EuroMusic Song Contest 6

The EuroMusic Song Contest 6 was the sexth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The host country was Sweden, that won the last edition, with the song I can't go on. It was the first time that Sweden hosted the contest. The contest took place in Malmö.

Ireland won the show with an amount of 152 points, a record. It was also the first time in the history of the contest that a country won the contest more than once. Germany became second and The Netherlands ended for the second time at the third place.

Location
Afther the Swedish victory in the previous edition, the SVT announced that they will host the sexth edition.

The Swedish broadcaster announced that they would hold a selection to decide the city.

Here you can see the cities who where intrested to host the contest.

Host venue

The Swedish broadcaster announced that they would prefer a venue with at least 8.000 seats. Later four cities signed up. The Malmö Arena was chosen by the SVT as host venue for this edition.

Format
Each country sends one song to the contest. There are no rules about the language of the song, but the song can't be longer than five minutes.

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that got the highest point will rank higher.

Returning artists
The contest featured four representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same countries.

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/239789/euromusic-song-contest-06--malm

12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

Debuting countries

 * Turkey.jpg Turkey

Returning countries

 * United States.jpg United States

Withrawing countries

 * Portugal.jpg Portugal