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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 Malmö Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and the final on 18 May 2013. The three live shows were presented by Petra Mede, being the first time only one host presented the show since the 1995 contest. Former Swedish contestant Eric Saade acted as a green room host.

Thirty-nine countries participated, with Armenia returning after their one-year absence. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Slovakia and Turkey all withdrew from the contest for various reasons.

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. This was the second time that Denmark had won on Swedish soil after 2000. Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Norway and Russia rounded out the top five.

Meanwhile, of the 'Big Five' countries, only Italy managed to finish in the top ten, for the third time in a row since its return, coming seventh. The Netherlands finished ninth in what was the country's first appearance in a final since 2004. For the first time since 1985, no country of the former Yugoslav federation participated in the final.

This year marked the first time that the "Parade of Nations", a concept that had been used in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2004, was used in Eurovision. It sees all countries performing in the grand 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. The idea has subsequently continued in every Eurovision edition from then onwards.

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

Results[]

First semi-final[]

Rank Country EBU member station Artist(s) Song Points
1 Denmark DR Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" 167
2 Russia Channel One Dina Garipova "What If" 156
3 Ukraine NTU Zlata Ognevich "Gravity" 140
4 Moldova TRM Aliona Moon "O mie" 95
5 Belgium RTBF Roberto Bellarosa "Love Kills" 75
6 Netherlands TROS Anouk "Birds" 75
7 Belarus BTRC Alyona Lanskaya "Solayoh" 64
8 Ireland RTÉ Ryan Dolan "Only Love Survives" 54
9 Lithuania LRT Andrius Pojavis "Something" 53
10 Estonia ERR Birgit "Et uus saaks alguse" 52
11 Serbia RTS Moje 3 "Ljubav je svuda" (Љубав је свуда) 46
12 Montenegro RTCG Who See
(with uncredited live vocals by Nina Žižić)
"Igranka" (Игранка) 41
13 Croatia HRT Klapa s Mora "Mižerja" 38
14 Austria ORF Natália Kelly "Shine" 27
15 Cyprus CyBC Despina Olympiou "An me thimase" (Aν με θυμάσαι) 11
16 Slovenia RTVSLO Hannah "Straight into Love" 8

Second semi-final[]

Rank Country EBU member station Artist(s) Song Points
1 Azerbaijan İTV Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" 139
2 Greece ERT Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis "Alcohol Is Free" 121
3 Norway NRK Margaret Berger "I Feed You My Love" 120
4 Malta PBS Gianluca "Tomorrow" 118
5 Romania TVR Cezar "It's My Life" 83
6 Iceland RÚV Eythor Ingi "Ég á líf" 72
7 Armenia AMPTV Dorians "Lonely Planet" 69
8 Hungary MTVA ByeAlex "Kedvesem" (Zoohacker Remix) 66
9 Finland Yle Krista Siegfrids "Marry Me" 64
10 Georgia GPB Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani "Waterfall" 63
11 San Marino SMRTV Valentina Monetta "Crisalide (Vola)" 47
12 Bulgaria BNT Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov "Samo shampioni" (Само шампиони) 45
13 Switzerland SRG SSR Takasa "You and Me" 41
14 Israel IBA Moran Mazor "Rak Bishvilo" (רק בשבילו) 40
15 Albania RTSH Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko "Identitet" 31
16 Macedonia MRT Esma and Lozano "Pred da se razdeni" (Пред да се раздени) 28
17 Latvia LTV PeR "Here We Go" 13

Finals[]

Country in gold is the winning entry, the country in silver is the host country, and the countries in lime are the "Big 5" countries which are rewarded with automatic spots in the finals.

Rank Country EBU member station Artist Song Points
01 Denmark DR Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" 281
02 Azerbaijan İTV Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" 234
03 Ukraine NTU Zlata Ognevich "Gravity" 214
04 Norway NRK Margaret Berger "I Feed You My Love" 191
05 Russia Channel One Dina Garipova "What If" 174
06 Greece ERT Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis "Alcohol Is Free" 152
07 Italy RAI Marco Mengoni "L'essenziale" 126
08 Malta PBS Gianluca "Tomorrow" 120
09 Netherlands TROS Anouk "Birds" 114
10 Hungary MTVA ByeAlex "Kedvesem" (Zoohacker Remix) 84
11 Moldova TRM Aliona Moon "O mie" 71
12 Belgium RTBF Roberto Bellarosa "Love Kills" 71
13 Romania TVR Cezar "It's My Life" 65
14 Sweden SVT Robin Stjernberg "You" 62
15 Georgia GPB Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani "Waterfall" 50
16 Belarus BTRC Alyona Lanskaya "Solayoh" 48
17 Iceland RÚV Eythor Ingi "Ég á líf" 47
18 Armenia AMPTV Dorians "Lonely Planet" 41
19 United Kingdom BBC Bonnie Tyler "Believe in Me" 23
20 Estonia ERR Birgit "Et uus saaks alguse" 19
21 Germany ARD/NDR Cascada "Glorious" 18
22 Lithuania LRT Andrius Pojavis "Something" 17
23 France France Télévisions Amandine Bourgeois "L'enfer et moi" 14
24 Finland Yle Krista Siegfrids "Marry Me" 13
25 Spain RTVE ESDM "Contigo hasta el final" 8
26 Ireland RTÉ Ryan Dolan "Only Love Survives" 5

Awards[]

Marcel Bezençon Awards[]

  • Artistic Award - "Hold Me" by Farid Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
  • Composers Award - "You" by Robin Stjernberg (Sweden)
  • Press Award - "Waterfall" by Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani (Georgia)

OGAE Poll[]

Rank Country Artist(s) Song Result
1 Denmark Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" 374
2 San Marino Valentina Monetta "Crisalide (Vola)" 282
3 Norway Margaret Berger "I Feed You My Love" 269
4 Germany Cascada "Glorious" 195
5 Italy Marco Mengoni "L'essenziale" 177

Barbara Dex Award[]

Rank Country Artist(s) Song
1 Serbia Moje 3 "Ljubav je svuda"
2 Romania Cezar "It's My Life"
3 Israel Moran Mazor "Rak Bishvilo"
4 Albania Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko "Identitet"
5 Montenegro Who See "Igranka"

Broadcasters[]

Participating countries[]

Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Shows Spokesperson
Albania TVSH, TVSH 2, RTSH Muzikë Andri Xhahu all shows Andri Xhahu
Armenia Armenia 1 André, Arevik Udumyan semi-finals André
Erik Antaranyan, Anna Avanesyan finals
Austria ORF eins Andi Knoll all Kati Bellowitsch
Azerbaijan İctimai Television Konul Arifgizi all shows Tamilla Shirinova
Belarus Belarus 1, Belarus-24 Evgeny Perlin all shows Darya Domracheva
Belgium (French) La Une Maureen Louys, Jean-Louis Lahaye all shows Barbara Louys
Belgium (Dutch) één, Radio 2 André Vermeulen, Tom De Cock all shows
Bulgaria BNT 1 Elena Rosberg, Georgi Kushvaliev all shows Joanna Dragneva
Croatia HRT2 Duško Čurlić semi-finals Uršula Tolj
HRT1 finals
HR 2 Robert Urlić first semi-finals & finals
Cyprus RIK 1, RIK Trito Melina Karageorgiou all shows Loukas Hamatsos
Denmark DR1 Ole Tøpholm all shows Sofie Lassen-Kahlke
Estonia ETV Marko Reikop all shows Rolf Roosalu
Raadio 2 Mart Juur,  Andrus Kivirähk first semi-finals & finals
Finland (Finnish) Yle TV2 Aino Töllinen, Juuso Mäkilähde all shows Kristiina Wheeler
Yle Radio Suomi Sanna Kojo, Jorma Hietamäki
Finland (Swedish) Yle TV2, Yle Radio Vega Eva Frantz, Johan Lindroos
France France Ô Audrey Chauveau, Bruno Berberes second semi-finals Marine Vignes
France 3 Cyril Féraud, Mireille Dumas finals
Georgia 1TV Temo Kvirkvelia all shows Liza Tsiklauri
Germany EinsFestival, NDR Fernsehen Peter Urban semi-finals Lena
Phoenix second semi-final
Das Erste finals
Greece NET, ERT HD, First Programme, Second Programme, Voice of Greece Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis all shows Adriana Magania
Hungary M1 Gábor Gundel Takács all shows Éva Novodomszky
Iceland RÚV, Rás 2 Felix Bergsson all shows María Sigrún Hilmarsdóttir
Ireland RTÉ Two Marty Whelan semi-finals Nicky Byrne
RTÉ One finals
RTÉ Radio 1 Shay Byrne, Zbyszek Zalinski first semi-finals & finals
Israel Channel 1 Hebrew subtitles all shows Ofer Nachshon
Channel 33 Arabic subtitles
88 FM Kobi Menora
Ofer Nachshon first semi-finals
Amit Kotler, Yuval Caspin second semi-finals
Ron Levinthal, Kobi Oshrat, Yhaloma Bat Porat finals
Italy Rai 5 Federica Gentile first semi-finals Federica Gentile
Rai 2, Rai HD Filippo Solibello, Marco Ardemagni, Natascha Lusenti finals
Latvia LTV Valters Frīdenbergs all shows Anmary
Kārlis Būmeistars finals
Lithuania LRT, LRT Radijas Darius Užkuraitis all shows Ignas Krupavičius
Macedonia MRT 1 Karolina Petkovska all shows Dimitar Atanasovski
Malta TVM, TVM HD Gordon Bonello, Rodney Gauci all shows Emma Hickey
Moldova Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Lidia Scarlat all shows Olivia Furtună
Montenegro TVCG 1, TVCG 2, TVCG MNE Dražen Bauković, Tamara Ivanković all shows Ivana Sebek
Radio Crne Gore, Radio 98 Sonja Savović, Sanja Pejović
Netherlands Nederland 1, BVN Jan Smit, Daniël Dekker all shows Cornald Maas
Norway NRK1 Olav Viksmo-Slettan all shows Tooji
NRK3 Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Therese Reiten Nordnes, Yngve Hustad Reite finals
Romania TVR1 Liana Stanciu all shows Sonia Argint
Russia Channel One Yana Churikova, Yuriy Aksuuta all shows Alsou
San Marino SMtv San Marino Lia Fiorio, Gigi Restivo all John Kennedy O'Connor
Serbia RTS1 Duška Vučinić-Lučić first semi-finals Maja Nikolić
Marina Nikolić second semi-finals
RTS2 Silvana Grujić finals
Slovenia RTVSLO2 Andrej Hofer semi finals Andrea F
RTVSLO1 finals
Spain La 2 José María Íñigo second semi-finals Inés Paz
La 1 finals
Sweden SVT1 Josefine Sundström all shows Yohio
SR P4 Carolina Norén
Ronnie Ritterland semi finals
Björn Kjellman finals
Switzerland (German) SF zwei Sven Epiney semi-finals Mélanie Freymond
SRF 1 finals
Switzerland (French) RTS Deux Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner second semi-finals & finals
Switzerland (Italian) RSI La 2 Alessandro Bertoglio semi-finals
RSI La 1 finals
Ukraine Pershyi Natsionalnyi Timur Miroshnychenko, Tetiana Terekhova all shows Matias
UR-1 Olena Zelinchenko
United Kingdom BBC Three Scott Mills, Ana Matronic semi-finals Scott Mills
BBC One Graham Norton finals
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce

Non-participating countries[]

Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Shows
Australia SBS One Julia Zemiro, Sam Pang all shows
Bosnia and Herzegovina BHT 1, BH Radio 1 Dejan Kukrić all shows
China CCTV-15 No commentators all shows
Kazakhstan El Arna Roman Raifeld, Kaldybek Zhaysanbay all shows
Portugal RTP1 Silvia Alberto all shows
Slovakia Rádio FM Daniel Baláž, Pavol Hubinák finals

Broadcast notes[]

  • China - all shows are broadcast on CCTV-15 between 5 and 7 October 2013, while the final was repeated on 19 January 2014.
  • Germany - Einsfestival provided a deferred broadcast of the second semi-finals, while NDR Fernsehen provided a deferred broadcast of both semi-finals.
  • Montenegro - TVCG 2 provided a deferred broadcast of all shows.
  • Portugal - RTP1 provided a deferred broadcast of both semi-finals.
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