"The rising stars are here"
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Date |
15 January - 1 February 2014 |
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Host city |
Los Angeles, |
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Participants |
49 |
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Timeline |
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Universong 61, the 61st edition of the Universong Contest, was held in Los Angeles, California, USA, from January 15th to February 1st, 2014, after the winning of Blondie, with the song "Maria", in the previous special edition N° 60 ('90s themed), held in Orebro, Sweden.
France scored its second Universong winning, after Indila scored a total of 195 points with the song "Dernière danse". This is France's second winning, the first being in USC 15, held in Venice, Italy, and won by Sebastien Agius with the song "Ma chance". Runner-up, New Zealand, also got in this edition its best placement since its winning in USC 20 in Cardiff, Wales. Jackie Thomas, with the song "It's worth it", got 169 points, the highest points ever given to a New Zealander entry, with a difference of 26 points. Third place went to Germany, represented by Ivy Quainoo, with the song "Wildfires (Light it up)". The top 5 was completed with the representatives of Lebanon and the Faroe Islands.
Semifinal 1[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Indonesia
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Wali | "Cari jodoh" | 13 | 59 |
| 02 |  Netherlands
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Mr Probz | "Waves" | 8 | 77 |
| 03 |  Norway
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Alida | "Some of us" | 6 | 82 |
| 04 |  New Zealand
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Jackie Thomas | "It's worth it" | 2 | 125 |
| 05 |  Estonia
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Rolf Roosalu | "Kuues käik" | 20 | 29 |
| 06 |  Croatia
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Lines and Colours | "Beautiful addiction" | 3 | 96 |
| 07 |  Belgium
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The Ditch | "Far away" | 9 | 75 |
| 08 |  Andorra
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La Oreja de Van Gogh | "El primer día del resto de mi vida" | 12 | 62 |
| 09 |  Iceland
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Unnur Eggerts | "Vid stingum ad" | WDN | - |
| 10 |  Faroe Islands
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Kato
& SafriDuo ft. Bjornskov |
"Dimitto (Let go)" | 4 | 95 |
| 11 |  Latvia
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AiWiNK | "Now or never" | 15 | 52 |
| 12 |  North Macedonia
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Lambe Alabakovski | "Ke te cekam jas" | 14 | 57 |
| 13 |  Albania
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Xhensila Myrtezaj ft.Elgit Doda | "Liar" | 19 | 35 |
| 14 |  Venezuela
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Aneeka | "Eye for an eye" | 11 | 63 |
| 15 |  Slovenia
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Zala ft. Da Kru | "Cirkus" | 21 | 27 |
| 16 |  San Marino
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Alex Baroni | "La distanza di un amore" | 16 | 51 |
| 17 |  Denmark
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Rasmus Thude | "Frøken Ligeglad" | 18 | 38 |
| 18 |  Canada
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Anjulie | "Boom" | 23 | 25 |
| 19 |  Vietnam
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Hoàng Thùy Linh | "Crazy" | 24 | 24 |
| 20 |  Mexico
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Jesse & Joy | "La de la mala suerte" | 5 | 90 |
| 21 |  Scotland
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Nina Nesbitt | "Way in the world" | 7 | 77 |
| 22 |  Japan
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Hitomi Shimatani | "Destiny" | 10 | 74 |
| 23 |  Switzerland
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Chiara Dubey | "Bella sera" | 22 | 25 |
| 24 |  Lithuania
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GJan | "Now you" | 17 | 43 |
| 25 |  France
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Indila | "Dernière danse" | 1 | 127 |
Semifinal 2[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Belarus
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Merry Poppins | "Menya zovut lyubov" | 21 | 19 |
| 02 |  Spain
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Edurne | "Pretty boy" | 11 | 68 |
| 03 |  Serbia
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Jelena Tomasevic | "Radio svira za nas" | 9 | 69 |
| 04 |  Ukraine
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Mila Nitich | "Kayus" | 18 | 39 |
| 05 |  Cyprus
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Stavros Mihalakakos | "Na me katastrepsis glika" | 19 | 33 |
| 06 |  Liechtenstein
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Frida Gold | "Liebe ist meine rebellion" | 15 | 55 |
| 07 |  Germany
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Ivy Quainoo | "Wildfires (Light it up)" | 1 | 147 |
| 08 |  Guyana
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Melanie Fiona | "Monday morning" | 10 | 69 |
| 09 |  Romania
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Andra | "Atata timp cat ma iubesti" | 17 | 43 |
| 10 |  Poland
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Honey | "Don't love me" | 7 | 76 |
| 11 |  Portugal
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Kika
ft. Andreas Wijk |
"Can't feel love tonight" | 12 | 63 |
| 12 |  Italy
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Sushy | "Jumpin' up" | 4 | 102 |
| 13 |  Austria
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Dirty Impact | "Feel it" | DSQ | - |
| 14 |  India
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Lata Mangeskar | "Uudi uudi chhaai ghataa jiyaa laharaaye" | DSQ | - |
| 15 |  Azerbaijan
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Rafet El Roman ft. Ezo | "Kalbine sürgün" | 22 | 4 |
| 16 |  Türkiye
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Hande Yener
ft. Volga Tamoz |
"Biri var" | 6 | 99 |
| 17 |  Sweden
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Zara Larsson | "Uncover" | 3 | 103 |
| 18 |  Colombia
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Juanes | "La luz" | 13 | 56 |
| 19 |  Kosovo
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Jem | "Zoom" | 16 | 48 |
| 20 |  Russia
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Irina Dobcova | "Esh molis lyubiand" | 20 | 27 |
| 21 |  Lebanon
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Nicole Saba | "Hafdal ahlam" | 2 | 105 |
| 22 |  Greece
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Despina Vandi | "Xano esena" | 5 | 100 |
| 23 |  Bulgaria
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Miro | "Ubivame s liubov" | 8 | 70 |
| 24 |  Armenia
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Sirusho ft. Sakis Rouvas | "See" | 14 | 55 |
Grand Final[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Türkiye
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Hande Yener ft. Volga Tamoz | "Biri var" | 19 | 81 |
| 02 |  England
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Booty Luv | "Black widow" | 27 | 39 |
| 03 | Sweden
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Zara Larsson | "Uncover" | 15 | 95 |
| 04 | Belgium
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The Ditch | "Far away" | 10 | 124 |
| 05 | Netherlands
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Mr Probz | "Waves" | 21 | 76 |
| 06 | Portugal
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Kika ft. Andreas Wijk | "Can't feel love tonight" | 23 | 67 |
| 07 |  Australia
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Dami Im | "Alive" | 14 | 98 |
| 08 | Bulgaria
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Miro | "Ubivame s liubov" | 24 | 58 |
| 09 | Poland
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Honey | "Don't love me" | 17 | 85 |
| 10 | Japan
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Hitomi Shimatani | "Destiny" | 12 | 104 |
| 11 | Guyana
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Melanie Fiona | "Monday morning" | 20 | 81 |
| 12 | New Zealand
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Jackie Thomas | "It's worth it" | 2 | 169 |
| 13 | France
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Indila | "Dernière danse" | 1 | 195 |
| 14 | Venezuela
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Aneeka | "Eye for an eye" | 13 | 103 |
| 15 | Germany
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Ivy Quainoo | "Wildfires (Light it up)" | 3 | 157 |
| 16 | Lebanon
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Nicole Saba | "Hafdal ahlam" | 4 | 143 |
| 17 | Mexico
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Jesse & Joy | "La de la mala suerte" | 11 | 108 |
| 18 | Serbia
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Jelena Tomasevic | "Radio svira za nas" | 26 | 49 |
| 19 |  United States
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Christina Perri | "Human" | 9 | 124 |
| 20 | Croatia
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Lines and Colours | "Beautiful addiction" | 6 | 140 |
| 21 | Andorra
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La Oreja de Van Gogh | "El primer día del resto de mi vida" | 18 | 83 |
| 22 | Greece
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Despina Vandi | "Xano esena" | 22 | 71 |
| 23 | Faroe Islands
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Kato & SafriDuo ft. Bjornskov | "Dimitto (Let go)" | 5 | 142 |
| 24 | Norway
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Alida | "Some of us" | 8 | 124 |
| 25 | Spain
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Edurne | "Pretty boy" | 25 | 52 |
| 26 | Scotland
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Nina Nesbitt | "Way in the world" | 16 | 90 |
| 27 | Italy
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Sushy | "Jumpin' up" | 7 | 126 |