List of Eurovision Song Contest 2015 jurors
The jurors of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 are involved in the voting process. For the semi finals and the final, each country's votes was decided by a combination of 50% televoting by the public and 50% by national jury.[1]
Contents
Background
In response to some broadcasters' continued complaints about politically charged, neighbourly and diaspora voting, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) evaluated the voting procedure used in the contest, and contemplated a change for 2009. Contest organisers sent a questionnaire regarding the voting system to participating broadcasters, and a reference group incorporated the responses into their suggestions for next year's format.[2] Telewizja Polska (TVP), the Polish broadcaster, suggested that an international jury similar to the one used in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest be introduced in the Eurovision Song Contest to lessen the impact of neighbourly voting and place more emphasis on the artistic value of the song.[3] A jury would lead to less political and diaspora voting as the jury members, mandated to be music industry experts, would also have a say in addition to "random members of the public".[4] National juries were originally phased out of the contest beginning in 1997, with televoting becoming mandatory for nearly all participants since 2003.
Format
The competition will consist of two semi-finals and a final, a format which has been in use since 2008. The ten countries with the highest scores in each semi-final will qualify to the final where they will join the host nation Austria, the five main sponsoring nations (known as the Big Five): France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, and Australia which was invited this year to commemorate the Contest's 60th anniversary.[5]
Each participating country had their own national jury, which consisted of five professional members of the music industry. Each member of a respective nation's jury was required to rank every song, except that of their own country. The voting results from each member of a particular nation's jury were combined to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. Likewise, the televoting results were also interpreted as a full ranking, taking into account the full televoting result rather than just the top ten. The combination of the jury's full ranking and the televote's full ranking produced an overall ranking of all competing entries. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1-point.[6] In the event of a televoting(insufficient amount of votes/technical issues) or jury failure(technical issue/breach of rules), only a jury/televoting was used by each country [7][8]
Jurors
The jurors of the 40 participating countries are as follows:
| Country | Jurors | Further details |
|---|---|---|
 Albania |
Bojken Lako | TV & theatre director |
| Klodian Qafoku | Composer | |
| Olsa Toqi | Composer | |
| Arta Marku | Journalist | |
| Zhani Ciko | Violinist | |
 Armenia |
Grigor Nazaryan | Producer, music producer |
| Nune Yesayan | Singer | |
| Leyla Saribekyan | Singer, compuser | |
| Aram Sargsyan (Aram MP3) | Singer, songwriter, comedian and showman, represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | |
| Aren Bayadyan | Director | |
 Australia |
Amanda Pelman | Producer |
| Richard Wilkins | Radio DJ, entertainment journalist | |
| Danielle Spencer | Singer, songwriter | |
| Ash London | Radio broadcaster, TV presenter | |
| Jake Stone | Singer, songwriter, performer | |
 Austria |
Gary Lux | Producer, writer, composer, singer, musician, represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 as part of Westend, and as a solo artist in Eurovision 1985 and in Eurovision 1987 |
| Manuel Ortega | Singer-songwriter, represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | |
| Christian Deix | Singer-songwriter, producer, arranger, actor, journalist | |
| Vanessa Legenstein (Como) | Singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, musician | |
| Franziska Trost | Music journalist | |
 Azerbaijan |
Zumrud Dadashzade | Musician and pedagogue, member of Azerbaijan Composers Union |
| Tunzale Agayeva | Singer & composer | |
| Fidan Haciyeva | Opera singer | |
| Faig Agayev | Singer | |
| Samira Allahverdi | Singer & choreographer | |
 Belarus |
Nataliya Marinova | Director of TV channel Belarus 2 |
| Vitaly Karpanov | Singer, composer & showman | |
| Oksana Artushevskaya | Expert in the field of culture and art | |
| Alexey Gross | Singer & vocal coach | |
| Iskui Abalyan | Singer & composer | |
 Belgium |
Michel Gudanski | Producer |
| Candice Wachel | Manager, producer | |
| Florence Huby | Singer, represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 as part of Witloof Bay | |
| Megan Giart | Singer | |
| Marc Radelet | Manager, press agent, coordinator | |
 Cyprus |
Andreas Giortsios | Radio Producer, news anchorman |
| Elias Antoniades | Lyricist, general manager | |
| Gore Melian | Singer | |
| Stella Stylianou | Singer, teacher | |
| Argyro Christodoulidou | Composer & lyriclist | |
 Czech Republic |
||
 Denmark |
Søren Poppe | Singer, songwriter, represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 as part of Rollo and King |
| Micky Skeel, Jonas Schrøder | Jury member in Semifinal 1, jury member in final | |
| Anna David | Singer | |
| Lotte Feder | Singer | |
| Tamra Rosanes | Singer & songwriter | |
 Estonia |
||
| Antonio Dimitrievski | Music producer | |
| Ana Kostova Kostadinovska | Music teacher, backing vocalist | |
| Aleksandar Belov | Singer | |
| Sara Projkovska Nikolovska | Professional musician | |
| Andrijana Jovanovska | Lyric writer, music journalist | |
 Finland |
||
 France |
Bruno Berberes | Casting director, producer, composer, former French Head of Delegation and former French semi-final commentator |
| Matthieu Gonet | Composer & Musician | |
| Eric Jeanjean | Radio DJ | |
| Yseult | Singer, runner-up in Nouvelle Star | |
| Marie Myriam | Singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 | |
 Georgia |
||
 Germany |
Johannes Strate | Bandleader, singer & songwriter |
| Leslie Clio | Singer, songwriter | |
| Mark Cwiertnia (Mark Foster) | singer, songwriter | |
| Sascha Reimann (Ferris MC) | Musician, rapper & actor | |
| Swen Meyer | Music producer | |
 Greece |
Jick Nakassian | Conductor (Greece 1980) |
| Antonios Karatzikos | Former OGAE president | |
| Hellen Giannatsoulia | ||
| Ioannis Koutsaftakis | ||
| Mariana Efstratiou | Singer (Greece 1989, Greece 1996) | |
 Hungary |
||
 Iceland |
Védís Hervör | Singer, sopngwriter |
| Einar Bárðarson | Managing director at Reykjavik City | |
| Unnur Sara | Singer | |
| Birgitta Haukdal | Singer, vocal coach represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 | |
| Heiðar Örn | musician, teacher, represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as a part of Pollapönk | |
 Ireland |
Raymond Smyth | Composer, songwriter |
| Blathnaid Treacy | Music/entertainment presenter | |
| Ryan Dolan | Singer, songwriter, represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | |
| Ann Harrington | Singer, songwriter | |
| Ray Harman | Songwriter, composer & musician | |
 Israel |
||
 Italy |
Franco Zanetti | Director of the music information website www.rockoll.it |
| Valerio Paolini | Co-founder and software architect of musixmatch | |
| Nicolò Cerioni | Art director, stylist, videomaker | |
| Barbara Mosconi | Journalist | |
| Flavia Cercato | Radio & TV host | |
 Latvia |
||
 Lithuania |
||
 Malta |
Howard Keith Debono | Producent, artist manager, event organiser |
| Dorothy Anne Bezzina | Teacher, singer | |
| Dominic Cini | Music producer | |
| Joseph Chetcuti | Lawyer, violinist, presenter | |
| Pierre Cordina | Radio presenter, radio DJ | |
 Moldova |
||
 Montenegro |
Ilija Dapčević | Professor of music |
| Aleksandra Vojvodić | Professor of music, singer | |
| Darko Nikčević | Musician | |
| Renata Perazić | Musician | |
| Senad Drešević | Composer | |
 Norway |
||
 Poland |
||
 Portugal |
||
 Romania |
||
 Russia |
||
 San Marino |
||
 Serbia |
||
 Slovenia |
||
 Spain |
Jacobo Calderón | Songwriter, producer |
| Daniel Diges | Singer, actor, represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | |
| Rosa López | Singer, represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | |
| Ruth Lorenzo | Singer, represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | |
| Pastora Soler | Singer, represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | |
 Sweden |
Filip Adamo | Independent music professional, production manager |
| Lina Hedlund | Singer | |
| Henrik Johnsson | Radio/TV producer, anchor | |
| Rennie Mirro | Dancer, choreographer, actor | |
| Isa Tengblad (Isa) | Singer, dancer, composer | |
 Switzerland |
Georg Schlunegger | Producer and co-owner of Hitmill Productions, wrote Takasa's song (You and Me) for Eurovision 2013 |
| Simu Moser | Radio journalist and presentation of a Swiss morning show | |
| Andrea Pärli | International marketing director of Musikvertrieb Labels | |
| Gabriel Broggini | singer, represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 as a part of Sinplus | |
| Rafaela Spitzli | Promotion Manager of Universal Switzerland | |
 Netherlands |
||
 United Kingdom |
David Arch | Musical director, musician, composer, arranger |
| Mark De Lisser | Vocal coach | |
| Thomas Blaize | Singer, songwriter, composer | |
| Yvie Burnett | Singer, mezzo soprano, vocal coach | |
| Pandora Christie | Radio/TV presenter |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
