GreatVision Song Contest 2

GreatVision Song Contest 2, often referred to as GVSC 2, will be the second edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. The contest will be hosted Lviv, Ukraine, after TAYANNA won the the first edition with "I Love You". NTU chose the Lviv Arena to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Oleksandr Skichko and Regina Todorenko were selected as the presenters.
Winner after a big and exciting show was Playmen feat. Vassy from Greece with their the song "I Should Have Said", they reached 341 Points. At the 2nd Place was South Korea represent by BLACKPINK with their song "As If It's Your Last" , they reached 329 Points and on 3rd Place was Sweden represent by Helena Paparizou with her song "Haide", she reached 323 Points. All countries made the best result in the competion, while United States, Japan and the Poland completed the top six of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see Ukraine
Ukraine sometimes called the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland and Slovakia to the west, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. Ukraine is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which Ukraine and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian. Including Crimea, Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi), making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world. It has a population of about 42.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world.
The territory of modern Ukraine has been inhabited since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, the area was a key centre of East Slavic culture, with the powerful state of Kievan Rus' forming the basis of Ukrainian identity. Following its fragmentation in the 13th century, the territory was contested, ruled and divided by a variety of powers, including Lithuania, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Russia. A Cossack republic emerged and prospered during the 17th and 18th centuries, but its territory was eventually split between Poland and the Russian Empire, and later merged fully into Russia.
During the 20th century three periods of independence occurred. The first of these periods occurred briefly during and immediatly after the German occupation near the end of World War I and the second occurred, also briefly, and also during German occupation, during World War II. However, both of these first two earlier periods would eventually see Ukraine's territories consolidated back into a Soviet republic within the USSR. The third period of independence began in 1991, when Ukraine gained its independence from the Soviet Union in the aftermath of its dissolution at the end of the Cold War. Ukraine has fiercely maintained its independence as a sovereign state ever since. Before its independence, Ukraine was typically referred to in English as "The Ukraine", but sources since then have moved to drop "the" from the name of Ukraine in all uses.
=== Host City ===
: For further information see Lviv
Lviv is the largest city in western Ukraine and the seventh-largest city in the country overall, with a population of around 728,350 as of 2016. Lviv is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.
Named in honor of the Leo, the eldest son of Rus' King Daniel of Galicia, it was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (also called Kingdom of Rus') from 1272 to 1349, when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great who then became known as the King of Poland and Rus'. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland and was known as Lwów. In 1772, after the First partition of Poland, the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria and was renamed to Lemberg. In 1918 in a short time was the capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic. Between the wars, the city was known again as Lwów and was the centre of the Lwów Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic. After World War II, it became part of the Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR) and in 1991 of independent Ukraine. Administratively, Lviv serves as the administrative center of Lviv Oblast and has the status of city of oblast significance.
Lviv was the centre of the historical region of Galicia. The historical heart of the city, with its old buildings and cobblestone streets, survived Soviet and German occupations during World War II largely unscathed. The city has many industries and institutions of higher education such as Lviv University and Lviv Polytechnic. Lviv is also the home of many cultural institutions, including a philharmonic orchestra and the Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The historic city centre is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Lviv celebrated its 750th anniversary with a son et lumière in the centre of the city in September 2006.
=== Venue ===
: For further information see Lviv Arena
Arena Lviv is a football stadium in Lviv, Ukraine. It was one of the eight UEFA Euro 2012 venues, where it hosted three of the group-stage games. According to the official plans, the stadium has a total seating capacity of 34,915.
=== Bidding phase ===
One day after their announcement of hosting the contest, NTU announced that there will be no Bidding phase in this edition. But the GBU has set some Rules for the Venue. Those were the following:
* The Green Room should be located in the arena or as near it as possible, with a capacity of 300.
* An additional room at least 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) in area, to house 2 catering stands, a viewing room, make-up rooms, wardrobe, and booths for approximately 50 commentators.
* Separate offices to house the press centre, open between end of August 2016 and mid/end September 2016, at least (43,000 sq ft) in area, with a capacity of at least 1,500 journalists.
Key
 Host venue
City	Venue 	Capacity
Lviv	Lviv Arena	34,915
== Format ==
The GBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be 2 Semi-finals. In each semi-final 10 countries will qualify for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 26 competing countries (20 Semi-Final qualifers + Big 5 or 6) without a second chance round.
=== Voting ===
The GBU has announced that the voting system would be each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. The new voting system is also used to determine the qualifiers from each semi-final, but as before the qualifiers are announced in a random order. 
=== Semi Final allocation draw ===
The draw that determined the semi-final allocation will be held on the 9th July 2017 at the headquarters of Lviv. The pre-qualified countries:
* Australia
* Greece
* Poland
* Singapore
* Ukraine
* United States
will first drawn to determine in which semi-Final each country would vote. After that the remaning forty-one countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country will be drawn from the pot, it´s half of the semi-final was determined. 
The six pots were the following:
The six pots were the following:
Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* Iceland
* Lithuania
* Norway
* Sweden	
* Armenia
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Kazakhstan
* Moldova
* Romania
* Turkey	
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Argentina
* Canada
* France
* Monaco
* New Zealand
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Germany
* Luxembourg
* Switzerland
* Netherlands
* United Kingdom	
* China
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Malaysia
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Vietnam	
* Albania
* Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Italy
* Serbia
* Vatican City
=== Running order ===
The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by NTU in mid July 2017, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running order for Grand Final will official announced in in July/August 2017, on day before the Grand Final will start.
== Participating countries ==
Forty-seven countries have confirmed their participation in the contest. Argentina, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Monaco, North Korea and Switzerland made their debut appearance in this edition. 
Seven countries, however, announced their withdrawal from the contest. Malta, Russia and San Marino announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason, while Latvia's, Liechtenstein's and Slovakia's Head of Delegation had no longer interest to participate in the contest. Spain was forced to withdraw as the first failed to submit their votes last edition while the second failed to confirm within the deadline..
The submissions for the second edition opened on 7 June 2017. The contest started in July. As the rules say, if the country will select internally their entry, they should announced the artist at least one week before they reveal the song.
== Results ==
=== Semi Final 1 ===
Twenty countries will participate in the first semi-final. Australia, Singapore and Ukraine will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final. 
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Andorra 	Barei 	"I Don't Need to Be You"	16 	104
02 	Switzerland 	BOY 	"We Were Here" 	12 	125
03 	Indonesia 	Killing Me Inside 	"Hilang" 	9 	156
04 	Albania 	Elvana Gjata 	"Forever Is Over" 	7 	172
05 	North Korea 	Girl's Day 	"I'll be yours" 	3 	210
06 	Kazakhstan 	Ayumi feat. Batyr 	"Hey-La" 	4 	198
07 	Canada 	Repartee 	"Dukes" 	8 	157
08 	Monaco 	Shy'm feat. Kid Ink 	"Mayday" 	19 	66
09 	Finland 	Robin feat. Nelli Matula 	"Hula Hula" 	6 	181
10 	Denmark 	Anja Nissen 	"Triumph" 	13 	114
11 	Argentina 	Tini 	"Si Tu Te Vas" 	18 	88
12 	Croatia 	Jelena Žnidarić 	"Živa Sam" 	20 	57
13 	Czech Republic	Kristian 	"Blázni století" 	10 	148
14 	Italy 	Thomas 	"Normalità" 	15 	110
15 	Romania 	Antonia 	"Dream About My Face" 	5 	190
16 	New Zealand 	Theia 	"Roam" 	17 	96
17 	Norway 	Ulrikke 	"Places" 	14 	113
18 	Belgium 	Laura Tesoro 	"Higher" 	11 	148
19 	Turkey 	Doğukan Manço feat. Funda	"Yüzleşme" 	2 	225
20 	South Korea 	BLACKPINK 	"As If It's Your Last" 	1 	242
=== Semi Final 2 ===
Twenty-one countries will participate in the second semi-final. Greece, Poland and United States will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final. 
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Luxembourg 	Ofenbach 	"Be Mine" 	9 	139
02 	Netherlands 	Ronnie Flex feat. Frenna 	"Energie" 	18 	52
03 	Japan 	Perfume 	"Flash" 	4 	233
04 	United Kingdom 	Anne-Marie 	"Do It Right" 	15 	85
05 	Malaysia 	Nik Qistina 	"Young Hearts" 	12 	114
06 	Armenia 	Iveta Mukuchyan 	"Amena" 	7 	167
07 	China 	G.E.M. 	"Away" 	5 	216
08 	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Jelena Kostov 	"Luda Euforicna" 	17 	65
09 	Vietnam 	Tóc Tiên 	"Walk Away" 	3 	235
10 	Estonia 	ELYSA 	"Amora" 	6 	188
11 	Bulgaria 	Kristian Kostov 	"Ne si za men" 	2 	246
12 	Cyprus 	Minus One 	"Save Me" 	19 	43
13 	Sweden 	Helena Paparizou 	"Haide" 	1 	256
14 	Germany 	Lena feat. Kat Vinter & Little Simz	"Catapult" 	8 	153
15 	Vatican City 	Rakele 	"Si chiudono le labbra"	14 	103
16 	Lithuania 	Mark Les & Moniqué 	"Nauja istorija" 	10 	133
17 	Moldova 	Aliona Moon 	"Loc pentru dragoste" 	13 	113
18 	Iceland 	Milkywhale 	"Rhubarb Girl" 	11 	118
19 	Algeria 	Zaho 	"Tant de choses" 	16 	84
20 	France 	Vianney 	"Je m'en vais" 	21 	20
21 	Serbia 	Sandra Afrika 	"Usne Bez Karmina" 	20 	21
=== Final ===
The following countries either finished in the top 6 of the previous edition and therefore automatically qualify to the final of this edition or qualified from the semi-finals.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Singapore 	Luke Loke 	"Coffee Song" 	26 	69
02 	North Korea 	Girl's Day 	"I'll be yours" 	10 	240
03 	Armenia 	Iveta Mukuchyan 	"Amena" 	16 	188
04 	Ukraine 	Via Gra 	"Так сильно" 	23 	124
05 	Indonesia 	Killing Me Inside 	"Hilang" 	19 	156
06 	Finland 	Robin feat. Nelli Matula 	"Hula Hula" 	12 	231
07 	Vietnam 	Tóc Tiên 	"Walk Away" 	14 	227
08 	Lithuania 	Mark Les & Moniqué 	"Nauja istorija" 	22 	127
09 	Luxembourg 	Ofenbach 	"Be Mine" 	18 	169
10 	Japan 	Perfume 	"Flash" 	5 	278
11 	Czech Republic	Kristian 	"Blázni století" 	24 	114
12 	Albania 	Elvana Gjata 	"Forever Is Over" 	15 	189
13 	Germany 	Lena feat. Kat Vinter & Little Simz	"Catapult" 	20 	152
14 	Poland 	Margaret 	"What You Do" 	6 	270
15 	Australia 	Ellie Drennan 	"Ghost" 	21 	137
16 	China 	G.E.M. 	"Away" 	8 	247
17 	Sweden 	Helena Paparizou 	"Haide" 	3 	323
18 	Kazakhstan 	Ayumi feat. Batyr 	"Hey-La" 	17 	182
19 	Romania 	Antonia 	"Dream About My Face" 	9 	242
20 	South Korea 	BLACKPINK 	"As If It's Your Last"	2 	329
21 	United States 	BANKS 	"Trainwreck" 	4 	311
22 	Estonia 	ELYSA 	"Amora" 	25 	89
23 	Bulgaria 	Kristian Kostov 	"Ne si za men" 	7 	252
24 	Greece 	Playmen feat. Vassy 	"I Should Have Said" 	1 	341
25 	Canada 	Repartee 	"Dukes" 	11 	235
26 	Turkey 	Doğukan Manço feat. Funda 	"Yüzleşme" 	13 	230
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place	Points
27 	Belgium 	11 	148
28 	Switzerland 	12 	125
29 	Iceland 	11 	118
30 	Malaysia 	12 	114
31 	Denmark 	13 	114
32 	Norway 	14 	113
33 	Moldova 	13 	113
34 	Italy 	15 	110
35 	Andorra 	16 	104
36 	Vatican City 	14 	103
37 	New Zealand 	17 	96
38 	Argentina 	18 	88
39 	United Kingdom 	15 	85
40 	Algeria 	16 	84
41 	Monaco 	19 	66
42 	Bosnia-Herzegovina	17 	65
43 	Croatia 	20 	57
44 	Netherlands 	18 	52
45 	Cyprus 	19 	43
46 	Serbia 	20 	21
47 	France 	21 	20
== Voting grids ==
=== Semi-Final 1 ===
Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	South Korea 	128 	South Korea 	114
2 	Turkey 	121 	North Korea 	109
3 	Kazakhstan 	107 	Finland 	107
4 	North Korea 	101 	Turkey 	104
5 	Romania 	99 	Albania 	102
6 	Belgium 	79 	Kazakhstan 	91
7 	Finland 	74 	Canada 	91
8 	Indonesia 	74 	Romania 	91
9 	Albania 	70 	Czech Republic 	84
10 	Switzerland 	68 	Indonesia 	82
11 	Canada 	66 	Norway 	69
12 	Czech Republic 	64 	Belgium 	69
13 	Denmark 	62 	Switzerland 	57
14 	 Italy 	62 	 New Zealand 	54
15 	 Andorra 	59 	 Denmark 	52
16 	 Argentina 	48 	 Italy 	48
17 	 Norway 	44 	 Andorra 	45
18 	 New Zealand 	42 	 Argentina 	40
19 	 Croatia 	41 	 Monaco 	25
20 	 Monaco 	41 	 Croatia 	16
=== Semi-Final 2 ===
Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Sweden 	131 	Sweden 	125
2 	Bulgaria 	126 	Japan 	123
3 	China 	119 	Vietnam 	120
4 	Vietnam 	115 	Bulgaria 	120
5 	Japan 	110 	China 	97
6 	Estonia 	97 	Estonia 	91
7 	Armenia 	80 	Armenia 	87
8 	Germany 	73 	Germany 	80
9 	Lithuania 	68 	Luxembourg 	77
10 	Luxembourg 	62 	Lithuania 	65
11 	 Malaysia 	59 	Iceland 	59
12 	 Iceland 	59 	 Vatican City 	57
13 	 Moldova 	57 	 Moldova 	56
14 	 United Kingdom 	49 	 Malaysia 	55
15 	 Vatican City 	46 	 Algeria 	40
16 	 Algeria 	44 	 Bosnia and Herzegovina 	39
17 	 Netherlands 	27 	 United Kingdom 	36
18 	 Bosnia and Herzegovina 	26 	 Netherlands 	25
19 	 Cyprus 	22 	 Cyprus 	21
20 	 Serbia 	15 	 France 	13
21 	 France 	7 	 Serbia 	6
=== Final ===
Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Greece 	179 	 Sweden 	184
2 	 South Korea 	161 	 South Korea 	168
3 	 United States 	154 	 Greece 	162
4 	 Sweden 	139 	 United States 	157
5 	 Japan 	135 	 Poland 	146
6 	 North Korea 	132 	 Japan 	143
7 	 Bulgaria 	130 	 Bulgaria 	122
8 	 China 	128 	 Romania 	120
9 	 Poland 	124 	 China 	119
10 	 Canada 	123 	 Finland 	117
11 	 Romania 	122 	 Vietnam 	114
12 	 Turkey 	119 	 Armenia 	113
13 	 Finland 	114 	 Canada 	112
14 	 Vietnam 	113 	 Turkey 	111
15 	 Albania 	100 	 North Korea 	108
16 	 Luxembourg 	95 	 Kazakhstan 	102
17 	 Germany 	86 	 Albania 	89
18 	 Indonesia 	81 	 Indonesia 	75
19 	 Kazakhstan 	80 	 Luxembourg 	74
20 	 Ukraine 	75 	 Australia 	68
21 	 Armenia 	75 	 Germany 	66
22 	 Australia 	69 	 Czech Republic 	62
23 	 Lithuania 	67 	 Lithuania 	60
24 	 Czech Republic 	52 	 Ukraine 	49
25 	 Estonia 	42 	 Estonia 	47
26 	 Singapore 	31 	 Singapore 	38
== Other countries ==
: Further information: List of able countries in GreatVision Song Contest
Countries that are active members of the GreatVision Broadcasting Union (GBU) are also eligible to participate in the GreatVision Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.
=== Active GBU members ===
* Latvia: LTV first confirm for the upcoming edition and annouced already their entry. But on the 5th July 2017 the HoD announced the withdrawl of the country.
* Liechtenstein: 1FLTV irst confirm for the upcoming edition and annouced already their entry. But on the 5th July 2017 the HoD announced the withdrawl of the country.
* Malta: PBS announced that they would withdraw, because ot the non-qualification in the past edition. The HoD will change his country to Bosnia and Herzegovina. A return with a new HoD is possible.
* Russia: C1R announced that they would withdraw, the HoD will change his country to New Zealand. A return with a new HoD is possible.
* San Marino: SMRTV announced that they would withdraw, because of the non-qualification in the past edition. The HoD will change his country to North Korea. A return with a new HoD is possible.
* Slovakia: RTVS first confirm for the upcoming edition and annouced already their entry. But on the 28th June 2017 the HoD announced the withdrawl of the country, because the broadcaster lost the interrest in a new participation and the Hod quit his position. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Spain: RTVE did not reveal any statements about a participation so far. After the non-voting in the Semi-finals of last edition, it seems likely that Spain would not participate again. However, after missing out the confirmation deadline, the country was forced to withdraw.