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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 ...
Australia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Don't Come Easy" written by Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci and Michael Angelo. The song was performed by Isaiah Firebrace, who was internally selected by the Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) to represent that nation at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "This Is Love" written by Dimitris Kontopoulos, Romy Papadea and John Ballard.The song was performed by Demy, who was internally selected by the Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) to represent Greece at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Prior to the 2017 contest, Norway had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 55 times since their first entry in 1960. [1] Norway had won the contest on three occasions: in 1985 with the song "La det swinge" performed by Bobbysocks!, in 1995 with the song "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden, and in 2009 with the song "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak.
On 2 March 2017, O'G3NE's Eurovision entry, "Lights and Shadows", was presented to the public during a press conference that took place in Amsterdam and hosted by Jan Smit and Cornald Maas. The presentation was streamed online by AVROTROS via YouTube and Facebook. The official video for the song directed by Rolf Meter was released on the same day.
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 ...