Your Eurovision Melbourne Autumn 2014
Your Eurovision Autumn 2014 was the 11th edition of Your Eurovision. It was announced during the meeting of the Head of Delegations in September 2014 that the dates for the two semi-finals would be 4 October 2014 and 18 October 2014, with the final planned for the evening of 1 November 2014.
50 countries took part during Your Eurovision Autumn 2014, with Austria, Kosovo, Serbia and Vatican City returning. Puerto Rico took part for the very first time. Barbados, Czech Republic, Iceland and Liechtenstein withdrew from the competition.
In the end, Åland Islands won the Grand Final with Molly Sandén and her song 'Freak'.
Location
Venue
After the winner's press conference, YE.AU announced that the Autumn edition would take place in Melbourne, Australia, in the Rod Laver Arena.
Format
After the Head of Delegations meeting, it was announced that the maximum of 49 participants would change for the Autumn edition. A total of 50 countries took part. A number of 22 countries participated in each Semi-Final, 10 of them qualified for the Grand Final. For the first time, the Big 5 was introduced and consisted of the 5 best countries of the past 5 editions. Those were The Netherlands, Denmark, United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. The host country joined them in the Grand Final.
The official tagline for the cancelled contest was 'United'.
Semi-Final Allocation Draw
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| Your Eurovision Melbourne Autumn 2014 |
| Dates | |
| Semi-Final 1 | 4 October 2014 |
| Semi-Final 2 | 18 October 2014 |
| Grand Final | 1 November 2014 |
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Venue
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Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia |
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Presenters
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Kylie Minogue Dannii Minogue |
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Executive supervisor |
Glenn van Gool |
| Executive producer |
Josh Salmon |
| Host broadcaster |
SBS ABC |
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Number of entries |
50 |
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Debuting countries |
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Returning countries
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Withdrawing countries
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Barbados
Czech Republic
Iceland
Liechtenstein
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Voting system
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Each country awards 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs. |
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Winning song
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"Freak" |
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Participants
Semi-Final 1
Australia, Denmark and the United States voted in Semi-Final 1.
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song |
| 01 |
 Puerto Rico
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| 02 |
 Ireland
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| 03 |
 Turkey
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| 04 |
 Poland
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| 05 |
 Albania
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| 06 |
 Russia
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| 07 |
 Portugal
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| 08 |
 Faroe Islands
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| 09 |
 Serbia
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| 10 |
 Belgium
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| 11 |
 Germany
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| 12 |
 Austria
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| 13 |
 Romania
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| 14 |
 France
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| 15 |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina
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| 16 |
 Hungary
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| 17 |
 Finland
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| 18 |
 Greece
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| 19 |
 Monaco
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| 20 |
 Åland Islands
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| 21 |
 Canada
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| 22 |
 Croatia
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Semi-Final 2
The Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom voted in Semi-Final 2.
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song |
| 01 |
 Italy
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| 02 |
 Morocco
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| 03 |
 Cyprus
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| 04 |
 Slovenia
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| 05 |
 Estonia
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| 06 |
 New Zealand
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| 07 |
 Switzerland
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| 08 |
 Kosovo
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| 09 |
 South Africa
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| 10 |
 Lebanon
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| 11 |
 Norway
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| 12 |
 Moldova
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| 13 |
 Belarus
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| 14 |
 Andorra
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| 15 |
 Ukraine
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| 16 |
 F.Y.R. Macedonia
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| 17 |
 Spain
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| 18 |
 Azerbaijan
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| 19 |
 San Marino
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| 20 |
 Taiwan
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| 21 |
 Vatican City
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| 22 |
 Montenegro
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Grand Final
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song |
| 01 |
Romania
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| 02 |
 Sweden
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| 03 |
Taiwan
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| 04 |
Montenegro
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Greece
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Hungary
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Croatia
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San Marino
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| 09 |
 United Kingdom
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| 10 |
 Denmark
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| 11 |
Belarus
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Åland Islands
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Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Vatican City
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| 15 |
 Australia
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Lebanon
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Canada
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| 18 |
Belgium
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| 19 |
Switzerland
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| 20 |
 United States
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| 21 |
Faroe Islands
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New Zealand
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Morocco
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Germany
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Estonia
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| 26 |
 Netherlands
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