Eurovision Song Contest 2017
N Contestant Nation ( s ) giving 12 points
18 Portugal Armenia , Czech Republic , France , Georgia , Hungary , Iceland , Israel , Latvia , Lithuania , Netherlands , Poland , San Marino , Serbia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , United Kingdom
4 Bulgaria Belarus , Estonia , Macedonia , Norway
3 Sweden Belgium , Denmark , Finland
2 Belarus Azerbaijan , Ukraine
2 Netherlands Austria , Romania
2 Italy Albania , Malta
2 Azerbaijan Italy , Portugal
2 Greece Cyprus , Montenegro
1 Austria Bulgaria
1 Hungary Croatia
1 Norway Germany
1 United Kingdom Australia
1 Cyprus Greece
1 Romania Moldova
1 Belgium Ireland
Scoreboard -- Final
Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points ( 12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting ) to the specified entrant . Jury [ edit ]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kiev, Ukraine, following Jamala's win at the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden with the song 1944. It was the second time Ukraine had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 2005. It was, overall, the fourth Eurovision event that were held in the country, including the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 and 2013. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), the contest was held at the International Exhibition Centre and consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May, and the final on 13 May 2017. The three live shows were hosted by Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnychenko. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. Portugal and Romania returned to the contest after a year's absence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew on financial grounds. Russia had originally planned to participate, but announced their withdrawal on 13 April 2017, after their representative, Julia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of having travelled directly from Russia to Crimea in 2015, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law. The winner was Portugal with the song Amar pelos dois, performed by Salvador Sobral and written by his sister Luísa Sobral. This was Portugal's first win - and first top five placing - in 53 years of participation, the longest winless run by a country in Eurovision history. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since Serbia's Molitva in 2007, and the first winner written in triple metre since Ireland's The Voice in 1996.