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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.

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.

Results
# 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.

Results
# 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
Televoting and Jury results of Semi-Final 2
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.

Results
# 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
Televoting and Jury results of the Grand Final
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


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