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Eurovision 2013: Malmö

The 58th Eurovision Song Contest was held on Saturday, 18 May 2013 at Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden. 39 countries took part. Denmark won with “Only Teardrops” by Emmelie de Forest, on 281 points.

By ESC Predictions Updated 7 October 2026

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Final
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Semi-finals
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 and Thursday, 16 May 2013
Venue
Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden
Host broadcaster
Sveriges Television (SVT)
Presenter
Petra Mede
Directors
Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović
For the EBU
Jon Ola Sand
Slogan
We Are One
Entries
39 countries
Returning
Armenia
Absent
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Slovakia, Turkey
Voting
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Play: Emmelie de Forest — “Only Teardrops”, the winning performance at Eurovision 2013
the winner, on the night Video: Eurovision Song Contest / YouTube

The story

One host, no draw, and votes for sale

Sweden took the contest back to Malmö and stripped it down. There was one presenter, Petra Mede, where recent contests had used three. It was the first time anyone had hosted alone since 1995.

The show opened with something old made new: a parade of the finalists, each behind a national flag, walking over a bridge above the audience. It has opened every final since.

Thirty-nine

The field was smaller. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Portugal could not afford to come. Slovakia and Turkey dropped out for other reasons, and neither has been back.

Armenia returned after missing Baku.

For the first time since 1985, not one country of the former Yugoslavia reached the final.

No more draw

Until 2013 the order in which songs were performed was drawn by lot. Now the producers decided it.

Their argument was that it made for a better show: similar songs could be kept apart, and every entry given a chance to stand out. Finalists still drew to learn whether they would sing in the first half or the second. The rest was a production decision.

Fans and broadcasters were divided about it.

Counting differently

The way jury and public votes were combined also changed. Each juror now had to rank every song from first to last, and the whole of each country’s televote was counted, not just its top ten.

And for the first time the winner was declared as soon as nobody could catch up. That happened with four countries still to vote.

Votes for sale

Before the final, a Lithuanian news site published an undercover video. It appeared to show people working on behalf of Azerbaijan offering money for votes: recruiting groups of ten and handing out SIM cards so that each person could vote many times over. The same thing was said to be going on in fifteen countries.

The EBU later confirmed that there had been an attempt to cheat. It said the attempt had failed, because its systems prevent that kind of fraud, and that there was no evidence any broadcaster was involved. The rules were tightened all the same: from 2014 a broadcaster could be suspended for three years over fraud carried out in its favour.

In 2015 a member of the contest’s own steering group went further, and said that Azerbaijan had cheated, in an organised and very expensive way.

The points Russia did not get

There was a second row involving Azerbaijan. Officially it gave Russia no points, although Russia’s singer had reportedly come second in the Azerbaijani phone vote.

Azerbaijan’s president ordered an inquiry. Russia’s foreign minister said the result had been falsified and promised a response.

A kiss

Finland’s Krista Siegfrids ended her song, “Marry Me”, by kissing one of her female backing singers. She said it was a message to her own country, which had not legalised same-sex marriage. The Turkish and Greek media took it badly.

The result

Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won with “Only Teardrops”, on 281 points, 47 ahead of Azerbaijan. Ukraine was third.

The hosts were fourteenth. Ireland finished last.

A Dutch producer pointed out that the winning song’s opening flute solo resembled a Dutch pop song of 2002. He added that it was the only similarity, and called the fuss a storm in a teacup.

Sources: Wikipedia, “Eurovision Song Contest 2013”, and the EBU records and press reports it cites.

The shows, night by night

What opened each show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.

  1. Tuesday, 14 May 2013

    First semi-final

    16 songs, 10 went through to the final

    opened by
    • Loreen last year’s winner “Euphoria”, with children performing it in sign language
    in the interval
    • “Northern Lights”

    Every song and who went through ↓ Every vote, country by country →

  2. Thursday, 16 May 2013

    Second semi-final

    17 songs, 10 went through to the final

    opened by
    • “Urban Orchestra”
    in the interval
    • “Swedish Pop Voices” with Darin and Agnes

    Every song and who went through ↓ Every vote, country by country →

  3. Saturday, 18 May 2013

    Final

    26 songs

    opened by
    • “We Write the Story”
    in the interval
    • Loreen “We Got the Power”, “My Heart Is Refusing Me” and “Euphoria”
    • Petra Mede the host’s musical number “Swedish Smörgåsbord”
    • Carola “Fångad av en stormvind”
    • Sarah Dawn Finer “The Winner Takes It All”

    The result ↓ Every vote, country by country →

Every opening and interval act since 1956 →

The final

Place Country Artist Song Points Sang Semi-final
1 Denmark Emmelie de Forest winner! “Only Teardrops” English · Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard 281 18 SF1 · 1st 167 pts
2 Azerbaijan Farid Mammadov “Hold Me” English · John Ballard, Ralph Charlie, Dimitris Kontopoulos 234 20 SF2 · 1st 139 pts
3 Ukraine Zlata Ognevich “Gravity” English · Karen Kavaleryan, Mikhail Nekrasov 214 22 SF1 · 3rd 140 pts
4 Norway Margaret Berger “I Feed You My Love” English · Robin Lynch, Niklas Olovson, Karin Park 191 24 SF2 · 3rd 120 pts
5 Russia Dina Garipova “What If” English · Gabriel Alares, Joakim Björnberg, Leonid Gutkin 174 10 SF1 · 2nd 156 pts
6 Greece Koza Mostra Agathon Iakovidis “Alcohol Is Free” Greek · Ilias Kozas, Stathis Pachidis 152 21 SF2 · 2nd 121 pts
7 Italy Marco Mengoni “L'essenziale” Italian · Roberto Casalino, Francesco De Benedittis, Marco Mengoni 126 23 Straight to the final
8 Malta Gianluca “Tomorrow” English · Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat 120 9 SF2 · 4th 118 pts
9 Netherlands Anouk “Birds” English · Martin Gjerstad, Tore Johansson, Anouk Teeuwe 114 13 SF1 · 6th 75 pts
10 Hungary ByeAlex “Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix)” Hungarian · Alex Márta, Zoltán Palásti Kovács 84 17 SF2 · 8th 66 pts
11 Moldova Aliona Moon “O mie” Romanian · Pasha Parfeny, Yuliana Scutaru 71 3 SF1 · 4th 95 pts
12 Belgium Roberto Bellarosa “Love Kills” English · Jukka Immonen, Iain James 71 6 SF1 · 5th 75 pts
13 Romania Cezar “It's My Life” English · Cristian Faur 65 14 SF2 · 5th 83 pts
14 Sweden Robin Stjernberg “You” English · Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Joakim Harestad Haukaas, Robin Stjernberg 62 16 Straight to the final
15 Georgia Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani “Waterfall” English · Erik Bernholm, Thomas G:son 50 25 SF2 · 10th 63 pts
16 Belarus Alyona Lanskaya “Solayoh” English · Martin King, Marc Paelinck 48 8 SF1 · 7th 64 pts
17 Iceland Eythor Ingi “Ég á líf” Icelandic · Örlygur Smári, Pétur Örn Guðmundsson 47 19 SF2 · 6th 72 pts
18 Armenia Dorians “Lonely Planet” English · Tony Iommi, Vardan Zadoyan 41 12 SF2 · 7th 69 pts
19 United Kingdom Bonnie Tyler “Believe in Me” English · Christopher Braide, Desmond Child, Lauren Christy 23 15 Straight to the final
20 Estonia Birgit “Et uus saaks alguse” Estonian · Mihkel Mattisen, Silvia Soro 19 7 SF1 · 10th 52 pts
21 Germany Cascada “Glorious” English · Andres Ballinas, Tony Cornelissen, Yann Peifer, Manuel Reuter 18 11 Straight to the final
22 Lithuania Andrius Pojavis “Something” English · Andrius Pojavis 17 2 SF1 · 9th 53 pts
23 France Amandine Bourgeois “L'enfer et moi” French · Boris Bergman, David Salkin 14 1 Straight to the final
24 Finland Krista Siegfrids “Marry Me” English · Kristoffer Karlsson, Jessica Lundström, Erik Nyholm, Krista Siegfrids 13 4 SF2 · 9th 64 pts
25 Spain ESDM “Contigo hasta el final” Spanish · David Feito, Raquel del Rosario, Juan Luis Suárez 8 5 Straight to the final
26 Ireland Ryan Dolan “Only Love Survives” English · Wez Devine, Ryan Dolan 5 26 SF1 · 8th 54 pts

The semi-finals

Every song in each semi-final, in finishing order. 13 songs didn’t reach the final.

First semi-final Tuesday, 14 May 2013 · 16 songs, 10 went through

Place Country Artist Song Points Sang Then
1 Denmark Emmelie de Forest “Only Teardrops” English · Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard 167 5 Through: 1st in the final
2 Russia Dina Garipova “What If” English · Gabriel Alares, Joakim Björnberg, Leonid Gutkin 156 6 Through: 5th in the final
3 Ukraine Zlata Ognevich “Gravity” English · Karen Kavaleryan, Mikhail Nekrasov 140 7 Through: 3rd in the final
4 Moldova Aliona Moon “O mie” Romanian · Pasha Parfeny, Yuliana Scutaru 95 12 Through: 11th in the final
5 Belgium Roberto Bellarosa “Love Kills” English · Jukka Immonen, Iain James 75 15 Through: 12th in the final
6 Netherlands Anouk “Birds” English · Martin Gjerstad, Tore Johansson, Anouk Teeuwe 75 8 Through: 9th in the final
7 Belarus Alyona Lanskaya “Solayoh” English · Martin King, Marc Paelinck 64 11 Through: 16th in the final
8 Ireland Ryan Dolan “Only Love Survives” English · Wez Devine, Ryan Dolan 54 13 Through: 26th in the final
9 Lithuania Andrius Pojavis “Something” English · Andrius Pojavis 53 10 Through: 22nd in the final
10 Estonia Birgit “Et uus saaks alguse” Estonian · Mihkel Mattisen, Silvia Soro 52 2 Through: 20th in the final
11 Serbia Moje 3 “Ljubav je svuda (Љубав је свуда)” Serbian · Saša Milošević Mare, Marina Tucaković 46 16 Out
12 Montenegro Who See “Igranka (Игранка)” Montenegrin · Dejan Dedović, Mario Đorđević, Đorđe Miljenović 41 9 Out
13 Croatia Klapa s Mora “Mižerja” Croatian · Goran Topolovac 38 4 Out
14 Austria Natália Kelly “Shine” English · Andreas Grass, Alexander Kahr, Natália Kelly, Nikola Paryla 27 1 Out
15 Cyprus Despina Olympiou “An me thimasai (Aν με θυμάσαι)” Greek · Andreas Giorgallis, Zenon Zindilis 11 14 Out
16 Slovenia Hannah “Straight into Love” English · Hannah Mancini, Erik Margan, Marko Primužak, Matija Rodić, Gregor Zemljič 8 3 Out

Second semi-final Thursday, 16 May 2013 · 17 songs, 10 went through

Place Country Artist Song Points Sang Then
1 Azerbaijan Farid Mammadov “Hold Me” English · John Ballard, Ralph Charlie, Dimitris Kontopoulos 139 4 Through: 2nd in the final
2 Greece Koza Mostra Agathon Iakovidis “Alcohol Is Free” Greek · Ilias Kozas, Stathis Pachidis 121 9 Through: 6th in the final
3 Norway Margaret Berger “I Feed You My Love” English · Robin Lynch, Niklas Olovson, Karin Park 120 13 Through: 4th in the final
4 Malta Gianluca “Tomorrow” English · Boris Cezek, Dean Muscat 118 6 Through: 8th in the final
5 Romania Cezar “It's My Life” English · Cristian Faur 83 17 Through: 13th in the final
6 Iceland Eythor Ingi “Ég á líf” Icelandic · Örlygur Smári, Pétur Örn Guðmundsson 72 8 Through: 17th in the final
7 Armenia Dorians “Lonely Planet” English · Tony Iommi, Vardan Zadoyan 69 11 Through: 18th in the final
8 Hungary ByeAlex “Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix)” Hungarian · Alex Márta, Zoltán Palásti Kovács 66 12 Through: 10th in the final
9 Finland Krista Siegfrids “Marry Me” English · Kristoffer Karlsson, Jessica Lundström, Erik Nyholm, Krista Siegfrids 64 5 Through: 24th in the final
10 Georgia Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani “Waterfall” English · Erik Bernholm, Thomas G:son 63 15 Through: 15th in the final
11 San Marino Valentina Monetta “Crisalide (Vola)” Italian · Mauro Balestri, Ralph Siegel 47 2 Out
12 Bulgaria Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov “Samo shampioni (Само шампиони)” Bulgarian · Kristian Talev, Elitsa Todorova 45 7 Out
13 Switzerland Takasa “You and Me” English · Roman Camenzind, Fred Herrmann, Georg Schlunegger 41 16 Out
14 Israel Moran Mazor “Rak Bishvilo (רק בשבילו)” Hebrew · Chen Harari, Gal Sarig 40 10 Out
15 Albania Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko “Identitet” Albanian · Bledar Sejko, Eda Sejko 31 14 Out
16 Macedonia Esma and Lozano “Pred da se razdeni (Пред да се раздени)” Macedonian, Romani · Simeon Atanasov, Magdalena Cvetkovska, Lazar Cvetkoski, Darko Dimitrov 28 3 Out
17 Latvia PeR “Here We Go” English · Arturas Burke, Ralfs Eilands 13 1 Out

Who showed it, and who talked over it

The channels that carried the contest in 43 countries, with the commentator where our source names one.

  • Armenia

    • Armenia 1 (semi-finals) André and Arevik Udumyan
    • Armenia 1 (final) Erik Antaranyan and Anna Avanesyan

  • Austria

    • ORF eins Andi Knoll

  • Azerbaijan

    • İTV Konul Arifgizi

  • Belarus

    • Belarus-1, Belarus 24 Evgeny Perlin

  • Belgium

    • La Une Maureen Louys and Jean-Louis Lahaye
    • één, Radio 2 André Vermeulen and Tom De Cock

  • Croatia

    • HRT 2 (semi-finals) Duško Ćurlić
    • HRT 1 (final) Duško Ćurlić
    • HR 2 (semi-final 1 and final) Robert Urlić

  • Cyprus

    • RIK 1, RIK Triton Melina Karageorgiou

  • Denmark

    • DR1 Ole Tøpholm

  • Estonia

    • ETV Marko Reikop
    • Raadio 2 (semi-final 1 and final) Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk

  • Finland

    • Yle TV2 Finnish: Aino Töllinen and Juuso Mäkilähde, Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos
    • Yle Radio Suomi Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
    • Yle Radio Vega Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos

  • France

    • France Ô (semi-final 2) Audrey Chauveau and Bruno Berberes
    • France 3 (final) Cyril Féraud and Mireille Dumas

  • Georgia

    • 1TV Temo Kvirkvelia

  • Germany

    • Einsfestival, NDR Fernsehen (semi-finals) Peter Urban
    • Phoenix (semi-final 2) Peter Urban
    • Das Erste (final) Peter Urban

  • Greece

    • NET Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis
    • Proto Programma, Deftero Programma, Voice of Greece Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis

  • Hungary

    • M1 Gábor Gundel Takács

  • Iceland

    • RÚV, Rás 2 Felix Bergsson

  • Ireland

    • RTÉ Two (semi-finals) Marty Whelan
    • RTÉ One (final) Marty Whelan
    • RTÉ Radio 1 (semi-final 1 and final) Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski

  • Israel

    • Channel 1 Hebrew subtitles
    • Channel 33 Arabic subtitles
    • IBA 88FM Kobi Menora
    • IBA 88FM (semi-final 1) Ofer Nachshon
    • IBA 88FM (semi-final 2) Amit Kotler and Yuval Caspin
    • IBA 88FM (final) Ron Levinthal, Kobi Oshrat and Yhaloma Bat Porat

  • Italy

    • Rai 5 (semi-final 1) Federica Gentile
    • Rai 2 (final) Filippo Solibello, Marco Ardemagni and Natascha Lusenti

  • Latvia

    • LTV1 Valters Frīdenbergs
    • LTV1 (final) Kārlis Būmeisters

  • Lithuania

    • LRT, LRT Radijas Darius Užkuraitis

  • Macedonia

    • MRT 1 Karolina Petkovska

  • Malta

    • TVM Gordon Bonello and Rodney Gauci

  • Moldova

    • Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Lidia Scarlat

  • Montenegro

    • TVCG 1, TVCG 2, TVCG Sat Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković
    • Radio Crne Gore, Radio 98 Sonja Savović and Sanja Pejović

  • Netherlands

    • TROS (final) Jan Smit and Daniël Dekker

  • Norway

    • NRK1 Olav Viksmo-Slettan
    • NRK P3 (final) Ronny Brede Aase, Silje Nordnes and Yngve Hustad Reite

  • Romania

    • TVR 1 Liana Stanciu

  • Russia

    • Channel One Russia Yana Churikova and Yuriy Aksyuta

  • San Marino

    • SMtv San Marino Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo

  • Serbia

    • RTS1, RTS Sat (semi-final 1) Duška Vučinić-Lučić
    • RTS1, RTS Sat (semi-final 2) Dragoljub Ilić
    • RTS2, RTS Sat, RTS HD, RTS Digital (final) Silvana Grujić

  • Slovenia

    • TV SLO 2 (semi-finals) Andrej Hofer
    • TV SLO 1 (final) Andrej Hofer

  • Spain

    • La 2 (semi-final 2) José María Íñigo
    • La 1 (final) José María Íñigo

  • Sweden

    • SVT1 Josefine Sundström
    • SR P4 Carolina Norén
    • SR P4 (semi-finals) Ronnie Ritterland
    • SR P4 (final) Björn Kjellman

  • Switzerland

    • SRF zwei (semi-final 2) Sven Epiney
    • SRF 1 (final) Sven Epiney
    • RTS Deux (semi-final 2 and final) Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner
    • RSI La 2 (semi-final 2) Alessandro Bertoglio
    • RSI La 1 (final) Alessandro Bertoglio

  • Ukraine

    • Pershyi Natsionalnyi Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova
    • UR-1 Olena Zelinchenko

  • United Kingdom

    • BBC Three (semi-finals) Scott Mills and Ana Matronic
    • BBC One (final) Graham Norton
    • BBC Radio 2 (final) Ken Bruce

Also shown in

  • Australia

    • SBS One Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    • BHT 1, BH Radio 1 Dejan Kukrić

  • China

    • CCTV-15

  • Kazakhstan

    • El Arna Roman Raifeld and Kaldybek Zhaysanbay

  • Portugal

    • RTP1 Sílvia Alberto

  • Slovakia

    • Rádio FM (final) Daniel Baláž and Pavol Hubinák

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