| Universong 63 "Opa! Italian style" | |
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Date |
11 - 29 March 2014 |
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Host city |
Florence, |
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Participants |
53 |
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Universong 63 was the 63rd staging of the Universong Contest, held in Florence, Italy, from March 11th to March 29th, 2012. Italy hosted the USC for the sixth time, after the winning of Violetta Zironi the previous edition in Paris, France, with the song "Dimmi che non pasa".
The voting hds three favourites who began remarking themselves in the final stages: Kazakhstan, Germany and Sweden, the three of them becoming front runners. Eventually, Sweden got its fifth Universong title thanks to the song "Busy doin' nothin'" by Ace Wilder, by a 1-point difference with the runner-up Germany, who sent Oonagh with the song "Gäa" (This would be the first of four so far participations of Oonagh, one of them winning USC 68 in Barcelona-Vaduz, and the latest being in USC 90 in Madrid). Kazakhstan, in its debut, won third place thanks to the song "Rizamyn" by Keshyou, the highest placement for this country so far. Cyprus, represented by Michalis Hatziyiannis for the fourth time, and France, represented by Indila in her second participation after her win in USC 61, completed the top 5, while South Korea obtained its highest placement ever (6th place), thanks to Ailee.
Semifinal 1[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Estonia
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Traffic | "Maailmaparandaja" | 25 | 20 |
| 02 |  Puerto Rico
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Ricky Martin | "Come with me" | 3 | 110 |
| 03 |  Iceland
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Thorunn Antonia | "Electrify my heartbeat" | 14 | 56 |
| 04 |  Australia
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Cody Simpson | "Summertime of our lives" | 4 | 98 |
| 05 |  Germany
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Oonagh | "Gäa" | 2 | 127 |
| 06 |  Portugal
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David Carreira ft. Dry | "Obrigado la familie" | 21 | 38 |
| 07 |  Norway
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Monica Heldal | "Boy from the North" | 13 | 61 |
| 08 |  Slovenia
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LastDayHere
ft. Mojca Zalar |
"Without you" | 5 | 86 |
| 09 |  South Korea
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Ailee | "I will show you" | 1 | 128 |
| 10 |  Morocco
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Fnaire | "Hde rasek" | 23 | 26 |
| 11 |  Liechtenstein
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Herbert Grönemeyer | "Celebrate the day" | 20 | 40 |
| 12 |  Northern Ireland
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Two Door Cinema Club | "What you know" | 6 | 80 |
| 13 |  Netherlands
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Sidney Samson & Eva Simons | "Celebrate the rain" | 17 | 52 |
| 14 |  Romania
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Dya | "Don't know" | 22 | 31 |
| 15 |  United States
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David Nail | "Whatever she's got" | 7 | 80 |
| 16 |  Albania
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Arilena | "Aeroplan" | 11 | 71 |
| 17 |  Canada
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Carly Rae Jepsen | "Tonight I'm getting over you" | 10 | 71 |
| 18 |  Belgium
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Natalia | "Heartbreaker" | 16 | 54 |
| 19 |  Türkiye
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Nil Karaibrahimgil | "Ruhum desen desen" | 24 | 22 |
| 20 |  Vietnam
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Duki | "Turn me on" | 12 | 71 |
| 21 |  Lebanon
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Ramy Ayach ft. Maya Diab | "Sawa (Together)" | DSQ | - |
| 22 |  Spain
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David Bisbal | "Diez mil maneras" | 9 | 72 |
| 23 |  England
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Foxes | "Youth" | 15 | 54 |
| 24 |  Japan
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Utada Hikaru | "Beautiful world" | 19 | 48 |
| 25 |  Venezuela
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Carlos Baute ft. Marta Sánchez | "Colgando en tus manos" | 18 | 52 |
| 26 |  North Macedonia
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Tamara Todevska | "Tesko bez tebe" | 8 | 76 |
Semifinal 2[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  France
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Indila | "Tourner dans le vide" | 2 | 130 |
| 02 |  Moldova
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O-Zone | "Dragostea din tei" | 17 | 53 |
| 03 |  Finland
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Pasa | "Metsa yohon" | 20 | 48 |
| 04 |  Greenland
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The Benefits | "Seize the day" | 15 | 57 |
| 05 |  Kazakhstan
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Keshyou | "Rizamyn" | 1 | 131 |
| 06 |  Serbia
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The Beatshakers ft. Alberto | "Ma cherie" | 24 | 34 |
| 07 |  Lithuania
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Leon Somov & Jazzu | "Lower than the ground" | 13 | 58 |
| 08 |  Malta
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Jessika | "Hypnotica" | 18 | 49 |
| 09 |  Israel
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Shirly Nov | "Kesem" | 7 | 67 |
| 10 |  Vatican City
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Nek | "Instabile" | 12 | 60 |
| 11 |  Ireland
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Westlife | "Something right" | 10 | 65 |
| 12 |  Ukraine
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Via Gra | "Peremirie" | 8 | 67 |
| 13 |  Taiwan
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Hebe Tien | "Insignificance" | 11 | 63 |
| 14 |  San Marino
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Dolcenera | "Il mio amore unico" | 21 | 47 |
| 15 |  Bulgaria
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Mey | "I call it smile" | 14 | 57 |
| 16 |  Latvia
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Z-Scars | "Way back home" | 19 | 48 |
| 17 |  Colombia
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Paula Arenas ft. Esteman | "Lo que el tiempo dejó" | 25 | 19 |
| 18 |  Cyprus
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Michalis Hatzigiannis | "Tha kano piso" | 3 | 103 |
| 19 |  Armenia
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Sirusho
, Boaz Mauda & Jelena Tomasevic |
"Time to pray" | 9 | 66 |
| 20 |  Denmark
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Ida | "Maybe I like it" | 6 | 80 |
| 21 |  Poland
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Doda | "Nie daj sie" | 23 | 37 |
| 22 |  Sweden
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Ace Wilder | "Busy doin' nothin'" | 5 | 92 |
| 23 |  Hungary
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Bogi | "We all" | 22 | 46 |
| 24 |  Croatia
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Lines and Colours | "Love on repeat" | 4 | 94 |
| 25 |  Azerbaijan
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Sabina Babayeva | "Oceans away" | 16 | 53 |
Grand Final[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Andorra
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Brequette | "Más (Run)" | 13 | 114 |
| 02 | Vietnam
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Duki | "Turn me on" | 21 | 83 |
| 03 | South Korea
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Ailee | "I will show you" | 6 | 135 |
| 04 | Germany
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Oonagh | "Gäa" | 2 | 173 |
| 05 | Taiwan
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Hebe Tien | "Insignificance" | 25 | 65 |
| 06 | Australia
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Cody Simpson | "Summertime of our lives" | 10 | 121 |
| 07 | Ukraine
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Via Gra | "Peremirie" | 18 | 95 |
| 08 | Albania
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Arilena | "Aeroplan" | 26 | 64 |
| 09 |  Greece
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Alexandros Mirtos | "Kratise me" | 11 | 117 |
| 10 | United States
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David Nail | "Whatever she's got" | 19 | 94 |
| 11 | Northern Ireland
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Two Door Cinema Club | "What you know" | 12 | 115 |
| 12 | Spain
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David Bisbal | "Diez mil maneras" | 23 | 80 |
| 13 | Puerto Rico
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Ricky Martin | "Come with me" | 14 | 100 |
| 14 | Ireland
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Westlife | "Something right" | 16 | 97 |
| 15 | North Macedonia
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Tamara Todevska | "Tesko bez tebe" | 15 | 97 |
| 16 | France
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Indila | "Tourner dans le vide" | 5 | 137 |
| 17 | Vatican City
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Nek | "Instabile" | 17 | 96 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan
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Keshyou | "Rizamyn" | 3 | 163 |
| 19 |  Italy
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Sushy | "Water" | 9 | 127 |
| 20 | Canada
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Carly Rae Jepsen | "Tonight I'm getting over you" | 27 | 61 |
| 21 | Israel
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Shirly Nov | "Kesem" | 22 | 82 |
| 22 | Sweden
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Ace Wilder | "Busy doin' nothin'" | 1 | 174 |
| 23 | Armenia
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Sirusho, Boaz Mauda & Jelena Tomasevic | "Time to pray" | 24 | 72 |
| 24 | Denmark
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Ida | "Maybe I like it" | 20 | 88 |
| 25 | Cyprus
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Michalis Hatzigiannis | "Tha kano piso" | 4 | 147 |
| 26 | Croatia
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Lines and Colours | "Love on repeat" | 7 | 133 |
| 27 | Slovenia
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LastDayHere ft. Mojca Zalar | "Without you" | 8 | 128 |