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Yourovision Song Contest 14
Theme art with logo
Free Your Mind

Contest

Yourovision Song Contest

Edition no.

14

Participants

27 countries
16 finalists

Location

Dunedin, New Zealand New Zealand

Host

TessHex

Grand Final

14th January 2015

Winner

Finland Finland
"Jääkausi"

Timeline

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Welcome to your Eurovision Song Contest.

This was the fourteenth edition of the Yourovision Song Contest, held in Dunedin, after Lorde won the previous edition of the contest, with a record-breaking number of points, and a record-breaking number of 12-point units.

This edition was a special edition, in which every participant was offered the opportunity to send two countries, resulting in a higher turnout of countries than usual, thus resulting in the need for semi-finals. The two countries of the previous edition's winner automatically qualified for the final, and could choose their positions in the running-order, with the restriction that one must be in the first half of the show, and the other, in the second half.

This was the first time that a special edition of the contest was not held in Denmark, following the fourth edition in Herning, and the eighth edition in Copenhagen. This edition also marked the first time that the United Kingdom, in its history that spans the entire existence of the contest, was represented by an artist who has represented them in the contest before, as well as the first time that said country was absent from a Grand Final.

Four national finals were used to determine the participants of this edition. Belarus chose their entry through Yourosong, selecting Anna Zaitseva, the youngest participant in the Yourovision Song Contest to date; Italy used La Scelta to select Mika and Chiara; Andorra used the Voice For Yourovision format and chose TWIN TWIN; and Finland, Germany, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Iceland, Moldova and US America all competed in Yourovision Battle Royale, from which the two highest-scoring countries-- Finland and New Zealand-- qualified directly to the final of this contest.

Every participant was required to vote in both semi-finals to avoid disqualification.

The eventual winner was Finland, marking the second time in the contest's history that a non-English-language song won, the first time that the same user won the contest twice in a row, and the first time that an auto-qualified song won the contest.

Edition 14 - Dunedin - Free Your Mind[]

The fourteenth edition of the Yourovision Song Contest was held in Dunedin, marking the second time the contest has been held outside of Europe, after the third edition, in New York. Dunedin was selected as the host city due to its climate allowing for snow, in keeping with the theme art of this edition, which was commissioned before the results of the previous edition had been announced.
The slogan of this edition was "Free Your Mind", to reflect the importance of blue-sky thinking, and that anything can be achieved if you just adjust your perspective.

The fourteenth edition marked the first time that the dates of the contest were changed during the contest, in response to the swift return of the votes. The dates were:

Participation deadline/Semi-final voting begins: 1st January, 2015
Semi-final voting deadline: 6th January, 2015 (Originally 15th January, 2015)
Grand Final voting begins: 7th January, 2015
Grand Final: 14th January, 2015 (Originally 27th January, 2015)

Participants[]

Debuting countries Withdrawing countries Returning countries

Returning Artists[]

This edition Previous appearance
Country Artist Song Country Song Edition
Hungary Hungary Ke$ha "Die Young" USA United States "Timber" #5
Ireland Ireland "Beg For It" Denmark Denmark "Don't Wanna Dance" #12
New Zealand New Zealand Zowie "Smash It" New Zealand New Zealand "My Calculator" #8
Sweden Sweden Tove Lo "Heroes" Sweden Sweden "Stay High (Habits Remix)" #11
United Kingdom United Kingdom Paul McCartney "Hope For The Future" United Kingdom United Kingdom "Queenie Eye" #4

Semi-Final 1[]

The top 7 highest-scoring countries advanced to the Grand Final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Norway Norway Kakkmaddafakka "Young" 10 49
02 Italy Italy Mika ft. Chiara "Stardust" 5 82
03 Slovakia Slovakia Celeste Buckingham "Run Run Run" 6 80
04 Estonia Estonia Tanja Mihhailova "Forevermore" 1 90
05 Sweden Sweden Alesso ft. Tove Lo "Heroes" 3 84
06 Switzerland Switzerland Brooklyn Bounce "Loud & Proud" 12 37
07 Ukraine Ukraine Goryachyi Shokolad "Steny" 7 61
08 Austria Austria Thirteen Days "Across The Universe" 2 86
09 Netherlands Netherlands Caro Emerald "That Man" 4 84
10 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Rachel Bloom "You Can Touch My Boobies" 8 60
11 Ireland Ireland Iggy Azalea ft. MØ "Beg For It" 11 45
12 Jamaica Jamaica Meital Dohan ft. Sean Kingston "On Ya" 9 54
Yourovision_Song_Contest_14_Semi-Final_1_Recap

Yourovision Song Contest 14 Semi-Final 1 Recap











Semi-Final 2[]

The top 7 highest-scoring countries advanced to the Grand Final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Denmark Denmark Aqua "Playmate To Jesus" 9 54
02 Luxembourg Luxembourg Cassandre "Ma Révolution" 1 106
03 Australia Australia The Veronicas "You Ruin Me" 4 69
04 Slovenia Slovenia Nina Pušlar "Tik Tak Tok" 3 79
05 Hungary Hungary Ke$ha "Die Young" 12 40
06 Spain Spain Bustamante "Ya No Puedo Esperar" 6 63
07 United Kingdom United Kingdom Paul McCartney "Hope For The Future" 11 52
08 Argentina Argentina Búlgara "Calma" 8 55
09 Belarus Belarus Anna Zaitseva "Geta Moy Lios" 10 54
10 France France Tal & MPokora "Envole-Moi" 2 85
11 San Marino San Marino Cappella "Move On Baby" 13 25
12 Russia Russia Serebro "Ne Nado Bolnee" 5 68
13 Andorra Andorra TWIN TWIN "Moi Même" 7 62
Yourovision_Song_Contest_14_Semi-Final_2_Recap

Yourovision Song Contest 14 Semi-Final 2 Recap











Grand Final[]

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Russia Russia Serebro "Ne Nado Bolnee" 7 52
02 Slovakia Slovakia Celeste Buckingham "Run Run Run" 8 51
03 Luxembourg Luxembourg Cassandre "Ma Révolution" 2 79
04 Netherlands Netherlands Caro Emerald "That Man" 9 49
05 Spain Spain Bustamante "Ya No Puedo Esperar" 15 28
06 New Zealand New Zealand Zowie "Smash It" 13 40
07 Slovenia Slovenia Nina Pušlar "Tik Tak Tok" 14 38
08 Austria Austria Thirteen Days "Across The Universe" 10 47
09 Ukraine Ukraine Goryachyi Shokolad "Steny" 16 23
10 Australia Australia The Veronicas "You Ruin Me" 11 46
11 Andorra Andorra TWIN TWIN "Moi Même" 12 45
12 Italy Italy Mika ft. Chiara "Stardust" 5 57
13 Finland Finland Jannika B "Jääkausi" 1 80
14 Estonia Estonia Tanja Mihhailova "Forevermore" 6 52
15 France France Tal & MPokora "Envole-Moi" 4 62
16 Sweden Sweden Alesso ft. Tove Lo "Heroes" 3 63
Yourovision_Song_Contest_14_Grand_Final_Recap

Yourovision Song Contest 14 Grand Final Recap











Timeline[]

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