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Euromusic Song Contest 2013
"We Are One"
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 logo (2)

Dates

5,6,7 June 2013

Venue

National Arena
Bucharest, Romania

Presenter(s)

Final
Alex Martin
Jared Pandalaki
Jensen Ackles
Semi-Final(s)
Gerard Butler
Madalina Ghenea
Catrinel Manghia

Host Broadcaster

FOX Broadcasting Company

No. of entries

39

Nul points

None

Winning song

23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
"You"

Timeline

←2012 · Euromusic Song Contest · 2014 →

About 2013 show

Opening Act

Semi-Final 1: Romanian Traditional Dance by orphans (choreographed by Edi Stancu)
Semi-Final 2: "No One" by Paula Seling
Final: Cirque Du Soleil

Interval Act

Semi-Final 1: Bruno Mars
Semi-Final 2: Inna
Final:"Euphoria" and "We Got The Power" by Alex Martin
"Painful Love" by Cezar

Debuting Countries

None

Returning Countries

Flag of Armenia.svgArmenia

Withdrawing Countries

22px-Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgBosnia and Herzegovina
23px-Flag of Portugal.svgPortugal
23px-Flag of Slovakia.svgSlovakia
Flag of Turkey.svgTurkey

The Euromusic Song Contest 2013 will be the 5th annual Euromusic Song Contest. The contest will take place in Bucharest, Romania following Alex Martin's win in the 2012 Contest with the song "Euphoria". Tow cities expressed interests to host the contest, and on 15 July 2012 the host broadcaster Televiziunea Romana (TVR) decided upon the National Arena as the venue. This will be the first time that Romania has played host. The dates set for the two semi-finals are 10 July and 11 June 2013, with the final taking place on the evening of 12 July 2013. So far, thirty-five countries have confirmed participation with Armenia returning, who were last represented in 2011.

Stageess

The Eurovision 2013 stage inside National Arena


Presenter(s)

Today Romanian broardcaster Televiziunea Romana (TVR) and FOX decided who will host next year the 5th Euromusic Song Contest in Bucharest. After auditions with TV stars from Romania TVR and FOX decided that Alex Martin, Jered Padalecki will be the main hosts. 

Alex Martin

TV presenter, actor and singer, he was born in Romania on 28th June 1995. He won the 4th Euromusic Song Contest in Bordeaux, France. He made tours with Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Jay-Z and so on. He will be the principal host of the 2013 Euromusic Song Contest in Romania, This isn't the first time when he host the show, Alex presented this show in 2011 in Germany.

Mainpresenters

Main presenter(s) of the 2013 Euromusic Song Contest


Jensen Ackles

Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor and director. He is known for his roles in television as Eric Brady in Days of our Lives, which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, as well as Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel and Jason Teague in Smallville. Ackles currently stars as Dean Winchester on the CW series Supernatural.

Jared Padalecki

Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) is an American actor. He grew up in Texas and came to fame in the early 2000s after appearing on the television series Gilmore Girls as well as in several Hollywood films, including New York Minute and House of Wax. Padalecki plays Sam Winchester on the CW television series Supernatural.


  • Other two names the officials from Romania anounnced three Semi-Final(s) Hosts. These are:


Catrinel Manghia 
Catrinel Menghia, sometimes known as Catrinel Marlon, (born October 1, 1985, Iași) is a Romanian top fashion model who is best known for her 2006 and 2009 appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and as the face of Giorgio Armani worldwide and French lingerie purveyor Lise Charmel. At the age of 16, Menghia finished third in Ford's "Supermodel of Romania" competition, and received the award Romania's Model of the Year in 2002 before signing with Major Model Management in Milano. She has also appeared in Maxim, FHM and Fitness and done advertisements for such notable clients as Fiat.

Gerard Butler 
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in the American miniseries Attila (2001). In 2003, he played André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichton's Timeline. He garnered critical acclaim for his work as the lead in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera. In 2007, Butler gained recognition through his portrayal of King Leonidas in the film 300. Since then, he has appeared in projects including P.S. I Love You (2007), Nim's Island (2008), RocknRolla (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), Gamer (2009), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), The Bounty Hunter (2010), and as a voice actor in How to Train Your Dragon (2010).

Madalina Ghenea 
He was born on 8 august 1987 in Slatina. From an early age was in the limelight, attending the famous TV show "Tip Top Minitop". For 7 years, Madalina took ballet lessons, and piano. He graduated from the National College "Ion Minulescu" in Slatina, managing to commit and what career would begin. He had a relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio. His career in fashion began at just 15 years old when he presented the famous designer Gattinoni. She participated in fashion shows worldwide, Romania, Italy, Germany, Japan, Austria, South Africa, France and Spain. Therefore, Madalina is declared "citizen of the world, life in a suitcase." Among the most popular ads include those from brands like La Perla, Lovable, Lise Charmel, Peroni, New Yorker, Borghetti, Sloggi, Grimaldi Mare, Max Well, Lormar, bitter, Primadonna, Quelle, Margherita Mazzei, Lascana, Von Dutch, Parah, Lepel or Huntermoller. Romania has attracted media attention with the release of Il tempo tra di video song Eros Ramazzotti us, which appears as the famous singer girlfriend. In 2008 is one of the protagonists of famous calendar platform. In 2010, debuts on television and agrees to participate in the contest Ballando con stelle them to become his partner Simone Di Pasquale. Of 2011 mobile company image TRE-Italy filming a commercial with actor Raoul Bova beloved. Also in the same year he became image DEHA dance clothing manufacturer and racing famous Mille Miglia vintage cars. Makes his debut as an actress in 2011 in the role of Irina in the Italian film I Solita idiots.

Esc 2013 hostss

2013 Euromusic Song Contest Semi-Final(s) and Final Green-Room hosts

Location

National Arena in Bucharest was announced by Romanian broadcaster Televiziunea Romana (TVR) as the venue for the 2013 Euromusic Song Contest on 15 July 2012. This will be the first time when competition is held in Romania.

800px-RO B National Arena outside night

National Arena, host venue of 2013 contest

Construction

The old stadium was demolished between December 18, 2007 and February 20, 2008, although a symbolic removal of seats took place on November 21, 2007, after Romania defeated Albania 6-1 in a qualifying match for Euro 2008. The construction phase generated some controversy over costs and delays, with Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu claiming that the works were 20 weeks behind schedule in May 2009. On October 8, 2009, it was decided that the stadium should also include a retractable roof worth €20,000,000. Construction was temporarily halted in December 2009 due to unfavorable weather conditions.


FACILITIES


The venue holds 55,200 people. 3,600 VIP seats are available, with another 126 seats allotted for the press (with a possible expansion to 548 seats). The stadium includes some 360 restrooms and a retractable roof, which can be opened or closed in 15 minutes. It is also endowed with a floodlight system and 2100 parking spaces.

Participating countries

Currently, the following countries have confirmed participation. Armenia they are not permitted within article prose. --> (who were last represented in 2011, by Emmy, with the song "Boom Boom") confirmed that they will be returning to the contest following their one-year break.

Betting Odds Top 3

Place Country
1 Flag of Croatia.svgCroatia
2 23px-Flag of Azerbaijan.svgAzerbaijan
3 23px-Flag of Russia.svgRussia

Semi-final 1

Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom will vote in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 23px-Flag of France.svgFrance David Guetta ft. Sia "Shine" 5 93
02 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svgUkraine Ani Lorak "Et uus saaks alguse" 3 112
03 23px-Flag of Austria.svgAustria Charlee "Stright Into Love" 12 28
04 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands Anouk "Mižerja" 8 76
05 Flag of Croatia.svgCroatia Severina "Only Teardrops" 4 103
06 23px-Flag of Slovenia.svgSlovenia Sasa Lendero "What If" 10 61
07 23px-Flag of Russia.svgRussia Alsou "Gravity" 2 135
08 Flag of Denmark.svgDenmark Brink "Birds" 6 85
09 Flag of Cyprus.svgCyprus Ivi Adamou ft. TU "Igranka" 13 25
10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svgBelgium Gotye "Something" 9 74
11 Flag of Serbia.svgSerbia Ana Nikolic "Solayoh" 14 23
12 23px-Flag of Ireland.svgIreland Rihanna ft. James Arthur "O mie" 1 149
13 23px-Flag of Lithuania.svgLithuania Greta Šmidt "Only Love Survives" 16 12
14 23px-Flag of Moldova.svgMoldova Dan Balan "An Me Thimase" 7 79
15 Flag of Belarus.svgBelarus Anastasia Vinnikova "Love Kills" 11 29
16 23px-Flag of Montenegro.svgMontenegro Darko Martinovic "Ljubav je svuda" 15 18

Semi-final 2

Estonia, Spain and the Switzerland will vote in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 20px-Flag of San Marino.svgSan Marino Valentina Monetta "Here We Go" 13 20
02 21px-Flag of Iceland.svgIceland Yohanna "Crisalide" 2 149
03 23px-Flag of Latvia.svgLatvia Olly Murs "Pred da se razdeni" 8 76
04 23px-Flag of Azerbaijan.svgAzerbaijan Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" 4 104
05 23px-Flag of Macedonia.svgMacedonia Sara Markoska "Marry Me" 14 20
06 23px-Flag of Malta.svgMalta Kelly Schembri "Tomorrow" 15 18
07 Flag of Bulgaria.svgBulgaria Maria Ilieva "Samo shampioni" 17 16
08 Flag of Finland.svgFinland The Rasmus "Ég á líf" 5 88
09 23px-Flag of Sweden.svgSweden Take That ft. Loreen "Alcohol Is Free" 3 122
10 21px-Flag of Norway.svgNorway Ovi Jacobsen "Rak bishvilo" 1 162
11 Flag of Hungary.svgHungary Bereczki Zoltan "Lonley Planet" 16 18
12 Flag of Georgia.svgGeorgia Nodi and Sophie "Kedvesem" 11 35
13 21px-Flag of Albania.svgAlbania Alban Skenderaj "I Feed You My Love" 6 84
14 23px-Flag of Greece.svgGreece Anna Vissi ft. Helena Paparizou "Identitet" 12 25
15 21px-Flag of Israel.svgIsrael Meital De Razon "Waterfall" 7 77
16 Flag of Armenia.svgArmenia Sirusho "You and Me" 9 74
17 23px-Flag of Germany.svgGermany Oceana "It's My Life" 10 72

Final

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 23px-Flag of Slovenia.svgSlovenia Sasa Lendero "What If" 24 18
02 21px-Flag of Israel.svgIsrael Meital De Razon "Waterfall" 20 30
03 Flag of Belgium (civil).svgBelgium Gotye "Something" 14 79
04 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svgUkraine Ani Lorak "Et uus saaks alguse" 25 18
05 23px-Flag of Azerbaijan.svgAzerbaijan Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" 5 144
06 21px-Flag of Iceland.svgIceland Yohanna "Crisalide" 22 24
07 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands Anouk "Mižerja" 21 29
08 23px-Flag of Germany.svgGermany Oceana "It's My Life" 11 90
09 23px-Flag of Italy.svgItaly Christina Aguilera "Glorious" 9 105
10 Flag of Finland.svgFinland The Rasmus "Ég á líf" 19 32
11 Flag of Denmark.svgDenmark Brink "Birds" 15 56
12 21px-Flag of Albania.svgAlbania Alban Skenderaj "I Feed You My Love" 7 115
13 23px-Flag of Moldova.svgMoldova Dan Balan "An Me Thimase" 16 54
14 23px-Flag of Latvia.svgLatvia Olly Murs "Pred da se razdeni" 17 51
15 23px-Flag of Romania.svgRomania A Girls "L'essenziale" 4 161
16 21px-Flag of Norway.svgNorway Ovi Jacobsen "Rak bishvilo" 3 191
17 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom Cheryl Cole "You" 1 268
18 Flag of Armenia.svgArmenia Sirusho "You and Me" 26 15
19 16px-Flag of Switzerland.svgSwitzerland Maroon 5 "L'enfer et moi" 6 116
20 23px-Flag of Sweden.svgSweden Take That ft. Loreen "Alcohol Is Free" 13 83
21 Flag of Croatia.svgCroatia Severina "Only Teardrops" 12 85
22 23px-Flag of Ireland.svgIreland Rihanna ft. James Arthur "O mie" 2 224
23 23px-Flag of Spain.svgSpain Miley Cyrus ft. David Bisbal "Believe In Me" 8 111
24 23px-Flag of France.svgFrance David Guetta ft. Sia "Shine" 10 93
25 22px-Flag of Estonia.svgEstonia Koit Toome & Birgit Õigemeel "Contigo hasta el final" 23 21
26 23px-Flag of Russia.svgRussia Alsou "Gravity" 18 49

Other awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honoring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and current Head of Delegation for Sweden) and Richard Herrey (member of the Herreys, Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winner from Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s)
Artists Award 23px-Flag of Azerbaijan.svgAzerbaijan "Hold Me" Farid Mammadov J. Ballard, R. Charlie
Composer Award 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom "You" Cheryl Cole R. Stjernberg, L. Deb, J. Deb, J. Harestad
Press Award 21px-Flag of Israel.svgIsrael "Waterfall" Meital De Razon T. G:son

OGAE

OGAE (, English: General Organisation of Eurovision Fans) is one of the two major international fan club networks of the Euromusic Song Contest. It has branches throughout Europe. Although the Euromusic Song Contest started in 1956, OGAE began in 1984 in Finland. All countries that take part or have already taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest and Euromusic in 2009 can have their own OGAE and most of them do. All other countries around the world are united under OGAE Rest of World, created in 2004. Every year, the organisation puts together four non-profit competitions (Song Contest, Second Chance Contest, Video Contest and Home Composed Song Contest).

In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll was opened allowing members from thirty-nine respective clubs to vote for their favourite songs of the 2013 contest. Below is the top five overall results, after all the votes had been cast.

Country Song Performer(s) OGAE result
Flag of Croatia.svgCroatia Only Teardrops Severina 374
21px-Flag of Iceland.svgIceland "Crisalide (Vola)" Yohanna 282
21px-Flag of Albania.svgAlbania "I Feed You My Love" Alban Skenderaj 269
23px-Flag of Italy.svgItaly "Glorious" Christina Aguilera 195
23px-Flag of Romania.svgRomania "L'essenziale" A Girls 177

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Adela Alina (part of A Girls) 23px-Flag of Azerbaijan.svgAzerbaijan23px-Flag of Sweden.svgSweden 2009(winner), 2011
Ani Lorak 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svgUkraine 2011
Anna Vissi Flag of Cyprus.svgCyprus 2012
Yohanna 21px-Flag of Iceland.svgIceland 2009, 2011
Brink Flag of Denmark.svgDenmark 2009
Valentina Monetta 20px-Flag of San Marino.svgSan Marino 2012
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