ESC 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Building Bridges
Dates
Semi-final 1	19 May 2015 (2015-05-19)
Semi-final 2	21 May 2015 (2015-05-21)
Final	23 May 2015 (2015-05-23)
Host
Venue	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
Presenter(s)	Mirjam Weichselbraun Alice Tumler Arabella Kiesbauer
Director	Kathrin Zechner
Executive supervisor	Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	Edgar Böhm
Host broadcaster	Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Opening act	Semi-final 1: "Rise Like a Phoenix" performed by Conchita Wurst with Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Peter Pejtsik Final: "Building Bridges" by Mirjam, Alice, Arabella, Conchita Wurst, Left Boy and the choir of local children, with Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Peter Pejtsik
Interval act	Semi-final 1: Video: "Pets in Vienna" Semi-final 2: "Funny moments in the Eurovision voting history" Final: Martin Grubinger; "You Are Unstoppable" and "Firestorm" performed by Conchita Wurst
Participants
Number of entries	40
Debuting countries	Australia
Returning countries	Cyprus  Czech Republic  Serbia
Withdrawing countries	Ukraine
Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2015
Vote
Voting system	Each country/jury awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Nul points	Austria  Germany
Winning song	Sweden "Heroes"
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Eurovision Song Contest: Vienna 2015
Compilation album by Eurovision Song Contest
Released	20 April 2015
Genre	Pop
Length	58:43 (CD 1) 61:50 (CD 2)
Label	Universal
Eurovision Song Contest chronology
Eurovision Song Contest: Copenhagen 2014 (2014) Eurovision Song Contest: Vienna 2015 (2015) Eurovision Song Contest: Stockholm 2016 (2016)

The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th anniversary edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest musical event. The contest took place in Vienna, Austria, following Austrian Conchita Wurst's victory in the 2014 edition. This was the second time that Austria hosted the contest; the 1967 edition being the first (also hosted in Vienna). The 2015 contest consisted of two semi-finals, which took place on 19 and 21 May, and a final, held on 23 May 2015. The shows were presented by Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer while Conchita Wurst was hosting the green room. Forty countries participated in the contest, with Australia making a guest appearance, and Cyprus, the Czech Republic, and Serbia returning. Ukraine, however, announced their withdrawal due to financial and political reasons around the Ukrainian crisis.

Once all the votes had been announced, based on 50% jury and 50% televoting, Sweden won the contest for the sixth time, with Måns Zelmerlöw's song "Heroes". Sweden became the first country to win the contest twice in the current format, and this was the country's second win in four years and the 21st century. Italy won the viewers voting with Russia in second place, and Sweden in third place. Sweden won the jury voting, with Latvia in second place and Russia in third place. This is the first time since the juries were reintroduced alongside the televoting in 2009 that the winner didn't place first in the televoting. 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. Austria and Germany became the first countries since 2003 to score no points in the final. Austria is also the first host country to score nul points. The 2015 contest also saw the best ever result for Montenegro since its independence, and the Czech Republic. Also the top two countries of this contest were the same as the top two countries in the 2012 contest, being Sweden and Russia. Over 197 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, beating the 2014 viewing figures by 2 million.

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