2013 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Dates
Semi-final 1	14 May 2013 (2013-05-14)
Semi-final 2	16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)
Final	18 May 2013 (2013-05-18)
Host
Venue	Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden
Presenter(s)	Petra Mede
Director	Daniel Jelinek Robin Hofwander
Executive supervisor	Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	Martin Österdahl
Host broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Opening act	Semi-final 1: Sign language interpretation of "Euphoria" by children together with Loreen. Semi-final 2: "Urban Orchestra" (choreographed by Jennie Widegren and Fredrik Rydman) Final: "We Write the Story" (composed by Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & Avicii)
Interval act	Semi-final 1: "Northern Lights" (choreographed by Jennie Widegren and Fredrik Rydman; composed by Kleerup) Semi-final 2: "Swedish Pop Voices" featuring Darin and Agnes Carlsson Final: Loreen (medley: "We Got The Power", "My Heart Is Refusing Me" and "Euphoria") "Swedish Smörgåsbord", music by Jan Lundkvist, lyrics by Matheson Bayley, Edward af Sillén and Daniel Réhn, performed by Petra Mede; Sarah Dawn Finer (performing "The Winner Takes It All")
Participants
Number of entries	39
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Armenia
Withdrawing countries	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Portugal  Slovakia  Turkey
Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2013
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Nul points	None
Winning song	Denmark "Only Teardrops"
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Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2013
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
Released	29 April 2013
Genre	Pop
Length	60:01 (CD 1) 63:51 (CD 2)
Label	CMC, Universal
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 (2012) Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2013 (2013) Eurovision Song Contest: Copenhagen 2014 (2014)

The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following Loreen's win at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "Euphoria". It was the fifth time that Sweden had hosted the contest, the last time being in 2000. Sveriges Television (SVT) chose Malmö Arena as the venue following the consideration of several venues in Sweden. The host for the contest was Petra Mede. Thirty-nine countries participated, including Armenia, which was last represented in 2011. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Slovakia and Turkey announced their withdrawal from the 2013 Contest.

The design of the contest was built around the theme "We Are One" – highlighting equality and unity of all the participating countries alongside the cultural diversity and influence of each participant. Compared to many of the previous contests in the history of Eurovision, rather than focusing on promoting its own country, Sweden chose to lay focus on the artists and their respective countries. The postcards presented before every song which have often been used to show the host country's nature, culture and social life, were changed to show the typical everyday life of each individual artist in their home countries scattered around Europe.

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