Eurovision Song Contest winner. Gagarina's first flight

60th Anniversary Winner international competition Song "Eurovision-2015" was Mons Zelmerlöv from Sweden with the composition Heroes. Popular Finale music show took place on the evening of May 23 in Vienna.

40 countries took part in the competition, representatives of 27 states took part in the final part. For the first time, Australia took part in Eurovision, having received a special invitation from the organizers.

Won second place Polina Gagarina from Russia - 303 points (five highest marks). The third was the pop opera three Il Volo from Italy - 292 points (seven top marks).

The top five also included Loic Notte from Belgium - 217 (3) and Guy Sebastian from Australia - 196 (2). Further in the top ten are Latvia - 186 (3), Estonia - 106, Norway - 102, Israel - 97, Serbia - 53 (1).

The performers from Austria (The Makemakes) and Germany (Anne Sophie) did not receive any points.

Belarus gave 12 points to Polina Gagarina, 10 points to Mons Zelmerlev, 8 points to Loic Notte. Italy got 7 points from Belarusians, 6 - Israel, 5 - Georgia, 4 - Armenia, 3 - Latvia, 2 - Australia, 1 - Estonia.

29-year-old Mons Zelmerlev was considered one of the favorites of the competition. The bookmakers had one of the lowest odds for the representative of Sweden.

Sweden won Eurovision for the second time in three years: in 2012, the singer won the first place Lauryn. In total, Sweden has six victories at Eurovision - in 1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012 and 2015.

The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, the final of which took place on May 23 in Vienna, was the representative of Sweden Mons Selmerlöw.

"Eurovision 2015", final: the winner - the Swede Mons Zelmerlev, Polina Gagarina - the second

Swedish representative Mons Selmerlöw became the winner of the 60-song Eurovision Song Contest 2015, the final of which was held in the Austrian capital on Saturday evening, May 23. Won second place Russian performer Polina Gagarina, TASS reports.

Swedish singer who performed the song Heroes ("Heroes"), according to the results audience voting scored 365 points. Polina Gagarina scored 303 points.

Note that the Russian performer during the first half of the voting was on the first line of the rating, only towards the end the Swedish singer overtook her and came out on top.

The number of the winner of "Eurovision 2015" Mons Zelmerlev. Heroes song. VIDEO

Polina Gagarina intcbatch on my success at Eurovision: I am proud of my country

Polina Gagarina, who entered the stage at number 25, presented the song A Million Voices (“Million Voices”), the authors of which are Gabriel Alares, Joachim Bjornberg, Katrina Nurbergen, Leonid Gutkin, Vladimir Matetsky.

“I want to say a huge thank you to everyone: my mother, son, husband... This is something impossible. I felt your energy! We did it!" - said the singer in live Channel One. -Thank you all. I am so proud of my country. I'm so proud that this all happened! I love you. I wanted to say thanks a lot to his family."

Polina Gagarina's song at Eurovision 2015. VIDEO

The winner of "Eurovision 2015" Mons Selmerlöw became the fifth victor from Sweden

Note that Mons Zelmerlev is the fifth Eurovision winner from Sweden in the history of the contest. In 1974, the song contest was won by ABBA group, 10 years later - Herrey's, Charlotte Nielson brought Sweden's next victory in 1991, and Lauren became Zelmerlev's predecessor in 2012.

It is also known about Zelmerlev that he survived the devastating 2004 tsunami in Thailand that claimed thousands of lives. In addition to performing, the singer is involved in charity work and finances three schools in South Africa and one in Kenya.

Zelmerlev tried to get to the Eurovision Song Contest several times. He has acted in many television shows, cinema and recorded one music album.

The highest scores (12) were given to Russia by Germany, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Estonia and Armenia. France, Belgium, Denmark, Romania, Moldova, Latvia, Serbia, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Australia gave 10 points each, becoming the first special guest Anniversary Eurovision. In general, all countries gave the representative of Russia from 5 to 8 points. The exceptions were Lithuania and San Marino, which did not appreciate the performance of Polina Garina.

On the third place italian group Il Volo with 292 points. The Italians, in particular, were given the majority of votes by Russian TV viewers, who, according to the rules of the competition, could not vote for Gagarin.

"Eurovision 2015". Number II Volo, Italy. VIDEO

In fourth place was Belgium (217 points), in fifth - Australia (196).

Behind Grand Prize Another 22 performers competed for Eurovision: Latvia (186), Estonia (106), Norway (102), Israel (97), Serbia (53), Georgia (51), Azerbaijan (49), Montenegro (44), Slovenia ( 39), Romania (35), Armenia (34), Albania (34), Lithuania (30), Greece (23), Bulgaria (19), Spain (15), Cyprus (11), Poland (10), United Kingdom ( 5), France (4), Germany (0), Austria (0).

In total, 27 performers took part in the Eurovision final.

The performances of other participants are published on the official YouTube channel "Eurovision". Russia has been participating in the competition since 1994. During this time, 19 artists from the Russian Federation performed at Eurovision. However, they managed to win only once: in 2008, Dima Bilan won the first place with the song Believe.

The second place was taken by the same Dima Bilan in 2006 with the song Never Let You Go and Alsou in 2000 with the song Solo.

In 2003, the duet "Tatu" took third place in the competition, performing a song in Russian "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask."

Eurovision 2015: bookmakers have guessed the favorites

After the first semi-final, which took place on May 19, bookmakers predicted that the Russian singer would take second place, the rate on Gagarina's victory is three to one. Mons Zelmerlev was considered the favorite of the competition, the rate on his victory was two to one. Next came performers from Italy (four to one), Australia (eight to one) and Estonia (nine to one).

In the early morning of May 24, all of Europe learned best song 2015, it was the Swedish "Heroes" (Heroes).

In the early morning of May 24, all of Europe recognized the best song of 2015, it was the Swedish "Heroes" (Heroes).
It was an exciting evening at the "Wiener Stadthalle" where, in front of thousands of people in the arena and millions of people on TV, Måns Zelmerlöw from Sweden won Europe's Favorite TV Show - Eurovision 2015 with "Heroes"!
So, I would like to immediately congratulate the winner Mons Zelmerlev and the Swedish delegation with a worthy victory at the 60th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

Her song "Heroes" was performed in the most professional way.
She conveyed to the viewer the whole atmosphere of the enchanting show, and made the European viewer feel like a real "Hero".
In addition to the amazing song, the number played a huge role, which was staged superbly.
This kind of performance has never been at the competition, and the novelty came to Europe to taste.
Great song, piercing, bright, memorable with a perfectly set number.

His victory was justified and very worthy.
They were rooting for him, and initially the bookmakers put him in 1st place and were not mistaken in their choice.

Singer, actor, TV presenter - Mons Zelmerlev became the winner of the national selection "Melodifestivalen-2015".
Before that, he had already participated in the preselection, but he managed to win the preselection and win the Eurovision only this year.

Its result is 365 points, ahead of the nearest competitor Russia by 62 points.
This is a confident and most deserved victory.

27 wonderful performers sang their songs with soul and heart, competing for the main prize - "Crystal Microphone" and the title of Eurovision 2015 winner.
However, there can only be one winner, and that was Mons Zelmerlöv from Sweden, who stormed to victory with 365 points.

In second place was Polina Gagarina from Russia with the touching ballad "A Million Voices" with 303 points.
In third place was the trio from "Il Volo" from Italy with the song "Grande Amore" with 292 points.

Europe has decided this way, and after walking around Europe for a short time, the Eurovision Song Contest will again go to Sweden.
After the enchanting victory of the singer - Loreen at Eurovision 2012, Sweden once again proves its title of the most musical European country.
Swedes can do musical masterpieces, and this can be seen in Eurovision.

Eurovision 2016 will be held in Sweden!
Presumably it will take place in the capital - Stockholm.
Preliminary dates for the competition: May 10, 12 and 14, 2016.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Swedish singer Mons Selmerlev trailed Russia's Polina Gagarina during the first part of the voting, but ended up winning by a solid margin

Winner music competition"Eurovision", held in Vienna, was the Swedish singer Mons Selmerlev. Russian Polina Gagarina with the song A Million Voices ("A Million Voices") took second place.

Third place was taken by the Italian trio Il Volo with the song Grande Amore (" big love"). All three countries from the very beginning of the competition were considered his favorites.

Australia, making its debut in the competition despite being outside of Europe, came in fifth. She was represented by Guy Sebastian, who is one of the most popular singers in the country and was also considered one of the favorites of the competition.

The British duo Electro Velvet, consisting of Bianca Nicholas and Alex Lark, took fourth place from the end with the song I "m Still in Love with You ("I'm still in love with you"). Germany took the last place.

Jury vote scandal

The points awarded to each country are a combination of voting by the jury and the TV viewers.

As stated in the statement of the organizers of the competition, it was decided not to count the votes of the jury in Macedonia and Montenegro after consulting with the audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, an independent observer of the voting process at the competition.

In these two countries, in the end, only the votes of viewers were counted. The exclusion from voting by the jury of Macedonia and Montenegro will be discussed in June, the Eurovision organizers said in a statement.

Winning the competition Swedish singer Mons Selmerlev's decision not to count the jury votes for Montenegro and Macedonia will not be reflected as he is 62 points ahead of second place.

Without Ukraine

This year, 27 countries took part in Eurovision, which became a new record. At the same time, Ukraine refused to participate in the competition, in the east of which clashes between security forces and separatists continue. Kyiv explained his decision by the lack of funds and the wrong time for fun music competitions.

Slovenia, France, Israel, Estonia, Great Britain, Armenia, Lithuania, Serbia, Norway, Sweden, Cyprus, Australia, Belgium, Austria, Greece, Montenegro, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Romania, Spain, Hungary, Georgia performed in the final part of the competition , Azerbaijan, Russia, Albania and Italy.

It was reported that the television audience for this year's competition worldwide was estimated to be around 200 million. In 2016 the competition will take place in the capital of Sweden, Stockholm.

IN 01:50 Moscow time, the results became known, the final of which took place on May 23 in Vienna, Austria. Within the framework of the festival, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, the 60th all-European song contest, was determined. According to the results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, the representative of Sweden won with the entry song "Heroes", the composition received a total of 365 points. Thus, the musical capital next year becomes Sweden, and the winner of Eurovision-2015, Mons Zelmerlev, receives the coveted crystal microphone, for which representatives of 40 European countries initially dreamed of fighting.

Eurovision 2015 winner - Mons Zelmerlev (final song):

The results of Eurovision-2015 for Russia, as expected, are very high. The representative of the Russian Federation at Eurovision 2015 took second place. The stars of domestic show business are also at Eurovision 2015, in their opinion, the girl had the necessary talent, charisma and inner beauty- this opinion was confirmed by the results of Eurovision, Europe warmly received the Russian participant, highly appreciating her performance.

According to the voting results of the first 20 countries, Polina Gagarina took 1st place at Eurovision 2015, but later the Swedish performer overtook the Russian participant. Full results Eurovision-2015 according to the voting results:

Recall that 27 participants fought for the crystal microphone and, accordingly, for the first place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria: a dozen leaders from and semi-finals, as well as representatives of the seven founding countries of this song festival. In honor of the 60th anniversary of Eurovision, which took place in 2015, for the first time in history, a participant from Australia was invited to participate in the competition - this country was represented at the competition by a singer with the song "Tonight Again"- according to the results of Eurovision 2015, this composition brought the Australian performer 5th place in the final of Eurovision 2015.

Eurovision 2015: Polina Gagarina - "A Million Voices" (final):