Sweden won its sixth Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, as Mans Zelmerlow, with his pop song "Heroes," beat out Russia's Polina Gagarina, who performed an English-language song called "A Million Voices." Zelmerlow's performance during the event's 60th anniversary edition in Vienna, Austria included animated visuals. Austria hosted the event, under the motto "Building Bridges" after drag queen Conchita Wurst won last year's competition. Overall, a record 27 countries participated in the finals. Among them was Australia, which was invited to compete, despite being nowhere near Europe. The country had in the past asked if it could participate,
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- 5/24/2015
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Netherlands, Denmark and Finland have missed out on a place in Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest final.
Along with Macedonia, Moldova and Belarus, the six countries failed to qualify during tonight's (May 19) first semi-final in Vienna, Austria.
Here is what Twitter thought about the return of Conchita Wurst at Eurovision semi-final 1
Eurovision Song Contest 2015: Watch the 10 performances which qualified for the final
The show, broadcast live on BBC Three, opened with 2014 winner Conchita Wurst performing winning song 'Rise Like A Phoenix'.
The UK was not able to vote in tonight's semi-final, with Australia, Austria, France and Spain providing the scores.
The ten countries to qualify were:
Albania - Elhaida Dani - 'I'm Alive'
Armenia - Genealogy - 'Face The Fear'
Belgium - Loïc Nottet - 'Rhythm Inside'
Estonia - Elina Born & Stig Rästa - 'Goodbye to Yesterday'
Georgia - Nina Sublatti - 'Warrior'
Greece - Maria Elena Kyriakou -...
Along with Macedonia, Moldova and Belarus, the six countries failed to qualify during tonight's (May 19) first semi-final in Vienna, Austria.
Here is what Twitter thought about the return of Conchita Wurst at Eurovision semi-final 1
Eurovision Song Contest 2015: Watch the 10 performances which qualified for the final
The show, broadcast live on BBC Three, opened with 2014 winner Conchita Wurst performing winning song 'Rise Like A Phoenix'.
The UK was not able to vote in tonight's semi-final, with Australia, Austria, France and Spain providing the scores.
The ten countries to qualify were:
Albania - Elhaida Dani - 'I'm Alive'
Armenia - Genealogy - 'Face The Fear'
Belgium - Loïc Nottet - 'Rhythm Inside'
Estonia - Elina Born & Stig Rästa - 'Goodbye to Yesterday'
Georgia - Nina Sublatti - 'Warrior'
Greece - Maria Elena Kyriakou -...
- 5/19/2015
- Digital Spy
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