Own Eurovision Song Contest 35

Own Eurovision Song Contest 35, often referred to as OESC #35, is the upcoming 35th edition of Own Eurovision Song Contest.

Venue
(Coming soon)

Location
Helsinki (/ˈhɛlsɪŋki/; Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhe̞l.siŋ.k̟i] Swedish: Helsingfors, pronounced [hɛlsɪŋˈfɔʂ] ) is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. Helsinki has a population of 621,863, an urban population of 1.2 million (31 December 2013), and a metropolitan population of 1.4 million, making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located some 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 kilometres (250 mi) north east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 kilometres (190 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities.

The Helsinki metropolitan area includes urban core of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and surrounding commuter towns. It is the world's northernmost metro area of over one million people, and the city is the northernmost capital of an EU member state. The Helsinki metropolitan area is the fourth largest Nordic metropolitan area after the metropolitan areas of Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo and Helsinki city is the third biggest Nordic city after Stockholm and Oslo.

Helsinki is Finland's major political, educational, financial, cultural and research centre as well as one of northern Europe's major cities. Approximately 70% of foreign companies operating in Finland have settled in the Helsinki region. The nearby municipality of Vantaa is the location of Helsinki Airport, with frequent service to various destinations in Europe and Asia.

In 2009, Helsinki was chosen to be the World Design Capital for 2012 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, narrowly beating Eindhoven for the title.

In the Economist Intelligence Unit's August 2012 Liveability survey, assessing the best and worst cities to live in, Helsinki placed eighth best overall. In 2011, the Monocle Magazine in turn ranked Helsinki the most liveable city in the world in its Liveable Cities Index 2011.

This is the first time in the history of the Own Eurovision Song Contest when the competition is held in Finland.

Semi-final and Grand Final allocation draw
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Semi-final Allocation Draw
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Running Order
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Participants
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Returning artists
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Semifinals
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Semi-Final 1
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 * The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the Grand Final.

Semi-Final 2
(Coming soon)
 * The ten countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the Grand Final.

Finalists
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The twenty-six finalists are:
 * the Big 6 countries.
 * the top ten countries from the first semi-final.
 * the top ten countries from the second semi-final.

First semifinal
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12 points awarded in the first semifinal
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Second semifinal
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12 points awarded in the second semifinal
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Grand Final
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12 points awarded in the grand final
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Country order
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Spokepersons
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Other countries

 * - After one edition of absence, due to lack of interest, Lithuania decided to return with a new HoD.