It’s déjà vu all over again, as the Swedish hosts yet again pass along the victory to Denmark.
Much like how the Olsen Brothers accepted their trophy from Charlotte Perelli, with a decisive, yet still moderately close final score, Emmelie de Forest’s ‘Only Teardrops’ skipped barefoot over competitors from Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Norway in order to claim the win with 281 points. Unlike most earlier OGAE and betting predictions the 20-year-old Dane did not claim a Loreen or Rybak-like victory, but rather clinched the victory with merely four nations left to vote.
Trailing Emmelie by a margin of 47 points, runners-up Azerbaijan continued their streak of Top-5 placements with Farid Mammadov’s ‘Hold Me‘. With a stunning visual production involving a dancer in a lucite box mimicking Farid’s every move and a model wearing an impressive gown inspired by the anatomy of the central nervous system, Farid conquered some evident nerves and shaking hands in order to bring viewers arguably one of the most memorable Eurovision presentations in recent memory.
Nabbing the bronze position was ‘My Gravity‘ by Ukraine’s Zlata Ognevich, whose flawless (dare I say ‘gigantic’?) vocals and presentation brought in 214 points and the country’s highest position since 2008’s ‘Shady Lady’.
And, with that, the lion’s share of the punditry and guesswork of the 2013 Eurovision season comes to an end… but that doesn’t mean that our work here is done! As semifinal results are released, and numbers continue to be crunched, we will continue to bring you an editorial focus on the greater implications of the Eurovision Song Contest.
And, of course, the end of the 2013 season means the start of the 2014 season…stay with us as we follow the path to Emmelie de Forest’s successor, to be decided in 364 days and counting!
Guys, I would like to be the 1st one in and say, congrats to Denmark for repeating history, but also to the insight team and all who came from other sites and helped out in one way or another.
I think it’s only fitting that Sam should be declaring the 2013 season finished and let the final close.
Curtain*
Congrats to Denmark, it was a great result in the end.
It’s a shame some bizarre mistakes and production choices during the voting marred an otherwise good show.
I’m also very happy to see the Netherlands get 9th with a very classy performance. Hopefully we can learn from them next year.
Finally, I know there are more articles and podcasts to come, but thanks to the whole team for your excellent work over the last few weeks. This site has made following Eurovision a delight.
Hold me, just console me. Is eireannach mé.
There goes the Dream of a German Melodifestivalen Typ NF or another of those “Unser Lied für Malmö” like this year. With a 21th Rank, so it is highly unlikely that the NDR will next year put that much money in his hands! It is also unlikely that the Record Lables will send another of their established acts to the ESC. So prepare for more Gracia(2005)/No Angles(2008) and Germany coming in on Ranks 20 or lower.
Good News for you and the Team is, you don’t have to come to Germany to watch a “Unser Lied für Kopenhagen” NF next year, because it probably will be a three song TV Show just like Spain has!
Although I hope I will be wrong. In that case I’ll hope that I see you there. 😉
Seems to me the message that should be coming through loud and clear, to Germany and UK and everyone else, is “don’t send your has-beens”.
Along with “NO RAP!! EVER!!! DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!!”
Tak til Emmelie for bringing the contest back to Denmark. But, please, no Parken this time. And no rhyming would-be Hans Christian Andersen! Since Emmelie of the Forest hails from the northern town of Mariager, may I suggest Aalborg’s Gigantium as next year’s venue?
Hey, a 8,500 capacity hall that sounds good let’s make it even smaller than this year. It can be done!
Congrats, Denmark! Not my personal first choice, but a deserved win nonetheless.
Hans-Henning, I think you’re being too pessimistic. 😉 I think it would even be favourable for Germany if we didn’t send another “big” name again next year – our no-name newcomers have fared far better in recent years. This was one bad year after three very good ones, so there’s no need to overreact. I hope Schreiber & co will agree once they’ve finished licking their wounds.
I’m less than impressed with the production of the show, especially in the voting part. Ouch, Sweden, I expected better from you! Maybe Denmark can show you how it’s done next year …
Denmark were worthy winners, and they should put on a great contest.
It will be very interesting to see if the Danes are prepared to quietly follow Sweden’s example and hold a small contest or will they go for one that is a bit bigger.
Someone on this mentioned Aarlborg as a venue.
It is impossible-you need an international airport and enough hotels-The only reason it was in Malmö is that it was close to Copenhagen (25mins by train).There were not enough hotels in Malmö,
As regards the show-I thought it was fantastic apart from the voting-which was a bit sloppy.I loved the caterpillar and the singers walking on the bridge like gladiators…
Actually it was Düsseldorf and Baku finals that didn’t go well in any kind of audience. They were just and totally embarrasing. Very glad that spirit of Melodifestivalen took over. About the time. May it cross now the bridge to Denmark.
The Danish song is a ripp off from a the “I surrender” from the dutch band K-Otic
https://youtu.be/7A3IS5lTf_I
Well, the intro sounds similar, but that’s it. I wouldn’t call it a ripp off.
Congrats to Denmark!
Re: K-Otic …
The pentatonic scale has been around for a couple thousand years, and has been used in everything from traditional Japanese music to the theme from Shrek. You’ll have to do a lot better than that if you’re going to accuse someone of plagiarism.