Eurovision Song Contest 2013

The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2012 contest with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the contest was held at the Malmö Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2013. The three live shows were presented by Swedish comedian and television presenter Petra Mede, being the first time only one host had presented the show since the 1995 contest. Former Swedish entrant Eric Saade acted as the green room host in the final.

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
We Are One
Dates
Semi-final 114 May 2013 (2013-05-14)
Semi-final 216 May 2013 (2013-05-16)
Final18 May 2013 (2013-05-18)
Host
VenueMalmö Arena
Malmö, Sweden[1]
Presenter(s)
Directed by
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Executive producerMartin Österdahl
Host broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/malmo-2013/ Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries39
Number of finalists26
Returning countries Armenia
Non-returning countries
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Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song
2012 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2014

Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, with Armenia returning after its one-year absence. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Slovakia and Turkey all ceased their participation for various reasons. Slovakia and Turkey have yet to return to the contest since.

The winner was Denmark with the song "Only Teardrops", performed by Emmelie de Forest and written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard. The song had the highest average score in both the televote and jury vote. Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Norway and Russia rounded out the top five.

This year marked the reintroduction of the "Parade of Nations", a concept which was first used in the contest from 1959 to 1963 (with the exception of 1962) before making a one-off return in 1983. The concept had also been used, on-and-off, in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2004. It sees all countries performing in the final presenting themselves with their national flags before the contest begins. This year, the contestants entered the main stage by walking across a bridge over the audience. This idea has subsequently continued in every edition of the contest onwards.

The EBU reported that 170 million viewers watched the semi-finals and final of the 2013 edition.

Location

Malmö Arena, Malmö – host venue of the 2013 contest.

On 8 July 2012, the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) announced that the Malmö Arena in Malmö would be the host venue for the 2013 contest. This was the fifth time after 1975, 1985, 1992 and 2000 that the competition was held in Sweden, and the second time that it was held in Malmö, after 1992. SVT had expressed the desire to host the contest at a slightly smaller venue than previous years, as well as smaller environment which is easier to dedicate and decorate for other celebrations and festivities of the event within the host city. These were factors in the choice of the Malmö Arena as the host venue,[3] and Malmö as Sweden's third-largest city by population after Stockholm and Gothenburg, the two other initial location-bidders.

The city's proximity to the borders with Denmark and Norway also spilled over into some of the producers' actions. Denmark was eventually allocated to compete in one semi-final and Norway in the other, taking into consideration the number of Danish and Norwegian fans who were likely to travel for the contest, with the arena being relatively small and thus not suitable for accommodating both countries' fans in one semi-final. The Øresund Bridge was also used as the main artistic medium for the theme of the contest, as an expression of binding cultures.

Bidding phase

Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.
Square in Malmö before the finals, with time table demonstrating the countdown for the broadcast.

On the night of the final for the 2012 contest, the chief executive of SVT, Eva Hamilton, stated to the Swedish media that various venues in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö were being considered for hosting the 2013 contest.[4] One alternative put forward in the Expressen was to hold the competition at three venues – the semi-finals in Gothenburg and Malmö, and the final in Stockholm.[5] This proposal was dismissed as unfeasible by SVT, which declared that the contest would be hosted in only one city.[6]

On 20 June 2012, it was announced that Gothenburg had withdrawn from the bidding process due to the city being the host of the Göteborg Horse Show in late April 2013. There were also concerns about the availability of hotel rooms due to a variety of other events taking place in the same time frame as the Eurovision Song Contest.[7] On 9 July, the executive producer for the 2013 contest, Martin Österdahl, told the Swedish press "that he felt uncomfortable with the decisions and choices made by the countries that had previously hosted the contest", stating that he and SVT wanted the 2013 contest to be "smaller, closer and personal".[3][8] SVT also claimed that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) also disclosed that the EBU had asked potential future host broadcasters that "there were demands about reducing the scale of the event, given the increased costs of recent editions".[8]

The following candidate cities had provisionally reserved venues and hotel rooms, as part of their bids to host the 2013 contest.[9] On 8 July 2012, the Malmö Arena was confirmed as the host venue for the contest. Malmö Arena is Sweden's fourth-largest indoor arena, after Friends Arena, Tele2 Arena and Globe Arena, all located in Stockholm.

Key †  Host venue

CityVenueNotes
GothenburgScandinaviumThe venue hosted the 1985 contest.
Swedish Exhibition CentreWithdrew on 20 June 2012.[7]
MalmöMalmö ArenaThe venue has hosted the Melodifestivalen heats for the past four years.
StockholmFriends ArenaOpened in October 2012; hosted the final of Melodifestivalen in March 2013.

Participating countries

Eurovision Song Contest 2013 – Participation summaries by country

The EBU announced on 21 December 2012 that 39 countries would compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.[10] Armenia, which was last represented in 2011, confirmed that it would be returning to the contest following a one-year break.[11][12] Bosnia and Herzegovina and Portugal both decided not to enter the 2013 contest due to financial difficulties,[13][14] while Slovakia and Turkey did not participate for different reasons.[15][16]

Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013[17][18]
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriter(s)
 AlbaniaRTSHAdrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko"Identitet"Albanian
 ArmeniaAMPTVDorians"Lonely Planet"English
 AustriaORFNatália Kelly"Shine"English
 AzerbaijanİTVFarid Mammadov"Hold Me"English
 BelarusBTRCAlyona Lanskaya"Solayoh"English
  • Martin King
  • Marc Paelinck
 BelgiumRTBFRoberto Bellarosa"Love Kills"English
 BulgariaBNTElitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov"Samo shampioni" (Само шампиони)Bulgarian
 CroatiaHRTKlapa s Mora"Mižerja"CroatianGoran Topolovac
 CyprusCyBCDespina Olympiou"An me thimasai" (Aν με θυμάσαι)Greek
  • Andreas Giorgallis
  • Zenon Zindilis
 DenmarkDREmmelie de Forest"Only Teardrops"English
 EstoniaERRBirgit"Et uus saaks alguse"Estonian
 FinlandYleKrista Siegfrids"Marry Me"English
 FranceFrance TélévisionsAmandine Bourgeois"L'enfer et moi"French
  • Boris Bergman
  • David Salkin
 GeorgiaGPBNodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani"Waterfall"English
 GermanyNDR[a]Cascada"Glorious"English
 GreeceERTKoza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis"Alcohol Is Free"Greek
  • Ilias Kozas
  • Stathis Pachidis
 HungaryMTVAByeAlex"Kedvesem" (Zoohacker Remix)Hungarian
 IcelandRÚVEythor Ingi"Ég á líf"Icelandic
 IrelandRTÉRyan Dolan"Only Love Survives"English
 IsraelIBAMoran Mazor"Rak Bishvilo" (רק בשבילו)Hebrew
  • Chen Harari
  • Gal Sarig
 ItalyRAIMarco Mengoni"L'essenziale"Italian
 LatviaLTVPeR"Here We Go"English
 LithuaniaLRTAndrius Pojavis"Something"EnglishAndrius Pojavis
 MacedoniaMRTEsma and Lozano"Pred da se razdeni" (Пред да се раздени)Macedonian, Romani
 MaltaPBSGianluca"Tomorrow"English
  • Boris Cezek
  • Dean Muscat
 MoldovaTRMAliona Moon"O mie"Romanian
 MontenegroRTCGWho See[b]"Igranka" (Игранка)Montenegrin
 NetherlandsTROSAnouk"Birds"English
 NorwayNRKMargaret Berger"I Feed You My Love"English
 RomaniaTVRCezar"It's My Life"EnglishCristian Faur
 RussiaC1RDina Garipova"What If"English
  • Gabriel Alares
  • Joakim Björnberg
  • Leonid Gutkin
 San MarinoSMRTVValentina Monetta"Crisalide (Vola)"Italian
 SerbiaRTSMoje 3"Ljubav je svuda [sr]" (Љубав је свуда)Serbian
 SloveniaRTVSLOHannah"Straight into Love"English
 SpainRTVEESDM"Contigo hasta el final"Spanish
 SwedenSVTRobin Stjernberg"You"English
  SwitzerlandSRG SSRTakasa"You and Me"English
  • Roman Camenzind
  • Fred Herrmann
  • Georg Schlunegger
 UkraineNTUZlata Ognevich"Gravity"English
 United KingdomBBCBonnie Tyler"Believe in Me"English

Returning artists

Valentina Monetta represented San Marino for the second year in a row. She would also return for the 2014 and 2017 contests.[20]

Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov returned, having previously represented Bulgaria in 2007.[21]

Nevena Božović represented Serbia as part of Moje 3 and became the first contestant to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest after competing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, where she came third in 2007.[22] She later represented Serbia in 2019.

Bledar Sejko, who represented Albania, was the on-stage guitarist for the Albanian entry in 2011.

Gor Sujyan, who represented Armenia, was a backing vocalist for the Armenian entry in 2010.

Aliona Moon, who represented Moldova, was a backing vocalist for the Moldovan entry in 2012. In addition, Pasha Parfeny, the Moldovan representative of 2012, was the composer of the Moldovan entry and accompanied her on stage on the piano.

Estonian backing vocalists Lauri Pihlap and Kaido Põldma were part of the group 2XL, which won the contest in 2001 together with Dave Benton and Tanel Padar.

Other countries

Active EBU members

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Poland, Portugal and Slovakia confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.[23][24][13][25][26][27][28][29][30][15] Turkish broadcaster TRT did the same, citing dissatisfaction with the 2009 introduction of a mixed jury/televote voting system and the status of the "Big Five" rule.[16]

Non-EBU member

Liechtensteiner broadcaster 1 FL TV had been trying to join the EBU since 2010. Director Peter Kölbel had said that due to a lack of financial subsidies from the government, EBU membership participation to participate in the contest would be impossible to obtain until 2013 at the earliest;[31] however, it was later announced that the country would not take part in 2013.[32][33]

Format

The combination of televoting and jury voting results underwent changes that were detailed in the official rules for the 2013 contest.[34][35] 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. It was announced in the official Media Handbook that an official app would also be available for voters to vote via during the contest.[36]

Official sponsors of the broadcast were the main Swedish-Finnish telecommunication company TeliaSonera, and the German cosmetics company Schwarzkopf.[37][38] The competition sponsors were the makeup company IsaDora cosmetics, the supermarket ICA and Tetra Pak.[39][40]

The Stockholm based singer and actress Sarah Dawn Finer also appeared in both semi-finals and the final in sketches as the comic character Lynda Woodruff.[41] "Lynda" presented the votes for Sweden at the previous contest in Baku.[41] Finer also appeared in the final as herself, performing the ABBA song "The Winner Takes It All" before the results were announced.[42] The ex-Swedish football captain Zlatan Ibrahimović was revealed on 28 April to be part of the opening segment of the Eurovision final, in a pre-recorded message welcoming viewers to Malmö, his home city.[43] The 2011 Swedish entrant Eric Saade was the host of the green room during the final.[44]

Semi-final allocation draw

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
  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 17 January 2013 at the Malmö City Hall.[45] A draw at the EBU headquarters determined that, due to their geographical proximity with Malmö, Denmark would perform in the first semi-final, while Norway would perform in the second semi-final. This provided a maximum availability of tickets for visitors from both countries.[46] The EBU also allocated Israel to the second semi-final after a request from the delegation in order to avoid complications with a national holiday coinciding with the date of the first semi-final.[47] The remaining participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom), were split into five pots, based on voting patterns from the previous nine years. From these pots, 15 (in addition to Denmark) were allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May 2013 and 15 (in addition to Norway and Israel) were allocated to compete in the second semi-final on 16 May 2013.[48]

The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows:[47]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5
  •  Gibraltar
  •  Herm
  •  Belarus
  •  Greenland
  •  Russia
  •  Liechtenstein

Running order

Unlike previous years, the running order was not decided by the drawing of lots, but instead by the producers, with the aim of making the shows more exciting and ensuring that all contestants had a chance to stand out, preventing entries that are too similar cancelling each other out.[46] The decision elicited mixed reactions from both fans of the contest and participating broadcasters.[49][50][51][52]

The running order for the semi-finals was released on 28 March 2013.[53] The running order for the final was determined on 17 May 2013.[54][55] An additional allocation draw occurred for the final with each finalist nation drawing to perform either in the first or second half of the final.[54] The allocation draw for qualifying countries from the semi-finals occurred during the semi-final winners' press conferences following each semi-final, while the allocation draw for the Big Five countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) occurred during their first individual press conferences on 15 May 2013.[54][56] As the host country, the running order position for Sweden in the final was exclusively determined by a draw during the heads of delegation meeting on 18 March 2013.[54] Sweden was drawn to perform 16th in the final.[54]

Graphic design

The stage with its movable parts and the audience closely surrounding it during the opening act of the second semi-final

As aforesaid, SVT wanted to make a good use of Malmö Arena's space to highlight the performances and increase the audience's visibility compared to previous years. SVT created a main stage and a smaller stage with higher-lower shifted floors, connected by a trail closely surrounded by a standing crowd from both sides of it and around the small stage. The main stage mobility was expressed as a main artistic medium at the opening act of the second semi-final and with highlighting Moldova's performance towards its finish, as a movable part beneath the singer's dress making her look gradually taller. The small stage mobility highlighted United Kingdom's performance towards its finish, lifted above the close-standing audience.

On 17 January 2013, at the semi-final allocation draw, the EBU revealed the graphic design, created by the Gothenburg-based branding agency Happy F&B for the 2013 contest, featuring a butterfly and the slogan "We Are One".[57] The butterfly featured an array of colours and textures, while also representing the butterfly effect idea.[58] Meanwhile, the slogan "We Are One" highlighted equality and unity of all the participating countries alongside the cultural diversity and influence of each participant.

SVT confirmed on 19 February 2013 that the postcard films, used to introduce each song in the contest, would feature each artist in their respective country, to give the viewer a personal insight of each competing participant. This broke with recent tradition of the postcards often containing short segments of life within either the host city or country of the contest.[59] The postcards were produced by Camp David,[60] the on-air graphics by Broken Doll, and the animation of the butterflies by visual effects studio Swiss International.[61] In addition to the graphic design, there was a theme music for the contest, titled "Wolverine" and composed by Adam Kafe, which was used in the intros and in-between commercial breaks.[62]

National host broadcaster

On 11 July 2012, show producer Christer Björkman advised the public not to buy tickets for the 2013 contest that are currently in circulation and instead to wait for tickets to be released through official channels. Björkman said that official tickets had not yet been released, as necessary decisions over the stage and seating plans had not yet been made.[63] Björkman also gave reassurance that accommodation would be available, as while the organisers had booked a large quantity of hotel rooms, some may be made available to the general public.[63] On 21 November 2012, SVT officially announced the launch of ticket sales.[64]

On 17 October 2012, executive producer Martin Österdahl told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that SVT plans for the 2013 contest to have only one presenter for the entire event, unlike in previous years when there were up to three presenters per show. The last time only one presenter hosted the entire contest was in 1995, when the solo host was Mary Kennedy.[65][66] Petra Mede was announced as the host of the 2013 contest on 28 January 2013.[2][67]

Contest overview

Semi-final 1

Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[48]

  Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013[68]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1  AustriaNatália Kelly"Shine"2714
2  EstoniaBirgit"Et uus saaks alguse"5210
3  SloveniaHannah"Straight into Love"816
4  CroatiaKlapa s Mora"Mižerja"3813
5  DenmarkEmmelie de Forest"Only Teardrops"1671
6  RussiaDina Garipova"What If"1562
7  UkraineZlata Ognevich"Gravity"1403
8  NetherlandsAnouk"Birds"756
9  MontenegroWho See[b]"Igranka"4112
10  LithuaniaAndrius Pojavis"Something"539
11  BelarusAlyona Lanskaya"Solayoh"647
12  MoldovaAliona Moon"O mie"954
13  IrelandRyan Dolan"Only Love Survives"548
14  CyprusDespina Olympiou"An me thimasai"1115
15  BelgiumRoberto Bellarosa"Love Kills"755
16  SerbiaMoje 3"Ljubav je svuda"4611

Semi-final 2

France, Germany and Spain voted in this semi-final.[48]

  Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013[69]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1  LatviaPeR"Here We Go"1317
2  San MarinoValentina Monetta"Crisalide (Vola)"4711
3  MacedoniaEsma and Lozano"Pred da se razdeni"2816
4  AzerbaijanFarid Mammadov"Hold Me"1391
5  FinlandKrista Siegfrids"Marry Me"649
6  MaltaGianluca"Tomorrow"1184
7  BulgariaElitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov"Samo shampioni"4512
8  IcelandEythor Ingi"Ég á líf"726
9  GreeceKoza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis"Alcohol Is Free"1212
10  IsraelMoran Mazor"Rak Bishvilo"4014
11  ArmeniaDorians"Lonely Planet"697
12  HungaryByeAlex"Kedvesem" (Zoohacker Remix)668
13  NorwayMargaret Berger"I Feed You My Love"1203
14  AlbaniaAdrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko"Identitet"3115
15  GeorgiaNodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani"Waterfall"6310
16   SwitzerlandTakasa"You and Me"4113
17  RomaniaCezar"It's My Life"835

Final

For the first time since the 1985 contest, which was, coincidentally, held in Sweden as well, no country of the former Yugoslavia participated in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.[70][71]

  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013[72]
R/OCountryArtistSongPointsPlace
1  FranceAmandine Bourgeois"L'Enfer et moi"1423
2  LithuaniaAndrius Pojavis"Something"1722
3  MoldovaAliona Moon"O mie"7111
4  FinlandKrista Siegfrids"Marry Me"1324
5  SpainESDM"Contigo hasta el final"825
6  BelgiumRoberto Bellarosa"Love Kills"7112
7  EstoniaBirgit"Et uus saaks alguse"1920
8  BelarusAlyona Lanskaya"Solayoh"4816
9  MaltaGianluca"Tomorrow"1208
10  RussiaDina Garipova"What If"1745
11  GermanyCascada"Glorious"1821
12  ArmeniaDorians"Lonely Planet"4118
13  NetherlandsAnouk"Birds"1149
14  RomaniaCezar"It's My Life"6513
15  United KingdomBonnie Tyler"Believe in Me"2319
16  SwedenRobin Stjernberg"You"6214
17  HungaryByeAlex"Kedvesem" (Zoohacker Remix)8410
18  DenmarkEmmelie de Forest"Only Teardrops"2811
19  IcelandEythor Ingi"Ég á líf"4717
20  AzerbaijanFarid Mammadov"Hold Me"2342
21  GreeceKoza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis"Alcohol Is Free"1526
22  UkraineZlata Ognevich"Gravity"2143
23  ItalyMarco Mengoni"L'essenziale"1267
24  NorwayMargaret Berger"I Feed You My Love"1914
25  GeorgiaNodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani"Waterfall"5015
26  IrelandRyan Dolan"Only Love Survives"526

Spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was determined in a draw following the jury results from final dress rehearsal. Similar to the 2012 contest an algorithm was used to generate as much suspense as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[73]

  1.  San Marino – John Kennedy O'Connor
  2.  Sweden – Yohio
  3.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  4.  Netherlands – Cornald Maas
  5.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
  6.  United Kingdom – Scott Mills
  7.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon
  8.  Serbia – Maja Nikolić [sr]
  9.  Ukraine – Matias
  10.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
  11.  Romania – Sonia Argint
  12.  Moldova – Olivia Furtună
  13.  Azerbaijan – Tamilla Shirinova [az]
  14.  Norway – Tooji
  15.  Armenia – André
  16.  Italy – Federica Gentile [it]
  17.  Finland – Kristiina Wheeler
  18.  Spain – Inés Paz
  19.  Belarus – Darya Domracheva
  20.  Latvia – Anmary
  21.  Bulgaria – Joanna Dragneva [bg]
  22.  Belgium – Barbara Louys [fr]
  23.  Russia – Alsou
  24.  Malta – Emma Hickey
  25.  Estonia – Rolf Roosalu
  26.  Germany – Lena
  27.  Iceland – María Sigrún Hilmarsdóttir
  28.  France – Marine Vignes [fr]
  29.  Greece – Adriana Magania
  30.  Ireland – Nicky Byrne
  31.  Denmark – Sofie Lassen-Kahlke [da]
  32.  Montenegro – Ivana Sebek
  33.  Slovenia – Andrea F
  34.  Georgia – Liza Tsiklauri
  35.  Macedonia – Dimitar Atanasovski
  36.  Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
  37.  Croatia – Uršula Tolj
  38.   Switzerland – Mélanie Freymond [fr]
  39.  Lithuania – Ignas Krupavičius

Detailed voting results

The EBU published the split results of the semi-finals and final on 29 May 2013. Unlike in previous years, a full points breakdown of the jury and public voting was not revealed. Instead, an average ranking was provided for each country based on the votes of the juries and televote in isolation.[74]

Semi-final 1

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1[74]
PlaceCombinedJuryTelevoting
CountryPointsCountryAvg. RankCountryAvg. Rank
1  Denmark167  Denmark3.58  Denmark3.33
2  Russia156  Russia3.74  Russia3.89
3  Ukraine140  Moldova4.32  Ukraine3.94
4  Moldova95  Ukraine5.16  Montenegro7.33
5  Belgium75[c]  Austria6.32  Lithuania7.44
6  Netherlands75[c]  Netherlands6.42  Ireland7.61
7  Belarus64  Belgium6.63  Belgium7.72
8  Ireland54  Estonia7.47  Belarus7.83
9  Lithuania53  Belarus8.26  Netherlands7.94
10  Estonia52  Ireland9.26  Croatia8.00
11  Serbia46  Lithuania9.37  Moldova8.28
12  Montenegro41  Cyprus9.47  Serbia8.39
13  Croatia38  Croatia9.95  Estonia10.06
14  Austria27  Montenegro10.16  Cyprus12.00
15  Cyprus11  Serbia10.95  Austria12.33
16  Slovenia8  Slovenia11.47  Slovenia13.17
Semi-final 1 voting results[75][76]
Total score
Austria
Estonia
Slovenia
Croatia
Denmark
Russia
Ukraine
Netherlands
Montenegro
Lithuania
Belarus
Moldova
Ireland
Cyprus
Belgium
Serbia
Italy
Sweden
United Kingdom
Contestants
Austria2711443423221
Estonia523151445581564
Slovenia853
Croatia3852463511110
Denmark167121281210412868712810861212
Russia1561010108127771010810107641010
Ukraine1402612787812121212212851212
Netherlands75873103275121188
Montenegro4165826122
Lithuania53421572636107
Belarus644212268103647
Moldova95737161210643655785
Ireland545236355417436
Cyprus1112233
Belgium75486378101234775
Serbia46651021101434

12 points

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

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
7  Ukraine  Belarus,  Cyprus,  Italy,  Lithuania,  Moldova,  Montenegro,  Slovenia
 Denmark  Austria,  Croatia,  Estonia,  Ireland,  Netherlands,  Sweden,  United Kingdom
1  Belarus  Ukraine
 Moldova  Russia
 Montenegro  Serbia
 Netherlands  Belgium
 Russia  Denmark

Semi-final 2

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 2[74]
PlaceCombinedJuryTelevoting
CountryPointsCountryAvg. RankCountryAvg. Rank
1  Azerbaijan139  Malta3.40  Romania4.78
2  Greece121  Azerbaijan4.60  Greece5.00
3  Norway120  Greece5.55  Azerbaijan5.28
4  Malta118  Norway5.80  Norway5.50
5  Romania83  Georgia6.05   Switzerland7.00
6  Iceland72  Finland7.05  Bulgaria7.44
7  Armenia69  Armenia7.15  Malta7.78
8  Hungary66  Iceland7.40  Hungary8.39
9  Finland64  Israel7.95  Iceland8.61
10  Georgia63  San Marino8.40  Finland8.89
11  San Marino47  Hungary8.55  Armenia9.44
12  Bulgaria45  Albania9.10  San Marino9.47
13   Switzerland41  Romania9.70  Georgia9.89
14  Israel40  Macedonia9.75  Israel10.67
15  Albania31  Latvia9.90  Albania11.78
16  Macedonia28   Switzerland10.65  Macedonia12.22
17  Latvia13  Bulgaria10.75  Latvia13.28
Semi-final 2 voting results[77][78]
Total score
Latvia
San Marino
Macedonia
Azerbaijan
Finland
Malta
Bulgaria
Iceland
Greece
Israel
Armenia
Hungary
Norway
Albania
Georgia
Switzerland
Romania
France
Germany
Spain
Contestants
Latvia132371
San Marino4735116144214510
Macedonia28255124
Azerbaijan139738312128121212581231282
Finland6487317158123738
Malta118610121256527812667725
Bulgaria458342101144116
Iceland7210121101010127
Greece1215126777102683710261085
Israel4062416352443
Armenia69188784105126
Hungary6624863273126310
Norway120125751037124557888212
Albania31610285
Georgia6341410434671244
Switzerland41621532632101
Romania83184102101010365671

12 points

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

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
7  Azerbaijan  Bulgaria,  Georgia,  Greece,  Hungary,  Israel,  Malta,  Romania
3  Malta  Azerbaijan,  Macedonia,  Norway
 Norway  Iceland,  Latvia,  Spain
2  Iceland  Finland,  Germany
1  Armenia  France
 Georgia  Armenia
 Greece  San Marino
 Hungary   Switzerland
 Macedonia  Albania

Final

  Winner
Split results of the final[74]
PlaceCombinedJuryTelevoting
CountryPointsCountryAvg. RankCountryAvg. Rank
1  Denmark281  Denmark6.23  Denmark4.97
2  Azerbaijan234  Azerbaijan7.77  Ukraine5.66
3  Ukraine214  Sweden8.05  Azerbaijan5.86
4  Norway191  Norway8.23  Greece6.00
5  Russia174  Moldova8.69  Russia6.84
6  Greece152  Ukraine8.74  Norway7.14
7  Italy126  Netherlands9.05  Romania7.49
8  Malta120  Italy9.46  Hungary8.19
9  Netherlands114  Malta9.54  Malta10.97
10  Hungary84  Russia9.67  Italy11.70
11  Moldova71[d]  Belgium9.92  Netherlands11.70
12  Belgium71[d]  France10.95  Iceland13.05
13  Romania65  Georgia12.10  Belarus14.11
14  Sweden62  Greece12.28  Ireland14.62
15  Georgia50  United Kingdom12.46  Armenia15.11
16  Belarus48  Estonia13.41  Germany15.81
17  Iceland47  Iceland13.44  Belgium16.03
18  Armenia41  Finland13.77  Sweden16.19
19  United Kingdom23  Armenia14.44  Moldova16.57
20  Estonia19  Germany15.44  Finland16.68
21  Germany18  Hungary15.59  Lithuania16.73
22  Lithuania17  Belarus16.15  United Kingdom17.03
23  France14  Ireland16.21  Georgia17.08
24  Finland13  Romania17.82  Estonia19.59
25  Spain8  Lithuania17.95  France21.68
26  Ireland5  Spain19.64  Spain22.92
Final voting results[79][80]
Total score
San Marino
Sweden
Albania
Netherlands
Austria
United Kingdom
Israel
Serbia
Ukraine
Hungary
Romania
Moldova
Azerbaijan
Norway
Armenia
Italy
Finland
Spain
Belarus
Latvia
Bulgaria
Belgium
Russia
Malta
Estonia
Germany
Iceland
France
Greece
Ireland
Denmark
Montenegro
Slovenia
Georgia
Macedonia
Cyprus
Croatia
Switzerland
Lithuania
Contestants
France1482211
Lithuania17136511
Moldova7121681214243364357
Finland1334132
Spain862
Belgium7157123334332825452
Estonia196103
Belarus48312475213551
Malta1201087285810610175555234333
Russia17454107847726812541221610771066567
Germany1836531
Armenia4116312821710
Netherlands114848652881237861072244
Romania65454410661761101
United Kingdom231345712
Sweden623151244411345861
Hungary84638722310641224105
Denmark2811011051281251066574127816210468101212712101271271032
Iceland476264568145
Azerbaijan234272121251012108710312512124781221231287612
Greece152121017821745871617210466841258
Ukraine21451510107412121125101271081101038838101210
Italy126412104111268106682106812
Norway19171226673282238125381773371041245484376
Georgia507310105528
Ireland5212

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:[81]

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
10  Azerbaijan  Austria,  Bulgaria,  Georgia,  Greece,  Hungary,  Israel,  Lithuania,  Malta,  Montenegro,  Russia
8  Denmark  France,  Iceland,  Ireland,  Italy,  Macedonia,  Serbia,  Slovenia,  United Kingdom
5  Ukraine  Armenia,  Azerbaijan,  Belarus,  Croatia,  Moldova
3  Italy  Albania,  Spain,   Switzerland
 Norway  Denmark,  Finland,  Sweden
2  Greece  Cyprus,  San Marino
 Russia  Estonia,  Latvia
1  Belarus  Ukraine
 Belgium  Netherlands
 Hungary  Germany
 Moldova  Romania
 Netherlands  Belgium
 Sweden  Norway

Broadcasts

Most countries sent commentators to Malmö 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 2013 contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of 170 million viewers.[82]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Show(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
 AlbaniaRTSHTVSH, TVSH 2, RTSH MuzikëAll showsAndri Xhahu
 ArmeniaAMPTVArmenia 1Semi-finalsAndré and Arevik Udumyan[83]
FinalErik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan [hy]
 AustriaORFORF einsAll showsAndi Knoll[84]
 AzerbaijanİTVAll showsKonul Arifgizi[85]
 BelarusBTRCBelarus-1, Belarus 24All showsEvgeny Perlin[86]
 BelgiumRTBFLa UneAll showsMaureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye [fr][87][88]
VRTéén, Radio 2André Vermeulen and Tom De Cock
 BulgariaBNTBNT 1All showsGeorgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
 CroatiaHRTHRT 2Semi-finalsDuško Ćurlić[89][90]
HRT 1Final
HR 2SF1/FinalRobert Urlić[91]
 CyprusCyBCRIK 1, RIK TritonAll showsMelina Karageorgiou[92]
 DenmarkDRDR1All showsOle Tøpholm[93]
 EstoniaERRETVAll showsMarko Reikop[94]
Raadio 2SF1/FinalMart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk[95]
 FinlandYleYle TV2All shows
  • Finnish: Aino Töllinen and Juuso Mäkilähde [fi]
  • Swedish: Eva Frantz [fi] and Johan Lindroos
[96][97]
Yle Radio SuomiSanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
Yle Radio VegaEva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
 FranceFrance TélévisionsFrance ÔSF2Audrey Chauveau [fr] and Bruno Berberes [fr][98]
France 3FinalCyril Féraud and Mireille Dumas[99]
 GeorgiaGPB1TVAll showsTemo Kvirkvelia[100]
 GermanyARD/NDREinsfestival, NDR FernsehenSemi-finals[e]Peter Urban[101]
PhoenixSF2
Das ErsteFinal
 GreeceERTNETAll showsMaria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis[102][103][104]
Proto Programma, Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece
 HungaryMTVAM1All showsGábor Gundel Takács [hu][105]
 IcelandRÚVRÚV, Rás 2All showsFelix Bergsson [is][106]
 IrelandRTÉRTÉ TwoSemi-finalsMarty Whelan[107]
RTÉ OneFinal
RTÉ Radio 1SF1/FinalShay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski[108]
 IsraelIBAChannel 1All showsNo commentary; Hebrew subtitles[109]
Channel 33No commentary; Arabic subtitles
IBA 88FMKobi Menora[110]
SF1Ofer Nachshon
SF2Amit Kotler [he] and Yuval Caspin [he]
FinalRon Levinthal [he], Kobi Oshrat and Yhaloma Bat Porat
 ItalyRAIRai 5SF1Federica Gentile [it][111][112]
Rai 2FinalFilippo Solibello [it], Marco Ardemagni [it] and Natascha Lusenti [it]
 LatviaLTV All showsValters Frīdenbergs[113]
FinalKārlis Būmeisters
 LithuaniaLRTLRT, LRT RadijasAll showsDarius Užkuraitis [lt][114]
 MacedoniaMRTMRT 1All showsKarolina Petkovska[115]
 MaltaPBSTVMAll showsGordon Bonello and Rodney Gauci[116]
 MoldovaTRMMoldova 1, Radio MoldovaAll showsLidia Scarlat[117][118]
 MontenegroRTCGTVCG 1, TVCG 2[f], TVCG MNEAll showsDražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković[119][120][121][122]

[123][124][125]

Radio Crne Gore, Radio 98Sonja Savović and Sanja Pejović
 NetherlandsNPONederland 1, BVNAll showsJan Smit and Daniël Dekker
 NorwayNRKNRK1All showsOlav Viksmo-Slettan[126]
NRK P3FinalRonny Brede Aase [no], Silje Nordnes [no] and Yngve Hustad Reite [no][127]
 RomaniaTVRTVR 1All showsLiana Stanciu[128]
 RussiaChannel One RussiaAll showsYana Churikova and Yuriy Aksyuta [ru][129]
 San MarinoSMRTVSMtv San MarinoAll showsLia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo[130]
 SerbiaRTSRTS1, RTS SatSF1Duška Vučinić-Lučić[131][132]
SF2Dragoljub Ilić
RTS2, RTS Sat, RTS HD, RTS Digital [sr]FinalSilvana Grujić[133][134]
 SloveniaRTVSLOTV SLO 2 [sl]Semi-finalsAndrej Hofer [sl][135]
TV SLO 1 [sl]Final
 SpainRTVELa 2SF2José María Íñigo[136]
La 1Final
 SwedenSVTSVT1All showsJosefine Sundström[137]
SRSR P4Carolina Norén[138]
Semi-finalsRonnie Ritterland
FinalBjörn Kjellman
  SwitzerlandSRG SSRSRF zweiSF2Sven Epiney[139]
SRF 1Final
RTS DeuxSF2/FinalJean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner[140]
RSI La 2SF2Alessandro Bertoglio [it][141]
RSI La 1Final
 UkraineNTUPershyi NatsionalnyiAll showsTimur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova[142][143]
URUR-1Olena Zelinchenko[144]
 United KingdomBBCBBC ThreeSemi-finalsScott Mills and Ana Matronic[145]
BBC OneFinalGraham Norton
BBC Radio 2Ken Bruce
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Show(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
 AustraliaSBSSBS OneAll showsJulia Zemiro and Sam Pang[146]
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBHRTBHT 1, BH Radio 1All showsDejan Kukrić[147][148][149][150][151]
 ChinaCCTVCCTV-15All shows[g]No commentary[152]
 KazakhstanKhabar AgencyEl ArnaAll showsRoman Raifeld and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay[153][154]
 PortugalRTPRTP1All shows[h]Sílvia Alberto[155]
 SlovakiaRTVSRádio FMFinalDaniel Baláž [sk] and Pavol Hubinák[156]

Incidents

Azerbaijan's vote rigging

Prior to the finals, the Lithuanian media outlet 15min released an undercover video suggesting that representatives from Azerbaijan were trying to bribe Lithuanians for votes in the televoting.[157] The video detailed the plan, which involved recruiting groups of 10 people each, and supplying them with SIM cards so they could vote multiple times during the voting window. It was also suggested that similar activity was taking place in a total of 15 countries including Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, Croatia and Switzerland.[158] In response to the allegations, Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand reaffirmed the contest's commitment to a "fair and transparent result". He stated that while Eurovision organisers were looking into the case, they "[emphasised] that the intention of these individuals have not yet been clarified, and nor has a link been established between the individuals in the video and the Azeri delegation, the Azeri act or the Azeri EBU member Ictimai TV." He added that, since 1998, when he was first involved with the contest, "every year there are rumors about irregularities in the voting".[157]

The EBU later confirmed an attempt of cheating in the contest, which was unsuccessful according to EBU as the EBU's system prevent fraud. According to the EBU, there is no evidence that any broadcaster has been involved in cheating. The rules were changed the next year to ensure that all broadcasters would be responsible for preventing fraud to their advantage or face a three-year suspension if fraud is revealed.[159]However, in May 2015, a member of the contest's Reference Group confirmed that Azerbaijan had cheated, and that it was organized and very expensive.[160]

When Azerbaijan officially awarded no points to Dina Garipova of Russia, despite Garipova having reportedly come second in the country's phone poll, the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ordered an inquiry. The Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that the result had been falsified, and stated that "this outrageous action will not remain without a response". He promised a co-ordinated response with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov. Simultaneously, the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that his own country having received no points from Russia showed that the result must have been falsified.[161]

Plagiarism allegations

Cascada's entry for Germany, "Glorious", was the subject of investigation by NDR following allegations that it was too similar to the 2012 winner, "Euphoria" by Loreen.[162] NDR spokeswoman Iris Bents played down the allegations, stating that "Every year there are attempts to create scandals around the Eurovision Song Contest and the participants."[163] Following an independent audit, "Glorious" was found not to have plagiarized "Euphoria".[164]

Allegations of plagiarism against the winning Danish entry "Only Teardrops" surfaced after Eric van Tijn, a notable Dutch music producer, mentioned the opening flute solo's similarity to "I Surrender", a 2002 song by the Dutch band K-Otic. However, Van Tijn also stated that the flute solo was the only similarity between the two songs, thus calling it "a storm in a teacup".[165]

Finland's same-sex kiss

Finland's contestant Krista Siegfrids kissing one of her backing singers.

The performance of the Finnish entry, "Marry Me", caused controversy in certain more socially conservative countries broadcasting the contest. The act featured Krista Siegfrids and one of her female backing singers kissing each other at the end, widely labelled in media as Eurovision's first "lesbian kiss". Siegfrids stated to the media that the act was done to encourage Finland to legalise same-sex marriage. It was reported that Turkish and Greek media reacted negatively to Siegfrids' act.[166] According to Gay Star News, the Turkish broadcaster TRT, which had previously decided not to participate itself, initially indicated that it would still broadcast the contest, but made a late decision not to do so.[167]

Eric Saade's green room incident

Green room host Eric Saade referred to Petra Mede as a "MILF" on air during the break between the first and second halves of the voting, saying "Back to you, Petra. #MILF". When the broadcaster for the United Kingdom, BBC aired this, the sound was lost. It remains unknown whether this was just an accident, or if the BBC did it purposely.[168] While the statement was supposedly scripted and SVT were aware of Saade's plan, some on social media were confused and offended by the comment.[169]

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

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.[170] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.[171]

CategoryCountrySongPerformer(s)Composer(s)
Artistic Award  Azerbaijan"Hold Me"Farid Mammadov
Composers Award  Sweden"You"Robin Stjernberg
Press Award  Georgia"Waterfall"Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie GelovaniThomas G:son

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 2013 poll was also the winner of the contest, "Only Teardrops" performed by Emmelie de Forest; the top five results are shown below.[172][173][174]

CountrySongPerformer(s)OGAE result
 Denmark"Only Teardrops"Emmelie de Forest374
 San Marino"Crisalide (Vola)"Valentina Monetta282
 Norway"I Feed You My Love"Margaret Berger269
 Germany"Glorious"Cascada195
 Italy"L'essenziale"Marco Mengoni177

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 from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.[175]

PlaceCountryPerformer(s)Votes
1  SerbiaMoje 3967
2  RomaniaCezar544
3  IsraelMoran Mazor296
4  AlbaniaAdrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko150
5  MontenegroWho See110

Official album

Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2013 was a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and released by CMC International and Universal Music Group on 29 April 2013.[176] The album featured all 39 songs that entered in the 2013 contest including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final. The digital version featured a bonus track, "We Write the Story", composed by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, and DJ and music producer Avicii.[177]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[178]16
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[179]2
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[180]2
Dutch Compilation Albums (Compilation Top 30)[181]3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[182]2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[183]1

See also

Notes

References

External links