GreatVision Song Contest 4

GreatVision Song Contest 4, often referred to as GVSC 4, will be the fourth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. The contest will be hosted in Spain, after Lorena Gómez won the the third edition with "Indomable". RTVE chose the Camp Nou in Barcelona to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Manel Navarro were selected as the presenter.
Winner after a big and exciting show was BoA from South Korea with their the song "Camo", she reached 377 Points, which set a new record for highest scoring winner. At the 2nd Place was San Marino represent by Francesca Michielin with her song "Vulcano" , they reached 358 Points and on 3rd Place was Italy represent by The Veronicas with their song "On Your Side", they reached 295 Points, while the United States, Malaysia and Germany completed the top six of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see Spain
Spain, is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with two large archipelagoes, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast, two cities, Ceuta and Melilla, in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only European country to have a border with an African country (Morocco) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5% of its population, mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla.
With an area of 505,990 km2 (195,360 sq mi), Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe, the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union, and the fourth largest country in the European continent. By population, Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao and Málaga.
Spain is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. The current Spanish king is Felipe VI, who took the throne following his father's abdication in 2013. It is a middle power and a major developed country with the world's fourteenth largest economy by nominal GDP and sixteenth largest by purchasing power parity. It is a member of the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the Eurozone, the Council of Europe (CoE), the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Schengen Area, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and many other international organisations. Spain has a "permanent invitation" to the G20 summits that occur generally once a year.
=== Host City ===
: For further information see Barcelona
Barcelona is a city in Spain and the capital and largest city of Catalonia, an autonomous community in, and the country's second most populous municipality, with a population of 1.6 million within city limits. Its urban area extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 4.7 million people, being the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, Madrid, the Ruhr area and Milan. It is the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range, the tallest peak of which is 512 metres (1,680 feet) high.
Founded as a Roman city, in the Middle Ages Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona. After merging with the Kingdom of Aragon, Barcelona continued to be an important city in the Crown of Aragon as an economic and administrative centre of this Crown and the capital of the Principality of Catalonia. Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned are the architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean is located in Barcelona. The city is known for hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and expositions and also many international sport tournaments.
Barcelona is one of the world's leading tourist, economic, trade fair and cultural centres, and its influence in commerce, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. It is a major cultural and economic centre in southwestern Europe, 24th in the world (before Zürich, after Frankfurt) and a financial centre. In 2008 it was the fourth most economically powerful city by GDP in the European Union and 35th in the world with GDP amounting to €177 billion.[9] In 2012 Barcelona had a GDP of $170 billion; it is leading Spain in both employment rate and GDP per capita change.
=== Venue ===
: For further information see Camp Nou
Camp Nou often incorrectly referred to as the "Nou Camp" in English is the home stadium of FC Barcelona since its completion in 1957.
With a seating capacity of 99,354, it is the largest stadium in Spain and Europe, and the second largest association football stadium in the world in terms of capacity. It has hosted two European Cup/Champions League finals in 1989 and 1999, five matches including the opening game of the 1982 FIFA World Cup and the football competition final at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
=== Bidding phase ===
Two days after their announcement of hosting the contest, RTVE 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
Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,354
== 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 was held on the 13th September 2017 at the headquarters of Barcelona. The pre-qualified countries:
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Finland
* Russia
* Spain (Host country)
* Ukraine
was first drawn to determine in which semi-Final each country would vote. After that the remaning fourty-three countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was be drawn from the pot, it´s half of the semi-final was determined.
The six pots were the following:
Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
* Andorra
* Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Cyprus
* Greece
* Italy
* Malta
* San Marino
* Serbia	
* Austria
* Czech Republic
* France
* Germany
* Luxembourg
* Poland
* Slovakia	
* Denmark
* Faroe Islands
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Norway
* Sweden
* United Kingdom
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* Canada
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* North Korea
* Palau
* South Korea
* United States	
* Armenia
* China
* Estonia
* Kazakhstan
* Lithuania
* Romania
* Turkey	
* Australia
* Indonesia
* Malaysia
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Singapore
* Vietnam
=== Running order ===
The Running order of both Semi-finals was official announced by RTVE on the 18th September 2017, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running order for Grand Final will official announced in October 2017, on day before the Grand Final will start.
== Participating countries ==
Fourty-nine countries have confirmed their participation in the fourth edition. This includes Slovakia who will return after being absent since the second edition, aswell Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy and Kazakhstan who will all return after being absent last edition. Also Nauru and Palau will make their debut appearance in this edition.
Six countries, however, announced their withdrawal from the contest. Albania, Brazil, Hungary, Monaco and Switzerland announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason, while Vatican City's Head of Delegation had no longer interest to participate in the contest.
The submissions for the fourth edition opened on the 29th August 2017. The contest will start most likely in late September. 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. 
=== Returning artists ===
G.E.M. was internally selected to represent China for the second time; she previously represented the country in the second edition. Also Louane, who previously competed in the first edition for France, returned to represent Luxembourg. Aswell Ira Losoco was internally selected to represent Malta for the second time; she previously represented the country in the first edition.
== Results ==
=== Semi Final 1 ===
Twenty-one countries will participate in the first semi-final. Belgium, Russia and Spain will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Denmark 	ANYA 	"Break Up Battle" 	14 	119
02 	Cyprus 	Ivi Adamou 	"Tipota De Mas Stamata" 	11 	141
03 	Armenia 	Sona Rubenyan 	"Jamanakn e" 	17 	102
04 	Malta 	Ira Losco feat. Shyli 	"Oh My God (OMG)" 	21 	47
05 	Germany 	Felix Jaehn, Hight and Alex Aiono	"Hot2Touch" 	2 	196
06 	Indonesia 	Agnez Mo 	"I#AMGenerationOfLove" 	19 	87
07 	Luxembourg 	Louane 	"On était beau" 	18 	102
08 	Czech Republic	Monika Bagárová 	"Little Peace Of Heaven"	5 	166
09 	North Korea 	SONAMOO 	"Friday Night" 	7 	161
10 	Turkey 	Simge 	"Yankı" 	9 	160
11 	Palau 	Namie Amuro 	"Anything" 	20 	71
12 	Italy 	The Veronicas 	"On Your Side" 	1 	247
13 	Canada 	Lights 	"Giants" 	8 	161
14 	New Zealand 	The Naked and Famous 	"Higher" 	12 	137
15 	Serbia 	Emina feat. Milica Todorovic 	"Limunada" 	15 	113
16 	Hong Kong 	Kary Ng feat. AF 	"Come With Me" 	6 	162
17 	South Korea 	BoA 	"Camo" 	10 	155
18 	Lithuania 	Greta Zazza 	"Like I Love You" 	13 	129
19 	Iceland 	Greta Salóme 	"ROW" 	16 	103
20 	Australia 	Delta Goodrem feat. Gizzle 	"Enough" 	3 	174
21 	Sweden 	Molly Petterson Hammar 	"Something Right" 	4 	167
=== Semi Final 2 ===
Twenty-two countries will participate in the second semi-final. Bulgaria, Finland and Ukraine will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Ireland 	The Script 	"Superheroes" 	19 	106
02 	Japan 	Masayoshi Ooishi 	"Kimi ja Nakya Dame Mitai"	21 	56
03 	Kazakhstan 	Kristina Si 	"Kosmos" 	4 	152
04 	Faroe Islands 	Aura 	"Can't Steal The Music" 	11 	134
05 	Poland 	Sarsa 	"Volta" 	17 	110
06 	Andorra 	Ruth Lorenzo 	"Gigantes" 	14 	125
07 	Singapore 	Qiu Feng Ze 	"Is Anyone Out There" 	15 	115
08 	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Maja Nurkić 	"Carry On" 	20 	100
09 	Vietnam 	BẢO THY feat. KIMMESE 	"Là Con Gái Phải Xinh" 	9 	143
10 	China 	G.E.M. 	"Light Years Away" 	12 	131
11 	Slovakia 	Emma Drobná 	"Words" 	5 	152
12 	Austria 	Poptracker feat. ArianA	"Hold" 	22 	56
13 	Nauru 	BEATZ 	"Ain't Your Girl" 	18 	109
14 	United Kingdom 	Chlöe Howl 	"Rumour" 	13 	131
15 	Estonia 	Würffel 	"Burdened Sky" 	7 	148
16 	Romania 	INNA feat. Erik 	"Ruleta" 	3 	177
17 	France 	Léa Castel 	"Amazone" 	10 	141
18 	San Marino 	Francesca Michielin 	"Vulcano" 	1 	217
19 	United States 	Rachel Platten 	"Broken Glass" 	2 	188
20 	Norway 	AURORA 	"Running With The Wolves" 	16 	112
21 	Malaysia 	Che'Nelle 	"Fierce" 	6 	151
22 	Greece 	Eleni Foureira 	"To Kati Pou Exeis" 	8 	146
=== 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 	Malaysia 	Che'Nelle 	"Fierce" 	5 	266
02 	Sweden 	Molly Petterson Hammar 	"Something Right" 	8 	252
03 	Spain 	Alvaro Soler 	"El Mismo Sol" 	19 	176
04 	Turkey 	Simge 	"Yankı" 	22 	149
05 	Italy 	The Veronicas 	"On Your Side" 	3 	295
06 	Slovakia 	Emma Drobná 	"Words" 	14 	215
07 	Kazakhstan 	Kristina Si 	"Kosmos" 	9 	246
08 	Czech Republic	Monika Bagárová 	"Little Peace Of Heaven"	25 	120
09 	Bulgaria 	Alek Sandar 	"Ride" 	7 	253
10 	Vietnam 	BẢO THY feat. KIMMESE 	"Là Con Gái Phải Xinh" 	18 	179
11 	Australia 	Delta Goodrem feat. Gizzle 	"Enough" 	12 	229
12 	Finland 	YLONA 	"Blazing Fire" 	17 	198
13 	Romania 	INNA feat. Erik 	"Ruleta" 	11 	243
14 	United States 	Rachel Platten 	"Broken Glass" 	4 	284
15 	Belgium 	Oscar and the Wolf 	"Breathing" 	26 	104
16 	Canada 	Lights 	"Giants" 	20 	168
17 	Ukraine 	Loboda 	"Tvoi glaza" 	23 	145
18 	South Korea 	BoA 	"Camo" 	1 	377
19 	San Marino 	Francesca Michielin 	"Vulcano" 	2 	358
20 	Germany 	Felix Jaehn, Hight and Alex Aiono	"Hot2Touch" 	6 	266
21 	Estonia 	Würffel 	"Burdened Sky" 	16 	205
22 	North Korea 	SONAMOO 	"Friday Night" 	10 	246
23 	France 	Léa Castel 	"Amazone" 	21 	150
24 	Russia 	Polina Gagarina 	"Dramy bol'she net" 	13 	221
25 	Hong Kong 	Kary Ng feat. AF 	"Come With Me" 	24 	128
26 	Greece 	Eleni Foureira 	"To Kati Pou Exeis" 	15 	214
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place	Points
27 	Cyprus 	11 	141
28 	New Zealand 	12 	137
29 	Faroe Islands 	11 	134
30 	China 	12 	131
31 	United Kingdom 	13 	131
32 	Lithuania 	13 	129
33 	Andorra 	14 	125
34 	Denmark 	14 	119
35 	Singapore 	15 	115
36 	Serbia 	15 	113
37 	Norway 	16 	112
38 	Poland 	17 	110
39 	Nauru 	18 	109
40 	Ireland 	19 	106
41 	Iceland 	16 	103
42 	Armenia 	17 	102
43 	Luxembourg 	18 	102
44 	Bosnia-Herzegovina	20 	100
45 	Indonesia 	19 	87
46 	Palau 	20 	71
47 	Japan 	21 	56
48 	Austria 	22 	56
49 	Malta 	21 	47
== 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 	Italy 	113 	Italy 	134
2 	Australia 	96 	Germany 	114
3 	North Korea 	88 	Turkey 	93
4 	Sweden 	84 	Canada 	90
5 	Cyprus 	83 	Czech Republic 	89
6 	Germany 	82 	Sweden 	83
7 	Hong Kong 	81 	Hong Kong 	81
8 	South Korea 	80 	Australia 	78
9 	Czech Republic 	77 	South Korea 	75
10 	Canada 	71 	New Zealand 	74
11 	Denmark 	71 	North Korea 	73
12 	Turkey 	67 	Lithuania 	64
13 	Lithuania 	65 	Luxembourg 	58
14 	Armenia 	64 	Cyprus 	58
15 	New Zealand 	63 	Serbia 	51
16 	Serbia 	62 	Denmark 	48
17 	Iceland 	58 	Iceland 	45
18 	Luxembourg 	44 	Indonesia 	44
19 	Indonesia 	43 	Palau 	41
20 	Palau 	30 	Armenia 	38
21 	Malta 	28 	Malta 	19
=== 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 	San Marino 	117 	Romania 	101
2 	United States 	103 	San Marino 	100
3 	Malaysia 	78 	United States 	85
4 	Kazakhstan 	78 	Greece 	84
5 	Romania 	76 	Estonia 	83
6 	China 	72 	Slovakia 	81
7 	France 	72 	Vietnam 	77
8 	Slovakia 	71 	Kazakhstan 	74
9 	Andorra 	71 	Malaysia 	73
10 	Vietnam 	66 	United Kingdom 	73
11 	Faroe Islands 	65 	Faroe Islands 	69
12 	Estonia 	65 	France 	69
13 	Greece 	62 	China 	59
14 	United Kingdom 	58 	Singapore 	58
15 	Norway 	57 	Poland 	57
16 	Singapore 	57 	Norway 	55
17 	Ireland 	56 	Andorra 	54
18 	Nauru 	56 	Nauru 	53
19 	Poland 	53 	Ireland 	50
20 	Bosnia-Herzegovina 	53 	Bosnia-Herzegovina 	47
21 	Austria 	34 	Japan 	26
22 	Japan 	30 	Austria 	22
=== 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 	San Marino 	179 	South Korea 	216
2 	South Korea 	161 	San Marino 	179
3 	Malaysia 	143 	Italy 	155
4 	Sweden 	139 	United States 	148
5 	Italy 	137 	Germany 	135
6 	United States 	136 	North Korea 	134
7 	Germany 	131 	Bulgaria 	129
8 	Romania 	129 	Malaysia 	123
9 	Bulgaria 	124 	Kazakhstan 	123
10 	Kazakhstan 	123 	Australia 	118
11 	Slovakia 	115 	Romania 	114
12 	North Korea 	112 	Sweden 	113
13 	Australia 	111 	Russia 	113
14 	Estonia 	110 	Greece 	110
15 	Russia 	108 	Slovakia 	100
16 	Greece 	104 	Estonia 	95
17 	Finland 	104 	Finland 	94
18 	Spain 	94 	Vietnam 	92
19 	Turkey 	92 	Canada 	91
20 	Vietnam 	87 	Spain 	82
21 	Ukraine 	78 	France 	78
22 	Canada 	77 	Ukraine 	67
23 	France 	72 	Hong Kong 	64
24 	Czech Republic 	67 	Belgium 	59
25 	Hong Kong 	64 	Turkey 	57
26 	Belgium 	45 	Czech Republic 	53
== 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.
=== Withdrawing countries===
* Albania: RTSH announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Faroe Islands. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Brazil: TV Brasil announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal, but the non-qualification in the past edition could be use as a reason for the country withdrawl. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Italy. A return with new HoD is possible. 
* Hungary: MTVA announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Slovakia. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Monaco: TMC announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal, but the non-qualification in the past edition could be use as a reason for the country withdrawl. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Palau. A return with new HoD is possible. 
* Switzerland: SRG SSR announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal, but the non-qualifications in the past editions could be use as a reason for the country withdrawl. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Germany. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Vatican City: RV and 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.