"Explosion of emotions"
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Date |
30 April - 18 May 2013 |
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Host city |
Budapest, |
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Participants |
44 |
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Universong 52 was the 52nd edition of the Universong Contest, held from April 30th to May 18th, 2013 in Budapest, Hungary. This was Hungary's first - and only so far - staging of the USC, that occurred after the winning of Gigi Radics with the song "Ugy faj" the previous edition in Stockholm, Sweden.
Lithuania was declared after the final voting as the winner of this Universong edition. GJan got 175 points for the song "Not afraid", taking a 25-point lead over the runner-up, Armenia, who was represented by Lilit Hovhannisyan with the song "Requiem". Both rivals were also the top 2 in the second semifinal, also won by Lithuania. From the early stages of voting, it became clear and evident that Lithuania would win, and despite Armenia was closer to Lithuania in some occassions throughout the voting sequence, the latter would be a runaway leader. Closer to Armenia, Hungary scored third place in home turf, with the song "Lásd a csodát" sang by Tibor Kocsis. England, represented by Leona Lewis, and Iceland, represented by Unnur Eggerts, completed the top 5, while India got its best historical placement at a country level - 6th place - in its Universong debut and represented by former Miss World, Priyanka Chopra.
Semifinal 1[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  United States
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Josh Groban | "Brave" | 12 | 63 |
| 02 |  Luxembourg
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Hélène Segara ft. Laura Pausini | "On" | 14 | 49 |
| 03 |  Australia
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Ricki-Lee | "Crazy" | 6 | 86 |
| 04 |  Spain
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David Bustamante
ft. Pastora Soler |
"Bandera blanca" | 8 | 79 |
| 05 |  Italy
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Mutter Dog | "Light up the world" | 9 | 77 |
| 06 |  Paraguay
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Bambú | "Una lágrima" | 20 | 10 |
| 07 |  Romania
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Raluka | "All for you" | 3 | 99 |
| 08 |  Denmark
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A Friend In London | "Calling a friend" | 1 | 136 |
| 09 |  Mexico
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Jorge Blanco | "Voy por ti" | 19 | 35 |
| 10 |  England
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Leona Lewis | "Lovebird" | 2 | 125 |
| 11 |  Bulgaria
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Monix | "Can't get enough" | 7 | 81 |
| 12 |  France
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Emmanuel Moire | "Le sourire" | 16 | 43 |
| 13 |  Liechtenstein
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Lena | "Neon (Lonely people)" | 4 | 99 |
| 14 |  Canada
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Marc Derell | "Shades of grey" | 21 | 8 |
| 15 |  Ukraine
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Tatiana Shirko | "Ya proshchu" | 5 | 94 |
| 16 |  Norway
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Madcon | "In my head" | 13 | 60 |
| 17 |  Slovenia
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Ana Soklič | "Starway with diamonds" | 17 | 37 |
| 18 |  Faroe Islands
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Alien Beat Club | "My way" | 18 | 37 |
| 19 |  Portugal
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Santamaria | "Poder ver-te outra vez" | 10 | 68 |
| 20 |  Belgium
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Iana | "#Predator" | 15 | 44 |
| 21 |  Albania
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Elvana Gjata | "Afer dhe larg" | 11 | 62 |
Semifinal 2[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Kosovo
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Kaltrina Selimi | "Hajt" | 8 | 72 |
| 02 |  Finland
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Elina Orkoneva | "He's not my man" | 4 | 90 |
| 03 |  Monaco
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Corynne Charby | "Boule de flipper" | 17 | 34 |
| 04 |  Cyprus
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Ivi Adamou | "Voltes sta asteria" | 11 | 65 |
| 05 |  Russia
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Serebro | "Sladko" | 15 | 47 |
| 06 |  Lithuania
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GJan | "Not afraid" | 1 | 122 |
| 07 |  Vietnam
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Miu Lê | "Không gian vắng" | 16 | 44 |
| 08 |  Malta
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Ira Losco
ft. David Leguess |
"The person I am" | 9 | 71 |
| 09 |  Türkiye
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Mustafa Sandal | "Moonlight" | 20 | 31 |
| 10 |  Iceland
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Unnur Eggerts | "Stolin Augnablik" | 3 | 93 |
| 11 |  Greece
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Kostas Martakis | "Thelo epeigontos diakopes" | 18 | 34 |
| 12 |  Andorra
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Paula Rojo | "Princesa" | 13 | 59 |
| 13 |  Latvia
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Dons | "Māsa upe" | 14 | 50 |
| 14 |  Switzerland
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BOY | "Skin" | 7 | 77 |
| 15 |  Sweden
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Emilia | "Teardrops" | 5 | 85 |
| 16 |  Armenia
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Lilit Hovhannisyan | "Requiem" | 2 | 115 |
| 17 |  India
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Priyanka Chopra
ft. will.i.am |
"In my city" | 10 | 71 |
| 18 |  Germany
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Tokio Hotel | "Automatisch" | 12 | 62 |
| 19 |  Netherlands
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Caro Emerald | "Tangled up" | 6 | 84 |
| 20 |  North Macedonia
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Ivica Veloski | "Ti bi znaela" | 19 | 34 |
Grand Final[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Germany
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Tokio Hotel | "Automatisch" | DSQ | - |
| 02 | Iceland
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Unnur Eggerts | "Stolin Augnablik" | 5 | 117 |
| 03 | Malta
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Ira Losco ft. David Leguess | "The person I am" | 20 | 63 |
| 04 | Bulgaria
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Monix | "Can't get enough" | 14 | 78 |
| 05 | Portugal
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Santamaria | "Poder ver-te outra vez" | 22 | 62 |
| 06 | England
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Leona Lewis | "Lovebird" | 4 | 129 |
| 07 | Ukraine
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Tatiana Shirko | "Ya proshchu" | 23 | 60 |
| 08 | India
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Priyanka Chopra ft. will.i.am | "In my city" | 6 | 117 |
| 09 | Australia
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Ricki-Lee | "Crazy" | 21 | 62 |
| 10 | Armenia
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Lilit Hovhannisyan | "Requiem" | 2 | 150 |
| 11 | Spain
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David Bustamante ft. Pastora Soler | "Bandera blanca" | 7 | 115 |
| 12 | Netherlands
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Caro Emerald | "Tangled up" | 18 | 71 |
| 13 |  Hungary
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Tibor Kocsis | "Lásd a csodát" | 3 | 148 |
| 14 | Italy
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Mutter Dog | "Light up the world" | 19 | 70 |
| 15 | United States
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Josh Groban | "Brave" | 24 | 58 |
| 16 | Liechtenstein
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Lena | "Neon (Lonely people)" | 8 | 113 |
| 17 |  Croatia
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Severina | "Dobrodosao u klub" | 25 | 49 |
| 18 | Lithuania
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GJan | "Not afraid" | 1 | 175 |
| 19 | Denmark
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A Friend in London | "Calling a friend" | 11 | 91 |
| 20 |  Poland
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Magdalena Tul | "Give it up" | 26 | 47 |
| 21 | Sweden
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Emilia | "Teardrops" | 13 | 78 |
| 22 | Romania
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Raluka | "All for you" | 9 | 107 |
| 23 | Kosovo
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Kaltrina Selimi | "Hajt" | 10 | 105 |
| 24 | Albania
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Elvana Gjata | "Afer dhe larg" | 17 | 75 |
| 25 | Switzerland
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BOY | "Skin" | 15 | 77 |
| 26 | Finland
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Elina Orkoneva | "He's not my man" | 12 | 85 |
| 27 | Cyprus
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Ivi Adamou | "Voltes sta asteria" | 16 | 76 |