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The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the 2011 contest with the song "Running Scared" by Ell and Nikki. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contest – only four years after the country made its debut.
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 ...
Jedward were previously rumoured to have been internally selected to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. In October 2012, it was reported that the Irish national broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), had internally selected Jedward to represent the country for the second year in a row, after their successful placing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and the ...
Prior to the 2012 contest, Sweden had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-one times since its first entry in 1958. [1] Sweden had won the contest on four occasions: in 1974 with the song "Waterloo" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" performed by Carola, and in 1999 with the song ...
Unser Star für Baku (English: Our Star for Baku) was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. [3] The competition consisted of five heats, a quarter-final, a semi-final and a final that took place between 12 January 2012 and 16 February 2012 at the Köln-Mülheim Studios in Cologne , hosted by Sandra ...
On 19 March 2012, the song "Love Will Set You Free" written by Martin Terefe and Sacha Skarbek was presented to the public via the release of the official music video via BBC's Eurovision Song Contest website bbc.co.uk/eurovision and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the fifty-seventh edition of the contest, organised by İctimai Television (İTV) and held on 22, 24 and 26 May 2012 at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. [ 59 ] 42 countries competed in the contest; Armenia had originally applied to compete, but withdrew at a late stage due to security concerns ...
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