Your Eurovision Ljubljana Summer 2014

Your Eurovision Summer 2014 was the 10th edition of Your Eurovision. It took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, following Maja Keuc's victory in the May 2014 edition with the song "Close To You". It was announced during the meeting of the Head of Delegations in June 2014 that the dates for the two semi-finals were 12 July 2014 and 26 July 2014, with the final planned for the evening of 16 August 2014.

49 countries took part during Your Eurovision Summer 2014, with Belarus, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand and Taiwan returning. Armenia, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Malta, Serbia, South Korea and Vatican City withdrew from the competition.

In the end, Australia won the contest for the first time, with Sia's song 'Chandelier'.

Location

After the winner's press conference, YE Slovenia announced that the Summer edition would take place in the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, in the Stožice Arena.

Format

After the meeting of the Head of Delegations, it was announced that the maximum of 49 participants would not change for the Summer 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 'Be Invincible'.

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Your Eurovision Ljubljana Summer 2014

Dates
Semi-Final 1	12 July 2014
Semi-Final 2	26 July 2014
Grand Final	16 August 2014

Host
Venue	Stožice Arena, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Presenters	Maja Keuc & Peter Poles
Executive supervisor	Glenn van Gool
Executive producer	Mark Vd Steen
Host broadcaster	RTV SLO

Participants
Number of entries	49
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Belarus Faroe Islands Iceland Ireland Montenegro Morocco New Zealand Taiwan
Withdrawing countries	Armenia Bulgaria Luxembourg Malta Serbia South Korea Vatican City