Own Eurovision Song Contest 12

Own Eurovision Song Contest 12, often referred to as OESC #12, is the 12th edition of Own Eurovision Song Contest. The contest is host in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, after Pastora Soler ft David Bustamante won the last edition, OESC #11, that took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with their song "Bandera blanca". Morroco will make it's debut in this edition.

Andorra, host country, Greenland, Malta, Wales and Northern Ireland, also known as the Big five, will automatically qualify for the final. These countries manage to end in top six, last edition. Libya ended in top two, but withdrew, meaning that the country that won 6th place, in previous edition, will be part of the Big five.

This is the second time in the history of the contest, where the final includes twenty-seven countries. For the first time, the winner was disqualified for not voting, Morocco received a total amount of 227 points.

The contest was won by Poland's Marina Łuczenko and her song "Electric bass", which received 221 points, winning with a margin of 20 point. Poland's win was their first. The runner-up was Russia. Third place went to San Marino, fourth to Romania and Sweden taking the 5th place. The host country, Andorra manage to make it in the first part of the leaderboard, finishing on 6th place receiving 118 points.

Location
Andorra la Vella is the capital of the Principality of Andorra, and is located high in the east Pyrenees between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parish that surrounds the capital. As of 2011, the city has a population of 22,256, and the urban area, which includes Escaldes-Engordany plus satellite villages, has over 40,000 inhabitants. The principal industry is tourism, although the country also earns foreign income from being a tax haven. Furniture and brandies are local products. Being at an elevation of 1,023 metres (3,356 ft), it is the highest capital city in Europe and a popular ski resort. The settlement of Andorra la Vella has been the principal city of Andorra since 1278 when the French and the Episcopal co-princes agreed to joint suzerainty. Andorra la Vella's old town—the Barri Antic—includes streets and buildings dating from this time. Its most notable building is the Casa de la Vall—constructed in the early sixteenth century—which has been the state's parliamentary house since 1702. Andorra la Vella was, during this period, the capital of a largely isolated and feudal state, which retained its independence due to this principle of co-sovereignty. Well into the twentieth century, the area around Andorra la Vella remained largely forgotten; indeed the state was not part of the Treaty of Versailles, simply because it was not noticed. After political turmoil in the 1930s and an attempted coup by Boris Skossyreff, an informal democracy developed. In 1993, the country's first constitution formalised this parliamentary democracy with executive, legislative, and judicial branches located in Andorra la Vella. During this period, Andorra also developed as a tax haven, resulting in the construction of modern banking offices in Andorra La Vella. The city also developed its skiing facilities, to the extent that Andorra la Vella was Andorra's applicant city for the XXI Olympic Winter Games, the 2010 Winter Olympics. However, Andorra la Vella was not selected by the IOC as a candidate city, following the evaluation report of an IOC commission. It also hosted both the 1991 and 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe.

Allocations draw
The draw to determine, in which positions, the countries from the semifinals and Big five will participate, was revealed on Thursday, 18 October 2012. Also, was determine which countries from the big five will vote in which semifinal.

On 27 October 2012, the final line-up was announced.

Participants
Forty-nine countries have confirmed participation in the 12th competition, with Morocco debuting, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Ireland, Libya and Monaco withdrawing, with Austria, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino, Slovenia and Ukraine returning in the contest.

Semifinal 1

 * on 22 October 2012, the seven qualifiers were announced.
 * (host country), and  will vote in this semi-final.
 * The seven countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the final.
 * won the wildcard.

Semifinal 2

 * on 24 October 2012, the seven qualifiers were announced.
 * (host country) and will vote in this semi-final.
 * The seven countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the final.

Notes
 * 1.The country was disqualified for not casting their votes.
 * 2.The country manage to receive the highest amount of points from this semi-final, unfortunately it was disqualified for not voting.

Semifinal 3

 * On 26 October 2012 the seven finalists were announced.
 * (host country) and will vote in this semi-final.
 * The seven countries in this semi-final with the highest scoring points, according to the votes from each voting country, qualifies for the final.

Notes
 * 3.Although the song is completely in English, the title is in Romanian.
 * 4.Although the country was declared qualifier, on 25 October 2012 the country was disqualified for cheating.

Final
The twenty-seven finalist are:
 * The Big 5: (host country),, , and.
 * The top seven countries from the 1st semi-final.
 * The top seven countries from the 2nd semi-final.
 * The top seven countries from the 3rd semi-final.
 * The wildcard.

Notes
 * 5.The country manage to receive the highest amount of points from the final, not only that, but the number of points is a record till date in the contest. Unfortunately, the country's votes were not sent on time, so the country was disqualified.
 * 6.The country was disqualified for not voting, if Morocco and Norway's votes were cast, Norway should've end on 22nd place.

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

Voting ceremony
All 49 countries casted their votes, with the exception of Morocco, which didn't sent their votes in time, they were replaced by a jury.

Spokepersons

 * 1) Åland Islands.png       Jenni Vartiainen
 * 2) Moldova.png             Diana Grigor
 * 3) Czech Republic.png      Iva Frühlingová
 * 4) Hungary.png             Friderika Bayer
 * 5) Italy.png               Veronica Scopelliti
 * 6) Slovakia.png            Miroslav Šmajda
 * 7) Northern Ireland.png    Nicola Roberts
 * 8) Lebanon.png             Nelly Makdissi
 * 9) Georgia.png              TBA
 * 10) Poland.png              Sylwia Grzeszczak
 * 11) Belgium.png             Manuela Kamosi
 * 12) San Marino.png          Senhit Zadik
 * 13) Cyprus.png              Anna Vissi
 * 14) Andorra.png             Javier Estrada
 * 15) Turkey.png              Beren Saat
 * 16) Ukraine.png             Karolina Kuiek
 * 17) Macedonia.png           Bobby Andonov
 * 18) The Netherlands.png     Arjen Robben
 * 19) Slovenia.png            Lara Baruco
 * 20) Russia.png              Elena Maksimova
 * 21) Croatia.png             Elizabeta Burg
 * 22) England.png             Andrew Webber
 * 23) Wales.png               Katherine Jenkins
 * 24) Greenland.png           Maria Joensen
 * 25) Serbia.png              Željko Joksimović
 * 26) Malta.png               Deborah C
 * 27) Azerbaijan.png          Priscilla Lee
 * 28) Luxembourg.png          Patricia Kaas
 * 29) Iceland.png             Vala Torfadóttir
 * 30) Kazakhstan.png          Kesh You
 * 31) Bulgaria.png            Miroslav Kostadinov
 * 32) Bosnia and Herzegovina.png Ivana Maric
 * 33) Sweden.png              Kevin Borg
 * 34) Lithuania.png           Aistė Pilvelytė
 * 35) Germany.png             Ereilt Raffaela
 * 36) Scotland.png            Eamon Doorley
 * 37) Austria.png             Nadine Beiler
 * 38) Liechtenstein.png       Selina Bübl
 * 39) Spain.png               Jesús Vázquez
 * 40) Vatican City.png        Antonio Maiello
 * 41) Montenegro.png           Andrija Milošević
 * 42) Denmark.png              Sanne Madsen
 * 43) Kosovo.png               Rita Ora
 * 44) Israel.png               Harel Skaat
 * 45) Greece.png               Katerina Kainourgiou
 * 46) Portugal.png             Rodrigo Soares
 * 47) Morocco.png              Sofia Essaïdi
 * 48) Norway.png               Tone Damli
 * 49) Romania.png              Elena Apostoleanu

Cities

 * 1) Åland Islands.png    Mariehamn
 * 2) Moldova.png          Chișinău
 * 3) Czech Republic.png   Litvinov
 * 4) Hungary.png          Budapest
 * 5) Italy.png            Venice
 * 6) Slovakia.png         Košice
 * 7) Northern Ireland.png Belfast
 * 8) Lebanon.png          Beirut
 * 9) Georgia.png          Tbilisi
 * 10) Poland.png           Lublin
 * 11) Belgium.png          Antwerp
 * 12) San Marino.png       San Marino
 * 13) Cyprus.png           Nicosia
 * 14) Andorra.png          Andorra la Vella
 * 15) Turkey.png           Istanbul
 * 16) Ukraine.png          Kiev
 * 17) Macedonia.png        Skopje
 * 18) The Netherlands.png  Amsterdam
 * 19) Slovenia.png         Ljubljana
 * 20) Russia.png           Kursk
 * 21) Croatia.png          Zagreb
 * 22) England.png          London
 * 23) Wales.png            Cardiff
 * 24) Greenland.png        Sisimiut
 * 25) Serbia.png           Belgrade
 * 26) Malta.png            Valletta
 * 27) Azerbaijan.png       Baku
 * 28) Luxembourg.png       Luxembourg
 * 29) Iceland.png          Reykjavik
 * 30) Kazakhstan.png       Astana
 * 31) Bulgaria.png         Sofia
 * 32) Bosnia and Herzegovina.png Livno
 * 33) Sweden.png           Stockholm
 * 34) Lithuania.png        Vilnius
 * 35) Germany.png          Berlin
 * 36) Scotland.png         Glasgow
 * 37) Austria.png          Salzburg
 * 38) Liechtenstein.png    Vaduz
 * 39) Spain.png            Ogassa
 * 40) Vatican City.png     Vatican City
 * 41) Montenegro.png       Podgorica
 * 42) Denmark.png          Copenhagen
 * 43) Kosovo.png           Pristina
 * 44) Israel.png           Tel Aviv
 * 45) Greece.png           Livadeia
 * 46) Portugal.png         Maia
 * 47) Morocco.png          Casablanca
 * 48) Norway.png           Oslo
 * 49) Romania.png          Sibiu