Song Festival 33

Song Festival "Diversity"
Dates
Semi 1 date	17 January
Semi 2 date	24 January
Final date	31 January
Host
Host country	England
Opening act	"Hello" performed by Adele
Participants
Number of entries	46
Debuting countries	Kyrgyzstan Slovenia
Returning countries	Colombia Macedonia Latvia Slovakia
Withdrawing countries	Armenia Hungary Ireland Portugal
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song	Ukraine "Derzhi Menya Krepche"
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Song Festival Contest 33, often referred to as SF 33 will be the 33rd edition of the Song Festival Contest. It will be held in Brighton, England. The country hosted the contest for the fourth time, after Adele won the thirty-second edition with her song "Hello". 47 countries participated in the edition.

Format

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 10 January 2016. The big 6 countries were first drawn to determine in which semi-final each country would vote. The rest of the forty countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Iceland Norway Sweden	Andorra Belgium Colombia Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Spain	Austria Czech Republic Germany Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Slovenia
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Albania Macedonia Iran Israel Greece San Marino	Australia Canada Isle of Man New Zealand Scotland Wales	Hong Kong Japan Kyrgyzstan Russia South Korea Taiwan Ukraine

Running order draw

The running order of the semi-final was randomly done. France won the community wildcard and had the right to qualify automatically to the Grand Final and could choose their own draw. Wales was drawn to the second semi-final but didn't vote in time, dus making them withdraw afterall

Participating countries

Forty-six countries participated in the edition with Kyrgyzstan and Slovenia made their debut. Colombia, Latvia, Macedonia and Slovakia returned to the contest.
Armenia, Ireland and Portugal were forced to withdraw after they didn't vote for the previous final.
Hungary didn't response so was forced to withdraw.

Returning artists

Country	Artist	Previous edition
Australia	Sia	21
Belgium	Billie	27
Canada	Bryan Adams	24, 32
Czech Republic	Sebastian	29
Estonia	Grete Paia	16
Faroe Islands	Byrta	27 (Denmark)
Iceland	Of Monsters and Men	1, 4, 16, 29
Iran	Arash	23
Latvia	Triana Park	21
Norway	Jenny Langlo	27
Scotland	Chvrches	9, 12, 17
Sweden	Måns Zelmerlöw	29

Results

Semi-final 1

England, Italy,the United States and the wilcard winner, France, will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Australia	Sia	Alive	1	128
02	Sweden	Måns Zelmerlöw	Should've Gone Home	9	74
03	Finland	Vesala	Tequila	3	104
04	Austria	Denise Beiler	Loveless	20	13
05	Albania	Lori	I Papam	18	26
06	Scotland	Chvrches	Empty Threat	5	86
07	New Zealand	Gin Wigmore	Written in the Water	10	70
08	Latvia	Tirana Park	Laika Dziesmiņa	19	19
09	Germany	Sonia Stein	Baggage	4	88
10	Colombia	Maluma	Carnaval	7	83
11	Belgium	Billie	Caught By The Tide	8	74
12	Andorra	Nelou	Echo	13	59
13	Hong Kong	Kwan Gor, Regen, Sheldon, and Crystal	Fung Lam Fo Saan	6	84
14	Lithuania	Militia	Kur gi Tu	14	55
15	Israel	Petite Meller	Baby Love	16	49
16	Japan	NMB48	Must Be Now	15	51
17	Ukraine	Olga Romanovskaya	Derzhi Menya Krepche	2	104
18	South Korea	Exid	Hot Pink	17	35
19	Iceland	Of Monsters and Men	Empire	12	64
20	Greece	Shaya Hansen	Sunshine	11	68

Semi-final 2

England, Kazakhstan, Poland and Switzerland will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Czech Republic	Sebastian	Záchranný bod	4	89
02	San Marino	Giusy Ferrer	Volevo Te	10	68
03	Slovenia	Maraaya	Living Again	3	91
04	Kyrgyzstan	Arsen	Baktyma zharalgan	19	12
05	Spain	María Isabel	La vida sólo es una	5	86
06	Denmark	Alex Vargas	Solid Ground	17	42
07	Luxembourg	Tenny	Le Temps	8	72
08	Isle of Man	Whinnie Williams	Too Strong	15	44
09	Slovakia	Xindl X & Mirka Miškechová	Cudzinka V Tvojej Zemi	16	42
10	Estonia	Grete Paia	Püüame Droone	1	146
11	Netherlands	Chinook	Dancing in Flames	7	83
12	Iran	Arash	Tekoon Bede	11	63
13	Norway	Jenny Langlo	Paper Love	9	69
14	Russia	IOWA	B'yot Bit	18	27
15	Taiwan	Patrick Brasca	My Time	6	83
16	Faroe Islands	Byrta	Aftur Og Aftur	13	52
17	Macedonia	Tamara Todevska	Bash NA Tebe	12	56
18	Monaco	ARIA	Astrolove	2	105
19	Canada	Bryan Adams	You Belong To Me	14	46

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Sweden	Måns Zelmerlöw	Should've Gone Home	19	75
02	San Marino	Giusy Ferrer	Volevo Te	21	69
03	Scotland	Chvrches	Empty Threat	3	154
04	Poland	Szymon Chodyniecki	Sam na Sam	25	46
05	Spain	María Isabel	La vida sólo es una	18	77
06	Australia	Sia	Alive	4	142
07	Monaco	ARIA	Astrolove	15	85
08	Switzerland	Rykka	Movies	11	94
09	New Zealand	Gin Wigmore	Written in The Water	20	74
10	Belgium	Billie	Caught By The Tide	14	85
11	United States	Cassadee Pope	I am Invincible	27	34
12	Netherlands	Chinook	Dancing in Flames	9	104
13	Italy	Annalisa	Splende	6	116
14	Luxembourg	Tenny	Le Temps	26	38
15	Finland	Vesala	Tequila	5	138
16	France	Emji	Lost	24	47
17	Hong Kong	Kwan Gor, Regen, Sheldon, and Crystal	Fung Lam Fo Saan	23	53
18	Germany	Sonia Stein	Baggage	13	87
19	Taiwan	Patrick Brasca	My Time	12	90
20	Ukraine	Olga Romanovskaya	Derzhi Menya Krepche	1	175
21	Czech Republic	Sebastian	Záchranný bod	16	83
22	Slovenia	Maraaya	Living Again	10	103
23	Colombia	Maluma	Carnaval	7	114
24	Estonia	Grete Paia	Püüame Droone	8	104
25	Kazakhstan	Gauxartas	Qazağım-ay	22	58
26	Norway	Jenny Langlo	Paper Love	17	81
27	England	Fleur East	Sax	2	168

Semi-final 1: 12 points

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

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Australia	Faroe Islands, Netherlands, Canada, Taiwan, United states
3	Ukraine	Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Norway
	Colombia	FYR Macedonia, Iran, Italy
	New Zealand	Denmark, Estonia, England
2	Belgium	Slovakia, Monaco
1	Finland	France
	Germany	Slovenia
	Hong Kong	Czech Republic
	Lithuania	Luxembourg
	Japan	Isle of Man
	Israel	Spain

Semi-final 2: 12 points

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

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5	Estonia	Albania, Colombia, Iceland, Poland, Switzerland
4	Monaco	Austria, Germany, Lithuania, South Korea
3	Netherlands	Sweden, Scotland, Kazakhstan
2	Czech Republic	Latvia, Belgium
1	Slovenia	Ukraine
	Taiwan	Japan
	Luxembourg	Andorra
	Norway	New Zealand
	Iran	Hong Kong
	Isle of Man	England

Grand Final: 12 points

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

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	Ukraine	Andorra, Russia, Australia, United States, Italy, Finland
5	England	Austria, Latvia, Canada, Norway, Israel
3	Scotland	Japan, Faroe Islands, Taiwan
	Netherlands	Scotland, France, Kazakhstan
	New Zealand	Denmark, Estonia, England
2	Australia	Albania, Netherlands
	Finland	Luxembourg, Germany
	Colombia	Iran, FYR Macedonia
	Estonia	Poland, Colombia
	Germany	Lithuania, Slovenia
	Belgium	San Marino, Monaco
	San Marino	Slovakia, Sweden
1	Italy	Iceland
	Slovenia	Ukraine
	Switzerland	Spain
	Taiwan	Japan
	Monaco	Isle of Man
	Czech Republic	Belgium
	Norway	New Zealand
	Spain	Switzerland
	Poland	Czech Republic