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- The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the 2014 contest with the song " Rise Like a Phoenix " by Conchita Wurst.
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the 2014 contest with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst.
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 result: Sweden won with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw with 365 points. Date: Saturday 23 May 2015. Location: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria. Broadcaster: Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
May 19, 2015 · The 60th Eurovision Song Contest was held in May 2015 in the capital of Austria, Vienna, the first time Austria hosted the event since 1967. The right to host the contest came when Conchita Wurst brought home the trophy with her Rise Like A Phoenix from Copenhagen the year before.
May 19, 2015 · Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was held in Vienna on 23 May 2015. Find all the information about Eurovision 2015: Date, City, Participants, Arena, Eurovision Village, Euroclub and Euro Fan Café.
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the Diamond Anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest and was held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, following Conchita Wurst's winning performance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The contest was held on the 19th, 21st and the 23rd of May and was hosted by Mirjam Weischelbaum, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer. Conchita Wurst acted as the green room host. This marks the first time since trios became the norm in 2010 that the presenters are all female.
Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Serbia returned to the contest after some time away, while Ukraine decided to withdraw. And for the first time, Australia competed in the grand final as a special guest because the country is one of the long-standing fans that are normally not allowed to compete - they voted in both semi-finals as well as the final.
This was the second time the city of Vienna hosted the contest, the first being in 1967. The theme of this year's contest was Building Bridges, symbolizing the unifying power of the event and spreading music across cultures, borders, and languages. The slogan was unveiled by ORF on 11 September 2014. The official graphic design was unveiled on 25 November 2014.
In conjunction with the event in Vienna, a special celebration concert was staged in London to commemorate the contest's 60th anniversary An official 60-year archive was released and is available here.
The contest was won by Sweden with the song Heroes by Måns Zelmerlöw. Russia ended in second place with Italy, Belgium and Australia rounding out the top 5.
On the other end of the scoreboard, Germany and Austria both finished with the ever-dreaded Nul Points. It was the first time since 2003 that an entry had failed to score in the final, and the first time since 1997 that two countries shared the dubious honor. As well, it was the first time that the host country failed to score (Austria also tied Norway's record of being served the nul points 4 times).
The postcards of this year's contest also witness the slogan "Building Bridges". In the postcards, each of the clips start with every contestant receiving an invitation to Austria in their home country in the form of a package containing a single object. More specifically, the invitation is to a region in the host country with all nine Austrian pro...
The album covers of the songs Heroes (Sweden) and Hour of the Wolf (Azerbaijan) are similar, which some people suspect to be plagiarism.
Both covers feature the lead singer looking left with a transparent graphic version of themselves to the left.
The Swedish entry video was pulled from the official Eurovision channel when it was learned that the cartoon character was copied from another designer. It was replaced with the lyric video and the character was altered for Vienna.
Anti-booing measures had to be put in place for television viewers after the final Jury rehearsal, as Russia was predicted to place well on the night, and politics in Russia have a negative impact on the audience. Many viewers thought the audience sounded "canned" and "unnatural". This was made obvious when Jon Ola Sand and host Alice Tumler made it clear that politics should not be brought into the televoting.
The semi-final allocation draw was held on 26 January 2015 at the Rathaus in Vienna, and hosted by Andi Knoll and Kati Bellowitsch. The insignia handover ceremony took place before the draw began, officially beginning the countdown to the contest.
Kati presented the Austrian votes for the final live from the stage of the Eurovision Village, while Andi served as Austrian commentator for ORF.
•Andorra will not return in 2015 as stated by RTVA, the broadcaster for Andorra.
•Bulgaria BNT made it official on 19 December 2014 that Bulgaria will not participate in 2015 despite a deadline extension by the EBU.
•Bosnia and Herzegovina have confirmed that BHRT have financial difficulties and have decided to withdraw from Vienna.
•Croatia HRT confirmed that Croatia will not participate in 2015.
•Télé Liban confirmed that Lebanon will not debut in 2015.
•1FLTV stated Liechtenstein would not debut in 2015.
•Canada once again aired the contest on the cable channel OUTtv. Adam Rollins and Tommy D returned as commentators.
•This contest was the first to have more than one entry with the same title, in this case both Georgia and Malta's, which were titled "Warrior". A similar case would also happen in 2021.
•The greeting "Good Morning, Australia!" made its first appearance with the debut of Australia as a competing country. This greeting is significant as Australian fans watch the live shows on SBS at 5am AEST.
May 24, 2015 · Detailed voting & points can be seen here. Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The 60th Eurovision Song Contest took place on 19, 21 and 23 May 2015. The contest was hosted by Vienna, Austria, and produced by the Austrian broadcaster ORF. Place: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria. Participants: 40.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 took place in Vienna (Austria). Here you'll find all the info: songs, videos, points, participants, and more.
