Eurovision Song Contest 2017

The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in the International Exhibition
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, following Ukraine's victory at the 2016 contest in Stockholm with the song "1944", written and performed by
Jamala. This was the second time the contest took place in Kiev, after 2005, as well as the fourth Eurovision event, after the Junior Celebrate Diversity
Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 and 2013. The contest consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and a final on 13 May 2017. All
three live shows were hosted byOleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Portugal and Romania returned to the contest after a year's absence, while Bosnia and
Herzegovina withdrew on financial grounds.Russia had originally planned to participate, but announced their withdrawal on 13 April 2017,
after their representative,Yulia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of having travelled directly from Russia to Crimea
in 2015, a region that wasannexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law
.

The winner was Portugal with the song "Amar pelos dois" (Loving For Both of Us), performed by Salvador Sobral and written by his sister
Luísa Sobral. This was Portugal's first win – and first top five placing – in 53 years of participation, the longest winless run by a country in
Eurovision history. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since Serbia's "Molitva" in 2007, and
the first winner written in triple metre since Ireland's "The Voice" in 1996. Additionally, this was the second consecutive year in which a
returning country won the contest following Ukraine's victory in2016. The top three countries – Portugal,Bulgaria and Moldova – achieved
the highest placing in their Eurovision history, while host country Ukraine received its worst placing to date in a Eurovision final. The 2017
edition also saw the worst results forSerbia, Montenegro, Latvia, Spain, Malta and San Marino. The EBU reported that 182 million viewers
worldwide watched the contest, 22 million fewer than the 2016 record. Dates
Semi-final 1 9 May 2017
Semi-final 2 11 May 2017

Contents Final 13 May 2017

Host
Location
Venue Venue International Exhibition Centre,
Bidding phase Kiev, Ukraine
Host selection
Presenter(s) Oleksandr Skichko
Format
Semi-final allocation draw Volodymyr Ostapchuk
Visual design Timur Miroshnychenko
Presenters
Directed by Troels Lund
Promotional emojis
Opening and interval acts Alexander Kolb
Participating countries Ladislaus Kiraly
Returning artists
Executive Jon Ola Sand
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
supervisor
Final Executive Pavlo Hrytsak
Scoreboard producer
Semi-final 1 Host National Public Broadcasting
12 points
broadcaster Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC)
Jury
Televoting Opening act Semi-final 1: "Spinning" performed
Semi-final 2 by Monatik
12 points
Semi-final 2: Eurovision Medley
Jury
performed by Oleksandr Skichko
Televoting
and Volodymyr Ostapchuk
Final
12 points Final: The 26 participants of the
Jury 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
Televote were introduced in the traditional
Other countries flag ceremony
Active EBU members
Interval act Semi-final 1: "1944" and
Associate EBU members
"Zamanyly" performed by Jamala,
EBU non-members
Verka Serduchka video - part 1
International broadcasts and voting
Voting and spokespersons Semi-final 2: Apache CREW
Commentators performing The Children's
Non-participating countries Courtyard,
International sign broadcast Verka Serduchka video - part 2
Incidents Final: "It's Magical" performed by
French song submission Ruslana,
Russian withdrawal
ONUKA & NAOFI (National
Israeli broadcaster compromise
Academic Orchestra of Folk
Argument for using pre-recorded vocals live
Instruments of Ukraine),
Norwegian jury replacement
Estonian technical issues "I Believe in U" performed by
Salvador Sobral's political message Jamala together with Anna Kuksa,
Jamala stage invasion Naile Ibraimova and Kemi Oke
Other awards Participants
Marcel Bezençon Awards
Number of 42
OGAE
Barbara Dex Award entries
 Official album Debuting None
Charts countries
See also Returning Portugal
Notes countries Romania
References
Withdrawing Bosnia and Herzegovina
External links countries Russia
Participation map

Location

Venue
The contest took place in the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, following
Ukraine's victory at the 2016 contest with the song "1944", written and performed by
Jamala. The International Exhibition Centre has a capacity of approximately 11,000
attendees and is the largest exhibition centre in Kiev.[1] Located in the western part of
the Livoberezhna microdistrict, the centre was opened in October 2002, and its head
since its construction was Anatoly Tkachenko.[1]
The venue of the contest, International
Participating countries
Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine
Bidding phase Did not qualify from the semi final
Countries that participated in the past but not in
The Deputy Chief of host broadcaster National Public Broadcasting Company of
2017
Ukraine (UA:PBC) and Head of Delegation for Ukraine, Viktoria Romanova, stated on 18 May 2016 that the first organisational meeting
for the contest would take place before 8 June, during which the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and UA:PBC would go through the Vote
technical requirements for the contest, as well as any training required for the contest to take place in Ukraine. Romanova also announced
Voting Each country awards two sets of
.[2][3][4]
that the venue for the contest would be announced over the summer
system 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10
UA:PBC and the Ukrainian Government formally launched the bidding process for interested cities to apply to host the contest on 23 favourite songs: one from their
June.[5][6] The selection of the host city was scheduled to be conducted in four stages: professional jury and the other
from televoting.
24 June – 8 July: Interested cities were formally invited to submit their bids.
Nul points None
8–15 July: A working group within UA:PBC and a government-appointed Local Organisational Committee (LOC) headed
by Ukrainian Prime MinisterVolodymyr Groysman reviewed submitted bids prior to their formal presentation. Winning Portugal
18–22 July: Candidate cities formally presented their bids to the LOC. The bids of three cities were shortlisted and handed song "Amar pelos dois"
over to the EBU.
22 July – 1 August: The three shortlisted cities were inspected by representatives from the EBU and LOC to explore their
infrastructure and implementation of their bids. A press conference was initially planned to be held during this period to announce
the selection results and the host city.
Kiev
[7]
The following criteria were outlined for the selection of the host city: Lviv Kharkiv

Dnipro
The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 7,000 but ideally up to 10,000 attendees.
An international press centre must be able to accommodate no less than 1,550 journalists.
Odessa Kherson
Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 3,000 attendees.
The host city must have fairly priced hotel rooms to European standards, that are located in close proximity to the venue and the
city centre. At least 2,000 hotel rooms must be provided: 1,000 for participating delegations and 1,000 for accredited media and
fans.
Locations of the candidate cities: the
The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests. eliminated cities are marked in red, with
The host city must have modern transport infrastructure: an international airport and readily available transport between the the shortlisted cities in green and the
airport, the city and hotels, in addition to convenient traf
fic in the city and the opportunity to provide additional transport routes.
chosen host city in blue.
The host city must provide a social program alongside their bid, showcasing the hospitality , originality, cultural values and identity
of both the city and Ukraine.
Six cities submitted applications by the deadline of 8 July: Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kiev, Lviv and Odessa.[8] Prior to the opening of the bidding process, the cities of Cherkasy, Irpin, Uzhhorod and
Vinnytsia had declared their interest in hosting the contest, but did not submit a formal bid.[9][10] Ukrainian Culture MinisterYevhen Nyshchuk stated on 30 June that an appropriate venue for the contest
[11]
does not exist in Ukraine, suggesting that the construction of a new venue in Kiev or Lviv should be considered.

The six candidate cities were officially presented to the LOC on 20 July in a two-hour live discussion show titled City Battle, broadcast from the UA:Pershyi studios in Kiev and moderated by Timur
Miroshnychenko, with radio commentary from Olena Zelinchenko. The show was broadcast on UA:Pershyi, Radio Ukraine and the UA:Pershyi YouTube channel with commentary in English and
[12]
Ukrainian. During the show, a representative from each candidate city presented its bid in front of a live studio audience:

Dnipro: Borys Filatov (City Mayor) Kiev: Oleksii Reznikov (Deputy Head of City State Administration)
Kharkiv: Ihor Terekhov (Deputy City Mayor) Lviv: Andrii Moskalenko (Deputy City Mayor)
Kherson: Volodymyr Mykolaienko (City Mayor) Odessa: Pavlo Vugelman (Deputy City Mayor)
Members of the LOC, media representatives, Ukrainian musical experts and fans also participated in the discussion.

Host selection
[13]
UA:PBC announced on 22 July that the bids from Dnipro, Kiev and Odessa had been shortlisted for further consideration.

The EBU announced on 30 July that the host city would be announced "in due course", rather than on the previously stated date of 1 August, with Executive Supervisor of the contest Jon Ola Sand
stating that the EBU "really want to take the time it takes to come up with the right decision".[14] The Deputy General Director of UA:PBC, Oleksandr Kharebin, stated on 10 August that the host city
would be announced on Ukrainian Independence Day, 24 August.[15] The announcement was later scheduled to take place on 25 August; however, it was postponed at 14:00 EEST, one hour before it
[16]
was due to take place, with NTU citing the need to further consider some fine details regarding the decision.

After several delays in announcing the host city, UA:PBC announced on 8 September that they would be meeting with the Ukrainian Government and the LOC on 9 September and that a press
conference to announce the host city was scheduled to take place at 13:00 EEST on the same day from the Government Press Centre in Kiev. Kiev was announced as the host city for the contest with the
[17][18]
International Exhibition Centre selected as the venue.

Key † Host venue ‡ Shortlisted

 City[19] Venue Capacity Notes

Dnipro Proposal included the complete reconstruction of theMeteor Stadium and Sports Complex Meteor, which would have been completed
DniproEuroArena 9,500
‡ by March 2017.[20] Withdrew after the host city announcement being postponed for a fourth time.

Metalist Oblast Hosted three group stage matches ofUEFA Euro 2012 & EAMV Recording Label. Would have required significant construction
Kharkiv 40,003
Sports Complex including the addition of a roof.[21]
"Yuvileinyi" [22]
Kherson 1,600 Proposal included expansion and reconstruction of the venue, which would have taken approximately 7–8 months.
Concert Hall

Palace of Sports Hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2005and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009. May have conflicted with contest preparations
10,000 [23]
‡ as the venue will host part of the2017 IIHF World Championship Division Iice hockey tournament between 22–28 April 2017.
Kiev †
International Venue was initially submitted as a reserve.[24][25] Kiev later announced on 24 August 2016 that this was their preferred venue for
11,000
Exhibition Centre staging the contest.[26]

Arena Lviv 34,915 [27]

Hosted three of the group-stage games forUEFA Euro 2012. The arena required the construction of a roof.
Lviv
Unfinished venue N/A [27]
An unfinished venue originally planned forEuroBasket 2015 that was 25% complete when construction halted.
Odessa Chornomorets [28][29]
34,000 Proposal included plans for reconstruction of the venue and options for providing a covered roof.
‡ Stadium

Format
The preliminary dates for the contest were announced on 14 March 2016 at a meeting of Heads of Delegation in Stockholm, with the semi-finals
expected to take place on 16 and 18 May and the final on 20 May 2017. These preliminary dates were chosen by the EBU to avoid the contest coinciding
[30]
with any major television and sporting events scheduled to take place around that time.

However, the EBU announced on 24 June that the preliminary dates for the contest had been brought forward a week, with the semi-finals scheduled for
9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May.[5] This was reportedly due to a request from UA:PBC, as the initial preliminary dates coincided with the
Remembrance Day for the victims of theDeportation of the Crimean Tatars on 18 May.[31][32] However, the current dates coincide with the second leg of
the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League semi-finals.[32]
Hosts Volodymyr Ostapchuk and
Oleksandr Skichko (from rehearsal)
Semi-final allocation draw
The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at Column Hall on 31 January 2017, hosted
by Timur Miroshnychenko and Nika Konstantinova. The thirty-seven semi-finalists had been allocated into six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting
[33]
partner Digame. Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called "bloc voting" and increase suspense in the semi-finals.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Albania Denmark Armenia Bulgaria Australia Belgium

Croatia Estonia Azerbaijan Cyprus Austria Ireland
Macedonia Finland Belarus Greece Czech Republic Latvia
Montenegro Iceland Georgia Hungary Malta Lithuania
Serbia Norway Israel Moldova Portugal Netherlands
Slovenia Sweden Russia[b] Romania San Marino Poland
Switzerland[a]

Visual design
The theme for the contest, Celebrate Diversity, was unveiled on 30 January. Executive Supervisor for the contest, Jon Ola Sand, explained that "[t]he notion of celebrating diversity is at the heart of
Eurovision values From EAMV Recording Label: it is all-inclusive and all about countries around Europe, and beyond, joining together to celebrate both our common ground and our unique differences,
beads, with the main logo using the beads to form atraditional neck amulet.[34][35]
as well as some great music." The logo and visual design of the contest incorporates imagery of stylized

Presenters
It was announced on 27 February that the presenters for the contest would be Oleksandr Skichko and Volodymyr Ostapchuk, with Timur Miroshnychenko hosting the green room.[36] It was the first time
that the contest will be presented by a male trio,[36] and the second time that the contest does not feature a female presenter, after 1956. Miroshnychenko has previously co-hosted the Junior Eurovision
Song Contest in 2009 and 2013.[37][38]

Promotional emojis
It was announced on 30 April that the creative teams from both the Eurovision network and Twitter had worked together to create three emoji that
would accompany specific promotional hashtags for the duration of the contest. The heart emoji would appear alongside #ESC2017 and
#Eurovision, while the winners' trophy emoji would be used for #12Points and #douzepoints. The final emoji is the logo for the contest, which
would appear alongside the hashtag#CelebrateDiversity, the theme for the contest.[39]

Opening and interval acts

The three emoji exclusively created by
The EBU released details regarding the opening and interval acts for each of the live shows on 20 April.[40] As the interval act of the first semi-
Eurovision and Twitter.
final, Jamala performed a revamped version of "1944" as well as "Zamanyly" (Ukrainian: "Заманили").[40] The second semi-final was opened with
a medley of Eurovision songs by two of the presenters, Oleksandr Skichko and Volodymyr Ostapchuk, while the interval of the semi-final was a
dance performance by Apache CREW called "The Children's Courtyard". In the final, Jamala again performed, this time doing "I Believe in U".[40] ONUKA and Ukraine's National Academic Orchestra
of Folk Instruments also performed.[41]

Participating countries
The European Broadcasting Union announced on 31 October 2016 that forty-three countries would participate in the contest, equalling the record set in
2008 and 2011. Portugal and Romania returned after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew on financial grounds.[42] Russia had
originally planned to participate but announced their withdrawal on 13 April 2017, after their representative, Yulia Samoylova, was banned from entering
Ukraine by virtue of travelling directly fromRussia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under
[43][44]
Ukrainian law. This subsequently reduced the number of participating countries to forty-two.

Returning artists
The contest featured five representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same countries. Valentina Monetta, who performed in a
duet this time, represented San Marino in three consecutive editions: 2012, 2013, and 2014. The duo of Koit Toome and Laura Põldvere have both Participating countries in the first
represented Estonia in different years: Toome in 1998 as a solo artist, finishing 12th place with the song "Mere lapsed", and Põldvere in 2005 as part of semi-final
Suntribe, finishing 20th in the semi-final with the song "Let's Get Loud". Omar Naber represented Slovenia in 2005, finishing 12th in the semi-final with Pre-qualified for the final but also
the song "Stop".[45] The SunStroke Project represented Moldova in 2010 alongside Olia Tira, finishing 22nd with the song "Run Away".[46] voting in the first semi-final
Participating countries in the
The contest also featured the group O'G3NE which previously represented the Netherlands at another Eurovision event, the Junior Eurovision Song
second semi-final
Contest 2007, as Lisa, Amy and Shelley, with the song "Adem in, Adem Uit".[47] In addition, the contest featured two lead singers previously
Pre-qualified for the final but also
participating as backing vocalists for the same countries.Israel's representative Imri Ziv who backed Nadav Guedj in 2015 and Hovi Star in 2016,[48] and
voting in the second semi-final
Serbia's representativeTijana Bogićević who backed Nina in 2011.

Semi-final 1
Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final.Italy, Spain and United Kingdom voted in this semi-final.[49] The highlighted countries qualified for the final.[50]

Draw[51] Country[52] Artist[52] Song[52] Language Place Points

01 Sweden Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" English 3 227

02 Georgia Tamara Gachechiladze "Keep the Faith" English 11 99

03 Australia Isaiah "Don't Come Easy" English 6 160

04 Albania Lindita "World" English 14 76

05 Belgium Blanche "City Lights" English 4 165

06 Montenegro Slavko Kalezić "Space" English 16 56

07 Finland Norma John "Blackbird" English 12 92

08 Azerbaijan Dihaj "Skeletons" English 8 150

09 Portugal Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" Portuguese 1 370

10 Greece Demy "This Is Love" English 10 115

11 Poland Kasia Moś "Flashlight" English 9 119

12 Moldova Sunstroke Project "Hey, Mamma!" English 2 291

13 Iceland Svala "Paper" English 15 60

14 Czech Republic Martina Bárta "My Turn" English 13 83

15 Cyprus Hovig "Gravity" English 5 164

16 Armenia Artsvik "Fly with Me" English 7 152

17 Slovenia Omar Naber "On My Way" English 17 36

18 Latvia Triana Park "Line" English 18 21

Semi-final 2
Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. France, Germany and Ukraine voted in this semi-final.[49] Russia was originally planned to perform in position three, but withdrew from the
contest after the artist they selected was banned from entering Ukraine, resulting in countries originally planned to perform fourth and later, to do so one place earlier.[43] The highlighted countries
qualified for the final.[53]
 Draw[51] Country[54] Artist[54] Song[54] Language Place Points

01 Serbia Tijana Bogićević "In Too Deep" English 11 98

02 Austria Nathan Trent "Running on Air" English 7 147

03 Macedonia Jana Burčeska "Dance Alone" English 15 69

04 Malta Claudia Faniello "Breathlessly" English 16 55

05 Romania Ilinca ft. Alex Florea "Yodel It!" English 6 174

06 Netherlands O'G3NE "Lights and Shadows" English 4 200

07 Hungary Joci Pápai "Origo" Hungarian[c] 2 231

08 Denmark Anja "Where I Am" English 10 101

09 Ireland Brendan Murray "Dying to Try" English 13 86

10 San Marino Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson "Spirit of the Night" English 18 1

11 Croatia Jacques Houdek "My Friend" English, Italian 8 141

12 Norway JOWST[d] "Grab the Moment" English 5 189

13 Switzerland Timebelle "Apollo" English 12 97

14 Belarus Naviband "Story of My Life" Belarusian[e] 9 110

15 Bulgaria Kristian Kostov "Beautiful Mess" English 1 403

16 Lithuania Fusedmarc "Rain of Revolution" English 17 42

17 Estonia Koit Toome and Laura "Verona" English 14 85

18 Israel IMRI "I Feel Alive" English 3 207

Final
Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 42 participating countries eligible to vote. The running order for the final was revealed after the second semi-final qualifiers' press conference on 11
May.[56]

Draw Country[57] Artist[57] Song[57] Language Place Points

01 Israel IMRI "I Feel Alive" English 23 39

02 Poland Kasia Moś "Flashlight" English 22 64

03 Belarus Naviband "Story of My Life" Belarusian[e] 17 83

04 Austria Nathan Trent "Running on Air" English 16 93

05 Armenia Artsvik "Fly with Me" English 18 79

06 Netherlands O'G3NE "Lights and Shadows" English 11 150

07 Moldova Sunstroke Project "Hey, Mamma!" English 3 374

08 Hungary Joci Pápai "Origo" Hungarian[c] 8 200

09 Italy Francesco Gabbani "Occidentali's Karma" Italian[f] 6 334

10 Denmark Anja "Where I Am" English 20 77

11 Portugal Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" Portuguese 1 758

12 Azerbaijan Dihaj "Skeletons" English 14 120

13 Croatia Jacques Houdek "My Friend" English, Italian 13 128

14 Australia Isaiah "Don't Come Easy" English 9 173

15 Greece Demy "This Is Love" English 19 77

16 Spain Manel Navarro "Do It for Your Lover" Spanish, English 26 5

17 Norway JOWST[d] "Grab the Moment" English 10 158

18 United Kingdom Lucie Jones "Never Give Up on You" English 15 111

19 Cyprus Hovig "Gravity" English 21 68

20 Romania Ilinca ft. Alex Florea "Yodel It!" English 7 282

21 Germany Levina "Perfect Life" English 25 6

22 Ukraine O.Torvald "Time" English 24 36

23 Belgium Blanche "City Lights" English 4 363

24 Sweden Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" English 5 344

25 Bulgaria Kristian Kostov "Beautiful Mess" English 2 615

26 France Alma "Requiem" French, English 12 135

Scoreboard

Semi-final 1
 Semi-final 1
Place Televoting Points Jury Points

1 Portugal 197 Portugal 173

2 Moldova 180 Australia 139

3 Belgium 125 Sweden 124

4 Sweden 103 Moldova 111

5 Cyprus 103 Azerbaijan 87

6 Poland 69 Armenia 87

7 Armenia 65 Czech Republic 81

8 Azerbaijan 63 Georgia 62

9 Greece 54 Greece 61

10 Finland 51 Cyprus 61

11 Montenegro 39 Poland 50

12 Albania 38 Finland 41

13 Georgia 37 Belgium 40

14 Iceland 31 Albania 38

15 Australia 21 Iceland 29

16 Slovenia 20 Montenegro 17

17 Latvia 20 Slovenia 16

18 Czech Republic 2 Latvia 1

 Voting results [58]

United Kingdom
Czech Republic
Televote Score
Jury vote

Montenegro
Split Jury &
Total Score

Azerbaijan
Televoting vote

Australia

Slovenia
Moldova
Portugal

Armenia
Sweden

Belgium
Georgia

Albania

Finland

Greece

Iceland

Cyprus
Poland

Latvia

Spain
Italy
124 8 8 4 12 6 12 5 2 4 8 8 10 8 5 7 2 10 3 2
Sweden 227
103 4 8 10 5 3 7 6 10 3 5 1 10 2 5 4 5 7 1 6 1

62 6 1 3 3 6 3 4 10 5 7 6 5 2 1
Georgia 99
37 12 6 6 2 1 8 2

139 12 6 5 10 3 8 7 6 8 6 10 12 7 1 12 10 1 8 7
Australia 160
21 2 1 1 1 2 6 2 3 3

38 10 10 10 8
Albania 76
38 12 3 5 10 1 7

40 3 3 1 7 2 3 3 2 5 5 2 4
Belgium 165
125 10 5 4 8 2 10 7 8 4 8 7 6 4 6 8 10 6 8 4

17 8 7 2
Montenegro 56
39 1 7 3 5 8 2 1 6 5 1

41 7 7 7 1 3 3 1 6 6
Finland 92
51 8 2 5 3 7 1 4 3 3 2 5 5 3

87 10 3 7 5 7 8 8 4 6 4 4 3 1 12 5
Azerbaijan 150
63 12 1 6 1 12 12 10 7 2

173 5 12 6 6 7 4 10 12 5 12 12 12 7 10 7 8 12 4 12 10
Portugal 370
197 12 8 10 12 12 7 12 8 10 12 6 12 7 6 7 12 12 10 12 10

61 1 8 12 2 2 7 1 12 10 6
Greece 115
54 2 3 6 6 4 5 2 12 5 4 5

50 12 2 4 2 3 1 1 8 2 2 4 3 6
Poland 119
69 6 3 2 8 1 2 3 5 8 3 2 3 8 3 12

111 10 3 10 12 1 5 6 5 10 3 6 8 6 7 7 12
Moldova 291
180 5 6 12 7 10 10 8 10 12 7 10 8 10 7 10 10 8 12 10 8

29 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 3 8 1
Iceland 60
31 7 1 4 5 1 4 7 2

81 4 1 4 6 2 4 12 3 5 1 4 10 7 10 8
Czech Republic 83
2 2

61 8 5 8 7 6 4 5 12 3 3
Cyprus 164
103 4 7 6 3 4 5 6 3 12 7 7 4 4 12 4 6 3 6

87 7 5 10 8 4 4 12 6 10 5 1 4 6 5
Armenia 152
65 3 10 5 7 4 8 6 4 5 8 1 4

16 1 4 1 1 5 4
Slovenia 36
20 2 8 2 4 3 1

1 1
Latvia 21
20 1 4 5 1 2 7

12 points
Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

Jury
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the first semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points

7 Portugal Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iceland, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Spain
3 Australia Czech Republic, Slovenia, Sweden
Greece Montenegro, Cyprus
2 Moldova Albania, United Kingdom
Sweden Belgium, Finland
Armenia Greece
Azerbaijan Italy
1 Cyprus Armenia
Czech Republic Portugal
Poland Australia
Televoting
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the first semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points

9 Portugal Albania, Belgium, Finland,Iceland, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Azerbaijan Czech Republic, Georgia, Moldova
3
Moldova Australia, Italy, Portugal
2 Cyprus Armenia, Greece
Albania Montenegro
Georgia Azerbaijan
1
Greece Cyprus
Poland United Kingdom

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2
Place Televoting Points Jury Points

1 Bulgaria 204 Bulgaria 199

2 Hungary 165 Netherlands 149

3 Romania 148 Norway 137

4 Israel 132 Austria 115

5 Croatia 104 Denmark 96

6 Estonia 69 Israel 75

7 Belarus 55 Hungary 66

8 Norway 52 Malta 55

9 Netherlands 51 Belarus 55

10 Switzerland 49 Serbia 53

11 Serbia 45 Switzerland 48

12 Ireland 41 Ireland 45

13 Macedonia 40 Croatia 37

14 Austria 32 Macedonia 29

15 Lithuania 25 Romania 26

16 Denmark 5 Lithuania 17

17 San Marino 1 Estonia 16

18 Malta 0 San Marino 0

 Voting results [59]

Jury vote
Televoting vote

53 2 6 4 8 2 2 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 7
Serbia 98
45 6 12 10 12 5

115 6 3 5 8 8 7 10 7 5 4 7 6 12 4 5 8 4 6
Austria 147
32 1 1 4 6 3 3 1 4 2 3 4

29 5 8 2 3 8 3
Macedonia 69
40 10 4 6 3 12 5

55 2 6 8 1 3 5 1 1 5 7 1 4 2 6 3
Malta 55
0

26 10 4 1 4 3 4
Romania 174
148 6 7 3 7 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 5 7 6 12 10 12 7 5

149 8 8 6 6 12 10 10 3 12 12 8 8 8 8 5 6 5 8 6
Netherlands 200
51 4 2 3 6 7 5 3 2 3 4 1 2 4 5

66 12 3 5 3 3 10 2 5 2 2 12 7
Hungary 231
165 12 12 6 6 12 10 4 6 10 12 6 8 10 8 5 8 7 7 10 6

96 4 7 5 10 10 6 1 5 8 10 3 2 4 6 8 4 2 1
Denmark 101
5 1 4

45 10 1 3 5 2 2 1 8 7 4 2
Ireland 86
41 3 1 4 6 2 5 2 2 3 4 7 1 1

0
San Marino 1
1 1

37 3 1 7 2 4 1 3 6 5 5
Croatia 141
104 7 10 8 8 5 4 10 7 6 1 10 4 6 2 5 2 6 3

137 1 5 2 7 7 12 7 10 4 10 10 5 12 10 10 3 12 10
Norway 189
52 3 2 5 5 10 2 6 3 7 3 2 4

48 4 1 6 4 4 8 5 3 7 3 1 2
Switzerland 97
49 4 2 5 5 10 1 1 5 1 2 4 1 2 4 2

55 7 7 3 7 1 3 5 10 12
Belarus 110
55 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 5 8 6 8 3 12

199 10 12 12 12 8 12 12 6 12 8 6 12 12 12 10 12 6 7 10 8
Bulgaria 403
204 8 8 10 12 8 12 12 12 10 12 8 12 6 12 10 10 12 8 12 10

17 4 6 7
Lithuania 42
25 12 10 1 1 1

16 2 2 3 1 1 7
Estonia 85
69 4 2 3 4 2 3 5 1 8 2 12 6 6 3 8

75 7 10 4 5 1 5 6 3 7 4 10 12 1
Israel 207
132 5 5 7 10 7 7 8 6 4 7 5 7 5 7 10 3 4 10 8 7

12 points
Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

Jury
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the second semi-final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points

10 Bulgaria Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Macedonia, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland
Netherlands Croatia, Romania, San Marino
3
Norway Denmark, Germany, Lithuania
2 Hungary Israel, Serbia
Austria Bulgaria
1 Belarus Ukraine
Israel France

Televoting
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the second semi-final:
 N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
9 Bulgaria Belarus, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, San Marino
4 Hungary Austria, Croatia, Romania,Serbia
Romania France, Estonia
2
Serbia Macedonia, Switzerland
Belarus Ukraine
Estonia Lithuania
1
Lithuania Ireland
Macedonia Bulgaria

Final

Final
Place Televoting Points Jury Points

1 Portugal 376 Portugal 382

2 Bulgaria 337 Bulgaria 278

3 Moldova 264 Sweden 218

4 Belgium 255 Australia 171

5 Romania 224 Netherlands 135

6 Italy 208 Norway 129

7 Hungary 152 Italy 126

8 Sweden 126 Moldova 110

9 Croatia 103 Belgium 108

10 France 90 United Kingdom 99

11 Azerbaijan 42 Austria 93

12 Poland 41 Azerbaijan 78

13 Belarus 33 Denmark 69

14 Cyprus 32 Armenia 58

15 Norway 29 Romania 58

16 Greece 29 Belarus 50

17 Ukraine 24 Hungary 48

18 Armenia 21 Greece 48

19 Netherlands 15 France 45

20 United Kingdom 12 Cyprus 36

21 Denmark 8 Israel 34

22 Israel 5 Croatia 25

23 Spain 5 Poland 23

24 Germany 3 Ukraine 12

25 Australia 2 Germany 3

26 Austria 0 Spain 0
 Voting results [60]

Jury vote
Televoting
vote

34 4 1 8 6 7
Israel 39
5 1 3 1

23 2 6 2 7 1
Poland 64
41 2 4 1 2 3 7 3

50 7 12 2 5 3 1 2 2 3
Belarus 83
33 3 2 6 2 6 1 1

93 1 3 4 3 12 1 4 7 1 5 2 7 1 6 5 2
Austria 93
0

58 7 1 4 1 3 8 2 4 3 1 6
Armenia 79
21 1 2 6 10 2

135 4 12 5 10 8 8 5 4 4 1 7 8 4 2
Netherlands 150
15 10 1 1 1

110 8 10 10 3 3 3 7 3 8 1 6
Moldova 374
264 6 12 3 10 10 7 10 4 6 5 8 4 5 7 7 6 10 6 8 5 12 8 8 2 1

48 5 12 1 1 4 3 1
Hungary 200
152 6 5 7 8 1 6 12 3 8 4 2 3 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 2

126 12 2 6 10 7 10 2 4 5 2 8 12
Italy 334
208 12 4 2 6 6 5 7 8 1 5 8 5 5 4 7 4 7 1 8 3 5 8 12 4

69 5 3 3 6 5 4 5 3 7
Denmark 77
8 8

382 6 12 7 8 8 10 8 7 8 12 10 8 8 12 12 10 5 12 12 5 12 5 12 12 10 10 7
Portugal 758
376 8 10 7 12 8 7 12 7 10 7 8 5 10 12 12 8 12 8 7 12 10 12 5 10 12 7 8 6

78 2 4 5 1 10 10 4 1 12 5
Azerbaijan 120
42 10 12 10

25 1 3 6
Croatia 128
103 7 1 4 1 8 5 3 6 10 3

Jury vote
Televoting
vote

171 4 7 6 6 4 10 8 7 10 2 5 7 10 5 1 8 4
Australia 173
2 2

48 1 10 5 6 12
Greece 77
29 3 1 5 12 7

0
Spain 5
5

129 5 3 6 7 2 6 10 1 7 7 12 6 1 2 5 3 7 10 2
Norway 158
29 5 7 2 1 1 6

United 99 8 4 12 1 2 5 5 6 2 3 6 1 3 7 4 3
111
Kingdom 12 3 4 4

36 7 5 5 4 12
Cyprus 68
32 12 3 2 12 2

58 3 3 3 6 8 3 4 5 12
Romania 282
224 4 2 10 10 2 2 6 8 6 4 6 4 6 3 10 6 1 6 5 12 7 10 5 4 6 12

3 3
Germany 6
3

12 7 1 4
Ukraine 36
24 1 7 4 7

108 2 3 2 2 2 12 8 7 10 4
Belgium 363
255 5 5 4 8 4 6 4 5 2 4 6 12 10 8 10 5 8 10 5 6 2 12 10 4 5 2

218 6 6 4 8 12 4 6 7 12 3 12 8 8 4 1 8 6 10 10 6 1 8
Sweden 344
126 2 3 6 1 3 3 2 2 2 5 12 3 6 1 3 3 8 3 4 3 5 7 3

278 10 8 10 2 12 10 10 7 2 4 12 6 5 6 8 2 10 6 10 7 2 8 7 12 8 10
Bulgaria 615
337 10 7 5 7 12 12 8 8 10 12 10 7 7 4 7 5 10 12 4 6 10 8 7 7 12 10 8

France 135 45 5 3 1 2 6 6 5 4
 90 1 8 5 4 3 12 3 3 1 1 3 4 1 4 1 6 5

12 points
Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.

Jury

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points

Armenia, Czech Republic,France, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia,Spain, Sweden,
18 Portugal
Switzerland, United Kingdom
4 Bulgaria Belarus, Estonia, Macedonia, Norway
3 Sweden Belgium, Denmark, Finland
Belarus Azerbaijan, Ukraine
Netherlands Austria, Romania
2 Italy Albania, Malta
Azerbaijan Italy, Portugal
Greece Cyprus, Montenegro
Austria Bulgaria
Hungary Croatia
Norway Germany
United
1 Australia
Kingdom
Cyprus Greece
Romania Moldova
Belgium Ireland

Televote

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points

12 Portugal Austria, Belgium, Finland,France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland
7 Bulgaria Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, San Marino, United Kingdom
5 Moldova Australia, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Ukraine
4 Belgium Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Sweden
Hungary Croatia, Serbia
Italy Albania, Malta
2 Croatia Montenegro, Slovenia
Cyprus Greece, Armenia
Romania Moldova, Ireland
Azerbaijan Georgia
Greece Cyprus
1
Sweden Denmark
France Bulgaria

Other countries
Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision
network.[61] The EBU issued an invitation of participation in the contest to all fifty-six active members and associate member Australia, with forty-two countries confirming their participation.[42]
Morocco, Tunisia and five other countries did not publish their reasons for declining, however the following countries declined to participate, stating their reasons as shown below
.

Active EBU members

[62]
Andorra – Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) announced on 19 May 2016 that Andorra would not participate in the contest.
Bosnia and Herzegovina– Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) announced on 28 September 2016 hat t Bosnia and Herzegovina would not participate in
[63] BHRT was also suffering from financial difficulties due to insufficient legislation that
the contest due to their inability to secure stable funding and sponsorship for participation.
would ensure its continued operation. The EBU had threatened to withdraw BHR T from all member services in May 2016, due to non-payment of debts totalling 6 million Swiss
francs (€5.4 million).[64][65][66] Recent news sources have revealed that the EBU have now begun to impose sanctions on BHR T as a result of outstanding debts.[67]
Luxembourg – While RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (RTL) announced on 25 May 2016 that theywould not participate in the contest,[68] the Petitions Committee of theLuxembourgish
Government announced on 21 June that they had received a petition calling on T RL to return to the contest. The Luxembourgish Government have decided to debate the
proposals set out in the petition, and the possibility ofLuxembourg returning to the contest in future.[69] RTL reiterated its intention not to participateon 22 August.[70]
[71]
Monaco – Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) announced on 19 August 2016 that Monaco would not participate in the contest.
Russia – Russia had originally planned to participate in the contest with the songFlame" Is Burning", performed by Yulia Samoylova. However, Channel One Russia withdrew
from the contest on 13 April 2017, after Samoylova was issued a three-year travel ban by the Security Service of Ukraine(SBU) from entering Ukraine on 22 March, by virtue of
illegally travelling directly fromRussia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, in 2015 to give a performance.[43][44]
Slovakia – Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) explained on 12 April 2016 that Slovakia's absence from the contest since2012 was due to the "cost involved in
participation". RTVS' PR manager, Juraj Kadáš, stated that while participating in the contest is an attractive project, TVS R has a programming strategy that gives priority to
financing domestic television production.[72] RTVS announced on 6 September that theyhave yet to make a decision,[73] but announced on 24 October that they would not
participate in the contest.[74]
Turkey – Despite speculation surrounding their participation, theTurkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) issued a written statement to the EBUon 12 May 2016
stating their participation in the contest. Turkey withdrew after last participating in 2012, due to their discontent at the introduction of a mixed voting system to the contest and the

automatic qualification of theBig Five for the final.[75] Turkish media reported on 28 September that a decision would be made in early October
,[76] with various news sources
 automatic qualification of theBig Five for the final.[75] Turkish media reported on 28 September that a decision would be made in early October ,[76] with various news sources
reporting that several non-governmental organizations were cooperating to persuade TR T to return to the contest in 2017.[77] However, it was reported on 23 October thatthe
Director General of NTU, Zurab Alaskan Ia, had stated that TR T had refused an invitation of participation.[78] This information was confirmed on 24 October .[79]

Associate EBU members

[80] However, the EBU
Kazakhstan – Khabar Agency became an associate member of the EBU on 1 January 2016, opening up the possibility of a future participation.
announced on 28 September that while Khabar Agency were unable to debut in the 2016 contest because they did not have active membership, they are reviewing the rules for
[81] However, Kazakhstan was not on the final list of participating
the 2017 contest, which may include opening up the possibility of Khabar Agency making its début in the contest.
countries announced by the EBU on 31 October 2016. [82]

EBU non-members
Kosovo – Albanian news portal Koha reported on 6 April 2016 that the Director General of
Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), Mentor Shala, had announced at a press
conference that Kosovo, had been invited to participate, with a decision on whether or not to pursue the invitation to be made later in 2016. [83] However, this was confirmed to be
untrue, after Shala stated on 7 April that his comments were misinterpreted by Koha, and what he actually meant was that "RTK was invited to [the] Eurovision Committee and
Kosovo’s acceptance or not in the Eurovisiondepends on them".[84] This was backed-up by a statement from the EBU. [85]

Liechtenstein – While 1 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Television (1FLTV) announced on 21 September 2016that they would not be making their début at the contest, 1FL TV have
stated their intention to debut in a future contest, on receipt of financial support from the
Liechtenstein Governmenttowards active EBU membership and the costs associated with
a potential participation.[86]
United States – After the interval performance ofJustin Timberlake during the final of the 2016 contest, it has been speculated that the United States might participate in a
future contest, similar to the interval performance ofJessica Mauboy during the second semi-final of the 2014 contest and Australia's subsequent debut the following year .[87]
While Logo TV broadcast the final of the 2016 contest, the channel does not have associate EBU membership. [88][89]

International broadcasts and voting

It was reported by the EBU that the contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of approximately 182 million viewers,[90] which was 22 million less than the 2016 record which was viewed
by 204 million.[91] The EBU stated that this decrease in viewing figures was likely a result of the [43][90]
withdrawal of Russia and its decision not to broadcast any of the three shows.

Voting and spokespersons

[92]
The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:

1. Sweden – Wiktoria 22. Iceland – Bo Halldórsson (Icelandic representative in1995)

2. Azerbaijan – Tural Asadov 23. Serbia – Sanja Vučić (Serbian representative in2016)
3. San Marino – Lia Fiorio 24. Australia – Lee Lin Chin
4. Latvia – Aminata (Latvian representative in2015) 25. Italy – Giulia Valentina Palermo
5. Israel – Ofer Nachshon 26. Germany – Barbara Schöneberger
6. Montenegro – Tijana Mišković 27. Portugal – Filomena Cautela
7. Albania – Andri Xhahu 28. Switzerland – Luca Hänni
8. Malta – Martha Fenech 29. Netherlands – Douwe Bob (Dutch representative in2016)
9. Macedonia – Ilija Grujoski 30. Ireland – Nicky Byrne (Irish representative in2016)
10. Denmark – Ulla Essendrop 31. Georgia – Nika Kocharov (Georgian representative in2016)
11. Austria – Kristina Inhof 32. Cyprus – John Karayiannis (Cypriot representative in2015)
12. Norway – Marcus & Martinus 33. Belarus – Alyona Lanskaya (Belarusian representative in2013)
13. Spain – Nieves Álvarez 34. Romania – Sonia Argint-Ionescu
14. Finland – Jenni Vartiainen 35. Hungary – Csilla Tatár
15. France – Élodie Gossuin 36. Slovenia – Katarina Čas
16. Greece – Constantinos Christoforou(Cypriot representative in1996, 2002 and 2005 37. Belgium – Fanny Gillard
contests) 38. Poland – Anna Popek
17. Lithuania – Eglė Daugėlaitė 39. United Kingdom – Katrina Leskanich (winner of the 1997 contest as part of Katrina and
18. Estonia – Jüri Pootsmann (Estonian representative in2016) the Waves)
19. Moldova – Gloria Gorceag 40. Croatia – Uršula Tolj
20. Armenia – Iveta Mukuchyan (Armenian representative in2016) 41. Czech Republic – Radka Rosická
21. Bulgaria – Boryana Gramatikova 42. Ukraine – Zlata Ognevich (Ukrainian representative in2013)

Commentators
Most countries sent commentators to Kiev or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information. The EBU announced
on 9 May, that all three shows would also be streamed live viaYouTube.[93]

Albania – Andri Xhahu (TVSH, RTSH HD, RTSH Muzikë and Radio Tirana, all ( T2, semi-finals)[104] Libor Bouček and Martina
Czech Republic – Libor Bouček Č
shows) Bárta (ČT1, final)
Armenia – Avet Barseghyan and Gohar Gasparyan (Armenia 1 and Public Radio Denmark – Ole Tøpholm (DR1, all shows)[105]
of Armenia, first semi-final and final); Avet Barseghyan (Armenia 1 and Public Radio
of Armenia, second semi-final)[94] Estonia – Estonian: Marko Reikop (ETV, all shows);[106] Russian: Julia Kalenda
Australia – Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey (SBS, all shows)[95][96] and Aleksandr Hobotov (ETV+, all shows)[107]
Finland – Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen. Swedish: Eva Franz and Johan Lindroos
Austria – Andi Knoll (ORF eins, all shows)[97]
(Yle TV1, first semi-final; Yle TV2, second semi-final and final)[108]
Azerbaijan – Azər Süleymanlı (İTV, all shows)
France – Marianne James, Stéphane Bern and Amir Haddad (France 2,
Belarus – Evgeny Perlin (Belarus-1 and Belarus 24, all shows)[98] final),[109][110] Marianne James and Jarry (France 4, semi finals).[111]
Belgium – French: Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye (La Une, all Georgia – Demetre Ergemlidze G ( PB First Channel, all shows)
shows),[99] Olivier Gilain (VivaCité, first semi-final and final);[100] Dutch: Peter Van de Germany – Peter Urban (One, all shows; NDR Fernsehen, second semi-final;
Veire (één and Radio 2, all shows)[101]
Das Erste, final)[112]
Bulgaria – Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev BNT ( 1, all shows)
Greece – Giorgos Kapoutzidis and Maria Kozakou (ERT1, ERT HD, ERT World,
Croatia – Duško Čurlić (HRT 1, all shows), Zlatko Turkalj Turki (HR 2, all
ERA 1, Voice of Greece, all shows)[113]
shows)[102]
Hungary – Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie (Duna, all shows)[114]
Cyprus – Tasos Tryfonos and Christiana Artemiou R ( IK 1, RIK SAT, RIK HD and
Iceland – Gísli Marteinn Baldursson R
( ÚV and Rás 2, all shows)
Trito Programma, all shows)[103]
 Ireland – Marty Whelan (RTÉ2, semi-finals; RTÉ One, final),[115] Neil Doherty
and Zbyszek Zalinski (RTÉ Radio 1, second semi-final and final)[116]
Israel – No commentary (CH.1);[117] Kobi Menora, Dori Ben Ze’ev and Alon Amir
(88FM, all shows)[118]
Italy – Andrea Delogu and Diego Passoni Rai
( 4, semi-finals); Flavio Insinna and
Federico Russo (Rai 1, final)[119][120]
Latvia – Valters Frīdenbergs (LTV1, all shows); Toms Grēviņš (LTV1,
Lithuania – Darius Užkuraitis and Gerūta Griniūtė LRT,
( LRT HD and LRT
Radijas, second semi-final and final; first semi-final broadcast without
commentary)[122]
( RT 1, all shows)[123]
Macedonia – Karolina Petkovska M
Malta – No commentary (TVM, all shows)
Moldova – Gloria Gorceag (Moldova 1, Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical
and Radio Moldova Tineret, all shows)[124]
Montenegro – Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković (TVCG 1 and TVCG SAT,
all shows)[125]
Netherlands – Cornald Maas and Jan Smit (NPO 1 and BVN, all shows)[126]
Norway – Olav Viksmo-Slettan (NRK1, all shows);[127] Ronny Brede Aase, Silje
Nordnes and Markus Neby (NRK3, final);[128] Ole Christian Øen (NRK P1, second
semi-final and final)[129]
Poland – Artur Orzech (TVP 1 and TVP Polonia (live); TVP Rozrywka (one-day
delay), all shows)[130]
Portugal – José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim (RTP1 and RTP Internacional,
all shows)[131]
Romania – Liana Stanciu and Radu Andrei T udor (TVR1 and TVR HD, all
shows)
San Marino – Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo SMtv
( San Marino and Radio San
Marino, all shows)[132]
final)[121] Serbia – Silvana Grujić and Olga Kapor RTS
( 1, RTS HD and RTS Sat, first
semi-final); Duška Vučinić (RTS 1, RTS HD and RTS Sat, second semi-final and
final)[133][134][135]
Slovenia – Andrej Hofer (RTV SLO2, semi-finals; RTV SLO1, final; Radio Val
202, second semi-final and final; Radio Maribor, all shows)[136]
Spain – José María Íñigo and Julia Varela (La 2, semi-finals; La 1, final)[137][138]
Sweden – Måns Zelmerlöw and Edward af Sillén (SVT1, all shows),[139]
Carolina Norén, Björn Kjellman and Ola Gäverth (SR P4, all shows)[140]
Switzerland – German: Sven Epiney (SRF zwei, semi-finals and SRF 1, final);
Italian: Clarissa Tami and Sebalter (RSI La 2, semi-finals and RSI La 1, final); French:
Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner (RTS Deux, semi-finals and RTS Un,
final)[141]
( A:First, all shows);[142]
Ukraine – Tetiana Terekhova and Andriy Horodyskyi U
Olena Zelinchenko and Roman Kolyada Radio
( Ukraine, all shows)[143]
United Kingdom – Mel Giedroyc and Scott Mills (BBC Four, semi-finals), Graham
Norton (BBC One, final), Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2, final)[144]

Non-participating countries

China – Lee Wei Song and Lee Shih Shiong (Hunan TV, all shows)[145] Kazakhstan – Kaldybek Zhaysanbaev and Diana SneginaKhabar
( Agency, all
shows)[147]
Greenland – Ole Tøpholm (KNR, final)[146]
Kosovo – Alma Bektashi and Agron Krasniqi RTK,
( all shows)[148]
United States – Michelle Visage and Ross Mathews (Logo TV, final)[149]

International sign broadcast

Norway – NRK Tegnspråk (final)[150]

Incidents

French song submission

France 2 announced on 9 February 2017 that they would participate at the contest with the song "Requiem", performed by Alma.[151] However, it was discovered during the week of 17 February
"Requiem" had been recorded and performed prior to 1 September 2016, the submission deadline set by the EBU, potentially violating the rules of the contest.[152] Further investigation shows that
"Requiem" had been performed at the end of January 2015.[153] While France 2 had claimed not to be in breach of the rules of the contest, no ultimate decision had been made regarding their potential
disqualification.[153] It was reported on 21 February 2017 that Alma and her production team were producing a bilingual version of "Requiem"—the two languages being French and English—which
[154]
implies that France 2 have not been disqualified from the contest.

Russian withdrawal
Channel One Russia (C1R) announced on 12 March 2017 that they would participate at the contest withFlame
" Is Burning", performed by Julia Samoylova. However, Samoylova was issued a three-year
travel ban on entering Ukraine by the Security Service of Ukraine(SBU) on 22 March,[155] by virtue of illegally travelling directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014,
in 2015 to give a performance.[156][157] Entry to Crimea by non-Ukrainian citizens via Russia is illegal under Ukrainian law;[156] however, Samoylova confirmed that she performed in Crimea in
2015.[158][159][160]

The EBU responded by stating its commitment to ensuring that all participating countries would be able to perform in Kiev, while expressing their disappointment at the lack of compromise from C1R
and UA:PBC.[161] C1R were offered the opportunity to allow Samoylova to perform via satellite from a venue of their choice,[162] but such a compromise was rejected by both C1R and the Ukrainian
Government.[163][164]

The Director General of the EBU, Ingrid Deltenre, condemned Ukraine's actions, describing them as "abusing the Contest for political reasons" and "absolutely unacceptable"[165] C1R announced their
withdrawal from the contest on 13 April, stating that they also might not broadcast the contest.[43][166][44] C1R had not organised accommodation before their artist announcement, as is typically the
case, and refused to attend the meeting of Heads of Delegation. By announcing their artist just before the deadline for entry submission to the contest and not booking a hotel, it was speculated that C1R
[167]
had not intended to go due to audiences booing Russian artists in previous contests.

[168]
As part of the RussianVictory Day celebrations on 9 May, Samoylova gave another performance in Crimea, including the song which was intended to represent Russia at the contest.

Israeli broadcaster compromise

Under a proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA) is currently being reorganised into two separate entities: the
Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC), with responsibility for "general programming" such as entertainment, and another with responsibility for news and current affairs programming. The
IPBC would also be branded as"KAN" (Hebrew: ‫כאן‬, lit. 'Here'). The EBU informed the IPBC executive board on 7 April that such a compromise would render them unable to remain a member without
[169]
an outlet for news and current events programming. It has been reported that the IBA may cease to be a member of the EBU.

The IBA was expected to close down on 15 May 2017 before the IPBC was expected to launch. However, on 9 and 10 May 2017 the IBA unexpectedly closed down most of their operations in news and
current affair programs.[170] This Eurovision was the last program that Channel 1 aired under the IBA, where minimal staff of twenty people remained to ensure a smooth transmission on Channel
1.[118][171] After the Eurovision the station displayed a slide about its closure. During the voting portion of the live telecast of the final Ofer Nachshon, Israeli voting spokesperson since 2009, bid
[172] This was incorrectly reported by several British media outlets and in other countries as Israel leaving the Contest.
farewell on behalf of the IBA before revealing their jury points. [172][173]

IPBC is expected to apply for EBU membership later this year and if accepted, Israel will continue to participate.[174] The government passed a law splitting new corporation into two entities - one in
charge for entertainment programs and the second is for news, which may create an obstacle for either entity joining EBU. However, the High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction, blocking the
split. If the split is cancelled permanently,the new Israel Public Broadcasting Corporationmeets all requirements for joining EBU.[175]
Argument for using pre-recorded vocals live
Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) had discussions with the EBU regarding the abolition of the rule prohibiting pre-recorded vocals during live performances at the contest. Such a rule is intended to
guarantee the authenticity of live performances.[176] The discussion stems from when Norwegian representative JOWST stated his displeasure at the rule in an interview on 24 March, in reference to the
[176]
sampling technique ofchopped vocals in his song "Grab the Moment" which cannot be attributed in the live performance.

Such discussions were also in place in 1999, when pre-recorded vocals during the Croatian entry, "Marija Magdalena", performed by Doris Dragović, led to objections by the Norwegian delegation —
led at the time by Jon Ola Sand. Such objections led the EBU to consider deducting a third of Croatia's final score, reducing it from 118 points to 79. However, such a deduction never occurred. The
possible abolition of the rule, alongside the abolition of the live orchestra in 1999, has led some fans and critics of the contest togue
ar that the contest has become too commercialised and the authenticity
of live performances has been compromised.[176]

After discussing the matter with the EBU, NRK were granted an exception to the rule. JOWST stated that "[the Norwegian delegation] have now been allowed to use the recorded vocal tracks, [...]. But
[they] have also practiced a plan B with the backing vocalists, if there are big protests from others in Kiev."[177] Both JOWST and Aleksander Walmann think that had "Grab the Moment" been in the
semi-final of the 2018 contest following an abolition of the rule, they would have had an advantage. NRK stated on 2 May that JOWST are aiming to perform the song acoustically as a back-up, bringing
.[178]
with them two additional backing vocalists who will perform the pre-recorded vocals live using a filter applied by the sound engineering team so as not to compromise on sound quality

Norwegian jury replacement

Norwegian jury member Per Sundnes made comments on NRK preview show Adresse Kiev on 17 April 2017 against Irish representative Brendan Murray, saying: "It's been a long time since they've
gotten up and I do not think they'll do it again. They try the same formula year after year."[179] The comments were not welcomed by the Irish delegation, who subsequently reported the matter to the
EBU.[180]

The Irish Independent reported on 8 May that Sundnes had been replaced due to an alleged breach in jury rules. Commenting on the decision, the Head of Delegation for Ireland, Michael Kealy, said:
"I'm glad that the European Broadcasting Union have reacted swiftly to this situation and that all jury members are impartial. It's only fair that each song in the Eurovision Song Contest is judged on its
[181]
individual merits on the night." Sundnes was subsequently replaced by Erland Bakke.

Sundnes stated in an interview with Verdens Gang on 9 May: "I do not know anything about the jury stuff, just that I'm not [in it]. It was not really surprising. The same thing happened in Sweden last
year with the Swedish professional jury."[182]

NRK admits that they made a mistake by letting Sundnes sit in both the professional jury and the judging panel of Adresse Kiev. However, when they were informed by the EBU that this was against the
rules, they rectified the situation quickly. Project manager for Melodi Grand Prix, Stig Karlsen, stated: "We have received some concerns from several teams that Per has been in the jury, while at the
[183]
same time he has been meaningful in the program. Therefore, we took a new assessment.".

Estonian technical issues

On 11 May 2017, during the transmission of the second semi-final, the microphone of the Estonian representative seemed to have malfunctioned as singer Laura Põldvere could not be heard for
approximately two seconds by viewers at home. It was later revealed that the Estonian delegation considered appealing to the EBU to allow Laura and Koit Toome to perform their entry "Verona" again
as a result of the error, but later decided against it. Mart Normet, the Head of Delegation for Estonia, explained "If there has been such a powerful performance for three minutes and given an absolute
maximum, then this energy again does not come back when you go on stage again". The EBU responded to the situation, reportedly describing the error as purely technical, as the microphone was
supposed to automatically come on. Instead, a sound technician was forced to respond by manually switching on the microphone via the sound desk.[184] The country ultimately failed to reach the grand
final, with Põldvere expressing her annoyance, however stating "I do not think it’ [185]
s so tremendously influenced when a few words remain unheard".

Salvador Sobral's political message

Portugal's representative, Salvador Sobral drew attention to the European migrant crisisby turning up to the first semi-final winners' press conference in an
"S.O.S. Refugees" shirt.[186] "If I'm here and I have European exposure, the least thing I can do is a humanitarian message", Sobral said. "People come to
Europe in plastic boats and are being asked to show their birth certificates in order to enter a country. These people are not immigrants, they're refugees
running from death. Make no mistake. There is so much bureaucratic stuff happening in the refugee camps in Greece, Turkey and Italy and we should help
create legal and safe pathways from these countries to their destiny countries", he added, earning a round of applause.[187] Later on, EBU ordered a ban so
that he could not wear it for the remainder of the contest.[188] The EBU explained that Sobral's jumper was used as a means of "political message," which
violates the rules of the contest.[188] However, Sobral argued in his winning press conference that it was not political, but a message of
humanitarianism.[189]

Jamala stage invasion Salvador Sobral and Luísa Sobral

at the first semi-final winners' press
A performance by Jamala during the voting interval of the final was disrupted by a man draped in an Australian flag who invaded the stage and briefly conference
mooned the audience before being removed by security.[190] He was later identified as Ukrainian prankster Vitalii Sediuk.[191] Following the incident the
EBU released a statement reading: "A person took to the stage at the beginning of Jamala’s performance of I Believe in U at tonight’s Eurovision Song
Contest in Kyiv. He was quickly removed from the stage by security and out of the arena. He is currently being held and questioned by the police at the venue police office." The last time an
unauthorised person gained access to the stage was in2010 when the Spanish performance was disrupted byJimmy Jump.[192]

Other awards
The Marcel Bezençon Awards, the OGAE votingpoll and the Barbara Dex Awards are awards that will be contested by the entries competing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, in addition to the main
winner's trophy.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia, honouring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman
(Sweden's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 and the current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (a member of the Herreys and the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.[193] The awards are divided into three categories: Press Award, Artistic Award, and Composer
Award. The winners were revealed shortly beforethe final on 13 May.[194]
 Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s)
Artistic Award
Portugal "Amar pelos dois" Salvador Sobral Luísa Sobral
Composer Award

Press Award Italy "Occidentali's Karma" Francesco Gabbani Francesco Gabbani, Filippo Gabbani, Fabio Ilacqua, Luca Chiaravalli

OGAE
Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka
Koikkalainen.[195] The organisation consists of a network of over 40 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit
company.[196] In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll will run prior to the main Eurovision Song Contest allowing members from over 40 clubs to vote for their
favourite songs of the contest. The OGAE Poll 2017 ran from 1 to 30 April 2017, and published daily by the official OGAE International website.[197] Italy won the poll receiving a total of four-hundred
[198]
and ninety-seven points, from forty-four OGAE member clubs.

Country Performer(s) Song OGAE result[198]

Italy Francesco Gabbani "Occidentali's Karma" 497

Belgium Blanche "City Lights" 335

Sweden Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" 308

France Alma "Requiem" 277

Estonia Koit Toome & Laura "Verona" 242

*Table reflects the 2017 voting results from all forty-four OGAE member clubs.

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a fan award originally awarded by House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016, and since 2017 by songfestival.be. This is a humorous award given to the worst dressed artist each
year in the contest, and was named after the Belgian artist, Barbara Dex, who came last in the 1993, in which she wore her own self designed dress. This was the first year that songfestival.be awarded
the Barbara Dex Award.

Place[199] Country[199] Performer(s)[199] Votes[199]

1 Montenegro Slavko Kalezić TBA

2 Latvia Triana Park TBA

3 Czech Republic Martina Bárta TBA

4 Switzerland Timebelle TBA

5 Albania Lindita TBA

Official album
Eurovision Song Contest: Kyiv 2017is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released
Eurovision Song Contest:
by Universal Music Groupdigitally on 21 April and physically on 28 April 2017.[200] The album features all 42 participating entries, including the semi-
Kyiv 2017
finalists that failed to qualify for the final, and the Russian entry which withdrew from the contest on 13 April 2017.[201][43][202] This is the second
consecutive year that the official album featured asong which had withdrawn before the contest.

CD 1
No. Title Artist Length
1. "World" (Albania) Lindita 2:56
2. "Fly with Me" (Armenia ) Artsvik 2:59
3. "Don't Come Easy" (Australia ) Isaiah 3:04
4. "Running on Air" (Austria) Nathan Trent 2:47
5. "Skeletons" (Azerbaijan ) Dihaj 2:59
6. "City Lights" (Belgium ) Blanche 2:54
7. "Beautiful Mess" (Bulgaria ) Kristian Kostov 3:00
8. "Story of My Life" (Belarus) Naviband 3:00 Compilation album by Eurovision
9. "Apollo" (Switzerland ) Timebelle 2:59 Song Contest
10. "Gravity" (Cyprus) Hovig 2:59 Released 28 April 2017
11. "My Turn" (Czech Republic ) Martina Bárta 2:58 Genre Pop
12. "Perfect Life" (Germany ) Levina 3:00
13. "Where I Am" (Denmark ) Anja Nissen 2:59 Length 65:44 (CD 1)
14. "Do It for Your Lover" (Spain) Manel Navarro 3:00 63:31 (CD 2)
15. "Verona" (Estonia) Koit Toome and Laura 3:02
Label Universal
16. "Blackbird" (Finland) Norma John 3:06
17. "Requiem" (France) Alma 3:00 Eurovision Song Contest
18. "Never Give Up on You" (United Kingdom ) Lucie Jones 3:00 chronology
19. "Keep the Faith" (Georgia ) Tamara Gachechiladze 2:58 Eurovision Eurovision Eurovision
20. "This Is Love" (Greece) Demy 3:01 Song Song Song
21. "My Friend" (Croatia) Jacques Houdek 3:00 Contest: Contest: Contest:
22. "Origo" (Hungary ) Joci Pápai 3:03 Stockholm Kyiv 2017 Lisbon
Total length: 65:44 2016 (2017) 2018
(2016) (2018)
CD 2
No. Title Artist Length
1. "Dying to Try" (Ireland) Brendan Murray 3:00
2. "Paper" (Iceland) Svala 2:59
 3. "I Feel Alive" (Israel) Imri 3:00
4. "Occidentali's Karma" (Italy) Francesco Gabbani 3:03
5. "Rain of Revolution" (Lithuania ) Fusedmarc 3:05
6. "Line" (Latvia) Triana Park 3:08
7. "Hey Mamma" (Moldova ) SunStroke Project 2:59
8. "Dance Alone" (Macedonia ) Jana Burčeska 3:06
9. "Breathlessly" (Malta) Claudia Faniello 3:00
10. "Space" (Montenegro ) Slavko Kalezić 2:59
11. "Lights and Shadows" (Netherlands ) OG3NE 3:00
12. "Grab the Moment" (Norway) JOWST 2:55
13. "Flashlight" (Poland) Kasia Moś 3:00
14. "Amar pelos dois" (Portugal ) Salvador Sobral 3:00
15. "Yodel It!" (Romania ) Ilinca and Alex Florea 2:56
16. "Flame Is Burning" (Russia) Julia Samoylova 3:02
17. "Spirit of the Night" (San Marino ) Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson 3:05
18. "In Too Deep" (Serbia) Tijana Bogićević 3:07
19. "On My Way" (Slovenia ) Omar Naber 3:00
20. "I Can't Go On" (Sweden ) Robin Bengtsson 3:03
21. "Time" (Ukraine ) O.Torvald 3:04
Total length: 63:31

Charts

Peak
Chart (2017)
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)[203] 15

Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[204] 3

Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[205] 30

Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[206] 37

German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[207] 2

Greek Albums (IFPI)[208] 12

Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[209] 37

Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[210] 3

UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[211] 7

See also
ABU International Dance Festival 2017
Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017
Eurovision Young Dancers 2017
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Turkvision Song Contest 2017

Notes
a. Switzerland, who had been allocated to pot one, were pre-allocated to compete in the second semi-final at the request of Swiss broadcaster SRF
.
b. Russia withdrew approximately three months after the semi-final allocation draw
.
c. The title is in Latin, but the lyrics are in Hungarian. The song also containsonomatopoeias commonly used by Romani singers but with no meaning inRomani.[55]
d. "Grab the Moment" features unaccredited vocals from Norwegian singer
Aleksander Walmann.
e. Whilst the song has an English title, the lyrics are entirely inBelarusian.
f. Contains some words inAncient Greek, English and Sanskrit.

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