Eurovision Young Musicians 2014

Eurovision Young Musicians 2014
Dates
Semi-final 126 May 2014
Semi-final 227 May 2014
Final31 May 2014
Host
VenueSemi-final: Funkhaus Wallrafplatz [de]
Final: Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany
Presenter(s)Sabine Heinrich
Musical directorKristiina Poska
Directed byYves Zosso
Executive supervisorVladislav Yakovlev
Executive producerLothar Mattner
Host broadcasterWestdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Websitewww.youngmusicians.tv Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries14
Debuting countries
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
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         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2014
Vote
Voting systemEach juror awarded a mark from 1–10 to each performer
Winning musician Austria
Ziyu He
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The Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 was the seventeenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held outside the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, on 31 May 2014.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), musicians from fourteen countries participated in the televised final. This was the fifth time that the competition was held on an open-air stage. Germany previously hosted the contest in 2002.[1]

All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kristiina Poska.[1] This year, 14 countries participated in the contest. Malta and Moldova made their debut at the Eurovision Young Musicians.[2] Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Ukraine decided not to participate in this year's competition. Hungary returned for the first time since 2000. Sweden last took part in 2010, whilst Portugal had not entered since hosting in 1996.

Ziyu He of Austria won the contest, with Slovenia and Hungary placing second and third respectively.[3] In 2014, Austria also won the Eurovision Song Contest.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Eurovision Young Musicians 2014: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Malta to make Young Musicians debut!". Youngmusicians.tv. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Eurovision Young Musicians 2014: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ^ Storvik-Green, Simon (10 May 2014). "Austria wins 2014 Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 1 June 2014.