| Free European Song Contest 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | 15 May 2021 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany |
| Presenter(s) |
Steven Gätjen Conchita Wurst |
| Executive producer | Stefan Raab |
| Host broadcaster | ProSieben |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Debuting countries | 
Belgium
England
France
Greece
Scotland
Slovenia |
| Non-returning countries | 
Bulgaria
Denmark
Israel
Kazakhstan
The Moon
United Kingdom |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards 12, 10, 8-1 points for 10 songs; 13 countries have votes provided by a single juror, three (Austria, Germany, and Switzerland) have votes determined via televoting. |
| Winning song | 
Ireland"The One" |
The Free European Song Contest 2021 was the second edition of the Free European Song Contest, [2] organised by the German television network ProSieben and the production company Raab TV. [3]
The show was broadcast on 15 May 2021 at 20:15 CEST on the television channel ProSieben and on the streaming platform Joyn. [4] It was presented for the second consecutive time by Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst. [5]
The winning song was "The One" by Rea Garvey, representing Ireland. It marked Ireland's first victory in the event. For the second consecutive year, the Netherlands finished as runner-up, this year represented by Danny Vera with his 2019 hit "Rollercoaster." Debutant Belgium finished in third place with Milow and his song "ASAP." Although he finished with the same number of points as fellow debuting country Scotland, tiebreak rules put the Belgian entry ahead.
Format
Presenters
For the second consecutive time, the programme was hosted by two presenters: the German television host Steven Gätjen and the Austrian singer Conchita Wurst, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. [6]
Participants
| Draw | Country | Artist [7] | Song | Language(s) | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Belgium
|
Milow | "ASAP" | English [a] | 3 | 77 |
| 02 | 
Italy
|
Mandy Capristo | "13 Schritte" | German, Italian | 11 | 41 |
| 03 |
Slovenia
|
Ben Dolic | "Stuck in My Mind" | English [b] | 14 | 27 |
| 04 | 
Turkey
|
Elif | "Alles Helal" | German, Turkish | 6 | 68 |
| 05 | 
Poland
|
Fantasy | "Wild Boys" | German, Polish | 13 | 34 |
| 06 | 
Spain
|
Juan Daniél | "Corazón" | Spanish | 10 | 52 |
| 07 |
England
|
Mighty Oaks | "Mexico" | English | 9 | 60 |
| 08 | 
Croatia
|
Jasmin Wagner | "Gold" | German [c] | 16 | 18 |
| 09 | 
Netherlands
|
Danny Vera | "Rollercoaster" | English | 2 | 94 |
| 10 |
Greece
|
Sotiria | "Herz" | German [d] | 15 | 23 |
| 11 |
Ireland
|
Rea Garvey | "The One" | English | 1 | 116 |
| 12 | 
Austria
|
Mathea | "Tut mir nicht leid" | German | 7 | 67 |
| 13 |
France
|
Hugel feat. Bloodline | "VIP" | English [e] | 8 | 65 |
| 14 |
Scotland
|
Amy Macdonald | " Statues" | English | 4 | 77 |
| 15 | 
Switzerland
|
Seven | "Unser kleines Wunder" | German | 12 | 40 |
| 16 | 
Germany
|
Helge Schneider | "Supergeiler Helge Schneider" | German | 5 | 69 |
Score sheet
All countries used a jury vote, except Austria, Germany, and Switzerland; whose results were determined via televote.
| Results | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total score
|
Belgium
|
Italy
|
Slovenia
|
Turkey
|
Poland
|
Spain
|
England
|
Croatia
|
Netherlands
|
Greece
|
Ireland
|
Austria
|
France
|
Scotland
|
Switzerland
|
Germany
| |||||
Contestants
|
Belgium | 77 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Italy | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| Slovenia | 27 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 68 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||
| Poland | 34 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 52 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| England | 60 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 94 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| Greece | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 116 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Austria | 67 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
| France | 65 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 77 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 40 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 69 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
12 points
| N. | Contestant | Countries giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 4 |
Ireland
|
Austria
|
| Germany
| ||
| Scotland
| ||
| Switzerland
| ||
| 2 |
Austria
|
England
|
| Slovenia
| ||
|
France
|
Ireland
| |
| Spain
| ||
|
Turkey
|
Croatia
| |
| Italy
| ||
| 1 |
England
|
Poland
|
|
Germany
|
Greece
| |
|
Italy
|
Netherlands
| |
|
Netherlands
|
Belgium
| |
|
Poland
|
Turkey
| |
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Scotland
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France
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Spokespersons
As in 2020, all spokespersons, save for those announcing the votes for the three televoting regions (Austria, Germany, and Switzerland), also served as their country's national juror. [8]
- Ireland –
Johnny Logan (winner of the
1980 and
1987 Eurovision Song Contests, songwriter of the winner of the
1992 contest)
[9]
- Belgium –
Eric Kabongo
- Netherlands –
Sylvie Meis
- France –
Ofenbach
- Scotland –
Nathan Evans
[10]
- Turkey –
Eko Fresh (represented Turkey in the
2020 contest)
- Greece – Lucas Cordalis
[11]
- Slovenia –
Lina Kuduzović (represented
Slovenia at the
2015
Junior Eurovision Song Contest)
- Spain –
Javi Martínez
- Poland – Halina
- England –
Ross Antony
- Italy –
Pietro Lombardi
- Croatia – Monica Ivancan
- Switzerland – Fabio Landert
- Germany –
Sasha
- Austria –
Christina Stürmer
Notes
See also
References
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Tonight: The Free European Song Contest 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Spiteri, Steven (17 May 2020). "Germany: Free European Song Contest to return in 2021". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-03-16). "Free European Song Contest 2021 To Be Held On May 15". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ "FREE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST - "FREE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST" 2021: Comeback des freien, europäischen Songwettbewerb #FreeESC am 15. Mai". www.prosieben.de (in German). 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ "FREE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST - "FREE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST" 2021: Steven Gätjen und Conchita Wurst sind die Moderatoren". www.prosieben.de (in German). 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-04-06). "Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst to Host the Free European Song Contest 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ GmbH, Südwest Presse Online-Dienste (2021-05-12). "Free ESC 2021 Teilnehmer: Ben Dolic, Milow und Co. – Das sind die Kandidaten". swp.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "As there is no televoting from these 13 countries, the jurors will give out their own points". Eurovoix World on Twitter.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-05-09). "🇮🇪 Ireland: Johnny Logan Spokesperson at the Free European Song Contest 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-05-09). "Scotland: Nathan Evans Will Reveal The Nations Votes at the Free ESC 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-05-09). "🇬🇷 Greece: Lucas Cordalis Spokesperson For the Free ESC 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
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