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Introduction to the 2013 Revised Second Edition
Welcome to the revised second edition of our Eurovision guide for 2013! We’ve taken the opportunity to update the first edition of the 2013 guide and to try to incorporate as many of the statistics and analysis that we have developed in later editions. The 2013 Contest saw 39 competing nations, three fewer than in 2012. We welcomed back Armenia after they felt unable to participate in the 2012 Contest held in Azerbaijan because of security concerns but lost Bosnia, Portugal, Slovakia and Turkey. Both Bosnia and Portugal cited financial reasons for not participating, Slovakia’s broadcaster said they were prioritising other projects, while Turkey expressed continued discontent with the use of the 50/50 jury/televote and the automatic qualification for the Final of the “Big 5” countries. Malmö in Sweden hosted the Contest with the organisers choosing to stage the event in the 15,000 capacity Malmö Arena and the sole presenter was Petra Mede.
Several former entrants returned to the Contest this year. San Marino’s Valentina Monetta represented her country for the second year running. Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov returned for Bulgaria, having taken part in the 2007 Contest. Nevena Božović of Moje 3 represented Serbia and became the first performer to have entered both the Junior Eurovision and senior Contests. The artists for Albania, Moldova and Armenia returned after having performed as backing vocals in earlier Contests for their respective countries. Azerbaijan were accused of attempting to give financial inducements to residents of at least 16 countries so that multiple televotes could be made for Azerbaijan’s entries. While no action was taken at the time, it was subsequently confirmed by the Eurovision Reference Group that Azerbaijan had cheated.
It was another mixed performance by the Big 5 this year, Italy finished 7th but Spain, United Kingdom, France and Germany all finished in the bottom 8. So congratulations to Denmark, winners for the third time and first victory since 2000 with Emmelie de Forest singing Teardrops. This second edition of the 2013 Complete & Independent Guide contains many extra pages of statistics compared to the first edition. Remember to check out our website for discounted prices compared to Amazon and other online stores! Buying from our website or our eBay store really helps keep our books going. All editions of the Guide are available on the website.
Contents
Eurovision Winners since 1956
Section One: Qualifying for the 2013 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
2013 Voting Order & Spokespersons
2013 Round by Round Voting and Leaderboard
2013 Jury and Televoting Split Results
Country-by-Country History
Section Three: Statistics & Analysis
Winners' Ages & Genders since 1956
2013 Contestants profile - singers & backing performers
5 Year Language history by country
Most Successful Countries League Table
Least Successful Countries League Table
Most Finishes in Top 3
Most Finishes in Bottom 3
Best & worst at qualifying from the semi-finals
Best semi-final to compete in
Most consecutive semi-final failures
Order of performance analysis
Winners & losers position in the order of performance since 1975
12 Points Go To… a 10 year history by country
Highest number of 12's received by one country
Lowest number of 12's received by a winning country
Nil Points
Performance of the "Big 5"
Host country's performances since 1975
Winning Margins since 1975
Closest voting relationships
The most one-sided voting - who doesn't reciprocate?
Countries who have never voted for another
The least friendly pairs of countries
Complete country-by-country voting analysis since 1975 - who votes for who?
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