Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Introduction The '''Eurovision Song Contest 2015''' was the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the  with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster  (ORF), the contest was held at the Hall D of the Wiener Stadthalle and consisted of two semi-finals on 19 and 21 May, and a final on 23 May 2015.The three live shows were presented by Austrian television presenters Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer, while the previous edition's winner Conchita Wurst acted as the green room host.Forty countries participated in the contest, with  making a guest appearance. and  returned, after their one-year absence, while the  returned after their last participation in . Meanwhile,  announced their non-participation due to financial and political crises related to the Russo-Ukrainian War.The winner was  with the song "Heroes", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw and written by Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb and Linnea Deb. This was the country's second win in three years, having also won in 2012.Sweden won the jury vote and had the highest combined points, but placed third in the televote behind Italy and Russia. Overall the latter two countries placed third and second respectively, and Belgium and Australia rounded out the top five. Further down the table, Montenegro achieved its best result since its independence, finishing thirteenth.For the first time, the top four of the contest all scored 200 points or better. Russia's entry "A Million Voices" became the first non-winning Eurovision song to score over 300 points. and  became the first countries since  to score no points in the final, with Austria also becoming the first (and to date, only) host country to fail to score a point.The EBU reported that over 197 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, beating the 2014 viewing figures by 2 million.
Location === Venue ===Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna – host venue of the 2015 contestThe event took place in Vienna, Austria, with the venue being the Wiener Stadthalle (specifically the main hall - Hall D) after Austria won the right to host this edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the 2014 edition with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", performed by Conchita Wurst. The Wiener Stadthalle hosts the annual Erste Bank Open tennis tournament, along with many concerts and events throughout the year. The main hall (Hall D) has a capacity of approximately 16,000 attendees.=== Bidding phase ===After Austria's victory in the  contest, their delegation revealed the possibility of hosting the contest either in the capital city, Vienna, or in Salzburg. Vienna, Klagenfurt, Innsbruck, Lower Austria, Graz, Upper Austria, Burgenland, and Vorarlberg were all reportedly interested in hosting the contest; Salzburg pulled out of the bidding phase as the city was not able to meet the cost of the venue and promotion.Vienna, considered the front-runner, had two venues in the phase: Wiener Stadthalle and the trade fair centre, Messe Wien, with capacities of up to 16,000 and 30,000 attendees respectively. Also in the race were Stadthalle Graz and Schwarzl Freizeit Zentrum, both located in the second largest city of Austria, Graz. With a maximum capacity of 30,000, the Wörthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt also joined the race; however, it would require the construction of a roof for the contest to be hosted there. Innsbruck also joined the race with Olympiahalle, which hosted ice hockey and figure skating at the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics. A fifth city, Linz, joined the race with Brucknerhaus, although the venue would not be big enough for the contest. Being geographically close to Linz, Wels showed desire to host the event as well. Oberwart, with the Exhibition hall, and Vorarlberg, with the Vorarlberger Landestheater, were the latest cities to declare an interest.On 29 May 2014, Austrian host public broadcaster ORF and the EBU released some requirements and details about the venue. ORF requested interested parties to respond by 13 June 2014. * The venue must be available for at least 6 to 7 weeks before the contest and one week after the conclusion of the contest. * The venue must not be open-air, but an air-conditioned building with a capacity of at least 10,000 and a minimum ceiling height of  , insulated for sound and light. * The Green Room should be located in the arena or as near it as possible, with a capacity of 300. * An additional room at least  in area, to house 2 catering stands, a viewing room, make-up rooms, wardrobe, and booths for approximately 50 commentators. * Separate offices to house the press centre, open between 11 and 24 May 2015, at least  in area, with a capacity of at least 1,500 journalists.After the deadline on 13 June 2014, ORF announced 12 venues interested in hosting the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest: ORF announced on 21 June 2014 that 3 cities (Vienna, Innsbruck, and Graz) had been short-listed in the final stage of the bidding process. On 6 August 2014, ORF announced the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna as the host venue. The contest was provisionally set to take place on 12, 14 and 16 May 2015, but the dates were later pushed back a week in order to accommodate the candidate cities. '''Key''' Host venue Shortlisted City Venue Notes Graz Stadthalle Graz ‡ Hosted the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship. Innsbruck Olympiaworld ‡ Hosted the figure skating and ice hockey events at both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympic Games. Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion Served as host for some matches of UEFA Euro 2008.Oberwart MessezentrumVienna Schönbrunn Palace '''Wiener Stadthalle (Hall D)'''  Hosts the annual Erste Bank Open tennis tournament and many events throughout the year. Vienna International Airport, Parking C Heldenplatz New All-round Concert Hall in Neu Marx Marx hall Trabrennbahn Krieau Wels Messe Wels=== Inclusive traffic lights in Vienna ===The city of Vienna introduced temporary new traffic signals for pedestrians on some streets, featuring same-sex couples holding hands or hugging. They were introduced as part of events connected to the theme of tolerance and inclusion in the lead-up to the Eurovision Song Contest.Traffic lights of the same – copyrighted – design of the kind "Ampelpärchen" (couples for traffic lights) followed before Christopher Street Days in June 2015 in Salzburg and Linz. In Salzburg the initiative SoHo and social democrate mayor Schaden promoted the change of the shape of the LED-lamps. The faceplates in Linz has been financed by sponsors driven by a Facebook-based initiative, but have been removed – without consent – by the new traffic minister of Linz of the party FPÖ in early December 2015.
Participating countries Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members.On 23 December 2014, thirty-nine countries were initially announced to be participating in the 2015 contest. and  returned after one-year absences, the  returned after a five-year absence, while  did not enter. was later announced to be making its debut as a guest participant. The deadline to apply for participation was 15 September 2014.Countries that applied had until 10 October 2014 to withdraw from participation without financial consequences.+ Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)  RTSH Elhaida Dani "I'm Alive" English   AMPTV Genealogy "Face the Shadow" English   SBS Guy Sebastian "Tonight Again" English   ORF The Makemakes "I Am Yours" English   İTV Elnur Hüseynov "Hour of the Wolf" English   BTRC Uzari and Maimuna "Time" English   RTBF Loïc Nottet "Rhythm Inside" English   CyBC John Karayiannis "One Thing I Should Have Done" English Mike Connaris  ČT Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta "Hope Never Dies" English   DR Anti Social Media "The Way You Are" English   ERR Elina Born and Stig Rästa "Goodbye to Yesterday" English Stig Rästa  Yle Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät "" Finnish Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät   Lisa Angell "" French   GPB Nina Sublatti "Warrior" English   NDR Ann Sophie "Black Smoke" English    NERIT Maria Elena Kyriakou "One Last Breath" English   MTVA Boggie "Wars for Nothing" English   RÚV Maria Olafs "Unbroken" English   RTÉ Molly Sterling "Playing with Numbers" English   IBA Nadav Guedj "Golden Boy" English Doron Medalie  RAI Il Volo "" Italian   LTV Aminata "Love Injected" English Aminata Savadogo  LRT Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila "This Time" English   MRT Daniel Kajmakoski "Autumn Leaves" English   PBS Amber "Warrior" English   TRM Eduard Romanyuta "I Want Your Love" English   RTCG Knez ""  Montenegrin   AVROTROS Trijntje Oosterhuis "Walk Along" English   NRK Mørland and Debrah Scarlett "A Monster Like Me" English Kjetil Mørland  TVP Monika Kuszyńska "In the Name of Love" English   RTP Leonor Andrade "" Portuguese Miguel Gameiro  TVR Voltaj "" Romanian, English   C1R Polina Gagarina "A Million Voices" English   SMRTV Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola "Chain of Lights" English   RTS Bojana Stamenov "Beauty Never Lies" English   RTVSLO Maraaya "Here for You" English   RTVE Edurne "" Spanish   SVT Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" English   SRG SSR Mélanie René "Time to Shine" English Mélanie René  BBC Electro Velvet "Still in Love with You" English === Invitation of Australia ===On 10 February 2015, the EBU announced that in honour of the 60th anniversary of Eurovision, it had invited  to participate in the final of the contest, represented by Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). SBS had been a long-time broadcaster of the event, which has had a large following in Australia. The Australian entry was placed directly in the grand final. Although it was considered a one-off event, if Australia were to win, SBS would have co-hosted the 2016 contest in a European host city of its choice. The EBU considered the possibility of similarly inviting countries to participate in future editions of the contest. Australia's participation brought the number of the finalists up to 27, the highest number of entries in a final in the contest's history.=== Returning artists ===Inga Arshakyan, who was part of Genealogy in 2015, represented Armenia in , collaborating with her sister as part of Inga and Anush. Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini both previously represented  at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Perniola took part in , and Simoncini took part in . Amber, who represented , was a backing vocalist for the Maltese entry in 2012.Uzari, who represented , was a backing vocalist for the Belarusian entry in 2011.Elnur Hüseynov, who was 's debut representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, as part of the duo Elnur and Samir, was internally selected to represent the nation for a second time. Raay, who is a part of the Slovene duo Maraaya, was a backing musical performer for the 2014 entry of . Hera Björk, who previously represented Iceland in , returned as a backing singer for Iceland's entry. Nicolas Dorian, part of Witloof Bay, Belgium representatives in 2011, was part of the backing vocalists of Loic Nottet.=== Other countries ======= Active EBU members ====BHRT and BNT, the broadcasters for  and , had both submitted a preliminary applications to participate in the 2015 contest, but ultimately withdrew them because of financial reasons. broadcaster NTU also opted out of the contest because of financial reasons and the ongoing armed conflict in the country.Active EBU member broadcasters in , , ,  (despite failed attempts by  and Thierry Mersch to raise funds for a collaboration), ,  and  confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU. Despite tweets by Eurovision event supervisor Sietse Bakker about the possibility of the 's return in 2015, Turkish broadcaster TRT later confirmed that they had no plans in this regard.
Format The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final, a format which has been in use since . The ten countries with the highest scores in each semi-final qualified to the final where they joined the host nation Austria, the five main sponsoring nations (known as the "Big Five"): France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, and Australia which was invited this year to commemorate the contest's 60th anniversary. Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry. Each member of a respective nation's jury was required to rank every song, except that of their own country. The voting results from each member of a particular nation's jury were combined to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. Likewise, the televoting results were also interpreted as a full ranking, taking into account the full televoting result rather than just the top ten. The combination of the juries' full ranking and the televote's full ranking produced an overall ranking of all competing entries. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received one point. In the event of a televoting failure (insufficient number of votes or technical issues) or jury failure (technical issue or breach of rules), only one of the methods was used by each country.The 2015 contest was the last time that the scoring system introduced in  was used, before the format was modified the following year.=== Organising team formation ===During an initial meeting between the host broadcaster ORF and the EBU in late May 2014, the representatives of the core organising team were selected. Edgar Böhm, who is the Head of Entertainment at ORF, was announced as the executive producer.=== Graphic design ===On 31 July 2014, the EBU released a new and revamped version of the generic logo as a celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest's 60th anniversary. On 11 September, the slogan for the 2015 contest was revealed to be "Building Bridges". The graphic design of the contest was revealed by the EBU on 25 November. The theme art depicts a wave made up of spheres which symbolise diversity, the bridging of connections and people's experiences.The postcards of this year's contest was also based on the slogan "Building Bridges". Each postcard starts with a drive-by scene of the contestants' capital city, before showing every contestant receiving an invitation to Austria, where the contestants take part in a local activity. The postcards end with a picture of their activity plastered onto a billboard, placed in different locations across Vienna.For this year's contest, all hashtags for the participating countries incorporated IOC country codes which were displayed onscreen alongside the main country names.=== Presenters ===The presenters of the 2015 contest (from left): Arabella Kiesbauer, Mirjam Weichselbraun and Alice Tumler.Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer were the hosts of the 2015 contest; the all-female trio was the first in history to host the contest. The previous edition's winner Conchita Wurst was chosen as green room host.=== Semi-final allocation draw ===     The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 26 January 2015 at the Vienna Rathaus and hosted by Andi Knoll and Kati Bellowitsch. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (host country Austria, the "Big Five" and Australia), were split into five pots, based on voting patterns from the previous ten years. The pots were calculated by the televoting partner Digame and were as follows: Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5     ===Opening and interval acts===The EBU ident's accompanying "Te Deum", which opened the broadcasts, was performed by the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra from the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace for the final. The overture featured violinist Lidia Baich, winner of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1998, who performed live on stage an excerpt of Austria's  winning song "Merci, Chérie" in tribute to Udo Jürgens. The ESC Vienna All-Stars, consisting of Conchita Wurst, the Vienna Boys' Choir, multinational Suparar Children's Choir, rapper Left Boy, and the contest's presenters, then jointly performed the official anthem of the contest, "Building Bridges", accompanied by the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Peter Pejtsik. The twenty-seven finalists later took to the stage during the flag parade via a walkway through the audience from the green room.The interval act was provided by percussionist Martin Grubinger and his band, the Percussive Planet Ensemble. The nine-minute performance, based on classical themes of major Austrian composers, included forty instrumentalists as well as the Grammy Award-winning Arnold Schoenberg Choir. Wurst later performed "You Are Unstoppable" and "Firestorm", both from her self-titled debut album.
Contest overview === Semi-final 1 ===16 countries took part in the first semi-final. , ,  and  voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final. Country Artist Song Points Place 1   "I Want Your Love" 41 11 2  Genealogy "Face the Shadow" 77 7 3   "Rhythm Inside" 149 2 4   "Walk Along" 33 14 5  Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät "" 13 16 6   "One Last Breath" 81 6 7   and Stig Rästa "Goodbye to Yesterday" 105 3 8   "Autumn Leaves" 28 15 9   "Beauty Never Lies" 63 9 10  Boggie "Wars for Nothing" 67 8 11  Uzari and Maimuna "Time" 39 12 12   "A Million Voices" 182 1 13  Anti Social Media "The Way You Are" 33 13 14   "I'm Alive" 62 10 15  Voltaj "" 89 5 16   "Warrior" 98 4=== Semi-final 2 ===17 countries took part in this semi-final. , ,  and the  voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final. Country Artist Song Points Place 1   and Vaidas Baumila "This Time" 67 7 2   "Playing with Numbers" 35 12 3   and Michele Perniola "Chain of Lights" 11 16 4  Knez "" 57 9 5  Amber "Warrior" 43 11 6  Mørland and Debrah Scarlett "A Monster Like Me" 123 4 7   "" 19 14 8   and Václav Noid Bárta "Hope Never Dies" 33 13 9   "Golden Boy" 151 3 10  Aminata "Love Injected" 155 2 11   "Hour of the Wolf" 53 10 12   "Unbroken" 14 15 13   "Heroes" 217 1 14   "Time to Shine" 4 17 15   "One Thing I Should Have Done" 87 6 16  Maraaya "Here for You" 92 5 17   "In the Name of Love" 57 8=== Final ===As in the 2014 contest, the winner was announced as soon as it was mathematically impossible to catch up. In this case, the winner had been determined by the 36th vote, which came from Cyprus. 27 countries participated in the final, which is the most in any contest ever. Country Artist Song Points Place 1  Maraaya "Here for You" 39 14 2   "" 4 25 3   "Golden Boy" 97 9 4   and Stig Rästa "Goodbye to Yesterday" 106 7 5  Electro Velvet "Still in Love with You" 5 24 6  Genealogy "Face the Shadow" 34 16 7   and Vaidas Baumila "This Time" 30 18 8   "Beauty Never Lies" 53 10 9  Mørland and Debrah Scarlett "A Monster Like Me" 102 8 10   "Heroes" 365 1 11   "One Thing I Should Have Done" 11 22 12   "Tonight Again" 196 5 13   "Rhythm Inside" 217 4 14   "I Am Yours" 0 26 15   "One Last Breath" 23 19 16  Knez "" 44 13 17  Ann Sophie "Black Smoke" 0 27 18   "In the Name of Love" 10 23 19  Aminata "Love Injected" 186 6 20  Voltaj "" 35 15 21  Edurne "" 15 21 22  Boggie "Wars for Nothing" 19 20 23   "Warrior" 51 11 24   "Hour of the Wolf" 49 12 25   "A Million Voices" 303 2 26   "I'm Alive" 34 17 27   "" 292 3==== Spokespersons ====The voting order was revealed the morning of the final, and for the only time in Eurovision history to date, the names of all the spokespersons were displayed onscreen. However, because of technical problems in some countries the final voting order was the following:# Andrea Demirović# Julie Zahra# Krista Siegfrids# Helena Paparizou# Sonia Argint-Ionescu# Teo# Andri Xhahu# Olivia Furtună# Tural Asadov# Markus Riva# # Basim# Laetitia Guarino# Walid# Virginie Guilhaume# Lilit Muradyan# Nicky Byrne# Mariette Hansson# Barbara Schöneberger# Lee Lin Chin# # # Kati Bellowitsch# Marko Mark# Tinkara Kovač# Csilla Tatár# Nigella Lawson# Ugnė Galadauskaitė# Edsilia Rombley# # Ofer Nachshon# # Valentina Monetta# Federico Russo# Sigríður Halldórsdóttir# Loukas Hamatsos# Margrethe Røed# Suzy# Tanja# Natia Bunturi
Detailed voting results<span class="anchor" id="Scoreboard"></span> === Semi-final 1 ===+  Place Combined Jury Televoting Country Points Country Points Country Points 1  182  167  151 2  149  151  136 3  105  99  124 4  98  95  97 5  89  70  96 6  81  70  90 7  77  67  86 8  67  66  66 9  63  66  61 10  62  61  55 11  41  58  50 12  39  54  48 13  33  47  32 14  33  46  23 15  28  42  23 16  13  1  22+ Detailed voting results in semi-final 1 Voting procedure used: Moldova 41   6       5  5   5    2  8  10     Armenia 77  4   '''12'''  5   7   7    7  '''12'''   5  1  8    5  4 Belgium 149  5  1   '''12'''  '''12'''  6  6  7  10  6  8  '''12'''  6  7  5  8  6  '''12'''  10 Netherlands 33    6   3   5  1      7  1  3  2    2  3 Finland 13        4   4  2  1   2        Greece 81  3  8  3  6  2   1  4  6  3  3  5   '''12'''  6  4  6  4  3  2 Estonia 105  2  4  5  8  8  4   2  2  8  8  10  8   2  3  5  10  4  '''12''' Macedonia 28  1       2   '''12'''      10    3    Serbia 63   5   7  4  2   '''12'''   4  4  4  1     '''12'''  7  1  Hungary 67    4  4  7   '''12'''   8    2  4  3  10   2  5  6  Belarus 39  8  7     3       6  3    '''12'''     Russia 182  7  10  8  10  10  '''12'''  8  8  10  '''12'''  '''12'''   10  7  '''12'''  7  10  '''12'''  10  7 Denmark 33   2  1  3  1  1  7    7      5   4  1   1 Albania 62  6   10    10   10   1   3     6   3  7  6 Romania 89  '''12'''  3  7  2  6  5  3   3  5  2  1  6  8   1  1  8  8  8 Georgia 98  10  '''12'''  2  1  5  8  6  3  1  6  10  7  5  4  4   7  2   5==== 12 points ====Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semi-final. Countries which gave the maximum 12 points apiece from both the professional jury and televoting to the specified entrant are marked in '''bold'''. N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 5   , , , ,  4   , , ,  2   ,    ,  1                     === Semi-final 2 ===+  Place Combined Jury Televoting Country Points Country Points Country Points 1  217  208  195 2  155  155  157 3  151  144  116 4  123  114  114 5  92  84  104 6  87  84  98 7  67  84  95 8  57  76  80 9  57  67  58 10  53  52  51 11  43  47  37 12  35  34  32 13  33  23  24 14  19  15  21 15  14  15  16 16  11  10  14 17  4  6  6+ Detailed voting results of semi-final 2 Voting procedure used: Lithuania 67   7  3   4  10   1  4  10  7  4   3  7    4    3 Ireland 35  2   5  2     5   4  2   3   1  1    2   8 San Marino 11     5                 6   Montenegro 57       3  5  6  7  2  10   7  1  2  10     4   Malta 43   3  7  10     4  10          3   1  5 Norway 123  8  4  8  6  5   8  7  1  7   10  '''12'''  10  6  6  6  8  7  2  2 Portugal 19     4        3    6   4    1   1 Czech Republic 33   1  4  1  1   1   8  1    1    3  8   4    Israel 151  4  8  6  3  10  8  10  2   3  8  8  10  7  10  5  10  7  8  '''12''' '''12''' Latvia 155  '''12''' '''12'''  10   7  7  7  8  2   6  7  8  8  8  8  7  10  10  8  10 Azerbaijan 53  6    7  8   3  10  3    2  4   5   3  2     Iceland 14  1  2     2      5   2     2      Sweden 217  10  10  '''12'''  8  '''12'''  '''12'''  '''12'''  '''12'''  '''12'''  '''12'''  4  '''12'''   '''12'''  '''12'''  '''12'''  '''12'''  '''12'''  '''12'''  10  7 Switzerland 4       1      1  1      1      Cyprus 87  3  6  2   2  6  6   5  6   5  6  5   7  4  6  5  7  6 Slovenia 92  7   1  '''12'''  3  4  4  3  6  8  '''12'''  6   4  3   5  5  6  3   Poland 57  5  5    6  5  2    5   3  5  2  4  2   1  3  5  4==== 12 points ====Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semi-final. Countries which gave the maximum 12 points apiece from both the professional jury and televoting to the specified entrant are marked in '''bold'''. N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 14   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  2   ,    ,    ,  1   ===Final ===This is the first time since the juries were reintroduced alongside the televoting in  that the winner was not placed first in the televoting.+  Place Combined Jury Televoting Country Points Country Points Country Points 1  365  363  366 2  303  249  286 3  292  247  279 4  217  224  195 5  196  187  144 6  186  184  132 7  106  163  104 8  102  80  100 9  97  63  93 10  53  62  86 11  51  56  77 12  49  48  69 13  44  48  51 14  39  48  48 15  35  40  47 16  34  34  44 17  34  31  43 18  30  29  34 19  23  29  27 20  19  26  26 21  15  24  24 22  11  24  21 23  10  21  8 24  5  18  7 25  4  12  5 26  0  8  4 27  0  2  0+ Detailed voting results of the final Voting procedure used: Slovenia 39  4    1            3  3  5              1            8       4    1  6        2    1      France 4                               3                                  1              Israel 97  3  5  3    1  2  5    7  1  6    3          4  5  2    1  2        5    5  4     2  8  5  6  4  7    1 Estonia 106  1  3  10      7  4    4  6  2  6    2        3  2  3    3  6  2    7    8  4  2  3  7    2  1  2  3  1   2 United Kingdom 5    1                              1                               3              Armenia 34        1    4                3  3           2      3               6               '''12''' Lithuania 30                    7    1          7                    4                   6    2  3 Serbia 53  '''12'''            2           5              5  3    3  10  6    1    1    2      3            Norway 102    2  4    6          2    3  10        4  7  4  4    2  4    4  4    5  3  3      6  5  10     6  4  Sweden 365  5  10  '''12'''  4  8  10  7  8  6  '''12'''  8  '''12'''  '''12'''  '''12'''  8  7  10   10  '''12'''  10  8  7  5  '''12'''  10  '''12'''  10  10  '''12'''  10  8  7  '''12'''  '''12'''  10  '''12'''  8  10  7 Cyprus 11        10                                          1                             Australia 196    6  5  5  2  6  3  4    5  3  8  8  4  2  1  5  '''12'''  7     7  '''12'''    2  8  10  3  8  8  7  4  8  6  8  4  10    5  Belgium 217      7  7  7  8  1  6    4  4  7  2   '''12'''  4  2  10  8  6  6  6  5  1  3  '''12'''  3  7  '''12'''  5  4  10  5  7  4  7  7  5  7  6 Austria 0                                                                               Greece 23             10                  5                                        8        Montenegro 44             6    2    '''12'''          8    2            4  10                              Germany 0                                                                               Poland 10                              4    3                    2             1            Latvia 186    4  6  3  5  5    2  5   1  4  4  7  7  2  '''12'''  5  6  7  5  4  1    7  5  7  '''12'''  2  10    2  '''12'''  4  7  3  8  2  6  4 Romania 35               '''12'''        2    5                5        1          5          1    4    Spain 15  2              1  1        1    5                               1  1            3    Hungary 19          4                    1        1    1                       4            8  Georgia 51        2    3    5  10          1    10        1  4          3    6        5              1  Azerbaijan 49  8  8      3      3                         '''12'''              2        3                10 Russia 303  7  7  8  8  10  '''12'''  8  10  '''12'''  10  10  10  7  10  10  '''12'''  8  6  '''12'''  10  8  10  8  6  5  6  6    6  6  8     10  3  5  2  10  '''12'''  5 Albania 34  10      6                   6                    '''12'''                                Italy 292  6  '''12'''  2  '''12'''  '''12'''  1  '''12'''  7  8  8  7  5  6  8  6  6  6  8  3  8  7  '''12'''  10  7  8  2  8  1  7  7  '''12'''  '''12'''  10   6  '''12'''  5  '''12'''  3  8==== 12 points ====Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final. Countries which gave the maximum 12 points apiece from both the professional jury and televoting to the specified entrant are marked in '''bold'''. N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 12 ''''''  , , , , , , , , , , ,  9   , , , , , , , ,  5   , , , ,  3   , ,    , ,  2   ,  1
Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Broadcasters and commentators"></span> Most countries sent commentators to Vienna or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information.It was reported by the EBU that the 2015 contest was viewed by a worldwide television audience of a record breaking 197 million viewers, beating the 2014 record which was viewed by 195 million.+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s)  Commentator(s)   RTSH TVSH All shows Andri Xhahu   AMPTV Armenia 1 SF1 Aram Mp3 and Erik Antaranyan  SF2 Vahe Khanamiryan and Hermine Stepanyan Final Avet Barseghyan and Arevik Udumyan  SBS SBS One All shows Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang   ORF  All shows Andi Knoll  İTV İTV, İTV Radio All shows   BTRC Belarus-1, Belarus 24 All shows Evgeny Perlin   RTBF  All shows  and Maureen Louys  VivaCité Final Olivier Gilain  VRT , Radio 2 All shows Peter Van de Veire and    CyBC RIK 1, RIK Sat, RIK HD, RIK Triton All shows Melina Karageorgiou   ČT ČT art Semi-finals   ČT1 Final  DR DR1 All shows Ole Tøpholm  DR Ramasjang ''Sign language performers''   ERR ETV All shows Marko Reikop   SF1/Final Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk  Yle Yle TV2 All shows   Yle Radio Suomi Aino Töllinen and Cristal Snow Yle Radio Vega Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos   France Ô SF1 Mareva Galanter and Jérémy Parayre  France 2 Final Stéphane Bern and Marianne James   GPB 1TV All shows Lado Tatishvili and Tamuna Museridze   ARD , Phoenix Semi-finals Peter Urban   Final  All shows ''Sign language performers''  NERIT NERIT1, NERIT HD,  All shows Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis   MTVA Duna All shows    RÚV RÚV,  All shows    RTÉ RTÉ2 Semi-finals Marty Whelan  RTÉ One Final RTÉ Radio 1 SF2/Final Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski  IBA Channel 1 All shows ''No commentary; Hebrew subtitles''  Channel 33 ''No commentary; Arabic subtitles'' IBA 88FM Kobi Menora SF1  SF2 Tal Argaman  RAI Rai 4 Semi-finals  and   Rai 2, Rai HD Final Federico Russo and  Rai Radio 2 All shows Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello  LTV LTV1 All shows Valters Frīdenbergs  Final   LRT LRT,  All shows    MRT MRT 1, MRT Sat, Radio Skopje All shows Karolina Petkovska  MRT 2, MRT 2 Sat TBC  PBS TVM All shows Corazon Mizzi   TRM Moldova 1 All shows Daniela Babici   Radio Moldova, ,   RTCG TVCG 2 All showsDražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković  TVCG SAT Final   NPO NPO 1, BVN, NPO Radio 2 All shows Cornald Maas and Jan Smit   NRK NRK1 All shows Olav Viksmo-Slettan  NRK Tegnspråk ''Sign language performers''  NRK3 Final ,  and   NRK P1 Per Sundnes   TVP TVP1, TVP Polonia, , TVP HD All shows Artur Orzech   RTP RTP1, ,  All shows  and Ramon Galarza   TVR TVR 1, TVRi, TVR HD All shows Bogdan Stănescu   Channel One Russia All shows Yana Churikova and    SMRTV San Marino RTV, Radio San Marino All shows Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo   RTS RTS1, RTS HD, RTS SAT SF1/Final Duška Vučinić  RTS2, RTS SAT SF2 Silvana Grujić  RTVSLO  Semi-finals    Final Radio Val 202,  SF2/Final  RTVE  Semi-finals José María Íñigo and Julia Varela  , Clan Final  SVT SVT1 All shows Sanna Nielsen and Edward af Sillén  SR SR P4 Carolina Norén and Ronnie Ritterland   SRG SSR  Semi-finals Sven Epiney  SRF 1 Final SRF 1, Radio SRF 3 Peter Schneider and  srf.ch (online) ''Sign language performers'' rts.ch (online) SF1 Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner  SF2  Final  SF2  and Paolo Meneguzzi  Final  BBC BBC Three Semi-finals Scott Mills and Mel Giedroyc  BBC One Final Graham Norton  BBC Radio 2 Eurovision Semi-finals Ana Matronic  BBC Radio 2 Final Ken Bruce + Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s)  Commentator(s)   BNT BNT 1, BNT HD Final Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev   OutTV All shows Adam Rollins and Tommy D.   HBS Hunan Television All shows Kubert Leung and Wu Zhoutong   BBC BBC UKTV All shows ''No commentary''   RTVS Rádio FM Final , Pavol Hubinák and    UA:PBC  All shows Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova
Incidents ===Reaction to Russia's results===Polina Gagarina at the 2015 contest.During the results segment of the final, loud boos could be heard whenever Russia was mentioned or the country received one of the top three set of points (12, 10 or 8 points). The Russian entrant Polina Gagarina could be seen crying in the green room during the voting procedure, and this was reported by various media to have occurred as a result of the booing. During a break in the countries' reporting of their votes, when the running total showed Russia leading, green room host Conchita Wurst said to Gagarina, "You gave an amazing performance, and you deserve to be in the lead." The contest's executive supervisor, Jon Ola Sand, urged that Eurovision should be a "friendly battlefield....not a political battleground", and presenter Alice Tumler reminded the audience that "Our motto is 'Building Bridges', and music should stand over politics tonight." The organisers had anticipated such reactions, and had prepared and installed 'anti-booing technology', which was deployed for the first time in the history of the contest.===Smoke machine malfunction===During the performance of Georgia in the grand final, a smoke machine malfunctioned, causing the Georgian entrant Nina Sublatti to temporarily disappear from view on the stage in a cloud of grey smoke.===Macedonia and Montenegro jury results excluded===The jury votes from Macedonia and Montenegro in the final were not included, in accordance with the rules of the contest. The rules indicate that votes must consist of 50% jurors and 50% televoting, but Macedonia's and Montenegro's votes was based entirely on televoting. The final result of the contest was not affected.
Other awards In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.=== Marcel Bezençon Awards ===The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final. The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award. The winners were revealed shortly before the final on 23 May. Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Artistic Award  "Heroes" Måns Zelmerlöw  Composers Award  "A Monster Like Me" Mørland and Debrah Scarlett Kjetil Mørland Press Award  "" Il Volo === OGAE ===OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. The 2015 poll ran from 1 to 10 May, and after all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry was Italy's "" performed by Il Volo; the top five results are shown below. Country Song Performer(s) OGAE result  "" Il Volo 367  "Heroes" Måns Zelmerlöw 338  "Goodbye to Yesterday" Elina Born and Stig Rästa 274  "A Monster Like Me" Mørland and Debrah Scarlett 243  "Here for You" Maraaya 228=== Barbara Dex Award ===The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.Place Country Performer(s) Votes 1  Trijntje Oosterhuis 1,324 2  Bojana Stamenov 605 3  Electro Velvet 397 4  Elhaida Dani 263 5  Voltaj 237
Official album Cover art of the official album'''''Eurovision Song Contest: Vienna 2015''''' is the official compilation album of the 2015 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and was released by Universal Music Group on 20 April 2015.The album features all 40 songs that entered in the 2015 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.=== Charts and certifications ===Chart (2015)Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 4
See also *ABU Radio Song Festival 2015*ABU TV Song Festival 2015*Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015*Eurovision Young Dancers 2015*Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015*Turkvision Song Contest 2015
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External links ** 60 Years of Eurovision