Baku, the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region, was named the host city for the contest, with the venue being the Baku Crystal Hall, built a few months prior to the contest on the city's coastline. The lead-up to the contest was met with political concerns and protests surrounding the host country, including its human rights record and allegations by advocacy groups that Baku was carrying out forced evictions in the construction of the contest's venue, along with objections to the contest's presence by Iranian officials – who felt that the event was anti-Islamic because it was, according to them, a "gay parade".Ĭlass=notpageimage| Locations of the suggested venues in Baku, Azerbaijan: the chosen venue is marked in blue, while eliminated venues are marked in redĪzerbaijan got the right to host the 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the previous 2011 edition with the song " Running Scared" performed by Ell and Nikki. Out of the "Big Five" countries, Germany, Italy and Spain all managed to rank within the top 10, finishing eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively. Russia, Serbia, host country Azerbaijan and Albania rounded out the top five, with Albania achieving their best result to date. The winner was Sweden with the song " Euphoria", performed by Loreen and written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström. Poland also did not participate due to financial concerns. Meanwhile, Armenia withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. Montenegro returned to the contest for the first time since 2009. įorty-two countries participated in the contest. The three live shows were presented by Azerbaijani television presenter Leyla Aliyeva, model Nargiz Birk-Petersen and the previous edition's winner Eldar Gasimov. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), the contest was held at the Baku Crystal Hall, and consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May, and a final on. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contest – only four years after the country made its debut. ![]() It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the 2011 contest with the song " Running Scared" by Ell and Nikki. The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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