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Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 [84] R/O [85] Country Artist Song Points Place 1 Sweden: Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On" 227 3 2 Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze "Keep the Faith" 99 11 3 Australia: Isaiah "Don't Come Easy" 160 6 4 Albania: Lindita "World" 76 14 5 Belgium: Blanche "City Lights" 165 4 6 Montenegro
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
Prior to the 2017 contest, the United Kingdom had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-nine times. [1] Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 ...
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RAI confirmed Italy's participation in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest on 16 September 2016. [2] Between 2011 and 2013, the broadcaster used the Sanremo Music Festival as an artist selection pool where a special committee would select one of the competing artist, independent of the results in the competition, as the Eurovision entrant. The ...
Prior to the 2017 contest, Romania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 17 times since its first entry in 1994. To this point, its highest placing in the contest has been third place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 2005 with the song "Let Me Try" performed by Luminița Anghel and Sistem, and in 2010 with the song "Playing with Fire" performed by Paula Seling and Ovi.
The televised final took place on 9 February 2017. The winner was selected through four rounds of public televoting, including options for landline and SMS voting. [17] International viewers were also able to vote via an app entitled Eurovision Vibes in the first three rounds but had no direct influence on the results. [18]
Prior to the 2017 contest, Denmark had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-four times since its first entry in 1957. [1] Denmark had won the contest, to this point, on three occasions: in 1963 with the song "Dansevise" performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann, in 2000 with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" performed by Olsen Brothers, and in 2013 with the song "Only Teardrops ...