Free European Song Contest 2021

The Free European Song Contest 2021 was the second edition of the Free European Song Contest,^[1] organised by the German television network ProSieben and the production company Raab TV.^[2]

Free European Song Contest 2021
Date and venue
Final	15 May 2021
Venue	Lanxess Arena Cologne, Germany
Production
Broadcaster	ProSieben
Executive producer	Stefan Raab
Presenters	Steven Gätjen Conchita Wurst
Participants
Number of entries	16
Debuting countries	Belgium  England  France  Greece  Scotland  Slovenia
Non-returning countries	Bulgaria  Denmark  Israel  Kazakhstan The Moon  United Kingdom
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards 12, 10, 8-1 points for 10 songs; 13 countries have votes provided by a single juror, three (Austria, Germany, and Switzerland) have votes determined via televoting.
Winning song	Ireland "The One"
2020 ← Free European Song Contest

The show was broadcast on 15 May 2021 at 20:15 CEST on the television channel ProSieben and on the streaming platform Joyn.^[3] It was presented for the second consecutive time by Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst.^[4]

The winning song was "The One" by Rea Garvey, representing Ireland. It marked Ireland's first victory in the event. For the second consecutive year, the Netherlands finished as runner-up, this year represented by Danny Vera with his 2019 hit "Rollercoaster." Debutant Belgium finished in third place with Milow and his song "ASAP." Although he finished with the same number of points as fellow debuting country Scotland, tiebreak rules put the Belgian entry ahead.

Format

Presenters

Hosts Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst

For the second consecutive time, the programme was hosted by two presenters: the German television host Steven Gätjen and the Austrian singer Conchita Wurst, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.^[5]

Participants

R/O	Country	Artist[6]	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
1	Belgium	Milow	"ASAP"	English[a]	3	77
2	Italy	Mandy Capristo	"13 Schritte"	German, Italian	11	41
3	Slovenia	Ben Dolic	"Stuck in My Mind"	English[b]	14	27
4	Turkey	Elif	"Alles Helal"	German, Turkish	6	68
5	Poland	Fantasy	"Wild Boys"	German, Polish	13	34
6	Spain	Juan Daniél	"Corazón"	Spanish	10	52
7	England	Mighty Oaks	"Mexico"	English	9	60
8	Croatia	Jasmin Wagner	"Gold"	German[c]	16	18
9	Netherlands	Danny Vera	"Rollercoaster"	English	2	94
10	Greece	Sotiria	"Herz"	German[d]	15	23
11	Ireland	Rea Garvey	"The One"	English	1	116
12	Austria	Mathea	"Tut mir nicht leid"	German	7	67
13	France	Hugel feat. Bloodline	"VIP"	English[e]	8	65
14	Scotland	Amy Macdonald	"Statues"	English	4	77
15	Switzerland	Seven	"Unser kleines Wunder"	German	12	40
16	Germany	Helge Schneider	"Supergeiler Helge Schneider"	German	5	69

Score sheet

All countries used a jury vote, except Austria, Germany, and Switzerland; whose results were determined via televote.

		Results
		Total score	Belgium	Italy	Slovenia	Turkey	Poland	Spain	England	Croatia	Netherlands	Greece	Ireland	Austria	France	Scotland	Switzerland	Germany
Contestants	Belgium	77		5	10	6	6	10	10			8	4		6	8	3	1
	Italy	41			2	2	1	5	3	5	12	2	3			4	2
	Slovenia	27		3						7			2	2			8
	Turkey	68	2	12	3			6		12	1	6		8	2	1	5	10
	Poland	34				12			6			5	1	5				5
	Spain	52	6		7	5	8			2		4	5	6		5	1	3
	England	60	1				12	2		3	2		10	4	10	6	6	4
	Croatia	18		2		1		1				3		3		2		6
	Netherlands	94	12	6	4		10	3	1	10		1	7	7	8	10	7	8
	Greece	23			6				7		4			1		3		2
	Ireland	116	5	10	1	8	7	7	4	7	5	10		12	4	12	12	12
	Austria	67	8	7	12	7		4	12	8			6		3
	France	65	7	4	8	3	3	12	2	1	6		12			7
	Scotland	77	3	1			5			4	10	7	8	10	12		10	7
	Switzerland	40	10		5	4	4		8		8				1
	Germany	69	4	8		10	2	8	5	6	3	12	2		5		4

12 points

N.	Contestant	Countries giving 12 points
4	Ireland	Austria
		Germany
		Scotland
		Switzerland
2	Austria	England
		Slovenia
	France	Ireland
		Spain
	Turkey	Croatia
		Italy
1	England	Poland
	Germany	Greece
	Italy	Netherlands
	Netherlands	Belgium
	Poland	Turkey
	Scotland	France

Spokespersons

As in 2020, all spokespersons, save for those announcing the votes for the three televoting regions (Austria, Germany, and Switzerland), also served as their country's national juror.^[7]

•  Ireland – Johnny Logan (winner of the 1980 and 1987 Eurovision Song Contests, songwriter of the winner of the 1992 contest)^[8]
•  Belgium – Eric Kabongo
•  Netherlands – Sylvie Meis
•  France – Ofenbach
•  Scotland – Nathan Evans^[9]
•  Turkey – Eko Fresh (represented Turkey in the 2020 contest)
•  Greece – Lucas Cordalis^[10]
•  Slovenia – Lina Kuduzović (represented Slovenia at the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest)
•  Spain – Javi Martínez
•  Poland – Halina
•  England – Ross Antony
•  Italy – Pietro Lombardi
•  Croatia – Monica Ivancan
•   Switzerland – Fabio Landert
•  Germany – Sasha
•  Austria – Christina Stürmer

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Notes

1. Contains one line in French
2. Contains a line in Slovene
3. Final chorus partially in Croatian
4. Contains one line in Greek
5. Contains several lines in French