Yourovision Song Contest 9

Yourovision Song Contest 9
Sweet Harmony
Contest	Yourovision Song Contest
Edition no.	9
Participants	18
Location	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Host	TessHex
Grand Final	26th July 2014
Winner	San Marino "Human"
Timeline	◄ 8 10 ►

Welcome to your Eurovision Song Contest.

This was the ninth edition of the Yourovision Song Contest, held in July 2014, in Luxembourg, winner of the previous edition of the contest.

Due to the decrease in number of participants, chiefly due to the eighth edition being a special edition in which all participants were offered a second country, this edition saw the removal of the semi-final stage, with the added comment from the contest host that semi-finals will not return in editions with fewer than 24 participant songs.

As well as the débuts of Malta, Puerto Rico and Turkey, and the returns of Albania, Norway and San Marino, no less than five artists who had taken to the Yourovision stage in previous editions returned to the contest, including Sharon Doorson, who represented the Netherlands in the fifth edition, this time presenting the home entry of this edition.

Edition 9 - Luxembourg - Sweet Harmony

The ninth edition of the Yourovision Song Contest was held in Luxembourg, following Sandra Van Nieuwland's victory in Copenhagen in the previous edition. The slogan of this edition was "Sweet Harmony", to reflect the beauty and order of music, as a metaphor for the benefits of co-operation and peace in the world.

The dates for the ninth edition were:

Participation deadline/Voting begins: 12th July, 2014
Voting deadline: 25th July, 2014
Grand Final: 26th July, 2014

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
Malta Puerto Rico Türkiye	Armenia Austria  Åland Islands Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria  Colombia Cuba Croatia Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Liechtenstein Malaysia Sweden	Albania Norway San Marino

Returning Artists

This edition			Previous appearance
Country	Artist	Song	Country	Song	Edition
Australia	Guy Sebastian	"Battle Scars"	Australia	"Like A Drum"	#7
Luxembourg	Sharon Doorson	"Fail In Love"	Netherlands	"Run Run"	#5
New Zealand	Lorde	"Tennis Court"	New Zealand	"Team"	#6
Norway	Margaret Berger	"Scream"	Norway	"Human Race"	#3
United States	Demi Lovato	"Really Don't Care"	United States	"Neon Lights"	#7

Grand Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Norway	Margaret Berger	"Scream"	8	40
02	Russia	Natali	"O Bože, Kakoy Mužčina!"	9	37
03	United Kingdom	Jake Bugg	"Lightning Bolt"	13	26
04	New Zealand	Lorde	"Tennis Court"	3	77
05	Ukraine	KAiiA	"Feelyo"	10	31
06	Spain	Raúl	"Seguir Sin Ti"	15	22
07	Romania	Alexandra Stan	"Thanks For Leaving"	2	100
08	Puerto Rico	Jennifer Lopez	"Ain't It Funny"	7	50
09	San Marino	Christina Perri	"Human"	1	101
10	Denmark	Hampenberg ft. Jesper Nohrstedt	"Glorious"	12	29
11	Australia	Guy Sebastian	"Battle Scars"	4	65
12	Japan	Channel X	"So High"	16	20
13	United States	Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd	"Really Don't Care"	17	87¹
14	Netherlands	Within Temptation ft. Dave Pirner	"Whole World Is Watching"	14	23
15	Albania	Arilena	"Aeroplan"	5	61
16	Türkiye	Gökçe	"Tuttu Fırlattı"	18	16¹
17	Malta	Daniel Testa	"One Last Ride"	11	31
18	Luxembourg	Sharon Doorson	"Fail In Love"	6	54

¹US America and Turkey failed to vote, resulting in their disqualification, placing them 17th and 18th respectively, despite the former having enough points to finish third overall. This discrepancy determined which, of the two of them, was awarded 17th place.

Recap of the songs

Yourovision Song Contest 9 Recap

Summary of 12 points

	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
3	Romania	Denmark, San Marino, Ukraine
	San Marino	Albania, New Zealand, Spain
2	New Zealand	Australia, United Kingdom & The Netherlands
	US America	Luxembourg, Norway
1	Albania	Puerto Rico
	Luxembourg	Japan
	Puerto Rico	Russia
	Russia	Malta
	Ukraine	Romania
0	N/A	Turkey, US America

Scoreboard

Receiving country		Voting country
Country	Score
Norway	40	6	8	7	5		1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	6	--	--
Russia	37	0	0	0	12	2	3		5	0	0	6	0	6	3	0	--	--
United Kingdom	26	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	6	0	--	--
New Zealand	77		0	12	4	5	0	4	3	1	10	12	7	10	8	1	--	--
Ukraine	31	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	12	0	6	3	0	3		0	--	--
Spain	22	7	4	1	0	0		3	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	--	--
Romania	100	4	12	3	0	7	10	10		4	5	7	12	7	12	7	--	--
Puerto Rico	50	5	0	2	10	0	8	12	0	8	2	0	3	0	0		--	--
San Marino	101	12	7	8	8	8	12	0	8	12	4	4		8	10	2	--	--
Denmark	29	3		0	0	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	--	--
Australia	65	0	5	10	0	4	4	0	6	10	8		6	4	0	8	--	--
Japan	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	7	0	0		0	0	--	--
US America	87	0	3	5	6	12	7	0	10	5	12	8	8	0	7	4	--
The Netherlands	23	8	2		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	--	--
Albania	61	10	10	8	0	1	0	5	0		3	2	5	0	5	12	--	--
Turkey	16	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	4	0		--
Malta	31	2	0	0		0	5	6	0	6	0	5	4	0	0	3	--	--
Luxembourg	54	0	1	0	0	6	2	7	7	7		0	0	12	2	10	--	--

¹Turkey and US America failed to vote, resulting in their disqualification and the invalidation of the points they received.
²The United Kingdom and the Netherlands voted as one entity because both countries represented one user, who had been awarded a second country in this edition as a result of placing fourth in the previous edition. This benefit would have been granted to the previous edition's winner, but they did not accept their prize in time. Similarly, the previous edition's runner-up did not claim the prize, and the user who finished third withdrew from this edition.