India in the GreatVision Song Contest 13

India took part in the thirteenth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest which was hosted in Seoul, South Korea. The entry was selected via an internal selection by the Indian broadcaster, Sun TV.
== Before GreatVision ==
On 23rd July, Sun TV announced the debut of India, following an increased interest in the event. On the very next day, the entry, selected through an internal selection, was announced. It was revealed that Ananya Birla and her song "Hold On" will represent India in Seoul.
== At GreatVision ==
=== Semi-final ===
At the allocation drawn, held on 27th July, India was drawn to perform in the second half of the first semi-final and on 3rd August were drawn to perform on the twenty-first slot of the running order, following North Korea and preceding Luxembourg. At the end of the night, the debut of India was proven to be successful, as the country was announced last among the qualifiers. Later it was revealed that India placed fourth in the semi-final with 193 points, receiving twelve points from Morocco in the televote and from the Netherlands and Poland in the jury vote.
=== Grand final ===
Following the semi-final, Ananya Birla participated in a press conference with the other qualifying countries, during which they drew to see in which half of the final they would perform in. India was drawn to participate in the second half of the final. It was later announced that Birla would perform twenty-third, following the entrants from the Czech Republic and preceding the Russian competitor. At the end of the night India placed tenth with 254 points, bringing the first ever top 10 result for the nation. Ananya received three sets of twelve points in the final - from Canada, the Czech Republic and Morocco. Morocco also gave 10 points to India in the televote.
=== Broadcast ===
Both semi-finals and the final were broadcasted by the Sun TV. Toral Rasputra served as the commentator of all shows.
== Voting ==
=== Points awarded to India ===
 (Semi-final 1)
Televote 	Televote 	Televote	Televote	Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Morocco	
* Canada
* Netherlands
* Poland	
* Iceland	
* Andorra
* Japan
* South Korea	
* Kazakhstan
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* None 	
* Serbia	
* Italy
* Sweden	
* None	
* Gibraltar
* Luxembourg
Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Netherlands
* Poland	
* Canada	
* Italy
* Morocco
* South Korea	
* Albania
* Andorra
* Japan	
* Iceland
* Kazakhstan
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* None 	
* Gibraltar
* Serbia
* Sweden	
* None	
* None	
* Luxembourg
 (Final)
Televote 	Televote 	Televote	Televote	Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* None 	
* Morocco	
* Czech Republic
* Iceland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Singapore	
* Poland
* Thailand	
* Luxembourg
* Serbia
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* Kiribati
* Norway	
* Albania
* Andorra
* Greece	
* Japan
* South Korea	
* None	
* Åland Islands
* Kosovo
* Palau
* Ukraine
* United States
Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury 	Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Canada
* Czech Republic
* Morocco	
* Italy
* Netherlands	
* Luxembourg
* Poland	
* Bulgaria
* Serbia	
* Cyprus
* South Korea
* Thailand
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* Kiribati
* Monaco
* Sweden	
* Andorra
* Greece
* Ireland
* Ukraine	
* Japan
* Singapore	
* United States	
* Kosovo
* Spain
=== Points awarded by India ===
 (Semi-final 1)
Score 	Televote 	Jury
12 points	Poland 	Poland
10 points	Iceland 	Canada
8 points 	Canada 	Iceland
7 points 	Andorra 	Andorra
6 points 	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
5 points 	Greece 	Greece
4 points 	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan
3 points 	Denmark 	Denmark
2 points 	Estonia 	Estonia
1 point 	Morocco 	Israel
 (Final)
Score 	Televote 	Jury
12 points	Thailand 	Bulgaria
10 points	Bulgaria 	Czech Republic
8 points 	Czech Republic	Ukraine
7 points 	Andorra 	Russia
6 points 	Ukraine 	Andorra
5 points 	Russia 	Canada
4 points 	Canada 	Thailand
3 points 	United States 	United States
2 points 	Turkey 	Morocco
1 point 	Greece 	Kazakhstan
== See Also ==
* India
* GreatVision Song Contest 13