Your Eurovision Mariehamn Winter 2015
Your Eurovision Winter 2015 was the 12th edition of Your Eurovision. It was announced during the meeting of the Heads of Delegations in October 2014 that the dates for the two semi-finals would be 10 and 24 January 2015, with the final planned for the evening of 7 February 2015.
51 countries took part during Your Eurovision Winter 2015, with Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Philippines and Slovakia returning. Kazakhstan took part for the very first time. Andorra, Kosovo, Morocco, Puerto Rico and Slovenia withdrew from the competition.
Belgium won the 12th edition of Your Eurovision with Emma Bale and her song 'All I Want'.
Location
After the winner's press conference, YE Aland announced that the Winter edition would take place in the capital of Aland Islands, Mariehamn, in Mariehamnsteatern.
Format
The semi-final allocation draw took place on the 17th of December 2014. The 45 Semi Finalists were devided into 7 pots. The devision of the pots was based on the results of the participating countries during their history at Your Eurovision. The best countries were in pot 1, while the countries with the lowest rankings were in pot 7.
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Presenters, logo and tagline
Gina Dirawi and Anders Jansson hosted the 3 shows.
The official tagline for the contest was 'One'.
| Your Eurovision Mariehamn Winter 2015 |
| Dates | |
| Semi-Final 1 | 10 January 2015 |
| Semi-Final 2 | 24 January 2015 |
| Grand Final | 7 February 2015 |
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Venue
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Mariehamnsteatern, Mariehamn, Åland Islands |
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Presenters
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Gina Dirawi Anders Jansson |
| Executive supervisor |
Glenn van Gool |
| Executive producer | Pawhlen |
| Host broadcaster | ÅRTV |
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Number of entries |
51 |
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Debuting countries |
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Returning countries
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Withdrawing countries
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Andorra
Kosovo
Morocco
Puerto Rico
Slovenia
| Participation map |
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| not in Winter 2015 |
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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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"All I Want" |
| Your Eurovision Song Contest | ||
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Spring 2015>> |
Participants
It was announced that 51 countries would be taking part at Your Eurovision Winter 2015. Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Philippines and Slovakia returned to the competition. Kazakhstan took part for the very first time. Andorra, Kosovo, Morocco, Puerto Rico and Slovenia withdrew.
Semi-Final 1
Åland Islands, Australia and Germany voted in this semi-final.
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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Polish | Liber & Natalia Szroeder | "Teraz Ty" | 10 | 76 |
| 02 |
 Spain
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Spanish | Ruth Lorenzo | "Gigantes" | 2 | 114 |
| 03 |
 United Kingdom
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English | Sam Smith | "Stay With Me" | 3 | 110 |
| 04 |
 Greece
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Greek | Midenistis & Kostas Martakis | "Ta Kalitera" | 15 | 55 |
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 Finland
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Finnish | Janna | "Sä Et Ole Hullu" | 1 | 118 |
| 06 |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Bosnian | Maya Sar ft. Marijan Brkić Brk | "O Meni Nikom Ne Pričaj" | 19 | 33 |
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 Portugal
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English | Black Mamba ft. Aurea | "Wonder Why" | 20 | 27 |
| 08 |
 Ireland
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English | Ryan Dolan | "Start Again" | 5 | 92 |
| 09 |
 New Zealand
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English | Lorde | "Yellow Flicker Beat" | 4 | 107 |
| 10 |
 Kazakhstan
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Kazakh | KeshYou | "Rizamyn" | 14 | 55 |
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 Norway
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Norwegian | Gabrielle ft. Thomas Eriksen | "Ti Kniver" | 18 | 37 |
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 Azerbaijan
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English | Safura | "March On" | 13 | 61 |
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 Moldova
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English | Andrew Rayel ft. Jonathan Mendelsohn | "One In A Million" | 21 | 22 |
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 Romania
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Romanian | Delia ft. Kaira | "Pe Aripi De Vant" | 17 | 37 |
| 15 |
 Canada
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French | Marie-Mai | "Comme Avant" | 8 | 84 |
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 Taiwan
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English | Chin & A-Lin | "Winds In Embrace" | 23 | 10 |
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 Montenegro
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English | Edita | "The Key" | 16 | 46 |
| 18 |
 Austria
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German | Allessa | "Lüg' Nochmal" | 12 | 63 |
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 Estonia
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English | Elina Born | "Enough" | 11 | 75 |
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 Ukraine
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Ukrainian | Burito ft. Yolka | "Ty Znaesh" | 22 | 22 |
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 Croatia
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Croatian | Severina ft. Ministarke | "Uno Momento" | 7 | 85 |
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 Israel
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English | Dotan | "Home" | 6 | 86 |
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 Sweden
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English | Helena Paparizou | "Don't Hold Back On Love" | 9 | 83 |
Semi-Final 2
Belgium, Slovakia and the Netherlands voted in this semi-final.
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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 Faroe Islands
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English | Emmelie De Forest | "Drunk Tonight" | ||
| 02 |
 Russia
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 Italy
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 Lithuania
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 Belarus
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 Albania
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 Vatican City
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 Switzerland
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 F.Y.R. Macedonia
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| 10 |
 Philippines
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| 11 |
 Hungary
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| 12 |
 Lebanon
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 Japan
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 South Africa
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 Serbia
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 France
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 Turkey
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 San Marino
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 Denmark
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 Monaco
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 Cyprus
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| 22 |
 United States
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Grand Final
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Monaco
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 Netherlands
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France
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Canada
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Sweden
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United States
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Israel
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Denmark
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 Belgium
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Lebanon
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 Australia
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Croatia
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Hungary
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United Kingdom
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 Germany
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New Zealand
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Switzerland
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Ireland
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Italy
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 Slovakia
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Spain
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Vatican City
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 Poland
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Belarus
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Finland
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