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Euromusic Song Contest 2017
Celebrate Diversity
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Dates

Semi-Final 1 date: 5 June 2017
Semi-Final 2 date:7 June 2017
Final date: 9 June 2017

Venue

Ethias Arena
Hasselt, Belgium

Presenter(s)

Timo Descamps
Kevin Van Doorslaer
Carole Weyers
Johnny Galecki

Host Broadcaster

Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) / Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF)

Number of entries

43

Nul points

Flag of Serbia.svgSerbia (Grand Final)

Winning song

23px-Flag of Italy.svgItaly
"Origo"

Timeline

←2016 · Euromusic Song Contest · 2018 →

About 2017 show
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Opening Act

Semi-Final 1
Lara Fabian - "Je suis malade"
Semi-Final 2
Stromae - Medley
Grand Final
Tom & Astrid - "Sound of Silence"

Interval Act

Semi-Final 1
Yulia Samoilova - Euromusic songs medley
Semi-Final 2
Patricia Kaas - "Angel"
Lena - "Apricot Stone"
Adela Alina - "Dum Tek Tek"
Tom & Astrid - "The Winner Takes It All"
Grand Final
Sandra Kim - "J'aime la vie"

Debuting Countries

None

Returning Countries

Flag of Portugal.svgPortugal

Withdrawing Countries

22px-Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgBosnia and Herzegovina


The Euromusic Song Contest 2017 will be the 9th edition of the Euromusic Song Contest. It will take place in Belgium, after Belgium's victory at the 2016 contest in Berlin with the song "Sound of Silence", performed by Tom and Astrid. This will be the first time the contest has taken place in Belgium. The host city will be announced at a later date, although a few cities have shown their interest in hosting the contest. The contest is expected to consist of two semi-finals on 5 and 7 June and the final on 9 June 2017.

Presenter(s)

Carole Weyers

Carole Weyers was born in Anderlecht, Belgium. She began her acting career in Belgium, where she received her training from the well-respected drama school IAD (Institut des Arts de Diffusion). Upon graduation, she wished to further develop her acting skills and attended LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts) in a classical acting.

Johnny Galecki

John Mark Galecki was born in Belgium where his dad was stationed while serving in the U.S. Air Force. When he was 3 years old, his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he grew up along with his sister Allison (1980) and brother Nick (1982). His father then became a teacher for blind veterans in a VA hospital outside of Chicago.

Timo Descamps

Timo Descamps was born on May 27, 1986 in Kontich, Antwerp, Belgium. He is an actor, known for Spring (2002), Judas Kiss (2011) and Spangas (2007).

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2017 Euromusic Song Contest Hosts

Kevin Van Doorslaer

Kevin Van Doorslaer has been working in Theatre, T.V and Films anywhere between Europe and The United States. Kevin was born and raised in a Carnival family that goes back 7 generations. At the age of 20 he moved to New York to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse, Stella Adler Studio and Circle in the Square Theatre.

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals will take place on 31 January 2017. The 37 Semi-Finalists have been allocated into six pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Alpro. Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the Semi-Finals

Israel, who had been allocated to Pot 6, will compete in the second semi-final as the first semi-final coincides with Yom Hazikaron, while Germany will broadcast and vote in the second semi-final for scheduling reasons.

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


Format

Preliminary dates

The preliminary dates for the contest were announced on 14 March 2016 at a meeting of Heads of Delegation in Stockholm, with the semi-finals scheduled to take place on 5 and 7 June and the final on 9 June 2017. These preliminary dates were chosen by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to avoid the contest clashing with any major television and sporting events scheduled to take place around that time. However, these dates are subject to change dependent on the host broadcaster, upon approval from a meeting of the EBU Reference Group meeting, which will take place after the 2016 contest.

Location

For more details on the host country, see Belgium

As of 3 June 2016, four cities have expressed an interest in hosting the contest: Hasselt, Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels

The mayor of Brussels, expressed on 15 May 2016 his desire for the contest to be held in his city.

City Venue Capacity
Brussels Forest National 8,400
Hasselt Ethias Arena 16,000
Antwerp Sportpaleis 15,089
Ghent Flanders Expo 13,000

Bidding phase

The Deputy Chief of the host broadcaster, the Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) / Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF) and the Head of Delegation for Belgium, stated on 18 May 2016 that the first organisational meeting for the contest would take place before 8 June, during which the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and VRT/RTBF would go through the technical requirements for the contest, as well as any training required for the contest to take place in Belgium.

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Ethias Arena, Hasselt. venue of the 2017 contest

VRT/RTBF and the Belgian Government formally launched the bidding process for interested cities to apply to host the contest on 23 June. The selection of the host city was scheduled to be conducted in four stages:

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Stage design

24 June – 8 July: Interested cities were formally invited to submit their bids.

8–15 July: A working group within VRT/RTBF and a government-appointed Local Organisational Committee (LOC) headed by Belgian Prime Minister reviewed submitted bids prior to their formal presentation. 18–22 July: Candidate cities formally presented their bids to the LOC. The bids of three cities were shortlisted and handed over to the EBU.

22 July – 1 August: The three shortlisted cities were inspected by representatives from the EBU and LOC to explore their infrastructure and implementation of their bids. A press conference was initially planned to be held during this period to announce the selection results and the host city.

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View inside arena.

Wildcards

Two wildcards will be given in each semi-final and one in the Grand Final:

Betting odds

Place Country
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svgCzech Republic
2 21px-Flag of Israel.svgIsrael
3 Flag of Armenia.svgArmenia

Participating countries

On 31 October 2016, EBU announced that 43 countries will participate in the 2017 contest. Portugal will return after being absent from 2016 contest, while Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew due to the financial difficulties.

Semi-Final 1

Serbia, Spain and United Kingdom will vote and perform in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 23px-Flag of Slovenia.svgSlovenia Omar Naber "I Can't Go On" 7 144
02 21px-Flag of Albania.svgAlbania Dua Lipa "Keep the Faith" 9 147
03 23px-Flag of Portugal.svgPortugal Mickael Carreira "Don't Come Easy" 3 193
04 Flag of Cyprus.svgCyprus Sarbel "World" 14 81
05 23px-Flag of Poland.svgPoland Kasia Moś "City Lights" 12 84
06 23px-Flag of Montenegro.svgMontenegro Slavko Kalezić "Space" 18 3
07 Flag of Georgia.svgGeorgia Group Bani "Blackbird" 13 83
08 23px-Flag of Latvia.svgLatvia Markus Riva "Skeletons" 2 282
09 Flag of the Czech Republic.svgCzech Republic Gabriela Gunčíková "Amar pelos dois" 1 329
10 23px-Flag of Greece.svgGreece Kalomira "This Is Love" 16 70
11 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svgUkraine Tayanna "Flashlight" 5 179
12 Flag of Armenia.svgArmenia Sirusho "Hey, Mamma!" 4 181
13 23px-Flag of Moldova.svgMoldova Andra & Ioana Ignat "Paper" 10 116
14 23px-Flag of Australia.svgAustralia Rihanna "My Turn" 6 174
15 Flag of Finland.svgFinland Matthew Koma "Gravity" 11 93
16 23px-Flag of Azerbaijan.svgAzerbaijan XOV "Fly with Me" 8 160
17 23px-Flag of Sweden.svgSweden Oscar Zia "On My Way" 15 71
18 21px-Flag of Iceland.svgIceland Regína Ósk "Line" 17 26

Semi-Final 2

Belgium, France and Germany will vote and perform in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 23px-Flag of Malta.svgMalta Miley Cyrus "In Too Deep" 9 113
02 16px-Flag of Switzerland.svgSwitzerland Justin Bieber "Running on Air" 7 150
03 23px-Flag of Macedonia.svgMacedonia Kanita "Flame Is Burning" 16 32
04 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svgNetherlands Emeli Sandé "Dance Alone" 14 69
05 22px-Flag of Estonia.svgEstonia Jüri Pootsmann "Breathlessly" 15 38
06 Flag of Hungary.svgHungary ByeAlex and Boggie "Yodel It!" 11 103
07 20px-Flag of San Marino.svgSan Marino Jimmie Wilson "Lights and Shadows" 12 103
08 23px-Flag of Italy.svgItaly Ariana Grande "Origo" 1 375
09 Flag of Denmark.svgDenmark Rag'n'Bone Man "Where I Am" 4 236
10 21px-Flag of Norway.svgNorway MNEK "Dying to Try" 2 343
11 23px-Flag of Ireland.svgIreland Matt Terry "Spirit of the Night" 18 25
12 Flag of Croatia.svgCroatia Nina Badrić "My Friend" 13 93
13 23px-Flag of Lithuania.svgLithuania Lemon Joy "Grab the Moment" 8 117
14 23px-Flag of Romania.svgRomania Raluka "Apollo" 6 166
15 23px-Flag of Austria.svgAustria Nathan Trent "Historyja majho žyccia" 17 27
16 21px-Flag of Israel.svgIsrael Imri Ziv "Beautiful Mess" 5 206
17 Flag of Belarus.svgBelarus Alexandra & Konstantin "Rain of Revolution" 19 8
18 23px-Flag of Russia.svgRussia Aleksander Panayotov "Verona" 3 244
19 Flag of Bulgaria.svgBulgaria Azis "I Feel Alive" 10 104

Finalist(s)

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 23px-Flag of Azerbaijan.svgAzerbaijan XOV "Fly with Me" 22 39
02 23px-Flag of Portugal.svgPortugal Mickael Carreira "Don't Come Easy" 14 158
03 Flag of Bulgaria.svgBulgaria Azis "I Feel Alive" 23 22
04 16px-Flag of Switzerland.svgSwitzerland Justin Bieber "Running on Air" 18 132
05 23px-Flag of Romania.svgRomania Raluka "Apollo" 7 305
06 23px-Flag of Moldova.svgMoldova Andra & Ioana Ignat "Paper" 21 56
07 Flag of Denmark.svgDenmark Rag'n'Bone Man "Where I Am" 17 133
08 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom Shawn Mendes "Perfect Life" 25 6
09 23px-Flag of Germany.svgGermany Enya and Alex Aris "Time" 24 8
10 Flag of Armenia.svgArmenia Sirusho "Hey, Mamma!" 6 314
11 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svgUkraine Tayanna "Flashlight" 15 155
12 23px-Flag of Italy.svgItaly Ariana Grande "Origo" 1 499
13 23px-Flag of Lithuania.svgLithuania Lemon Joy "Grab the Moment" 13 194
14 Flag of Serbia.svgSerbia Sasha Kovacevic "Do It for Your Lover" 26 0
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svgCzech Republic Gabriela Gunčíková "Amar pelos dois" 5 337
16 23px-Flag of Malta.svgMalta Miley Cyrus "In Too Deep" 16 151
17 21px-Flag of Israel.svgIsrael Imri Ziv "Beautiful Mess" 11 223
18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svgBelgium Ruby Rodd "Never Give Up on You" 9 240
19 23px-Flag of Russia.svgRussia Aleksander Panayotov "Verona" 8 258
20 21px-Flag of Albania.svgAlbania Dua Lipa "Keep the Faith" 20 97
21 23px-Flag of Spain.svgSpain Anahi "Occidentali's Karma" 19 105
22 23px-Flag of Latvia.svgLatvia Markus Riva "Skeletons" 4 345
23 21px-Flag of Norway.svgNorway MNEK "Dying to Try" 2 392
24 23px-Flag of Slovenia.svgSlovenia Omar Naber "I Can't Go On" 10 225
25 23px-Flag of Australia.svgAustralia Rihanna "My Turn" 12 215
26 23px-Flag of France.svgFrance Florent Mothe "Requiem" 3 379

Scoreboard

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2


Grand Final

Other awards

OGAE

OGAE Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Euromusic (more commonly known as OGAE) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jari-Pekka Koikkalainen. The organisation consists of a network of over 40 Euromusic Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit company. In what has become an annual tradition for the OGAE fan clubs, a voting poll ran from 1 April 2017 and ended on 30 April 2017, allowing members from forty clubs to vote for their favourite songs of the 2016 contest. The table below shows the top five overall results, after votes from forty-one OGAE clubs had been cast.

Country Performer(s) Song OGAE result
23px-Flag of Spain.svgSpain Anahi "Occidentali's Karma" 497
23px-Flag of Poland.svgPoland Kasia Moś "City Lights" 335
23px-Flag of Slovenia.svgSlovenia Omar Naber "I Can't Go On" 308
23px-Flag of France.svgFrance Florent Mothe "Requiem" 277
23px-Flag of Russia.svgRussia Aleksander Panayotov "Verona" 242

Returning artists

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Sirusho Flag of Armenia.svgArmenia 2013
Rihanna 23px-Flag of Australia.svgAustralia (for Ireland) 2013
Miley Cyrus 23px-Flag of Malta.svgMalta (for Spain) 2013
Andra 23px-Flag of Moldova.svgMoldova 2010, 2011

Other countries

Eligibility for potential participation in the Euromusic Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that will be able to broadcast the contest via the Euromusic network. The EBU has issued an invitation of participation to all fifty-six active members. It is currently unknown whether an invitation has been issued to associate member Australia. Several countries have provisionally confirmed their participation in the contest, while the following countries have made announcements regarding their participation:
22px-Flag of Andorra.svgAndorra – Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) announced on 19 May 2016 that they would not participate for unspecified reasons.
22px-Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgBosnia and Herzegovina – The Bosnian national broadcaster Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) announced on 28 September 2016 that they would not be taking part in the 2017 contest due to their inability to secure stable funding and sponsorship for participation. The broadcaster was also suffering from financial difficulties due to a lack of legislation that would ensure the continued operation of BHRT. Earlier in May 2016, the EBU had threatened to withdraw BHRT from all member services due to non-payment of debts totalling 6 million Swiss francs (€5.4 million).
23px-Flag of Luxembourg.svgLuxembourg– While RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (RTL) announced on 25 May 2016 that they would not participate, the Petitions Committee of the Luxembourgish Government announced on 21 June that they had received a petition calling on RTL to return to the contest. The Luxembourgish Government have decided to debate the proposals set out in the petition, and the possibility of Luxembourg returning to the contest in future. RTL reiterated its intention not to participate on 22 August.
19px-Flag of Monaco.svgMonaco– Télé Monte Carlo (TMC) announced on 19 August 2016 that Monaco would not participate in the contest.

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