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The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country's victory at the 2018 contest with the song "Toy" by Netta. Organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/KAN), the contest was held at Expo Tel Aviv, and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May, and a final on 18 May 2019. The three live shows were presented by Ukrainian cultural ambassadors Jamala, Mila Kunis and and Israeli model Bar Refaeli.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2023 | |
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United By Music | |
Dates | |
Semi-final 1 | 16 May 2023 |
Semi-final 2 | 18 May 2023 |
Final | 20 May 2023 |
Host | |
Venue | Palace of Sports Kyiv, Ukraine |
Presenter(s) | Jamala Mila Kunis Tina Karol Verka Serduchka (Green Room Host) |
Directed by | Troels Lund Alexander Kolb Ladislaus Kiraly |
Executive supervisor | Martin Österdahl |
Executive producer | Pavlo Grytsak |
Host broadcaster | Suspilne (UA:PBC) |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 40 |
Debuting countries | Kazakhstan |
Returning countries | Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Luxembourg Slovakia |
Non-returning countries | Azerbaijan Georgia Montenegro Poland Romania San Marino |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first–from a professional jury, the second–from viewers. |
2022 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2024 |
Forty-one countries participated in the contest, with Bulgaria and Ukraine not returning after their participation in the previous edition. Members of Bulgaria's delegation had been moved to other projects, while Ukraine, which had originally planned to participate, ultimately withdrew as a result of a controversy surrounding their national final.
The winner was the Netherlands with the song "Arcade", performed by Duncan Laurence and written by Laurence along with Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy and Will Knox. Italy, Russia, Switzerland and Sweden rounded out the top five, although, due to a voting error, Norway were placed fifth and Sweden sixth – this was corrected three days after the contest. Further down the table, North Macedonia and San Marino achieved their best results to date, finishing 7th and 19th respectively. Israel finished 23rd in the final, making it the fourth time that the host country ranked in the bottom five since 2015.
The EBU reported that the contest had an audience of 182 million viewers in 40 European markets, a decrease of 4 million viewers from the previous edition. However, an increase of two percent in the 15–24 year old age range was reported.[1][2]
The lead-up to the contest was met with controversy on multiple fronts, primarily on issues surrounding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict – this eventually led to demonstrations by interval act performer Madonna and Icelandic entrants Hatari during the broadcast of the final.