USC 44

Universong 44 Break the ice
Date	20 September - 7 October 2012
Host city	Reykjavik, Iceland
Participants	47
Debuting countries	Lesotho
Returning countries	Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, Monaco, New Zealand, San Marino, Slovakia
Withdrawing countries	Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Panama, South Korea, Spain, Vatican City
Winner	Finland Jenni Vartiainen "Missä muruseni on"
Timeline	◄ Vaduz 43 Helsinki 45 ►

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 Edit

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Estonia	Sinine ft. Sandra Nurmsalu	"Sel teel"	2	124
02	Netherlands	Birgit Schuurman	"Hardrocking diva"	19	31
03	Cyprus	Ivi Adamou ft. TU	"Madness"	7	86
04	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Maya Sar	"Krive rijeci"	16	48
05	Kosovo	Vedat Ademi & Rezarta Shkurta	"Iki larg"	17	46
06	Ireland	Nolans	"I'm in the mood for dancing"	18	33
07	Andorra	David Bisbal	"Esclavo de sus besos"	13	62
08	Lesotho	Goldfish	"We come together"	20	25
09	Russia	Julia Volkova	"Didn't wanna do it"	12	67
10	United States	Phillip Phillips	"Home"	9	69
11	Bulgaria	Andrea	"Haide, opa"	15	55
12	Croatia	Severina	"Italiana"	6	90
13	New Zealand	Brooke Duff	"Till the end"	5	92
14	Moldova	Nelly Ciobanu	"Moldova mea (My Moldova)"	21	24
15	Mexico	María José	"Tú ya sabes a mí"	22	17
16	Italy	Syria ft. Ghernon	"Come non detto"	3	114
17	England	Stooshe	"Black heart"	11	69
18	France	Shy'm	"Si tu savais"	14	61
19	Armenia	Lilit Hovhannisyan	"Te axijk lineir"	8	74
20	Scotland	Amy Macdonald	"Slow it down"	4	109
21	Germany	Lena	"Stardust"	10	69
22	South Africa	Nicholis Louw	"Baby baby"	23	16
23	Sweden	Sarah Dawn Finer	"Moving on"	1	127

Semifinal 2 Edit

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Romania	Viky Red	"If you ever feel"	2	117
02	Hungary	Motiva	"Aki kettő"	17	31
03	Monaco	Anggun	"Mon meilleur amour"	DSQ	-
04	Latvia	Dālderi	"Nepareizā dziesma"	21	11
05	Lithuania	Dūmas	"Party all day"	20	22
06	Denmark	Julie Berthelsen	"Timmisssatut illunnga (Som en fugl)"	18	30
07	Poland	Edyta Gorniak	"One & one"	16	43
08	Ukraine	Levika	"Ocen' eto ya"	7	98
09	Belarus	Dmitry Koldun	"Korabli"	14	57
10	San Marino	Emis Killa	"Parole di ghiaccio"	15	56
11	Slovakia	Kristina Pelakova	"Life is a game"	1	119
12	Finland	Jenni Vartiainen	"Missä muruseni on"	3	116
13	Faroe Islands	Eivør Palsdottir	"Undo your mind"	9	82
14	Australia	Iggy Azalea	"My world"	19	27
15	Malta	Claudia Faniello	"Pure"	10	78
16	Greece	Giorgos Sabanis	"Mono an thes emena"	4	114
17	Serbia	Aleksandra Radović	"Cuvaj moje srce"	6	102
18	Puerto Rico	Ricky Martin	"The best thing about me is you"	11	76
19	Azerbaijan	Nikki Jamal ft. Karen Viuff	"Universe"	DSQ	-
20	Albania	Elvana Gjata	"Gjaku im"	8	82
21	Portugal	Amor Electro	"Rosa sangue"	13	69
22	Liechtenstein	Glasperlenspiel	"Ich bin ich"	5	103
23	North Macedonia	Next Time	"Lice od raj"	12	75

Grand Final Edit

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	North Macedonia	Next Time	"Lice od raj"	22	79
02	England	Stooshe	"Black heart"	2	147
03	Ukraine	Lavika	"Ocen' eto ya"	21	84
04	Sweden	Sarah Dawn Finer	"Moving on"	5	137
05	Russia	Julia Volkova	"Didn't wanna do it"	15	106
06	Serbia	Aleksandra Radović	"Cuvaj moje srce"	DSQ	-
07	Scotland	Amy Macdonald	"Slow it down"	8	132
08	Norway	Petter Carlsen	"Even dead things feel your love"	23	65
09	Greece	Giorgos Sabanis	"Mono an thes emena"	20	85
10	United States	Phillip Phillips	"Home"	25	62
11	Albania	Elvana Gjata	"Gjaku im"	13	115
12	Armenia	Lilit Hovhannisyan	"Te axjik lineir"	14	111
13	Cyprus	Ivi Adamou ft. TU	"Madness"	4	139
14	Faroe Islands	Eivør Palsdottir	"Undo your mind"	12	117
15	Italy	Syria ft. Ghernon	"Come non detto"	3	141
16	Finland	Jenni Vartiainen	"Missä muruseni on"	1	166
17	Estonia	Sinine ft. Sandra Nurmsalu	"Sel teel"	19	92
18	Turkey	Kolpa	"Beni aşka inandır"	17	99
19	New Zealand	Brooke Duff	"Till the end"	7	134
20	Slovakia	Kristina Pelakova	"Life is a game"	11	122
21	Germany	Lena	"Stardust"	9	131
22	Puerto Rico	Ricky Martin	"The best thing about me is you"	24	64
23	Croatia	Severina	"Italiana"	6	137
24	Romania	Viky Red	"If you ever feel"	10	123
25	Iceland	Hera Björk	"My heart"	18	98
26	Malta	Claudia Faniello	"Pure"	26	54
27	Liechtenstein	Glasperlenspiel	"Ich bin ich"	16	102