Yourovision Song Contest 15

Yourovision Song Contest 15
Dreams Come True
Contest	Yourovision Song Contest
Edition no.	15
Participants	13
Location	Tampere, Finland
Host	TessHex
Grand Final	26th February 2015
Winner	United Kingdom "Up"
Timeline	◄ 14 16 ►

Welcome to your Eurovision Song Contest.

This was the fifteenth edition of the Yourovision Song Contest, to be held in Tampere, after Jannika B won the previous edition, bringing the contest back to its first-ever host country for the first time since the first edition.

Although no national finals had been used to directly choose the participants of this edition, the home entry, for Finland, was chosen indirectly, through Yourovision Battle Royale, in which it placed second when competing to participate in the previous edition.

Following a surprising number of withdrawals, this edition was the smallest since the fifth edition, with no more than thirteen entries. Factoring in the previous winner sending two songs, this marked the second time that Finland has hosted an edition of the contest with only twelve participating users.

Amongst the unexpected withdrawals were Yourovision mainstays Ukraine (having been present for every edition since the seventh), Luxembourg (present since the sixth edition), Spain (who débuted in the first edition and missed only the second since then) and Australia (who had maintained a perfect record of attendance since the second edition).

The eventual winner was the United Kingdom, marking its third victory in the contest-- the first time any participant has won more than twice-- as well as the first time the contest has been won by a male-led act, and by an act with a featured artist, and the second time a returning artist has won the contest. Coincidentally, this is also Demi Lovato's only participation, out of her three appearances, that has not ended in disqualification.

Edition 15 - Tampere - Dreams Come True

The fifteenth edition of the contest was held in the city of Tampere, in Finland, chosen because of its status as the most densely-populated inland Nordic city. This was the first time since the contest's inception that Finland hosted the show, which came off the back of the contest's first ever consecutive win. The slogan of this edition was "Dreams Come True", not to resonate with the contest's recent successes, but to highlight the power to achieve stems from believing, and that if you want to make something happen, it can be done.

The dates for the fifteenth edition were:

Participation deadline/Voting begins: 7th February, 2015
Voting deadline: 25th February, 2015
Grand Final: 26th February, 2015

Participants

Debuting countries	Withdrawing countries	Returning countries
Czechia	Andorra Australia Austria Belarus Denmark Estonia France Hungary Jamaica Luxembourg New Zealand Norway San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Ukraine	China Montenegro United States

Returning Artists

This edition			Previous appearance
Country	Artist	Song	Country	Song	Edition
United Kingdom	Demi Lovato	"Up"	United States	"Really Don't Care"	#9

Grand Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Liechtenstein	Oonagh	"Undómiël"	5	57
02	Montenegro	Edita	"I've Come To Life"	11	44
03	United States	Tyler Ward	"S.O.S."	9	49
04	Argentina	Les Mentettes	"Between Ones And Zeros"	12	43
05	Russia	Polina Gagarina	"Shagay"	10	49
06	Finland	Jasmin Michaela	"Kertakäyttösydän"	4	61
07	Sweden	E-Type	"True Believer"	13	30
08	Ireland	Fall Out Boy & Imagine Dragons	"Radioactive In The Dark"	7	54
09	China	Angela Chang	"Bandage"	6	56
10	United Kingdom	Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato	"Up"	1	78
11	Netherlands	Tessa Belinfante	"Can't Fight The Waves"	3	62
12	Italy	Dolcenera	"Accendi Lo Spirito"	8	50
13	Czechia	Markéta Irglová & Glen Hansard	"Falling Slowly"	2	63

Recap of the songs

Yourovision Song Contest 15 Recap