USC 57

"We are all equal"

Universong 57
Date	30 September - 17 October 2013
Host city	Espoo, Finland
Participants	51
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vatican City
Withdrawing countries	Angola, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Cuba, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Paraguay, Scotland
Winner	England Ellie Goulding "Burn"
Timeline	◄ Tromso 56 Leeds 58 ►

Universong 57 was the 57th edition of the Universong Contest, held in Espoo, Finland, from September 30th to October 17th, 2013, after the winning of Jenni Vartiainen last edition in Tromso, Norway, with the song "Junat ja naiset".

England won the Universong Contest for the fifth time so far, until now. With 191 points, Ellie Goulding won the contest with the song "Burn". In second place, popular Internet phenomena, Ylvis, representing Norway, got 146 points, 45 points less than the winner England for their song "The fox". France got third place with Muttonheads and Eden Martin. The song "Snow White (Alive)" got 133 points. Turkey and Brazil completed the top 5. (Indeed, this would be the best placing ever for the South American country, only improved with the second place in USC 75 in Jerusalem, Israel, and later equalled in USC 88 in Saint-Denis of Reunion, France).

Nicaragua was withdrawn of the second semifinal. They were due to be represented by Nina & Sebastian with the song "Imposible". They eventually competed in USC 65 in Sydney, Australia, where they reached the final.

Semifinal 1 Edit

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Point
01	Italy	Marco Mengoni	"Bellissimo"	12	67
02	Cyprus	Tash ft. DJ D.A,	"Habibi leh"	20	33
03	Kosovo	Adelina Emini	"Ai moment"	6	83
04	Denmark	Fallulah	"Dried-out cities"	11	69
05	Canada	JRDN	"Like magic"	19	35
06	Portugal	Mastiksoul ft. David Anthony & Taylor Jones	"Hurricane"	18	43
07	Spain	India Martínez	"Los gatos no ladran"	14	63
08	Poland	Honey	"Insomnia"	17	47
09	France	Muttonheads ft. Eden Martin	"Snow White (Alive)"	3	97
10	Vietnam	North	"I won't hold back"	22	26
11	Andorra	Alejandro Sanz ft. Jamie Foxx & Emeli Sandé	"The game is over"	DSQ	-
12	Belgium	Katerine	"Enjoy the day"	5	89
13	Croatia	Jelena Radan	"The device"	7	81
14	Mexico	Inna ft. Reik	"Dame tu amor"	15	62
15	Hungary	Tankcsapda	"Mennyország tourist"	23	11
16	Vatican City	Annalisa	"Diamante lei e luce lui"	8	74
17	Armenia	Armenia Sarkissian	"Revolutionary love"	13	65
18	Monaco	Margaux Avril	"Lunatique"	10	71
19	Japan	Sweet Black ft. Maki Goto & KG	"Tear drops"	21	29
20	Brazil	Wanessa	"Shine it on"	1	121
21	Sweden	Miriam Bryant	"Finders keepers"	4	90
22	Czech Republic	Katarina Knechtova	"Isabel"	DSQ	-
23	Serbia	Dirty South ft. Joe Gil	"Until the end"	9	74
24	Netherlands	Anouk	"Pretending as always"	16	57
25	Turkey	Aynur Aydin	"Life goes on"	2	119

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Semifinal 2 ===

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	North Macedonia	Dani	"Posle tebe"	10	71
02	Greece	Giorgos Mazonakis	"Kalos sas vrika"	6	81
03	Iceland	Hanna Guðný	"Ég græt af gleði"	13	55
04	Romania	Elena Gheorghe ft. Glance	"Ecou"	8	75
05	United States	Aly & AJ	"Rush"	11	69
06	Nicaragua	Nina & Sebastián	"Imposible"	DSQ	-
07	Norway	Ylvis	"The fox"	1	132
08	Slovenia	Trash Candy	"Remember!"	5	90
09	Switzerland	The Glue	"Come what may"	20	23
10	Venezuela	Caramelos de Cianuro	"Rubia sol, morena luna"	17	39
11	Ireland	The Cranberries	"Just my imagination"	15	45
12	Austria	Left Boy	"Get it right"	19	37
13	Syria	Lena Chamamyan	"Ala mowj elbahr"	22	16
14	Denmark	Svenstrup & Vendelboe ft. Christopher	"Where do we go from here"	3	129
15	England	Ellie Goulding	"Burn"	2	130
16	Ukraine	Aelyn	"Believe in us"	7	78
17	Bulgaria	Andrea	"Nikoi drug"	9	72
18	Israel	Maya Buskila	"Shoveret shtika"	16	44
19	Russia	Yuliya Savicheva	"Visoko"	14	51
20	Germany	Teesy ft. Kaas	"Sturmgewehr remix"	18	38
21	New Zealand	Lorde	"Royals"	4	93
22	Wales	Bullet For My Valentine	"Tears don't fall"	12	63
23	Colombia	Alkilados & Damata	"Solitaria"	21	19

Grand FinalEdit

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Norway	Ylvis	"The fox"	2	146
02	Italy	Marco Mengoni	"Bellissimo"	20	78
03	Finland	Within Temptation ft. Tarja	"Paradise (What about us?)"	9	104
04	North Macedonia	Dani	"Posle tebe"	25	61
05	Romania	Elena Gheorghe ft. Glance	"Ecou"	11	98
06	Denmark	Fallulah	"Dried-out cities"	8	107
07	Vatican City	Annalisa	"Diamante lei e luce lui"	18	86
08	New Zealand	Lorde	"Royals"	13	91
09	Latvia	Instrumenti	"King of the wild things"	24	65
10	Sweden	Miriam Bryant	"Finders keepers"	15	90
11	Australia	Jacob Butler	"Kites"	17	89
12	Greece	Giorgos Mazonakis	"Kalos sas vrika"	22	71
13	Kosovo	Adelina Emini	"Ai moment"	12	92
14	Monaco	Margaux Avril	"Lunatique"	14	91
15	Faroe Islands	Svenstrup & Vendelboe ft. Christopher	"Where do we go from here"	6	113
16	Turkey	Aynur Aydin	"Life goes on"	4	131
17	Ukraine	Aelyn	"Believe in us"	16	89
18	Brazil	Wanessa	"Shine it on"	5	129
19	Serbia	Dirty South ft. Joe Gil	"Until the end"	21	73
20	Croatia	Jelena Radan	"The device"	10	101
21	Slovenia	Trash Candy	"Remember!"	19	83
22	Wales	Bullet For My Valentine	"Tears don't fall"	26	60
23	Bulgaria	Andrea	"Nikoi drug"	23	67
24	England	Ellie Goulding	"Burn"	1	191
25	United States	Aly & AJ	"Rush"	DSQ	-
26	France	Muttonheads ft. Eden Martin	"White Snow (Alive)"	3	133
27	Belgium	Katerine	"Enjoy the day	7	113