5 4
Latvia 21 1 20 1
Detailed televoting results of semi-final 1[91]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Televote
Sweden
Georgia
Australia
Albania
Belgium
Montenegro
Finland
Azerbaijan
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Moldova
Iceland
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Armenia
Slovenia
Latvia
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
Contestants
Sweden 227 124 103 4 8 10 5 3 7 6 10 3 5 1 10 2 5 4 5 7 1 6 1
Georgia 99 62 37 12 6 6 2 1 8 2
Australia 160 139 21 2 1 1 1 2 6 2 3 3
Albania 76 38 38 12 3 5 10 1 7
Belgium 165 40 125 10 5 4 8 2 10 7 8 4 8 7 6 4 6 8 10 6 8 4
Montenegro 56 17 39 1 7 3 5 8 2 1 6 5 1
Finland 92 41 51 8 2 5 3 7 1 4 3 3 2 5 5 3
Azerbaijan 150 87 63 12 1 6 1 12 12 10 7 2
Portugal 370 173 197 12 8 10 12 12 7 12 8 10 12 6 12 7 6 7 12 12 10 12 10
Greece 115 61 54 2 3 6 6 4 5 2 12 5 4 5
Poland 119 50 69 6 3 2 8 1 2 3 5 8 3 2 3 8 3 12
Moldova 291 111 180 5 6 12 7 10 10 8 10 12 7 10 8 10 7 10 10 8 12 10 8
Iceland 60 29 31 7 1 4 5 1 4 7 2
Czech Republic 83 81 2 2
Cyprus 164 61 103 4 7 6 3 4 5 6 3 12 7 7 4 4 12 4 6 3 6
Armenia 152 87 65 3 10 5 7 4 8 6 4 5 8 1 4
Slovenia 36 16 20 2 8 2 4 3 1
Latvia 21 1 20 1 4 5 1 2 7

12 points

[edit]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the first semi-final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
7  Portugal  Azerbaijan,  Georgia,  Iceland,  Latvia,  Moldova,  Poland,  Spain
3  Australia  Czech Republic,  Slovenia,  Sweden
2  Greece  Cyprus,  Montenegro
 Moldova  Albania,  United Kingdom
 Sweden  Belgium,  Finland
1  Armenia  Greece
 Azerbaijan  Italy
 Cyprus  Armenia
 Czech Republic  Portugal
 Poland  Australia
12 points awarded by televoting
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
9  Portugal  Albania,  Belgium,  Finland,  Iceland,  Latvia,  Poland,  Slovenia,  Spain,  Sweden
3  Azerbaijan  Czech Republic,  Georgia,  Moldova
 Moldova  Australia,  Italy,  Portugal
2  Cyprus  Armenia,  Greece
1  Albania  Montenegro
 Georgia  Azerbaijan
 Greece  Cyprus
 Poland  United Kingdom

Semi-final 2

[edit]
  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 2
Place Combined results Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Bulgaria 403  Bulgaria 199  Bulgaria 204
2  Hungary 231  Netherlands 149  Hungary 165
3  Israel 207  Norway 137  Romania 148
4  Netherlands 200  Austria 115  Israel 132
5  Norway 189  Denmark 96  Croatia 104
6  Romania 174  Israel 75  Estonia 69
7  Austria 147  Hungary 66  Belarus 55
8  Croatia 141  Malta 55  Norway 52
9  Belarus 110  Belarus 55  Netherlands 51
10  Denmark 101  Serbia 53   Switzerland 49
11  Serbia 98   Switzerland 48  Serbia 45
12   Switzerland 97  Ireland 45  Ireland 41
13  Ireland 86  Croatia 37  Macedonia 40
14  Estonia 85  Macedonia 29  Austria 32
15  Macedonia 69  Romania 26  Lithuania 25
16  Malta 55  Lithuania 17  Denmark 5
17  Lithuania 42  Estonia 16  San Marino 1
18  San Marino 1  San Marino 0  Malta 0
Detailed jury voting results of semi-final 2[92]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Jury vote
Serbia
Austria
Macedonia
Malta
Romania
Netherlands
Hungary
Denmark
Ireland
San Marino
Croatia
Norway
Switzerland
Belarus
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Estonia
Israel
France
Germany
Ukraine
Contestants
Serbia 98 53 45 2 6 4 8 2 2 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 7
Austria 147 115 32 6 3 5 8 8 7 10 7 5 4 7 6 12 4 5 8 4 6
Macedonia 69 29 40 5 8 2 3 8 3
Malta 55 55 0 2 6 8 1 3 5 1 1 5 7 1 4 2 6 3
Romania 174 26 148 10 4 1 4 3 4
Netherlands 200 149 51 8 8 6 6 12 10 10 3 12 12 8 8 8 8 5 6 5 8 6
Hungary 231 66 165 12 3 5 3 3 10 2 5 2 2 12 7
Denmark 101 96 5 4 7 5 10 10 6 1 5 8 10 3 2 4 6 8 4 2 1
Ireland 86 45 41 10 1 3 5 2 2 1 8 7 4 2
San Marino 1 0 1
Croatia 141 37 104 3 1 7 2 4 1 3 6 5 5
Norway 189 137 52 1 5 2 7 7 12 7 10 4 10 10 5 12 10 10 3 12 10
Switzerland 97 48 49 4 1 6 4 4 8 5 3 7 3 1 2
Belarus 110 55 55 7 7 3 7 1 3 5 10 12
Bulgaria 403 199 204 10 12 12 12 8 12 12 6 12 8 6 12 12 12 10 12 6 7 10 8
Lithuania 42 17 25 4 6 7
Estonia 85 16 69 2 2 3 1 1 7
Israel 207 75 132 7 10 4 5 1 5 6 3 7 4 10 12 1
Detailed televoting results of the semi-final 2[92]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Televote
Serbia
Austria
Macedonia
Malta
Romania
Netherlands
Hungary
Denmark
Ireland
San Marino
Croatia
Norway
Switzerland
Belarus
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Estonia
Israel
France
Germany
Ukraine
Contestants
Serbia 98 53 45 6 12 10 12 5
Austria 147 115 32 1 1 4 6 3 3 1 4 2 3 4
Macedonia 69 29 40 10 4 6 3 12 5
Malta 55 55 0
Romania 174 26 148 6 7 3 7 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 5 7 6 12 10 12 7 5
Netherlands 200 149 51 4 2 3 6 7 5 3 2 3 4 1 2 4 5
Hungary 231 66 165 12 12 6 6 12 10 4 6 10 12 6 8 10 8 5 8 7 7 10 6
Denmark 101 96 5 1 4
Ireland 86 45 41 3 1 4 6 2 5 2 2 3 4 7 1 1
San Marino 1 0 1 1
Croatia 141 37 104 7 10 8 8 5 4 10 7 6 1 10 4 6 2 5 2 6 3
Norway 189 137 52 3 2 5 5 10 2 6 3 7 3 2 4
Switzerland 97 48 49 4 2 5 5 10 1 1 5 1 2 4 1 2 4 2
Belarus 110 55 55 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 5 8 6 8 3 12
Bulgaria 403 199 204 8 8 10 12 8 12 12 12 10 12 8 12 6 12 10 10 12 8 12 10
Lithuania 42 17 25 12 10 1 1 1
Estonia 85 16 69 4 2 3 4 2 3 5 1 8 2 12 6 6 3 8
Israel 207 75 132 5 5 7 10 7 7 8 6 4 7 5 7 5 7 10 3 4 10 8 7

12 points

[edit]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the second semi-final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
10  Bulgaria  Austria,  Belarus,  Estonia,  Hungary,  Ireland,  Macedonia,  Malta,  Netherlands,  Norway,   Switzerland
3  Netherlands  Croatia,  Romania,  San Marino
 Norway  Denmark,  Germany,  Lithuania
2  Hungary  Israel,  Serbia
1  Austria  Bulgaria
 Belarus  Ukraine
 Israel  France
12 points awarded by televoting
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
9  Bulgaria  Belarus,  Denmark,  Germany,  Hungary,  Israel,  Malta,  Netherlands,  Norway,  San Marino
4  Hungary  Austria,  Croatia,  Romania,  Serbia
2  Romania  Estonia,  France
 Serbia  Macedonia,   Switzerland
1  Belarus  Ukraine
 Estonia  Lithuania
 Lithuania  Ireland
 Macedonia  Bulgaria

Final

[edit]
  Winner
Split results of the final
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Portugal 758  Portugal 382  Portugal 376
2  Bulgaria 615  Bulgaria 278  Bulgaria 337
3  Moldova 374  Sweden 218  Moldova 264
4  Belgium 363  Australia 171  Belgium 255
5  Sweden 344  Netherlands 135  Romania 224
6  Italy 334  Norway 129  Italy 208
7  Romania 282  Italy 126  Hungary 152
8  Hungary 200  Moldova 110  Sweden 126
9  Australia 173  Belgium 108  Croatia 103
10  Norway 158  United Kingdom 99  France 90
11  Netherlands 150  Austria 93  Azerbaijan 42
12  France 135  Azerbaijan 78  Poland 41
13  Croatia 128  Denmark 69  Belarus 33
14  Azerbaijan 120  Armenia 58  Cyprus 32
15  United Kingdom 111  Romania 58  Norway 29
16  Austria 93  Belarus 50  Greece 29
17  Belarus 83  Hungary 48  Ukraine 24
18  Armenia 79  Greece 48  Armenia 21
19  Greece 77[e]  France 45  Netherlands 15
20  Denmark 77[e]  Cyprus 36  United Kingdom 12
21  Cyprus 68  Israel 34  Denmark 8
22  Poland 64  Croatia 25  Israel 5
23  Israel 39  Poland 23  Spain 5
24  Ukraine 36  Ukraine 12  Germany 3
25  Germany 6  Germany 3  Australia 2
26  Spain 5  Spain 0  Austria 0
Detailed jury voting results of the final[93]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Jury vote
Sweden
Azerbaijan
San Marino
Latvia
Israel
Montenegro
Albania
Malta
Macedonia
Denmark
Austria
Norway
Spain
Finland
France
Greece
Lithuania
Estonia
Moldova
Armenia
Bulgaria
Iceland
Serbia
Australia
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Switzerland
Netherlands
Ireland
Georgia
Cyprus
Belarus
Romania
Hungary
Slovenia
Belgium
Poland
United Kingdom
Croatia
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Contestants
Israel 39 34 5 4 7 5 6 8 1 1 2
Poland 64 23 41 6 1 7 2 2 4 1
Belarus 83 50 33 12 2 1 2 7 3 3 2 1 5 12
Austria 93 93 0 4 6 1 7 3 1 5 2 1 12 4 3 1 2 10 3 7 5 4 1 3 3 1 4
Armenia 79 58 21 4 4 7 1 1 8 3 6 4 5 1 4 3 2 3 2
Netherlands 150 135 15 3 7 5 12 4 1 4 2 4 10 4 7 3 7 4 1 5 12 8 1 8 4 8 8 3
Moldova 374 110 264 8 10 1 3 6 3 2 7 3 7 8 7 10 8 6 8 6 3 4
Hungary 200 48 152 3 5 1 1 4 10 1 3 12 8
Italy 334 126 208 6 3 2 8 12 12 6 7 10 7 10 4 8 2 5 8 2 2 10 2
Denmark 77 69 8 5 7 8 4 5 3 5 8 3 5 5 2 3 6
Portugal 758 382 376 12 8 12 12 12 6 10 10 10 8 10 12 8 12 5 12 8 7 12 12 12 7 5 10 12 12 5 12 8 10 6 12 12 8 12 12 7 12 10
Azerbaijan 120 78 42 5 2 10 5 5 12 12 1 10 1 4 4 1 6
Croatia 128 25 103 1 5 6 3 3 7
Australia 173 171 2 10 5 4 8 8 3 8 10 2 1 7 4 10 3 5 5 4 4 4 7 4 7 7 6 7 10 6 10 2
Greece 77 48 29 5 12 1 2 10 6 12
Spain 5 0 5
Norway 158 129 29 10 7 5 2 6 3 1 7 10 10 5 1 3 12 2 5 7 2 7 6 6 7 3 2
United Kingdom 111 99 12 6 4 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 6 4 7 12 6 5 5 3 10 2 5 5
Cyprus 68 36 32 2 5 12 7 1 4 5
Romania 282 58 224 3 3 10 3 5 4 6 12 3 1 8
Germany 6 3 3 3
Ukraine 36 12 24 7 4 1
Belgium 363 108 255 1 8 10 8 6 2 2 4 4 2 2 7 8 6 2 12 3 5 10 5 1
Sweden 344 218 126 10 7 1 12 4 6 5 12 8 6 3 8 6 8 2 6 10 4 7 10 6 6 8 6 8 7 1 6 12 4 8 4 7
Bulgaria 615 278 337 7 2 2 8 7 2 10 8 12 4 10 12 6 6 5 2 7 12 10 6 6 8 2 8 8 10 10 6 7 12 10 10 8 10 6 7 10 2
France 135 45 90 6 3 5 4 5 3 6 4 1 2 1 5
Detailed televoting results of the final[93]
  • Voting procedure used:
  •   100% televoting
  •   100% jury vote
Total score
Jury score
Televoting score
Televote
Sweden
Azerbaijan
San Marino
Latvia
Israel
Montenegro
Albania
Malta
Macedonia
Denmark
Austria
Norway
Spain
Finland
France
Greece
Lithuania
Estonia
Moldova
Armenia
Bulgaria
Iceland
Serbia
Australia
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Switzerland
Netherlands
Ireland
Georgia
Cyprus
Belarus
Romania
Hungary
Slovenia
Belgium
Poland
United Kingdom
Croatia
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Contestants
Israel 39 34 5 1 1 3
Poland 64 23 41 5 2 3 1 3 3 2 1 7 4 10
Belarus 83 50 33 6 2 1 2 1 6 4 3 8
Austria 93 93 0
Armenia 79 58 21 6 2 10 1 2
Netherlands 150 135 15 1 2 1 10 1
Moldova 374 110 264 8 10 8 8 5 3 1 2 8 3 6 6 5 7 6 8 4 6 10 6 7 12 12 7 12 5 8 6 10 12 10 3 7 6 6 4 5 12
Hungary 200 48 152 4 7 4 2 1 7 6 2 3 3 5 4 4 2 2 8 6 2 12 4 3 2 5 6 2 8 10 5 1 5 1 12 4
Italy 334 126 208 1 6 10 3 8 10 12 12 8 6 2 8 8 5 7 5 5 4 4 7 6 2 4 4 10 2 1 5 8 6 4 10 5 2 7 1
Denmark 77 69 8 8
Portugal 758 382 376 10 8 7 10 12 8 8 8 7 5 12 12 12 12 12 8 12 10 6 10 7 12 8 7 5 12 12 12 10 8 7 7 7 7 8 12 10 8 10 8 10
Azerbaijan 120 78 42 1 5 10 12 4 10
Croatia 128 25 103 2 3 12 7 3 10 4 1 1 5 1 6 8 8 3 3 3 5 12 1 5
Australia 173 171 2 2
Greece 77 48 29 3 7 1 5 12 1
Spain 5 0 5 5
Norway 158 129 29 6 1 7 2 6 1 5 1
United Kingdom 111 99 12 4 1 3 4
Cyprus 68 36 32 1 12 12 3 2 2
Romania 282 58 224 3 2 6 5 7 4 6 4 10 10 7 3 10 1 4 6 12 2 8 5 4 10 10 6 7 4 7 12 4 2 6 2 6 7 7 6 6 3
Germany 6 3 3 3
Ukraine 36 12 24 7 3 4 1 2 7
Belgium 363 108 255 12 4 5 12 6 4 5 5 4 6 8 7 4 10 8 5 10 12 2 5 4 10 3 4 2 10 10 7 10 5 2 6 5 8 6 12 3 5 4 5
Sweden 344 218 126 3 2 4 3 2 7 5 12 1 5 5 6 3 3 3 3 3 2 8 1 6 1 1 4 1 5 3 2 3 1 2 3 4 2 7
Bulgaria 615 278 337 7 12 12 7 10 6 10 10 12 10 7 8 10 7 4 10 7 7 8 7 4 10 5 8 5 8 6 8 6 7 10 12 8 12 7 8 8 12 8 12 2
France 135 45 90 5 4 2 1 6 3 1 4 1 5 8 12 2 1 6 2 3 3 4 4 1 3 3 6

12 points

[edit]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

12 points awarded by juries
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
18  Portugal  Armenia,  Czech Republic,  France,  Georgia,  Hungary,  Iceland,  Israel,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Netherlands,  Poland,  San Marino,  Serbia,  Slovenia,  Spain,  Sweden,   Switzerland,  United Kingdom
4  Bulgaria  Belarus,  Estonia,  Macedonia,  Norway
3  Sweden  Belgium,  Denmark,  Finland
2  Azerbaijan  Italy,  Portugal
 Belarus  Azerbaijan,  Ukraine
 Greece  Cyprus,  Montenegro
 Italy  Albania,  Malta
 Netherlands  Austria,  Romania
1  Austria  Bulgaria
 Belgium  Ireland
 Cyprus  Greece
 Hungary  Croatia
 Norway  Germany
 Romania  Moldova
 United Kingdom  Australia
12 points awarded by televoting
N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
12  Portugal  Austria,  Belgium,  Finland,  France,  Germany,  Iceland,  Israel,  Lithuania,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Spain,   Switzerland
7  Bulgaria  Azerbaijan,  Belarus,  Czech Republic,  Hungary,  Macedonia,  San Marino,  United Kingdom
5  Moldova  Australia,  Italy,  Portugal,  Romania,  Ukraine
4  Belgium  Estonia,  Latvia,  Poland,  Sweden
2  Croatia  Montenegro,  Slovenia
 Cyprus  Armenia,  Greece
 Hungary  Croatia,  Serbia
 Italy  Albania,  Malta
 Romania  Ireland,  Moldova
1  Azerbaijan  Georgia
 France  Bulgaria
 Greece  Cyprus
 Sweden  Denmark

Broadcasts

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Most countries sent commentators to Kyiv or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information. The EBU announced on 9 May, that all three shows would also be streamed live via YouTube.[94]

It was reported by the EBU that the contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of approximately 182 million viewers,[95] which was 22 million less than the 2016 record which was viewed by 204 million.[96] The EBU stated that this decrease in viewing figures was likely a result of the withdrawal of Russia and its decision not to broadcast any of the three shows.[37][95]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Albania All shows RTSH, RTSH HD, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
 Armenia All shows Armenia 1, Public Radio of Armenia Avet Barseghyan [97]
SF1/Final Gohar Gasparyan
 Australia All shows SBS Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey [98][99]
 Austria All shows ORF eins Andi Knoll [100]
 Azerbaijan All shows İTV Azer Suleymanli
 Belarus All shows Belarus-1, Belarus 24 Evgeny Perlin [101]
 Belgium All shows La Une Jean-Louis Lahaye [fr] and Maureen Louys [102]
één, Radio 2 Peter Van de Veire [103]
SF1/Final VivaCité Olivier Gilain [104]
 Bulgaria All shows BNT 1 Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
 Croatia All shows HRT 1 Duško Ćurlić [105]
HR 2 Zlatko Turkalj [hr]
 Cyprus All shows CyBC Tasos Tryfonos [el] and Christiana Artemiou [106]
 Czech Republic Semi-finals ČT2 Libor Bouček [cs] [107]
Final ČT1 Libor Bouček and Martina Bárta
 Denmark All shows DR1 Ole Tøpholm [108]
 Estonia All shows ETV Marko Reikop [109]
ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda [110]
SF2/Final Raadio 2 Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk [111]
 Finland SF1 Yle TV1
[112]
SF2/Final Yle TV2
 France Semi-finals France 4 Marianne James and Jarry [fr] [113]
Final France 2 Marianne James, Stéphane Bern and Amir Haddad [114][115]
 Georgia All shows 1TV Demetre Ergemlidze
 Germany All shows One Peter Urban [116]
SF2 NDR Fernsehen
Final Das Erste
 Greece All shows ERT1, ERT HD, ERT World Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis [117]
Proto Programma, Voice of Greece
 Hungary All shows Duna Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie [118]
 Iceland All shows RÚV, Rás 2 Gísli Marteinn Baldursson
 Ireland Semi-finals RTÉ2 Marty Whelan [119]
Final RTÉ One
SF2/Final RTÉ Radio 1 Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski [120]
 Israel All shows Channel 1 No commentary [121]
IBA 88FM Kobi Menora, Dori Ben Ze'ev [he] and Alon Amir [122]
 Italy Semi-finals Rai 4 Andrea Delogu [it] and Diego Passoni [it] [123][124]
Final Rai 1 Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo
 Latvia All shows LTV1 Valters Frīdenbergs [125]
Final Toms Grēviņš [lv]
 Lithuania All shows LRT, LRT HD, LRT Radijas Darius Užkuraitis [lt] and Gerūta Griniūtė [126]
 Macedonia All shows MRT 1 Karolina Petkovska [127]
 Malta All shows TVM No commentary
 Moldova All shows Moldova 1 Galina Timuș [128][129]
Radio Moldova Cristina Galbici [130]
Radio Moldova Tineret Cătălin Ungureanu and Maria-Mihaela Frimu
 Montenegro All shows TVCG 1, TVCG SAT Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković [131]
 Netherlands All shows NPO 1, BVN Cornald Maas and Jan Smit [132]
 Norway All shows NRK1 Olav Viksmo-Slettan [133]
Final NRK3 Ronny Brede Aase [no], Silje Nordnes [no] and Markus Neby [no] [134]
NRK Tegnspråk Sign language performers [135]
SF2/Final NRK P1 Ole Christian Øen [136]
 Poland All shows[f] TVP1, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka Artur Orzech [137]
 Portugal All shows RTP1, RTP Internacional José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim [138]
 Romania All shows TVR 1, TVR HD Liana Stanciu and Radu Andrei Tudor [139][140]
 San Marino All shows San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo [141]
 Serbia SF1 RTS1, RTS HD, RTS SAT Silvana Grujić and Olga Kapor [142]
SF2/Final Duška Vučinić [143][144]
 Slovenia Semi-finals TV SLO 2 Andrej Hofer [sl] [145]
Final TV SLO 1
SF2/Final Radio Val 202
All shows Radio Maribor
 Spain Semi-finals La 2 José María Íñigo and Julia Varela [146][147]
Final La 1
 Sweden All shows SVT1 Måns Zelmerlöw and Edward af Sillén [148]
SR P4 Carolina Norén, Björn Kjellman and Ola Gäverth [sv] [149]
  Switzerland Semi-finals SRF zwei Sven Epiney [150]
Final SRF 1
Semi-finals RTS Deux Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner
Final RTS Un
Semi-finals RSI La 2 Clarissa Tami [it] and Sebalter
Final RSI La 1
 Ukraine All shows UA:First Tetyana Terekhova and Andriy Horodyskyi [151]
Ukrainian Radio Olena Zelinchenko and Roman Kolyada [uk] [152]
 United Kingdom Semi-finals BBC Four Scott Mills and Mel Giedroyc [153]
Final BBC One Graham Norton
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country/Territory Show(s) Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 China All shows Hunan Television Lee Wei Song and Lee Shih Shiong [154]
 Greenland Final KNR Ole Tøpholm [155]
 Kazakhstan All shows Khabar TV Diana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay [156]
 Kosovo All shows RTK 1 Alma Bektashi [sq] and Agron Krasniqi [157]
 Slovakia Final Rádio FM Daniel Baláž [sk], Pavol Hubinák and Juraj Malíček [sk] [158]
 United States Final Logo TV Michelle Visage and Ross Mathews [159]

Incidents

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Russian withdrawal

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Channel One Russia (C1R) announced on 12 March 2017 that it would participate at the contest with "Flame Is Burning", performed by Julia Samoylova. However, Samoylova was issued a three-year travel ban on entering Ukraine by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on 22 March,[160] by virtue of illegally travelling directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, in 2015 to give a performance.[161][162] Entry to Crimea by non-Ukrainian citizens via Russia is illegal under Ukrainian law;[161] however, Samoylova confirmed that she performed in Crimea in 2015.[163][164][165]

The EBU responded by stating its commitment to ensuring that all participating countries would be able to perform in Kyiv, while expressing its disappointment at the lack of compromise from C1R and UA:PBC.[166] C1R was offered the opportunity to allow Samoylova to perform via satellite from a venue of its choice,[167] but such a compromise was rejected by both C1R and the Ukrainian government.[168]

The director-general of the EBU, Ingrid Deltenre, condemned Ukraine's actions, describing them as "abusing the contest for political reasons" and "absolutely unacceptable".[169] C1R announced its withdrawal from the contest on 13 April, stating that they also might not broadcast the contest.[37][38][170] C1R had not organised accommodation before the artist announcement, as is typically the case, and refused to attend the meeting of heads of delegation. By announcing its artist just before the deadline for entry submission to the contest and not booking a hotel, it was speculated that C1R had not intended to compete in Kyiv due to audiences booing Russian artists in previous contests.[171]

As part of the Russian Victory Day celebrations on 9 May, Samoylova gave another performance in Crimea, including "Flame Is Burning", the song which was intended to represent Russia at the contest.[172]

Israeli broadcaster compromise

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Under a proposal by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and finance minister Moshe Kahlon in April 2017, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) would be reorganised into two separate entities: the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC), with responsibility for "general programming" such as entertainment, and another with responsibility for news and current affairs programming. The IPBC is also branded as Kan (Hebrew: כאן, lit.'Here'). The EBU informed Kan's executive board on 7 April that such a compromise would render it ineligible for EBU membership without an outlet for news and current events programming. It was then reported that the IBA may cease to be a member of the EBU.[173]

The IBA was expected to close down on 15 May 2017, before Kan was expected to launch. However, on 9 and 10 May, the IBA abruptly shut down most of its operations in news and current affair programs.[174] The 2017 contest was the last program that Channel 1 aired under the IBA, where a skeleton staff of 20 people remained to ensure a smooth transmission of the shows.[122][175] After the contest ended, the IBA displayed a slide about its closure. During the jury voting segment of the final, Ofer Nachshon, the Israeli voting spokesperson since 2009, bid farewell on behalf of the IBA before revealing their jury points. This was incorrectly reported by several international media outlets as Israel leaving the contest.[176] Kan applied for EBU membership later that year, and signed an agreement with the EBU to allow it to participate in Eurovision events pending full membership,[177] thus permitting Israel's presence in the 2018 contest, which it went on to win.[178]

Argument for using pre-recorded vocals live

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Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) had discussions with the EBU regarding the abolition of the rule prohibiting pre-recorded vocals during live performances at the contest. Such a rule is intended to guarantee the authenticity of live performances.[179] The discussion stems from when Norwegian representative Jowst stated his displeasure at the rule in an interview on 24 March, in reference to the sampling technique of chopped vocals in his song "Grab the Moment" which cannot be attributed in the live performance.[179]

Such discussions were also in place in 1999, when pre-recorded vocals during the Croatian entry, "Marija Magdalena", performed by Doris Dragović, led to objections by the Norwegian delegation — led at the time by Jon Ola Sand. Such objections led the EBU to consider deducting a third of Croatia's final score, reducing it from 118 points to 79. However, such a deduction never occurred.[citation needed] The possible abolition of the rule, alongside the abolition of the live orchestra in 1999, has led some fans and critics of the contest to argue that the contest has become too commercialised and the authenticity of live performances has been compromised.[179]

After discussing the matter with the EBU, NRK were granted an exception to the rule. Jowst stated that "[the Norwegian delegation] have now been allowed to use the recorded vocal tracks, [...]. But [they] have also practiced a plan B with the backing vocalists, if there are big protests from others in Kyiv."[180] Both Jowst and Aleksander Walmann think that had "Grab the Moment" been in the semi-final of the 2018 contest following an abolition of the rule, they would have had an advantage. NRK stated on 2 May that Jowst was aiming to perform the song acoustically as a back-up, by bringing two additional backing vocalists who would perform the pre-recorded vocals live using a filter applied by the sound engineering team so as not to compromise on sound quality.[181]

Norwegian jury replacement

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Norwegian jury member Per Sundnes made comments on NRK preview show Adresse Kiev on 17 April 2017 against Irish representative Brendan Murray, saying: "It's been a long time since they've gotten up and I do not think they'll do it again. They try the same formula year after year."[182] The comments were not welcomed by the Irish delegation, who subsequently reported the matter to the EBU.[183]

The Irish Independent reported on 8 May that Sundnes had been replaced due to an alleged breach in jury rules. Commenting on the decision, the Head of Delegation for Ireland, Michael Kealy, said: "I'm glad that the European Broadcasting Union have reacted swiftly to this situation and that all jury members are impartial. It's only fair that each song in the Eurovision Song Contest is judged on its individual merits on the night." Sundnes was subsequently replaced by Erland Bakke.[184]

Sundnes stated in an interview with Verdens Gang on 9 May: "I do not know anything about the jury stuff, just that I'm not [in it]. It was not really surprising. The same thing happened in Sweden last year with the Swedish professional jury."[185]

NRK admits that they made a mistake by letting Sundnes sit in both the professional jury and the judging panel of Adresse Kiev. However, when they were informed by the EBU that this was against the rules, they rectified the situation quickly. Project manager for Melodi Grand Prix and Norwegian Head of Delegation, Stig Karlsen, stated: "We have received some concerns from several teams that Per has been in the jury, while at the same time he has been meaningful in the program. Therefore, we took a new assessment."[186]

Estonian technical issues

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On 11 May 2017, during the transmission of the second semi-final, the microphone of the Estonian representative seemed to have malfunctioned as singer Laura Põldvere could not be heard for approximately two seconds by viewers at home. It was later revealed that the Estonian delegation considered appealing to the EBU to allow Põldvere and Koit Toome to perform their entry "Verona" again as a result of the error, but later decided against it. Mart Normet, the Head of Delegation for Estonia, explained "If there has been such a powerful performance for three minutes and given an absolute maximum, then this energy again does not come back when you go on stage again". The EBU responded to the situation, reportedly describing the error as purely technical, as the microphone was supposed to automatically come on. Instead, a sound technician was forced to respond by manually switching on the microphone via the sound desk.[187] The country ultimately failed to reach the grand final, with Põldvere expressing her annoyance, however stating "I do not think it's so tremendously influenced when a few words remain unheard".[188]

Salvador Sobral's political message

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Salvador and Luísa Sobral at the first semi-final winners' press conference

The Portuguese representative Salvador Sobral drew attention to the European migrant crisis by turning up to the first semi-final winners' press conference in an "S.O.S. Refugees" shirt.[189] "If I'm here and I have European exposure, the least thing I can do is a humanitarian message", Sobral stated. "People come to Europe in plastic boats and are being asked to show their birth certificates in order to enter a country. These people are not immigrants, they're refugees running from death. Make no mistake. There is so much bureaucratic stuff happening in the refugee camps in Greece, Turkey and Italy and we should help create legal and safe pathways from these countries to their destiny countries", he added, earning a round of applause.[190] Later on, the EBU ordered a ban so that he could not wear it for the remainder of the contest.[191] The EBU explained that Sobral's jumper was used as a means of "political message," which violates the rules of the contest.[191] However, Sobral argued in his winning press conference that it was not political, but a message of humanitarianism.[192]

Jamala stage invasion

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Jamala's performance of her song "I Believe in U" during the interval of the final was disrupted by a man draped in an Australian flag who invaded the stage and briefly mooned the audience before being removed by security.[193] He was later identified as Ukrainian prankster Vitalii Sediuk.[194] In their response to the incident, the EBU stated the following: "A person took to the stage at the beginning of Jamala's performance of 'I Believe in U' at tonight's Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. He was quickly removed from the stage by security and out of the arena. He is currently being held and questioned by the police at the venue police office." The last time an unauthorised person gained access to the stage was in 2010 when the Spanish performance was disrupted by Jimmy Jump.[195]

Other awards

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In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

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The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.[196] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.[197] The winners were revealed shortly before the final on 13 May.[198]

Category Country Song Performer(s) Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award  Portugal "Amar pelos dois" Salvador Sobral Luísa Sobral
Composers Award
Press Award  Italy "Occidentali's Karma" Francesco Gabbani

OGAE

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OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. The 2017 poll ran from 1 to 30 April with a daily-publishing of adding the votes of 44 clubs,[199] and after all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry was Italy's "Occidentali's Karma" performed by Francesco Gabbani; the top five results are shown below.[200][201][202]

Country Song Performer(s) OGAE result
 Italy "Occidentali's Karma" Francesco Gabbani 497
 Belgium "City Lights" Blanche 335
 Sweden "I Can't Go On" Robin Bengtsson 308
 France "Requiem" Alma 277
 Estonia "Verona" Koit Toome and Laura 242

Barbara Dex Award

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The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed for the first year by the fansite songfestival.be after the fansite House of Eurovision organised it from 1997 to 2016.[203]

Place Country Performer(s)
1  Montenegro Slavko Kalezić
2  Latvia Triana Park
3  Czech Republic Martina Bárta
4   Switzerland Timebelle
5  Albania Lindita

Official album

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Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2017 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released by Universal Music Group digitally on 21 April and physically on 28 April 2017.[204] The album features all 42 participating entries, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the final. The album also features the Russian entry which withdrew from the contest on 13 April 2017.[37][205][206] This is the second consecutive year that the official album featured a song which had withdrawn before the contest.

Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[207] 15
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[208] 3
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[209] 30
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[210] 37
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[211] 2
Greek Albums (IFPI)[212] 12
Irish Compilation Albums (IRMA)[213] 7
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[214] 37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[215] 3
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[216] 7

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[40]
  2. ^ a b c Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Aleksander Walmann
  3. ^ a b Russia, which had originally been allocated into semi-final 2, withdrew from the contest in April 2017.
  4. ^ Switzerland, who had been allocated to pot one, were pre-allocated to compete in the second semi-final at the request of Swiss broadcaster SRF.
  5. ^ a b Despite finishing with the same number of points as Denmark, Greece is deemed to have finished in nineteenth place due to receiving a greater number of points in the televote.
  6. ^ The three shows were broadcast on TVP Rozrywka with a one day delay.

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