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Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honouring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 and Head of Delegation for Sweden until 2021) and Richard Herrey (member of Herreys, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 for Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.[1]

Marcel Bezençon Awards
Awarded forBest competing songs in the Eurovision Song Contest
CountryVarious participating countries
Presented byEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
First awarded2002
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Although sanctioned by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the awards are not presented during the Eurovision final, but rather are handed out during the official afterparty. Beginning with the 2009 contest, the trophies are handed out prior to the final.

Sweden's Melodifestivalen and Hungary's A Dal also present the awards during their own competition proper.

Categories edit

The awards are divided into 3 categories:

  • Press Award – Given to the best entry as voted on by the accredited media and press during the event.
  • Artistic Award – Presented to the best artist as voted on by the commentators since 2010. Until 2009, the category was voted on by previous winners of the contest.
  • Composer Award – A jury consisting of the participating composers vote for the best and most original composition.

In 2008, a special one-off award was presented, the Poplight Fan Award, as voted by fans on the Swedish website Poplight.se and presented to their favourite debuting artist under the age of 25.[1][2]

Winners edit

Press Award edit

Year Country Song Performer Final Points Host city Ref.
2002   France "Il faut du temps" Sandrine François 5 104   Tallinn
2003   Turkey "Everyway That I Can" Sertab Erener 1 167   Riga
2004   Serbia and Montenegro "Lane moje" (Лане моје) Željko Joksimović 2 263   Istanbul
2005   Malta "Angel" Chiara 2 192   Kyiv
2006   Finland "Hard Rock Hallelujah" Lordi 1 292   Athens
2007   Ukraine "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" Verka Serduchka 2 235   Helsinki
2008   Portugal "Senhora do mar (Negras águas)" Vânia Fernandes 13 69   Belgrade [3]
2009   Norway "Fairytale" Alexander Rybak 1 387   Moscow [4]
2010   Israel "Milim" (מילים) Harel Skaat 14 71   Oslo [5]
2011   Finland "Da Da Dam" Paradise Oskar 21 57   Düsseldorf [6]
2012   Azerbaijan "When the Music Dies" Sabina Babayeva 4 150   Baku [7]
2013   Georgia "Waterfall" Nodiko Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani 15 50   Malmö [8]
2014   Austria "Rise Like a Phoenix" Conchita Wurst 1 290   Copenhagen [9]
2015   Italy "Grande amore" Il Volo 3 292   Vienna [10]
2016   Russia "You Are the Only One" Sergey Lazarev 3 491   Stockholm [11]
2017   Italy "Occidentali's Karma" Francesco Gabbani 6 334   Kyiv [12]
2018   France "Mercy" Madame Monsieur 13 173   Lisbon [13]
2019   Netherlands "Arcade" Duncan Laurence 1 498   Tel Aviv [14]
2021   France "Voilà" Barbara Pravi 2 499   Rotterdam [15]
2022   United Kingdom "Space Man" Sam Ryder 2 466   Turin [16]
2023   Sweden "Tattoo" Loreen 1 583   Liverpool [17]

Artistic Award edit

Voted by previous winners edit

Year Country Performer Song Stage director(s) Final Points Host city Ref.
2002   Sweden Afro-dite "Never Let It Go" 8 72   Tallinn
2003   Netherlands Esther Hart "One More Night" 13 45   Riga
2004   Ukraine Ruslana "Wild Dances" 1 280   Istanbul
2005   Greece Helena Paparizou "My Number One" Fokas Evangelinos 1 230   Kyiv
2006   Sweden Carola "Invincible" 5 170   Athens
2007   Serbia Marija Šerifović "Molitva" (Молитва) Gorčin Stojanović 1 268   Helsinki
2008   Ukraine Ani Lorak "Shady Lady" Fokas Evangelinos 2 230   Belgrade [3]
2009   France Patricia Kaas "Et s'il fallait le faire" 8 107   Moscow [4]

Voted by commentators edit

Since 2010, the show commentators have replaced the previous winners as the selection jury for the winners.

Year Country Performer Song Stage director(s) Final Points Host city Ref.
2010   Israel Harel Skaat "Milim" (מילים) Doron Medalie 14 71   Oslo [5]
2011   Ireland Jedward "Lipstick" Brian Friedman 8 119   Düsseldorf [6]
2012   Sweden Loreen "Euphoria" Ambra Succi 1 372   Baku [7]
2013   Azerbaijan Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" Fokas Evangelinos 2 234   Malmö [8]
2014   Netherlands The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" Hans Pannecoucke 2 238   Copenhagen [9]
2015   Sweden Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" Fredrik Rydman 1 365   Vienna [10]
2016   Ukraine Jamala "1944" Kostiantyn Tomilchenko and Oleksandr Bratkovskyi 1 534   Stockholm [11]
2017   Portugal Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" Luísa Sobral 1 758   Kyiv [12]
2018   Cyprus Eleni Foureira "Fuego" Sacha Jean-Baptiste 2 436   Lisbon [13]
2019   Australia Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity" Philip Gleeson 9 285   Tel Aviv [14]
2021   France Barbara Pravi "Voilà" Marika Prochet 2 499   Rotterdam [15]
2022   Serbia Konstrakta "In corpore sano" Jasmin Cvišić and Miodrag Kolarić 5 312   Turin [16]
2023   Sweden Loreen "Tattoo" Anders Wistbacka 1 583   Liverpool [17]

Composer Award winners edit

This award was first presented in 2004, replacing the Fan Award.

Year Country Song Composer(s)
Lyrics (l) / Music (m) 		Performer Final Points Host city Ref.
2004   Cyprus "Stronger Every Minute" Mike Konnaris (m & l) Lisa Andreas 5 170   Istanbul
2005   Serbia and Montenegro "Zauvijek moja" Slaven Knezović (m) and Milan Perić (l) No Name 7 137   Kyiv
2006   Bosnia and Herzegovina "Lejla" Željko Joksimović (m), Fahrudin Pecikoza (l) and Dejan Ivanović (l) Hari Mata Hari 3 229   Athens
2007   Hungary "Unsubstantial Blues" Magdi Rúzsa (m) and Imre Mózsik (l) Magdi Rúzsa 9 128   Helsinki
2008   Romania "Pe-o margine de lume" Andrei Tudor (m), Andreea Andrei (l) and Adina Șuteu (l) Nico & Vlad 20 45   Belgrade [3]
2009   Bosnia and Herzegovina "Bistra voda" Aleksandar Čović (m & l) Regina 9 106   Moscow [4]
2010   Israel "Milim" (מילים) Tomer Hadadi (m) and Noam Horev (l) Harel Skaat 14 71   Oslo [5]
2011   France "Sognu" Daniel Moyne (m), Quentin Bachelet (m) and Jean-Pierre Marcellesi (l), Julie Miller (l) Amaury Vassili 15 82   Düsseldorf [6]
2012   Sweden "Euphoria" Thomas G:son (m & l) and Peter Boström (m & l) Loreen 1 372   Baku [7]
2013   Sweden "You" Robin Stjernberg (m & l), Linnea Deb (m & l),
Joy Deb (m & l) and Joakim Harestad Haukaas (m & l) 		Robin Stjernberg 14 62   Malmö [8]
2014   Netherlands "Calm After the Storm" Ilse DeLange (m & l), JB Meijers (m & l), Rob Crosby (m & l),
Matthew Crosby (m & l) and Jake Etheridge (m & l) 		The Common Linnets 2 238   Copenhagen [9]
2015   Norway "A Monster Like Me" Kjetil Mørland (m & l) Mørland & Debrah Scarlett 8 102   Vienna [10]
2016   Australia "Sound of Silence" Anthony Egizii (m & l) and David Musumeci (m & l) Dami Im 2 511   Stockholm [11]
2017   Portugal "Amar pelos dois" Luísa Sobral (m & l) Salvador Sobral 1 758   Kyiv [12]
2018   Bulgaria "Bones" Borislav Milanov (m & l), Trey Campbell (m & l),
Joacim Persson (m & l), and Dag Lundberg (m & l) 		Equinox 14 166   Lisbon [13]
2019   Italy "Soldi" Charlie Charles (m & l), Dario "Dardust" Faini (m & l), and Alessandro Mahmoud (m & l) Mahmood 2 472   Tel Aviv [14]
2021    Switzerland "Tout l'univers" Gjon Muharremaj (m & l), Xavier Michel (m & l),
Wouter Hardy (m & l), and Nina Sampermans (m & l) 		Gjon's Tears 3 432   Rotterdam [15]
2022   Sweden "Hold Me Closer" Cornelia Jakobsdotter (m & l), David Zandén (m & l), and Isa Molin (m & l) Cornelia Jakobs 4 438   Turin [16]
2023   Italy "Due vite" Davide Simonetta (m & l), Marco Mengoni (l) and Davide Petrella (l) Marco Mengoni 4 350   Liverpool [17]

Winners by country edit

Country Total Press
Award 		Artistic
Award 		Composer
Award 		Fan
Award
  Sweden 9 1 5 3
  France 6 3 2 1
  Netherlands 4 1 2 1
  Ukraine 4 1 3
  Italy 4 2 2
  Portugal 3 1 1 1
  Finland 3 2 1
  Israel 3 1 1 1
  Australia 2 1 1
  Cyprus 2 1 1
  Norway 2 1 1
  Azerbaijan 2 1 1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2
  Serbia and Montenegro 2 1 1
  Serbia 2 2
   Switzerland 1 1
  Bulgaria 1 1
  Russia 1 1
  Austria 1 1
  Georgia 1 1
  Ireland 1 1
  Romania 1 1
  Armenia 1 1
  Hungary 1 1
  Malta 1 1
  Turkey 1 1
  Greece 1 1
  Spain 1 1
  United Kingdom 1 1

Melodifestivalen winners edit

Since 2005, Sveriges Television (SVT) has awarded Marcel Bezençon Awards during its national selection Melodifestivalen. These awards follow the same format as that for the Eurovision awards, with awards given to songs that competed in the final of the contest.[18][19]

Press Award edit

Year Performer Song Final Points Ref.
2005 Shirley Clamp "Att älska dig" 4 130
2006 BWO "Temple of Love" 2 202
2007 Sonja Aldén "För att du finns" 6 62
2008 Sanna Nielsen "Empty Room" 2 206
2009 Caroline af Ugglas "Snälla snälla" 2 171
2010 Anna Bergendahl "This Is My Life" 1 214
2011 Eric Saade "Popular" 1 193
2012 Loreen "Euphoria" 1 268 [20]
2013 Yohio "Heartbreak Hotel" 2 133 [21]
2014 Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 1 212 [22]
2015 Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" 1 288 [23]

Artistic Award edit

Year Performer Song Stage director(s) Final Points Ref.
2005 Nanne Grönvall "Håll om mig" 2 209
2006 Carola "Evighet" 1 234
2007 Sonja Aldén "För att du finns" 6 62
2008 BWO "Lay Your Love on Me" 3 158
2009 Sarah Dawn Finer "Moving On" 6 87
2010 Eric Saade "Manboy" 3 155
2011 Danny Saucedo "In the Club" Ambra Succi 2 149
2012 Loreen "Euphoria" Ambra Succi 1 268 [20]
2013 Yohio "Heartbreak Hotel" Rennie Mirro 2 133 [21]
2014 Ace Wilder "Busy Doin' Nothin" Litho Nericcio 2 210 [22]
2015 Isa "Don't Stop" Martin Jonsson 7 56 [23]

Composer Award edit

Year Song Composer(s) Performer Final Points Ref.
2005 "A Different Kind of Love" Joacim Dubbelman, Martin Landh, Sam McCarthy Caroline Wennergren 5 116
2006 "Sing for Me" Andreas Johnson, Peter Kvint Andreas Johnson 3 200
2007 "I Remember Love" Peter Hallström, Sarah Dawn Finer Sarah Dawn Finer 4 122
2008 "Empty Room" Bobby Ljunggren, Aleena Gibson Sanna Nielsen 2 206
2009 "You're My World" Emilia Rydberg, Fredrik "Figge" Boström Emilia 9 28
2010 "Keep on Walking" Salem Al Fakir Salem Al Fakir 2 183
2011 "Leaving Home" Jojo Borg Larsson, Nicke Borg, Fredrik Thomander, Anders "Gary" Wikström Nicke Borg 8 57
2012 "Why Start a Fire" Lisa Miskovsky, Aleksander With, Bernt Rune Stray, Berent Philip Moe Lisa Miskovsky 9 39 [20]
2013 "You" Robin Stjernberg, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Joakim Harestad Haukaas Robin Stjernberg 1 166 [21]
2014 "Undo" Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah Sanna Nielsen 1 212 [22]
2015 "Don't Stop Believing" Miss Li, Sonny Gustafsson Mariette Hansson 3 102 [23]

References edit

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