| Magical Music Contest #18 | |
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Edition number |
18 |
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Participants |
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Magical Music Contest #18 (held in Malmö) started on the 8th March 2013. Because the last winner hadn't sent any song until he knew that he won, even 63 countries participated. The winner was Turkey, which won with "I'm Sorry" by Sibel by receiving 185 points, 1 more than the runner-up.
Participants[]
| Debuting countries | Returning countries | Withdrawing countries |
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Returning artists[]
| Artist | Country | Previous edition |
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| Adam Lambert |  Norway
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#9, #11 |
| Alicia Keys |  Italy
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#15 (for Ireland) |
| Alien Beat Club |  Denmark
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#15 |
| Britney Spears |  Malta
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#5, #14, #17 |
| Dado Polumenta |  Montenegro
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#14 |
| Eldar Gasimov (with Nikki Jamal) |  Azerbaijan
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#17 |
| Enrique Iglesias |  Philippines
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#11, #12 (both for Spain) |
| Flo Rida |  United States
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#10 (for Australia), #11 (for Haiti), #13 (for Slovakia), #14 (for Haiti) |
| Katerine Avgoustakis |  Belgium
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#3 |
| Love Generation |  Morocco
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#17 (as Stockholm Syndrome for Austria) |
| Mandy Capristo (part of Monrose) |  Germany
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#1, #11 (with Monrose) |
| Monrose | Germany
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#11 |
| Nancy Ajram |  Lebanon
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#5, #11 |
| Natalia Barbu |  Moldova
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#12 |
| Ne-Yo |  Nigeria
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#16 (for United States) |
| Nikki Jamal (with Eldar Gasimov) | Azerbaijan
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#1 |
| One Direction |  Pakistan
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#13 (for Ireland), #14, #17 (for Ireland) |
| Pamela Ramljak |  Bosnia & Herzegovina
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#16 |
| Raffaela |  Suriname
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#1 (for Netherlands) |
| Serebro |  Russia
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#8 |
| Taio Cruz |  Brazil
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#11 (for Australia) |
| Yohanna |  Iceland
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#6 |
Semifinal 1[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Brazil
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Taio Cruz & Ludacris | "Break Your Heart" | 10 | 131 |
| 02 |  Greenland
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Oh Land | "Sun of a Gun" | 7 | 137 |
| 03 |  Vietnam
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Miu Lê | "Em Nhớ Anh" | 13 | 111 |
| 04 | Lebanon
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Nancy Ajram | "Khaffef Alayya Shwayy" | 11 | 119 |
| 05 | Russia
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Serebro | "Gun" | 3 | 153 |
| 06 |  Austria
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DJ Ötzi | "Anton Aus Tirol" | 20 | 39 |
| 07 | Montenegro
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Dado Polumenta | "Ti Ti Samo Ti" | 15 | 92 |
| 08 |  France
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M. Pokora | "Juste Une Photo De Toi" | 1 | 167 |
| 09 | Moldova
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Natalia Barbu | "Suflet Gol" | 16 | 86 |
| 10 |  Cyprus
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Valanto Trifonos | "Na Mou Eksigiseis" | 2 | 154 |
| 11 |  Portugal
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David Carreira | "So Tu E Eu" | 6 | 138 |
| 12 | Pakistan
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One Direction | "Kiss You" | 12 | 114 |
| 13 | Belgium
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Katerine Avgoustakis | "Enjoy The Day" | 5 | 140 |
| 14 |  Croatia
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Zorica Kondža | "Tako Lako" | 21 | 35 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan
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Ell & Nikki | "Priceless" | 14 | 93 |
| 16 |  Chile
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Stephanie Fox | "Solo Vete" | 18 | 73 |
| 17 |  Türkiye
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Sibel | "I'm Sorry" | 4 | 150 |
| 18 | United States
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Austin Mahone ft. Flo Rida | "Say You're Just A Friend" | 17 | 78 |
| 19 | Denmark
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Alien Beat Club | "My Way" | 19 | 44 |
| 20 | Malta
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Britney Spears | "Till The World Ends" | 9 | 132 |
| 21 |  India
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SQS Supastars | "Hawa Hawa" | 8 | 134 |
Semifinal 2[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Ireland
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B*Witched | "C'est La Vie | 15 | 60 |
| 02 | Suriname
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Raffaela | "Right Here Right Now" | 7 | 113 |
| 03 |  Hungary
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NOX | "Szeretem" | 20 | 0 |
| 04 |  Netherlands
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Monsif | "Voor Jou" | 12 | 70 |
| 05 |  Slovenia
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Sanya G | "Magic" | 1 | 166 |
| 06 |  South Korea
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Kim Sori | "Dual Life" | 11 | 71 |
| 07 |  Mauritius
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Nancy Derougère | "Pot Pourri" | 13 | 69 |
| 08 |  Romania
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Laurentiu Duta & Andreea Banica | "Shining Heart" | 2 | 148 |
| 09 | Iceland
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Yohanna | "Beautiful Silence" | 3 | 141 |
| 10 |  Japan
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C-ute | "Ookina Ai De Motenashite" | 19 | 39 |
| 11 |  New Zealand
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Julia Deans | "Broken Home" | 17 | 56 |
| 12 |  Israel
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JESC 2012 Participants | "We Can Be Heroes" | 10 | 83 |
| 13 |  Armenia
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Lilit Hovhannisyan | "Te Axjik Lineir" | 4 | 132 |
| 14 |  Andorra
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Malinka | "Soledad" | 14 | 68 |
| 15 |  Greece
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Eleni Foureira | "Pio Erotas Pethaineis" | 5 | 128 |
| 16 | Germany
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Monrose | "Yesterday's Gone" | 8 | 108 |
| 17 |  Australia
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Gotye | "Easy Way Out" | 18 | 45 |
| 18 |  Switzerland
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Melissa | "The Point Of No Return" | 9 | 104 |
| 19 | Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Pamela Ramljak | "Mamim Sin" | 16 | 60 |
| 20 | Norway
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Adam Lambert | "Trespassing" | 6 | 119 |
Semifinal 3[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Liechtenstein
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Hans Zimmer | "Tennessee" | 12 | 69 |
| 02 |  Georgia
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Nini Tsnobiladze | "Private Dancer" | 21 | 0 |
| 03 |  Spain
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Venus | "Pin Up Girl" | 1 | 164 |
| 04 |  Serbia
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Rada Manojlovic | "Marakana" | 19 | 0 |
| 05 |  Uganda
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Mimi Blix | "Catch Me" | 2 | 130 |
| 06 |  China
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G.E.M. | "What Have U Done" | 13 | 68 |
| 07 |  Luxembourg
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Eternal Tango | "The Golden City" | 18 | 0 |
| 08 |  Estonia
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Ewert and the two dragons | "Good Man Down" | 6 | 99 |
| 09 |  Finland
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Jenni Vartiainen | "Missä Muruseni On" | 9 | 88 |
| 10 | Philippines
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Enrique Iglesias | "I Like How It Feels" | 14 | 64 |
| 11 |  Lithuania
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Naujos Pupytes | "Kokteiliai" | 8 | 89 |
| 12 |  North Macedonia
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Elena Risteska | "Romeo i Julija | 11 | 75 |
| 13 |  United Kingdom
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor | "Get Over You" | 4 | 112 |
| 14 | Italy
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Alicia Keys | "Girl On Fire" | 10 | 88 |
| 15 |  Puerto Rico
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Victoria Justice & Elizabeth Gillies | "Take A Hint" | 17 | 0 |
| 16 |  Bulgaria
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Alisia | "Blizo Do Men" | 20 | 0 |
| 17 | Nigeria
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Ne-Yo | "Mad" | 15 | 58 |
| 18 |  Czechia
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Lipo ft. Debbi | "Lezim v tve blizkosti" | 7 | 90 |
| 19 | Morocco
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Love Generation | "Just A Little Bit" | 3 | 113 |
| 20 |  Sweden
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Swedish House Mafia | "Don't You Worry Child" | 5 | 102 |
| 21 |  Canada
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Victoria Duffield | "Feel" | 16 | 53 |
Second Chance Fight[]
| Semi | Country | Artist | Song | Votes | Percentage |
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| 1 | Lebanon
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Nancy Ajram | "Khaffef Alayya Shwayy" | 3 | 7,3% |
| 2 | Switzerland
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Melissa | "The Point Of No Return" | 23 | 56,1% |
| 3 | Finland
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Jenni Vartiainen | "Missä Muruseni On" | 15 | 36,6% |
Final[]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Armenia
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Lilit Hovhannisyan | "Te Axjik Lineir" | 16 | 129 |
| 02 | Lithuania
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Naujos Pupytes | "Kokteiliai" | 26 | 61 |
| 03 | Belgium
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Katerine Avgoustakis | "Enjoy The Day" | 23 | 87 |
| 04 | Suriname
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Raffaela | "Right Here Right Now" | 15 | 131 |
| 05 | United Kingdom
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor | "Get Over You" | 2 | 184 |
| 06 | Cyprus
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Valanto Trifonos | "Na Mou Eksigiseis" | 14 | 139 |
| 07 | Germany
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Monrose | "Yesterday's Gone" | 24 | 81 |
| 08 | Morocco
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Love Generation | "Just A Little Bit" | 8 | 156 |
| 09 | France
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M. Pokora | "Juste Une Photo De Toi" | 9 | 150 |
| 10 | Romania
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Laurentiu Duta & Andreea Banica | "Shining Heart" | 10 | 149 |
| 11 | Portugal
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David Carreira | "So Tu E Eu" | 20 | 111 |
| 12 | Czechia
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Lipo ft. Debbi | "Lezim v tve blizkosti" | 25 | 71 |
| 13 |  San Marino
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Antonella Lo Coco | "Un Mondo Nuovo" | 22 | 101 |
| 14 | Russia
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Serebro | "Gun" | 11 | 147 |
| 15 | Iceland
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Yohanna | "Beautiful Silence" | 17 | 127 |
| 16 | Greece
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Eleni Foureira | "Pio Erotas Pethaineis" | 5 | 162 |
| 17 | Uganda
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Mimi Blix | "Catch Me" | 7 | 158 |
| 18 | India
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SQS Supastars | "Hawa Hawa" | 12 | 142 |
| 19 | Greenland
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Oh Land | "Sun of a Gun" | 18 | 126 |
| 20 | Sweden
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Swedish House Mafia | "Don't You Worry Child" | 4 | 179 |
| 21 | Türkiye
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Sibel | "I'm Sorry" | 1 | 185 |
| 22 | Estonia
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Ewert and the two dragons | "Good Man Down" | 13 | 139 |
| 23 | Norway
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Adam Lambert | "Trespassing" | 19 | 117 |
| 24 | Switzerland
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Melissa | "The Point Of No Return" | 3 | 183 |
| 25 | Slovenia
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Sanya G | "Magic" | 21 | 106 |
| 26 | Spain
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Venus | "Pin Up Girl" | 6 | 159 |