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20 September - 7 October 2012 |
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Universong 44 was the 44th staging of the Universong Contest, held in Reykjavik, Iceland, from September 20th to October 7th, 2012. This has been Iceland's second USC organization, the first since USC 07, also held in Reykjavik, in this ocassion after the winning of "Everywhere around me" by Greta Salome the previous edition in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Finland got his first Universong winning thanks to the song "Missä muruseni on" by Jenni Vartiainen. Vartiainen won the competition with a total of 166 points, despite it didn't became evident her winning until the middle stages of voting. Runner-up was the girl band Stooshe with the song "Black heart", representing England, collecting 147 points, 19 less than winner Finland. Third place was Italy, represented by Syria ft. Ghemon with the song "Come non detto", with a total of 141 points. The top 5 was completed with Ivi Adamou, representing Cyprus, and Sarah Dawn Finer, representing Sweden (on a tie with Croatia's Severina, who eventually took sixth place).
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Grand Final
