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North Vision Song Contest 19
Be Your Own Hero!
NVSC 19 Logo
Dates
Semi-final 1 date 11 June 2016
Semi-final 2 date 18 June 2016
Final date 9 July 2016
Host
Venue Semi-final 1:
Palasport di Genova, Genoa
Semi-final 2:
Mediolanum Forum, Milan
Final:
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Presenter(s) Alessio Bernabei
Federico Russo
Sabrina Impacciatore
Broadcaster RAI
Opening act Semi-final 1: Elisa performing her song "Love Me Forever"
Semi-final 2: Fanya performing her song "Fermi noi"
Final: Elisa performing her song "No Hero"
Interval act Semi-final 1: Cristina Scuccia performing a cover of "What a Feeling"
Semi-final 2: Il Volo performing a cover of "Volare"
Final: Francesca Michielin performing her song "L'amore esiste"
Participants
Entries 48
Debuting None
Returning Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
Flag of France France
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
Withdrawing Flag of Belarus Belarus
Flag of Croatia Croatia
Flag of North Macedonia North Macedonia
Flag of Ireland Ireland
Flag of Morocco Morocco
Flag of Portugal Portugal
Voting
System Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting
Null points None
Winner Flag of Albania Albania
"A Do Si Kjo"
North Vision Song Contest
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North Vision Song Contest 19, often referred to as NVSC 19, was the nineteenth edition of the North Vision Song Contest. It was the first time that Italy hosts the contest after Elisa won the eighteenth edition with her song "No Hero". There was no pre-qualification round held this edition, making it the third edition not to have the event following the ninth and fifteenth editions. The contest was held in three difference locations for the first time; Genoa hosted the first semi-final, Milan hosted the second semi-final and Turin hosted the final. RAI selected Federico Russo, Sabrina Impacciatore and Dear Jack lead member Alessio Bernabei as the presenters of the edition.

Forty-eight countries participated in the edition. Bulgaria, France and the Netherlands returned to the competition after their one edition absence while Belarus, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Ireland, Morocco and Portugal announced their withdrawal from the edition each for different reasons.

Albania was the winner of the edition with the song "A Do Si Kjo" performed by Ronela Hajati which got 355 points. Germany finished as the runner-up. Sweden finished on third place while Kazakhstan, Poland and Spain completed the top six of the edition. It was the second edition in a row that no countries of the big 6 finished in the top 6 with Iceland, who finished on the eleventh place, achieving the best place from the big 6.

Location[]

Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe. Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal climate; due to its shape, it is often referred to in Italy as lo Stivale (the Boot). With 61 million inhabitants, it is the 4th most populous EU member state. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican City.

Despite winning the previous edition, the Italian broadcaster reported that it is unsure whether the country will be able to host the edition. The broadcaster said that due to budget cuts internally, as well as other expenses, the Italian hosting of the contest was in jeopardy. However, it was revealed later that Italy will host the contest. It was also revealed that the edition would be hosted in three different cities, one for each show.

Bidding phase[]

Locations of the candidate cities. The chosen cities are marked in red.

After it was speculated that Italy wouldn't be able to host, it was revealed that instead of one city, three cities would host the edition–one for each show of the edition. Cities in Italy could apply to become one of the three host cities of the edition since 28 April 2016.

On 4 May 2016, RAI announced the first five cities that had applied to host the edition. The first city that applied was Milan, the second most populous city in the country. The city applied with the Mediolanum Forum which can hold up to 12,700 people. The second venue that entered the bid was PalaLivorno, located in the city of Livorno, with a capacity of 8,000. Turin was the third city that joined the bidding phase. They applied to host with Pala Alpitour, the largest venue in the country with a capacity of 16,000. The capital city of the country, Rome, also joined the bidding phase with PalaLottomatica as their venue which can hold up to 12,200 people. Last city to join the bidding phase was Florence with the Nelson Mandela Forum which has a capacity of 7,500

The rest of the applicants were revealed on 9 May 2016. Turin added one more venue to their application; Torino Palavela with a seating capacity for 8,244 people. Genoa applied to host the event with Palasport di Genova, which can hold up to 10,000 people, as their venue of choice. The last venue to join the bidding phase was Unipol Arena, located in the city of Bologna, with a capacity of 11,000.

RAI announced the three host cities and venues during a press conference which was held on 18 May 2016. Palasport di Genova in Genoa was selected for the first semi-final, Mediolanum Forum in Milan for the second semi-final and Pala Alpitour in Turin for the final.

Key   Template:If empty   Host venues

City Venue Capacity Notes
Bologna Unipol Arena 11,000 Home to the Virtus Bologna basketball team.
Florence Nelson Mandela Forum 7,500 Hosted the 1990 basketball FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Final.
Genoa Palasport di Genova Template:If empty 10,000 Primarily used for indoor athletics, motocross events and concerts.
Livorno PalaLivorno 8,000 Home of the Basket Livorno basketball club team.
Milan Mediolanum Forum Template:If empty 12,700 Hosted the 2014 edition of the Euroleague Final Four.
Rome PalaLottomatica 12,200 Hosted the 1960 Olympic basketball tournaments.
Turin Pala Alpitour Template:If empty 16,000 Largest venue in Italy, built for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Torino Palavela 8,244 Hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Format[]

Semi-final allocation draw[]

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 14 May 2016 at Hotel de Rome in Rome. The big 6 countries were first drawn to determine in which semi-final each would country vote. Estonia, Italy and Norway were drawn to vote in the first semi-final while Algeria, Andorra and Iceland were drawn to vote in the second semi-final. The rest of the forty-two countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

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

Running order[]

Unlike the previous editions, the running order of the edition was not decided by a random draw as it was decided by the NBU that the running order of the semi-finals and the final of the edition would be decided by producers appointed by both the NBU and the host broadcaster RAI. The NBU said that this was done in order to make the shows more exciting and to ensure that all contestants had a chance to stand out, preventing entries that are too similar cancelling each other out.

The running order of the semi-finals was revealed on 30 May 2016. The running order for the final was revealed right after the results of the second semi-final, on 18 June 2016.

New voting system[]

The NBU announced on 17 May 2016 that there would be a new voting system introduced during the edition, making it the first major voting system change since the first edition. The countries would now award two sets of 1-8, 10 and 12 points; one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. The jury votes will be presented by the spokesperson appointed by each broadcaster with the 1-7 points appearing on screen and 8, 10 and 12 being announced by the spokesperson. After all the jury votes are cast by the participating countries, the hosts will present the televoting results of the countries starting with the country that received the less points to the country that received the most points from televoting. The new voting system also applied to the semi-finals to determine the ten qualifiers but as before the qualifiers are announced in a random order.

The Rest of the World jury was also introduced in the edition. The jury will not be included in either the jury or the televoting and will be announced as a separate voter by the presenters at the start of the voting. Viewers from the countries that are not participating will be able to cast their votes and the top ten most voted countries will receive 1-8, 10 and 12 points.

Sneak peeks and betting odds[]

There were six sneak peeks in this edition with eight countries in each sneak peek. The countries were divided into the sneak peeks according to the order of the songs announcement with the songs that were announced first being in the first sneak peek. The broadcasters could post their result for each of the sneak peeks ranking the songs from first to last. The six sneak peeks were the following:

Sneak Peek 1 Sneak Peek 2 Sneak Peek 3
Sneak Peek 4 Sneak Peek 5 Sneak Peek 6

The betting odds of the edition were based on the rankings in the sneak peeks. The average rank of each country represented the country's odds to win the contest. After all the sneak peeks were posted, the United Kingdom was in the lead of the betting odds with 2.84 average rank while Germany and Kazakhstan completed the top three with 2.98 and 3.09 average ranks respectively. Lebanon was the least favorite to win with an average of 6.39, one of the lowest averages in the betting odds ever.

Participating countries[]

NVSC 19 SF Map
     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

Forty-eight countries participated in the edition. Three countries returned to the contest: Bulgaria, France and the Netherlands returned to the contest after their one-edition absence.

Seven countries, however, announced their withdrawal from the contest. Belarus, Croatia and FYR Macedonia announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason, while Ireland and Portugal having finincial issues. Monaco and Morocco have withdrawn without stating a reason.

Spain originally announced their withdrawal mostly due to budget cuts and low interest in both the country's national selection and the contest. However, it was later announced that due to the high interest that was shown during the final of the eighteenth edition, the broadcaster decided to compete in the edition.

Returning artists[]

Nevena Tsoneva previously attempted to represent Bulgaria in the sixth edition before she was disqualified for her entry breaking the rules. Zuzana Smatanová was selected to represent Slovakia once again after the seventh edition. Domenique returned to represent Malta for second time in a row after participating in the eighteenth editionRati Durglishvili, the first Georgian artist to make it to the final in the fourteenth edition, was selected to represent his country for the second time. Simonetta, who represented San Marino in the seventh edition and Greta, who represented Italy in the ninth edition, returned to represent San Marino along with Verdiana and RobertaAynur Aydın returned to represent Turkey for fifth time after representing the country in the seventh, eighth, twelfth and sixteenth editions. Margaret, who represented Poland in the eighth edition, returned to represent her country. Leïla Lanova represented Algeria after taking part for France in the eighth edition.

Results[]

Semi-final 1[]

Twenty-one countries participated in the first semi-final. Estonia, Italy and Norway also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Rose May Alaba "Love Me Right" 10 117
02 Flag of Finland Finland Antti Tuisku "Pyydä multa anteeks kunnolla" 20 50
03 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Ana Milenković "Budalo" 17 96
04 Flag of San Marino San Marino Simonetta, Greta, Verdiana & Roberta "L'amore merita" 11 115
05 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Zuzana Smatanová "Horou" 15 100
06 Flag of Russia Russia Hanna "Poteryala golovu" 19 68
07 Flag of Spain Spain Alvaro Soler "Sofia" 7 161
08 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands TP4Y "Million Bucks" 2 216
09 Flag of Armenia Armenia Lucy "Turn Around" 5 197
10 Flag of Albania Albania Ronela Hajati "A do si kjo" 1 248
11 Austria Austria AVEC "Dead" 8 159
12 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Ivi Adamou "Tipota De Mas Stamata" 12 113
13 Flag of Egypt Egypt Sylvia Yacoub "The End" 18 69
14 Flag of Poland Poland Margaret "Cool Me Down" 6 187
15 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon Yara "Khallouni Maou" 21 15
16 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Ian Thomas "Heartbroken" 16 98
17 Flag of Sweden Sweden Sophia Somajo "Klein Blue" 3 208
18 Flag of Latvia Latvia Aminata "Fighter" 9 157
19 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Mirami "Amore Eh Oh!" 14 101
20 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Evelina Young "Can't Wake Up" 13 106
21 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Nevena Tsoneva "Naricha se jivot" 4 203

Semi-final 2[]

Twenty-one countries participated in the second semi-final. Algeria, Andorra and Iceland also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Klemen Slakonja "Putin, Putout" 8 142
02 Flag of Turkey Türkiye Aynur Aydın "Bi Dakika" 11 128
03 Flag of Malta Malta Domenique "Take Me As I Am" 21 15
04 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Florrie "Real Love" 4 235
05 Flag of Denmark Denmark Ida Corr "Down" 2 245
06 Flag of Israel Israel Netanel Sason "Mutash Mimeh" 20 41
07 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Anna Faroe "I Got This" 18 64
08 Flag of Moldova Moldova Nicoleta Nuca "Inima mea" 7 154
09 Flag of Czech Republic Czechia Pink Angels "Long Lost Weekend" 6 165
10 Flag of Georgia Georgia Rati "Crazy" 13 111
11 Flag of Germany Germany Lena "Beat to My Melody" 1 266
12 Flag of Hungary Hungary Timi Antal "Elég" 16 88
13 Flag of Belgium Belgium Billie "Talking Loud" 12 120
14 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina Andreana Čekić "Kraljica u zlatu" 15 88
15 Flag of France France Superbus "Strong & Beautiful" 14 91
16 Flag of Serbia Serbia Luke Black "Holding On to Love" 19 47
17 Flag of Romania Romania Sore "Un minut" 9 142
18 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Mr.Da-Nos feat. Ellyland "Outta Control" 10 141
19 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Stefanie Heinzmann "On Fire" 5 184
20 Flag of Greece Greece Kaylynn "What Do We Get" 17 76
21 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Sasha Holiday "Chameleon" 3 241

Final[]

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all forty-eight participating countries eligible to vote.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Flag of Norway Norway Served "Psycho" 24 144
02 Algeria Algeria Leïla Lanova "Que toi" 18 191
03 Flag of Andorra Andorra Leroy Sanchez "By My Side" 26 27
04 Flag of Italy Italy Antonella Lo Coco "Optional" 17 198
05 Flag of Sweden Sweden Sophia Somajo "Klein Blue" 3 321
06 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands TP4Y "Million Bucks" 8 243
07 Austria Austria AVEC "Dead" 13 214
08 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Florrie "Real Love" 15 203
09 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Stefanie Heinzmann "On Fire" 16 200
10 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Klemen Slakonja "Putin, Putout" 14 208
11 Flag of Latvia Latvia Aminata "Fighter" 23 151
12 Flag of Denmark Denmark Ida Corr "Down" 9 243
13 Flag of Germany Germany Lena "Beat to My Melody" 2 339
14 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Sasha Holiday "Chameleon" 4 306
15 Flag of Moldova Moldova Nicoleta Nuca "Inima mea" 19 189
16 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Nevena Tsoneva "Naricha se jivot" 7 258
17 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Rose May Alaba "Love Me Right" 21 175
18 Flag of Estonia Estonia Maarja "Tulilinnud" 12 214
19 Flag of Iceland Iceland Sylvia Erla "Gone" 11 220
20 Flag of Spain Spain Alvaro Soler "Sofia" 6 266
21 Flag of Armenia Armenia Lucy "Turn Around" 20 181
22 Flag of Czech Republic Czechia Pink Angels "Long Lost Weekend" 10 241
23 Flag of Albania Albania Ronela Hajati "A do si kjo" 1 355
24 Flag of Romania Romania Sore "Un minut" 25 111
25 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Mr.Da-Nos feat. Ellyland "Outta Control" 22 155
26 Flag of Poland Poland Margaret "Cool Me Down" 5 273

Non-qualifier results[]

Place Country Semi-final Place Points Percentage
27 Flag of Turkey Türkiye 11 128 4.60%
28 Flag of Belgium Belgium 12 120 4.31%
29 Flag of San Marino San Marino 11 115 4.13%
30 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 12 113 4.06%
31 Flag of Georgia Georgia 13 111 3.99%
32 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 13 106 3.81%
33 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 14 101 3.63%
34 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 15 100 3.60%
35 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 16 98 3.52%
36 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 17 96 3.45%
37 Flag of France France 14 91 3.27%
38 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina 15 88 3.16%
39 Flag of Hungary Hungary 16 88 3.16%
40 Flag of Greece Greece 17 76 2.73%
41 Flag of Egypt Egypt 18 69 2.48%
42 Flag of Russia Russia 19 68 2.44%
43 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 18 64 2.30%
44 Flag of Finland Finland 20 50 1.80%
45 Flag of Serbia Serbia 19 47 1.69%
46 Flag of Israel Israel 20 41 1.47%
47 Flag of Malta Malta 21 15 0.54%
48 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 21 15 0.54%

Voting grids[]

Semi-final 1[]

Semi-final 1
split jury/televote results
Place Televoting Points Jury Points
1 Flag of Albania Albania 127 Flag of Albania Albania 121
2 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 122 Flag of Sweden Sweden 119
3 Flag of Poland Poland 107 Flag of Armenia Armenia 115
4 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 102 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 101
5 Flag of Sweden Sweden 89 Flag of Spain Spain 98
6 Flag of Armenia Armenia 82 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 94
7 Flag of Latvia Latvia 78 Austria Austria 83
8 Austria Austria 76 Flag of Poland Poland 80
9 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 67 Flag of Latvia Latvia 79
10 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 64 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 61
11 Flag of Spain Spain 63 Flag of San Marino San Marino 58
12 Flag of San Marino San Marino 57 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 54
13 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 53 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 53
14 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 52 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 53
15 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 47 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 53
16 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 47 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 49
17 Flag of Egypt Egypt 45 Flag of Russia Russia 34
18 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 44 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 34
19 Flag of Russia Russia 34 Flag of Egypt Egypt 24
20 Flag of Finland Finland 28 Flag of Finland Finland 22
21 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 8 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 7
     Jury
     Televoting
Voting results
Total Score Split Jury Televote NLiechtenstein NFinland NMontenegro NSanMarino NSlovakia NRussia NSpain NNetherlands NArmenia NAlbania NAustria NCyprus NEgypt NPoland NLebanon NLuxembourg NSweden NLatvia NUkraine NLithuania NBulgaria NEstonia NItaly NNorway
Liechtenstein 117 53 1 1 7 7 4 10 4 4 4 5 6
64 2 3 7 7 6 5 4 1 5 12 8 4
Finland 50 22 1 1 1 5 12 2
28 4 2 4 3 1 5 1 1 2 5
Montenegro 96 49 4 7 4 5 2 12 1 7 6 1
47 7 3 6 12 3 6 4 6
San Marino 115 58 3 4 4 8 10 3 3 6 8 2 2 5
57 3 8 6 12 1 2 12 1 4 8
Slovakia 100 53 8 12 6 3 12 12
47 2 7 1 2 8 10 4 3 6 4
Russia 68 34 10 1 2 6 6 5 1 3
34 7 10 7 7 3
Spain 161 98 10 6 10 3 2 1 12 2 8 8 7 6 10 4 2 7
63 5 1 2 1 5 5 5 12 2 10 12 1 2
Netherlands 216 94 2 8 1 4 7 7 2 7 3 6 7 2 8 10 3 12 4 1
122 10 7 10 10 6 3 10 1 8 7 5 10 3 7 7 10 5 3
Armenia 197 115 4 3 12 10 8 10 8 8 8 7 5 10 4 5 6 7
82 8 5 3 3 8 3 8 10 7 8 8 6 5
Albania 248 121 10 12 10 6 12 12 1 10 12 5 12 3 8 8
127 4 5 12 10 6 10 6 3 10 12 2 12 6 7 12 10
Austria 159 83 12 8 4 10 2 8 2 4 7 6 10 10
76 12 12 1 4 2 12 1 1 8 6 5 12
Cyprus 113 61 5 6 3 3 5 5 10 3 5 3 3 10
52 6 5 1 3 5 12 5 2 1 5 7
Egypt 69 24 1 6 6 7 3 1
45 6 6 5 10 3 8 7
Poland 187 80 6 5 8 8 12 12 5 5 4 1 2 1 8 3
107 10 8 8 12 8 3 12 2 8 6 12 6 12
Lebanon 15 7 2 2 3
8 2 6
Luxembourg 98 54 7 8 8 7 2 3 6 1 12
44 3 12 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 1 8
Sweden 208 119 3 10 6 2 8 3 12 12 8 12 10 12 7 1 7 6
89 10 6 6 10 8 4 6 1 6 10 5 3 6 4 3 1
Latvia 157 79 2 5 3 6 10 4 1 10 3 10 5 8 2 5 5
78 4 8 7 5 6 5 2 5 10 10 4 10 2
Ukraine 101 34 4 7 6 2 6 4 1 4
67 12 7 4 10 3 1 8 8 4 10
Lithuania 106 53 2 5 1 6 7 12 1 2 2 7 8
53 7 4 2 7 3 2 4 4 2 7 1 2 8
Bulgaria 203 101 7 7 12 5 1 4 5 4 5 7 5 6 3 4 12 10 4
102 1 2 5 4 8 12 7 8 7 12 7 2 4 12 2 2 7

12 points[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the first semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

Jury
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 Albania Armenia, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Netherlands, Slovakia
4 Sweden Albania, Austria, Egypt, Latvia
3 Slovakia Finland, Italy, Ukraine
2 Bulgaria Estonia, Montenegro
Poland Russia, Spain
1 Armenia San Marino
Austria Liechtenstein
Finland Sweden
Lithuania Luxembourg
Luxembourg Norway
Montenegro Cyprus
Netherlands Lithuania
Spain Poland
Televoting
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
4 Albania Italy, Lebanon, Slovakia, Sweden
Austria Armenia, Estonia, Finland, Liechtenstein
Poland Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Norway, Russia
3 Bulgaria Cyprus, Latvia, Netherlands
2 San Marino Egypt, Spain
Spain Poland, Ukraine
1 Cyprus Albania
Liechtenstein Lithuania
Luxembourg Montenegro
Montenegro Austria
Ukraine San Marino

Semi-final 2[]

Semi-final 2
split jury/televote results
Place Televoting Points Jury Points
1 Flag of Germany Germany 132 Flag of United Kingdom UK 138
2 Flag of Denmark Denmark 129 Flag of Germany Germany 134
3 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 128 Flag of Denmark Denmark 116
4 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 107 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 113
5 Flag of Czech Republic Czech R. 105 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 111
6 Flag of United Kingdom UK 97 Flag of Moldova Moldova 101
7 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 76 Flag of Romania Romania 81
8 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 73 Flag of Belgium Belgium 72
9 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina B&H 67 Flag of Georgia Georgia 71
10 Flag of Turkey Türkiye 64 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 65
11 Flag of Romania Romania 61 Flag of Turkey Türkiye 64
12 Flag of Moldova Moldova 53 Flag of Czech Republic Czech R. 60
13 Flag of Hungary Hungary 50 Flag of France France 51
14 Flag of Belgium Belgium 48 Flag of Greece Greece 43
15 Flag of France France 40 Flag of Hungary Hungary 38
16 Flag of Georgia Georgia 40 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe 35
17 Flag of Greece Greece 33 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 35
18 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe 29 Flag of Israel Israel 21
19 Flag of Serbia Serbia 28 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina B&H 21
20 Flag of Israel Israel 20 Flag of Serbia Serbia 19
21 Flag of Malta Malta 12 Flag of Malta Malta 3
     Jury
     Televoting
Voting results
Total Score Split Jury Televote NSlovenia NTurkey NMalta NUnitedKingdom NDenmark NIsrael NFaroeIslands NMoldova NCzech Republic NGeorgia NGermany NHungary NBelgium NBosniaHerzegovina NFrance NSerbia NRomania NAzerbaijan NSwitzerland NGreece NKazakhstan NAndorra NAlgeria NIceland
Slovenia 142 35 12 5 6 4 8
107 12 10 2 12 12 5 3 6 3 12 10 4 6 10
Turkey 128 64 4 4 5 3 2 7 4 5 7 5 7 5 6
64 2 3 6 6 1 8 6 1 12 5 7 1 4 2
Malta 15 3 1 2
12 2 6 4
UK 235 138 12 2 3 7 4 8 12 5 12 10 8 3 7 12 5 1 6 6 3 12
97 8 3 8 8 12 1 12 5 7 5 6 5 4 3 10
Denmark 245 116 3 3 7 12 3 6 4 8 12 4 10 8 12 10 5 7 2
129 7 10 10 10 12 3 3 10 6 3 7 2 4 10 10 2 3 10 7
Israel 41 21 3 1 12 1 4
20 3 3 5 8 1
Faroe 64 35 4 1 7 10 2 3 2 4 2
29 5 5 7 5 2 3 2
Moldova 154 101 5 5 8 10 3 8 10 6 6 2 8 2 4 12 8 4
53 4 1 6 8 3 3 5 7 1 3 3 2 7
Czech R. 165 60 7 1 4 12 3 7 5 4 12 2 3
105 12 12 4 7 7 6 10 4 10 1 2 2 8 12 8
Georgia 111 71 12 6 3 5 12 12 1 8 6 6
40 3 2 5 12 1 1 3 12 1
Germany 266 134 6 10 4 5 6 5 4 5 3 10 6 10 8 6 10 8 3 7 8 10
132 6 7 5 12 5 5 4 12 12 2 8 8 5 7 8 12 8 6
Hungary 88 38 8 6 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 10
50 6 1 10 2 8 2 4 6 6 5
Belgium 120 72 7 2 10 3 7 8 2 12 10 2 4 5
48 4 12 4 1 8 7 12
B&H 88 21 1 12 6 2
67 8 2 8 3 12 3 12 5 4 10
France 91 51 6 6 7 2 4 10 1 1 3 1 10
40 2 2 4 6 1 1 10 8 5 1
Serbia 47 19 8 7 4
28 1 1 5 2 10 6 1 2
Romania 142 81 4 1 10 5 12 3 8 6 4 2 3 6 4 1 12
61 3 2 8 1 1 10 7 7 10 4 5 3
Azerbaijan 141 65 2 2 6 7 10 3 7 12 10 5 1
76 1 12 6 4 6 6 4 8 7 6 3 12 1
Switzerland 184 111 6 5 8 2 12 7 8 7 12 6 7 5 4 4 6 2 2 1 7
73 5 4 7 1 7 5 8 8 4 4 7 4 6 3
Greece 76 43 8 10 5 2 8 7 3
33 4 7 8 10 4
Kazakhstan 241 113 10 12 8 2 1 7 10 1 8 5 1 10 5 10 3 7 5 8
128 10 10 7 4 10 2 8 7 6 2 10 6 5 12 8 2 7 7 5

12 points[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the second semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

Jury
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 United Kingdom Georgia, Iceland, Moldova, Serbia, Slovenia
3 Denmark Hungary, Romania, United Kingdom
Georgia Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Israel
2 Czech Republic Algeria, France
Romania Andorra, Denmark
Switzerland Faroe Islands, Germany
1 Azerbaijan Greece
Belgium Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina Malta
Israel Switzerland
Kazakhstan Turkey
Moldova Kazakhstan
Slovenia Czech Republic
Televoting
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
4 Germany Algeria, Belgium, Hungary, United Kingdom
Slovenia Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Israel
3 Czech Republic Andorra, Malta, Slovenia
2 Azerbaijan Kazakhstan, Turkey
Belgium Denmark, Iceland
Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia, Switzerland
Georgia Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece
United Kingdom Germany, Moldova
1 Denmark Faroe Islands
Kazakhstan Romania
Turkey Azerbaijan

Final[]

Final
split jury/televote results
Place Televoting Points Jury Points
1 Flag of Albania Albania 173 Flag of Albania Albania 174
2 Flag of Germany Germany 171 Flag of Sweden Sweden 172
3 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 167 Flag of Germany Germany 164
4 Flag of Sweden Sweden 148 Flag of Spain Spain 146
5 Flag of Poland Poland 145 Flag of Denmark Denmark 136
6 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 133 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 136
7 Flag of Czech Republic Czech R. 133 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 125
8 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 132 Flag of Poland Poland 119
9 Algeria Algeria 130 Austria Austria 119
10 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 123 Flag of Estonia Estonia 119
11 Flag of Iceland Iceland 116 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 118
12 Flag of Spain Spain 110 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 115
13 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 108 Flag of Moldova Moldova 109
14 Flag of Denmark Denmark 107 Flag of Czech Republic Czech R. 108
15 Flag of United Kingdom UK 98 Flag of Italy Italy 106
16 Flag of Estonia Estonia 95 Flag of United Kingdom UK 105
17 Austria Austria 93 Flag of Iceland Iceland 104
18 Flag of Italy Italy 92 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 94
19 Flag of Armenia Armenia 85 Flag of Armenia Armenia 90
20 Flag of Moldova Moldova 80 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 76
21 Flag of Latvia Latvia 76 Flag of Latvia Latvia 75
22 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 75 Flag of Norway Norway 72
23 Flag of Norway Norway 72 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 67
24 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 61 Algeria Algeria 61
25 Flag of Romania Romania 57 Flag of Romania Romania 54
26 Flag of Andorra Andorra 7 Flag of Andorra Andorra 20
     Jury
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Voting results
Total Score Split Jury Televote NNorway NAlgeria NAndorra NItaly NSweden NNetherlands NAustria NUnitedKingdom NSwitzerland NSlovenia NLatvia NDenmark NGermany NKazakhstan NMoldova NBulgaria NLiechtenstein NEstonia NIceland NSpain NArmenia NCzechRepublic NAlbania NRomania NAzerbaijan NPoland NFinland NMontenegro NSanMarino NSlovakia NRussia NCyprus NEgypt NLebanon NLuxembourg NUkraine NLithuania NTurkey NMalta NIsrael NFaroeIslands NGeorgia NHungary NBelgium NBosniaHerzegovina NFrance NSerbia NGreece NRestoftheWorld
Norway 144 72 7 12 10 5 8 6 5 1 6 2 2 5 3
72 12 6 5 1 7 3 6 3 8 6 3 2 10
Algeria 191 61 3 12 6 1 1 4 8 3 7 4 12
130 10 6 8 4 6 1 8 10 2 4 6 8 1 8 3 10 2 10 10 12 1
Andorra 27 20 7 3 7 3
7 6 1
Italy 198 106 5 8 7 2 6 6 10 4 2 3 7 5 4 2 2 8 10 1 5 3 6
92 1 6 10 7 2 7 8 12 4 3 4 3 12 5 4 4
Sweden 321 173 7 7 10 10 3 10 10 5 5 6 3 1 10 3 2 2 6 10 1 12 6 5 7 2 8 5 4 7 5 1
148 7 5 5 5 12 4 3 5 8 10 5 8 6 3 2 8 5 10 12 3 7 6 3 6
Netherlands 243 120 8 8 1 2 2 5 5 1 7 6 6 8 10 5 5 2 12 6 2 3 4 2 5 5
123 6 12 10 6 5 7 3 2 3 3 5 7 12 5 6 6 6 4 1 1 12 1
Austria 214 121 12 8 5 2 4 8 12 8 10 3 7 7 3 6 7 6 4 1 6 2
93 4 1 7 10 10 10 7 7 3 10 6 8 1 5 4
United
Kingdom
203 105 1 1 4 10 3 7 3 10 1 6 3 2 3 3 4 7 4 1 8 7 5 12
98 6 8 8 7 8 2 6 4 12 1 8 6 4 1 10 7
Switzerland 200 125 6 6 4 6 7 6 10 6 10 5 12 7 3 3 12 6 7 2 7
75 2 12 5 2 1 4 3 4 6 1 8 1 1 6 5 2 3 3 6
Slovenia 208 76 8 2 5 8 1 12 8 1 1 4 2 12 12
132 10 1 8 12 10 10 10 7 10 8 8 7 8 5 6 12
Latvia 151 75 5 10 7 7 1 2 4 6 4 1 7 8 1 12
76 3 6 8 10 10 3 7 4 5 10 10
Denmark 243 136 4 8 4 2 6 2 1 10 4 6 1 12 4 4 3 6 4 5 2 6 1 3 12 5 10 10 1
107 3 4 3 8 5 1 12 10 5 4 6 2 10 5 6 10 3 10
Germany 339 168 7 4 7 2 12 6 6 10 5 5 8 10 6 8 10 7 10 8 5 7 1 6 10 4 4
171 4 3 3 8 10 6 12 12 12 5 3 12 8 8 5 5 10 4 2 2 7 4 2 8 8 8
     Jury
     Televoting
Total Score Split Jury Televote NNorway NAlgeria NAndorra NItaly NSweden NNetherlands NAustria NUnitedKingdom NSwitzerland NSlovenia NLatvia NDenmark NGermany NKazakhstan NMoldova NBulgaria NLiechtenstein NEstonia NIceland NSpain NArmenia NCzechRepublic NAlbania NRomania NAzerbaijan NPoland NFinland NMontenegro NSanMarino NSlovakia NRussia NCyprus NEgypt NLebanon NLuxembourg NUkraine NLithuania NTurkey NMalta NIsrael NFaroeIslands NGeorgia NHungary NBelgium NBosniaHerzegovina NFrance NSerbia NGreece NRestoftheWorld
Kazakhstan 306 139 1 10 2 5 5 10 1 5 7 10 12 1 6 8 5 5 10 10 4 3 8 8 3
167 7 8 5 1 2 12 4 3 10 12 2 2 4 6 6 12 7 6 1 5 5 3 12 10 7 3 6 4 2
Moldova 189 109 5 5 12 1 12 1 3 8 2 1 10 4 6 12 3 7 4 1 8 4
80 4 6 7 2 2 2 2 7 1 4 5 1 1 1 10 12 5 8
Bulgaria 258 125 2 2 1 2 3 12 12 2 12 6 12 5 5 12 2 6 5 2 1 6 5 10
133 7 10 7 7 8 5 10 10 6 7 2 5 8 3 2 3 6 1 4 3 4 1 4 5 5
Liechtenstein 175 67 4 8 5 4 1 3 1 8 2 1 3 7 8 2 4 5 1
108 8 10 8 1 8 5 5 6 6 3 1 6 3 10 5 7 12 2 2
Estonia 214 119 3 1 6 3 12 7 4 12 10 12 2 10 10 10 10 7
95 1 12 4 1 10 1 1 8 2 7 12 12 12 12
Iceland 220 104 6 6 3 6 1 5 7 4 10 5 2 5 1 3 12 5 6 10 7
116 2 2 7 10 1 3 8 10 5 6 5 1 4 4 7 7 3 3 5 5 3 8 7
Spain 266 156 6 5 12 6 7 2 4 8 4 10 12 8 3 12 8 4 12 2 1 8 2 10 10
110 3 2 2 1 7 6 2 2 2 2 12 5 10 2 8 7 12 10 7 8
Armenia 181 96 3 4 7 12 4 4 2 7 7 8 10 2 5 12 2 1 6
85 4 7 12 1 8 2 7 2 7 1 7 12 2 2 7 4
Czech
Republic
241 108 8 12 2 3 4 8 4 7 2 8 2 2 5 7 12 10 12
133 12 5 12 12 8 8 2 1 10 12 2 5 1 4 6 4 2 3 8 5 7 1 3
Albania 355 182 12 10 3 4 7 8 1 3 10 12 12 4 12 6 8 8 7 7 8 10 7 3 4 8 8
173 10 1 12 7 2 6 3 12 1 5 3 4 10 3 7 4 12 7 8 6 8 12 1 5 6 4 2 6 1 5
Romania 111 54 2 10 8 3 8 8 4 3 6 2
57 4 4 3 1 3 5 4 6 2 7 10 8
Azerbaijan 155 94 1 3 7 3 7 3 4 5 7 3 10 5 6 3 1 8 6 12
61 8 3 4 12 7 2 4 12 3 6
Poland 273 131 10 8 4 12 8 3 3 12 7 1 4 12 1 4 12 6 8 3 1 12
142 5 5 10 4 6 4 12 4 7 7 1 4 12 4 3 12 1 8 12 12 7 2
The table is ordered by appearance in the final, then by appearance in the semi-finals.

12 points[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

Jury
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 Bulgaria Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Switzerland
4 Albania Armenia, Bulgaria, Iceland, Norway
Poland Germany, Russia, Spain, Turkey
Spain Israel, Lebanon, Netherlands, Poland
3 Czech Republic Algeria, Egypt, France
Estonia Albania, Moldova, San Marino
Moldova Latvia, Slovakia, United Kingdom
Slovenia Czech Republic, Georgia, Ukraine
2 Algeria Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Armenia Belgium, Denmark
Austria Italy, Liechtenstein
Denmark Hungary, Romania
Switzerland Faroe Islands, Finland
1 Azerbaijan Greece
Germany Sweden
Iceland Cyprus
Kazakhstan Montenegro
Latvia Malta
Netherlands Lithuania
Norway Andorra
Sweden Luxembourg
United Kingdom Serbia
Televoting
No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 Estonia Egypt, France, Greece, Malta, Switzerland
Poland Faroe Islands, Germany, Israel, Montenegro, Russia
4 Albania Azerbaijan, Italy, Lebanon, Slovenia
Czech Republic Andorra, Norway, Spain, Sweden
Germany Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Liechtenstein
Kazakhstan Austria, Luxembourg, Moldova, Romania
3 Netherlands Belgium, San Marino, United Kingdom
2 Armenia Bulgaria, Ukraine
Azerbaijan Kazakhstan, Turkey
Italy Cyprus, Armenia
Slovenia Czech Republic, Serbia
Spain Georgia, Poland
Sweden Denmark, Lithuania
1 Algeria Bosnia and Herzegovina
Denmark Iceland
Liechtenstein Hungary
Moldova Slovakia
Norway Algeria
Switzerland Netherlands
United Kingdom Finland

Other awards[]

OGAN Second Chance Contest[]

The twelfth OGAN Second Chance Contest took place for this edition. The OGAN clubs of each country could submit one of their national selection entries to compete in the contest with some rules applying for the entries. Liechtenstein won the contest with Quentin Mosimann featuring Amanda Wilson and their song "Hello".

Incidents[]

Slovak entry change[]

On 30 April 2016, it was announced by Jednotka that their previously announced entry, "Vlasy" by Fallgrapp would be replaced by a new song; Zuzana Smatanová, who previously represented the country in the seventh edition, would perform her song "Horou" instead. However, no reason was given for the entry change.

Spanish participation[]

TVE announced that due to the Spanish delegation being unable to find sponsors, low interest in the national selection and the contest itself, that Spain would withdraw in order to save money and increase the contest's popularity in Spain. However, it was later announced that due to the high interest that was shown during the final of the eighteenth edition, the broadcaster decided to reverse the withdrawal and compete in the edition.

Scoreboard mistake[]

It was revealed after the results that there was a mistake during the televoting; 12 points were missing from Estonia's score which were added to Iceland's score instead. After the correction of the scores, Estonia rose to the 12th place (instead of the previous 15th place) while Iceland remained at the 11th place.

Other countries[]

Countries that are active members of the North Broadcasting Union (NBU) are also eligible to participate in the North Vision Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

Active NBU members[]

  • Flag of Belarus Belarus: It was announced by the Belarussian broadcaster that the country would withdraw. The broadcaster cited the Head of Delegation change as the reason of their withdrawal.
  • Flag of Croatia Croatia: Croatian broadcaster HRT announced that the country would not compete in the edition and cited low finances and change within the broadcaster as the reasons of their withdrawal. A return in the twentieth edition wasn't ruled out.
  • Flag of North Macedonia North Macedonia: It was announced by the Macedonian broadcaster that the the country would withdraw due to the resignation of the head of delegation. The country is expected to return in the twentieth edition.
  • Flag of Ireland Ireland: RTÉ announced through their Twitter account that the country would withdraw from the edition, mainly due to financial issues. The country will return for the twentieth edition.
  • Flag of Monaco Monaco: On 29 March 2016, it was announced that the country would not be returning to the contest. Specific reasons for the non-participation were not given by the broadcaster.
  • Flag of Morocco Morocco: SNRT revealed on 30 April 2016 that the country would withdraw from the edition. However, no reason was given for the country's withdrawal while it wasn't revealed whether the country would return for the next edition.
  • Flag of Portugal Portugal: It was revealed that the country would withdraw from the edition. The broadcasted cited lack of interest and budget cuts as their reason of withdrawing.

NBU non-members[]

  • Flag of Tunisia Tunisia: After last taking part in the sixteenth edition, Nessma confirmed that they have no interest in returning to the contest.

International broadcasts and voting[]

Voting and spokespersons[]

  1. Flag of None Reigan[1]
    (Luxembourger representative in the thirteenth edition)
  2. Flag of Netherlands Trijntje Oosterhuis
  3. Flag of Iceland Regína Ósk
  4. Flag of Norway Astrid S
  5. Flag of Poland Robert Lewandowski
  6. Flag of Lithuania Gerūta Griniūtė
  7. Flag of Israel Mei Finegold
    (Israeli representative in the eleventh edition and host of the thirteenth edition)
  8. Flag of Greece Antonella Kouelier
  9. Flag of Latvia Markus Riva
    (Latvian representative in the fifteenth edition)
  10. Flag of United Kingdom Cara Delevingne
  11. Flag of Austria Jordan Léser
    (Austrian representative in the seventeenth edition)
  12. Flag of Armenia Sofi Mkheyan
    (Armenian representative in the eighteenth edition)
  13. Flag of Romania Sonia Argint-Ionescu
  14. Flag of Albania Angela Martini
  15. Flag of Egypt Ahmed Ezz
  16. Flag of Belgium Emma Bale
    (Belgian representative in the eighteenth edition)
  17. Flag of Malta Maxine Pace

  1. Flag of Sweden Ace Wilder
  2. Flag of Georgia Nini Tsnobiladze
  3. Flag of France Amir
  4. Flag of Italy Mariano Di Vaio
  5. Flag of Denmark August Haas
  6. Flag of Serbia Milica Pavlović
    (Serbian representative in the fourteenth edition)
  7. Flag of Switzerland Michelle Hunziker
  8. Flag of Luxembourg Unicq
    (Luxembourger representative in the eighteenth edition)
  9. Flag of Estonia Anu Välba
  10. Flag of Finland Sara La Fountain
  11. Flag of Montenegro Goga Sekulić
    (Montenegrin representative in the fourteenth edition)
  12. Flag of Spain María Isabel
    (Spanish representative in the seventeenth edition)
  13. Flag of Germany André Hamann
  14. Flag of Czech Republic Marek Ztracený
  15. Flag of Liechtenstein Claudia Schanza and Vava Voom
    (Liechtensteiner representative in the ninth edition as Börni)
  16. Flag of Faroe Islands Jórunn Gudmundsen

  1. Flag of Slovenia Daniela Simbič
  2. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Caylana
  3. Flag of Cyprus François Micheletto
  4. Flag of Andorra Jonan Wiergo
  5. Flag of Turkey Simge Sagin
  6. Flag of Russia Timati and Egor Kreed
    (Russian representative in the seventeenth edition)
  7. Flag of Ukraine Yuliya Dumanska
    (Ukrainian representative in the eighteenth edition)
  8. Flag of Algeria Lynda Thalie
  9. Flag of Azerbaijan Dilara Kazimova
  10. Flag of Hungary Claudia Liptai
  11. Flag of Moldova Lidia Isac
  12. Flag of Kazakhstan Luina
    (Kazakh representative in the ninth edition)
  13. Flag of Slovakia Mária Pietrová
  14. Flag of Bulgaria Grafa
    (Bulgarian representative in the twelfth edition)
  15. Flag of San Marino Rakele
    (Sammarinese representative in the seventeenth edition)
  16. Flag of Lebanon Yasmine Al Massri

Notes[]

  1. ^ Reigan presented the votes for the Rest of the World jury.

External links[]

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