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Yourovision Song Contest 24
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Rhythm In Motion

Contest

Yourovision Song Contest

Edition no.

24

Participants

39 countries
18 finalists

Location

Antwerp, Belgium Belgium

Host

TessHex

Grand Final

30th January 2016

Winner

Åland Åland Islands
"Klein Blue"

Timeline

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Welcome to your Eurovision Song Contest.

This was the twenty-fourth edition of the Yourovision Song Contest, to take place in Antwerp, after Belgium's success in Oslo in the previous edition. At thirty-nine participant nations, this edition was the biggest in terms of countries taking part, although this does not represent the largest turnout of users for a single edition. This also marks the first time that seven qualifiers per semi-final constitutes a minority, rather than a majority or an even divide, compared to countries that will not qualify.

The song for San Marino was selected through the Voice for Yourovision format, in collaboration with the format of the previous year's Yourovision Battle Royale, to create the one-off Voice for Yourovision Battle Royale show, which also featured songs from Turkey, Malta, Estonia, South Korea, Latvia, Israel and Andorra. Ultimately, another user selected a song for Estonia, and the remaining countries went unrepresented in this edition. In addition to this, the song for Belgium was selected by way of a last-minute national final.

Due to the large number of participating songs, and the "staggeringly high quality" of every entry, the executive producer of the contest chose to allow an additional qualifier from each semi-final, bringing the number of qualifiers up from 7 per semi-final, to 8, meaning that 16 countries qualify instead of 14, such that the final is 18 songs long, instead of the standard 16.

This contest featured both the largest number of participant songs, and the most artists who have represented a country in the contest in at least one prior edition, in the history of the contest. The record was previously held by the eighteenth edition, at 30 songs and 10 returning artists, respectively. However, the twentieth edition continues to hold the record for most individual users taking part.

Edition 24 - Antwerp - Rhythm In Motion[]

After due consideration, following the announcement of Belgium as the victor of the twenty-third contest, Antwerp was selected as the host for the follow-up edition. The slogan "Rhythm In Motion" had already been chosen, to reflect the joy and vivacity of the confluence of music and movement, as a metaphor for taking heart in life, and was cemented as the slogan following the success of Loïc Nottet's song "Rhythm Inside" at the most recent edition of the Eurovision Song Contest prior to this edition of this contest.

The dates for this edition were:

Participation deadline/Semi-final voting begins: 9th January, 2016
Semi-final voting deadline: 20th January, 2016
Grand Final voting begins: 21st January, 2016
Grand Final: 30th January, 2016

Participants[]

Debuting countries Withdrawing countries Returning countries

Returning Artists[]

This edition Previous appearance
Country Artist Song Country Song Edition
Flag of Antarctica Antarctica Iggy Azalea "Change Your Life" Ireland Ireland "Beg For It" #14
Belgium Belgium Selah Sue "Alone" Belgium Belgium "Fear Nothing" #21
Estonia Estonia Elina Born "Kilimanjaro" Estonia Estonia "Kõnõtraat" #18
Germany Germany Scooter "Whistling Dave" Liechtenstein Liechtenstein "Jigga Jigga!" #6
Lebanon Lebanon Mika "Beautiful Disaster" Lebanon Lebanon "We Are Golden" #20
Lithuania Lithuania GJan "Gossip" Lithuania Lithuania "Nobody Around" #20
Luxembourg Luxembourg Shy'm "Silhouettes" France France "Et Alors!" #12
Netherlands Netherlands Miss Montreal "Love You Now" Netherlands Netherlands "Say Heaven, Say Hell" #6
Russia Russia Lena Katina "Loves Me Not" Russia Russia "Lift Me Up" #8
San Marino San Marino Marco Mengoni "Io Ti Aspetto" Italy Italy "Guerriero" #16
Serbia Serbia SARS "Ratujemo Ti I Ja" Serbia Serbia "Lutka" #18
Slovakia Slovakia Celeste Buckingham "Gone" Slovakia Slovakia "Run Run Run" #14

Semi-Final 1[]

The eight top-scoring countries will advance to the Grand Final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Australia Australia Troye Sivan "Ease" 7 66
02 Åland Åland Islands Sophia Somajo "Klein Blue" 4 87
03 Ireland Ireland Scarlett Rabe "Battle Cry" 3 89
04 Slovenia Slovenia Maraaya "Living Again" 6 78
05 Portugal Portugal Sky Ferreira "Lost In My Bedroom" 13 45
06 New Zealand New Zealand Kimbra "Warrior" 9 51
07 Flag of Antarctica Antarctica Iggy Azalea "Change Your Life" 18 16
08 Greece Greece Athena Manoukian "XO" 5 79
09 Germany Germany Scooter "Whistling Dave" 16 26
10 Lebanon Lebanon Fedez & Mika "Beautiful Disaster" 15 36
11 Italy Italy Virginio "Hercules" 12 49
12 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Rykka "Movies" 1 121
13 Denmark Denmark Aura Dione "Geronimo" 10 50
14 Singapore Singapore San Fermin "Jackrabbit" 11 50
15 Serbia Serbia SARS "Ratujemo Ti I Ja" 17 19
16 Bulgaria Bulgaria Mikhael Paskalev "I Spy" 14 37
17 Luxembourg Luxembourg Shy'm "Silhouettes" 19 34¹
18 United Kingdom United Kingdom London Grammar "Wasting My Young Years" 8 60
19 Belgium Belgium Selah Sue "Alone" 2 109

¹Disqualified for failing to vote.

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Yourovision Song Contest 24 Semi-Final 1 Recap











Semi-Final 2[]

The eight top-scoring countries will advance to the Grand Final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 USA United States Andy Grammer "Honey, I'm Good" 8 61
02 Netherlands Netherlands Miss Montreal "Love You Now" 13 51
03 Estonia Estonia Elina Born "Kilimanjaro" 4 80
04 Iran Iran Mahan Moin "Azizami" 10 58
05 Slovakia Slovakia Celeste & Carmel Buckingham "Gone" 7 66
06 Lithuania Lithuania GJan "Gossip" 3 86
07 Iceland Iceland Alda "Rauða Nótt" 14 48
08 France France Megan "Sous Ma Peau" 2 87
09 Spain Spain Sara Serena "Asylum" 9 60
10 Canada Canada Alessia Cara "Here" 5 78
11 Romania Romania Delia "Da, Mama" 1 119
12 Switzerland Switzerland Ryn Weaver "OctaHate" 15 47
13 Hungary Hungary Kállay Saunders Band "Who We Are" 6 75
14 Mexico Mexico Jesse & Joy "¡Corre!" 18 19
15 San Marino San Marino Marco Mengoni "Io Ti Aspetto" 12 55
16 Norway Norway Kaizers Orchestra "Resistansen" 11 56
17 Croatia Croatia Dječaci "Bile Starke" 16 36
18 Finland Finland Bomfunk MCs "Freestyler" 17 20
Yourovision_Song_Contest_24_Semi-Final_2_Recap

Yourovision Song Contest 24 Semi-Final 2 Recap











Grand Final[]

Eight countries from each semi-final will join the two auto-qualified countries, sent by the previous edition's winner, to make up a final consisting of eighteen songs.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Romania Romania Delia "Da, Mama" 2 99
02 Sweden Sweden Galantis "Runaway (U & I)" 17 37
03 Lithuania Lithuania GJan "Gossip" 12 56
04 Åland Åland Islands Sophia Somajo "Klein Blue" 1 100
05 United Kingdom United Kingdom London Grammar "Wasting My Young Years" 3 80
06 Estonia Estonia Elina Born "Kilimanjaro" 5 70
07 Ireland Ireland Scarlett Rabe "Battle Cry" 6 68
08 France France Megan "Sous Ma Peau" 10 57
09 Australia Australia Troye Sivan "Ease" 15 46
10 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Rykka "Movies" 4 79
11 Slovakia Slovakia Celeste & Carmel Buckingham "Gone" 16 40
12 Canada Canada Alessia Cara "Here" 9 58
13 Russia Russia t.A.T.u. "Loves Me Not" 18 19
14 Greece Greece Athena Manoukian "XO" 14 48
15 Hungary Hungary Kállay Saunders Band "Who We Are" 7 67
16 Belgium Belgium Selah Sue "Alone" 8 66
17 USA United States Andy Grammer "Honey, I'm Good" 11 57
18 Slovenia Slovenia Maraaya "Living Again" 13 55


Yourovision_Song_Contest_24_Grand_Final_Recap

Yourovision Song Contest 24 Grand Final Recap











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