Which country won the Eurovision? Salvador collected, won and changed the Eurovision

Internationally popular song competition Eurovision 2017, in which Russia is not taking part this time. Based on the results of the two semi-finals of the competition, which had acquired a fair amount of money, the bookmakers named the winner of Eurovision 2017.

Who made it to the final of Eurovision 2017

After the completion of two semi-finals, held in the capital of Ukraine on May 9 and 11, representatives of 20 participating countries found themselves in. After all the performances, the following countries reached the final: Moldova, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Cyprus, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Hungary, Denmark, Croatia, Romania, Israel, Austria, Norway and the Netherlands. Also, according to the rules of the competition, singers representing the Big Five countries will take part in the final. It's about about Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Germany and France. In addition, a musician will perform in the final, representing Ukraine, whose participant (singer Jamala) won last year’s song competition.

Eurovision 2017 favorites: bookmakers' bets on the winner, where to watch

Now, with only a few hours left until the final of the song contest, bookmakers continue to accept bets on the winner of Eurovision 2017. In their opinion, with a high degree of probability we can say that a singer from Italy, Francesco Gabani, will perform in Kyiv with the song Occidentali’s Karma. The average odds for Gabani to win are 6/5, which means that if you bet $5 on the Italian to win, you will win $6.

In second place, experts put the Portuguese Salvador Sobral with the song Amar pelos dois. The third place is predicted for the participant of the “Voice. Children” program and student of Dima Bilan, singer from Bulgaria Christian Kostov, who has already been loved by the public for his elegant performance of the song Beautiful Mess.

The final of the song competition will not be broadcast by Russian television channels due to the refusal of entry into the territory of Ukraine to the participant from Russia Yulia Samoilova. The live broadcast can be seen online. The event starts at 22:00 (Moscow time).

Eurovision 2017: countries vote

It is no secret that the system of counting votes and determining the winners of Eurovision causes many complaints both among music experts and among fans of the competition. In particular, many do not like the so-called “neighbors for neighbors” voting. This is most often observed among three regional groups - Balkan, post-Soviet and Scandinavian. And this phenomenon is explained by several facts. Firstly, the existence of strong diasporas in certain countries that help each other. Secondly, the presence of historical and cultural ties between different European countries.

But the fate of participants from countries not included in the “clans” develops differently and sharp ups often end in equally sharp downfalls. Perhaps the most shining example- Germany. She won the competition in 2010, and five years later she found herself at the last one together, without scoring a single point in the final. Two years ago there was a lot of talk about the fact that this was due to international politics, carried out at that time by the country's leadership.

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The final competition of musicians will begin today in Kyiv.

The world community is waiting with bated breath for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, and today, at 10 p.m., representatives from 26 countries around the world will begin their competition for victory on the Kyiv stage. This year, the preparation and holding of the competition itself was marked by many scandals: the SBU ban on the participation of Russian representative Yulia Samoilova in the song competition, a record amount of money spent on Eurovision 2017 (in the amount of 30 million euros), as well as bookmakers’ bets on the winner. Let's talk about everything in order.

Who ended up in the finals?

2017 was a period when a record number of contestants applied for Eurovision - 42. Even those countries that had refused to participate in it years earlier (Romania and Portugal) returned to participate in the competition. Five participants automatically qualified for the finals; they were representatives of the so-called founding countries: Germany, Spain, France, Great Britain and Italy. The finalists were representatives of Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Australia, Cyprus, Croatia, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Greece, Sweden, Portugal, Poland, Denmark, Israel, Romania. The finalists also included representatives of the host country – Ukraine.

All viewers can vote; the only condition is that you cannot vote for a compatriot contestant. It is worth noting that for the second year in a row at Eurovision, the conditions for determining the winner have changed. The jury can give scores from 1 to 12, and TV viewers vote in a separate order. After the judges announce their scores, the number of votes cast for a particular participant is displayed on the screen. The jury scores and audience votes are added together to create the result. The presenters announce the number of points, starting with the lowest score. The competitor who receives the most points becomes the winner. The country he represented, accordingly, becomes the host of next year's competition.

This year Russia will not take part in voting for participants in the song competition. The reason for this was the well-known scandal with sanctions against Yulia Samoilova. Channel One, in turn, refused to broadcast the music competition, and the contestant from the Russian Federation will be sent to represent the country next year.

Who will be the winner?

Back in April of this year, many bookmakers placed bets on the winning of Italian representative Francesco Gabbani with his composition Occidentali's Karma. Formerly a singer has already become the winner of song competitions, in particular, in 2015 he took first place in music competition in San Remo. That same year, his song Amen went platinum. Occidentali's Karma became gold (within a week) and platinum (within a month) in a record amount of time. To date, the video for the composition has been viewed by 10 million Internet users on YouTube.

Bookmakers are confident that the second place in the ranking will be the representative of Portugal, Salvador Sobral, with the song Amar Pelos Dois. During his performance in the semi-finals, the main emphasis was on composition. From the show he only had a light show and the audience in the hall was shining mobile devices. The contestant suffers from a heart defect, so he did not take part in the rehearsals of the show and his performance was only seen at the competition itself. In his message, Salvador Sobral asked Europe to take care of refugees.

Third place, according to bookmakers' forecasts, will be taken by Bulgarian representative Christian Kostov with the song Beautiful Mess. The 17-year-old performer tried himself in Russian show business, taking part in the 2004 project “Voice.Children” in the team of Dima Bilan (who, by the way, was once the winner of Eurovision). The boy successfully reached the semi-finals. This performer found himself at the epicenter of a scandal after the SBU obtained a recording from Kostov’s performance in Crimea in 2014. The singer performed at a concert dedicated to the Day protection of children in the Artek camp. However, representatives of the department reported that the artist was not subject to a ban on entry into the country, since at the time of his performance on the peninsula he was not an adult. Also, in 2014, the Ukrainian law prohibiting entry into Crimea without permission from Kyiv departments was not valid, which is a reason not to deport the singer to his homeland. The Ukrainian media themselves have repeatedly written about such a statement.

What to expect in the finale?

Eurovision 2004 winner Ruslana Lyzhichko is scheduled to perform at today's concert in Kyiv. As part of the final event, the singer intends to present her new musical work It's Magical, which was the result of her creative tandem with Julia Lord and Andrei Oniskevich. Ruslana at a press conference that took place yesterday said that she intends to perform no worse than Justin Timberlake and promised that her show will be a real explosion of emotions.

The name of the winner and the overall results of the competition remain a mystery. Under the new rules of the competition, the intrigue will remain until the end of the event. Despite this, in just a few hours the world will be able to find out the name of the new winner of Eurovision 2017 and the country where Russian Yulia Samoilova will go to perform next year.

Alena Ivanova - Correspondent of RIA VistaNews

On May 14, the name of the winner of the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv became known, it was the singer Salvador Sobral, who represented Portugal with the song “Amar pelos dois”.

Early in the morning of May 14, the whole of Europe found out who won Eurovision 2017.
The singer Salvador Sobral from Portugal won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 by performing the touching ballad "Amar pelos dois".
It was an exciting evening at the International exhibition center", where in front of thousands of people in the arena and millions of people on TV, Salvador from Portugal won Europe's favorite TV show - Eurovision 2017 with the song "Amar pelos dois"!
So, I would like to immediately sincerely congratulate the winner Salvador Sobral and his sister Louise, as well as the Portuguese delegation on their victory at the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

The winning song "Amar pelos dois" was performed in the most professional manner.
She conveyed to the viewer the whole atmosphere with which Salvador presented the song; his performance was touching and sensual.
And the song itself seemed to transport the viewer somewhere far away... far into the beginning of the 20th century.
The performer's vocals and manner of performance are very unusual, which was clearly conveyed to both the jury and the audience.

His victory came as a surprise to many, but after his performance in the semi-finals, bookmakers predicted a high place for Portugal.
During the voting, a very tense atmosphere reigned in the IEC, and when at the very end the presenters named Salvador Sobral as the winner of Eurovision 2017, the public joyfully accepted this fact.
The winners are not judged, and Portugal was named the winner of the competition, this country receiving the highest score from both the jury members and television viewers.

For a long time The main contender for victory in the current competition was considered the 34-year-old Italian, winner of the competition in San Remo, Francesco Gabbani.
However, literally on the eve of the final, bookmakers changed the forecast.
They preferred the 27-year-old representative of Portugal, Salvador Sobral, with his soulful jazz ballad on Portuguese"Amar pelos dois."

In this song, the representative of Portugal sings about a heart that, according to the lyrics, “will endure everything and can love for two.” AND appearance performer, and his performance style is radically different from the Eurovision numbers.
Salvador abandoned fancy decorations and ballet on stage.
The performance itself was simple, without any show or costumes - just Salvador and a microphone.
But that is why there is nothing to distract about the sensual song and the soulful performer.
Perhaps the performance with a small number of movements is also dictated by the Portuguese’s state of health.
Touching, aesthetic and in a good way an old-fashioned ballad in Portuguese provokes polar opinions.
For some, this is a song of a level higher than Eurovision itself, for others it is a mothball unworthy of a modern competition.
One thing is certain: El Salvador showed the best result in recent extremely unsuccessful years for Portugal.

26 wonderful performers sang their songs with soul and heart, competing for Grand Prize- “Crystal Microphone” and the title of winner of Eurovision 2017.
However, there can only be one winner and that is Salvador from Portugal who won with a total score of 758 points.

In second place was the singer Christian Kostov from Bulgaria with the stunning composition “Beautiful Mess” with a score of 615 points.
In third place is the Moldovan group Sunstroke Project with the song "Hey Mamma" with 374 points.

Europe decided just that, and next year- The Eurovision Song Contest will go to Portugal.

Eurovision 2018 will take place in Portugal!
Presumably the competition will be held in the capital - Lisbon.

On November 26, Tbilisi hosted the annual children's competition Eurovision songs. It was won by a participant from Russia. The representative of Belarus Helena Meraai is in fifth place.

Participant from Russia Polina Bogusevich won first place, receiving 188 points for the song “Wings”. The girl was born in July 2003 in Moscow. Her first fame came in 2014 after participating in the show “The Voice. Children" on Russian First channel. There the girl ended up on Dima Bilan’s team. Now Polina is a student at the Igor Krutoy Academy of Popular Music.

In second place was the representative of Georgia Grigol Kipshidze, who performed the song “Voice of the Heart”.

He has 185 points. Grigol was born in Tbilisi in August 2005 and is currently in seventh grade at school. He recently graduated from Tbilisi art school piano class, and two years ago the National School of Folklore. In addition to music, his hobbies are playing the piano (Grigol took part in numerous competitions, including piano tournaments) and guitar, as well as dancing. In 2017, Grigol competed in the show “X-Factor”, where he reached the finals.

In third place is Australian singer Isabella Clark with the song “Say!”

The girl was born in May 2004. Only the walls of the bathroom knew about her good vocal abilities, where she copied the songs of Beyoncé and Michael Jackson. But from the age of nine she began musical career. Isabella performed as a vocalist in the Australian show Spectacular, and also took first place in numerous competitions.

In fourth place is the group FOURCE from the Netherlands, which received 156 points.

Belarus at the competition, a 14-year-old girl from Minsk with the song “I’m the Same.” She took fifth place with 149 points.

Behind us are Armenia (148 points), Ukraine (147), Poland (138), Malta (107), Serbia (92), Italy (86), Macedonia (69), Albania (67), Portugal (54), Ireland (54) and Cyprus (45).

According to the results of this year’s competition, Georgia continues to be in first place in terms of the number of victories among the countries participating in the Junior Eurovision. Over the years of the competition’s existence, representatives of this country have won first place three times (including the victory of Miriam Mamadashvili). Now Belarus shares second place with Malta and Russia. For 13 years, young performers from our country took first place twice, once - second and two more times - third. Russia has also already won Junior Eurovision. In 2006, the Tolmachev sisters took first place.

This year, 50% of the total points scored were determined by audience voting, another 50% were assessed by a professional jury.

Viewer voting opened on the evening of November 24 and was available before the start of the show (and we are not talking about a telephone line, but about voting on the Junior Eurovision website). After all 16 contestants had performed on stage, it opened for a second time for 15 minutes. Users could choose from three to five favorite performers (including - for the first time! - a representative from their country). However, the organizers seem to have underestimated the number of fans. The site soon stopped opening, unable to withstand the influx of views (although mobile version continued to work).

It is interesting that the national jury different countries placed Belarus in fifth place (80 points), and according to audience voting a performer from our country came fourth (69 points).

Let us remind you that the next Junior Eurovision will be held in Belarus.

The world finally saw a Ukrainian naked butt at the competition

The most scandalous Eurovision 2017 contest in history has finally ended.
As usual: only bare #facts.

Moreover, this time they will really be naked.
In the last issue, I joked that .
How I looked into the water!

Seeing the absolute failure and outright boredom of the competition, the organizers came up with a bold move to somehow enliven the picture, and in the European spirit.
During Jamala’s performance (poor guy, she suffered the most in this competition), Ukrainian viewer, a resident of Kiev, who was in the hall, went on stage, pulled down his pants and bare bottom walked around the singer.

28-year-old Vitaly Sedyuk staged another prank. The whole world saw the prankster's fifth point.

A spectator with an Australian flag who suddenly ran onto the stage during the premiere of Jamala's song at Eurovision and took off his pants turned out to be Ukrainian.

The fact that this is a famous 28-year-old prankster Vitaly Sedyuk, confirms TSN (previously the Ukrainian worked for “1+1”). This information was also confirmed by the competition security service.

The young man is known for “ruining” the Oscars in 2013, and at the end of 2016 he angered Kim Kardashian by trying to kiss her buttocks.

Portugal won Eurovision, Moscow native Christian Kostov is second

The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, the final of which ended in Kyiv, was the Portuguese participant Salvador Sobral with the song Amar Pelos Dois.

In his performance, the main emphasis was placed on the performance of the song, it was accompanied by lighting effects on main stage, and the audience lit up the entire hall with flashlights on their phones. The Portuguese was the last of the competition participants to arrive in Kyiv only for the opening of the competition on May 7 and did not take part in rehearsals due to a heart defect that he has suffered since childhood. The media wrote that the 27-year-old singer needs to find a donor by the end of the year.

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Yuri Loza praised the performance of the Eurovision winner

Russian singer Yuri Loza told RIA Novosti that he is not interested in what is happening at the international Eurovision song contest, but this year's winner, Portuguese Salvador Sobral, was the only performer who attracted his attention, since this number reflected the culture of Portugal.

The final of the international song contest "Eurovision" took place on the night from Saturday to Sunday in Kyiv. Based on the voting results of the audience and the professional jury, the winner was the Portuguese Salvador Sobral, the second place was taken by the Bulgarian participant Christian Kostov, and the performers from Moldova Sunstroke Project took the third place.

“I’m completely uninterested in what’s going on there at the English get-together called Eurovision. I don’t watch the Thai competitions, the Mongolian ones - it’s absolutely not interesting to me. All the songs are written by English-Swedish teams, the numbers are choreographed by the French and Greeks. It’s all the same there But you will never determine if you don’t tell and sign below who is singing,” Loza said.

At the same time, the musician clarified that he still looked at the number of the Portuguese participant Salvador Sobral. In his opinion, Sobral managed to express the culture of the country with his performance.

“He was absolutely Portuguese, after watching this number, I realized that this is what Portuguese culture is like, such are their composers and poets, performers and arrangers. I met as if I had been in Portugal,” the musician explained. He added that Portugal is "a large and serious nation that respects its culture."

24th out of 26. Ukraine exceeded bookmakers' expectations at Eurovision

The Ukrainian group O.Torvald took 24th place at Eurovision 2017, which took place in Kyiv. A total of 26 performers took part in the competition. According to the voting results, the team scored 36 points.

Musicians O.Torvald ended their performance at Eurovision with the words “Glory to Ukraine.”

Previously, bookmakers predicted the Ukrainian group to take penultimate, 25th place.