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Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the 2013 contest with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at B&W Hallerne,[2] and consisted of two semi-finals on 6 and 8 May, and a final on 10 May 2014.[3] The three live shows were presented by Danish television presenter Lise Rønne, musician Nikolaj Koppel and actor Pilou Asbæk.[4]

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Dates
Semi-final 16 May 2014 (2014-05-06)
Semi-final 28 May 2014 (2014-05-08)
Final10 May 2014 (2014-05-10)
Host
VenueB&W Hallerne
Copenhagen, Denmark
Presenter(s)
Executive producerPernille Gaardbo
DirectorPer Zachariassen
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand[1]
Host broadcasterDanish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-2014
Participants
Number of entries37
Number of finalists26
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries
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         Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-finals     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2014
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Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
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Thirty-seven countries participated in the contest; this included the return of Poland and Portugal 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. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia announced that they would not be taking part.

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.[5] The entry won both the jury vote and televote. Austria's first victory was 48 years earlier in 1966, which at the time was the longest gap between wins. The Netherlands, Sweden, Armenia and Hungary rounded out the top five, with the Netherlands achieving their best result since its victory in 1975, Hungary achieving its best result since its fourth place in 1994, and Armenia equalling its best result from 2008. 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 its Eurovision history. Meanwhile, San Marino and Montenegro both qualified for the final for the first time.

A new record of 195 million viewers for the contest was reported.[1] The host broadcaster DR and the EBU won the International TV Award at the Ondas Awards for their production of the event. The Danish organisers spent in total DKK 334 million, three times more than the initially budgeted costs, and were furthermore accused of nepotism.[6][7][8]

Location

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B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen – host venue of the 2014 contest.

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.[2]

The mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, declared in late August that the city would contribute to the budget with 40 million (Danish Kroner) (5.36 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.[9]

Bidding phase

Five cities had been considered as host city of the contest, including Herning and Copenhagen, both favourites to be the next host.[10] The Parken Stadium, located in Copenhagen, which hosted the 2001 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.[11] Later, Fredericia and Aalborg entered the phase with the Messe C and Gigantium venues, respectively.[12][13] 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.[14][15] 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.[3]

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.[16][17] 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.[18]

On 19 June 2013, the deadline for placing bids on hosting the contest,[17] it was reported that Wonderful Copenhagen, the official convention, event and visitors bureau of the Greater Copenhagen area, had proposed three 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.[19][20] 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.[21] 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.[22]

On 2 September 2013, the Danish 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.

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

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Aalborg Gigantium Hosted Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2006, 2010 and 2012. Withdrew on 17 June 2013.[23]
Copenhagen A large tent on the grounds of DR Byen
B&W Hallerne [24]
Parken Stadium Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Withdrew on 28 June 2013.[22]
Fredericia Messe C Withdrew on 26 June 2013.[25]
Herning Jyske Bank Boxen Hosted the final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013
Horsens Fængslet
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Location of host venue (red) and other contest-related sites and events (blue)

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 the Nytorv Square, it was open from 4 to 11 May 2014.[26]

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 VEGA CPH Music Club.[27]

The "Red Carpet" event, where the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at Copenhagen City Hall on 4 May 2014 at 17:00 CET, followed by the Opening Ceremony.[28]

Participants

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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. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members.[29]

Thirty-seven countries participated in the 2014 contest. Poland and Portugal both returned to the contest, having last participated in 2011 and 2012 respectively.[30][31] However, Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT),[32] Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT),[33] Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)[34] and Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)[35] did not participate in the 2014 contest.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2014 participants[36]
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Hersi "One Night's Anger" English
  • Gentian Lako
  • Jorgo Papingji
 Armenia AMPTV Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" English
 Austria ORF Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" English
 Azerbaijan İTV Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" English
 Belarus BTRC Teo "Cheesecake" English
 Belgium VRT Axel Hirsoux "Mother" English
 Denmark DR Basim "Cliche Love Song" English
 Estonia ERR Tanja "Amazing" English
 Finland Yle Softengine "Something Better" English
  • Topi Latukka
  • Henri Oskár
 France France Télévisions Twin Twin "Moustache" French
  • François Ardouvin
  • Lorent Ardouvin
  • Pierre Beyres
  • Kim N'Guyen
 Georgia GPB The Shin and Mariko "Three Minutes to Earth" English
  • Eugen Eliu
  • Zaza Miminoshvili
 Germany NDR[a] Elaiza "Is It Right" English
 Greece NERIT Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd "Rise Up" English
 Hungary MTVA András Kállay-Saunders "Running" English
 Iceland RÚV Pollapönk "No Prejudice" English
  • John Grant
  • Haraldur Freyr Gíslason
  • Heiðar Örn Kristjánsson
 Ireland RTÉ Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith "Heartbeat" English
 Israel IBA Mei Finegold "Same Heart" English, Hebrew Rami Talmid
 Italy RAI Emma "La mia città" Italian Emma Marrone
 Latvia LTV Aarzemnieki "Cake to Bake" English Guntis Veilands
 Lithuania LRT Vilija "Attention" English
 Macedonia MRT Tijana "To the Sky" English
 Malta PBS Firelight "Coming Home" English Richard Edwards Micallef
 Moldova TRM Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul" English
  • Ivan Akulov
  • Lidia Scarlat
 Montenegro RTCG Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" (Мој свијет) Montenegrin
 Netherlands TROS The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" English
 Norway NRK Carl Espen "Silent Storm" English Josefin Winther
 Poland TVP Donatan and Cleo "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" Polish, English
 Portugal RTP Suzy "Quero ser tua" Portuguese Emanuel
 Romania TVR Paula Seling and Ovi "Miracle" English
 Russia RTR Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" English
 San Marino SMRTV Valentina Monetta "Maybe" English
 Slovenia RTVSLO Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round" English, Slovene
 Spain RTVE Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain" English, Spanish
 Sweden SVT Sanna Nielsen "Undo" English
  Switzerland SRG SSR Sebalter "Hunter of Stars" English Sebastiano Paù-Lessi
 Ukraine NTU Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" English
 United Kingdom BBC Molly "Children of the Universe" English
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Returning artists

Valentina Monetta who had represented San Marino in 2012 and 2013, returned to the contest for the third year in a row.[38] This makes Monetta the fourth main singer to compete in three consecutive contests (and the only one of amongst them never to win in one of these occasions), following Lys Assia, who represented Switzerland in 1956, 1957, and 1958, Corry Brokken, who represented the Netherlands in 1956, 1957, and 1958, and Udo Jürgens, who represented Austria in 1964, 1965, and 1966. Monetta would return again in 2017. Paula Seling and Ovi had represented Romania in 2010.[39] The Tolmachevy Sisters, representing Russia, had won Junior Eurovision for Russia in 2006.

In addition, Tamara Todevska, providing backing vocals for Macedonia, had represented Macedonia in 2008.[40] She would later represent North Macedonia in 2019. Martina Majerle, providing backing vocals for Montenegro, had represented Slovenia in 2009 and provided backing vocals for Croatia in 2003, Montenegro in 2008, and Slovenia in 2007, 2011, and 2012.[41]

Other countries

Active EBU members

Bosnian broadcaster BHRT initially stated their intention to participate in the contest; however, in late 2013 it was announced that they would not be taking part due to a lack of sponsorship.[42][43] Similarly, Bulgarian broadcaster BNT initially planned to participate but later announced otherwise due to limited funds.[32][44][45]

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Serbia, Slovakia and Turkey confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU, some of them citing reasons such as poor results in previous editions, dissatisfaction with the mixed jury/televote voting system, the European financial crisis and the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis.[46][34][47][48][49][50][51][35][52][53][54][55]

Non-EBU members

While Kosovan broadcaster RTK did not voice any intention regarding the 2014 contest, Kosovo's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Petrit Selimi told the Swedish television programme Korrespondenterna [sv] that he thought Kosovo would be granted EBU membership and acceptance into the Eurovision in time for the 2014 edition;[56][57] however, the country failed to meet the requirement of being recognized as an independent country by the International Telecommunication Union, and was not granted membership in the EBU.[58] Liechtensteiner broadcaster 1 FL TV had originally intended to join the EBU in time to participate in the 2013 contest,[59] but the government never granted the required financial subsidies and the broadcaster put off the aim to make their debut to 2014; however, the government again failed to provide any funds and 1 FL TV was unable to join the contest.[60][61]

Format

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Presenters from left to right: Nikolaj Koppel, Lise Rønne and Pilou Asbæk.
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Stage design of the contest

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 (known as the Big Five): 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.[62] In the event of a televoting (insufficient number of votes/technical issues) or jury failure (technical issue/breach of rules), only a jury/televoting was used by each country.[63][64]

On 20 September 2013, the EBU released the official rules for the 2014 contest, which introduced rule changes regarding the jury voting.[65] 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.[66]

The contest was held in the immediate aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia. Votes cast through Ukrainian telecom providers which service Crimea were counted towards Ukraine's votes.[67]

Semi-final allocation draw

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Results of the semi-final allocation draw
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  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall.[68] 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.[69] 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.[70] The remaining participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based on voting patterns from the previous ten years.[71]

The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows:[72]

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.[73] 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.[74] On 24 March 2014, the running order for the two semi-finals was released.[75] 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 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom). 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 02:00 (CEST) on 9 May 2014. Ukraine were chosen to perform first, whilst the United Kingdom were chosen to perform last.[76]

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.[77]

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 features Basim and his singers using old furniture and red and white paint to paint the Danish flag.[78] 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(s) is then captured into a diamond and transitions to the official flag.

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.[79] 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".[79] Gaardbo has worked for the host broadcaster for 17 years, 12 of which was in the role of supervisor of the DR Medieservice.[79]

Danish royal family members Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the final as invited guests.[80][81] In March 2014, host broadcaster DR invited Jessica Mauboy to perform during the interval act of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014, part of DR's recognition of Australia's dedication to the contest.[82] Mauboy performed the song "Sea of Flags" during the interval act.[83]

Contest overview

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Semi-final 1

Spain, France, and Denmark voted in this semi-final.[84]

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Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014[85]
R/O[75] Country[72] Artist Song Points Place
1  Armenia Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" 121 4
2  Latvia Aarzemnieki "Cake to Bake" 33 13
3  Estonia Tanja "Amazing" 36 12
4  Sweden Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 131 2
5  Iceland Pollapönk "No Prejudice" 61 8
6  Albania Hersi "One Night's Anger" 22 15
7  Russia Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" 63 6
8  Azerbaijan Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" 57 9
9  Ukraine Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" 118 5
10  Belgium Axel Hirsoux "Mother" 28 14
11  Moldova Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul" 13 16
12  San Marino Valentina Monetta "Maybe" 40 10
13  Portugal Suzy "Quero ser tua" 39 11
14  Netherlands The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" 150 1
15  Montenegro Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" 63 7
16  Hungary András Kállay-Saunders "Running" 127 3
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Semi-final 2

Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[84]

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Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014[86]
R/O[75] Country[72] Artist Song Points Place
1  Malta Firelight "Coming Home" 63 9
2  Israel Mei Finegold "Same Heart" 19 14
3  Norway Carl Espen "Silent Storm" 77 6
4  Georgia The Shin and Mariko "Three Minutes to Earth" 15 15
5  Poland Donatan and Cleo "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" 70 8
6  Austria Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" 169 1
7  Lithuania Vilija "Attention" 36 11
8  Finland Softengine "Something Better" 97 3
9  Ireland Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith "Heartbeat" 35 12
10  Belarus Teo "Cheesecake" 87 5
11  Macedonia Tijana "To the Sky" 33 13
12   Switzerland Sebalter "Hunter of Stars" 92 4
13  Greece Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd "Rise Up" 74 7
14  Slovenia Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round" 52 10
15  Romania Paula Seling and Ovi "Miracle" 125 2
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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.

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Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014[87]
R/O[76] Country[72] Artist Song Points Place
1  Ukraine Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" 113 6
2  Belarus Teo "Cheesecake" 43 16
3  Azerbaijan Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" 33 22
4  Iceland Pollapönk "No Prejudice" 58 15
5  Norway Carl Espen "Silent Storm" 88 8
6  Romania Paula Seling and Ovi "Miracle" 72 12
7  Armenia Aram Mp3 "Not Alone" 174 4
8  Montenegro Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet" 37 19
9  Poland Donatan and Cleo "My Słowianie – We Are Slavic" 62 14
10  Greece Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd "Rise Up" 35 20
11  Austria Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" 290 1
12  Germany Elaiza "Is It Right" 39 18
13  Sweden Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 218 3
14  France Twin Twin "Moustache" 2 26
15  Russia Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" 89 7
16  Italy Emma "La mia città" 33 21
17  Slovenia Tinkara Kovač "Round and Round" 9 25
18  Finland Softengine "Something Better" 72 11
19  Spain Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain" 74 10
20   Switzerland Sebalter "Hunter of Stars" 64 13
21  Hungary András Kállay-Saunders "Running" 143 5
22  Malta Firelight "Coming Home" 32 23
23  Denmark Basim "Cliche Love Song" 74 9
24  Netherlands The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" 238 2
25  San Marino Valentina Monetta "Maybe" 14 24
26  United Kingdom Molly "Children of the Universe" 40 17
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Spokespersons

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for its respective country. 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.[88]

  1.  Azerbaijan  Sabina Babayeva
  2.  Greece  Andrianna Maggania
  3.  Poland  Paulina Chylewska [pl]
  4.  Albania  Andri Xhahu
  5.  San Marino  Michele Perniola
  6.  Denmark  Sofie Lassen-Kahlke [da]
  7.  Montenegro  Tijana Mišković
  8.  Romania  Sonia Argint-Ionescu
  9.  Russia  Alsou
  10.  Netherlands  Tim Douwsma
  11.  Malta  Valentina Rossi
  12.  France  Élodie Suigo
  13.  United Kingdom  Scott Mills
  14.  Latvia  Ralfs Eilands
  15.  Armenia  Anna Avanesyan [hy]
  16.  Iceland  Benedikt Valsson
  17.  Macedonia  Marko Mark
  18.  Sweden  Alcazar
  19.  Belarus  Alyona Lanskaya
  20.  Germany  Helene Fischer
  21.  Israel  Ofer Nachshon
  22.  Portugal  Joana Teles
  23.  Norway  Margrethe Røed
  24.  Estonia  Lauri Pihlap
  25.  Hungary  Éva Novodomszky
  26.  Moldova  Olivia Furtuna
  27.  Ireland  Nicky Byrne
  28.  Finland  Redrama
  29.  Lithuania  Ignas Krupavičius
  30.  Austria  Kati Bellowitsch
  31.  Spain  Carolina Casado [es]
  32.  Belgium  Angelique Vlieghe
  33.  Italy  Linus
  34.  Ukraine  Zlata Ognevich
  35.   Switzerland  Kurt Aeschbacher [de]
  36.  Georgia  Sophie Gelovani and Nodi Tatishvili
  37.  Slovenia  Ula Furlan [sl]

Detailed voting results

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Full results including televoting and results from the individual jury members were released shortly after the final.[89]

Semi-final 1

Albania, Montenegro, San Marino and Moldova used juries due to an inability to provide televoting results.[90]

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Split results of semi-final 1[90]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Netherlands 150  Netherlands 130  Netherlands 147
2  Sweden 131  Sweden 125  Hungary 125
3  Hungary 127  Hungary 122  Sweden 122
4  Armenia 121  Armenia 102  Armenia 121
5  Ukraine 118  Azerbaijan 94  Ukraine 119
6  Russia 63[b]  Ukraine 88  Russia 73
7  Montenegro 63[b]  Montenegro 74  Portugal 72
8  Iceland 61  Iceland 68  San Marino 58
9  Azerbaijan 57  Albania 64  Iceland 50
10  San Marino 40  Estonia 61  Montenegro 43
11  Portugal 39  Russia 57  Belgium 41
12  Estonia 36  Latvia 27  Azerbaijan 41
13  Latvia 33  San Marino 25  Latvia 40
14  Belgium 28  Belgium 24  Albania 23
15  Albania 22  Moldova 24  Moldova 14
16  Moldova 13  Portugal 17  Estonia 13
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Voting procedure used:
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Armenia
Latvia
Estonia
Sweden
Iceland
Albania
Russia
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
Belgium
Moldova
San Marino
Portugal
Netherlands
Montenegro
Hungary
Denmark
France
Spain
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Armenia 1216583512123104121085126
Latvia 33616752321
Estonia 3651055542
Sweden 13148710661081038851010612
Iceland 61527347176883
Albania 22251122
Russia 63741221061125454
Azerbaijan 5724171056624712
Ukraine 11812710673712784758375
Belgium 2864471321
Moldova 134126
San Marino 4021348364171
Portugal 3934116323358
Netherlands 15010121212122237102121211212107
Montenegro 638312521566474
Hungary 12713810810888124810106310
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12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal:

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Semi-final 2

  Qualifiers

Georgia and Macedonia used juries due to either technical issues with the televoting or an insufficient number of votes cast during the televote period.[93]

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Split results of semi-final 2[93]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Austria 169  Austria 138  Austria 165
2  Romania 125  Finland 117  Romania 126
3  Finland 97  Malta 113  Poland 116
4   Switzerland 92  Norway 100   Switzerland 98
5  Belarus 87  Romania 99  Greece 91
6  Norway 77  Belarus 71  Belarus 86
7  Greece 74  Macedonia 70  Finland 63
8  Poland 70  Slovenia 60  Norway 55
9  Malta 63  Greece 52  Slovenia 48
10  Slovenia 52   Switzerland 51  Ireland 47
11  Lithuania 36  Lithuania 41  Lithuania 44
12  Ireland 35  Poland 34  Malta 36
13  Macedonia 33  Georgia 33  Macedonia 28
14  Israel 19  Ireland 33  Israel 26
15  Georgia 15  Israel 32  Georgia 15
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Detailed voting results of semi-final 2[94][95][93]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% jury vote
Total score
Malta
Israel
Norway
Georgia
Poland
Austria
Lithuania
Finland
Ireland
Belarus
Macedonia
Switzerland
Greece
Slovenia
Romania
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Contestants
Malta 63284115341253357
Israel 19325612
Norway 7775658108427447
Georgia 1526511
Poland 7014724210333512104
Austria 169101081010101212761212101241212
Lithuania 3657256110
Finland 97312188510108425588
Ireland 3541354712125
Belarus 876711271012712868
Macedonia 333221110122
Switzerland 92551267863158101033
Greece 748663134412437661
Slovenia 5284437326672
Romania 125121210612267887107846
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12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal:

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N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
7  Austria Finland,  Greece,  Ireland,  Italy,  Romania,   Switzerland,  United Kingdom
3  Romania Austria,  Israel,  Malta
2  Belarus Georgia,  Lithuania
1  Malta Macedonia
 Poland Germany
 Finland Norway
 Macedonia Slovenia
  Switzerland Poland
 Greece Belarus
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Final

  Winner
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Split results of the final[96]
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Austria 290  Austria 224  Austria 311
2  Netherlands 238  Sweden 201  Netherlands 222
3  Sweden 218  Netherlands 200  Armenia 193
4  Armenia 174  Hungary 138  Sweden 190
5  Hungary 143  Armenia 125  Poland 162
6  Ukraine 113  Malta 119  Russia 132
7  Russia 89  Finland 114   Switzerland 114
8  Norway 88  Azerbaijan 108  Ukraine 112
9  Denmark 74[c]  Norway 102  Romania 103
10  Spain 74[c]  Denmark 85  Hungary 98
11  Finland 72[d]  Spain 83  Belarus 56
12  Romania 72[d]  Ukraine 78  Iceland 46
13   Switzerland 64  Russia 70  Denmark 43[e]
14  Poland 62  Germany 61  Greece 43[e]
15  Iceland 58  Iceland 59  Spain 41
16  Belarus 43  United Kingdom 52  Norway 39
17  United Kingdom 40  Romania 51  Finland 39
18  Germany 39  Belarus 50  Montenegro 33
19  Montenegro 37  Greece 49  Italy 32
20  Greece 35  Montenegro 48  Germany 31
21  Italy 33[f]  Italy 37  United Kingdom 29
22  Azerbaijan 33[f]   Switzerland 27  Azerbaijan 26
23  Malta 32  Poland 23  San Marino 18
24  San Marino 14  Slovenia 21  Malta 17
25  Slovenia 9  San Marino 16  Slovenia 15
26  France 2  France 5  France 1
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Detailed voting results of the final[97][98][96]
Voting procedure used:
  50% jury and televote
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Azerbaijan
Greece
Poland
Albania
San Marino
Denmark
Montenegro
Romania
Russia
Netherlands
Malta
France
United Kingdom
Latvia
Armenia
Iceland
Macedonia
Sweden
Belarus
Germany
Israel
Portugal
Norway
Estonia
Hungary
Moldova
Ireland
Finland
Lithuania
Austria
Spain
Belgium
Italy
Ukraine
Switzerland
Georgia
Slovenia
Contestants
Ukraine 1131055177785821025564106
Belarus 43711281536
Azerbaijan 331210317
Iceland 588516744265217
Norway 88376110225134533778155
Romania 7268418141228855
Armenia 174716210787612102851066457341241012
Montenegro 37612127
Poland 622145352710232871
Greece 354241276234
Austria 2901125828512101012610312712121041071212101212128121012
Germany 3984265752
Sweden 218247101231228747871088108641076101012628
France 211
Russia 89121052106123218648
Italy 3310612122
Slovenia 981
Finland 723342635647664364
Spain 74212565421452642284
Switzerland 64410563315371523213
Hungary 1438687312106416107576741572731
Malta 32514510331
Denmark 74614133188851613636
Netherlands 2388122103388124127102121012121210812107841010
San Marino 1433341
United Kingdom 40574438513
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12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Grand Final:

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Broadcasts

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Most countries sent commentators to Copenhagen or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.

It was reported by the EBU that the 2014 contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of a record breaking 195 million viewers.[1]

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Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Albania RTSH TVSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana All shows Andri Xhahu [99]
 Armenia AMPTV Armenia 1 Semi-finals Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan [hy] [100]
Final Tigran Danielyan and Arevik Udumyan
 Austria ORF ORF eins All shows Andi Knoll [101]
 Azerbaijan İTV İTV, İTV Radio All shows Konul Arifgizi [102]
 Belarus BTRC Belarus-1, Belarus 24 All shows Evgeny Perlin [103][104]
 Belgium VRT één, Radio 2 All shows Peter Van de Veire and Eva Daeleman [nl] [105]
RTBF La Une Jean-Louis Lahaye [fr] and Maureen Louys [106]
VivaCité Final Olivier Gilain [107]
 Denmark DR DR1 Semi-finals Anders Bisgaard [108][109]
Final Ole Tøpholm [110]
DR3 Peter Falktoft [da] and Esben Bjerre Hansen [111]
DR Ramasjang Sign language performers [112]
DR P4 Anders Bisgaard [108][109]
 Estonia ERR ETV All shows Marko Reikop [113]
Raadio 2 SF1/Final Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk [114]
 Finland Yle Yle TV2, Yle Radio Suomi All shows
  • Finnish: Jorma Hietamäki and Sanna Pirkkalainen
  • Swedish: Eva Frantz [fi] and Johan Lindroos
[115]
YLE Radio Suomi Jorma Hietamäki and Sanna Pirkkalainen
Yle Radio Vega Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
 France France Télévisions France Ô SF1 Audrey Chauveau [fr] and Bruno Berberes [fr] [116]
France 3 Final Cyril Féraud and Natasha St-Pier [117]
 Georgia GPB 1TV All shows Lado Tatishvili and Tamuna Museridze [118][119]
 Germany ARD EinsPlus, Einsfestival All shows[g] Peter Urban [120]
Phoenix Semi-finals
Das Erste Final
 Greece NERIT NERIT1, NERIT HD All shows Maria Kozakou [121]
Final Giorgos Kapoutzidis
 Hungary MTVA M1 All shows Gábor Gundel Takács [hu] [122][123]
 Iceland RÚV RÚV, Rás 2 All shows Felix Bergsson [is] [124][125]
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-finals Marty Whelan [126]
RTÉ One Final
RTÉ Radio 1 SF2/Final Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski [127]
 Israel IBA Channel 1 All shows No commentary; Hebrew subtitles [128]
Channel 33 No commentary; Arabic subtitles
IBA 88FM Kobi Menora and Yuval Caspin [he] [129]
 Italy RAI Rai 4 Semi-finals Marco Ardemagni [it] and Filippo Solibello [it] [130]
Rai 2 Final Linus and Nicola Savino [131][132]
 Latvia LTV LTV1 All shows Valters Frīdenbergs and Kārlis Būmeisters [133]
 Lithuania LRT LRT, LRT Radijas All shows Darius Užkuraitis [lt] [134][135]
 Macedonia MRT MRT 1, MRT Sat, Radio Skopje All shows Karolina Petkovska [136][137][138]
 Malta PBS TVM All shows Carlo Borg Bonaci [139]
 Moldova TRM Moldova 1, Radio Moldova All shows Daniela Babici [140][141]
 Montenegro RTCG TVCG 1, TVCG MNE All shows Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković [142][143][144][145]
Radio Crne Gore, Radio 98 Sonja Savović and Sanja Pejović
 Netherlands NPO Nederland 1, BVN All shows Cornald Maas and Jan Smit [146][147]
 Norway NRK NRK1 All shows Olav Viksmo-Slettan [148]
NRK3 Final Ronny Brede Aase [no], Silje Nordnes [no] and Line Elvsåshagen [no] [149]
 Poland TVP TVP1, TVP1 HD, TVP Polonia, TVP Rozrywka All shows[h] Artur Orzech [150]
 Portugal RTP RTP1 All shows[i] Sílvia Alberto [151]
 Romania TVR TVR 1, TVRi, TVR HD All shows Bogdan Stănescu [152]
 Russia RTR Russia-1 All shows Olga Shelest [ru] and Dmitry Guberniev [153][154]
 San Marino SMRTV San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino All shows Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo [155]
SMtv Web TV John Kennedy O'Connor and Jamarie Milkovic [156]
 Slovenia RTVSLO TV SLO 2 Semi-finals Andrej Hofer [sl] [157]
TV SLO 1 [sl], Televizija Maribor Final
Radio Val 202, Radio Maribor [sl] SF2/Final
 Spain RTVE La 2 SF1 José María Íñigo [158]
La 1 Final
Ábside Media [es] Cadena COPE Paco González and Tiempo de juego [es] team [159]
PRISA Ona FM [es]Cadena SER Catalunya Sergi Mas [es] [160]
 Sweden SVT SVT1 All shows Malin Olsson and Edward af Sillén [161]
SR SR P4 Carolina Norén and Ronnie Ritterland [162]
  Switzerland SRG SSR SRF zwei Semi-finals Sven Epiney [163]
SRF 1 Final
RTS Deux SF2 Jean-Marc Richard and Valérie Ogier [164][165]
RTS Un Final
RSI La 2 SF2 Sandy Altermatt [it] and Alessandro Bertoglio [it] [166]
RSI La 1 Final
 Ukraine NTU Pershyi Natsionalnyi All shows Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova [167][168][169]
UR UR-2 [uk] Olena Zelinchenko [170]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Three Semi-finals Scott Mills and Laura Whitmore [171]
BBC One Final Graham Norton [172]
BBC Radio 2 Eurovision SF2 Ana Matronic [173]
BBC Radio 2 Final Ken Bruce [172]
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Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Australia SBS SBS One All shows Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang [174]
 Canada OutTV All shows[j] Adam Rollins and Tommy D. [175]
 Croatia HRT HRT 1, HR 2 Final Aleksandar Kostadinov [176][177]
 Cyprus CyBC RIK 1 All shows Melina Karageorgiou [178]
 Faroe Islands KvF All shows Unknown [179]
 Kazakhstan Khabar Agency Khabar TV All shows Diana Snegina and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay [180]
 New Zealand BBC BBC UKTV All shows Unknown [181]
 Serbia RTS RTS1, RTS SAT, RTS HD All shows Silvana Grujić [182][183]
Final Dragan Ilić
 Slovakia RTVS Rádio FM All shows Daniel Baláž [sk] and Pavol Hubinák [184][185]
Final Juraj Kemka [sk]
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Incidents and controversies

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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"[186] and that she needed to decide to be either a woman or a man.[186] The statement sparked controversy, following which Aram Mp3 apologised and added that what he said was meant to be a joke.[187] 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."[188][189]

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.[190] 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.[190]

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, referred to Wurst's beard in saying "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 "Time to shave? I think not.", because the next country to announce the votes was Austria. British commentator Graham Norton also expressed his frustration at the joke and supported Koppel's reply.[191]

Reaction to Russia's performance

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The sisters representing Russia with the song "Shine"

Russia's Tolmachevy Sisters were the subject of booing from the audience, during the semi-final and when they were announced to have qualified for the final.[192] Russia's act were also booed during the final; and when the Russian spokesperson delivered their top-three votes. The booing was also heard when countries awarded points to Russia, including neighbouring countries such as Azerbaijan and Belarus.[193]

Fraser Nelson, 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."[194]

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, a fan managed to breach security and approach Wurst, giving her flowers and a Danish flag. As security personnel realised the flower giver was not supposed to be there, they began to drag him away, and the fan showed a piece of paper reading "#free anakata".[195][196]

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 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest. The Premios Ondas (English: Wave Awards) have honoured the production values of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in one of their categories.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

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.[197] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.[198]

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Category Country Song Artist Songwriter(s)
Artistic Award  Netherlands "Calm After the Storm" The Common Linnets
Composers Award
Press Award  Austria "Rise Like a Phoenix" Conchita Wurst
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OGAE

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. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2014 poll was "Undo" performed by Sanna Nielsen; the top five results are shown below.[199][200][201]

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Barbara Dex Award

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 by the fansite House of Eurovision.[202][203]

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Place Country Artist Votes
1  Lithuania Vilija Matačiūnaitė 311
2  Italy Emma 90
3  Moldova Cristina Scarlat 90
4  Georgia The Shin and Mariko 76
5  Albania Hersi 64
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Ondas Awards

Premios Ondas 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.[204] The 61st Ondas Award recipients were announced on 6 November 2014, where Danish broadcaster DR, and the European Broadcasting Union received the International Television Award, for their production of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.[205][206] The award was handed over on 25 November 2014 at the Liceu in Barcelona.[205]

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014 DREuropean Broadcasting Union International Television Award Won
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Official album

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Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Copenhagen 2014 was the official compilation album of the 2014 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group on 14 April 2014. The album featured all 37 songs that entered in the 2014 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. It also featured the contest's anthem "Rainmaker", performed by the 2013 winner Emmelie de Forest.[207]

Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[208]13
Austrian Compilation Albums (Ö3 Austria)[209] 5
Belgian Compilation Albums (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[210] 6
Belgian Compilation Albums (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[211] 14
Danish Compilation Albums (Tracklisten)[212] 1
Dutch Compilation Albums (Compilation Top 30)[213]5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[214]7
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[215]2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[216]3
Swiss Compilation Albums (Swiss Hitparade)[217] 2
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[218]8
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See also

Notes

  1. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[37]
  2. Despite finishing with the same number of points as Montenegro, Russia is deemed to have finished in sixth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  3. Despite finishing with the same number of points as Spain, Denmark is deemed to have finished in ninth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  4. Despite finishing with the same number of points as Romania, Finland is deemed to have finished in eleventh place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  5. Despite finishing with the same number of points in the televote as Greece, Denmark is deemed to have finished higher due to receiving points from a greater number of countries in the televote.
  6. Despite finishing with the same number of points as Azerbaijan, Italy is deemed to have finished in twenty-first place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  7. Broadcasts of all shows in Germany on Einsfestival were delayed
  8. The three shows were broadcast on TVP Rozrywka with a one day delay.
  9. RTP provided a delayed same-day broadcast of the second semi-final.
  10. OutTV broadcast the three shows in Canada between 20–22 June 2014.

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