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{{Short description|International song competition}}
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{{Infobox Eurovision {{Infobox Song Contest
| name = Eurovision Song Contest | name = Eurovision Song Contest
| year = 2012 | year = 2012
| theme = ''"Light Your Fire!"'' | theme = ''Light Your Fire!''
| logo = Eurovision Song Contest 2012.svg | logo = Eurovision Song Contest 2012.svg
| semi1 = 22 May 2012 | semi1 = {{start date|2012|05|22|df=y}}
| semi2 = 24 May 2012 | semi2 = {{start date|2012|05|24|df=y}}
| final = 26 May 2012 | final = {{start date|2012|05|26|df=y}}
| venue = ]<br />Baku, Azerbaijan
| presenters = ]<!-- not the president's daughter -->,<br />] and<br />]<ref name="presenters">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=51763&_t=eldar_nargiz_leyla_to_host_eurovision_2012|title=Eldar, Nargiz, Leyla to host Eurovision 2012|publisher='']''|date=16-04-2012}}</ref><ref name="presenters2">{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2012/04/16/eurovision-2012-hosts-announced-leyla-eldar/|title=Eurovision 2012 hosts announced:Leyla, Nargiz & Eldar|publisher=''Oikotimes.com''|date=16-04-2012}}</ref>
| presenters = {{unbulleted list|]<!-- not the president's daughter -->|]|]}}
| director =
| director = Ladislaus Kiraly
| winner =
| exsupervisor = ]
| vote =
| exproducer = Adil Kerimli
| host = {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} ]
| host = ] (İTV)
| venue = ], ], ]
| entries = 42
| entries = 42<!-- ** ATTENTION: Please keep this number consistent with the ones in the "Participating countries" section AND in the lead (introduction). ** -->
| debut = None | finalists = 26
| debut = None
| return = {{Esc|Montenegro}}
| withdraw ={{Esc|Armenia}} <br> {{Esc|Poland}} | return = {{Esc|Montenegro}}
| nonreturn = {{unbulleted list|{{Esc|Armenia}}|{{Esc|Poland}}}}
| null =
| interval = | Map Final = Y
| vote = Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
| opening =
| winner = {{unbulleted list|{{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}|"]"}}
| map = ESC 2012 Map.svg
| col1 = #22B14C | tag1 = Confirmed countries
| col2 = #FFC20E | tag2 = Countries that participated in the past but will not in 2012
| <!-- col3 = #d40000 | tag3 = Countries that did not qualify for the final -->
}} }}
The '''Eurovision Song Contest 2012''' was the 57th edition of the ]. It took place in ], ], following the country's victory at the {{Escyr|2011||2011 contest}} with the song "]" by ]. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contest{{snd}}only four years after the country made its debut. Organised by the ] (EBU) and host broadcaster ] (İTV), the contest was held at the ], and consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May, and a final on 26 May 2012. The three live shows were presented by Azerbaijani television presenter ], newsreader ] and singer ], the latter of whom was one of the previous edition's winners.<ref name="presenters">{{cite web|title=Eldar, Nargiz, Leyla to host Eurovision 2012|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=51763&_t=eldar_nargiz_leyla_to_host_eurovision_2012|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=15 July 2012|author=Jarmo Siim|date=16 April 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903222340/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=51763|archive-date=3 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="presenters2">{{cite web|title=Eurovision 2012 Hosts: Leyla, Nargiz, Eldar|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2012/04/16/eurovision-2012-hosts-announced-leyla-eldar/|publisher=Oikotimes.com|access-date=15 July 2012|date=16 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622104337/http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2012/04/16/eurovision-2012-hosts-announced-leyla-eldar/|archive-date=22 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>


Forty-two countries participated in the contest. {{Esccnty|Montenegro}} returned to the contest for the first time since {{Escyr|2009}}. Meanwhile, {{Esccnty|Armenia}} withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing ] with Azerbaijan. {{Esccnty|Poland}} also did not participate due to financial concerns.
The '''Eurovision Song Contest 2012''' will be the 57th annual ]. It will be held in ], ], following Azerbaijan's win in the ] with ]'s song "]". The two semi-finals will be held on 22 May and 24 May 2012, and the final on 26 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012/about/shows/final|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final|work=]|accessdate=1 September 2011}}</ref> Ten countries from each semi-final will qualify for the final and will be joined by ], ], ], ], ] and the ]. Forty-two<!-- ** ATTENTION: Please keep this number consistent with the ones in the "Participating countries" section AND in the infobox. ** --> countries have announced their participation in the contest, with ] returning, having last taken part in ], and ] and ] ].<ref name="participationlist"/>


The winner was {{Esccnty|Sweden}} with the song "]", performed by ] and written by ] and ]. The song won both the jury vote and televote and received 372 points out of a maximum of 492. {{Esccnty|Russia}}, {{Esccnty|Serbia}}, {{Esccnty|Azerbaijan}} and {{Esccnty|Albania}} rounded out the top five, with Albania achieving their best result to date. Out of the "Big Five" countries, Germany, Italy and Spain all managed to rank within the top 10, finishing eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively.
== Venue ==
]
The venue for the 2012 Contest is the ] in the Azerbaijani capital.


The lead-up to the contest was met with political concerns and protests surrounding the host country, including its ] record and allegations by advocacy groups that Baku was carrying out forced ]s in the construction of the contest's venue.
On 16 May 2011, it was announced that a special concert complex with 23,000 seats for the 2012 Contest was to be built near ] in Baku.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anspress.com/index.php?a=2&lng=ru&nid=100849|title=Для "Евровидения-2012" будет построена новая арена?|work=Anspress.com|language=]|date=17 May 2011|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Special concert complex for Eurovision 2012 to be built in centre of Baku|url=http://abc.az/eng/news/main/54165.html|date=16 May 2011|work=abc.az|work=Azerbaijan Business Center|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref> Three days later, organisers announced that they may use the ] which contains 37,000 seats, or the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaijan has not yet selected site for Eurovision 2012|url=http://abc.az/eng/news/main/54292.html|work=abc.az|work=Azerbaijan Business Center|date=19 May 2011|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref> On 4 August 2011, it was confirmed that the laying of foundations for the Baku Crystal Hall had started near the ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Baku starts laying fundament of place for holding Eurovision|url=http://abc.az/eng/news/56104.html|work=abc.az|work=Azerbaijan Business Center|date=19 July 2011|accessdate=4 August 2011}}</ref> but did not confirm that this was the location. The foundations were completed on 14 October 2011,<ref>{{cite web|title=ESC 2012: Foundations of "Baku Crystal Hall" complete|url=http://escdaily.com/articles/24185|work=Escdaily.com|accessdate=15 October 2011}}</ref> but the ] (EBU), the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest, did still not confirm the location. Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, which is currently under repairs to host the ] in September–October 2012, was to be used as a back-up option.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hondal|first=Victor|title=Several venue alternatives considered|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17587|work=ESCToday|date=12 August 2011|accessdate=14 August 2011}}</ref>
== Location ==
]
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] got the right to host the 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the previous ] with the song "]" performed by ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Azerbaijan's Eurovision rebirth|url=http://www.news.com.au/azerbaijans-eurovision-rebirth/story-fn7mjoe2-1226056434332|work=news.com.au|access-date=15 July 2012|date=16 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930095641/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/azerbaijans-eurovision-rebirth/story-fn7mjoe2-1226056434332|archive-date=30 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaijan win Eurovision Song Contest 2011|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a319549/azerbaijan-win-eurovision-song-contest-2011.html|website=]|access-date=15 July 2012|author=Daniel Sperling|date=14 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530040545/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a319549/azerbaijan-win-eurovision-song-contest-2011.html|archive-date=30 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> ], the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the ] and of the ] region, was named the host city for the contest, with the venue being the ], built a few months prior to the contest on the city's coastline.
On 8 September 2011, ] (ATV) reported that ] will be the venue of Eurovision Song Contest 2012, despite not being the host broadcaster of the contest. No formal confirmation was made at the time by the EBU.<ref name="Crystal Hall">{{cite web|last=Yalcinkaya|first=Hakan|title=Azerbaijan: Baku Crystal Hall to host Eurovision 2012|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17642|work=ESCToday|accessdate=8 September 2011}}</ref> On 31 October 2011, Mr. Ismayil Omarov, the director general of Azerbaijani national broadcaster ] announced that a decision on the venue choice would be taken by the steering committee in January 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hondal|first=Victor|title=Eurovision 2012: Venue to be announced in January|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17766|work=ESCToday|date=31 October 2011|accessdate=31 October 2011}}</ref> On 25 January 2012, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall will be the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.<ref name="Venue">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=45013&_t=crystal_hall_approved_as_eurovision_2012_venue|title=Crystal Hall approved as Eurovision 2012 venue | News | Eurovision Song Contest&nbsp;— Baku 2012|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|work=]|accessdate=25 January 2012}}</ref> Even though the venue has an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people will be able to attend each show.<ref name="Venue"/>


Shortly after Azerbaijan's victory at the 2011 edition, officials announced that a new 23,000-seat concert venue was to be built near ] in Baku, as a potential venue for the event.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Для "Евровидения-2012" будет построена новая арена?|url=http://anspress.com/index.php?a=2&lng=ru&nid=100849|publisher=anspress.com|access-date=15 July 2012|author=Тарана Мустафаева|language=ru|date=17 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006043420/http://anspress.com/index.php?a=2&lng=ru&nid=100849|archive-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Special concert complex for Eurovision 2012 to be built in centre of Baku |url=http://abc.az/eng/news/main/54165.html |publisher=abc.az |access-date=9 August 2011 |date=16 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817135117/http://abc.az/eng/news/main/54165.html |archive-date=17 August 2011 }}</ref> Three days later, other venue options were revealed by organisers, such as the 37,000-seat ] and the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaijan has not yet selected site for Eurovision 2012 |url=http://abc.az/eng/news/main/54292.html |publisher=abc.az |date=19 May 2011 |access-date=9 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522054754/http://abc.az/eng/news/main/54292.html |archive-date=22 May 2011 }}</ref> On 2 August 2011, Alpine Bau Deutschland AG was awarded the contract to construct the Baku Crystal Hall. Preparations for construction began in the area shortly after the announcement.<ref>{{cite web|title=German company to construct Modern Sport-Concert Complex in Azerbaijan's capital |url=http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=154140 |work=en.apa.az |publisher=APA News Agency |access-date=1 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325184943/http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=154140 |archive-date=25 March 2012}}</ref> Even though the full cost of the contract was not named, the government allocated 6 million ] for the construction of the venue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Second largest sport-concert complex to appear in Baku in April 2012 |url=http://abc.az/eng/news_01_09_2011_57201.html |work=abc.az |publisher=FINEKO Analytic & Informational Agency |access-date=1 September 2011 |date=1 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122032535/http://abc.az/eng/news_01_09_2011_57201.html |archive-date=22 January 2012}}</ref>
] has criticised the Azerbaijani government and the Baku City Authority for carrying out forced ]s against local residents, in order to allow for the ] of ]s to make way for construction in the neighbourhood where the Baku Crystal Hall is being built.<ref name="HRW">{{cite web|url=http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/29/azerbaijan-homeowners-evicted-city-beautification|title=Azerbaijan: Homeowners Evicted for City Beautification. Some Forced Out Ahead of Eurovision 2012|work=Human Rights Watch|date=29 February 2012|accessdate=6 March 2012}}</ref> The Public Association for Assistance to Free Economy, a transparency and economic rights campaign group, has described the evictions as a "violation of ]", and as having "no legal authority". However, in a statement from the ] (BBC), it was said that on a visit to Baku they had observed "that the construction of the concert hall media reports refer to is already well under way on a clean construction site and thus there are no demolitions needed".<ref name="BBC16223311">{{cite web|last=McGuinness|first=Damien|title='Evicted in Baku to make way for Eurovision'|work=]|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16223311| accessdate=17 February 2012| date=22 December 2011}}</ref> The EBU cites the "apolitical" nature of the contest and the Azerbaijani government′s claim that the construction is not tied to the Eurovision Song Contest.<ref name="HRW"/>


On 8 September 2011, ] (ATV) reported that Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest, but no formal confirmation was made at the time by the EBU. On 31 October 2011, Ismayil Omarov, the director general of Azerbaijani national broadcaster ] announced that a decision on the venue choice would be taken by the steering committee in January 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=General: Reference Group Baku Bound|url=http://www.escdaily.com/reference-group-baku-bound/|publisher=ESCDaily.com|access-date=15 July 2012|date=29 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605192634/http://www.escdaily.com/reference-group-baku-bound/|archive-date=5 June 2012}}</ref> On 25 January 2012, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest.<ref name="Venue">{{cite web|title=Crystal Hall approved as Eurovision 2012 venue|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=45013&_t=crystal_hall_approved_as_eurovision_2012_venue|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=25 January 2012|author=Jarmo Siim|date=25 January 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203004411/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=45013|archive-date=3 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Even though the venue had an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people were able to attend each show.<ref name="Venue"/> Tickets for the contest became available online for purchase on 28 February 2012.<ref name=VIP>{{cite web|title=Venue likely to host Eurovision 2012 in Baku to be biggest ever in recent history of contest|url=http://en.trend.az/news/society/1929119.html|publisher=Trend News Agency|access-date=1 September 2011|date=1 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003044149/http://en.trend.az/news/society/1929119.html|archive-date=3 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Baku 2012: Tickets on sale from 28th February|url=http://escxtra.com/2012/02/tickets-on-sale-from-28th-february/|publisher=ESCXtra.com|access-date=16 June 2012|author=Ryan Wilson|location=Australia|date=15 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513050659/http://escxtra.com/2012/02/tickets-on-sale-from-28th-february/|archive-date=13 May 2013}}</ref>
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== Participating countries ==
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{{Further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
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On 17 January 2012, the EBU initially announced that forty-three countries would take part in the 2012 contest.<ref name="participationlist">{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/43-countries-represented-at-eurovision-2012|title=43 countries represented at Eurovision 2012|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=17 January 2012|date=17 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012083024/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=44483|archive-date=12 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The 57th edition saw the return of ], who was last represented by ] in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1482|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Final|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=17 June 2012|date=16 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218032254/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1482|archive-date=18 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> ] decided not to participate, due to the financial burden of the ] (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and the ].<ref name="participationlist"/> ], who had originally planned to participate, later withdrew their application due to security concerns related to the ongoing ] with Azerbaijan, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42.<ref name=ArmeniaWithdraw>{{cite web|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|title=Armenia withdraws from Eurovision 2012|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=48413&_t=armenia_withdraws_from_eurovision_2012|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=12 March 2012|date=7 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826121701/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=48413|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|+ Eurovision Song Contest 2012 participants<ref>{{cite web |title=Baku 2012 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/participants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401080129/https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/participants |archive-date=1 April 2023 |access-date=19 June 2023 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}</ref>
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! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Songwriter(s)
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Albania}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|la|]|i=unset}}"
| ]<!-- Do not add ] because there is no "Suus" in the song, except the title of the song. The lyrics are written entirely in Albanian -->
| {{hlist|Florent Boshnjaku|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Austria}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|bar|]|i=unset}}"
| ]{{efn|Specifically ], a ] dialect spoken in ]}}
| {{hlist|Manuel Hoffelner|Lukas Plöchl}}
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! scope="row" | {{Esc|Azerbaijan}}
| ]
| ]
| "When the Music Dies"
| English
| {{hlist|]|Sandra Bjurman|Johan Kronlund|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Belarus}}
| ]
| ]
| "We Are the Heroes"
| English
| {{hlist|Dmitriy Karyakin|Vladimir Karyakin}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Belgium}}
| ]
| ]
| "Would You?"
| English
| {{hlist|Walter Mannaerts|Jean Bosco Safari|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|bs|Korake ti znam|i=unset}}"
| ]
| ]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Bulgaria}}
| ]
| ]
| "Love Unlimited"
| ]
| {{hlist|Krum Georgiev|Iasen Kozev|Donka Vasileva}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Croatia}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|hr|]|i=unset}}"
| ]
| ]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Cyprus}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| English
| {{hlist|]|]apaconstantinou|Viktor Svensson|Alexandra Zakka}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Denmark}}
| ]
| ]
| "Should've Known Better"
| English
| {{hlist|]|Chief 1|]|Amir Sulaiman}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Estonia}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|et|Kuula|i=unset}}"
| ]
| {{hlist|]|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Finland}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|sv|När jag blundar|i=unset}}"
| ]
| ]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|France}}
| {{lang|fr|]|i=unset}}
| ]
| "]"
| ], English
| {{hlist|]|Jean-Pierre Pilot|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Georgia}}
| ]
| ]
| "I'm a Joker"
| English, ]
| {{hlist|Rusudan Chkhaidze|Bibi Kvachadze}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Germany}}
| ]{{efn|On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel |trans-title=All German ESC acts and their songs |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |website=www.eurovision.de |publisher=ARD |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612084259/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |archive-date=12 June 2023 |language=de |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| ]
| "]"
| English
| {{hlist|]|]|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Greece}}
| ]
| ]
| "Aphrodisiac"
| English
| {{hlist|]|]|Mikaela Stenström}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Hungary}}
| ]
| ]
| "Sound of Our Hearts"
| English
| {{hlist|Behnam Lotfi|Gábor Pál|Attila Sándor|Csaba Walkó}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Iceland}}
| ]
| ] and ]
| "Never Forget"
| English
| ]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Ireland}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| English
| {{hlist|]|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Israel}}
| ]
| ]
| "Time"
| English, ]
| {{hlist|Shiri Hadar|Ran Shem Tov}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Italy}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| English, ]
| {{hlist|]|Frida Molander|Christian Rabb|Kristoffer Sjökvist|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Latvia}}
| ]
| ]
| "Beautiful Song"
| English
| {{hlist|Ivars Makstnieks|Rolands Ūdris}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Lithuania}}
| ]
| ]
| "Love Is Blind"
| English
| {{hlist|Jodie Rose|Brandon Stone}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Macedonia}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|mk-latn|]|i=unset}}" <small>({{lang|mk|Црно и бело}})</small>
| ]
| {{hlist|Romeo Grill|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Malta}}
| ]
| ]
| "This Is the Night"
| English
| {{hlist|]|Mikael Gunnerås|Johan Jämtberg}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Moldova}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|ro|Lăutar|i=unset}}"
| English
| {{hlist|]|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Montenegro}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| English
| ]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Netherlands}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| English
| {{hlist|]|Jessica Hoogenboom}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Norway}}
| ]
| ]
| "Stay"
| English
| {{hlist|]|]|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Portugal}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|pt|Vida minha|i=unset}}"
| ]
| {{hlist|Andrej Babić|Carlos Coelho}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Romania}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| ], English
| {{hlist|]|]|Omar Secada}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Russia}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| ], English
| {{hlist|]|]|Timofei Leontiev|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|San Marino}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| English
| {{hlist|José Juan Santana Rodriguez|]|Timothy Touchton}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Serbia}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|sr-latn|Nije ljubav stvar|i=unset}}" <small>({{lang|sr|Није љубав ствар}})</small>
| ]
| {{hlist|]|Miloš Roganović|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Slovakia}}
| ]
| ]
| "Don't Close Your Eyes"
| English
| ]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Slovenia}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|sl|Verjamem|i=unset}}"
| ]
| {{hlist|]|Igor Pirkovič|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Spain}}
| ]
| ]
| "{{lang|es|]|i=unset}}"
| Spanish
| {{hlist|Erik Bernholm|]|]}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Sweden}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| English
| {{hlist|Peter Boström|Thomas G:son}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Switzerland}}
| ]
| ]
| "Unbreakable"
| English
| {{hlist|Gabriel Broggini|Ivan Broggini}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Turkey}}
| ]
| ]
| "Love Me Back"
| English
| ]
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|Ukraine}}
| ]
| ]
| "Be My Guest"
| English
| {{hlist|]|Kiwi Project}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Esc|United Kingdom}}
| ]
| ]
| "]"
| English
| {{hlist|]|]}}
|} |}


=== Ticket sale === === Returning artists ===
Four artists returned in this year's contest. ] for ] who previously participated in the ] with the song "]", which placed in 26th position in the pre-qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escdaily.com/fyr-macedonia-kaliopi-selected-to-baku/|title=FYR Macedonia: Kaliopi internally selected to Baku!|last=Pozzi|first=Renee|date=19 November 2011|publisher=ESCDaily.com|access-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616004033/http://www.escdaily.com/fyr-macedonia-kaliopi-selected-to-baku/|archive-date=16 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1996|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=311#About_the_show|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=17 June 2012|date=18 May 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231163933/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=311#About_the_show|archive-date=31 December 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Kaliopi would then go on to represent Macedonia once more at the ].


] for ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escdaily.com/baku-2012-mundu-eftir-mer-for-iceland/|title=Baku 2012: "Mundu eftir mér" for Iceland|last=G|first=Luke|date=11 February 2012|publisher=ESCDaily.com|access-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615222054/http://www.escdaily.com/baku-2012-mundu-eftir-mer-for-iceland/|archive-date=15 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and ] for ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escradio.com/2012/05/zeljko-joksimovic-returns-to-eurovision/|title=Željko Joksimović returns to Eurovision|last=Mourinho|first=Daniel|date=5 May 2012|work=ESC Radio|access-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513094911/http://www.escradio.com/2012/05/zeljko-joksimovic-returns-to-eurovision/|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> both previously participated in ].
Ticket sales began on 28 February 2012, and are available online.<ref>{{cite web|last=Valiyev|first=Hasan|title=Eurovision 2012: Tickets go on sale on February 28th|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/18335|work=ESCToday|accessdate=15 February 2012}}</ref>
Joksimović had represented ] in 2004 with the song "]" which placed second in that year, and co-hosted the ] with ].
Jónsi performed "]" in 2004, which placed 19th.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Final|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=8|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=17 June 2012|date=15 May 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231085605/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=8|archive-date=31 December 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>


For a second consecutive year ] participated for ], after their 8th-place finish at the ] with the song "]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escdaily.com/ireland-jedward-return-with-waterline/|title=Ireland: Jedward return with "Waterline"|last=G|first=Luke|date=25 February 2012|publisher=ESCDaily.com|access-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226081141/http://www.escdaily.com/ireland-jedward-return-with-waterline/|archive-date=26 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Final|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1553|publisher=]|access-date=17 June 2012|date=14 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701160933/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1553|archive-date=1 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== National host broadcaster ===


], who represented ] in ], returned as a backing vocalist for Slovenia.
], which is the EBU member that broadcasts the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, is one of country's public-service broadcasters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest governing body to meet in Baku first time|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=38213&_t=eurovision_song_contest_governing_body_to_meet_in_baku_first_time|work=European Broadcasting Union|accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Host Broadcaster in 2012|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012/about/organisers/host-broadcaster|work=]|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Azerbaijan, Iltimas Mammadov, stated that telecom networks were ready to host the event. Azerbaijan's largest telecommunications operator, ], was chosen as the presenting partner for the contest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Azercell becomes Eurovision 2012 Presenting Partner|url=http://company.azercell.com/en/press-room/press-releases/2011/20407/|work=Azercell Telecom LLC Press Service|date=16 August 2011|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> On 1 December 2011, ] was announced as being the official Production Partner, as İTV were impressed with the ] ] excellence with the production of the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brainpool chosen Eurovision 2012 Production Partner|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=41573&_t=brainpool_chosen_eurovision_2012_production_partner|work=]|date=1 December 2011|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref>


], the winner of the first ] in ], had entered her song "C'était ma vie" written by ] and ] into the ] for the 2012 contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17675 |title=First Eurovision winner Lys Assia submitted a song in the Swiss selection |access-date=23 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101223810/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17675 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name="C'était ma vie">{{cite news |language=fr |url=http://www.rts.ch/archives/tv/information/journal/4880509-lys-assia.html |title=Lys Assia |work=Les archives de la Radio télévision suisse |publisher=] |date=6 November 2011 |agency=Le projet de numérisation des archives de la RTS |quote=Document |access-date=23 May 2013 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325134403/http://www.rts.ch/archives/tv/information/journal/4880509-lys-assia.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The song, however, only came eighth in a closely fought national selection. Assia attended the event in Baku as a guest of honour.<ref>{{cite web|first=Verena|last=Teuber|url=http://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/eurovision-weekend-held-berlin-3rd-5th-august|title=Eurovision weekend held in Berlin from 3 August-5 August|website=OGAE Germany|date=1 July 2012|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201133646/https://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/eurovision-weekend-held-berlin-3rd-5th-august|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Format ==
] in Baku.]]
], ] and the Mayor of Baku, ], at the semi-final allocation draw.]]


=== Languages ===
In a meeting of the Eurovision Reference Group on 29 June 2011, it was decided that the televoting system would revert back to the 15-minute window between the ] and ] in which the phone and SMS lines will open after all songs have been performed instead of opening before the show starts, a system used between ] and ]. The results format of each show will remain the same with each country's votes being decided on a 50:50 split between televoting and a national jury.<ref>{{cite web|title=EBU restores televoting window as from 2012|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=37013&_t=ebu_restores_televoting_window_as_from_2012|work=]|date=29 June 2011|accessdate=4 July 2011}}</ref>
The ] entry, "]", sung by ], was only Finland's second entry in ] (after "]" by ] in 1990) and the first entry at all to be sung in Swedish since 1998. ] entry, "]", sung by ], was the first entry ever to be performed in ]. The ] entry, "]" was the first Eurovision entry containing the ] while the ] song "]" had a few words in the ], both of whom never appeared at the contest before.


=== Other countries ===
Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the final will be raised to 26, including the host nation, the "Big Five", and the ten qualifiers from each semi-final.<ref name="Rules">{{cite web|title=Extracts from the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest Rules|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2012/ESC_2012_public_version_Rules_ENG.pdf|work=]|date=24 November 2011|accessdate=25 November 2011}}</ref> This will be the second time in the Eurovision Song Contest that 26 countries will be in the final, the first being the ].
==== Active EBU members ====
* {{esc|Armenia}}{{snd}}On 7 March 2012, the EBU announced that Armenian broadcaster ] had decided to withdraw despite originally being included in the list of participating countries, after Azerbaijani president ] had given a speech the previous week calling "Armenians of the world" one of Azerbaijan's "main enemies".<ref>{{cite news|title=Armenia pulls out of Azerbaijan-hosted Eurovision show|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17292360|work=BBC News|access-date=2 June 2012|date=7 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605154823/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17292360|archive-date=5 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No Saturday Night Fever, As Armenia Mulls Eurovision Blackout|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-may-not-show-eurovision-in-azerbaijan/24589483.html|publisher=]|access-date=15 July 2012|author=Anna Barseghian|author2=Daisy Sindelar|date=22 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714211830/http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-may-not-show-eurovision-in-azerbaijan/24589483.html|archive-date=14 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Armenia was consequently fined by the EBU and was expected to face further penalties, such as exclusion from participation in future contests if it failed to comply with the EBU requirements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.ria.ru/world/20120503/173190419.html|title=Armenia Fined for Refusal to Take Part in Eurovision 2012|last=Melnikov|first=Valery|date=3 May 2012|publisher=]|access-date=3 May 2012|location=Moscow|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625195131/http://en.ria.ru/world/20120503/173190419.html|archive-date=25 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escdaily.com/ebu-armenia-might-not-participate-in-2013/|title=EBU: Armenia to face sanctions for late withdrawal|last=Nuhiu|first=Rinor|date=2 May 2012|publisher=ESC Daily|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508200059/http://www.escdaily.com/ebu-armenia-might-not-participate-in-2013/|archive-date=8 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Armenia had been in a continuous state of war with Azerbaijan since the early 1990s due to the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/russian/documen/scresol/res1993/res822.htm |script-title=ru:Резолюция СБ ООН № 822 от 30 апреля 1993 года |publisher=] |access-date=4 January 2011 |date=30 April 1993 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503185041/http://www.un.org/russian/documen/scresol/res1993/res822.htm |archive-date=3 May 2011}}</ref>


Active EBU member broadcasters in {{Esccnty|Andorra}}, {{Esccnty|Czech Republic}}, {{Esccnty|Luxembourg}} and {{Esccnty|Poland}} confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escdaily.com/andorra-rtva-to-quit-the-european-broadcasting-union/|title=Andorra: RTVA to quit the European Broadcasting Union!|last=Nuhiu|first=Rinor|work=ESCDaily|date=10 November 2011|access-date=16 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616040548/http://www.escdaily.com/andorra-rtva-to-quit-the-european-broadcasting-union/|archive-date=16 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escdaily.com/articles/24348|title=Andorra: No return planned for 2012|work=ESCDaily.com|date=19 October 2011|access-date=19 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022034419/http://escdaily.com/articles/24348|archive-date=22 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://escdaily.com/articles/26649|title=Czech Republic: No return in Baku|work=ESCDaily.com|date=24 November 2011|access-date=24 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128123439/http://escdaily.com/articles/26649|archive-date=28 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Luxembourg: No participation in Eurovision 2012|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/luxembourg-no-participation-at-eurovision-2012/|access-date=16 June 2012|newspaper=EurovisionTimes|date=31 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308151414/http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/luxembourg-no-participation-at-eurovision-2012/|archive-date=8 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Poland1">{{cite web|last=Pozzi|first=Renee|title=Poland: TVP to make participation decision on November 24th|url=http://www.escdaily.com/poland-tvp-to-make-participation-decision-on-november-24th/|work=ESCDaily|access-date=16 June 2012|date=7 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615223642/http://www.escdaily.com/poland-tvp-to-make-participation-decision-on-november-24th/|archive-date=15 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Poland2">{{cite web|last=G|first=Luke|title=Poland: TVP withdraws from Eurovision 2012|url=http://www.escdaily.com/poland-tvp-withdraws-from-eurovision-2012/|work=ESCDaily|access-date=16 June 2012|date=16 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529164159/http://www.escdaily.com/poland-tvp-withdraws-from-eurovision-2012/|archive-date=29 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Poland3">{{cite web|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/eurovision-2012-no-list-of-participants-no-venue-no-tickets-no-hope|title=Eurovision 2012: No List of Participants, No Venue, No Tickets... No Hope?|work=Eurovision Times|date=8 January 2012|access-date=13 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114062252/http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/eurovision-2012-no-list-of-participants-no-venue-no-tickets-no-hope/|archive-date=14 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Participation1">{{cite web|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/ebu-list-of-participants-to-be-released-next-week|title=EBU: List of Participants To Be Released Next Week|work=Eurovision Times|date=13 January 2012|access-date=15 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304012900/http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/ebu-list-of-participants-to-be-released-next-week/|archive-date=4 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The {{Esccnty|Monaco|t=Monegasque}} and {{Esccnty|Morocco|t=Moroccan}} broadcasters did the same, despite previous speculations of a possible return.<ref name=Monaco&Italy>{{cite web|title=Monaco: Talks about a return at Eurovision|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/monaco-talks-about-a-return-to-eurovision/|work=EurovisionTimes|access-date=16 June 2012|date=23 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526021828/http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/monaco-talks-about-a-return-to-eurovision/|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/monaco-dampned-expectations/|title=Monaco: Dampned Expectations|work=EurovisionTimes|date=3 December 2011|access-date=16 June 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120102070047/http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/monaco-dampned-expectations/|archive-date=2 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Morocco1">{{cite web|url=http://www.news.az/articles/eurovision/41819|title=Morocco bids to take part in Eurovision|work=News.Az|date=3 August 2011|access-date=9 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823074938/http://www.news.az/articles/eurovision/41819|archive-date=23 August 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Morocco2">{{cite web|url=http://www.gun.az/eurovision2012/10234|title=Bakıdakı "Eurovision" da Afrika ölkəsi iştirak edə bilər|work=Gün.Az|language=az|date=3 August 2011|access-date=9 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129144549/http://www.gun.az/eurovision2012/10234|archive-date=29 November 2011}}</ref>
=== Semi-final allocation draw ===
The draw that determined the semi-final running order was held on 25 January 2012 at the ].<ref name="semi draw"/>


==== Non-EBU member ====
The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based upon how those countries voted in past contests. From these pots, half (or as close to half as possible) will compete in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012. The other half in that particular pot will compete in the second semi-final on 24 May 2012. This draw also acts as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals will commence and determine which semi-final the automatic finalists will be allowed to vote in.<ref name="Semi allocation 1">{{cite web|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|title=Eurovision 2012 slogan presented on 25 January|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=44733&_t=eurovision_2012_slogan_presented_on_25_january|work=]|accessdate=24 January 2012}}</ref>
On 26 November 2011, it was reported that two official EBU documents showed that {{Esccnty|Liechtenstein}}'s only national broadcaster ] was being granted active EBU membership, sparking speculations of a debut for the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/is-liechtenstein-an-ebu-member/|title=Is Liechtenstein an EBU Member?|work=Eurovision Times|date=26 November 2011|access-date=17 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522093431/http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/is-liechtenstein-an-ebu-member/|archive-date=22 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> However, it was clarified a few days later that these documents contained editing mistakes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/exclusive-no-participation-of-liechtenstein-at-eurovision-2012/|title=No Participation of Liechtenstein at Eurovision 2012|work=Eurovision Times|date=29 November 2011|access-date=17 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615162250/http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/exclusive-no-participation-of-liechtenstein-at-eurovision-2012/|archive-date=15 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Format ==
{| class="wikitable"
], ] and ]]]
|-
! style="width:16%;"| Pot 1
! style="width:16%;"| Pot 2
! style="width:16%;"| Pot 3
! style="width:16%;"| Pot 4
! style="width:16%;"| Pot 5
! style="width:16%;"| Pot 6
|-
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In a meeting of the Eurovision Reference Group on 29 June 2011,<ref>{{cite web|title=Reference Group of the Eurovision Song Contest|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012/about/organisers/reference-group|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619004315/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012/about/organisers/reference-group|archive-date=19 June 2012}}</ref> it was decided that the ] system would revert the format used most recently in the ], in which the phone and ] lines opened for a fifteen-minute window after all songs had been performed, instead of opening before the show starts, which was the system used between ] and ]. The results format of each show remained the same with each country's votes being decided on a 50:50 split between televoting and a ]. Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry.<ref name=VotingWindow>{{cite web|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|title=EBU restores televoting window as from 2012|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=37013&_t=ebu_restores_televoting_window_as_from_2012|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=4 July 2011|date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731015547/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=37013&_t=ebu_restores_televoting_window_as_from_2012|archive-date=31 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
* {{nowrap|{{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}}}
* {{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2012}}
| valign="top" |


Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the grand final was raised to 26, including the host nation, the "]", and the ten qualifiers from each semi-final. This was the second time in the Eurovision Song Contest that 26 countries were in the grand final, the first being the ].<ref name=VotingWindow/><ref name="Rules">{{cite web|title=Extracts from the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest rules |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2012/ESC_2012_public_version_Rules_ENG.pdf |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=25 November 2011|date=24 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321165509/http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2012/ESC_2012_public_version_Rules_ENG.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest History|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=217|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=16 June 2012|date=24 May 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605072105/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=217|archive-date=5 June 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Finland|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
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=== Semi-final allocation draw ===
* {{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}}
] in Baku.]]
* {{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}}
]
* {{Esc|Israel|y=2012}}
The draw that determined the semi-final running order was held on 25 January 2012 at the ]. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based upon how those countries voted in past contests. From these pots, half (or as close to half as possible) competed in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012. The other half in that particular pot competed in the second semi-final on 24 May 2012.<ref name="semi draw"/> This draw also acted as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals would commence and determine which semi-final the automatic finalists would be allowed to vote in.<ref name="Semi allocation 1">{{cite web|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|title=Eurovision 2012 slogan presented on 25 January|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=44733&_t=eurovision_2012_slogan_presented_on_25_january|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=24 January 2012|date=21 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320133513/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=44733&_t=eurovision_2012_slogan_presented_on_25_january|archive-date=20 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=RunningOrder>{{cite web|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|title=Baku: All songs officially presented to EBU|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49583&_t=baku_all_songs_officially_presented_to_ebu|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=19 March 2012|date=19 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531064626/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49583&_t=baku_all_songs_officially_presented_to_ebu|archive-date=31 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| valign="top" |

* {{Esc|Armenia|y=2012}}{{ref|a|1}}
* {{Esc|Belgium|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}}
* {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
| valign="top" |


{| class="wikitable"
* {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
|-
* {{Esc|Latvia|y=2012}}
! scope="col" style="width:17%;" | Pot 1
* {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
! scope="col" style="width:16%;" | Pot 2
* {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
! scope="col" style="width:16%;" | Pot 3
* {{Esc|Portugal|y=2012}}
! scope="col" style="width:17%;" | Pot 4
* {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
! scope="col" style="width:17%;" | Pot 5
| valign="top" |
! scope="col" style="width:17%;" | Pot 6

|-
* {{Esc|Austria|y=2012}}
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Switzerland|y=2012}}}}
* {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}}
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Finland|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}}}
* {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Israel|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}}}
* {{Esc|San Marino|y=2012}}
| {{Unbulleted list|<s>{{Esc|Armenia}}</s>{{efn|Armenia, which had originally been allocated into semi-final 2, withdrew from the contest in March 2012.|name=ARM}}|{{Esc|Belgium|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}}}
* {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2012}}
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Latvia|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Portugal|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}}}
* {{Esc|Slovakia|y=2012}}
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Austria|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}|{{Esc|San Marino|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Slovakia|y=2012}}|{{Esc|Slovenia|y=2012}}}}
|} |}

: 1.{{note|a}} Armenia withdrew 1.5 months after the semi-final allocation draw.


=== Graphic design === === Graphic design ===
]
The design of the contest was built around the motto "Light Your Fire!", inspired by the nickname of Azerbaijan itself, "Land of Fire".<ref name=landoffire>{{cite web|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|title=Baku 2012: Light your fire!|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=43383&_t=baku_2012_light_your_fire|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=25 January 2012|date=25 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205195650/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=43383|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


Each introductory video ] began with a shot of the artist and performers, followed with the flag and country name in a handwritten font with a background resembling the yellow, orange and red fire of the 2012 theme art.<ref name=slogan/> The postcards consisted of various shots of Azerbaijan, with a caption displaying 'Azerbaijan' and underneath 'Land of ...' (e.g. Land of Abundance; Land of Poetry etc.), which were then followed by the name of a town or geographic feature, showing the landscape and culture of the country.<ref name=slogan/> Some postcards focused on the host city of Baku with text changing to 'Baku' and underneath 'City of ...' (e.g. City of Jazz; City of Leisure etc.). The postcards finished with a shot of the Crystal Hall displayed in the colours of the performing country's flag. These postcards acted as a ] mechanism to present the country to a wider audience.<ref name=slogan>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=first_semi-final_under_way_-_watch_it_live_here|title=First Semi-Final concludes, we have ten finalists!|date=22 May 2012|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710080822/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=first_semi-final_under_way_-_watch_it_live_here|archive-date=10 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=second_semi-final_live_we_have_our_ten_qualifiers|title=Second Semi-Final: We have our ten qualifiers|date=24 May 2012|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530060407/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=second_semi-final_live_we_have_our_ten_qualifiers|archive-date=30 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
The design of the contest is expected to be built around the motto "Light your fire!", inspired by the nickname of Azerbaijan itself, "Land of Fire".<ref>{{cite web|title=Baku 2012: Light your fire!|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=43383&_t=baku_2012_light_your_fire|work=European Broadcasting Union|accessdate=25 January 2012}}</ref>


The artist, song and number graphics as well as tables and voting graphics were kept the same as those used in 2011, with a slight modification to incorporate the 2012 theme art.<ref name=slogan/> The lower points (1-7) were highlighted in red squares while the top points (8, 10, 12) were highlighted in orange squares with each square increasing in size in relation to the point value. Both sets of graphics were designed by London brand design agency Turquoise Branding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turquoisebranding.com/2012/work/01/25/eurovision-2012-light-your-fire/|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Official Logo + Visual Identity|date=25 January 2012|publisher=Turquoise Branding|access-date=25 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530015617/http://www.turquoisebranding.com/2012/work/01/25/eurovision-2012-light-your-fire/|archive-date=30 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=43383&_t=baku_2012_light_your_fire|title=Baku 2012: Light your fire!|date=25 January 2012|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205195650/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=43383|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Participating countries ==
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2012}}


=== National host broadcaster ===
]
] (İTV), which was the EBU member that broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, is one of country's public-service broadcasters.<ref>{{cite web|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|title=Eurovision Song Contest governing body to meet in Baku first time|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=38213&_t=eurovision_song_contest_governing_body_to_meet_in_baku_first_time|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=31 August 2011|date=29 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929211701/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=38213&_t=eurovision_song_contest_governing_body_to_meet_in_baku_first_time|archive-date=29 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Host broadcaster in 2012|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012/about/organisers/host-broadcaster|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=24 August 2011|date=24 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924011249/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012/about/organisers/host-broadcaster|archive-date=24 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Deputy ], Iltimas Mammadov, stated that telecom networks were ready to host the event. Azerbaijan's largest telecommunications operator, ], was chosen as the presenting partner for the contest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Azercell becomes Eurovision 2012 Presenting Partner|url=http://company.azercell.com/en/press-room/press-releases/2011/20407/|publisher=Azercell Telecom LLC Press Service|date=16 August 2011|access-date=24 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918044029/http://company.azercell.com/en/press-room/press-releases/2011/20407/|archive-date=18 September 2011}}</ref> On 1 December 2011, İTV named the ] production company ] as its official production partner for the contest, citing the quality of its work on the previous year's contest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brainpool chosen Eurovision 2012 Production Partner|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=41573&_t=brainpool_chosen_eurovision_2012_production_partner|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|date=1 December 2011|access-date=3 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531073316/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=41573&_t=brainpool_chosen_eurovision_2012_production_partner|archive-date=31 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 17 January 2012, the EBU announced that forty-three countries would take part in the 2012 contest. The 57th edition sees the return of ], which last participated in ], as well as the withdrawal of ] and ].<ref name="participationlist"/><ref name=ArmeniaWithdraw>{{cite web|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|title=Armenia withdraws from Eurovision 2012|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=48413&_t=armenia_withdraws_from_eurovision_2012|work=]|accessdate=12 March 2012}}</ref> The draw to determine the running order for the semifinals and grand final took place on 20 March 2012.<ref name=RunningOrder>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49583&_t=baku_all_songs_officially_presented_to_ebu|title=Baku: All songs officially presented to EBU|work=]|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|accessdate=19 March 2012|date=19 March 2012}}</ref>


== Contest overview ==
=== Semi-final 1 === === Semi-final 1 ===
Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain voted in the first semi-final.<ref name="semi draw">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=45043&_t=results_of_the_semi-final_allocation_draw|title=Results of the Semi-Final allocation draw|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=25 January 2012|date=25 January 2012|last=Escudero|first=Victor|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706184430/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=45043|archive-date=6 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The EBU allowed the Albanian broadcaster ] (RTSH) to defer transmission and only use jury votes due to the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=59793&_t=albania_to_broadcast_tonights_semi-final_deferred|work=]|title=Albania to broadcast tonights semifinal deferred|access-date=22 May 2012|date=22 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523161447/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=59793&_t=albania_to_broadcast_tonights_semi-final_deferred|archive-date=23 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>


{{Legend|navajowhite|Qualifiers}}
Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain will vote in this semi-final.<ref name="semi draw">{{cite web | url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=45043&_t=results_of_the_semi-final_allocation_draw | title=Results of the Semi-Final allocation draw | work=] |accessdate=25 January 2012 | last=Escudero|first=Victor}}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"

|-
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+ Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012<ref name="draw">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49623&_t=results_of_the_2012_running_order_draw|title=Results of the 2012 Running Order Draw!|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=7 April 2012|date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705021454/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49623|archive-date=5 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Baku 2012 – First Semi-Final – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/first-semi-final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501122804/https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/first-semi-final |archive-date=1 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="col" | {{abbr|R/O|Running order}}
! Draw<ref name="draw">{{cite web|author=12:05 |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49623&_t=results_of_the_2012_running_order_draw |title=All &#124; Results of the 2012 Running Order Draw! &#124; News &#124; Eurovision Song Contest - Baku 2012 |publisher=Eurovision.tv |date= |accessdate=2012-04-07}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Country
! Country<ref name="participationlist">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=44483&_t=43_countries_represented_at_eurovision_2012|title=43 countries represented at Eurovision 2012|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|work=]|accessdate=17 January 2012}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Artist
! Language<ref name="Language List">{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2012|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?2012|work=The Diggiloo Thrush|accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Song
! Artist<ref name="Participants">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012/about/shows/participants|title=Eurovision Song Contest Participants|work=EBU|accessdate=10 March 2012}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Points
! Song<ref name="Participants"/>
! scope="col" | Place
! {{nowrap|English translation}}
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| 01
| {{nowrap|{{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}}}} | {{nowrap|{{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}}}}
| {{sortname|Rambo|Amadeus}}
| ]{{ref|b|2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?2012me |title=Euro Neuro on |publisher=Diggiloo.net |date=2012-03-17 |accessdate=2012-04-07}}</ref>
| ]
| "]" | "]"
| 20
| &nbsp;—
|- | 15
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 02
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 2
| {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
| ] and ]
| ]
| "Never Forget"
| ] & ]
| 75
| "]"
| 8
| &nbsp;—
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 3
| 03
| {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Eleftheria|Eleftheriou}}
| ]
| "Aphrodisiac"
| ]
| 116
| "]"
| 4
| &nbsp;—
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| 04
| {{Esc|Latvia|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Latvia|y=2012}}
| ]
| ] | ]
| "]" | "Beautiful Song"
| 17
| &nbsp;—
|- | 16
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 05
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 5
| {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Rona|Nishliu}}
| ]<ref name="albania lyrics">{{cite web | url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/albania-suus-stays-in-albanian/ | title=Albania: Suus Stays in Albanian | work=Eurovisiontimes |accessdate=6 February 2012}}</ref><!-- Do not add ] because there is no "Suus" in the song, except the title of the song. The lyrics are written 100% in Albanian -->
| "{{lang|la|]|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 146
| "]"{{ref|c|3}}
| 2
| Personal<ref name="Albania3">{{cite web|title=Albania: Rona Nishliu to Baku!|url=http://escdaily.com/articles/29118|work=ESCDaily.com|accessdate=30 December 2011}}</ref> {{ref|d|4}}
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 6
| 06
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
| ]
| ], ]
| ]
| "]" | "]"
| 120
| &nbsp;—
| 3
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| 07
| {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2012}}
| ]
| ] | ]
| "]" | "Unbreakable"
| 45
| &nbsp;—
| 11
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| 08
| {{Esc|Belgium|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Belgium|y=2012}}
| ]<ref>{{cite web|author=Hoofdpunten |url=http://www.eurosong.be/40225/iris-brengt-sowieso-een-ballade-op-het-songfestival |title=Iris brengt sowieso een ballade op het Songfestival – |publisher=Eurosong.be |date= |accessdate=2012-04-07}}</ref>
| ] | ]
| "]" | "Would You?"
| 16
| &nbsp;—
| 17
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| 09
| {{Esc|Finland|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Finland|y=2012}}
| ] | ]
| "{{lang|sv|När jag blundar|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 41
| "]"
| 12
| {{nowrap|When I close my eyes<ref name="finland1">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=47503&_t=pernilla_karlsson_winner_of_umk_in_finland|title=Pernilla Karlsson winner of UMK in Finland|last=Escudero|first=Victor M.|date=21 February 2012|accessdate=10 March 2012}}</ref>}}
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| 10
| {{Esc|Israel|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Israel|y=2012}}
| ]
| ], ]
| "Time"
| ]
| 33
| "]"
| 13
| &nbsp;—
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| 11
| {{Esc|San Marino|y=2012}} | {{Esc|San Marino|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Valentina|Monetta}}
| ]{{ref|e|5}}
| "]"
| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smtvsanmarino.sm/default.asp?id=623|title=Valentina Monetta rappresenterà San Marino a Baku 2012|language=Italian|work=]|accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref>
| 31
| "]"<ref>{{cite web|author=21:20 |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49823&_t=the_social_network_song_for_san_marino |title=All &#124; 'The Social Network Song' for San Marino &#124; News &#124; Eurovision Song Contest - Baku 2012 |publisher=Eurovision.tv |date= |accessdate=2012-04-07}}</ref>
| 14
| &nbsp;—
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 12
| 12
| {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Ivi|Adamou}}
| ]
| ]
| "]" | "]"
| 91
| &nbsp;—
|- | 7
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 13
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 13
| {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Soluna|Samay}}
| ]{{ref|f|6}}
| "Should've Known Better"
| ]
| 63
| {{nowrap|"]"}}
| 9
| &nbsp;—
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 14
| 14
| {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
| ]
| ], ]
| {{nowrap|]}}
| "]" | "]"
| 152
| &nbsp;—
|- | 1
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 15
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 15
| {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
| ]
| ] | ]
| "]" | "Sound of Our Hearts"
| 52
| &nbsp;—
| 10
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
| 16
| {{Esc|Austria|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Austria|y=2012}}
| ]{{ref|g|7}}
| ] | ]
| "]" | "{{lang|bar|]|i=unset}}"
| 8
| Shake your bottom<ref name="Austria1">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=47313&_t=its_trackshittaz_for_austria|title=It's Trackshittaz for Austria!|last=Brey|first=Marco|work=]|accessdate=24 February 2012}}</ref>
|- | 18
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 17
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 17
| {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Pasha|Parfeny|Pasha Parfeni}}
| ]{{ref|h|8}}
| "{{lang|ro|Lăutar|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 100
| "]"
| 5
| ]
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 18
| 18
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
| ]
| ] | ]
| "]" | "]"
| 92
| &nbsp;—
| 6
|} |}

: 2.{{note|b}}Contains some phrases in ] and ].
: 3.{{note|c}}Although the song is completely in ], the title is in ].
: 4.{{note|d}}"suus" is a Latin third person possessive term, and can mean either his, her, or its.
: 5.{{note|e}}Contains some phrases in ].
: 6.{{note|f}}Contains some phrases in ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lyrics of Should've Known Better|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/event/lyrics?event=1573&song=26963|work=Eurovision.tv|accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>
: 7.{{note|g}}Austrian entry will be sung in ], a ] of ].
: 8.{{note|h}}Although the song is completely in ], the title is in ].


=== Semi-final 2 === === Semi-final 2 ===
France, Germany and the United Kingdom voted in the second semi-final. Germany requested that they vote in this semi-final.<ref name="semi draw"/> Before it withdrew, Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final.<ref name=ArmeniaWithdraw/>


{{Legend|navajowhite|Qualifiers}}
France, Germany and United Kingdom will vote in this semi-final. Germany requested they vote in this semi-final.<ref name="semi draw"/> Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final, but later withdrew from the contest due to security reasons.<ref name=ArmeniaWithdraw/>
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- |-
|+ Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012<ref name="draw" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Baku 2012 – Second Semi-Final – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/second-semi-final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501123639/https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/second-semi-final |archive-date=1 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
! Draw<ref name="draw"/>
! Country<ref name="participationlist" />
! Language<ref name="Language List"/>
! Artist<ref name="Participants"/>
! Song<ref name="Participants"/>
! English translation
|- |-
! scope="col" | {{abbr|R/O|Running order}}
| 01
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Place
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 1
| {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Željko|Joksimović}}
| ]<ref>{{cite web|last=Jiandani|first=Sanjay|title=Serbia: Zeljko to sing in Serbian in Baku|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/18515|work=ESCToday|accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref>
| "{{lang|sr-latn|Nije ljubav stvar|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 159
| "]"<br /> (Није љубав ствар)
| 2
| Love is not an object<ref name="SerbiaTranslation">{{cite web|last=Floras|first=Stella|title=Serbia: Synonym or Nije ljubav stvar to Baku?|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/18498?rss=&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook|work=ESCToday|accessdate=10 March 2012}}</ref>
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 2
| 02
| {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}
| ], ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/event/lyrics?event=1583&song=27013|title=Original Lyrics - Kaliopi - Crno I Belo - F.Y.R. Macedonia 2012|work=]|accessdate=12 April 2012}}</ref>
| ] | ]
| "]" (Црно и бело) | "{{lang|mk-latn|]|i=unset}}"
| 53
| Black and white<ref name="Macedonia1">{{cite web|last=Webb|first=Glen|title=FYR Macedonia,Kaliopi presents Crno E Belo|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=47933&source=twitter&medium=social&campaign=Twitter&_t=fyr_macedoniakaliopi_presents_crno_e_belo|work=]|accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Macedonia2>{{cite web|last=Webb|first=Glen|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=44643&_t=its_black_and_white_for_fyr_macedonia|title=It's Black & White for FYR Macedonia|work=eurovision.tv|accessdate=16 January 2012}}</ref>
| 9
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| 03
| {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Joan|Franka}}
| ]
| ]
| "]" | "]"
| 35
| &nbsp;—
|- | 15
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 04
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 4
| {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Kurt|Calleja}}
| ]
| "This Is the Night"
| ]
| 70
| "]"
| 7
| &nbsp;—
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| 05
| {{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}}
| ]
| ] | ]
| "]" | "We Are the Heroes"
| 35
| &nbsp;—
| 16
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| 06
| {{Esc|Portugal|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Portugal|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Filipa|Sousa}}
| ]
| "{{lang|pt|Vida minha|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 39
| "]"
| 13
| Life of mine
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 7
| 07
| {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| ]
| ] | ]
| "]" | "Be My Guest"
| 64
| &nbsp;—
| 8
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| 08
| {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Sofi|Marinova}}
| ]{{ref|i|9}}
| "Love Unlimited"
| ]
| 45
| "]"
| 11
| &nbsp;—
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| 09
| {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Eva|Boto}}
| ]<ref name="Slovenia1">{{cite web|title=Slovenia song language, to be sung in Slovenian|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/18524|work=esctoday.com|accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref>
| "{{lang|sl|Verjamem|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 31
| "]"
| 17
| I believe
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| 10
| {{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Nina|Badrić}}
| ]
| ] | "{{lang|hr|]|i=unset}}"
| 42
| "]"
| Heaven | 12
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 11
| 11
| {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
| ]
| ]
| ] | "]"
| 181
| "]"
| 1
| &nbsp;—
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| 12
| {{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Anri|Jokhadze}}
| ], ]
| "I'm a Joker"
| ]
| 36
| "]"
| 14
| &nbsp;—
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 13
| 13
| {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Can|Bonomo}}
| ]
| "Love Me Back"
| ]
| 80
| "]"
| 5
| &nbsp;—
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 14
| 14
| {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Ott|Lepland}}
| ]
| "{{lang|et|Kuula|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 100
| "]"
| Listen | 4
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| 15
| {{Esc|Slovakia|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Slovakia|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Max Jason|Mai}}
| ]
| "Don't Close Your Eyes"
| ]
| 22
| "]"
| 18
| &nbsp;—
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 16
| 16
| {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
| ]
| ] | ]
| "]" | "Stay"
| 45
| &nbsp;—
|- | 10
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
| 17
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 17
| {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Maya|Sar}}
| ]
| "{{lang|bs|Korake ti znam|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 77
| "]"
| 6
| I know your steps
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:navajowhite;" | 18
| 18
| {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Donny|Montell}}
| ]
| "Love Is Blind"
| ]
| 104
| "]"
| 3
| &nbsp;—
|} |}


=== Final ===
: 9.{{note|h}}The song also contains sentences in ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].
{{Legend|gold|Winner}}

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
=== Finalists ===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|- |-
|+ Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012<ref name="draw"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Baku 2012 – Grand Final – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/grand-final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501123638/https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/grand-final |archive-date=1 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
! Draw<ref name="draw"/>
! Country<ref name="participationlist"/>
! Language<ref name="Language List"/>
! Artist<ref name="Participants"/>
! Song<ref name="Participants"/>
! English translation
|- |-
! scope="col" | {{abbr|R/O|Running order}}
| 01
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Place
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2012}} | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Engelbert|Humperdinck|dab=singer}}
| ]
| ]
| "]" | "]"
| 12
| &nbsp;—
| 25
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
| ]
| "Sound of Our Hearts"
| 19
| 24
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Rona|Nishliu}}
| "{{lang|la|]|i=unset}}"
| 146
| 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Donny|Montell}}
| "Love Is Blind"
| 70
| 14
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Maya|Sar}}
| "{{lang|bs|Korake ti znam|i=unset}}"
| 55
| 18
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
| ]
| "]"
| 259
| 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
| ] and ]
| "Never Forget"
| 46
| 20
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Ivi|Adamou}}
| "]"
| 65
| 16
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| 09
| {{Esc|France|y=2012}} | {{Esc|France|y=2012}}
| ], ]
| ] | ]
| "]" | "]"
| 21
| &nbsp;—
| 22
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| 10
| {{Esc|Italy|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Italy|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Nina|Zilli}}
| ], ]
| "]"
| ]
| 101
| "]"
| 9
| Love Is Female (Out of love)
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| 13
| {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2012}} (host) | {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Ott|Lepland}}
| ]
| "{{lang|et|Kuula|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 120
| "]"
| 6
| &nbsp;—
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| 19
| {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
| ]
| "Stay"
| 7
| 26
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13
| {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Sabina|Babayeva}}
| "When the Music Dies"
| 150
| 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
| ]
| "]"
| 71
| 12
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15
| {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Soluna|Samay}}
| "Should've Known Better"
| 21
| 23
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16
| {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Eleftheria|Eleftheriou}}
| "Aphrodisiac"
| 64
| 17
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:gold;" | 17
| {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
| ]
| "]"
| 372
| 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18
| {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Can|Bonomo}}
| "Love Me Back"
| 112
| 7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 19
| {{Esc|Spain|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Spain|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Pastora|Soler}}
| ]
| "{{lang|es|]|i=unset}}"
| ]
| 97
| "]"
| 10
| Stay with me
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 20
| 20
| {{Esc|Germany|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Germany|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Roman|Lob}}
| ]
| ]
| "]" | "]"
| 110
| &nbsp;—
| 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 21
| {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Kurt|Calleja}}
| "This Is the Night"
| 41
| 21
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 22
| {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}
| ]
| "{{lang|mk-latn|]|i=unset}}"
| 71
| 13 <!-- Despite having the same score as Romania, the EBU have listed Macedonia as finishing in 13th place, not 12th. Please stop altering this. -->
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 23
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
| ]
| "]"
| 46
| 19
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 24
| {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Željko|Joksimović}}
| "{{lang|sr-latn|Nije ljubav stvar|i=unset}}"
| 214
| 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 25
| {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| ]
| "Be My Guest"
| 65
| 15
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 26
| {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
| {{sortname|Pasha|Parfeny|Pasha Parfeni}}
| "{{lang|ro|Lăutar|i=unset}}"
| 81
| 11
|} |}


== Returning artists == ==== Spokespersons ====
The order in which each country announced their vote was determined in a draw following the jury results from the final dress rehearsal. Similar to the ] an ] was used to add as much excitement as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.<ref name="voting">{{cite web |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Running order for the voting tonight |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=running_order_for_the_voting_tonight|publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=26 May 2012 |date=26 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618135712/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=running_order_for_the_voting_tonight |archive-date=18 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
{| class="wikitable"
# {{flagu|Albania}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Montenegro}}{{snd}}Marija Marković
# {{flagu|Romania}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Austria}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Ukraine}}{{snd}}Oleksiy Matias
# {{flagu|Belarus}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Belgium}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Azerbaijan}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Malta}}{{snd}}Keith Demicoli
# {{flagu|San Marino}}{{snd}}Monica Fabbri
# {{flagu|France}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Turkey}}{{snd}}{{ill|Ömer Önder|tr}}
# {{flagu|Greece}}{{snd}}Adriana Magania
# {{flagu|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Moldova}}{{snd}}Olivia Fortuna
# {{flagu|Bulgaria}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Switzerland}}{{snd}}Sara Hildebrand
# {{flagu|Slovenia}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Cyprus}}{{snd}}Loucas Hamatsos
# {{flagu|Croatia}}{{snd}}Nevena Rendeli
# {{flagu|Slovakia}}{{snd}}Mária Pietrová
# {{flagu|North Macedonia|name=Macedonia}}{{snd}}Kristina Talevska
# {{flagu|Netherlands}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Portugal}}{{snd}}Joana Teles
# {{flagu|Iceland}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/yohio-presenterar-de-svenska-rosterna-i-eurovision-song-contest|title=YOHIO presenterar de svenska rösterna i Eurovision Song Contest|author=Mirja Bokholm|date=22 April 2013|work=SVT.se|language=sv|access-date=22 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426020541/http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/yohio-presenterar-de-svenska-rosterna-i-eurovision-song-contest|archive-date=26 April 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
# {{flagu|Norway}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Lithuania}}{{snd}}Ignas Krupavičius
# {{flagu|Estonia}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Denmark}}{{snd}}{{ill|Louise Wolff|da}}
# {{flagu|Latvia}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Spain}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Finland}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Georgia}}{{snd}}Sopho Toroshelidze
# {{flagu|Italy}}{{snd}}{{ill|Ivan Bacchi|it}}
# {{flagu|Serbia}}{{snd}}{{ill|Maja Nikolić (presenter)|sr|lt=Maja Nikolić|Маја Николић (водитељка)}}
# {{flagu|Germany}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Russia}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Hungary}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Israel}}{{snd}}]
# {{flagu|Ireland}}{{snd}}]{{efn|Ireland was originally scheduled to announce its votes as the 32nd country, but instead voted 42nd (last). The reason for this was technical difficulties in the minutes running up to the voting presentation.|name=IRL}}
{{Div col end}}

== Detailed voting results<span class="anchor" id="Scoreboard"></span> ==
<!-- Anchor in the header is the old section name -->
The EBU and ] checked and verified the individual jury and televoting results, which were combined to create the overall national vote for the contests. On 18 June 2012, the EBU published the following results.<ref name="Split results out">{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/?p=36768|title=Split Jury and Televoting results announced|publisher=ESCToday.com|last=Hondal|first=Victor|date=18 June 2012|access-date=18 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619230126/http://www.esctoday.com/?p=36768|archive-date=19 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="splitresults">{{cite web |last=Siim |first=Jarmo |title=Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=eurovision_2012_split_jury-televote_results_revealed |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=1 May 2021 |date=18 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621115038/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=eurovision_2012_split_jury-televote_results_revealed |archive-date=21 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Semi-final 1 ===
{{Legend|navajowhite|Qualifiers}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible plainrowheaders" style="float:right; margin:10px; font-size:85%;"
|- |-
|+ {{nowrap|Split results of semi-final 1<ref name="splitresults" />}}
! Artist
! Country
! Previous year(s)
! Place(s) in the previous contest(s)
|- |-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Place
| ]
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Combined
| {{Esc|Iceland}}
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Jury
| ]
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Televoting
| 19th
|- |-
! scope="col" | Country
| ]
! scope="col" | Points
| {{Esc|Ireland}}
! scope="col" | Country
| ]
! scope="col" | Points
| 8th
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Points
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1
| ]
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
| {{Esc| Macedonia}}FYROM
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 152
| ]
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
| 26th (Pre-qualifying round)
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 131
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 189
|- |-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2
| ]
| {{Esc|Serbia}} | bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 146
| ] (for {{Esc|Serbia and Montenegro}})
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
| 2nd
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 107
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 132
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 3
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 120
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 103
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 131
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 4
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 116
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 90
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 116
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 5
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 100
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 87
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 110
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 6
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 92
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 81
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 99
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 7
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 91
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 76
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 85
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 8
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 75
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 75
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 79
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 9
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 63
| {{Esc|Israel|y=2012}}
| 72
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 53
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 10
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 52
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 72
| {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2012}}
| 49
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 11
| {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2012}}
| 45
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 70
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 39
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 12
| {{Esc|Finland|y=2012}}
| 41
| {{Esc|Finland|y=2012}}
| 57
| {{Esc|Finland|y=2012}}
| 36
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 13
| {{Esc|Israel|y=2012}}
| 33
| {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2012}}
| 45
| {{Esc|San Marino|y=2012}}
| 25
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 14
| {{Esc|San Marino|y=2012}}
| 31
| {{Esc|San Marino|y=2012}}
| 42
| {{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}}
| 24
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 15
| {{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}}
| 20
| {{Esc|Belgium|y=2012}}
| 38
| {{Esc|Latvia|y=2012}}
| 18
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 16
| {{Esc|Latvia|y=2012}}
| 17
| {{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}}
| 28
| {{Esc|Israel|y=2012}}
| 16
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 17
| {{Esc|Belgium|y=2012}}
| 16
| {{Esc|Austria|y=2012}}
| 27
| {{Esc|Austria|y=2012}}
| 15
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 18
| {{Esc|Austria|y=2012}}
| 8
| {{Esc|Latvia|y=2012}}
| 17
| {{Esc|Belgium|y=2012}}
| 2
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
== Other countries ==
|-
|+ Detailed voting results of semi-final 1<ref>{{cite web |title=Baku 2012 – First Semi-Final – Detailed voting results |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/first-semi-final/results |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501125538/https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/first-semi-final/results |archive-date=1 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (1) – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1573#Scoreboard |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040442/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1573#Scoreboard |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Total score}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Montenegro}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Iceland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Greece}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Latvia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Albania}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Romania}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Switzerland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Belgium}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Finland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Israel}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|San Marino}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Cyprus}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Denmark}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Russia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Hungary}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Austria}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Moldova}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Ireland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Azerbaijan}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Italy}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Spain}}
|-
! rowspan="18" {{vert header|va=middle|Contestants}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Montenegro
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 20 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || '''12''' || || || || || || 8 || || || || || || || || || ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Iceland
| style="text-align:right;" | 75 || 5 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 5 || 5 || || || 4 || 5 || 10 || 4 || 3 || 8 || 10 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 2 || || || 1 || 6
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Greece
| style="text-align:right;" | 116 || 10 || 5 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 8 || '''12''' || 3 || 8 || || 3 || 7 || '''12''' || 4 || 5 || || 1 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 5 || 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Latvia
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 17 || 2 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || || || || || || || 4 || || || 4 || 4 || 3 || ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Albania
| style="text-align:right;" | 146 || '''12''' || 3 || 10 || 4 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 4 || '''12''' || 10 || 5 || 5 || 10 || 10 || 7 || 2 || 10 || '''12''' || 1 || 1 || '''12''' || '''12''' || 4
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Romania
| style="text-align:right;" | 120 || 7 || 4 || 8 || || 5 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 2 || 4 || || 8 || 6 || 6 || 1 || 8 || 3 || 5 || '''12''' || '''12''' || 7 || 10 || '''12'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Switzerland
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 45 || || 2 || || 7 || 3 || 2 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || 1 || 1 || 2 || || || 8 || 3 || 8 || || || 8 ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Belgium
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 16 || || || 4 || || 2 || 1 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 2 || || || || || || || || || 6 || || || 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Finland
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 41 || || 7 || || 6 || 1 || || 1 || 1 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 2 || || || 8 || || '''12''' || || || 3 || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Israel
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 33 || || || || 1 || || 5 || || || 3 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 1 || 3 || 6 || 5 || 7 || || || || || 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | San Marino
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 31 || 4 || || 2 || || 10 || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || || || 7 || || 5 || 3 ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Cyprus
| style="text-align:right;" | 91 || 6 || '''12''' || '''12''' || 3 || 6 || 7 || || 3 || 1 || 10 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 7 || || || 3 || 5 || 1 || 7 || 8
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Denmark
| style="text-align:right;" | 63 || || 8 || 1 || 8 || || 3 || 10 || || 8 || || 4 || 4 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 3 || 1 || || || 7 || || 6 ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Russia
| style="text-align:right;" | 152 || 8 || 6 || 7 || '''12''' || || 6 || 8 || '''12''' || '''12''' || '''12''' || 2 || 7 || '''12''' || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 7 || 10 || 6 || 8 || 8 || 2 || 7
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Hungary
| style="text-align:right;" | 52 || || || || || 7 || 8 || 6 || 6 || 4 || || || 5 || 5 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 4 || 5 || || 2 || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Austria
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 8 || || 1 || || || || || 5 || 2 || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Moldova
| style="text-align:right;" | 100 || 3 || || 6 || 2 || 4 || 10 || 7 || || 6 || 6 || 5 || 3 || 6 || '''12''' || 2 || 6 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 2 || 6 || 4 || 10
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Ireland
| style="text-align:right;" | 92 || 1 || 10 || 3 || 10 || || || || 7 || 7 || 7 || '''12''' || || 2 || 10 || 6 || 8 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 4 || || 5
|}


==== 12 points ====
* {{Esc|Andorra}}&nbsp;– On 19 October 2011, ] announced that there are no plans for the country to participate in 2012 due to financial difficulties; the country also has plans to withdraw from the EBU entirely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17799|title=News&nbsp;— Andorra to quit EBU|last=Hondal|first=Victor|work=ESCToday|accessdate=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escdaily.com/articles/24348|title=Andorra: No return planned for 2012|work=ESCDaily.com|date=19 October 2011|accessdate=19 October 2011}}</ref>
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semi-final:
* {{Esc|Armenia|y=2012}}&nbsp;– On 7 March 2012, the EBU announced that ] (ARMTV) had decided to withdraw from participation. This was due to circumstances beyond the control of the EBU. In a further statement released by ARMTV, it was announced that the sudden withdrawal was due to security issues.<ref name=ArmeniaWithdraw/> The country has been in conflict with ] since 1994 because of the ].<!--Please STOP putting statements like "it supposed to be Azerbajain's...but Amermia started it" statements". I will remove them all.Please keep this article NEUTRAL.--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/russian/documen/scresol/res1993/res822.htm |title=Резолюция СБ ООН № 822 от 30 апреля 1993 года |work=United Nations |date= |accessdate=January 4, 2011}} {{ru icon}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
* {{Esc|Czech Republic}}&nbsp;– On 24 November 2011, it was reported that the ] would not compete in the 2012 contest, following the release of a television schedule by ] (ČT).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://escdaily.com/articles/26649|title=Czech Republic: No return in Baku|work=ESCDaily.com|date=24 November 2011|accessdate=24 November 2011}}</ref>
|-
* {{Esc|Liechtenstein}}&nbsp;– On 26 November 2011, it was announced that two official EBU documents, published in March and October 2011, showed Liechtenstein's only national broadcaster ] as being granted active EBU membership, sparking speculations of a debut for the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/is-liechtenstein-an-ebu-member/|title=Is Liechtenstein an EBU Member?|work=Eurovision Times|date=26 November 2011|accessdate=17 January 2012}}</ref> However, on 29 November 2011, these documents were later confirmed as editing mistakes, and thus a debut has yet to be planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/exclusive-no-participation-of-liechtenstein-at-eurovision-2012/|title=No Participation of Liechtenstein at Eurovision 2012|work=Eurovision Times|date=29 November 2011|accessdate=17 January 2012}}</ref>
! scope="col" | N.
* {{Esc|Luxembourg}}&nbsp;– On 31 December 2011, ] confirmed that Luxembourg won't participate in the forthcoming Eurovision in Baku.<ref>{{cite news|title=RTL Luxembourg confirms no return Luxembourg: No participation in Baku|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/18030|accessdate=12 April 2012|newspaper=ESCTODAY|date=31 December 2011}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Contestant
* {{Esc|Monaco}}&nbsp;– It was reported on 23 November 2011, at an EBU meeting in ], that ] was considering a return to the 2012 contest.<ref name=Monaco&Italy>{{cite web|title=Monaco: A new record number of participants in 2012?!|url=http://escdaily.com/articles/26450|work=ESCDaily.com|accessdate=23 November 2011|date=23 November 2011}}</ref> However on 3 December 2011, Phil Bosco, a former head of delegation told a French-speaking website that the Monegasque national broadcaster ] (TMC) doesn't intend to return to the Eurovision Song Contest any time in the near future, as there is no financial budget available.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17916|title=Monaco: No plans to return in the near future|work=ESCToday|accessdate=3 December 2011}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Nation(s) giving 12 points
* {{Esc|Morocco}}&nbsp;– In an interview with the French delegation it was revealed that Morocco were "likely to return" to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with a new broadcaster ].<ref name="Morocco1">{{cite web|url=http://www.news.az/articles/eurovision/41819|title=Morocco bids to take part in Eurovision|work=News.Az|date=3 August 2011|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref> Reports about the proposed return of Morocco to the contest, after an absence of more than 30 years, were further enhanced at an EBU meeting in Geneva.<ref name=Monaco&Italy/><ref name="Morocco2">{{cite web|url=http://www.gun.az/eurovision2012/10234|title=Bakıdakı "Eurovision" da Afrika ölkəsi iştirak edə bilər|work=Gün.Az|language=]|date=3 August 2011|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
* {{Esc|Poland}}&nbsp;– On 16 December 2011, it was reported on the official ] page of ] (TVP) that ] would be withdrawing from the 2012 Contest.<ref name="Poland1">{{cite web|last=Hondal|first=Victor|title=Poland: TVP likely to withdraw from Eurovision 2012|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17976|work=ESCToday|accessdate=20 December 2011|date=2011-12-16}}</ref> This was confirmed a few days later, saying that the broadcaster would be focusing on the ] (which Poland is co-hosting with Ukraine) and ]. TVP stated that a return in 2013 has not been ruled out.<ref name="Poland2">{{cite web|last=Jiandani|first=Sanjay|title=Poland: Confirmed&nbsp;— no participation in Baku|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17984|work=ESCToday|accessdate=20 December 2011|date=2011-12-19}}</ref><ref name="Poland3">{{cite web|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/eurovision-2012-no-list-of-participants-no-venue-no-tickets-no-hope|title=Eurovision 2012: No List of Participants, No Venue, No Tickets... No Hope?|work=Eurovision Times|date=8 January 2012|accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="Participation1">{{cite web|url=http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/ebu-list-of-participants-to-be-released-next-week|title=EBU: List of Participants To Be Released Next Week|work=Eurovision Times|date=13 January 2012|accessdate=15 January 2012}}</ref>
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 5
| {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Austria|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Italy|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Belgium|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Finland|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Israel|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Latvia|y=2012}}
|-
! scope="row" | 3
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Spain|y=2012}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2
| {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | 1
| {{Esc|Finland|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}} || {{Esc|San Marino|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
|}


== Commentators == === Semi-final 2 ===
{{Legend|navajowhite|Qualifiers}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible plainrowheaders" style="float:right; margin:10px; font-size:85%;"
|-
|+ {{nowrap|Split results of semi-final 2<ref name="splitresults" />}}
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Place
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Combined
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Jury
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Televoting
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Points
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 181
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 145
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 180
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 159
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 141
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 148
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 3
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 104
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 109
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 128
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 4
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 100
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 102
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 114
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 5
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 80
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 97
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 88
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 6
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 77
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 77
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 72
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 7
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 70
| {{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}}
| 66
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 70
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 8
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 64
| {{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}}
| 62
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 63
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 9
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 53
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 58
| {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}}
| 59
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 10
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 45{{efn|Despite finishing with the same number of points as Bulgaria, Norway is deemed to have finished in tenth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries, which resulted in Norway qualifying for the final over Bulgaria.|name=10th}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 55
| {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}}
| 51
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 11
| {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}}
| 45{{efn|name=10th}}
| {{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}}
| 52
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 39
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 12
| {{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}}
| 42
| {{Esc|Portugal|y=2012}}
| 49
| {{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}}
| 37
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 13
| {{Esc|Portugal|y=2012}}
| 39
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 42
| {{Esc|Portugal|y=2012}}
| 37
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 14
| {{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}}
| 36
| {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2012}}
| 40
| {{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}}
| 34
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 15
| {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}}
| 35{{efn|Despite finishing with the same number of points as Belarus, the Netherlands is deemed to have finished in fifteenth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.|name=15th}}
| {{Esc|Slovakia|y=2012}}
| 40
| {{Esc|Slovakia|y=2012}}
| 32
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 16
| {{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}}
| 35{{efn|name=15th}}
| {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}}
| 31
| {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2012}}
| 27
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 17
| {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2012}}
| 31
| {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}}
| 27
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 24
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 18
| {{Esc|Slovakia|y=2012}}
| 22
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="navajowhite" | 25
| {{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}}
| 15
|}


{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
Most countries will be sending commentators to ] or will commentate from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, provide voting information.
|-
|+ Detailed voting results of semi-final 2<ref>{{cite web |title=Baku 2012 – Second Semi-Final – Detailed voting results |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/second-semi-final/results |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501125513/https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/second-semi-final/results |archive-date=1 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (2) – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1583#Scoreboard |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040445/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1583#Scoreboard |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Total score}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Serbia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Macedonia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Netherlands}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Malta}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Belarus}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Portugal}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Ukraine}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Bulgaria}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Slovenia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Croatia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Sweden}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Georgia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Turkey}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Estonia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Slovakia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Norway}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Lithuania}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|France}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Germany}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|United Kingdom}}
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! rowspan="18" {{vert header|va=middle|Contestants}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Serbia
| style="text-align:right;" | 159 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || '''12''' || 10 || 5 || 8 || 8 || 8 || '''12''' || '''12''' || 10 || 8 || 10 || || 1 || 8 || 10 || 10 || 2 || '''12''' || 10 || 3
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Macedonia
| style="text-align:right;" | 53 || 8 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 1 || 2 || || 5 || 7 || 6 || 7 || || 1 || 8 || || || || 8 || || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Netherlands
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 35 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || || || 2 || || 1 || || 7 || 7 || || 3 || || 3 || || 8 || 4
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Malta
| style="text-align:right;" | 70 || 3 || 2 || 2 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 5 || || 6 || 6 || 4 || 5|| 4 || 4 || 6 || 3 || 2 || || || 6 || || || '''12'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Belarus
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 35 || || 1 || 1 || 4 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || '''12''' || || || 2 || || 8 || || || || || || 7 || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Portugal
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 39 || || || 6 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || 3 || 3 || || || 1 || || 5 || 5 || 4 || 1 || 8 || 3 ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Ukraine
| style="text-align:right;" | 64 || 4 || 3 || || 6 || '''12''' || 2 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 5 || || 1 || 6 || 6 || || 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 2 || || 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Bulgaria
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 45 || 2 || 6 || || 2 || || 6 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || || 10 || || || 6 || 3 || || 3 || 2 || 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Slovenia
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 31 || 10 || 4 || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 8 || || || || || || || 5 || || || 4 ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Croatia
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 42 || '''12''' || 7 || || || 1 || || 1 || || 8 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || || || || '''12''' || || || 1 ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Sweden
| style="text-align:right;" | 181 || 7 || 8 || '''12''' || 8 || 7 || 10 || 7 || 10 || 10 || 6 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || '''12''' || 5 || '''12''' || '''12''' || '''12''' || 7 || 10 || 6 || '''12''' || 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Georgia
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 36 || || || || || 6 || 1 || 10 || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 3 || 4 || || || || '''12''' || || ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Turkey
| style="text-align:right;" | 80 || || 10 || 7 || '''12''' || || || 2 || 8 || || || 7 || 3 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 2 || 3 || 1 || 6 || || 7 || 6 || 6
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Estonia
| style="text-align:right;" | 100 || || || 8 || || 4 || '''12''' || 3 || 3 || 1 || || '''12''' || 7 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 10 || 8 || || 8 || 10 || 7 || 7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Slovakia
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 22 || 1 || || || 7 || || 4 || || || || || 3 || || || 6 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || 1 || ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Norway
| style="text-align:right;" | 45 || || || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || || 2 || || || 10 || || 4 || 8 || 4 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 1|| 4 || || ||
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Bosnia and Herzegovina
| style="text-align:right;" | 77 || 5 || 5 || 5 || || || 5 || || 1 || 5 || '''12''' || 5 || 2 || '''12''' || || 6 || 4 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 4 || 5 || 1
|- style="background:#ffdead;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:#ffdead;" | Lithuania
| style="text-align:right;" | 104 || 6 || || 4 || 10 || 10 || 7 || 4 || 4 || 7 || 4 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 10 || 7 || 7 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 5 || || 10
|}


==== 12 points ====
* {{flag|Australia}}&nbsp;– ] and ] (])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/10/13/sbs-to-air-eurovision-2012/ |title=SBS TO AIR EUROVISION 2012 |language={{el icon}} |publisher=Oikotimes.Com |date=2011-10-13 |accessdate=2012-04-07}}</ref><ref>http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/02/programmers-wrap-2012-sbs.html</ref>
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semi-final:
* {{flag|Austria}}&nbsp;– ]<ref name="austria">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=47313&_t=its_trackshittaz_for_austria|title=It's Trackshittaz for Austria!|last=Brey|first=Marco|date=24 February 2012|work=]|accessdate=11 March 2012}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
* {{flag|Belgium}}&nbsp;– ''Dutch'': ] and ] (])<ref name="Belgium (Flemish)">{{cite web|url=http://www.knack.be/belga-algemeen/andre-vermeulen-en-peter-van-de-veire-worden-commentator-bij-eurovisiesongfestival/article-4000086494716.htm|title=André Vermeulen en Peter Van De Veire worden commentator bij Eurovisiesongfestival|last=|first=|date=26 April 2012|work=]|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref>, ''French'': ] and Jean-Louis Lahaye (])<ref name="Belgium (Waloon)">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinetelerevue.be/fr/eurovision-2012-le-duo-hautier-lahaye-reste-a-bruxelles.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=16371|title=Eurovision 2012: Le duo Hautier-Lahaye reste à Bruxelles!|last=|first=|date=18 April 2012|work=]|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref>
|-
* {{flag|France}}&nbsp;– ] and ] (])<ref name="French Broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/tele/mireille-dumas-et-cyril-feraud-commentera-l-eurovision-2012-fun-en-vue_1092464.html|title=Mireille Dumas et Cyril Féraud commenteront l'Eurovision|work=lexpress.fr|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref>
! scope="col" | N.
* {{flag|Hungary}}&nbsp;– ] (])<ref name="Hungary broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://www.blikk.hu/blikk_sztarvilag/gundi-megy-az-eurovizios-dalfesztivalra-2074432|title=Gábor Gundel Takács again to present Eurovision live from Baku|work=blikk.hu|language=Hungarian|accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Contestant
* {{flag|Netherlands}}&nbsp;– ] and ](])<ref name="Dutch broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://www.metronieuws.nl/entertainment/jan-smit-heeft-altijd-slingers-op-zak/SrZkjB!sepM8Yv1nPVRU/|title=Jan Smit heeft altijd slingers op zak&nbsp;– Metro|last=Woning|first=Merike|date=28 October 2011|work=metronieuws.nl|accessdate=14 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?content/esf480.asp |title=Welkom op de site van Eurovision Artists |publisher=Eurovisionartists.nl |date= |accessdate=2012-04-17}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Nation(s) giving 12 points
* {{flag|Sweden}}&nbsp;– ] and ] (])<ref name="Swedish broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://svt.se/melodifestivalen/gina-dirawi-och-edward-af-sillen-kommenterar-eurovision-song-contest|title=Gina Dirawi och Edward af Sillén kommenterar Eurovision Song Contest|work=Sveriges Television|language=Swedish|date=17 April 2012|accessdate=17 April 2012}}</ref>
|-
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}&nbsp;– ] and ]<ref name="BBCsemifinals">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00qrp03|title=BBC One - Eurovision Song Contest, 2012, Semi Final 1|work=BBC|accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref> (] and ], semi-finals) and ] (] and BBC One HD, final)<ref name="UKbroadcast1">{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17988|title=News&nbsp;— UK: Scott Mills to present Eurovision semi-finals from Baku|last=Repo|first=Juha|work=ESCToday|accessdate=4 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="UKbroadcast2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/about/|title=BBC – Eurovision Song Contest 2012|work=]|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref>
! scope="row" | 6
| {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Germany|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Slovakia|y=2012}}
|-
! scope="row" | 4
| {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}}, {{Esc|France|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2012}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2
| {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Portugal|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | 1
| {{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}} || {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}}
|}

=== Final ===
{{Legend|gold|Winner}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible plainrowheaders" style="float:right; margin:10px; font-size:85%;"
|-
|+ {{nowrap|Split results of the final<ref name="splitresults" />}}
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Place
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Combined
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Jury
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Televoting
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Points
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1
| bgcolor="gold | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="gold | 372
| bgcolor="gold | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="gold | 296
| bgcolor="gold | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
| bgcolor="gold | 343
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2
| {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
| 259
| {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
| 173
| {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
| 332
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 3
| {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
| 214
| {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
| 157
| {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
| 211
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 4
| {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2012}}
| 150
| {{Esc|Italy|y=2012}}
| 157
| {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
| 176
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 5
| {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
| 146
| {{Esc|Spain|y=2012}}
| 154
| {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2012}}
| 151
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 6
| {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}
| 120
| {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}
| 152
| {{Esc|Germany|y=2012}}
| 125
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 7
| {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
| 112
| {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| 125
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
| 117
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 8
| {{Esc|Germany|y=2012}}
| 110
| {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2012}}
| 118
| {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
| 106
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 9
| {{Esc|Italy|y=2012}}
| 101
| {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
| 104
| {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}
| 89
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 10
| {{Esc|Spain|y=2012}}
| 97
| {{Esc|Germany|y=2012}}
| 98
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
| 89
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 11
| {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
| 81
| {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}
| 94
| {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}
| 79
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 12
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
| 71{{efn|Despite finishing with the same number of points as Macedonia, Romania is deemed to have finished in twelfth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.|name=12th}}
| {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
| 85
| {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}
| 78
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 13
| {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}
| 71{{efn|name=12th}}
| {{Esc|France|y=2012}}
| 85
| {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
| 75
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 14
| {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
| 70
| {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
| 82
| {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}
| 68
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 15
| {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| 65
| {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}
| 71
| {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
| 63
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 16
| {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
| 65
| {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
| 70
| {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}
| 57
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 17
| {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}
| 64
| {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}
| 69
| {{Esc|Italy|y=2012}}
| 56
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 18
| {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}
| 55
| {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}
| 60
| {{Esc|Spain|y=2012}}
| 45
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 19
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
| 46
| {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
| 53
| {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
| 39
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 20
| {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
| 46
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
| 53
| {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| 37
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 21
| {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
| 41
| {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}
| 51
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2012}}
| 36
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 22
| {{Esc|France|y=2012}}
| 21
| {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}
| 50
| {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
| 20
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 23
| {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}
| 21
| {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
| 30
| {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}
| 18
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 24
| {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}
| 19
| {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
| 24
| {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
| 16
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 25
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2012}}
| 12
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
| 14
| {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}
| 10
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 26
| {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
| 7
| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2012}}
| 11
| {{Esc|France|y=2012}}
| 0
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
|-
|+ Detailed voting results of the final<ref>{{cite web |title=Baku 2012 – Grand Final – Detailed voting results |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/grand-final/results |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501125544/https://eurovision.tv/event/baku-2012/grand-final/results |archive-date=1 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Final – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1593#Scoreboard |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040451/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1593#Scoreboard |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Total score}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Albania}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Montenegro}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Romania}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Austria}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Ukraine}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Belarus}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Belgium}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Azerbaijan}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Malta}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|San Marino}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|France}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|United Kingdom}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Turkey}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Greece}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Moldova}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Bulgaria}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Switzerland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Slovenia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Cyprus}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Croatia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Slovakia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Macedonia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Netherlands}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Portugal}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Iceland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Sweden}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Norway}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Lithuania}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Estonia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Denmark}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Latvia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Spain}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Finland}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Georgia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Italy}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Serbia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Germany}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Russia}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Hungary}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Israel}}
! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Ireland}}
|-
! rowspan="26" {{vert header|va=middle|Contestants}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | United Kingdom
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 12 || || || || || || || 1 || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 5 || || 2 || || || || || || || || || || 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Hungary
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 19 || || || 7 || || || || || || || || || || 1 || || || 1 || || || || || || 8 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 2 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Albania
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 146 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 10 || 1 || 8 || || || 10 || || 1 || '''12''' || || || 5 || 10 || 6 || || 4 || '''12''' || 3 || 4 || 5 || || '''12''' || || || || 1 || || || || 5 || 1 || || 6 || 3 || '''12''' || 1 || 6 || || 8 || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Lithuania
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 70 || || 1 || || || || 8 || || 4 || 4 || || 3 || 7 || || || || || 5 || || || || || || || 1 || || || || 6 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 3 || || 4 || || || '''12''' || || || || 5 || || || 7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Bosnia and Herzegovina
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 55 || || 6 || || 7 || || || || || || || || || 10 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || 1 || 7 || || 10 || 2 || 7 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 5 || || || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Russia
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 259 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 10 || '''12''' || 8 || 10 || 3 || 10 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 4 || 3 || 6 || 6 || || 8 || 5 || 6 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 7 || 7 || 8 || 6 || 8 || 8 || 10 || 8 || 8 || 5 || 10 || 7 || 7 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 7 || 7 || 6
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Iceland
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 46 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 4 || 1 || || 4 || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 5 || || 6 || 6 || || 4 || 7 || || || || 3 || || 6 || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Cyprus
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 65 || 6 || || 2 || || || || || 2 || || || || || || '''12''' || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || || || 8 || '''12''' || || || || || || 5 || || || 5 || 8 || || 2 || || 3 ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | France
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 21 || || || || 2 || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || 2 || || || 6 || || || || || || || || 6 || 2 || || || || || 3 || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Italy
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 101 || 7 || 2 || || || 4 || || || || 10 || 7 || 1 || || || 3 || || 5 || || 5 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 5 || || 2 || || || 4 || 4 || 7 || 3 || || 1 || || 4 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 2 || || 5 || 4 || 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Estonia
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 120 || || || || || 1 || 4 || || || || || 10 || 4 || || || || 2 || || || || || || 10 || || 7 || 7 || 10 || 8 || 7 || 8 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 8 || 6 || 10 || || || || 4 || 6 || || || 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Norway
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 7 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 3 || || 1 || 3 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Azerbaijan
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 150 || 4 || 5 || || || '''12''' || 7 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || '''12''' || 4 || || 2 || '''12''' || 5 || 7 || 10 || 10 || || || 8 || || 6 || 2 || || || || || || '''12''' || || || || || || 10 || || 3 || || 10 || || 8 || 1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Romania
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 71 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || 3 || 6 || || || 2 || || 4 || 7 || || '''12''' || || || || 3 || || || || || 4 || || || || || || 1 || || 10 || || || 7 || || || 1 || || 6 || 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Denmark
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 21 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 5 || || 2 || || 2 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || 5 || || 2 || || 5 || || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Greece
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 64 || '''12''' || || 8 || || 5 || || 2 || 5 || || || || || 3 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 1 || 4 || 1 || || || '''12''' || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 1 || || 4 || 1 || 3 || || 2 ||
|- style="background:gold;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:gold;" | Sweden
| style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | 372 || 5 || 7 || 10 || '''12''' || 6 || 6 || '''12''' || 7 || 6 || 3 || '''12''' || '''12''' || 6 || 6 || 8 || 7 || 8 || 7 || 10 || 10 || 7 || '''12''' || 6 || '''12''' || 3 || '''12''' || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || '''12''' || 10 || '''12''' || '''12''' || '''12''' || '''12''' || '''12''' || 8 || || 10 || '''12''' || '''12''' || '''12''' || '''12''' || '''12'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Turkey
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 112 || 10 || || 3 || 3 || || || 7 || '''12''' || 8 || 5 || 5 || 1 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 4 || || 7 || 3 || || || || || 8 || 8 || || || 6 || || 1 || || 2 || || || || 7 || || || 8 || || 3 || 1 ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Spain
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 97 || || || 6 || 6 || || || 6 || || || 1 || 6 || 8 || || || 5 || || 3 || 8 || || 6 || || || || 6 || '''12''' || 2 || 4 || || || 4 || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 3 || || || || || || 1 || 10 ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Germany
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 110 || 2 || || || 4 || || || || || 2 || || 7 || 6 || || || || || || 4 || 2 || || 4 || || || 2 || 10 || || || 3 || 3 || 10 || 10 || 7 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 8 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 10 || || 10
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Malta
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 41 || || || || || 7 || 3 || || 8 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 2 || || 5 || 2 || || || || || || || || || || 1 || || || || || || 7 || || || || || || || || 6 || || || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Macedonia
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 71 || 8 || 8 || || || 3 || 2 || || || || || || || 8 || || '''12''' || || 2 || || 6 || || 8 || 1 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || || || || || || || || || || || || 1 || '''12''' || || || || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Ireland
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 46 || || || || || || 1 || 4 || 1 || || || || 10 || || || || || || || || || 3 || || || 5 || || 4 || 5 || || || || 4 || 5 || || 4 || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Serbia
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 214 || 1 || '''12''' || 5 || 10 || 2 || || 5 || || 5 || 6 || 8 || || || 8 || 10 || 3 || '''12''' || 10 || '''12''' || 7 || '''12''' || 7 || 10 || 10 || 5 || 3 || 10 || 10 || 5 || || || || || 2 || || 6 || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 10 || 4 || 4 || ||
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Ukraine
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 65 || || || || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || 10 || || 3 || 7 || || || || || 1 || || 8 || || || || || || || 3 || || 1 || || || 1 || 2 || 1 || || 6 || 2 || || 6 || 3 || || || 8 || || || 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Moldova
| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 81 || || 3 || '''12''' || 1 || 8 || 5 || || || || 8 || || || || 2 || || style="text-align:left; background:#aaa;"| || || 2 || 1 || || 1 || || || || 6 || || || || || || 7 || || 7 || || || 4 || || || 7 || 2 || 5 ||
|}

==== 12 points ====
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the grand final:
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | N.
! scope="col" | Contestant
! scope="col" | Nation(s) giving 12 points
|-
! scope="row" | 18
| '''{{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}''' || {{Esc|Austria|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Belgium|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Denmark|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Estonia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Finland|y=2012}}, {{Esc|France|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Germany|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Hungary|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Israel|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Latvia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Slovakia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Spain|y=2012}}, {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2012}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 4
| {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Italy|y=2012}}, {{Esc|San Marino|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Malta|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Croatia|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Montenegro|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2012}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2
| {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Greece|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Macedonia|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina|y=2012}}, {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | 1
| {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Georgia|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Romania|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Moldova|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Russia|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Belarus|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Spain|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Portugal|y=2012}}
|-
| {{Esc|Turkey|y=2012}} || {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2012}}
|}

== Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Broadcasters and commentators"></span> ==
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Most countries sent commentators to ] or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information. In addition to the participating countries, the hosts mentioned that the contest was also broadcast in ] and ]. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | {{tooltip|Show(s)|Indicates if a single show only, semi-finals only or all three shows were transmitted on a particular channel.}}
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Albania}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| ]
|
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Austria}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | ]
| All shows
| ]
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Austrian Broadcast">{{cite web |title=Song Contest mit Stermann & Grissemann |language=de |work=ORF.at |date=1 May 2011 |url=http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2531177/ |access-date=12 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509105723/http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2531177/ |archive-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trackshittaz: Mit schlechter Quote gen Baku |language=de |work=Kurier |date=10 May 2012 |url=http://kurier.at/kultur/4495526-trackshittaz-mit-schlechter-quote-gen-baku.php |access-date=12 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511051755/http://kurier.at/kultur/4495526-trackshittaz-mit-schlechter-quote-gen-baku.php |archive-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.at/articles/1221/125/328995/song-contest-2012-lukas-ploechl-tv|title=Lukas Plöchl kommentiert im TV|work=news.at|date=25 May 2012|access-date=21 June 2012|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529060205/http://www.news.at/articles/1221/125/328995/song-contest-2012-lukas-ploechl-tv|archive-date=29 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Final
| ] and {{ill|Lukas Plöchl|de}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Azerbaijan}}
| colspan="2" | ]
| All shows
| Konul Arifgizi and {{ill|Saleh Baghirov|az|Saleh Bağırov}}
| <ref name="gunaz">{{cite web |url=http://www.gun.az/eurovision2012/38379 |title=Könül Arifqızı və Saleh Bağırov "Eurovision-2012"ni şərh edəcək |language=az |work=Gun.az |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=15 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516144215/http://gun.az/eurovision2012/38379 |archive-date=16 May 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Belarus}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| ]
|
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Belgium}}
| ]
| {{lang|nl|]|i=unset}}, ]
| rowspan="2" | All shows
| ] and ]
| <ref name="Belgium (Flemish)">{{cite web |title=André Vermeulen en Peter Van De Veire worden commentator bij Eurovisiesongfestival |work=Knack.be |date=26 April 2012 |url=http://www.knack.be/belga-algemeen/andre-vermeulen-en-peter-van-de-veire-worden-commentator-bij-eurovisiesongfestival/article-4000086494716.htm |access-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725105316/http://www.knack.be/belga-algemeen/andre-vermeulen-en-peter-van-de-veire-worden-commentator-bij-eurovisiesongfestival/article-4000086494716.htm |archive-date=25 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| {{lang|fr|]|i=unset}}
| ] and {{ill|Jean-Louis Lahaye|fr}}
| <ref name="Belgium (Waloon)">{{cite web |title=Eurovision 2012: Le duo Hautier-Lahaye reste à Bruxelles! |work=cinetelerevue.be |date=18 April 2012 |url=http://www.cinetelerevue.be/fr/eurovision-2012-le-duo-hautier-lahaye-reste-a-bruxelles.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=16371 |access-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725105443/http://www.cinetelerevue.be/fr/eurovision-2012-le-duo-hautier-lahaye-reste-a-bruxelles.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=16371 |archive-date=25 July 2013}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| Dejan Kukrić
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhrt.ba/eurosong2012/v19.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729221510/http://www.bhrt.ba/eurosong2012/v19.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2012 |title=Eurosong 2012 – Baku |publisher=] |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=25 May 2012 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Bulgaria}}
| ]
| {{N/A|&nbsp;}}
| All shows
| Georgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
|
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Croatia}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| ]
|
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Cyprus}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| Melina Karageorgiou
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Melina to comment from Cyprus|url=http://www.cybc.com.cy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3405:57-eurovision-&catid=52:2009-08-27-10-36-13&Itemid=55|language=el|access-date=15 July 2012|date=18 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520180937/http://www.cybc.com.cy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3405%3A57-eurovision-&catid=52%3A2009-08-27-10-36-13&Itemid=55|archive-date=20 May 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}
| ]
| ], ]
| All shows
| ]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Tøpholm skal kommentere dansk Grand Prix|url=http://www.dr.dk/melodigrandprix/Artikler/2012/20111228103541.htm|access-date=14 May 2012|newspaper=DR|date=28 December 2011|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306120250/http://www.dr.dk/melodigrandprix/Artikler/2012/20111228103541.htm|archive-date=6 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Estonia}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| ]
|
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Finland}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| ], {{ill|Yle HD|fi|lt=YLE HD}}
| rowspan="3" | All shows
| {{ubl|''Finnish'': {{ill|Tarja Närhi|fi}} and Tobias Larsson|''Swedish'': {{ill|Eva Frantz|fi}} and Johan Lindroos}}
| rowspan="3" | <ref name="Finnish Broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://satumaa.yle.fi/euroviisut/2012-05-08/eurovision-laulukilpailun-42-kilpailubiisia-lauantai-illan-esikatselumaratonis|title=Eurovision laulukilpailun 42 kilpailubiisiä lauantai-illan esikatselumaratonissa|work=]|language=fi|access-date=11 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523155022/http://satumaa.yle.fi/euroviisut/2012-05-08/eurovision-laulukilpailun-42-kilpailubiisia-lauantai-illan-esikatselumaratonis|archive-date=23 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/musiikki/euroviisut/2012-05-25/eurovision-laulukilpailu-2012-finaali-aanestysohjeet|work=]|language=fi|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920030951/http://yle.fi/musiikki/euroviisut/2012-05-25/eurovision-laulukilpailu-2012-finaali-aanestysohjeet|archive-date=20 September 2012| title=Eurovision laulukilpailu 2012 finaali. Äänestysohjeet | access-date=4 January 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| {{lang|fi|]|i=unset}}
| Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
|-
| ]
| {{ill|Eva Frantz|fi}} and Johan Lindroos
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" | {{Flagu|France}}
| rowspan="3" | {{lang|fr|]|i=unset}}
| ''France3.fr''
| SF1
| {{N/A|}}
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="French Broadcast 1">{{cite web|url=http://eurovision.france3.fr/programme.php |title=Programme de Le 57ème Concours Eurovision de la chanson |work=] |language=fr |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626051143/http://eurovision.france3.fr/programme.php |archive-date=26 June 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| ]
| SF2
| {{ill|Audrey Chauveau|fr}} and {{ill|Bruno Berberes|fr}}
|-
| ]
| rowspan="2" | Final
| ] and ]
| <ref name="French Broadcast 1" /><ref name="French Broadcast">{{cite web|title=Soirée fun en vue: Mireille Dumas et Cyril Féraud commenteront l'Eurovision|publisher=]|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/tele/mireille-dumas-et-cyril-feraud-commentera-l-eurovision-2012-fun-en-vue_1092464.html|access-date=13 March 2012|date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529071658/http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/tele/mireille-dumas-et-cyril-feraud-commentera-l-eurovision-2012-fun-en-vue_1092464.html|archive-date=29 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| {{ill|Fabien Lecœuvre|fr}} and Serge Poezevara
|
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Georgia}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| Temo Kvirkvelia
|
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Germany}}
| ]
| ]
| rowspan="3" | All shows
| ]
| <ref name="German broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://programm.daserste.de/pages/programm/detail.aspx?id=FED47CDF9C7D6E93F924010A2641AB3F|title=ESC 2012 Eurovision Song Contest 2012|publisher=]|language=de|date=18 May 2012|access-date=18 May 2012|archive-date=14 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714014326/http://programm.daserste.de/pages/programm/detailArch.aspx?id=FED47CDF9C7D6E93F924010A2641AB3F|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| Thomas Mohr
| <ref name="German broadcast 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndr.de/ndr2/programm/spezialbaku101.html|title=NDR 2 Spezial: Der umstrittene ESC in Baku|publisher=]|language=de|date=24 May 2012|access-date=24 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513135333/http://www.ndr.de/ndr2/programm/spezialbaku101.html|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| <ref name="German broadcast 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.hr-online.de/website/radio/hr3/index.jsp?rubrik=70296&key=standard_document_44846946|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2012|work=hr|language=de|date=24 May 2012|access-date=1 June 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527104819/http://www.hr-online.de/website/radio/hr3/index.jsp?rubrik=70296&key=standard_document_44846946|archive-date=27 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Greece}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| Maria Kozakou
| <ref name="Greek Broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://ogaegreece.com/greece-2012-68/|script-title=el:ΕΛΛΑΔΑ: ….τελικά η Μαρία Κοζάκου ταξιδεύει στο Μπακού!|work=]|language=el|date=30 April 2012|access-date=15 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509050833/http://ogaegreece.com/greece-2012-68/|archive-date=9 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Hungary}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| {{ill|Gábor Gundel Takács|hu|Gundel Takács Gábor}}
| <ref name="Hungary broadcast">{{cite web|title=Gunda goes to the Eurovision Song Contest|language=hu|url=http://www.blikk.hu/blikk_sztarvilag/gundi-megy-az-eurovizios-dalfesztivalra-2074432|work=blikk.hu|date=12 December 2012|access-date=7 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107204723/http://www.blikk.hu/blikk_sztarvilag/gundi-megy-az-eurovizios-dalfesztivalra-2074432|archive-date=7 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Iceland}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| Hrafnhildur Halldorsdóttir
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Hellulagt í lakkskóm í Baku|url=http://ruv.is/frett/evrovisjon/hellulagt-i-lakkskom-i-baku|publisher=]|access-date=15 July 2012|language=is|date=14 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107162646/http://ruv.is/frett/evrovisjon/hellulagt-i-lakkskom-i-baku|archive-date=7 January 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Ireland}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| ]
| Semi-finals
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Irish broadcast">{{cite web |title=RTÉ Presspack - The Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals |url=https://presspack.rte.ie/2012/05/20/the-eurovision-song-contest-semi-finals/ |website=rte.ie |publisher=] |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223084807/https://presspack.rte.ie/2012/05/20/the-eurovision-song-contest-semi-finals/ |archive-date=23 December 2021 |date=20 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Irish broadcast 2">{{cite web |title=RTÉ Presspack - The Eurovision Song Contest *Final* |url=https://presspack.rte.ie/2012/05/26/the-eurovision-song-contest-final/ |website=rte.ie |publisher=] |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223084836/https://presspack.rte.ie/2012/05/26/the-eurovision-song-contest-final/ |archive-date=23 December 2021 |date=26 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| rowspan="2" | Final
|-
| ]
| ] and Zbyszek Zalinski
| <ref name="Irish broadcast 3">{{cite web |title=RTÉ Presspack - The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final |url=https://presspack.rte.ie/2012/05/26/the-eurovision-song-contest-grand-final/ |website=rte.ie |publisher=] |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223084253/https://presspack.rte.ie/2012/05/26/the-eurovision-song-contest-grand-final/ |archive-date=23 December 2021 |date=26 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Israel}}
| ]
| {{N/A|&nbsp;}}
| All shows
| ''No commentary''
|
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Italy}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
| ]
| SF1
| {{ill|Federica Gentile|it}}
| <ref name="Italian broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurofestival.ws/2012/05/12/non-solo-gialappas-band-la-semifinale-a-federica-gentile/|title=Non solo Gialappa's Band: la semifinale a Federica Gentile (Radio 2)|work=eurofestival.ws|language=it|date=12 May 2012|access-date=12 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809083536/http://www.eurofestival.ws/2012/05/12/non-solo-gialappas-band-la-semifinale-a-federica-gentile/|archive-date=9 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| Final
| {{ill|Filippo Solibello|it}} and {{ill|Marco Ardemagni|it}}
| <ref name="Italian broadcast2">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurofestival.ws/2012/05/18/la-finale-delleurovision-2012-affidata-a-solibello-e-ardemagni-radio-2/|title=La finale dell'Eurovision 2012 affidata a Solibello e Ardemagni (Radio 2)|work=eurofestival.ws|language=it|date=18 May 2012|access-date=18 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528061810/http://www.eurofestival.ws/2012/05/18/la-finale-delleurovision-2012-affidata-a-solibello-e-ardemagni-radio-2/|archive-date=28 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Latvia}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | ]
| All shows
| ]
| <ref name="Latvian Broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnet.lv/muzika/latvija/422467-anmary_gatava_eirovizijas_pusfinalam|title=Anmary gatava Eirovīzijas pusfinālam|date=21 May 2012|publisher=Tvnet.lv|language=lv|access-date=21 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523112847/http://www.tvnet.lv/muzika/latvija/422467-anmary_gatava_eirovizijas_pusfinalam|archive-date=23 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Final
| ]
| <ref name="Latvian Broadcast2">{{cite web|url=http://www.kasjauns.lv/lv/zinas/82441/noskaties-kadas-dziesmas-piedalisies-eirovizijas-finala-video|title=Noskaties, kādas dziesmas piedalīsies Eirovīzijas finālā VIDEO|date=26 May 2012|publisher=Kasjauns.lv|language=lv|access-date=26 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529031139/http://www.kasjauns.lv/lv/zinas/82441/noskaties-kadas-dziesmas-piedalisies-eirovizijas-finala-video|archive-date=29 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Lithuania}}
| ]
| {{N/A|&nbsp;}}
| All shows
| {{ill|Darius Užkuraitis|lt}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Macedonia}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| Karolina Petkovska
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Subota, 26. maj 2012.|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-05-26&kanal=mrt1|publisher=MRT1|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104145148/https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-05-26&kanal=mrt1|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Malta}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| Elaine Saliba and Ronald Briffa
|
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Moldova}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| Marcel Spătari
|
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{flagu|Montenegro}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| ]
| SF1/Final
| rowspan="3" | Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvprofil.com/me/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-22&kanal=tvcg1|title=Utorak, 22. maj 2012.|trans-title=Tuesday, 22 May 2012|publisher=TVCG 1|access-date=2023-06-27|archive-date=24 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624175700/https://tvprofil.com/me/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-22&kanal=tvcg1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvprofil.com/me/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-26&kanal=tvcg1|title=Subota, 26. maj 2012.|trans-title=Saturday, 26 May 2012|publisher=TVCG 1|access-date=2023-06-27|archive-date=24 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624175700/https://tvprofil.com/me/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-26&kanal=tvcg1|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| SF2
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvprofil.com/me/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-24&kanal=tvcg2|title=Četvrtak, 24. maj 2012.|trans-title=Thursday, 24 May 2012|publisher=TVCG 2|access-date=2023-06-27|archive-date=24 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624175700/https://tvprofil.com/me/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-24&kanal=tvcg2|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| TVCG MNE
| All shows
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-22&kanal=tvcg-sat|title=Utorak, 22. maj 2012.|trans-title=Tuesday, 22 May 2012|publisher=TVCG MNE|access-date=2023-06-20|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104145148/https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-22&kanal=tvcg-sat|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-24&kanal=tvcg-sat|title=Četvrtak, 24. maj 2012.|trans-title=Thursday, 24 May 2012|publisher=TVCG SAT|access-date=2023-06-20|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104145148/https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-24&kanal=tvcg-sat|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-26&kanal=tvcg-sat|title=Subota, 26. maj 2012.|trans-title=Saturday, 26 May 2012|publisher=TVCG SAT|access-date=2023-06-20|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104145148/https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-26&kanal=tvcg-sat|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| ] and ]
| <ref name="Dutch broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://www.metronieuws.nl/entertainment/jan-smit-heeft-altijd-slingers-op-zak/SrZkjB!sepM8Yv1nPVRU/|title=Jan Smit heeft altijd slingers op zak&nbsp;– Metro|last=Woning|first=Merike|date=28 October 2011|work=metronieuws.nl|access-date=14 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108095412/http://www.metronieuws.nl/entertainment/jan-smit-heeft-altijd-slingers-op-zak/SrZkjB!sepM8Yv1nPVRU/|archive-date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?content/esf480.asp|title=Welkom op de site van Eurovision Artists|work=Eurovisionartists.nl|access-date=17 April 2012|date=17 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808202542/http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?content%2Fesf480.asp|archive-date=8 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Norway}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| ]
| <ref name="Norwegian broadcast">{{cite web |url=http://tv.nrk.no/program/muhu14006312/eurovision-song-contest-2012-finale |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2012&nbsp;– finale |work=] |language=no |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=15 May 2012 |archive-date=14 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714232459/http://tv.nrk.no/serie/melodi-grand-prix-tv/muhu14006312/26-05-2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Portugal}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| {{ill|Pedro Granger|pt}}
| <ref name="Portuguese broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://programas.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p28609|title=57.º Festival Eurovisão da Canção 2012|work=rtp.pt|date=17 May 2012|access-date=17 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515140249/http://programas.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p28609|archive-date=15 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Romania}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| ] and Gianina Corondan
| <ref name="Romanian broadcast">{{cite web |url=http://port.ro/pls/w/tv.channel?i_ch=10001&i_date=2012-05-22&i_where=1 |title=Romanian television schedule |work=PORT.ro |language=ro |date=20 May 2012 |access-date=20 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521175424/http://port.ro/pls/w/tv.channel?i_ch=10001&i_date=2012-05-22&i_where=1 |archive-date=21 May 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Russia}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| {{ill|Olga Shelest|ru|Шелест, Ольга Владимировна}} and ]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://russia.tv/brand/show/brand_id/13925 |title=Евровидение-2012 |publisher=Russia.tv |access-date=25 May 2012 |date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526074902/http://russia.tv/brand/show/brand_id/13925 |archive-date=26 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|San Marino}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo
| <ref name="Sanmarinese broadcast">{{cite web |title=Ecco il video ufficiale de "L'amore è femmina". E San Marino... |language=it |work=eurofestival.ws |date=7 May 2012 |url=http://www.eurofestival.ws/2012/05/07/ecco-il-video-ufficiale-de-lamore-e-femmina-e-san-marino/ |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825102405/http://www.eurofestival.ws/2012/05/07/ecco-il-video-ufficiale-de-lamore-e-femmina-e-san-marino/ |archive-date=25 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Serbia}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | ], ]
| SF1
| Dragan Ilić
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Serbian broadcast">{{cite web |url=http://www.rts.rs/page/tv/sr/story/20/RTS+1/1105042/Pesma+Evrovizije+2012.html |title=Pesma Evrovizije 2012 |work=RTS |language=sr |date=19 May 2012 |access-date=19 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521040930/http://www.rts.rs/page/tv/sr/story/20/RTS+1/1105042/Pesma+Evrovizije+2012.html |archive-date=21 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-22&kanal=rts-sat|title=Utorak, 22. maj 2012.|trans-title=Tuesday, 22 May 2012|publisher=RTS Sat|access-date=2023-06-20|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104145148/https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-22&kanal=rts-sat|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-24&kanal=rts-sat|title=Četvrtak, 24. maj 2012.|trans-title=Thursday, 24 May 2012|publisher=RTS Sat|access-date=2023-06-20|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104145148/https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-24&kanal=rts-sat|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-26&kanal=rts-sat|title=Subota, 26. maj 2012.|trans-title=Saturday, 26 May 2012|publisher=RTS Sat|access-date=2023-06-20|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104145148/https://tvprofil.com/ba/tvprogram/#!datum=2012-5-26&kanal=rts-sat|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| SF2/Final
| ]
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Slovakia}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
| ], ]
| All shows
| Roman Bomboš
|
|-
| ]
| Final
| {{ill|Daniel Baláž|sk}} and Pavol Hubinák
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtvs.sk/clanok/778|title=Eurovízia s Balážom a Hubinákom - vyberajte najlepší komentár!|publisher=RTVS|date=29 May 2012|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516015252/https://www.rtvs.sk/clanok/778|archive-date=16 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Slovenia}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
| {{ill|TV SLO 2|sl}}
| Semi-finals
| rowspan="2" | {{ill|Andrej Hofer|sl|Andrej Hofer (televizijski voditelj)}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Pesem Evrovizije 2012: Predizbor, prenos iz Bakuja|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/show/1902456/pesem-evrovizije-2012-predizbor-prenos-iz-bakuja|publisher=SLO2|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423211522/https://tvprofil.com/ba/show/1902456/pesem-evrovizije-2012-predizbor-prenos-iz-bakuja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pesem Evrovizije 2012: Predizbor, prenos iz Bakuja|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/show/1902458/pesem-evrovizije-2012-predizbor-prenos-iz-bakuja|publisher=SLO2|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423211523/https://tvprofil.com/ba/show/1902458/pesem-evrovizije-2012-predizbor-prenos-iz-bakuja|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{ill|TV SLO 1|sl}}
| Final
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Pesem Evrovizije 2012, prenos iz Bakuja|url=https://tvprofil.com/ba/show/1902444/pesem-evrovizije-2012-prenos-iz-bakuja|publisher=SLO1|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423211526/https://tvprofil.com/ba/show/1902444/pesem-evrovizije-2012-prenos-iz-bakuja|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Spain}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
| {{lang|es|]|i=unset}}
| SF1
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Spanish broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://www.rtve.es/television/20120430/jose-maria-inigo-repite-como-comentarista-tve-festival-eurovision/520428.shtml|title=José María Íñigo repite como comentarista de TVE en el Festival de Eurovisión|work=RTVE|language=es|date=30 April 2012|access-date=30 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430231940/http://www.rtve.es/television/20120430/jose-maria-inigo-repite-como-comentarista-tve-festival-eurovision/520428.shtml|archive-date=30 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{lang|es|]|i=unset}}
| Final
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}
| ]
| ]
| rowspan="2" | All shows
| ] and ]
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Swedish broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://svt.se/melodifestivalen/gina-dirawi-och-edward-af-sillen-kommenterar-eurovision-song-contest|title=Gina Dirawi och Edward af Sillén kommenterar Eurovision Song Contest|work=Sveriges Television|language=sv|date=17 April 2012|access-date=17 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427005318/http://svt.se/melodifestivalen/gina-dirawi-och-edward-af-sillen-kommenterar-eurovision-song-contest|archive-date=27 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ] and ]
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}
| rowspan="4" | ]
| {{lang|de|]|i=unset}}
| rowspan="2" | SF1/Final
| ]
| <ref name="Swiss-German broadcast">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvprogramm.sf.tv/details/459a239c-27b7-4b19-9074-2430a2c99a4b |title=TV-Programm 26. Mai 2012 |work=Schweizer Fernsehen |language=de |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=10 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528132500/http://www.tvprogramm.sf.tv/details/459a239c-27b7-4b19-9074-2430a2c99a4b |archive-date=28 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{lang|fr|]|i=unset}}
| ] and ]
| <ref name="Swiss-French broadcast">{{cite web |url=http://www.rts.ch/programmes/#date=2012-5-22&period=3 |title=mardi 22 mai à 21:00 sur RTS Deux Eurosong 2012 22. Mai 2012 |work=Télévision Suisse Romande |language=fr |date=18 May 2012 |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513154315/http://www.rts.ch/programmes/#date=2012-5-22&period=3 |archive-date=13 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{lang|it|]|i=unset}}
| SF1
| rowspan="2" | {{ill|Clarissa Tami|it}} and ]
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Swiss-Italian broadcast">{{cite web |url=http://la2.rsi.ch/home/networks/la2/palinsesto.2012-05-22.html |title=martedì 22 maggio 2012, 21:00 sur RSI La 2 Eurosong 2012 |work=Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana |language=it |date=19 May 2012 |access-date=19 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523225854/http://la2.rsi.ch/home/networks/la2/palinsesto.2012-05-22.html |archive-date=23 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{lang|it|]|i=unset}}
| Final
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Turkey}}
| ]
| ], ], {{lang|tr|]|i=unset}}, {{lang|tr|]|i=unset}}, {{lang|tr|]|i=unset}}
| All shows
| ] and {{ill|Erhan Konuk|tr}}
| <ref name="TRT">{{cite web|url=http://www.posta.com.tr/magazin/tele-magazin/YazarHaberDetay/O_sette_ne_oldu_.htm?ArticleID=117371|title=Özveren'in veliahtı kim?|work=posta.com.tr|language=tr|date=15 April 2012|access-date=1 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429140301/http://www.posta.com.tr/magazin/tele-magazin/YazarHaberDetay/O_sette_ne_oldu_.htm?ArticleID=117371|archive-date=29 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Ukraine}}
| ]
| {{lang|uk-latn|]|i=unset}}
| All shows
| ] and ]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://1tv.com.ua/uk/eurovision/2012/song |title=Пісенне Євробачення 2012&nbsp;– Перший Національний канал |publisher=1tv.com.ua |language=uk |date=20 April 2012 |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429200844/http://1tv.com.ua/uk/eurovision/2012/song |archive-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| ]
| Semi-finals
| ] and ]
| <ref name="BBCsemifinals">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00qrp03|title=BBC One&nbsp;– Eurovision Song Contest, 2012, Semi Final 1|work=BBC|access-date=13 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525104106/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00qrp03|archive-date=25 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| rowspan="2" | Final
| ]
| <ref name="UKbroadcast2">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/about/ |title=BBC&nbsp;– Eurovision Song Contest 2012 |work=] |access-date=27 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223111058/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/about/ |archive-date=23 December 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| <ref name="UKbroadcast3">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/eurovision/coverage.html |title=BBC&nbsp;– Media Centre&nbsp;– BBC Eurovision Song Contest Coverage 2012 |work=] |access-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725113242/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/eurovision/coverage.html |archive-date=25 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | {{tooltip|Show(s)|Indicates if a single show only, semi-finals only or all three shows were transmitted on a particular channel.}}
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{flagu|Armenia}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows
| ] and Artur Grigoryan
| <ref>{{cite web|date=28 May 2012|title=Armenia is back for 2013|url=http://ogae.am/armenia-is-back-for-2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714104456/http://ogae.am/armenia-is-back-for-2013|archive-date=14 July 2013|access-date=6 June 2012|work=]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{flagu|Australia}}
| ]
| ]
| All shows{{efn|Broadcast on 26 and 27 May 2012}}
| ] and ]
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|title=Airdate: Eurovision Song Contest 2012|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/05/airdate-eurovision-song-contest-2012.html|work=tvtonight.com.au|date=3 May 2011|access-date=9 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511123929/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/05/airdate-eurovision-song-contest-2012.html|archive-date=11 May 2012|url-status=live}}l</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SBS To Air Eurovision 2012|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/10/13/sbs-to-air-eurovision-2012/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909182931/http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/10/13/sbs-to-air-eurovision-2012/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 September 2012|work=Oikotimes.com|date=13 October 2011|access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>
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==Spokespersons== == Incidents ==
===Human rights concerns===
* {{esc|Georgia}}&nbsp;– Sopho Toroshelidze<ref name="Georgia">{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/18630|title=Sopho Toroshelidze to announce votes|last=Terzopoulos|first=Vasilis|date=10 April 2012|work=]|accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref> (Singer for Georgia in 2011 as part of ])
Azerbaijan's large investment in hosting the Eurovision contest was widely discussed in Western media as an attempt to "mitigate misgivings about its poor democracy and human rights record".<ref name=AP265>{{cite web|last=Leonard|first=Peter|title=Azerbaijan hopes Eurovision Song Contest will distract from poor human rights record|url=http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/world/azerbaijan+hopes+eurovision+song+contest+will+distract+from+poor+human+rights+record/6442648852/story.html|publisher=]|access-date=15 July 2012|date=26 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206001415/http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/world/azerbaijan+hopes+eurovision+song+contest+will+distract+from+poor+human+rights+record/6442648852/story.html|archive-date=6 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Guardian255>{{cite news|last=Elder|first=Miriam|title=Eurovision does little help to human rights in Azerbaijan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/25/eurovision-azerbaijan-human-rights|access-date=26 May 2012|newspaper=]|date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024133930/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/25/eurovision-azerbaijan-human-rights|archive-date=24 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Elnur Majidli, an activist imprisoned during the ]-inspired ], was released in an apparent effort to soften Azerbaijan's image ahead of the contest, but many political prisoners remained.<ref name=Guardian255/> ] reported a "violent crackdown on protesters" on the eve of the contest,<ref>{{cite news|last=Gogia|first=Giorgi|title=Eurovision: The view from the courtroom|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304707604577421853831244424?mod=googlenews_wsj|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=26 May 2012|date=23 May 2012|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731025718/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304707604577421853831244424?mod=googlenews_wsj|url-status=live}}</ref> and ] condemned the "stern crackdown of freedom of expression, dissent, ]s (NGOs), critical journalists, in fact anyone who criticised the Aliyev regime too strongly" that continued up to the contest.<ref name=Reut255 />

Human Rights Watch also criticised the Azerbaijani government and the Baku City Authority for carrying out ] against local residents, in order to allow for the demolition of ] to make way for construction in the neighbourhood where the Baku Crystal Hall was built.<ref name="HRW">{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/29/azerbaijan-homeowners-evicted-city-beautification|title=Azerbaijan: Homeowners Evicted for City Beautification. Some Forced Out Ahead of Eurovision 2012|publisher=]|date=29 February 2012|access-date=6 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804013039/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/29/azerbaijan-homeowners-evicted-city-beautification|archive-date=4 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The Public Association for Assistance to Free Economy, a transparency and economic rights campaign group, had described the evictions as a "violation of human rights", and as having "no legal authority". However, in a statement to the ], the EBU said that on a recent visit to Baku they had observed "that the construction of the concert hall media reports refer to was already well under way on a clean construction site and thus there are no demolitions needed".<ref name="BBC16223311">{{cite news|last=McGuinness|first=Damien|title=Evicted in Baku to make way for Eurovision|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16223311|access-date=17 May 2012|date=22 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519064446/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16223311|archive-date=19 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The EBU cited the "apolitical" nature of the contest and the Azerbaijani government's claim that the construction was not tied to the contest.<ref name="HRW"/>

The contest's eventual winner ] met ] activists during the event weeks, the only entrant to do so. She later told reporters, "Human rights are violated in Azerbaijan every day. One should not be silent about such things."<ref name=Reut255>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/azerbaijan-eurovision-idUSL5E8GP85U20120525 |title=Swedish Eurovision star strays into Azeri rights row |author=Margarita Antidze |date=25 May 2012 |work=Reuters |access-date=26 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529082731/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/25/azerbaijan-eurovision-idUSL5E8GP85U20120525 |archive-date=29 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> An Azerbaijan government spokesman criticized her in response, saying that the contest should not "be politicised" and requested the EBU prevented further meetings of a similar nature.<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaidzhan syyttaa ruotsin viisuedustajaa politikoinnista |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/azerbaidzhan_syyttaa_ruotsin_viisuedustajaa_politikoinnista/6109366 |publisher=] |access-date=15 July 2012 |language=fi |date=24 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527034208/http://yle.fi/uutiset/azerbaidzhan_syyttaa_ruotsin_viisuedustajaa_politikoinnista/6109366 |archive-date=27 May 2012}}</ref> Swedish diplomats replied that the EBU, the Swedish broadcaster ] and Loreen had not acted against the competition's rules.<ref>{{cite news|title=Loreen mitt i diplomatiskt drama|url=http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/musik/loreen-mitt-i-diplomatiskt-drama|newspaper=]|access-date=15 July 2012|language=sv|date=24 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728002138/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/musik/loreen-mitt-i-diplomatiskt-drama|archive-date=28 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 May, a ] of anti-government protesters were quickly dispersed by police.<ref name=AP265 /> Activists expressed fears that they would face a crackdown when the international spotlight left Azerbaijan again at the end of the contest.<ref name=Guardian255 /> Before presenting the results of the German vote, the German spokesperson ] gave a live statement that alluded to the human rights issues in Azerbaijan, saying: "Tonight nobody could vote for their own country. But it is good to be able to vote. And it is good to have a choice. Good luck on your journey, Azerbaijan. Europe is watching you."<ref name=Anke1>{{cite magazine|title=Umstrittener Eurovision Song Contest. Danke, Anke!|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/esc-in-baku-anke-engelke-kommentiert-unfreiheit-in-aserbaidschan-a-835464.html|magazine=]|access-date=15 July 2012|language=de|date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808154311/http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/esc-in-baku-anke-engelke-kommentiert-unfreiheit-in-aserbaidschan-a-835464.html|archive-date=8 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Anke2>{{cite web|title=Anke's brave message to Baku - Final Eurovision 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0iJTdfcLNo|via=]|access-date=15 July 2012|date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414143524/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0iJTdfcLNo|archive-date=14 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Tensions with Iran ===
Iranian officials objected to Azerbaijan hosting the contest, with Iranian clerics Ayatollah ] and Ayatollah ] condemning Azerbaijan for "anti-Islamic behaviour", while also claiming that Azerbaijan was hosting a ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Antidze|first=Margarita|title=Iran's "gay" Eurovision jibes strain Azerbaijan ties|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/azerbaijan-iran-idUKL5E8GM61H20120522|work=Reuters|access-date=15 July 2012|date=22 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531030345/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/22/azerbaijan-iran-idUKL5E8GM61H20120522|archive-date=31 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> This led to protests in front of Iranian embassy in Baku, where protesters carried slogans mocking the Iranian leaders. ], head of the public and political issues department in Azerbaijani president's administration, said that gay parade claims were untrue, and advised Iran not to meddle in Azerbaijan's internal affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65433|publisher=EurasiaNet.org|title=Azerbaijan: Pop Music vs. Islam|access-date=15 July 2012|date=21 May 2012|last=Lomsadze|first=Girgoi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711132530/http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65433|archive-date=11 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, Iran recalled its ambassador from Baku,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/22/215722.html|publisher=AFP|title=Iran recalls envoy to Azerbaijan ahead of Eurovision|access-date=15 July 2012|date=22 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627033032/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/22/215722.html|archive-date=27 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> while Azerbaijan demanded a formal apology from Iran for its statements in connection with Baku's hosting of the contest,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/05/24/azerbaijan-demands-apology-from-iran-over-eurovision/|publisher=]|title=Azerbaijan Demands Apology From Iran Over Eurovision|access-date=15 July 2012|date=24 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626192840/http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/05/24/azerbaijan-demands-apology-from-iran-over-eurovision/|archive-date=26 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and later also recalled its ambassador from Iran.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-iran-recall-ambassador/24597902.html|title=Azerbaijan Recalls Ambassador To Iran|publisher=]|access-date=15 July 2012|date=30 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724225521/http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-iran-recall-ambassador/24597902.html|archive-date=24 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 30 May, the ] announced that they had thwarted a series of planned terror attacks against the contest, among the targets being Baku Crystal Hall, as well as ] and ] hotels in Baku.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mammadov|first=Elman|title=Eurovision 'terror plot' thwarted: Azerbaijan|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g0BB2S9CKtuayJhgOEMhdkzTRTKw?docId=CNG.60490b622cc956adb6a886ff4c892ab7.801|work=]|access-date=15 July 2012|date=30 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706194836/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g0BB2S9CKtuayJhgOEMhdkzTRTKw?docId=CNG.60490b622cc956adb6a886ff4c892ab7.801|archive-date=6 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 22 August, '']'' reported that according to Western intelligence services, Iran's Supreme Leader ] personally gave orders to the elite ] unit to launch terrorist attacks against the West and its allies, including Azerbaijan during the contest.<ref>
{{cite news|last=Coughlin|first=Con|title=Iran's supreme leader orders fresh terror attacks on West|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9490878/Irans-supreme-leader-orders-fresh-terror-attacks-on-West.html|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=22 August 2012|date=23 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822125839/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9490878/Irans-supreme-leader-orders-fresh-terror-attacks-on-West.html|archive-date=22 August 2012|url-status=live}}
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== Other awards ==
In addition to the main winner's trophy, the ] and the ] were contested during the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The ], "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

=== Marcel Bezençon Awards ===
The ], organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative ], and 1984 winner ], honours songs in the contest's final.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marcel Bezençon Award - an introduction |url=http://poplight.zitiz.se/marcelbezenconaward/en |publisher=Poplight.se |access-date=15 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017033001/http://poplight.zitiz.se/marcelbezenconaward/en |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcel Bezençon Awards–Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/in-depth/marcel-bezencon-awards/ |website=eurovision.tv |date=2 April 2017 |access-date=19 March 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716092347/https://eurovision.tv/about/in-depth/marcel-bezencon-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Performer(s)
! scope="col" | Composer(s)
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! scope="row" | Artistic Award
| rowspan="2" | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
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! scope="row" | Composers Award
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! scope="row" | Press Award
| {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2012}}
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| ]
| {{hlist|]|Sandra Bjurman|]|Johan Kronlund}}
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=== OGAE ===
], an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2012 poll was also the winner of the contest, "]" performed by ]; the top five results are shown below.<ref name="OGAE Clubs">{{cite web|title=Eurovision Fanclub Network|url=http://www.ogae.net/|publisher=OGAE|access-date=15 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419213155/http://www.ogae.net/|archive-date=19 April 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Members>{{cite web|title=Club History|url=http://www.euroviisuklubi.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=8&Itemid=41|publisher=OGAE Finland|access-date=17 June 2012|date=5 June 2012|language=fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127121744/http://www.euroviisuklubi.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=8&Itemid=41|archive-date=27 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hondal|first=Victor|title=OGAE 2012 poll: Sweden wins by a landslide|url=http://www.esctoday.com/?p=36311|publisher=ESCToday.com|access-date=15 July 2012|date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619124823/http://www.esctoday.com/?p=36311|archive-date=19 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Performer(s)
! scope="col" | OGAE result
|- style="background:gold;"
! scope="row" style="background:gold;" | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}}
| "]"
| ]
| 375
|- style="background:silver;"
! scope="row" style="background:silver;" | {{Esc|Italy|y=2012}}
| "]"
| ]
| 212
|- style="background:#CC9966;"
! scope="row" style="background:#CC9966;" | {{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}}
| "Never Forget"
| ] and ]
| 211
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! scope="row" | {{Esc|Serbia|y=2012}}
| "{{lang|sr-latn|Nije ljubav stvar|i=unset}}"
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| 199
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! scope="row" | {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}}
| "Stay"
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| 164
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===Barbara Dex Award===
The ] is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after ] who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovisionhouse.nl/bdaward.php |title=Barbara Dex Award |work=eurovisionhouse.nl |date=2012 |access-date=13 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826110418/http://www.eurovisionhouse.nl/bdaward.php |archive-date=26 August 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Barbara Dex Award 2012">{{cite web|last1=Roxburgh|first1=Gordon|title=Rona Nishliu wins the Barbara Dex Award|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=rona_nishliu_wins_the_barbara_dex_award|website=eurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=3 June 2012|date=8 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605011201/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=rona_nishliu_wins_the_barbara_dex_award|archive-date=5 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

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! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Performer(s)
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! scope="row" style="background:gold;" | 1
| {{Esc|Albania|y=2012}}
| ]
| 829
|- style="background:silver;"
! scope="row" style="background:silver;" | 2
| {{Esc|Ireland|y=2012}}
| ]
| 551
|- style="background:#CC9966;"
! scope="row" style="background:#CC9966;" | 3
| {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2012}}
| ]
| 232
|-
! scope="row" | 4
| {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2012}}
| ]
| 163
|-
! scope="row" | 5
| {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2012}}
| ]
| 145
|}

==Official album==
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'''''Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012''''' was a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and released by ] on 4 May 2012. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2012 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.<ref name="iTunes">{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest - Baku 2012|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/eurovision-song-contest-baku/id523090300|website=itunes.apple.com|publisher=iTunes|access-date=4 November 2014|date=1 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224095914/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/eurovision-song-contest-baku/id523090300|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Charts ===
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== References == == References ==
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== External links == == External links ==
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International song competition "Eurovision 2012" redirects here. For the junior contest, see Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Light Your Fire!
Dates
Semi-final 122 May 2012 (2012-05-22)
Semi-final 224 May 2012 (2012-05-24)
Final26 May 2012 (2012-05-26)
Host
VenueBaku Crystal Hall
Baku, Azerbaijan
Presenter(s)
Executive producerAdil Kerimli
DirectorLadislaus Kiraly
Executive supervisorJon Ola Sand
Host broadcasterİctimai Television (İTV)
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/baku-2012 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries42
Number of finalists26
Debuting countriesNone
Returning countries Montenegro
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Voting systemEach country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the 2011 contest with the song "Running Scared" by Ell and Nikki. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contest – only four years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), the contest was held at the Baku Crystal Hall, and consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May, and a final on 26 May 2012. The three live shows were presented by Azerbaijani television presenter Leyla Aliyeva, newsreader Nargiz Birk-Petersen and singer Eldar Gasimov, the latter of whom was one of the previous edition's winners.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Montenegro returned to the contest for the first time since 2009. Meanwhile, Armenia withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. Poland also did not participate due to financial concerns.

The winner was Sweden with the song "Euphoria", performed by Loreen and written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström. The song won both the jury vote and televote and received 372 points out of a maximum of 492. Russia, Serbia, Azerbaijan and Albania rounded out the top five, with Albania achieving their best result to date. Out of the "Big Five" countries, Germany, Italy and Spain all managed to rank within the top 10, finishing eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively.

The lead-up to the contest was met with political concerns and protests surrounding the host country, including its human rights record and allegations by advocacy groups that Baku was carrying out forced evictions in the construction of the contest's venue.

Location

Baku Crystal Hall, Baku - host venue of the 2012 contest.
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 is located in Baku, AzerbaijanTofiq Bahramov StadiumTofiq Bahramov StadiumHeydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition ComplexHeydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition ComplexBaku Crystal HallBaku Crystal Hallclass=notpageimage| Locations of the suggested venues in Baku, Azerbaijan: the chosen venue is marked in blue, while eliminated venues are marked in red

Azerbaijan got the right to host the 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the previous 2011 edition with the song "Running Scared" performed by Ell and Nikki. Baku, the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region, was named the host city for the contest, with the venue being the Baku Crystal Hall, built a few months prior to the contest on the city's coastline.

Shortly after Azerbaijan's victory at the 2011 edition, officials announced that a new 23,000-seat concert venue was to be built near National Flag Square in Baku, as a potential venue for the event. Three days later, other venue options were revealed by organisers, such as the 37,000-seat Tofiq Bahramov Stadium and the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex. On 2 August 2011, Alpine Bau Deutschland AG was awarded the contract to construct the Baku Crystal Hall. Preparations for construction began in the area shortly after the announcement. Even though the full cost of the contract was not named, the government allocated 6 million AZN for the construction of the venue.

On 8 September 2011, Azad Azerbaijan TV (ATV) reported that Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest, but no formal confirmation was made at the time by the EBU. On 31 October 2011, Ismayil Omarov, the director general of Azerbaijani national broadcaster İctimai Television announced that a decision on the venue choice would be taken by the steering committee in January 2012. On 25 January 2012, it was confirmed that the Baku Crystal Hall would be the venue of the contest. Even though the venue had an extended capacity of 23,000 people, only 16,000 people were able to attend each show. Tickets for the contest became available online for purchase on 28 February 2012.

Participating countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 – Participation summaries by country

On 17 January 2012, the EBU initially announced that forty-three countries would take part in the 2012 contest. The 57th edition saw the return of Montenegro, who was last represented by Andrea Demirović in 2009. Poland decided not to participate, due to the financial burden of the UEFA Euro 2012 (which Poland co-hosted with Ukraine) and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Armenia, who had originally planned to participate, later withdrew their application due to security concerns related to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, subsequently reducing the number of participating countries to 42.

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 participants
Country Broadcaster Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
 Albania RTSH Rona Nishliu "Suus" Albanian
 Austria ORF Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" German
  • Manuel Hoffelner
  • Lukas Plöchl
 Azerbaijan İTV Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies" English
 Belarus BTRC Litesound "We Are the Heroes" English
  • Dmitriy Karyakin
  • Vladimir Karyakin
 Belgium VRT Iris "Would You?" English
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" Bosnian Maja Sarihodžić
 Bulgaria BNT Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited" Bulgarian
  • Krum Georgiev
  • Iasen Kozev
  • Donka Vasileva
 Croatia HRT Nina Badrić "Nebo" Croatian Nina Badrić
 Cyprus CyBC Ivi Adamou "La La Love" English
 Denmark DR Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" English
 Estonia ERR Ott Lepland "Kuula" Estonian
 Finland Yle Pernilla "När jag blundar" Swedish Jonas Karlsson
 France France Télévisions Anggun "Echo (You and I)" French, English
 Georgia GPB Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker" English, Georgian
  • Rusudan Chkhaidze
  • Bibi Kvachadze
 Germany NDR Roman Lob "Standing Still" English
 Greece ERT Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" English
 Hungary MTVA Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" English
  • Behnam Lotfi
  • Gábor Pál
  • Attila Sándor
  • Csaba Walkó
 Iceland RÚV Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" English Greta Salóme
 Ireland RTÉ Jedward "Waterline" English
 Israel IBA Izabo "Time" English, Hebrew
  • Shiri Hadar
  • Ran Shem Tov
 Italy RAI Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" English, Italian
 Latvia LTV Anmary "Beautiful Song" English
  • Ivars Makstnieks
  • Rolands Ūdris
 Lithuania LRT Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" English
  • Jodie Rose
  • Brandon Stone
 Macedonia MRT Kaliopi "Crno i belo" (Црно и бело) Macedonian
 Malta PBS Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night" English
 Moldova TRM Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" English
 Montenegro RTCG Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro" English Rambo Amadeus
 Netherlands TROS Joan Franka "You and Me" English
 Norway NRK Tooji "Stay" English
 Portugal RTP Filipa Sousa "Vida minha" Portuguese
  • Andrej Babić
  • Carlos Coelho
 Romania TVR Mandinga "Zaleilah" Spanish, English
 Russia RTR Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" Udmurt, English
 San Marino SMRTV Valentina Monetta "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh – Oh Oh)" English
 Serbia RTS Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" (Није љубав ствар) Serbian
 Slovakia RTVS Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes" English Max Jason Mai
 Slovenia RTVSLO Eva Boto "Verjamem" Slovene
 Spain RTVE Pastora Soler "Quédate conmigo" Spanish
 Sweden SVT Loreen "Euphoria" English
  • Peter Boström
  • Thomas G:son
  Switzerland SRG SSR Sinplus "Unbreakable" English
  • Gabriel Broggini
  • Ivan Broggini
 Turkey TRT Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" English Can Bonomo
 Ukraine NTU Gaitana "Be My Guest" English
 United Kingdom BBC Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free" English

Returning artists

Four artists returned in this year's contest. Kaliopi for Macedonia who previously participated in the 1996 contest with the song "Samo ti", which placed in 26th position in the pre-qualifying round. Kaliopi would then go on to represent Macedonia once more at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Jónsi for Iceland and Željko Joksimović for Serbia both previously participated in 2004. Joksimović had represented Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 with the song "Lane moje" which placed second in that year, and co-hosted the 2008 contest with Jovana Janković. Jónsi performed "Heaven" in 2004, which placed 19th.

For a second consecutive year Jedward participated for Ireland, after their 8th-place finish at the 2011 contest with the song "Lipstick".

Martina Majerle, who represented Slovenia in 2009, returned as a backing vocalist for Slovenia.

Lys Assia, the winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, had entered her song "C'était ma vie" written by Ralph Siegel and Jean Paul Cara into the Swiss national selection for the 2012 contest. The song, however, only came eighth in a closely fought national selection. Assia attended the event in Baku as a guest of honour.

Languages

The Finnish entry, "När jag blundar", sung by Pernilla Karlsson, was only Finland's second entry in Swedish (after "Fri?" by Beat in 1990) and the first entry at all to be sung in Swedish since 1998. Russia's entry, "Party for Everybody", sung by Buranovskiye Babushki, was the first entry ever to be performed in Udmurt. The Georgian entry, "I'm a Joker" was the first Eurovision entry containing the Georgian language while the Bulgarian song "Love Unlimited" had a few words in the Azerbaijani language, both of whom never appeared at the contest before.

Other countries

Active EBU members

  •  Armenia – On 7 March 2012, the EBU announced that Armenian broadcaster ARMTV had decided to withdraw despite originally being included in the list of participating countries, after Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev had given a speech the previous week calling "Armenians of the world" one of Azerbaijan's "main enemies". Armenia was consequently fined by the EBU and was expected to face further penalties, such as exclusion from participation in future contests if it failed to comply with the EBU requirements. Armenia had been in a continuous state of war with Azerbaijan since the early 1990s due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Active EBU member broadcasters in Andorra, Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Poland confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU. The Monegasque and Moroccan broadcasters did the same, despite previous speculations of a possible return.

Non-EBU member

On 26 November 2011, it was reported that two official EBU documents showed that Liechtenstein's only national broadcaster 1 FL TV was being granted active EBU membership, sparking speculations of a debut for the nation. However, it was clarified a few days later that these documents contained editing mistakes.

Format

Presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, from left to right – Leyla Aliyeva, Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen

In a meeting of the Eurovision Reference Group on 29 June 2011, it was decided that the televoting system would revert the format used most recently in the 2009 contest, in which the phone and SMS lines opened for a fifteen-minute window after all songs had been performed, instead of opening before the show starts, which was the system used between 2010 and 2011. The results format of each show remained the same with each country's votes being decided on a 50:50 split between televoting and a national jury. Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry.

Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011, the number of participants in the grand final was raised to 26, including the host nation, the "Big Five", and the ten qualifiers from each semi-final. This was the second time in the Eurovision Song Contest that 26 countries were in the grand final, the first being the 2003 contest.

Semi-final allocation draw

Semi-final allocation draw ceremony at the Buta Palace in Baku.
Results of the semi-final allocation draw  Participating countries in the first semi-final  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final  Participating countries in the second semi-final  Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final

The draw that determined the semi-final running order was held on 25 January 2012 at the Buta Palace. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), were split into six pots, based upon how those countries voted in past contests. From these pots, half (or as close to half as possible) competed in the first semi-final on 22 May 2012. The other half in that particular pot competed in the second semi-final on 24 May 2012. This draw also acted as an approximate running order, in order for the delegations from the countries to know when their rehearsals would commence and determine which semi-final the automatic finalists would be allowed to vote in.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Graphic design

Stage design of the contest.

The design of the contest was built around the motto "Light Your Fire!", inspired by the nickname of Azerbaijan itself, "Land of Fire".

Each introductory video postcard began with a shot of the artist and performers, followed with the flag and country name in a handwritten font with a background resembling the yellow, orange and red fire of the 2012 theme art. The postcards consisted of various shots of Azerbaijan, with a caption displaying 'Azerbaijan' and underneath 'Land of ...' (e.g. Land of Abundance; Land of Poetry etc.), which were then followed by the name of a town or geographic feature, showing the landscape and culture of the country. Some postcards focused on the host city of Baku with text changing to 'Baku' and underneath 'City of ...' (e.g. City of Jazz; City of Leisure etc.). The postcards finished with a shot of the Crystal Hall displayed in the colours of the performing country's flag. These postcards acted as a tourism mechanism to present the country to a wider audience.

The artist, song and number graphics as well as tables and voting graphics were kept the same as those used in 2011, with a slight modification to incorporate the 2012 theme art. The lower points (1-7) were highlighted in red squares while the top points (8, 10, 12) were highlighted in orange squares with each square increasing in size in relation to the point value. Both sets of graphics were designed by London brand design agency Turquoise Branding.

National host broadcaster

İctimai Television (İTV), which was the EBU member that broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan, is one of country's public-service broadcasters. Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Azerbaijan, Iltimas Mammadov, stated that telecom networks were ready to host the event. Azerbaijan's largest telecommunications operator, Azercell, was chosen as the presenting partner for the contest. On 1 December 2011, İTV named the German production company Brainpool as its official production partner for the contest, citing the quality of its work on the previous year's contest.

Contest overview

Semi-final 1

Azerbaijan, Italy and Spain voted in the first semi-final. The EBU allowed the Albanian broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) to defer transmission and only use jury votes due to the Qafa e Vishës bus accident.

  Qualifiers
Results of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Montenegro Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro" 20 15
2  Iceland Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" 75 8
3  Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" 116 4
4  Latvia Anmary "Beautiful Song" 17 16
5  Albania Rona Nishliu "Suus" 146 2
6  Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah" 120 3
7   Switzerland Sinplus "Unbreakable" 45 11
8  Belgium Iris "Would You?" 16 17
9  Finland Pernilla "När jag blundar" 41 12
10  Israel Izabo "Time" 33 13
11  San Marino Valentina Monetta "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh – Oh Oh)" 31 14
12  Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love" 91 7
13  Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" 63 9
14  Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" 152 1
15  Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" 52 10
16  Austria Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" 8 18
17  Moldova Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" 100 5
18  Ireland Jedward "Waterline" 92 6

Semi-final 2

France, Germany and the United Kingdom voted in the second semi-final. Germany requested that they vote in this semi-final. Before it withdrew, Armenia was drawn to perform in the first half of this semi-final.

  Qualifiers
Results of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" 159 2
2  Macedonia Kaliopi "Crno i belo" 53 9
3  Netherlands Joan Franka "You and Me" 35 15
4  Malta Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night" 70 7
5  Belarus Litesound "We Are the Heroes" 35 16
6  Portugal Filipa Sousa "Vida minha" 39 13
7  Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest" 64 8
8  Bulgaria Sofi Marinova "Love Unlimited" 45 11
9  Slovenia Eva Boto "Verjamem" 31 17
10  Croatia Nina Badrić "Nebo" 42 12
11  Sweden Loreen "Euphoria" 181 1
12  Georgia Anri Jokhadze "I'm a Joker" 36 14
13  Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" 80 5
14  Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula" 100 4
15  Slovakia Max Jason Mai "Don't Close Your Eyes" 22 18
16  Norway Tooji "Stay" 45 10
17  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" 77 6
18  Lithuania Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" 104 3

Final

  Winner
Results of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  United Kingdom Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free" 12 25
2  Hungary Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" 19 24
3  Albania Rona Nishliu "Suus" 146 5
4  Lithuania Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" 70 14
5  Bosnia and Herzegovina Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" 55 18
6  Russia Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" 259 2
7  Iceland Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" 46 20
8  Cyprus Ivi Adamou "La La Love" 65 16
9  France Anggun "Echo (You and I)" 21 22
10  Italy Nina Zilli "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" 101 9
11  Estonia Ott Lepland "Kuula" 120 6
12  Norway Tooji "Stay" 7 26
13  Azerbaijan Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies" 150 4
14  Romania Mandinga "Zaleilah" 71 12
15  Denmark Soluna Samay "Should've Known Better" 21 23
16  Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou "Aphrodisiac" 64 17
17  Sweden Loreen "Euphoria" 372 1
18  Turkey Can Bonomo "Love Me Back" 112 7
19  Spain Pastora Soler "Quédate conmigo" 97 10
20  Germany Roman Lob "Standing Still" 110 8
21  Malta Kurt Calleja "This Is the Night" 41 21
22  Macedonia Kaliopi "Crno i belo" 71 13
23  Ireland Jedward "Waterline" 46 19
24  Serbia Željko Joksimović "Nije ljubav stvar" 214 3
25  Ukraine Gaitana "Be My Guest" 65 15
26  Moldova Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" 81 11

Spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their vote was determined in a draw following the jury results from the final dress rehearsal. Similar to the 2011 contest an algorithm was used to add as much excitement as possible. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.

  1.  Albania – Andri Xhahu
  2.  Montenegro – Marija Marković
  3.  Romania – Paula Seling
  4.  Austria – Kati Bellowitsch
  5.  Ukraine – Oleksiy Matias
  6.  Belarus – Dmitry Koldun
  7.  Belgium – Peter Van de Veire
  8.  Azerbaijan – Safura Alizadeh
  9.  Malta – Keith Demicoli
  10.  San Marino – Monica Fabbri
  11.  France – Amaury Vassili
  12.  United Kingdom – Scott Mills
  13.  Turkey – Ömer Önder [tr]
  14.  Greece – Adriana Magania
  15.  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Elvir Laković Laka
  16.  Moldova – Olivia Fortuna
  17.  Bulgaria – Anna Angelova
  18.   Switzerland – Sara Hildebrand
  19.  Slovenia – Lorella Flego
  20.  Cyprus – Loucas Hamatsos
  21.  Croatia – Nevena Rendeli
  22.  Slovakia – Mária Pietrová
  23.  Macedonia – Kristina Talevska
  24.  Netherlands – Vivienne van den Assem
  25.  Portugal – Joana Teles
  26.  Iceland – Matthías Matthíasson
  27.  Sweden – Sarah Dawn Finer
  28.  Norway – Nadia Hasnaoui
  29.  Lithuania – Ignas Krupavičius
  30.  Estonia – Getter Jaani
  31.  Denmark – Louise Wolff [da]
  32.  Latvia – Valters Frīdenbergs
  33.  Spain – Elena S. Sánchez
  34.  Finland – Mr Lordi
  35.  Georgia – Sopho Toroshelidze
  36.  Italy – Ivan Bacchi [it]
  37.  Serbia – Maja Nikolić [sr]
  38.  Germany – Anke Engelke
  39.  Russia – Oxana Fedorova
  40.  Hungary – Éva Novodomszky
  41.  Israel – Ofer Nachshon
  42.  Ireland – Gráinne Seoige

Detailed voting results

The EBU and PwC audit company checked and verified the individual jury and televoting results, which were combined to create the overall national vote for the contests. On 18 June 2012, the EBU published the following results.

Semi-final 1

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Russia 152  Albania 131  Russia 189
2  Albania 146  Moldova 107  Romania 132
3  Romania 120  Greece 103  Albania 131
4  Greece 116  Cyprus 90  Ireland 116
5  Moldova 100  Romania 87  Greece 110
6  Ireland 92  Denmark 81  Cyprus 99
7  Cyprus 91  Hungary 76  Moldova 85
8  Iceland 75  Russia 75  Iceland 79
9  Denmark 63  Israel 72  Denmark 53
10  Hungary 52  Ireland 72   Switzerland 49
11   Switzerland 45  Iceland 70  Hungary 39
12  Finland 41  Finland 57  Finland 36
13  Israel 33   Switzerland 45  San Marino 25
14  San Marino 31  San Marino 42  Montenegro 24
15  Montenegro 20  Belgium 38  Latvia 18
16  Latvia 17  Montenegro 28  Israel 16
17  Belgium 16  Austria 27  Austria 15
18  Austria 8  Latvia 17  Belgium 2
Detailed voting results of semi-final 1
Total score Montenegro Iceland Greece Latvia Albania Romania Switzerland Belgium Finland Israel San Marino Cyprus Denmark Russia Hungary Austria Moldova Ireland Azerbaijan Italy Spain
Contestants Montenegro 20 12 8
Iceland 75 5 5 5 4 5 10 4 3 8 10 1 4 2 2 1 6
Greece 116 10 5 8 12 3 8 3 7 12 4 5 1 10 10 10 5 3
Latvia 17 2 4 4 4 3
Albania 146 12 3 10 4 4 12 10 5 5 10 10 7 2 10 12 1 1 12 12 4
Romania 120 7 4 8 5 2 4 8 6 6 1 8 3 5 12 12 7 10 12
Switzerland 45 2 7 3 2 1 1 2 8 3 8 8
Belgium 16 4 2 1 2 6 1
Finland 41 7 6 1 1 1 2 8 12 3
Israel 33 1 5 3 1 3 6 5 7 2
San Marino 31 4 2 10 7 5 3
Cyprus 91 6 12 12 3 6 7 3 1 10 7 3 5 1 7 8
Denmark 63 8 1 8 3 10 8 4 4 3 1 7 6
Russia 152 8 6 7 12 6 8 12 12 12 2 7 12 7 10 6 8 8 2 7
Hungary 52 7 8 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 2
Austria 8 1 5 2
Moldova 100 3 6 2 4 10 7 6 6 5 3 6 12 2 6 2 6 4 10
Ireland 92 1 10 3 10 7 7 7 12 2 10 6 8 4 5

12 points

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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5  Albania  Austria,  Azerbaijan,  Italy,  Montenegro,   Switzerland
 Russia  Belgium,  Denmark,  Finland,  Israel,  Latvia
3  Romania  Ireland,  Moldova,  Spain
2  Cyprus  Greece,  Iceland
 Greece  Cyprus,  Romania
1  Finland  Hungary
 Ireland  San Marino
 Moldova  Russia
 Montenegro  Albania

Semi-final 2

  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 2
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Sweden 181  Sweden 145  Sweden 180
2  Serbia 159  Serbia 141  Serbia 148
3  Lithuania 104  Ukraine 109  Lithuania 128
4  Estonia 100  Estonia 102  Turkey 114
5  Turkey 80  Malta 97  Estonia 88
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 77  Bosnia and Herzegovina 77  Norway 72
7  Malta 70  Croatia 66  Bosnia and Herzegovina 70
8  Ukraine 64  Georgia 62  Macedonia 63
9  Macedonia 53  Macedonia 58  Bulgaria 59
10  Norway 45  Lithuania 55  Netherlands 51
11  Bulgaria 45  Belarus 52  Malta 39
12  Croatia 42  Portugal 49  Belarus 37
13  Portugal 39  Turkey 42  Portugal 37
14  Georgia 36  Slovenia 40  Croatia 34
15  Netherlands 35  Slovakia 40  Slovakia 32
16  Belarus 35  Netherlands 31  Slovenia 27
17  Slovenia 31  Bulgaria 27  Ukraine 24
18  Slovakia 22  Norway 25  Georgia 15
Detailed voting results of semi-final 2
Total score Serbia Macedonia Netherlands Malta Belarus Portugal Ukraine Bulgaria Slovenia Croatia Sweden Georgia Turkey Estonia Slovakia Norway Bosnia and Herzegovina Lithuania France Germany United Kingdom
Contestants Serbia 159 12 10 5 8 8 8 12 12 10 8 10 1 8 10 10 2 12 10 3
Macedonia 53 8 1 2 5 7 6 7 1 8 8
Netherlands 35 2 1 7 7 3 3 8 4
Malta 70 3 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 6 3 2 6 12
Belarus 35 1 1 4 12 2 8 7
Portugal 39 6 3 3 1 5 5 4 1 8 3
Ukraine 64 4 3 6 12 2 5 1 6 6 5 1 2 2 5 2 2
Bulgaria 45 2 6 2 6 10 6 3 3 2 5
Slovenia 31 10 4 8 5 4
Croatia 42 12 7 1 1 8 12 1
Sweden 181 7 8 12 8 7 10 7 10 10 6 12 5 12 12 12 7 10 6 12 8
Georgia 36 6 1 10 3 4 12
Turkey 80 10 7 12 2 8 7 3 2 3 1 6 7 6 6
Estonia 100 8 4 12 3 3 1 12 7 10 8 8 10 7 7
Slovakia 22 1 7 4 3 6 1
Norway 45 3 3 3 3 2 10 4 8 4 1 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 77 5 5 5 5 1 5 12 5 2 12 6 4 4 5 1
Lithuania 104 6 4 10 10 7 4 4 7 4 2 5 2 10 7 7 5 10

12 points

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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
6  Sweden  Estonia,  Georgia,  Germany,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Slovakia
4  Serbia  Bulgaria,  France,  Macedonia,  Slovenia
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia,  Turkey
 Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Serbia
 Estonia  Portugal,  Sweden
1  Belarus  Ukraine
 Georgia  Lithuania
 Malta  United Kingdom
 Turkey  Malta
 Ukraine  Belarus

Final

  Winner
Split results of the final
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Sweden 372  Sweden 296  Sweden 343
2  Russia 259  Serbia 173  Russia 332
3  Serbia 214  Albania 157  Serbia 211
4  Azerbaijan 150  Italy 157  Turkey 176
5  Albania 146  Spain 154  Azerbaijan 151
6  Estonia 120  Estonia 152  Germany 125
7  Turkey 112  Ukraine 125  Romania 117
8  Germany 110  Azerbaijan 118  Albania 106
9  Italy 101  Moldova 104  Greece 89
10  Spain 97  Germany 98  Ireland 89
11  Moldova 81  Russia 94  Macedonia 79
12  Romania 71  Cyprus 85  Estonia 78
13  Macedonia 71  France 85  Moldova 75
14  Lithuania 70  Lithuania 82  Lithuania 68
15  Ukraine 65  Bosnia and Herzegovina 71  Cyprus 63
16  Cyprus 65  Malta 70  Bosnia and Herzegovina 57
17  Greece 64  Macedonia 69  Italy 56
18  Bosnia and Herzegovina 55  Greece 60  Spain 45
19  Ireland 46  Iceland 53  Iceland 39
20  Iceland 46  Romania 53  Ukraine 37
21  Malta 41  Denmark 51  United Kingdom 36
22  France 21  Turkey 50  Hungary 20
23  Denmark 21  Hungary 30  Denmark 18
24  Hungary 19  Norway 24  Norway 16
25  United Kingdom 12  Ireland 14  Malta 10
26  Norway 7  United Kingdom 11  France 0
Detailed voting results of the final
Total score Albania Montenegro Romania Austria Ukraine Belarus Belgium Azerbaijan Malta San Marino France United Kingdom Turkey Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina Moldova Bulgaria Switzerland Slovenia Cyprus Croatia Slovakia Macedonia Netherlands Portugal Iceland Sweden Norway Lithuania Estonia Denmark Latvia Spain Finland Georgia Italy Serbia Germany Russia Hungary Israel Ireland
Contestants United Kingdom 12 1 5 2 4
Hungary 19 7 1 1 8 2
Albania 146 10 1 8 10 1 12 5 10 6 4 12 3 4 5 12 1 5 1 6 3 12 1 6 8
Lithuania 70 1 8 4 4 3 7 5 1 6 3 4 12 5 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 55 6 7 10 1 7 10 2 7 5
Russia 259 3 4 4 5 10 12 8 10 3 10 4 3 7 4 3 6 6 8 5 6 3 4 4 8 7 7 8 6 8 8 10 8 8 5 10 7 7 7 7 6
Iceland 46 4 1 4 5 6 6 4 7 3 6
Cyprus 65 6 2 2 12 8 12 5 5 8 2 3
France 21 2 2 6 6 2 3
Italy 101 7 2 4 10 7 1 3 5 5 5 2 2 5 5 2 4 4 7 3 1 4 2 5 4 2
Estonia 120 1 4 10 4 2 10 7 7 10 8 7 8 8 6 10 4 6 8
Norway 7 3 1 3
Azerbaijan 150 4 5 12 7 12 4 2 12 5 7 10 10 8 6 2 12 10 3 10 8 1
Romania 71 3 6 2 4 7 12 3 4 1 10 7 1 6 5
Denmark 21 5 2 2 5 2 5
Greece 64 12 8 5 2 5 3 1 4 1 12 1 4 1 3 2
Sweden 372 5 7 10 12 6 6 12 7 6 3 12 12 6 6 8 7 8 7 10 10 7 12 6 12 3 12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 8 10 12 12 12 12 12
Turkey 112 10 3 3 7 12 8 5 5 1 4 7 3 8 8 6 1 2 7 8 3 1
Spain 97 6 6 6 1 6 8 5 3 8 6 6 12 2 4 4 3 1 10
Germany 110 2 4 2 7 6 4 2 4 2 10 3 3 10 10 7 3 1 2 8 10 10
Malta 41 7 3 8 2 5 2 1 7 6
Macedonia 71 8 8 3 2 8 12 2 6 8 1 1 12
Ireland 46 1 4 1 10 3 5 4 5 4 5 4
Serbia 214 1 12 5 10 2 5 5 6 8 8 10 3 12 10 12 7 12 7 10 10 5 3 10 10 5 2 6 10 4 4
Ukraine 65 10 3 7 1 8 3 1 1 2 1 6 2 6 3 8 3
Moldova 81 3 12 1 8 5 8 2 2 1 1 6 7 7 4 7 2 5

12 points

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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
18  Sweden  Austria,  Belgium,  Denmark,  Estonia,  Finland,  France,  Germany,  Hungary,  Iceland,  Ireland,  Israel,  Latvia,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Russia,  Slovakia,  Spain,  United Kingdom
4  Albania  Macedonia,  Italy,  San Marino,   Switzerland
 Azerbaijan  Lithuania,  Malta,  Turkey,  Ukraine
 Serbia  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Montenegro,  Slovenia
2  Cyprus  Greece,  Sweden
 Greece  Albania,  Cyprus
 Macedonia  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Serbia
1  Lithuania  Georgia
 Moldova  Romania
 Romania  Moldova
 Russia  Belarus
 Spain  Portugal
 Turkey  Azerbaijan

Broadcasts

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Most countries sent commentators to Baku or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, the provision of voting information. In addition to the participating countries, the hosts mentioned that the contest was also broadcast in Australia and New Zealand. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Albania RTSH TVSH All shows Andri Xhahu
 Austria ORF ORF eins All shows Andi Knoll
Final Stermann and Grissemann and Lukas Plöchl [de]
 Azerbaijan İTV All shows Konul Arifgizi and Saleh Baghirov [az]
 Belarus BTRC Belarus-1 All shows Denis Kurian
 Belgium VRT één, Radio 2 All shows André Vermeulen and Peter Van de Veire
RTBF La Une Jean-Pierre Hautier and Jean-Louis Lahaye [fr]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT BHT 1 All shows Dejan Kukrić
 Bulgaria BNT   All shows Georgi Kushvaliev and Elena Rosberg
 Croatia HRT HRT 1 All shows Duško Ćurlić
 Cyprus CyBC RIK 1 All shows Melina Karageorgiou
 Denmark DR DR1, DR HD All shows Ole Tøpholm
 Estonia ERR ETV All shows Marko Reikop
 Finland YLE YLE TV2, YLE HD [fi] All shows
YLE Radio Suomi Sanna Kojo and Jorma Hietamäki
Yle Radio Vega Eva Frantz [fi] and Johan Lindroos
 France France Télévisions France3.fr SF1
France Ô SF2 Audrey Chauveau [fr] and Bruno Berberes [fr]
France 3 Final Cyril Féraud and Mireille Dumas
Radio France France Bleu Fabien Lecœuvre [fr] and Serge Poezevara
 Georgia GPB 1TV All shows Temo Kvirkvelia
 Germany ARD Das Erste All shows Peter Urban
NDR NDR 2 Thomas Mohr
HR hr3 Tim Frühling
 Greece ERT NET All shows Maria Kozakou
 Hungary MTVA m1 All shows Gábor Gundel Takács [hu]
 Iceland RÚV Sjónvarpið All shows Hrafnhildur Halldorsdóttir
 Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Two Semi-finals Marty Whelan
RTÉ One Final
RTÉ Radio 1 Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski
 Israel IBA   All shows No commentary
 Italy RAI Rai 5 SF1 Federica Gentile [it]
Rai 2 Final Filippo Solibello [it] and Marco Ardemagni [it]
 Latvia LTV LTV1 All shows Valters Frīdenbergs
Final Kārlis Būmeisters
 Lithuania LRT   All shows Darius Užkuraitis [lt]
 Macedonia MRT MRT 1 All shows Karolina Petkovska
 Malta PBS TVM All shows Elaine Saliba and Ronald Briffa
 Moldova TRM Moldova 1 All shows Marcel Spătari
 Montenegro RTCG TVCG 1 SF1/Final Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković
TVCG 2 SF2
TVCG MNE All shows
 Netherlands NPO Nederland 1 All shows Jan Smit and Daniël Dekker
 Norway NRK NRK1 All shows Olav Viksmo-Slettan
 Portugal RTP RTP1 All shows Pedro Granger [pt]
 Romania TVR TVR 1 All shows Leonard Miron and Gianina Corondan
 Russia RTR Russia-1 All shows Olga Shelest [ru] and Dmitry Guberniev
 San Marino SMRTV SMtv San Marino All shows Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo
 Serbia RTS RTS1, RTS Sat SF1 Dragan Ilić
SF2/Final Duška Vučinić-Lučić
 Slovakia RTVS Jednotka, Rádio Slovensko All shows Roman Bomboš
Rádio FM Final Daniel Baláž [sk] and Pavol Hubinák
 Slovenia RTVSLO TV SLO 2 [sl] Semi-finals Andrej Hofer [sl]
TV SLO 1 [sl] Final
 Spain RTVE La 2 SF1 José María Íñigo
La 1 Final
 Sweden SVT SVT1 All shows Gina Dirawi and Edward af Sillén
SR SR P3 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
  Switzerland SRG SSR SF zwei SF1/Final Sven Epiney
RTS Deux Jean-Marc Richard and Nicolas Tanner
RSI La 2 SF1 Clarissa Tami [it] and Paolo Meneguzzi
RSI La 1 Final
 Turkey TRT TRT 1, TRT HD, TRT Türk, TRT Müzik, TRT Avaz All shows Bülend Özveren and Erhan Konuk [tr]
 Ukraine NTU Pershyi Natsionalnyi All shows Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetyana Terekhova
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Three Semi-finals Scott Mills and Sara Cox
BBC One Final Graham Norton
BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Show(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Armenia AMPTV Armenia 1 All shows Gohar Gasparyan and Artur Grigoryan
 Australia SBS SBS One All shows Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang

Incidents

Human rights concerns

Azerbaijan's large investment in hosting the Eurovision contest was widely discussed in Western media as an attempt to "mitigate misgivings about its poor democracy and human rights record". Elnur Majidli, an activist imprisoned during the Arab Spring-inspired 2011 Azerbaijani protests, was released in an apparent effort to soften Azerbaijan's image ahead of the contest, but many political prisoners remained. Human Rights Watch reported a "violent crackdown on protesters" on the eve of the contest, and Amnesty International condemned the "stern crackdown of freedom of expression, dissent, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), critical journalists, in fact anyone who criticised the Aliyev regime too strongly" that continued up to the contest.

Human Rights Watch also criticised the Azerbaijani government and the Baku City Authority for carrying out forced evictions against local residents, in order to allow for the demolition of flats to make way for construction in the neighbourhood where the Baku Crystal Hall was built. The Public Association for Assistance to Free Economy, a transparency and economic rights campaign group, had described the evictions as a "violation of human rights", and as having "no legal authority". However, in a statement to the BBC, the EBU said that on a recent visit to Baku they had observed "that the construction of the concert hall media reports refer to was already well under way on a clean construction site and thus there are no demolitions needed". The EBU cited the "apolitical" nature of the contest and the Azerbaijani government's claim that the construction was not tied to the contest.

The contest's eventual winner Loreen met local human rights activists during the event weeks, the only entrant to do so. She later told reporters, "Human rights are violated in Azerbaijan every day. One should not be silent about such things." An Azerbaijan government spokesman criticized her in response, saying that the contest should not "be politicised" and requested the EBU prevented further meetings of a similar nature. Swedish diplomats replied that the EBU, the Swedish broadcaster SVT and Loreen had not acted against the competition's rules.

On 26 May, a flash mob of anti-government protesters were quickly dispersed by police. Activists expressed fears that they would face a crackdown when the international spotlight left Azerbaijan again at the end of the contest. Before presenting the results of the German vote, the German spokesperson Anke Engelke gave a live statement that alluded to the human rights issues in Azerbaijan, saying: "Tonight nobody could vote for their own country. But it is good to be able to vote. And it is good to have a choice. Good luck on your journey, Azerbaijan. Europe is watching you."

Tensions with Iran

Iranian officials objected to Azerbaijan hosting the contest, with Iranian clerics Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari and Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani condemning Azerbaijan for "anti-Islamic behaviour", while also claiming that Azerbaijan was hosting a gay parade. This led to protests in front of Iranian embassy in Baku, where protesters carried slogans mocking the Iranian leaders. Ali Hasanov, head of the public and political issues department in Azerbaijani president's administration, said that gay parade claims were untrue, and advised Iran not to meddle in Azerbaijan's internal affairs. In response, Iran recalled its ambassador from Baku, while Azerbaijan demanded a formal apology from Iran for its statements in connection with Baku's hosting of the contest, and later also recalled its ambassador from Iran.

On 30 May, the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan announced that they had thwarted a series of planned terror attacks against the contest, among the targets being Baku Crystal Hall, as well as Marriott and Hilton hotels in Baku. On 22 August, The Daily Telegraph reported that according to Western intelligence services, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei personally gave orders to the elite Quds Force unit to launch terrorist attacks against the West and its allies, including Azerbaijan during the contest.

Other awards

In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.

Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final. The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.

Category Country Song Performer(s) Composer(s)
Artistic Award  Sweden "Euphoria" Loreen
Composers Award
Press Award  Azerbaijan "When the Music Dies" Sabina Babayeva

OGAE

OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2012 poll was also the winner of the contest, "Euphoria" performed by Loreen; the top five results are shown below.

Country Song Performer(s) OGAE result
 Sweden "Euphoria" Loreen 375
 Italy "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" Nina Zilli 212
 Iceland "Never Forget" Greta Salóme and Jónsi 211
 Serbia "Nije ljubav stvar" Željko Joksimović 199
 Norway "Stay" Tooji 164

Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given to the worst dressed artist each year. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite songfestival.be since 2017.

Place Country Performer(s) Votes
1  Albania Rona Nishliu 829
2  Ireland Jedward 551
3  Bulgaria Sofi Marinova 232
4  Netherlands Joan Franka 163
5  Ukraine Gaitana 145

Official album

Cover art of the official album

Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012 was a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and released by Universal Music Group on 4 May 2012. The album featured all 42 songs that entered in the 2012 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final.

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
German Compilation Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 2

See also

Notes

  1. Specifically Mühlviertlerisch, a Central Bavarian dialect spoken in Upper Austria
  2. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD
  3. ^ Armenia, which had originally been allocated into semi-final 2, withdrew from the contest in March 2012.
  4. Ireland was originally scheduled to announce its votes as the 32nd country, but instead voted 42nd (last). The reason for this was technical difficulties in the minutes running up to the voting presentation.
  5. ^ Despite finishing with the same number of points as Bulgaria, Norway is deemed to have finished in tenth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries, which resulted in Norway qualifying for the final over Bulgaria.
  6. ^ Despite finishing with the same number of points as Belarus, the Netherlands is deemed to have finished in fifteenth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  7. ^ Despite finishing with the same number of points as Macedonia, Romania is deemed to have finished in twelfth place due to receiving points from a greater number of countries.
  8. Broadcast on 26 and 27 May 2012

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