The fourth contest opened the second cycle with mostly brand new countries. The theme was east. For the first time, a country that’s not an actual country appeared: Middle East. Other firsts were one country (Japan) getting both of its entries in the first round’s top 3 and Ukraine’s Ani Lorak appearing as the first (international final) Eurovision artist.
Info
| Date | 2012-09-29 |
|---|---|
| Winner | Japan |
| New countries | 4 |
| Languages total | 6 |
| Local language entries | 7 |
| Jurors | 12 |
Results
| # | Country | Artist | Song | Final | Round 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | Imperio | Nostra Culpa | 12 | |
| 2 | Middle East | Hisham Abbas | Habibi Dah | 8 | |
| 3 | Japan | Ayumi Hamasaki | Free & Easy | 3 | |
| 4 | Ukraine | Ani Lorak | Solntse | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Thailand | Dance Army | Kong Pun Thao Fai | 10 | |
| 6 | Germany | Groove Coverage | Angeline | 11 | |
| 7 | Austria | Christian Petru | Funkelnde Sterne | 7 | |
| 8 | Middle East | Nancy Ajram | Mashy Haddy | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Japan | Aya Hirano | God Knows… | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine | Kamaliya | Rising Up | 9 | |
| 11 | Thailand | Tata Young | Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy | 6 | |
| 12 | Germany | ATC | Maybe | 4 |