Yourovision Song Contest 2

Yourovision Song Contest 2
Cosmic
Contest	Yourovision Song Contest
Edition no.	2
Participants	13
Location	Athens, Greece
Host	TessHex
Grand Final	26th October 2013
Winner	United States "Young And Beautiful"
Timeline	◄ 1 3 ►

Welcome to your Eurovision Song Contest.

This was the second edition of the Yourovision Song Contest. Several new countries chose to make their début following the success of the first contest, alongside some countries making their return from the previous edition.

Edition 2 - Athens - Cosmic

The second edition of the Yourovision Song Contest was held in Athens, as Greece won the first edition. The contest's slogan is "Cosmic", and its theme art "mirrors the abstract beauty of music with the vast, colourful expanse of Space, reflecting how music is a universal concept, of which this contest is a part," according to TessHex.

The dates of the contest were more spaced-apart than those of the previous edition, following requests from some users that five days in which to vote was not enough. To allow plenty of time to vote, and to give some leeway in the event of technical difficulties (as in the case of the first edition), the dates of the second edition were:

Participation deadline/Voting begins: Saturday 12th October, 2013

Voting deadline: Sunday 20th October, 2013

Grand Final: Saturday 26th October, 2013

Participants

Countries marked green participated in the Grand Final.
Countries marked yellow participated in the past, but not in this edition.
Countries marked red withdrew prior to the first edition, and have not made their début since.

Debuting countries	Withdrawing countries	Returning countries
Australia France Israel Liechtenstein Montenegro Portugal Saudi Arabia	Åland Islands Bulgaria Spain Kosovo Moldova Serbia Sweden	United States

Grand Final

The initial preliminary draw took place on October 9th, in advance of the participation deadline, with the intent that any latecomers would be entered into their own draw. As there is an odd number of participants, all 13 countries were placed in a hat, and drawn, in turn, into respective halves of the running order, with the last country to be drawn taking the mid-point, as song number 7. The secondary draw was scheduled to take place on October 11th, at 10pm CET, but was moved to 6pm CET due to time constraints.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	France	Destan	"Vole"	11	36
02	Saudi Arabia	Yinon Yahel & Maya Simantov	"So Far Away"	2	64
03	Montenegro	Ceca	"Da Raskinem Sa Njom"	13	36
04	Armenia	Sirusho	"PreGomesh"	7	49
05	United States	Lana Del Rey	"Young And Beautiful"	1	68
06	Greece	Eleni Foureira	"Sweetest Love"	4	56
07	Portugal	Katy Perry	"Roar"	3	61
08	Australia	Havana Brown	"City Of Darkness"	6	55
09	Finland	Katra	"Tietäjä"	8	46
10	Israel	Ishtar	"Get Loud"	5	56
11	Norway	Frida Lyngstad	"Saltwater"	12	28
12	United Kingdom	Nero	"Promises"	9	45
13	Liechtenstein	Cascada	"Rhythm Of The Night"	10	38

¹As a result of disqualification, Montenegro placed last (13th), despite having more points than Norway. However, even if Montenegro had voted, they would not have beaten France in a tie, and could have placed no higher than 12th, depending on whether or not they voted for Norway.

Recap of the songs

Summary of 12 points

	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
2	Saudi Arabia	Armenia, Israel
	Portugal	France & Greece, US America
1	Australia	Saudi Arabia
	Finland	United Kingdom
	France	Norway
	Greece	Australia
	Liechtenstein	Portugal
	United Kingdom	Liechtenstein
	US America	Finland
0	N/A	Montenegro

Scoreboard

Receiving country		Voting country
Country	Score
France	36	5	--	4	0		2	1	3	5	12	0	4
Saudi Arabia	64		--	12	10	4	6	6	4	12	2	5	3
Montenegro	36	8		3	1	1	0	2	10	0	3	8	0
Armenia	49	10	--		8	2	8	8	5	1	1	6	0
US America	68	6	--	1		5	10	10	12	8	7	7	2
Greece	56	2	--	7	6		7	12	6	7	6	2	1
Portugal	61	4	--	0	12	12		4	1	2	8	10	8
Australia	55	12	--	8	7	6	5		0	10	0	1	6
Finland	46	1	--	6	3	0	3	0		6	10	12	5
Israel	56	7	--	10	5	7	1	5	7		4	3	7
Norway	28	0	--	2	0	10	0	0	2	0		4	10
United Kingdom	45	0	--	5	2	3	4	3	8	3	5		12
Liechtenstein	38	3	--	0	4	8	12	7	0	4	0	0

¹France and Greece voted as one entity because both countries represented one user, who had been awarded a second country in this edition as a result of winning the previous edition.