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Tabriz19

The default logo of the 19th festival.

Song Festival 19 is the 19th annual Song Festival. The festival took place in Tabriz, Iran, following Laleh's win of the 18th festival with the song 'Colors'. It's the first time that Iran has hosted the contest. 26 countries participated.

SparkYourSprit

The official logo for the Song Festival 18.

The design of the festival was built around the theme 'Spark your Spirit'. Tabriz is the capital of the Iranian Azerbaijan and known as the 'Land of Fire', hence the theme is 'Spark your Spirit', which is related to fire.

The winner of the 19th Song Festival was United States with the song 'Raging Fire' sung by Phillip Phillips , which scored 257 points, beating China with a margin of 39 points. Israel finished in third place and Scotland in fourth, while Denmark finished on the fifth place.


Participating countries[]

It was announced on the 9th of May 2014 that 26 countries would compete in the Song Festival 19. Brazil returned to the festival while  Belgium , Canada , France , Germany Switzerland , Turkey and Turkmenistan   withdrew from the 19th festival.


Returning Artists

Mirza Soljanin, who will represent Bosnia & Herzegovina had previously represented in the 7th edition he qualified and came 17th place.

Malú, who represented Spain in the 15th edition returns with her song 'Mei Fui'.

This edition saw the return of two artists from the previous Song Festival 18. Namie Amuro, who represented Japan in the 12th and 18th edition returns with her song 'Grotesque'.

Estonia has chosen Sandra Nurmsalu with her song 'Kui Tuuled Pöörduvad'. Sandra's previous representation in the 18th Song Festival landed her with the 4th place.

Wildcard Tickets[]

Tickets Countries Countries
2 Iceland Iceland Israel Israel
China China Estonia Estonia
Latvia Latvia
1 Finland Finland Netherlands Netherlands
Norway Norway


Heats[]

Countries in lightgreen are advanced to the finals, the Country in orange advanced to the Final Chance.

Heat 1

Italy, England, Estonia, Denmark, Brazil, China, Scotland, Japan and Sweden voted for this heat.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Slovakia Slovakia The House United Emerygency 03 26
02 Latvia Latvia Lauris Reiniks Zimes Pasiem Jaatmin 02 24
03 Portugal Portugal David Carreira Haverá Sempre uma Música 04 27
04 Israel Israel Harel Skaat Achshav 01 14
05 Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia Herz. Mirza Soljanin Odlazim DSQ DSQ
06 Norway Norway Linnea Dale High Hopes 05 29

Heat 2

Iran, Australia, Slovakia, Latvia, Portugal, Israel, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Norway voted for this heat.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Lithuania Lithuania Maya Svajones 05 32
02 South Korea South Korea 2NE1 Happy 04 31
03 Greece Greece Anna Vissi & Antonis Remos Ena I Kanena 01 16
04 Iceland Iceland Sister Sister Loveless Shadow 02 24
05 Netherlands Netherlands Nielson Kop in het Zand 03 26
06 Singapore Singapore Trick Up All Night 07 39

Heat 3

Spain, United States, Lithuania, South Korea, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Netherlands and Singapore voted for this heat.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Estonia Estonia Sandra Nurmsalu Kui Tuuled Pöörduvad 06 34
02 Denmark Denmark Stine Bramsen Prototypical 03 28
03 Brazil Brazil Lucas Lucco ft. Wesley Safadão Sua Linda 07 48
04 China China Aarif Fei 01 26
05 Scotland Scotland Prides The seeds You Sow 04 28
06 Japan Japan Ken Hirai Vs. Namie Amuro Grotesque 05 34
07 Sweden Sweden Ace Wilder Busy Doin' Nothin' 02 26

Final Chance[]

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Lithuania Lithuania Maya Svajones 2 184
02 Japan Japan Ken Hirai vs. Namie Amuro Grotesque 06 138
03 Portugal Portugal David Carreira Haverá Sempre uma Música 04 159
04 Scotland Scotland Prides The Seeds you Sows 01 282
05 Norway Norway Linnea Dale High Hopes 05 143
06 South Korea South Korea 2NE1 Happy 03 183

Grand Final[]

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points
01 Sweden Sweden Ace Wilder Busy Doin' Nothin' 11 123
02 Iceland Iceland Sister Sister Loveless Shadow 10 151
03 Lithuania Lithuania Maya Svajones 15 78
04 Finland Finland Santa Cruz We Are the Ones to Fall 12 115
05 Israel Israel Harel Skaat Achshav 03 214
06 China China Aarif Fei 02 218
07 Netherlands Netherlands Nielson Kop in het Zand 07 184
08 Iran Iran Leila Forouhar Ba Tou 13 104
09 Denmark Denmark Stine Bramsen Prototypical 05 205
10 Greece Greece Anna Vissi & Antonis Remos Ena I Kanena 06 184
11 Australia Australia Jessica Mauboy Never be the Same 08 174
12 Scotland Scotland Prides The Seeds you Sow 04 206
13 South Korea South Korea 2NE1 Happy 16 72
14 Slovakia Slovakia The House United Emergency 17 71
15 Spain Spain Malú Mei Fui 09 167
16 United States of America United States Phillip Phillips Raging Fire 01 257
17 Latvia Latvia Lauris Reiniks Zimes Pasiem Jaatmin 14 82

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Grand Final:

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 United States of America United States Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden
5 China China Australia, Estonia, Iran, Japan, South Korea
4 Israel Israel Brazil, Latvia, Norway, Spain
3 Greece Greece China, Israel, Slovakia
2 Australia Australia Lithuania, Singapore
2 Denmark Denmark Iceland, Greece
1 Netherlands Netherlands United States
1 Scotland Scotland Portugal

Top from the Jury

Category Country
Melody Netherlands Netherlands
Production Netherlands Netherlands
Vocals Spain Spain
Lyrics China China
Originality Greece Greece
Popularity Israel Israel
Consistency United States of America United States
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