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Eurovision Song Contest 2012
"Light Your Fire!"
Dates
Semi-final 122 May 2012
Semi-final 224 May 2012
Final26 May 2012
Host
VenueBaku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
Host broadcasterAzerbaijan İTV
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/baku-2012 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries43
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Montenegro
Non-returning countries Poland
2011 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2013

The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be the 57th annual Eurovision Song Contest. It will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, following Azerbaijan's win in the 2011 Contest with Eldar & Nigar's song "Running Scared". The two semi-finals will be held on 22 May and 24 May 2012, and the final on 26 May 2012.[1] The purpose of the semi-finals is to narrow down the participants to twenty-six who will compete for the victory. Ten countries from each semi final will qualify and will be joined in the final by Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Forty-three countries have, so far, announced their participation in the contest, with Montenegro returning, having last taken part in 2009.[2]

Venue

On 16 May 2011, it was announced that a special concert complex with 23,000 seats for the 2012 Contest is to be built near National Flag Square in Baku.[3][4] However on 19 May 2011, organisers announced that they may use the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium which contains 37,000 seats, or the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex.[5] On 4 August 2011, it was confirmed that the laying of foundations for the Baku Crystal Hall had started near the National Flag Square.[6] The foundations were completed on 14 October 2011.[7] Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, which is currently under repairs to host the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in September-October 2012, was to be used as a back-up option.[8]

Baku Crystal Hall under construction in January 2012

On 8 September 2011, Azad Azerbaijan TV (ATV) reported that Baku Crystal Hall will be the venue of Eurovision Song Contest 2012, although no formal confirmation by the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), was made to clarify this statement.[9] On 31 October 2011, Mr. Ismayil Omarov, the director general of Azerbaijani national broadcaster İctimai Television announced that a decision on the venue choice would be taken by the steering committee in January 2012.[10] On 25 January 2011, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall will be the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[11] Even though the venue has an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people will be able to attend each show.[11]

Human Rights Watch has criticized the Baku City Authority for carrying out forced evictions against local residents, in order to allow for the demolition of flats to make way for the construction of the Baku Crystal Hall. The Public Association for Assistance to Free Economy has described the evictions as a "violation of human rights", and as having "no legal authority". However, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported that other media reports have stated that demolitions were not needed on the site being used for construction of the concert hall.[12]

Event concept and ticket sale

Ticket sales will begin on 28 February 2012, and will be available online.[13]

Role of the national host broadcaster

İctimai Television, which is the EBU member that broadcasts the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, is one of country's public-service broadcasters.[14][15] Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Azerbaijan, Iltimas Mammadov, stated that telecom networks are ready to host this event. Azerbaijan's largest telecommunications operator, Azercell, has been chosen as the presenting partner for the contest.[16] On 1 December 2011, Brainpool was announced as being the official Production Partner, as İTV were impressed with the German television production company's excellence with the production of the 2011 contest.[17]

Format

The Mayor of Düsseldorf, Dirk Elbers and the Mayor of Baku, Hajibala Abutalybov.

In a meeting of the Eurovision Reference Group on 29 June 2011, it was decided that the televoting system would revert back to the format used before the 2010 Contest in which the phone and SMS lines will open after all songs have been performed instead of opening before the show starts. The results format of each show will remain the same with each country's votes being decided on a 50:50 split between televoting and a national jury.[18]

Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the final will be raised to 26, including the host nation, the "Big Five", and the ten qualifiers from each semi-final.[19] This will be the second time in the Eurovision Song Contest that 26 countries will be in the final, the first being the 2003 Contest.

Semi-final allocation draw

Semi-final allocation draw ceremony at the Buta Palace in Baku.

The draw that determined the semi-final running order was held on 25 January 2012 at the Buta Palace.[20]

The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based upon how those countries voted in past contests. From these pots, half (or as close to half as possible) will compete in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012. The other half in that particular pot will compete in the second semi-final on 24 May 2012. This draw also acts as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals will commence and determine which semi-final the automatic finalists will be allowed to vote in.[21]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Graphic design

The design of the contest is expected to be built around the motto "Light your fire!", inspired by the nickname of Azerbaijan itself, "Land Of Fire".[22]

Participating countries

Template:2012 Eurovision Song Contest entries

  Countries in the first semi-final
  Countries voting in the first semi-final
  Countries in the second semi-final
  Countries voting in the second semi-final

Forty-three countries have confirmed their participation in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.[2] Radio Televizija Crna Gora (RTCG), the national broadcaster of Montenegro, which last participated in 2009, has reported that they will return to the contest in 2012.[23]

Semi-final 1

Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain will vote in this semi-final.[20]

Country[2] Language Artist Song English translation
First half
 Albania Albanian[24] Rona Nishliu[25] "Suus"1 [26] Personal[26]
 Belgium Iris[27][28] TBD March 2012[29]
 Finland TBD 25 February 2012[30] TBD 25 February 2012[30]
 Greece TBD 12 March 2012[30] TBD 12 March 2012[30]
 Iceland Icelandic2 [31] Gréta Salóme & Jónsi[31] "Mundu eftir mér"[31] Remember Me
 Latvia English[32] Anmary[33] "Beautiful Song"[33]
 Montenegro Rambo Amadeus[23] "Euro Neuro"[34]
 Romania TBD 10 March 2012 [35] TBD 10 March 2012[35]
  Switzerland English[36] Sinplus[36] "Unbreakable"[36] —
Second half
 Austria Bavarian[37] Trackshittaz[37] "Woki mit deim Popo"[37] Shake Your Ass[37]
 Cyprus English[38] Ivi Adamou[39] "La La Love" [40]  —
 Denmark English[41] Soluna Samay[41] "Should've Known Better"[41]  —
 Hungary English[42] Compact Disco[42] "Sound Of Our Hearts"[42]  —
 Ireland English[43] Jedward[43] "Waterline"[43]  —
 Israel English, Hebrew Izabo[44] "Time" [44]  —
 Moldova TBD 11 March 2012[30] TBD 11 March 2012[30]
 Russia TBD 7 March 2012[30] TBD 7 March 2012[30]
 San Marino TBD February 2012[45] TBD February 2012[45]
1.^ Although the song is completely in Albanian, the title is in Latin.
2.^ The language choice for the Icelandic entry may be revised into English, although there is no confirmation of this happening at this current stage.

Semi-final 2

France, Germany and United Kingdom will vote in this semi-final. Germany requested they vote in this semi-final.[20]

Country[2] Language Artist Song English translation
First half
 Armenia TBD 18 March 2012[46] TBD 18 March 2012[46]
 Belarus English[47] Litesound[47] "We Are The Heroes"[47]  —
 Bulgaria TBD 29 February 2012[30] TBD 29 February 2012[30]
 Macedonia Kaliopi[48] "Black and White"[49]  —
 Malta English[50] Kurt Calleja[50] "This Is the Night"[50]  —
 Netherlands English TBD 26 February 2012[30] TBD 26 February 2012[30]
 Portugal Portuguese[51] TBD 10 March 2012[30] TBD 10 March 2012[30]
 Serbia Željko Joksimović[52][53] TBD 10 March 2012[54]
 Ukraine English Gaitana[55] "Be My Guest" [55]  —
Second half
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian MayaSar[56] "Korake ti znam"[57] I know your steps
 Croatia Croatian Nina Badrić[58][59] "Nebo" [60] Sky
 Estonia TBD 3 March 2012[30] TBD 3 March 2012[30]
 Georgia English[61] Anri Jokhadze[61] "I'm a Joker"[61]  —
 Lithuania TBD 3 March 2012[62] TBD 3 March 2012[62]
 Norway English[63] Tooji[63] "Stay"[63]  —
 Slovakia TBA 1 March 2012[64] TBA 1 March 2012[64]
 Slovenia TBD 26 February 2012[30] TBD 26 February 2012[30]
 Sweden TBD 10 March 2012[30] TBD 10 March 2012[30]
 Turkey English Can Bonomo[65] "Love Me Back"[66]  —

Finalists

Country[2] Language Artist Song English translation
 Azerbaijan (host) Sabina Babayeva[67] TBD 17 March 2012[68]
 France French, English[69] Anggun[70] "Echo (You and I)"[69]  —
 Germany English[71] Roman Lob[71] "Standing Still"[71]  —
 Italy Italian Nina Zilli[72]
 Spain Spanish[73] Pastora Soler[74] TBD 3 March 2012 [75]
 United Kingdom

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Jónsi[31]  Iceland 2004
Jedward[43]  Ireland 2011
Kaliopi[48]  Macedonia 1996 (Pre-qualifying round)
Željko Joksimović[52]  Serbia 2004 (for  Serbia and Montenegro)

Other countries

  •  Andorra – On 19 October 2011, Andorra announced that there are no plans for the country to participate in 2012 due to financial difficulties; the country also has plans to withdraw from the EBU entirely.[76][77]
  •  Czech Republic – On 24 November 2011, it was reported that the Czech Republic would not compete in the 2012 Contest, following the release of a television schedule by Česká televize (ČT).[78]
  •  Liechtenstein – On 26 November 2011, it was announced that two official EBU documents, published in March and October 2011, where showing Liechtenstein's only national broadcaster 1FLTV as being granted active EBU membership, sparking speculations of a debut for the nation.[79] However, on 29 November 2011, these documents were later confirmed as editing mistakes, and thus a debut has yet to be made.[80]
  •  Monaco – It was reported on 23 November 2011, at a European Broadcasting Union (EBU) meeting in Geneva, that Monaco were considering a return to the 2012 contest.[81] However on 3 December 2011, Phil Bosco, a former head of delegation told a French-speaking website that the Monegasque national broadcaster Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) doesn't intend to return to the Eurovision Song Contest any time in the near future, as there is no financial budget available.[82]
  •  Morocco – In an interview with the French delegation it was revealed that Morocco were "likely to return" to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with a new broadcaster 2M TV.[83] Reports about the proposed return of Morocco to the contest, after an absence of 30 years, were further enhanced at an EBU meeting in Geneva.[81][84]
  •  Poland – On 16 December 2011, it was reported on the official Facebook page of Telewizja Polska (TVP) that Poland would be withdrawing from the 2012 Contest.[85] This was confirmed a few days later, saying that the broadcaster would be focusing on the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (which Poland is co-hosting with Ukraine) and Summer Olympics. TVP stated that a return in 2013 has not been ruled out.[86] However since early January 2012, the EBU are in negotiations with Polish national broadcaster TVP to reconsider their plans to withdraw from the contest by offering assistance with the broadcasting of other events and lower participation fees, which could still result in Poland participating.[87][88]

Commentators

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