Record Song Contest 1

Record Song Contest 1 ;
Dates
Semi-final 1 date	May 23, 2015
Semi-final 2 date	May 23, 2015
Final dates	June 12, 2015
Host
Venue	Jerusalem, Israel
Executive supervisor	Maxim
Participants
Number of entries	33
Debuting countries	Armenia; Australia; Austria; Bulgaria; Canada; Croatia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Israel; Kazakhstan; Lebanon; Macedonia; Morocco; Poland; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; South Africa; South Korea; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States; Venezuela
Vote
Voting system	Each country/jury awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning song	Armenia; "XO"
Record Song Contest
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The Record Song Contest 1 was the debut edition of the Record Song Contest, held at the Jerusalem, Israel on June 12, 2015 for final. Maxim executive supervised the first contest. 33 countries participated, with each of them performing one song. Athena Manoukian won the contest for Armenia with the song "XO".

Location[]

Israel[]

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia, situated at the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. It shares land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories (which are claimed by the State of Palestine and are partially controlled by Israel) comprising the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. It contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel's financial center is Tel Aviv, while Jerusalem is both its self-designated, though unrecognised by the United Nations, capital and the most populous individual city under the country's governmental administration. Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem is internationally disputed.
In its Basic Laws, Israel defines itself as a Jewish and Democratic State. Israel is a representative democracy with a parliamentary system, proportional representation and universal suffrage. The Prime Minister serves as head of government and the Knesset serves as Israel's legislative body. Israel is a developed country and an OECD member, with the 37th-largest economy in the world by nominal gross domestic product as of 2014. The country benefits from a highly skilled workforce and is among the most educated countries in the world with the one of the highest percentage of its citizens holding a tertiary education degree. The country has the highest standard of living in the Middle East and the fifth highest in Asia, and has one of the highest life expectancies in the world.

Jerusalem[]

Jerusalem (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם), located on a plateau in the Judean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea, is one of the oldest cities in the world. It is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Israelis and Palestinians both claim Jerusalem as their capital, as Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power; however, neither claim is widely recognized internationally.
During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times. The oldest part of the city was settled in the 4th millennium BCE. In 1538, walls were built around Jerusalem under Suleiman the Magnificent. Today those walls define the Old City, which has been traditionally divided into four quarters—known since the early 19th century as the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters. The Old City became a World Heritage Site in 1981, and is on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Modern Jerusalem has grown far beyond the Old City's boundaries.

Format[]

The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The 12 countries with the highest scores in each semi-final qualified to the final where they joined the host nation Israel.

Participants[]

It was announced that thirty-three countries would participate in the first edition.

Semi-final 1[]

16 countries took part in this semi-final. Israel voted in this semi-final. The 12 songs in places 1 to 12 qualified for the final and are marked in orange.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Greece	DEMY & ΜΕΛΙSSES	"Proti Mou Fora"	10	50
02	Austria	Darius & Finlay feat. Nicco	"Firestarter"	13	47
03	Kazakhstan	KeshYou	"Maxabbat"	9	56
04	Armenia	Athena Manoukian	"XO"	3	88
05	Taiwan	Jolin Tsai	"Play"	12	48
06	Morocco	Loreen	"Paper Light (Higher)"	11	50
07	Canada	Carly Rae Jepsen	"I Really Like You"	5	82
08	Lebanon	Haifa Wehbe	"Breathing You In"	8	57
09	Denmark	Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ	"Lean On"	4	87
10	Romania	Lariss	"Dale Papi"	6	69
11	Russia	Yulia Sacheva	"Nevesta"	2	92
12	Thailand	Samosorn Chimi	"Throw"	16	32
13	Poland	Mela Koteluk	"Melodia Ulotna"	15	32
14	Sweden	Playmen feat. Elena Paparizou, Courtney & RiskyKidd	"All the Time"	1	92
15	Switzerland	Sarah Zingg	"After the Fail"	7	62
16	France	Kendji Girac	"Conmigo"	14	42

Semi-final 2[]

16 countries took part in this semi-final. Israel voted in this semi-final. The 12 songs in places 1 to 12 qualified for the final and are marked in orange.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Finland	Poets of the Fall	"Lift"	9	53
02	South Africa	Lee Scott	"Vir Ewig"	13	46
03	Bulgaria	Vessy Boneva feat. Goodslav	"Obseben Si"	4	85
04	South Korea	HA׃TFELT	"Ain't Nobody"	6	63
05	Ireland	The Script	"For the First Time"	14	43
06	United States	Carrie Underwood	"Something in the Water"	5	79
07	Germany	Sarah Connor	"Wie Schön Du Bist"	11	50
08	Australia	Reece Mastin	"Rebel and the Reason"	10	50
09	Croatia	Pamela Ramljak	"Pečat"	8	55
10	Venezuela	Romina Palmisano feat. PierreTons	"Hazme Volar"	7	57
11	Macedonia	Cash Cash feat. Bebe Rexha	"Take Me Home"	2	97
12	Ukraine	Mika Newton	"Come Out and Play"	3	94
13	Slovakia	Dominika Mirgova & Kali	"Je Koniec"	15	34
14	Spain	Sweet California	"Infatuated"	12	48
15	Turkey	Hande Yener	"Alt Dudak"	16	30
16	United Kingdom	Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato	"Up"	1	102

Final[]

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Greece	Demy & ΜΕΛΙSSES	"Proti Mou Fora"	13	71
2	Taiwan	Jolin Tsai	"Play"	15	65
3	Bulgaria	Vessy Boneva feat. Goodslav	"Obseben Si"	9	84
4	Australia	Reece Mastin	"Rebel and the Reason"	23	43
5	United Kingdom	Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato	"Up"	4	121
6	Israel (Host)	Shiri Maimon	"Now That You're Gone"	22	44
7	Venezuela	Romina Palmisano feat. PierreTons	"Hazme Volar"	20	54
8	Morocco	Loreen	"Paper Light (Higher)"	19	55
9	Sweden	Playmen feat. Elena Paparizou, Courtney & RiskyKidd	"All the Time"	7	96
10	Ukraine	Mika Newton	"Come Out and Play"	2	131
11	Romania	Lariss	"Dale Papi"	5	105
12	South Korea	Ha:tfelt	"Ain't Nobody"	8	88
13	Croatia	Pamela Ramljak	"Pečat"	16	61
14	Finland	Poets of the Fall	"Lift"	18	57
15	Armenia	Athena Manoukian	"XO"	1	139
16	Denmark	Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ	"Lean On"	3	127
17	Macedonia	Cash Cash feat. Bebe Rexha	"Take Me Home"	6	96
18	Switzerland	Sarah Zingg	"After The Fail"	12	71
19	Kazakhstan	KeshYou	"Maxabbat"	11	74
20	Russia	Yulia Sacheva	"Nevesta"	10	79
21	Canada	Carly Rae Jepsen	"I Really Like You"	17	59
22	United States	Carrie Underwood	"Something in the Water"	14	68
23	Germany	Sarah Connor	"Wie Schön Du Bist"	25	37
24	Lebanon	Haifa Wehbe	"Breathing You In"	21	51
25	Spain	Sweet California	"Infatuated"	24	38

Scoreboard[]

12 points in Semi-final 1[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
3	Denmark	Greece, Kazakhstan, Lebanon
2	Sweden	Denmark, France
	Russia	Switzerland, Israel
	Armenia	Thailand, Sweden
	Greece	Romania, Russia
	Morocco	Canada, Poland
1	Romania	Armenia
	Kazakhstan	Morocco
	Austria	Taiwan
	Thailand	Austria

12 points in Semi-final 2[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6	United Kingdom	South Korea, Ireland, United States, Ukraine, Turkey, Israel
3	Ukraine	South Africa, Australia, Slovakia
2	Macedonia	Spain, United Kingdom
2	Finland	Croatia, Venezuela
1	Bulgaria	Finland
	United States	Germany
	South Korea	Bulgaria
	Croatia	Macedonia

12 points in Final[]

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4	United Kingdom	Canada, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Israel
	Romania	Lebanon, Ukraine, Slovakia, Armenia
	South Korea	Bulgaria, Romania, United Kingdom, United States
3	Bulgaria	Finland, Switzerland, Venezuela
3	United States	Germany, Poland, Taiwan
2	Ukraine	Macedonia, Russia
	Denmark	Greece, Spain
	Sweden	Australia, Denmark
	Switzerland	Croatia, Ireland
	Canada	South Africa, France
1	Armenia	Sweden
	Russia	Turkey
	Kazakhstan	Morocco
	Taiwan	South Korea
	Croatia	Austria

International broadcasts and voting[]

Voting and spokespersons[]

Nasri
Stefan Raab
Ice Saranyu
Guy Sebastian
Indila
Anica Kovač
Alice Tumler
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