Your Eurovision Thessaloniki May 2014

Your Eurovision May 2014 was the 9th edition of Your Eurovision. It took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, following Nikki Ponte's victory in the Winter 2014 edition with the song "Remembering The Summer Nights". It was announced during the meeting of the Head of Delegations in February 2014 that the dates for the two semi-finals are 17 May 2014 and 24 May 2014, with the final planned for the evening of 31 May 2014.

49 countries took part during Your Eurovision May 2014, with Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco and Portugal returning. Austria, Colombia, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Kosovo, Philippines, Slovakia and Switzerland withdrew from the competition.

In the end, Slovenia won the contest for the first time, with Maja Keuc's song 'Close To You'.

Location

After the winner's press conference, YE Greece announced that the May edition would take place in Thessaloniki, in the National Theatre of Northern Greece.

Format

After the meeting of the Head of Delegations, it was announced that the maximum of 49 participants would not change for the May edition. A total of 49 countries took part. A number of 24 countries participated in each Semi-Final, 12 of them qualified for the Grand Final in each Semi-Final. The host country joined them in the Grand Final.

The official tagline for the contest was 'Go For Gold!'.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3

Pot 4

Pot 5

Pot 6

Australia

Belgium

Canada

Denmark

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Slovenia

Åland Islands

Cyprus

Finland

South Africa

South Korea

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States

Armenia

Barbados

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

F.Y.R. Macedonia

Serbia

Azerbaijan

Czech Republic

Estonia

Lithuania

Russia

Turkey

Ukraine

Vatican City

Hungary

Italy

Moldova

Monaco

Poland

Romania

San Marino

Spain

Albania

Andorra

France

Germany

Lebanon

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malta

Graphics

Your Eurovision Thessaloniki May 2014

Dates
Semi-Final 1	17 May 2014
Semi-Final 2	24 May 2014
Grand Final	31 May 2014

Host
Venue	National Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece
Presenters	Despina Vandi, Giorgos Kapoutzidis & Melina Aslanidoy
Executive supervisor	Glenn van Gool
Executive producer	Giorgos Tzikas
Host broadcaster	ERT

Participants
Number of entries	49
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Albania Armenia Cyprus Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Portugal
Withdrawing countries	Austria Colombia Faroe Islands Greenland Kosovo Philippines Slovakia Switzerland