Ourvision Song Contest 16

Ourvision Song Contest 16
Contest	Ourvision Song Contest
Edition no.	16
Participants	30
Location	Paris, France
Dates	Semi-final 1: December 6, 2011 Semi-final 2: December 9, 2011 Final: December 12, 2011
Winner	Cyprus Nikki Ponte "Remembering The Summer Nights"
Timeline	◄ 15 17 ►

Ourvision Song Contest 16, often referred to as OVSC 16, was the 16th edition of Ourvision Song Contest.

About

It was held in Paris, France. 30 countries participated in the contest. There were two semi-finals with 15 countries in each and 8 countries from each semi-final qualified for the final, making it 16 countries in the final. The winner was Nikki Ponte with the song "Remembering The Summer Nights", representing Cyprus.

Awards

Award	Recipient
Jury	Poland
Hit	Denmark
Heart	Serbia
Voters	Slovenia
NS	MY Sound

Countries

Withdrawing countries	Returning countries	Debuting countries
Algeria Armenia Azerbaijan Croatia Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Mexico Norway Romania Russia Slovakia Spain  Suriname Thailand United Kingdom	Australia Canada Costa Rica Cyprus Ireland Israel Portugal Serbia Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine	Indonesia Morocco Tunisia

National selections

Country	Contest	Song	Final
Malaysia	MY Sound 7	"Prom Queen"	3
Serbia	The First Voice Of Serbia	"Putnicka"	SF
United States	United Songs	"It's My Life"	11

Draw

Semi-final 1

Num.	Country	Artist	Song
1	Canada	Lady Gaga	"Marry the Night"
2	Australia	Short Stack	"Planets"
3	Ukraine	Alyosha	"Ty ujdesh"
4	Slovenia	Neisha	"Planet za zadet"
5	Portugal	Nelly Furtado	"All Good Things (Come to an End)"
6	Poland	Sylwia Grzeszczak	"Sen o przyszlosci"
7	Tunisia	Yael Naim	"New Soul"
8	Cyprus	Nikki Ponte	"Remembering The Summer Nights"
9	Malta	Kelly Schembri	"Love Me Like Your Money"
10	Indonesia	Anggun	"Jadi Milikmu"
11	Japan	Hikaru Utada	"Simple and Clean (Slow)"
12	Greece	Kalomira feat. Fatman Scoop	"Please Don't Break My Heart"
13	Denmark	Celina Ree	"Når Du Ror Ved Mig"
14	South Korea	Meg & Dia	"Fighting for Nothing"
15	Ireland	Jedward	"Wow Oh Wow"

Semi-final 2

Num.	Country	Artist	Song
1	Philippines	Aicelle Santos	"Ikaw Pa Rin"
2	Switzerland	Anna Kaenzig	"In Your Hands"
3	Austria	Luttenberger*Klug	"Super Sommer"
4	Belgium	Steve Linden	"C'est la musique"
5	Israel	Dana International feat. Idan Yaniv	"Seret Hodi"
6	Malaysia	Bunkface	"Prom Queen"
7	Venezuela	King Changó	"Venezuelan in New York"
8	United States	Bon Jovi	"It's My Life"
9	Netherlands	Simone Nijssen	"Time Machine"
10	Morocco	Outlandish	"Aicha"
11	Türkiye	Hadise	"Bad Boy"
12	France	Julien Comblat	"Bien évidemment"
13	Serbia	Dzenan Loncarevic	"Putnicka"
14	Sweden	Jenny Silver	"Something in your eyes"
15	Costa Rica	JLS feat. Dev	"She Makes Me Wanna"

Final

Num.	Country	Artist	Song
1	United States	Bon Jovi	"It's My Life"
2	France	Julien Comblat	"Bien évidemment"
3	Belgium	Steve Linden	"C'est la musique"
4	Switzerland	Anna Kaenzig	"In Your Hands"
5	Cyprus	Nikki Ponte	"Remembering The Summer Nights"
6	Malaysia	Bunkface	"Prom Queen"
7	Portugal	Nelly Furtado	"All Good Things (Come to an End)"
8	Austria	Luttenberger*Klug	"Super Sommer"
9	Denmark	Celina Ree	"Når Du Ror Ved Mig"
10	South Korea	Meg & Dia	"Fighting for Nothing"
11	Greece	Kalomira feat. Fatman Scoop	"Please Don't Break My Heart"
12	Philippines	Aicelle Santos	"Ikaw Pa Rin"
13	Tunisia	Yael Naim	"New Soul"
14	Malta	Kelly Schembri	"Love Me Like Your Money"
15	Poland	Sylwia Grzeszczak	"Sen o przyszlosci"
16	Sweden	Jenny Silver	"Something in your eyes"

Results

Semi-final 1

Place	Country	Artist	Song	Points
1	Cyprus	Nikki Ponte	"Remembering The Summer Nights"	203
2	Poland	Sylwia Grzeszczak	"Sen o przyszlosci"	183
3	Denmark	Celina Ree	"Når Du Ror Ved Mig"	182
4	Greece	Kalomira feat. Fatman Scoop	"Please Don't Break My Heart"	157
5	South Korea	Meg & Dia	"Fighting for Nothing"	152
6	Tunisia	Yael Naim	"New Soul"	149
7	Portugal	Nelly Furtado	"All Good Things (Come to an End)"	135
8	Malta	Kelly Schembri	"Love Me Like Your Money"	122
9	Canada	Lady Gaga	"Marry the Night"	113
10	Australia	Short Stack	"Planets"	102
11	Japan	Hikaru Utada	"Simple and Clean (Slow)"	97
12	Ukraine	Alyosha	"Ty ujdesh"	96
13	Slovenia	Neisha	"Planet za zadet"	80
14	Indonesia	Anggun	"Jadi Milikmu"	76
15	Ireland	Jedward	"Wow Oh Wow"	67

Semi-final 2

Place	Country	Artist	Song	Points
1	Belgium	Steve Linden	"C'est la musique"	179
2	Switzerland	Anna Kaenzig	"In Your Hands"	164
3	France	Julien Comblat	"Bien évidemment"	150
4	Sweden	Jenny Silver	"Something in your eyes"	147
5	United States	Bon Jovi	"It's My Life"	135
6	Austria	Luttenberger*Klug	"Super Sommer"	130
7	Malaysia	Bunkface	"Prom Queen"	128
8	Philippines	Aicelle Santos	"Ikaw Pa Rin"	116
9	Netherlands	Simone Nijssen	"Time Machine"	112
10	Serbia	Dzenan Loncarevic	"Putnicka"	110
11	Morocco	Outlandish	"Aicha"	97
12	Costa Rica	JLS feat. Dev	"She Makes Me Wanna"	81
13	Israel	Dana International feat. Idan Yaniv	"Seret Hodi"	73
14	Venezuela	King Changó	"Venezuelan in New York"	61
15	Türkiye	Hadise	"Bad Boy"	57

Final

Place	Country	Artist	Song	Points
1	Cyprus	Nikki Ponte	"Remembering The Summer Nights"	168
2	Belgium	Steve Linden	"C'est la musique"	156
3	Malaysia	Bunkface	"Prom Queen"	153
4	Switzerland	Anna Kaenzig	"In Your Hands"	152
5	Denmark	Celina Ree	"Når Du Ror Ved Mig"	142
6	Sweden	Jenny Silver	"Something in your eyes"	130
7	Greece	Kalomira feat. Fatman Scoop	"Please Don't Break My Heart"	124
8	South Korea	Meg & Dia	"Fighting for Nothing"	122
9	Poland	Sylwia Grzeszczak	"Sen o przyszlosci"	118
10	Malta	Kelly Schembri	"Love Me Like Your Money"	111
11	United States	Bon Jovi	"It's My Life"	101
12	Austria	Luttenberger*Klug	"Super Sommer"	98
13	Tunisia	Yael Naim	"New Soul"	91
14	Portugal	Nelly Furtado	"All Good Things (Come to an End)"	85
15	Philippines	Aicelle Santos	"Ikaw Pa Rin"	83
16	France	Julien Comblat	"Bien évidemment"	80

External links

Video archive on Youtube
Contest page on the official website

OVSC editions
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