Country Contest 17

The Country Contest 17 will be the seventeenth edition of the contest. Once again, the CCU invited no guest countries, due to the announcement of the World Country Contest. 
The CCU announced that after five editions of the public and jury qualifier, that this system would be scrapped due to the evident results showing that the countries did poorly in the Grand Final.
On 4 May 2018, it was announced that this edition would feature the return of scoreboard voting as a one-off. This announcement led to a large amount of returning of countries.
== Format ==
=== Live and social slogans ===
This edition was the first to introduce two new slogans, compared to the past editions which featured 1, and some that had none at all. The main slogan, considered the Social Slogan, was announced as #Abenteuer; #Adventure in English. The secondary slogan, considered the Live Slogan, was announced to be Abenteuer für alle, meaning Adventure for all in English. SRG SSR explained that this move was decided to go forward with the simplistic themes of the future, but not making this stop use creative and longer slogans, used on air. While these slogans were in German, the other broadcasters also used official Italian, French and Romansh slogans to signify the territories of Switzerland.
=== Semi-final allocation draw ===
== Semi-final 1 ==
France, Malta and Portugal also voted here. The top ten overall countries qualified to the Grand Final.
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	158 	 	181
2 	 	136 	 	147
3 	 	107 	 	136
4 	 	88 	 	118
5 	 	85 	 	106
6 	 	79 	 	92
7 	 	76 	 	83
8 	 	72 	 	77
9 	 	70 	 	68
10 	 	69 	 	62
11 	 	69 	 	58
12 	 	68 	 	54
13 	 	63 	 	49
14 	 	59 	 	35
15 	 	51 	 	30
16 	 	40 	 	27
17 	 	25 	 	24
18 	 	24 	 	17
19 	 	21 	 	14
20 	 	20 	 	8
21 	 	12 	 	6
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	13 	112
02 	 	7 	161
03 	 	8 	156
04 	 	12 	121
05 	 	20 	29
06 	 	17 	70
07 	 	14 	107
08 	 	11 	126
09 	 	10 	127
10 	 	18 	44
11 	 	5 	188
12 	 	6 	185
13 	 	16 	86
14 	 	4 	204
15 	 	3 	235
16 	 	2 	235
17 	 	19 	39
18 	 	9 	131
19 	 	15 	93
20 	 	21 	18
21 	 	1 	317
== Semi-final 2 ==
Luxembourg, Switzerland and United Kingdom also voted here. The top ten overall countries qualified to the Grand Final.
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	188 	 	184
2 	 	148 	 	140
3 	 	132 	 	134
4 	 	101 	 	120
5 	 	89 	 	116
6 	 	84 	 	98
7 	 	69 	 	90
8 	 	67 	 	80
9 	 	65 	 	77
10 	 	65 	 	64
11 	 	64 	 	49
12 	 	64 	 	45
13 	 	58 	 	40
14 	 	34 	 	32
15 	 	32 	 	26
16 	 	29 	 	26
17 	 	29 	 	21
18 	 	23 	 	15
19 	 	22 	 	15
20 	 	21 	 	10
21 	 	8 	 	10
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	10 	138
02 	 	2 	288
03 	 	12 	116
04 	 	19 	37
05 	 	1 	372
06 	 	15 	66
07 	 	18 	47
08 	 	9 	138
09 	 	3 	266
10 	 	8 	141
11 	 	17 	50
12 	 	7 	155
13 	 	6 	163
14 	 	5 	180
15 	 	4 	221
16 	 	11 	133
17 	 	21 	18
18 	 	20 	33
19 	 	16 	55
20 	 	13 	93
21 	 	14 	74
== Final ==
The 20 qualifiers from the semi-finals, as well as the top 6 of previous edition took part. All participating countries in the edition voted, including international televote and jury.
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	380 	 	381
2 	 	256 	 	252
3 	 	205 	 	229
4 	 	159 	 	211
5 	 	143 	 	200
6 	 	122 	 	169
7 	 	117 	 	123
8 	 	116 	 	122
9 	 	109 	 	105
10 	 	108 	 	96
11 	 	105 	 	95
12 	 	102 	 	95
13 	 	97 	 	92
14 	 	93 	 	87
15 	 	80 	 	79
16 	 	76 	 	75
17 	 	66 	 	72
18 	 	65 	 	62
19 	 	64 	 	51
20 	 	61 	 	49
21 	 	61 	 	45
22 	 	59 	 	43
23 	 	58 	 	37
24 	 	52 	 	27
25 	 	52 	 	25
26 	 	36 	 	20
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	21 	107
02 	 	8 	216
03 	 	10 	203
04 	 	18 	131
05 	 	11 	194
06 	 	25 	85
07 	 	9 	207
08 	 	13 	188
09 	 	26 	63
10 	 	6 	312
11 	 	4 	370
12 	 	17 	147
13 	 	3 	456
14 	 	19 	127
15 	 	5 	346
16 	 	1 	761
17 	 	22 	106
18 	 	16 	148
19 	 	2 	457
20 	 	23 	101
21 	 	12 	189
22 	 	20 	121
23 	 	15 	156
24 	 	24 	91
25 	 	14 	172
26 	 	7 	230
== Other countries ==
With the number of participating countries decreasing in the past few editions, the CCU launched an initiative in hopes of seeing some countries return. In a meeting with a vast amount of delegations, the CCU agreed to return the scoreboard this edition as a one-off and see if it would encourage the return of some broadcasters. This proved to be a success as this edition had the most participating countries in awhile.
=== Active CCU members ===
* : VR announced that after participating for 2 editions and winning the former, that Vatican City's stint in the contest would come to an end, also noting that it was originally intended to be a one-off to celebrate Italy's victory - but then [the Vatican City] won itself.
=== Eligible non-participants ===
* : Rejected
* : Rejected
* : Rejected
* : Despite Switzerland recognizing Kosovo's independence, RTK was unable to debut due to complaints from several broadcasters, whose countries do not recognize the country.
* : TL announced that it would return this edition, after taking a one-edition break. This last-minute decision was unprecedented as the CCU had initially announced that 47 countries would take part.
* : LBTV stated that they are working towards a potential return, but that the country's past results did not help to gain sponsors, which they stated became "difficult to find."
* : Rejected
* : Rejected
* : Rejected
* : Rejected