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Introduction to the 2012 Edition
Welcome to the revised second edition of our Eurovision guide for 2012! We’ve taken the opportunity to update the first edition of the 2012 guide and to try to incorporate as many of the statistics and analysis that we have developed in later editions.
The 2012 Contest saw 42 competing nations this year, one fewer than in 2011. We welcomed back Montenegro (previous appearance: 2009), but lost Poland for financial reasons and Armenia which did not feel able to participate in a Contest held in Azerbaijan because of security concerns.
Azerbaijan’s capital Baku hosted the Contest with the organisers choosing to stage the event in the 16,000 capacity Crystal Hall and the presenters were Leyla Aliyeva, Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen.
Several former entrants returned to the Contest in 2012, twins Jedward performed for Ireland for the second consecutive year. Jónsi for Iceland and Željko Joksimović for Serbia both previously participated in 2004. Macedonia’s Kaliopi had also taken part in the 1996 qualifying round.
It was another mixed performance by the Big 5 this year, Italy, Spain and Germany finished in the top 10 but France and the UK were left in the bottom five.
So congratulations to Sweden, winners for the fifth time with Loreen singing “Euphoria”. Loreen would go on to win Eurovision for a second time in 2023.
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Contents
Eurovision Winners since 1956
Section One: Qualifying for the 2012 Contest
Section Two: Contest Details & Votes
Contest performers and voting tables: 1950's
Contest performers and voting tables: 1960's
Contest performers and voting tables: 1970's
Contest performers and voting tables: 1980's
Contest performers and voting tables: 1990's
Contest performers and voting tables: 2000's
Contest performers and voting tables : 2010's
2011 First Semi-Final performers, jury voting, televoting and combined results
2012 Second Semi-Final performers, jury voting, televoting and combined results
2012 Final performers, jury voting, televoting and combined results
Jury/Public voting split
2012 Final: Voting Order & Spokespersons
Round by Round voting & changes to scoreboard
Country-by-Country History
Section Three: Statistics & Analysis
Internal selection or national competition
Language selection by country
Predicting the Winners, the history of votes for the best song
Predicting the Winners, who gives the most 12's and who gives nothing
Marcel Bezençon Awards
OGAE poll result
Contestants profile - singers & backing performers
Winners' Ages & Genders since 1956
Most Successful Countries League Table
Least Successful Countries League Table
Most Finishes in Top 3
Most Finishes in Bottom 3
Performance of the "Big 5"
Running Order analysis, where is best to perform?
Winners & losers position in the order of performance since 1975
Highest number of 12 points scored by one entry
Winners with the lowest number of 12 points
12 point allocation over last 10 years
Sharing the love - which countries spread their points the most
Analysis of Hosts performance
Nil points!
Highest scores in Finals
Largest and closest winning margins
Jury/Public voting split since 2009
Performance of debutant countries since 1956
Most appearances and unbroken runs
Changed your mind since the semi-final?
Weighted voting based on population size
Closest voting relationships
And the countries which don't reciprocate
Countries who have never voted for another
And pairs who never vote for each other
Most points received since 1975
Mode points analysis
East v West voting
Regional bloc voting
Each Country's Best Friends
Complete country-by-country voting analysis since 1975 - who votes for who?
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