Own Eurovision Song Contest 32

Own Eurovision Song Contest 32, often referred to as OESC #32, is the 32nd edition of the Own Eurovision Song Contest. The contest will take place in Spain, following Pastora Soler's victory in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 31 with the song "Vive". During the winner's press conference, an RTVE Television representative stated that the host city will be Madrid.

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Norway, Romania, Russia, Syria, Ukraine and Uzbekistan returned in the competition, while Czech Republic, Greenland, Hungary, Ireland, Lebanon, Morocco, Northern Ireland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia were forced to withdraw, due to the new rule. Liechtenstein, Palestine and Wales withdrew voluntarily, making a total of 46 countries competing. This is the first time in the history of the competition when this amount of countries participate.

The 32nd edition marks the return of the Big 6 status, meaning that the top 6 from previous edition will automatically qualify for the Grand Final, last time this status was used was in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 10, edition held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Also, in this edition the Second Chance Round was cancelled.

The winner song of the 32nd edition was "Zerkala" from Georgia performed by duo Grigoriy Leps and Ani Lorak. The country received a total amount of 169 points, winning by a margin of only 3 points. This is Georgia's first win and also their first top 5. Georgia's last best place was in the fourth special edition in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 20, edition held in Timișoara, Romania, where they received the 8th place. "Zerkala" is the first Russian language song that has ever won the contest.

Second place went to Scotland, winning their best place in the competition. Third place went to Croatia, fourth to Lithuania, also winning their best place in the competition and also their first top 5 place. Lithuania's last best place was in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 21, edition held in San Marino, San Marino, where they placed 10th. Fifth place went to Sweden and sixth to Ukraine.

From the countries with the Big 6 status, only Scotland and France ended in the top 10. France placed 8th and received a total of 120 points. The other four countries placed in the second half of the leaderboard, with England ending on the 18th place with 87 points, the host country Spain ended on the 20th place with 80 points, Egypt received a total of 73 points and ended on the 22nd place and Luxembourg, which placed last out of 26 countries, that were in the Grand Final, receiving a total amount of 61 points.

Venue
The Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas is a famous bullring in Madrid, Spain.

Situated in the Guindalera quarter of the district of Salamanca, it was inaugurated on June 17, 1931. It has a seating capacity of 25,000 and is regarded as the home of bullfighting in Spain.

This bullring was designed by the architect José Espeliú in the Neo-Mudéjar (Moorish) style with ceramic incrustations. The seats are situated in ten "tendidos". The price of the seats depends upon how close they are to the arena and whether they are in the sun or the shade (the latter being more expensive). The bullfighting season starts in March and ends in October; bullfights are held every day during the San Isidro Fiesta, and every Sunday or holiday during the season. Bullfights start at 6 or 7pm and last for two to three hours.

"Las Ventas" is located in the east of Madrid.

From 1913 to 1920, the national passion (bullfighting) gained such an important status that Madrid's former main bullring in Carretera de Aragon was not big enough. It was José Gómez Ortega "Joselito" who declared that a new "monumental" bullring had to be built, to open this part of Spain's heritage and culture to the whole city of Madrid. His friend the architect José Espeliú began to work on the project.

A family called Jardón donated the land to the Madrid Provincial Council, provided that they could run the arena for fifty years. The deputation accepted the proposal on November 12, 1920. On March 19, 1922, in the exact center of the prospective arena, the first stone was placed. The construction of the bullring would cost 12 million pesetas (4.5 million over budget), and it would replace the old bullring, dating from 1874.

"Las Ventas" was finished in 1929 and two years later, June 17, 1931, a charity bullfight was held with a full capacity crowd to inaugurate it. Bullfighting stopped during the Spanish Civil War and did not resume until May 1939.

There is a Pasodoble called 'Plaza de las Ventas' and the composer Maestro Manuel Lillo dedicated to this arena.

Location
Madrid (English /məˈdrɪd/, Spanish: [maˈðɾið], locally: [maˈðɾiθ]) is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be around 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the European Union after London and Paris. The city spans a total of 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi).

The city is located on the Manzanares River in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); this community is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political, economic and cultural centre of Spain. The current mayor is Ana Botella from the People's Party (PP).

The Madrid urban agglomeration has the third-largest GDP in the European Union and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, environment, media, fashion, science, culture, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. Due to its economic output, high standard of living, and market size, Madrid is considered the major financial centre of Southern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula; it hosts the head offices of the vast majority of the major Spanish companies, such as Telefónica, Iberia or Repsol. Madrid is the 17th most livable city in the world according to Monocle magazine, in its 2014 index.

Madrid houses the headquarters of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), belonging to the United Nations Organization (UN), the SEGIB, the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), and the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB). It also hosts major international institutions regulators of Spanish: the Standing Committee of the Association of Spanish Language Academies, headquarters of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), the Cervantes Institute and the Foundation of Urgent Spanish (Fundéu BBVA). Madrid organizes fairs such as FITUR, ARCO, SIMO TCI and the Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week.

This is the first time the contest is held in Spain.

Semi-final Allocation Draw
The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on September 23, 2014 at the Las Ventas Arena. The participating countries, excluding the Host and the Big 5, were split into six pots, based on voting history and geographical location. From these pots, 20 countries each were allocated to compete in each semifinal. The pots are as follows:

The host country, Spain will vote in the first semi-final. The big five countries will vote as follow: England with Luxembourg will vote in the first semi-final while Egypt with France and Scotland will vote in the second semi-final.

Running Order
The draw of the semifinalas was held on September 30, 2014. Also, the draw for the Big 6 countries was revealed.

The draw of the Grand Final was held on Cotober 12, 2014.

Participants


Forty-six countries have confirmed participation in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 32 with fifteen countries returning and fourteen withdrawing.

The Own Eurovision Song Contest 32 will see the return of Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Norway, Romania, Russia, Syria, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, while Czech Republic, Greenland, Hungary, Ireland, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Northern Ireland, Palestine, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Wales have withdraw.

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Norway, Romania, Russia and Ukraine have all last participated in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 30. Syria last participated in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 28, while Uzbekistan in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 29.

Returning artists
Twenty-six previous contestants returned in the competition. Former winners Inna, winner of the Own Eurovision Song Contest 21 edition returned in the contest for Romania and Little Mix, winners of the Own Eurovision Song Contest 13, which returned for England.

Below is the name of the artists that returned in the competition and for how many times they are returning.

First Semi-Final

 * 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.
 * , and  will vote in this semi-final.
 * The ten qualifiers were announced on October 11, 2014.

Second Semi-Final

 * 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.
 * , and  will vote in this semi-final.
 * The ten qualifiers were announced on October 11, 2014.

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

12 points awarded in the first semifinal
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal.

12 points awarded in the second semifinal
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal.

12 points from the Grand Final
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final.

Spokepersons

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 * England.png
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 * Georgia.png
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 * Kosovo.png
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 * Romania.png Andrei Leonte
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Other countries
The following countries were forced to withdraw: