Ourvision Song Contest 17

Ourvision Song Contest 17
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Contest	Ourvision Song Contest
Edition no.	17
Participants	34
Location	Nicosia, Cyprus
Dates	Semi-final 1: December 16, 2011; Semi-final 2: December 18, 2011; Final: December 20, 2011
Winner	Sweden; Molly Sandén; "Spread a little light"
Timeline	◄ 16 18 ►

Ourvision Song Contest 17, often referred to as OVSC 17, was the 17th edition of Ourvision Song Contest.

About[]

It was held in Nicosia, Cyprus. 34 countries participated in the contest. There were two semi-finals with 17 countries in each and 9 countries from each semi-final qualified for the final, making it 18 countries in the final. The winner was Molly Sandén with the song "Spread a little light", representing Sweden. It was the second time Sweden won OVSC.

Awards[]

Award	Recipient
Jury	Russia
Hit	Sweden
Heart	Thailand
Voters	Portugal
NS	DMC

Countries[]

Withdrawing countries	Returning countries	Debuting countries
Australia Austria Costa Rica Indonesia Israel Morocco Netherlands Switzerland Tunisia Türkiye	Dominican Republic Finland Germany Hungary Kosovo Lithuania Mexico Norway Russia Spain Thailand United Kingdom	Kenya Peru

National selections[]

Country	Contest	Song	Final
Denmark	Danish Music Contest 7	"Out of It"	7
France	Sing It Like A French	"La Fille Du Lido"	18
United Kingdom	ESWNI 3	"Feel"	15

Draw[]

Semi-final 1[]

Num.	Country	Artist	Song
1	Spain	Ondina	"Fuera de aquí"
2	Sweden	Molly Sandén	"Spread a little light"
3	Lithuania	Egle Jakstyte	"Meile yra"
4	United States	Owl City	"Deer in the Headlights"
5	Serbia	Zeljko Joksimovic & Tamee Harrison	"I live my life for you"
6	Kenya	Stella Mwangi	"Lookie Lookie"
7	United Kingdom	Robbie Williams	"Feel"
8	Ireland	One Direction	"What Makes You Beautiful"
9	Belgium	Lasgo	"Tonight"
10	France	Inna Modja	"La Fille Du Lido"
11	Canada	Shiloh	"Operator (A Girl Like Me)"
12	Japan	BoA	"Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi"
13	Dominican Republic	Bocatabú	"A Contraluz"
14	Slovenia	Maja Keuc	"Free Love"
15	Germany	LaVive	"No Time for Sleeping"
16	Norway	Kaizers Orchestra	"Hjerteknuser"
17	Poland	Danny Saucedo	"Tokyo"

Semi-final 2[]

Num.	Country	Artist	Song
1	Hungary	Kesha	"Your Love Is My Drug"
2	Cyprus	Nikki Ponte	"I Don't Wanna Dance"
3	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	"Dolce & Gabbana"
4	Russia	Vanessa Carlton	"A Thousand Miles"
5	Portugal	Mariza	"Ó Gente da Minha Terra"
6	Venezuela	Tomates Fritos	"Nadare hasta llegar"
7	Thailand	Loso	"Jai sung ma"
8	Malaysia	Bunkface	"Situasi"
9	Greece	Elena Paparizou	"Mr. Perfect"
10	Finland	Laura Närhi	"Kaksi irrallaan"
11	Philippines	Bugoy Drilon	"Paano Na Kaya?"
12	Denmark	Fallulah	"Out of It"
13	Kosovo	Ardian Bujupi	"Rise to the Top"
14	Mexico	Jesse & Joy	"Si Te Vas"
15	Peru	Wendy Sulca	"Cerveza, cerveza"
16	South Korea	Crystal Kay	"Superman"
17	Malta	Brooke	"Love Not War"

Final[]

Num.	Country	Artist	Song
1	Cyprus	Nikki Ponte	"I Don't Wanna Dance"
2	Japan	BoA	"Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi"
3	Ireland	One Direction	"What Makes You Beautiful"
4	United Kingdom	Robbie Williams	"Feel"
5	Russia	Vanessa Carlton	"A Thousand Miles"
6	Denmark	Fallulah	"Out of It"
7	Greece	Elena Paparizou	"Mr. Perfect"
8	Kenya	Stella Mwangi	"Lookie Lookie"
9	Hungary	Kesha	"Your Love Is My Drug"
10	Malaysia	Bunkface	"Situasi"
11	Lithuania	Egle Jakstyte	"Meile yra"
12	United States	Owl City	"Deer in the Headlights"
13	Mexico	Jesse & Joy	"Si Te Vas"
14	France	Inna Modja	"La Fille Du Lido"
15	Finland	Laura Närhi	"Kaksi irrallaan"
16	Sweden	Molly Sandén	"Spread a little light"
17	South Korea	Crystal Kay	"Superman"
18	Slovenia	Maja Keuc	"Free Love"