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.
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.
Categories The awards are divided into 3 categories:
'' – Given to the best entry as voted on by the accredited media and press during the event. '' – 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. '' – A jury consisting of the participating composers vote for the best and most original composition.
In , 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.
Winners Media Award Year Country Song Performer Final Points Host city "" Sandrine François 5 104 Tallinn "Everyway That I Can" Sertab Erener 1 167 Riga "" Željko Joksimović 2 263 Istanbul "Angel" Chiara 2 192 Kyiv "Hard Rock Hallelujah" Lordi 1 292 Athens "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" Verka Serduchka 2 235 Helsinki "Senhora do mar (Negras águas)" Vânia Fernandes 13 69 Belgrade "Fairytale" Alexander Rybak 1 387 Moscow "" Harel Skaat 14 71 Oslo "Da Da Dam" Paradise Oskar 21 57 Düsseldorf "When the Music Dies" Sabina Babayeva 4 150 Baku "Waterfall" Nodiko Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani 15 50 Malmö "Rise Like a Phoenix" Conchita Wurst 1 290 Copenhagen "" Il Volo 3 292 Vienna "You Are the Only One" Sergey Lazarev 3 491 Stockholm "" Francesco Gabbani 6 334 Kyiv "Mercy" Madame Monsieur 13 173 Lisbon "Arcade" Duncan Laurence 1 498 Tel Aviv "" Barbara Pravi 2 499 Rotterdam "Space Man" Sam Ryder 2 466 Turin "Tattoo" Loreen 1 583 Liverpool "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" Baby Lasagna 2 547 Malmö "Maman" Louane 7 230 Basel "Eclipse" Delta Goodrem 4 287 Vienna
Artistic Award Voted by previous winners Year Country Performer Song Stage director(s) Final Points Host city Afro-dite "Never Let It Go" 8 72 Tallinn Esther Hart "One More Night" 13 45 Riga Ruslana "Wild Dances" 1 280 Istanbul Helena Paparizou "My Number One" Fokas Evangelinos 1 230 Kyiv Carola "Invincible" 5 170 Athens Marija Šerifović "" Gorčin Stojanović 1 268 Helsinki Ani Lorak "Shady Lady" Fokas Evangelinos 2 230 Belgrade Patricia Kaas "" 8 107 Moscow
Voted by commentators 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 Harel Skaat "" Doron Medalie 14 71 Oslo Jedward "Lipstick" Brian Friedman 8 119 Düsseldorf Loreen "Euphoria" Ambra Succi 1 372 Baku Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" Fokas Evangelinos 2 234 Malmö The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" Hans Pannecoucke 2 238 Copenhagen Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" Fredrik Rydman 1 365 Vienna Jamala "1944" Kostiantyn Tomilchenko and Oleksandr Bratkovskyi 1 534 Stockholm Salvador Sobral "" Luísa Sobral 1 758 Kyiv Eleni Foureira "" Sacha Jean-Baptiste 2 436 Lisbon Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity" Philip Gleeson 9 285 Tel Aviv Barbara Pravi "" Marika Prochet 2 499 Rotterdam Konstrakta "" Jasmin Cvišić and Miodrag Kolarić 5 312 Turin Loreen"Tattoo" Anders Wistbacka 1 583 Liverpool Nemo"The Code" Fredrik Rydman 1 591 Malmö Louane "Maman" Fredrik Rydman 7 230 Basel Dara "Bangaranga" Fredrik Rydman and Keisha von Arnold 1 516 Vienna
Composer Award winners This award was first presented in , replacing the Fan Award.
Year Country Song Composer(s)Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Performer Final Points Host city "Stronger Every Minute" Mike Konnaris (m & l) Lisa Andreas 5 170 Istanbul "" Slaven Knezović (m) and Milan Perić (l) No Name 7 137 Kyiv "" Željko Joksimović (m), Fahrudin Pecikoza (l) and Dejan Ivanović (l) Hari Mata Hari 3 229 Athens "Unsubstantial Blues" Magdi Rúzsa (m) and Imre Mózsik (l) Magdi Rúzsa 9 128 Helsinki "" Andrei Tudor (m), Andreea Andrei (l) and Adina Șuteu (l) Nico & Vlad 20 45 Belgrade "" Aleksandar Čović (m & l) Regina 9 106 Moscow "" Tomer Hadadi (m) and Noam Horev (l) Harel Skaat 14 71 Oslo "Sognu" Daniel Moyne (m), Quentin Bachelet (m) and Jean-Pierre Marcellesi (l), Julie Miller (l) Amaury Vassili 15 82 Düsseldorf "Euphoria" Thomas G:son (m & l) and Peter Boström (m & l) Loreen 1 372 Baku "You" Robin Stjernberg (m & l), Linnea Deb (m & l),Joy Deb (m & l) and Joakim Harestad Haukaas (m & l) Robin Stjernberg 14 62 Malmö "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 "A Monster Like Me" Kjetil Mørland (m & l) Mørland & Debrah Scarlett 8 102 Vienna "Sound of Silence" Anthony Egizii (m & l) and David Musumeci (m & l) Dami Im 2 511 Stockholm "" Luísa Sobral (m & l) Salvador Sobral 1 758 Kyiv "Bones" Borislav Milanov (m & l), Trey Campbell (m & l),Joacim Persson (m & l), and Dag Lundberg (m & l) Equinox 14 166 Lisbon "" Charlie Charles (m & l), Dario "Dardust" Faini (m & l), and Alessandro Mahmoud (m & l) Mahmood 2 472 Tel Aviv "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 "Hold Me Closer" Cornelia Jakobsdotter (m & l), David Zandén (m & l), and Isa Molin (m & l) Cornelia Jakobs 4 438 Turin "Due vite" Davide Simonetta (m & l), Marco Mengoni (l) and Davide Petrella (l) Marco Mengoni 4 350 Liverpool "The Code" Benjamin Alasu (m & l), Lasse Midtsian Nymann (m & l), Linda Dale (m & l), Nemo Mettler (m & l) Nemo 1 591 Malmö "Voyage" Emily Middlemas (m & l), Tom Oehler (m & l), Zoë Më (m & l) Zoë Më 10 214 Basel "Før vi går hjem" Clara Sofie Fabricius (m & l), Søren Torpegaard Lund (m & l), Thomas Meilstrup (m & l) and Valdemar Littauer Bendixen (m & l) Søren Torpegaard Lund 7 243 Vienna
Fan Award Year Country Song Performer Final Points Host city "Addicted To You" Laura Voutilainen 20 24 Tallinn "Dime" Beth 8 81 Riga "Qélé, Qélé" Sirusho Harutyunyan 4 199 Belgrade
Winners by country Country Total Media Award Artistic Award Composer Award Fan Award 9 1 5 3 8 4 3 1 4 2 2 4 1 3 4 1 2 1 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 United Kingdom 1 1 1 1
Melodifestivalen winners Between 2005 and 2015, Sveriges Television (SVT) awarded Marcel Bezençon Awards during its national selection Melodifestivalen. These awards followed the same format as that for the Eurovision awards, with awards given to songs that competed in the final of the contest.
Media Award Year Performer Song Final Points 2005 Shirley Clamp "" 4 130 2006 BWO "Temple of Love" 2 202 2007 Sonja Aldén "" 6 62 2008 Sanna Nielsen "Empty Room" 2 206 2009 Caroline af Ugglas "" 2 171 2010 Anna Bergendahl "This Is My Life" 1 214 2011 Eric Saade "Popular" 1 193 2012 Loreen "Euphoria" 1 268 2013 Yohio "Heartbreak Hotel" 2 133 2014 Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 1 212 2015 Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" 1 288
Artistic Award Year Performer Song Stage director(s) Final Points 2005 Nanne Grönvall "Håll om mig" 2 209 2006 Carola "" 1 234 2007 Sonja Aldén "" 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 2013 Yohio "Heartbreak Hotel" Rennie Mirro 2 133 2014 Ace Wilder "Busy Doin' Nothin" Litho Nericcio 2 210 2015 Isa "Don't Stop" Martin Jonsson 7 56
Composer Award Year Song Composer(s) Performer Final Points 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 2013 "You" Robin Stjernberg, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Joakim Harestad Haukaas Robin Stjernberg 1 166 2014 "Undo" Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah Sanna Nielsen 1 212 2015 "Don't Stop Believing" Miss Li, Sonny Gustafsson Mariette Hansson 3 102
Notes
References
External links