Date: 19, 21 & 23 May 2015
Venue: Wiener Stadthalle (Vienna, Austria)
Voting system: 1-8, 10 & 12 points. Jury + Televoting 50%
Number of countries: 40
Hosts: Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer
Slogan: Building Bridges
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40 countries will take part in the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest to be held on May 19, 21 and 23 in the Wiener Stadthalle located in Vienna. This year’s contest is back to Asutria after winning the last year’s contest with “Rise like a Phoenix”, sang by Conchita Wurst in Denmark. This will be the second time Austria hosts the Eurovision Song Contest after 1967.

The event will be hosted for the first time in history only by women. The three hosts of the shows will be Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer. The winner of the previous edition, Conchita Wurst, will be a special host from the “Green room”

In this edition, a total of 40 countries will take part at Eurovision from which 39 of them will participate as active members of the EBU. Cyprus and Serbia return to the competition after one-year absecense, while the Czech Republic will take part after a five-year one. However, Ukraine will not take part in this edition due to political and financial reasons. In addition, ORF invited Australia to enter the competition as a way to celebrate the 60^th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is the first time an EBU’s associated country without European frontiers takes part in the most famous European show.

The rules of the contest will be the same as previous years, 16 and 17 finalists will compete in two semi-finals to get one of the 20 tickets for the final. They will join the direct qualifiers, a total of 7, in the Grand Final set on Saturday 23.

Semi-Final 1

		Country	Performer – Song	Points	Place
01		Moldova	Eduard Romanyuta – I Want Your Love	41	11
02		Armenia	Genealogy – Face The Shadow	77	7
03		Belgium	Loïc Nottet – Rhythm Inside	149	2
04		The Netherlands	Trijntje Oosterhuis – Walk Along	33	14
05		Finland	Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät – Aina Mun Pitää	13	16
06		Greece	Maria Elena Kyriakou – One Last Breath	81	6
07		Estonia	Elina Born & Stig Rästa – Goodbye To Yesterday	105	3
08		FYR Macedonia	Daniel Kajmakoski – Autumn Leaves	28	15
09		Serbia	Bojana Stamenov – Beauty Never Lies	63	9
10		Hungary	Boggie – Wars For Nothing	67	8
11		Belarus	Uzari&Maimuna – Time	39	12
12		Russia	Polina Gagarina – A Million Voices	182	1
13		Denmark	Anti Social Media – The Way You Are	33	13
14		Albania	Elhaida Dani – I’m Alive	62	10
15		Romania	Voltaj – De La Capat/ All Over Again	89	5
16		Georgia	Nina Sublatti – Warrior	98	4

Semi-Final 2

		Country	Performer – Song	Points	Place
01		Lithuania	Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila – This Time	67	7
02		Ireland	Molly Sterling – Playing With Numbers	35	12
03		San Marino	Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola – Chain of Lights	11	16
04		Montenegro	Knez – Adio	57	9
05		Malta	Amber – Warrior	43	11
06		Norway	Mørland & Debrah Scarlett – A Monster Like Me	123	4
07		Portugal	Leonor Andrade – Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa	19	14
08		Czech Republic	Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta – Hope Never Dies	33	13
09		Israel	Nadav Guedj – Golden Boy	151	3
10		Latvia	Aminata – Love Injected	155	2
11		Azerbaijan	Elnur Huseynov – Hour Of The Wolf	53	10
12		Iceland	Maria Olafs – Unbroken	14	15
13		Sweden	Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes	217	1
14		Switzerland	Mélanie René – Time To Shine	4	17
15		Cyprus	John Karayiannis – One Thing I Should Have Done	87	6
16		Slovenia	Maraaya – Here For You	92	5
17		Poland	Monika Kuszyńska – In The Name Of Love	57	8

Final

		Country	Performer – Song	Points	Place
01		Slovenia	Maraaya – Here For You	39	14
02		France	Lisa Angell – N’oubliez Pas	4	25
03		Israel	Nadav Guedj – Golden Boy	97	9
04		Estonia	Elina Born & Stig Rästa – Goodbye To Yesterday	106	7
05		United Kingdom	Electro Velvet – Still In Love With You	5	24
06		Armenia	Genealogy – Face The Shadow	34	16
07		Lithuania	Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila – This Time	30	18
08		Serbia	Bojana Stamenov – Beauty Never Lies	53	10
09		Norway	Mørland & Debrah Scarlett – A Monster Like Me	102	8
10		Seweden	Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes	365	1
11		Cyprus	John Karayiannis – One Thing I Should Have Done	11	22
12		Australia	Guy Sebastian – Tonight Again	196	5
13		Belgium	Loïc Nottet – Rhythm Inside	217	4
14		Austria	The Makemakes – I Am Yours	0	26
15		Greece	Maria Elena Kyriakou – One Last Breath	23	19
16		Montenegro	Knez – Adio	44	13
17		Germany	Ann Sophie – Black Smoke	0	27
18		Poland	Monika Kuszyńska – In The Name Of Love	10	23
19		Latvia	Aminata – Love Injected	186	6
20		Romania	Voltaj – De La Capat/ All Over Again	35	15
21		Spain	Edurne – Amanecer	15	21
22		Hungary	Boggie – Wars For Nothing	19	20
23		Georgia	Nina Sublatti – Warrior	51	11
24		Azerbaijan	Elnur Huseynov – Hour Of The Wolf	49	12
25		Russia	Polina Gagarina – A Million Voices	303	2
26		Albania	Elhaida Dani – I’m Alive	34	17
27		Italy	Il Volo – Grande Amore	292	3

Host

It will be the first time in the Eurovision the contest will be hosted by three women. Mirjam Weichselbraun is one of the most famous presenters in Austria and she has been in charge of some broadcasts for the MTV European Music Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards.

 Alice Tumler owns a big experience as host and director of music TV Shows. Arabella Kiesbauer has a long career started in the eighties on ORF. After a significant step on German television, she returned her country in 2002 where she presented a popular talent show. As a special host, Conchita Wurst will be hosting from the Green Room where she will get some artists reactions during the show.

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