Eurovision Song Contest 2015 facts for kids
The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the contest and took place in Vienna, Austria, after Conchita Wurst won for Austria in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2014.
A total of 40 countries participated in that year, while Australia participated for the first time ever as a special-guest due the 60th anniversery.
Ukraine quit because of politics, while Cyprus, Czech Republic and Serbia returned to the contest.
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First Semi-Final
The first semi-final took place on Tuesday, the 19th May 2015. 16 countries participated and 10 qualified for the final (fed marked).
The "Big-Five" members Austria, France and Spain voted in this semi-final.
| # | Country | Artist | Language | Song | Translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 |  Russia |
Polina Gagarina | English | "A Million Voices" | 1. | 182 | |
| 3 |  Belgium |
Loic Nottet | English | "Rhythm Inside" | 2. | 149 | |
| 7 |  Estonia |
Elina & Stig | English | "Goodbye to Yesterday" | 3. | 105 | |
| 16 |  Georgia |
Nina Sublati | English | "Warrior" | 4. | 98 | |
| 15 |  Romania |
Voltaj | English & Romanian | "De la capat - All Over Again" | 5. | 89 | |
| 6 |  Greece |
Maria Elena Kyriakou | English | "One Last Breath" | 6. | 81 | |
| 2 |  Armenia |
Genealogy | English | "Face The Shadow" | 7. | 77 | |
| 10 |  Hungary |
Boggie | English | "Wars For Nothing" | 8. | 67 | |
| 9 |  Serbia |
Bojana Stamenov | English | "Beauty Never Lies" | 9. | 63 | |
| 14 |  Albania |
Elhaida Dani | English | "I´m Alive" | 10. | 62 | |
| 1 |  Moldova |
Eduard Romanyuta | English | "I Want Your Love" | 11. | 41 | |
| 11 |  Belarus |
Uzari & Maimuna | English | "Time" | 12. | 39 | |
| 4 |  Netherlands |
Trinjtje Oosterhuis | English | "Walk Along" | 13. | 33 | |
| 13 |  Denmark |
Anti Social Media | English | "The Way You Are" | 14. | 33 | |
| 8 |  Macedonia |
Daniel Kajmakoski | English | "Autumn Leaves" | 15. | 28 | |
| 5 |  Finland |
Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät | Finnish | "Aina mun pitää" | I always have to | 16. | 13 |
Televoting and Jury results of Semi-Final 1
| Place | Televoting | Points | Jury | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 151 | Russia | 167 |
| 2 | Estonia | 136 | Belgium | 151 |
| 3 | Belgium | 124 | Greece | 99 |
| 4 | Georgia | 97 | Georgia | 95 |
| 5 | Serbia | 90 | Estonia | 90 |
| 6 | Romania | 86 | Hungary | 73 |
| 7 | Greece | 75 | Romania | 70 |
| 8 | Albania | 66 | Netherlands | 67 |
| 9 | Armenia | 61 | Belarus | 66 |
| 10 | Finland | 55 | Albania | 61 |
| 11 | Hungary | 50 | Denmark | 58 |
| 12 | Belarus | 48 | Armenia | 54 |
| 13 | Moldova | 32 | Serbia | 47 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 25 | Moldova | 46 |
| 15 | Denmark | 23 | Republic of Macedonia | 42 |
| 16 | Republic of Macedonia | 22 | Finland | 1 |
Second Semi-Final
The second semi-final took place on Thursday, the 21th May 2015. 17 countries participated and 10 qualified for the final, shown in bold.
The "Big-Five" members Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.
| # | Country | Artist | Language | Song | Translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 |  Sweden |
Måns Zelmerlöw | English | "Heroes" | 1. | 217 | |
| 10 |  Latvia |
Aminata | English | "Love Injected" | 2. | 155 | |
| 9 |  Israel |
Nadav Guedj | English | "Golden Boy" | 3. | 151 | |
| 6 |  Norway |
Morland & Debrah Scarlet | English | "A Monster Like Me" | 4. | 123 | |
| 16 |  Slovenia |
Maraaya | English | "Here For You" | 5. | 92 | |
| 15 |  Cyprus |
John Karayiannis | English | "One Thing I Should Have Done" | 6. | 87 | |
| 1 |  Lithuania |
Monika Linktye & Vaidas Baumila | English | "This Time" | 7. | 67 | |
| 4 |  Montenegro |
Knez | Montenegrian | "Adio" | Goodbye | 8. | 57 |
| 17 |  Poland |
Monika | English | "In The Name Of Love" | 9. | 57 | |
| 11 |  Azerbaijan |
Elnur Hüseynov | English | "Hour Of The Wolf" | 10. | 53 | |
| 5 |  Malta |
Amber | English | "Warrior" | 11. | 43 | |
| 2 |  Ireland |
Molly Sterling | English | "Playing With Numbers" | 12. | 35 | |
| 8 |  Czech Republic |
Marta Jandová & Vaclav Noid Bárta | English | "Hope Never Dies" | 13. | 33 | |
| 7 |  Portugal |
Leonor Andrade | Portuguese | "Há um mar que nos separa" | The ocean that seperates us | 14. | 19 |
| 12 |  Iceland |
Maria Oláfs | English | "Unbroken" | 15. | 15 | |
| 3 |  San Marino |
Anita & Michele | English | "Chain of Light" | 16. | 11 | |
| 14 |  Switzerland |
Melanie René | English | "Time to Shine" | 17. | 4 | |
| Place | Televoting | Points | Jury | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 195 | Sweden | 208 |
| 2 | Israel | 157 | Latvia | 155 |
| 3 | Latvia | 116 | Norway | 144 |
| 4 | Norway | 114 | Israel | 114 |
| 5 | Poland | 104 | Malta | 84 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 98 | Slovenia | 84 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 80 | Ireland | 84 |
| 8 | Montenegro | 65 | Cyprus | 76 |
| 9 | Cyprus | 58 | Azerbaijan | 69 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 51 | Lithuania | 52 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 39 | Montenegro | 47 |
| 12 | Malta | 32 | Czech Republic | 34 |
| 13 | Portugal | 24 | Portugal | 23 |
| 14 | Iceland | 21 | Iceland | 15 |
| 15 | Ireland | 16 | Poland | 15 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 14 | Switzerland | 10 |
| 17 | San Marino | 6 | San Marino | 6 |
Grand Final
The Grand Final took place on Saturday, the 23th May 2015. Sweden won with 365 points, while Austria and Germany finished both last with zero points.
| # | Country | Artist | Language | Song | Translation | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sweden |
Måns Zelmerlöw | English | "Heroes" | - | 1. | 365 |
| 25 | Russia |
Polina Gagarina | English | "A Million Voices" | - | 2. | 303 |
| 27 |  Italy |
Il Volo | Italian | "Grande Amore" | Big Love | 3. | 292 |
| 13 | Belgium |
Loic Nottet | English | "Rhythm Inside" | - | 4. | 217 |
| 12 |  Australia |
Guy Sebastian | English | "Tonight Again" | - | 5. | 196 |
| 19 | Latvia |
Aminata | English | "Love Injected" | - | 6. | 186 |
| 4 | Estonia |
Elina & Stig | English | "Goodbye to Yesterday" | - | 7. | 106 |
| 9 | Norway |
Morland & Debrah Scarlet | English | "A Monster Like Me" | - | 8. | 102 |
| 3 | Israel |
Nadav Guedj | English | "Golden Boy" | - | 9. | 97 |
| 8 | Serbia |
Bojana Stamenov | English | "Beauty Never Lies" | - | 10. | 53 |
| 23 | Georgia |
Nina Sublati | English | "Warrior" | - | 11. | 51 |
| 24 | Azerbaijan |
Elnur Hüseynov | English | "Hour Of The Wolf" | - | 12. | 49 |
| 16 | Montenegro |
Knez | Montenegrian | "Adio" | Goodbye | 13. | 44 |
| 1 | Slovenia |
Maraaya | English | "Here For You" | - | 14. | 39 |
| 20 | Romania |
Voltaj | Romanian & English | "De la Capat" | All over again | 15. | 35 |
| 6 | Armenia |
Genealogy | English | "Face The Shadow" | - | 16. | 34 |
| 26 | Albania |
Elhaida Dani | English | "I´m Alive" | - | 17. | 34 |
| 7 | Lithuania |
Monika & Vaidas | English | "This Time" | - | 18. | 30 |
| 15 | Greece |
Maria Elena Kyriakou | English | "One Last Breath" | - | 19. | 23 |
| 22 | Hungary |
Boggie | English | "Wars For Nothing" | - | 20. | 19 |
| 21 |  Spain |
Edurne | Spanish | "Amenecer" | Sunset | 21. | 15 |
| 11 | Cyprus |
John Karayiannis | English | "One Thing I Should Have Done" | - | 22. | 11 |
| 18 | Poland |
Monika | English | "In The Name Of Love" | - | 23. | 10 |
| 5 |  United Kingdom |
Electro Velvet | English | "Still In Love With You" | - | 24. | 5 |
| 2 |  France |
Lisa Angell | French | "N´oubliez pas" | Don´t forget | 25. | 4 |
| 14 |  Austria |
The Makemakes | English | "I´m Yours" | - | 26. | 0 |
| 17 |  Germany |
Ann Sophie | English | "Black Smoke" | - | 27. | 0 |
| Place | Televoting | Points | Jury | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 366 | Sweden | 353 |
| 2 | Sweden | 286 | Latvia | 249 |
| 3 | Russia | 279 | Russia | 234 |
| 4 | Belgium | 195 | Australia | 224 |
| 5 | Estonia | 144 | Belgium | 186 |
| 6 | Australia | 132 | Italy | 171 |
| 7 | Israel | 104 | Norway | 163 |
| 8 | Latvia | 100 | Israel | 97 |
| 9 | Norway | 93 | Estonia | 77 |
| 10 | Serbia | 86 | Georgia | 63 |
| 11 | Georgia | 77 | Cyprus | 62 |
| 12 | Albania | 69 | Azerbaijan | 53 |
| 13 | Romania | 51 | Slovenia | 46 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 48 | Austria | 44 |
| 15 | Azerbaijjan | 47 | Greece | 40 |
| 16 | Lithuania | 44 | Montenegro | 36 |
| 17 | Spain | 43 | Hungary | 31 |
| 18 | Poland | 34 | Lithuania | 29 |
| 19 | Armenia | 27 | Germany | 24 |
| 20 | Montenegro | 26 | France | 24 |
| 21 | Greece | 24 | Romania | 21 |
| 22 | Hungary | 21 | Spain | 15 |
| 23 | Germany | 8 | Armenia | 12 |
| 24 | Cyprus | 7 | United Kingdom | 11 |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 5 | Serbia | 6 |
| 26 | France | 4 | Albania | 4 |
| 27 | Austria | 0 | Poland | 2 |
Images for kids
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Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna – host venue of the 2015 contest
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Cover art of the official album
See also
In Spanish: Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 2015 para niños
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