Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Eurovision Song Contest 2017
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Dates
Semi-final 1	9 May 2017 (2017-05-09)
Semi-final 2	11 May 2017 (2017-05-11)
Final	13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)
Host
Venue	International Exhibition Centre Kyiv, Ukraine
Presenter(s)	Oleksandr Skichko Volodymyr Ostapchuk Timur Miroshnychenko
Directed by	Troels Lund Alexander Kolb Ladislaus Kiraly
Executive supervisor	Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	Pavlo Grytsak
Host broadcaster	Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2017
Participants
Number of entries	42
Number of finalists	26
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Portugal  Romania
Non-returning countries	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Russia
Participation map      Finalist countries     Countries eliminated in the semi-finals     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2017
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs.
Winning song	Portugal "Amar pelos dois"
2016 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 2018

The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the 2016 contest with the song "1944" by Jamala. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), the contest was held at the International Exhibition Centre and consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and a final on 13 May 2017. The three live shows were presented by Ukrainian television presenters Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko, being the first contest since the inaugural 1956 edition without a female host.

Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Portugal and Romania returned to the contest after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina did not participate on financial grounds. Russia had originally planned to participate, but later withdrew after its representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of having travelled directly from Russia to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law.

The winner was Portugal with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral and written by his sister Luísa Sobral. The song won both the jury vote and televote, and Bulgaria, Moldova, Belgium and Sweden rounded out the top five. This was Portugal's first victory in 53 years of participation, the longest in Eurovision history. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since Serbia's "Molitva" in 2007. The top three countries – Portugal, Bulgaria and Moldova – all achieved their highest placings in their Eurovision history, while host country Ukraine received its worst placing to date, finishing 24th in the final.

The EBU reported that 182 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, 22 million fewer than the 2016 record.