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* {{esc|Georgia}}&nbsp;– Sopho Toroshelidze<ref name="Georgia">{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/18630|title=Sopho Toroshelidze to announce votes|last=Terzopoulos|first=Vasilis|date=10 April 2012|work=[[esctoday]]|accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref> (Singer for Georgia in 2011 as part of [[Eldrine]])
* {{esc|Georgia}}&nbsp;– Sopho Toroshelidze<ref name="Georgia">{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/18630|title=Sopho Toroshelidze to announce votes|last=Terzopoulos|first=Vasilis|date=10 April 2012|work=[[esctoday]]|accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref> (Singer for Georgia in 2011 as part of [[Eldrine]])
* {{esc|Germany}}&nbsp;– [[Anke Engelke]]<ref name="Germany">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.de/news/national/ankeengelke137.html|title=Anke Engelke ist deutsche Punkte-Fee|date=20 May 2012|work=eurovision.de|language=German|accessdate=20 May 2012}}</ref> (Presenter of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]] in Düsseldorf)
* {{esc|Germany}}&nbsp;– [[Anke Engelke]]<ref name="Germany">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.de/news/national/ankeengelke137.html|title=Anke Engelke ist deutsche Punkte-Fee|date=20 May 2012|work=eurovision.de|language=German|accessdate=20 May 2012}}</ref> (Presenter of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]] in Düsseldorf)
* {{esc|Greece}}&nbsp;– Andrianna Maggania<ref name="Greece">{{cite web|url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Media.aspx?art=108191&artTitle=poia_dimosiografos_tha_dosei_tin_elliniki_vathmologia_stin_eurovision&page=3|title=Andrianna to tell the Greek votes}}</ref>
* {{esc|Greece}}&nbsp;– Andrianna Maggania<ref name="Greece">{{cite web|url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Media.aspx?art=108191&artTitle=poia_dimosiografos_tha_dosei_tin_elliniki_vathmologia_stin_eurovision&page=3|title=Andrianna to tell the Greek votes}}</ref>
* {{esc|Italy}}&nbsp;– Ivan Bacchi<ref name="Italy">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurofestival.ws/2012/05/11/sara-ivan-bacchi-ad-annunciare-in-eurovisione-i-voti-dellitalia-allesc-2012/|title=Sarà Ivan Bacchi ad annunciare in Eurovisione i voti dell’Italia all’ESC 2012|date=11 May 2012|work=eurofestival.ws|accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref>
* {{esc|Italy}}&nbsp;– Ivan Bacchi<ref name="Italy">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurofestival.ws/2012/05/11/sara-ivan-bacchi-ad-annunciare-in-eurovisione-i-voti-dellitalia-allesc-2012/|title=Sarà Ivan Bacchi ad annunciare in Eurovisione i voti dell’Italia all’ESC 2012|date=11 May 2012|work=eurofestival.ws|accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref>
* {{esc|Israel}}&nbsp;– Ofer Nachshon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tapuz.co.il/forums2008/viewmsg.aspx?forumid=262&messageid=161852772&r=1|title=Ofer Nachshon say in his radio show|date=22 May 2012|work=http://www.tapuz.co.il|accessdate=22 May 2012}}</ref>
* {{esc|Israel}}&nbsp;– Ofer Nachshon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tapuz.co.il/forums2008/viewmsg.aspx?forumid=262&messageid=161852772&r=1|title=Ofer Nachshon say in his radio show|date=22 May 2012|work=http://www.tapuz.co.il|accessdate=22 May 2012}}</ref>

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Eurovision Song Contest 2012
"Light Your Fire!"
Dates
Semi-final 122 May 2012
Semi-final 224 May 2012
Final26 May 2012
Host
VenueBaku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
Presenter(s)Leyla Aliyeva,
Eldar Gasimov and
Nargiz Birk-Petersen[1][2]
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Host broadcasterAzerbaijan İTV
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/baku-2012 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries42
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Montenegro
Non-returning countries Armenia
 Poland
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 is the 57th annual Eurovision Song Contest. It is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, following Azerbaijan's win in the 2011 Contest with Eldar & Nigar's song "Running Scared". The two semi-finals were scheduled to be held on 22 May and 24 May 2012, and the final on 26 May 2012.[6] Ten countries from each semi-final will qualify for the final and will be joined by Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Forty-two countries have announced their participation in the contest, with Montenegro returning, having last taken part in 2009, and Poland and Armenia withdrawing.[7]

Venue

File:Baku Crystal Hall 7 May 2012.JPG
Baku Crystal Hall, 7 May 2012

The venue for the 2012 Contest is the Baku Crystal Hall in the Azerbaijani capital.

On 16 May 2011, it was announced that a special concert complex with 23,000 seats for the 2012 Contest was to be built near National Flag Square in Baku.[8][9] Three days later, organisers announced that they may use the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium which contains 37,000 seats, or the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex.[10] On 4 August 2011, it was confirmed that the laying of foundations for the Baku Crystal Hall had started near the National Flag Square,[11] but did not confirm that this was the location. The foundations were completed on 14 October 2011,[12] but the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest, did still not confirm the location. Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, which is currently under repairs to host the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in September–October 2012, was to be used as a back-up option.[13]

On 8 September 2011, Azad Azerbaijan TV (ATV) reported that Baku Crystal Hall will be the venue of Eurovision Song Contest 2012, despite not being the host broadcaster of the contest. No formal confirmation was made at the time by the EBU.[14] On 31 October 2011, Ismayil Omarov, the director general of Azerbaijani national broadcaster İctimai Television announced that a decision on the venue choice would be taken by the steering committee in January 2012.[15] On 25 January 2012, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall will be the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[16] Even though the venue has an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people will be able to attend each show.[16]

Human Rights Watch has criticised the Azerbaijani government and the Baku City Authority for carrying out forced evictions against local residents, in order to allow for the demolition of flats to make way for construction in the neighbourhood where the Baku Crystal Hall is being built.[17] The Public Association for Assistance to Free Economy, a transparency and economic rights campaign group, has described the evictions as a "violation of human rights", and as having "no legal authority". However, in a statement to the BBC, Eurovision said that on a recent visit to Baku they had observed "that the construction of the concert hall [which] media reports refer to is already well under way on a clean construction site and thus there are no demolitions needed".[18] The EBU cites the "apolitical" nature of the contest and the Azerbaijani government′s claim that the construction is not tied to the Eurovision Song Contest.[17]

Ticket sale

Ticket sales began on 28 February 2012, and are available online.[19]

National host broadcaster

İctimai Television, which is the EBU member that broadcasts the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, is one of country's public-service broadcasters.[20][21] Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Azerbaijan, Iltimas Mammadov, stated that telecom networks were ready to host the event. Azerbaijan's largest telecommunications operator, Azercell, was chosen as the presenting partner for the contest.[22] On 1 December 2011, Brainpool was announced as being the official Production Partner, as İTV were impressed with the German television production company's excellence with the production of the 2011 contest.[23]

Format

Semi-final allocation draw ceremony at the Buta Palace in Baku.
The Mayor of Düsseldorf, Dirk Elbers and the Mayor of Baku, Hajibala Abutalybov, at the semi-final allocation draw.

In a meeting of the Eurovision Reference Group on 29 June 2011, it was decided that the televoting system would revert back to the 15-minute window format, used between the 1998 Contest and 2009 Contest, in which the phone and SMS lines open after all songs have been performed (instead of opening before the show starts, which was the system used between 2010 and 2011). The results format of each show will remain the same with each country's votes being decided on a 50:50 split between televoting and a national jury.[24]

Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the final will be raised to 26, including the host nation, the "Big Five", and the ten qualifiers from each semi-final.[25] This will be the second time in the Eurovision Song Contest that 26 countries will be in the final, the first being the 2003 Contest.

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw that determined the semi-final running order was held on 25 January 2012 at the Buta Palace.[26]

The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based upon how those countries voted in past contests. From these pots, half (or as close to half as possible) will compete in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012. The other half in that particular pot will compete in the second semi-final on 24 May 2012. This draw also acts as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals will commence and determine which semi-final the automatic finalists will be allowed to vote in.[27]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
1.^ Armenia withdrew 1.5 months after the semi-final allocation draw.

Graphic design

Inside of Baku Crystal Hall

The design of the contest is built around the motto "Light your fire!", inspired by the nickname of Azerbaijan itself, "Land of Fire".[28]

Each introductory postcard begins with a shot of the artist and performers, followed with the flag and country name in a handwritten font with a background resembling the yellow, orange and red fire of the 2012 theme art. Various shots of Azerbaijan are used, with a caption displaying 'Azerbaijan' and underneath 'Land of ...' (e.g. Land of Abundance; Land of Poetry etc.). this is then followed by the name of a town or geographic feature, which shows the landscape and culture of the country. Some postcards focus on the host city of Baku with text changing to 'Baku' and underneath 'City of ...' (e.g. City of Jazz; City of Leisure etc). The postcards finish with a shot of the Crystal Hall displayed in the colours of the performing country's flag.

The artist, song and number graphics as well as tables and voting graphics are kept the same as those used in 2011, with a slight update to incorporate the 2012 theme art. Both sets of graphics were designed by German television production company Brainpool.[29]

Participating countries

On 17 January 2012, the EBU announced that forty-three countries would take part in the 2012 contest. The 57th edition sees the return of Montenegro, which last participated in 2009, as well as the withdrawal of Poland and Armenia.[7][30] The draw to determine the running order for the semifinals and grand final took place on 20 March 2012.[31]

  Countries in the first semi-final
  Countries voting in the first semi-final
  Countries in the second semi-final
  Countries voting in the second semi-final

Semi-final 1

Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain will vote in this semi-final.[26] The EBU have allowed the Albanian broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) to defer transmission and only use jury votes due to a serious bus accident in the country.[32]

Draw[33] Country[7] Language[34] Artist[35] Song[35] English translation Place Points
01  Montenegro English2[36] Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro"  —
02  Iceland English Gréta Salóme & Jónsi "Never Forget"  —
03  Greece English Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac"  —
04  Latvia English Anmary "Beautiful Song"  —
05  Albania Albanian[37] Rona Nishliu "Suus"3 Personal[38]4
06  Romania Spanish, English Mandinga "Zaleilah"  —
07   Switzerland English Sinplus "Unbreakable"  —
08  Belgium English[39] Iris "Would You?"  —
09  Finland Swedish Pernilla Karlsson "När jag blundar" When I close my eyes[40]
10  Israel English, Hebrew Izabo "Time"  —
11  San Marino English5 Valentina Monetta[41] "The Social Network Song"[42]  —
12  Cyprus English Ivi Adamou "La La Love"  —
13  Denmark English6 Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better"  —
14  Russia Udmurt, English Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody"  —
15  Hungary English Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts"  —
16  Austria German7 Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" Shake your bottom[43]
17  Moldova English8 Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" Traditional musician
18  Ireland English Jedward "Waterline"  —
2.^ Contains some phrases in Montenegrin and German.
3.^ Although the song is completely in Albanian, the title is in Latin.
4.^ Suus is a Latin third person reflexive possessive pronoun, and can mean "his," "her," "its" or “their.”
5.^ Contains some phrases in Italian.
6.^ Contains some phrases in Arabic.[44]
7.^ Specifically Mühlviertlerisch, a Central Bavarian dialect spoken in Upper Austria.
8.^ Although the song is completely in English, the title is in Romanian.

Semi-final 2

France, Germany and United Kingdom will vote in this semi-final. Germany requested they vote in this semi-final.[26] Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final, but later withdrew from the contest due to security reasons.[30]

Draw[33] Country[7] Language[34] Artist[35] Song[35] English translation
01  Serbia Serbian[45] Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar"
(Није љубав ствар) 		Love is not an object[46]
02  Macedonia Macedonian, English[47] Kaliopi "Crno i belo" (Црно и бело) Black and white[48][49]
03  Netherlands English Joan Franka "You and Me"  —
04  Malta English Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night"  —
05  Belarus English Litesound "We Are the Heroes"  —
06  Portugal Portuguese Filipa Sousa "Vida minha" Life of mine
07  Ukraine English Gaitana "Be My Guest"  —
08  Bulgaria Bulgarian9 Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited"  —
09  Slovenia Slovene[50] Eva Boto "Verjamem" I believe
10  Croatia Croatian Nina Badrić "Nebo" Heaven
11  Sweden English Loreen "Euphoria"  —
12  Georgia English, Georgian Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker"  —
13  Turkey English Can Bonomo "Love Me Back"  —
14  Estonia Estonian Ott Lepland "Kuula" Listen
15  Slovakia English Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes"  —
16  Norway English Tooji "Stay"  —
17  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian MayaSar "Korake ti znam" I know your steps
18  Lithuania English Donny Montell "Love Is Blind"  —
9.^ The song also contains phrases in Arabic, Azerbaijani, English, French, Greek, Italian, Romani, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Turkish.[51]

Finalists

Draw[33] Country[7] Language[34] Artist[35] Song[35] English translation
01  United Kingdom English Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free"  —
02  Hungary English Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts"  —
03  Albania Albanian[37] Rona Nishliu "Suus"3 Personal[38] 4
06  Russia Udmurt, English Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody"  —
07  Iceland English Gréta Salóme & Jónsi "Never Forget"  —
08  Cyprus English Ivi Adamou "La La Love"  —
09  France French, English Anggun "Echo (You and I)"  —
10  Italy English, Italian Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" Love Is Female (Out of love)
13  Azerbaijan (host) English Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies"  —
14  Romania Spanish, English Mandinga "Zaleilah"  —
15  Denmark English6 Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better"  —
16  Greece English Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac"  —
19  Spain Spanish Pastora Soler "Quédate conmigo" Stay with me
20  Germany English Roman Lob "Standing Still"  —
23  Ireland English Jedward "Waterline"  —
26  Moldova English8 Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" Traditional musician

Winner by OGAE members

Country Song Performer Final Result Points
 Sweden "Euphoria" Loreen TBD TBD

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s) Place(s) in the previous contest(s)
Jónsi  Iceland 2004 19th
Jedward  Ireland 2011 8th
Kaliopi  Macedonia 1996 26th (Pre-qualifying round)
Željko Joksimović  Serbia 2004 (for  Serbia and Montenegro) 2nd

Other countries

  •  Andorra – On 19 October 2011, Andorra announced that there are no plans for the country to participate in 2012 due to financial difficulties; the country also has plans to withdraw from the EBU entirely.[52][53]
  •  Armenia – On 7 March 2012, the EBU announced that Armenian Public Television (ARMTV) had decided to withdraw from participation. This was due to circumstances beyond the control of the EBU. In a further statement released by ARMTV, it was announced that the sudden withdrawal was due to security issues.[30] The country was consequently fined by the EBU and is expected to face further penalties, such as exclusion from participation in future contests if it fails to comply with the EBU requirements.[54][55] Armenia has been in conflict with Azerbaijan since 1994 because of the Nagorno-Karabakh War.[56]
  •  Czech Republic – On 24 November 2011, it was reported that the Czech Republic would not compete in the 2012 contest, following the release of a television schedule by Česká televize (ČT).[57]
  •  Liechtenstein – On 26 November 2011, it was announced that two official EBU documents, published in March and October 2011, showed Liechtenstein's only national broadcaster 1FLTV as being granted active EBU membership, sparking speculations of a debut for the nation.[58] However, on 29 November 2011, these documents were later confirmed as editing mistakes, and thus a debut has yet to be planned.[59]
  •  Luxembourg – On 31 December 2011, RTL Luxembourg confirmed that Luxembourg won't participate in the forthcoming Eurovision in Baku.[60]
  •  Monaco – It was reported on 23 November 2011, at an EBU meeting in Geneva, that Monaco was considering a return to the 2012 contest.[61] However on 3 December 2011, Phil Bosco, a former head of delegation told a French-speaking website that the Monegasque national broadcaster Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) doesn't intend to return to the Eurovision Song Contest any time in the near future, as there is no financial budget available.[62]
  •  Morocco – In an interview with the French delegation it was revealed that Morocco were "likely to return" to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with a new broadcaster 2M TV.[63] Reports about the proposed return of Morocco to the contest, after an absence of more than 30 years, were further enhanced at an EBU meeting in Geneva.[61][64]
  •  Poland – On 16 December 2011, it was reported on the official Facebook page of Telewizja Polska (TVP) that Poland would be withdrawing from the 2012 Contest.[65] This was confirmed a few days later, saying that the broadcaster would be focusing on the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (which Poland is co-hosting with Ukraine) and Summer Olympics. TVP stated that a return in 2013 has not been ruled out.[66][67][68]

Commentators

Most countries will be sending commentators to Baku or will commentate from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, provide voting information.

Spokespersons

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