GreatVision Song Contest 21

GreatVision Song Contest 21, often referred to as GVSC 21, will be the twenty-first edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in New Zealand, after October won twentieth edition with "1000 Eyes". TVNZ chose the Auckland City Arena in Auckland to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Lorde and MAALA was selected as the presenters:
Winner after a big and exciting show was Fleur East from United Kingdom with her the song "Favourite Thing", she reached 334 Points. At the 2nd Place was the Belgium represent by Lea Rue her song "Watching You", they reached 332 Points, while on 3rd Place was Sweden represent by Dotter with her song "Backfire", she reached 320 Points. Furthermore Australia, Ukraine and South Korea completed the top six of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It comprises two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and around 600 smaller islands, covering a total area of 268,021 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland.
Owing to their remoteness, the islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable lands to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands, and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands. In 1841, New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire and in 1907 it became a dominion; it gained full statutory independence in 1947 and the British monarch remained the head of state. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language, with English being very dominant.
A developed country, New Zealand ranks highly in international comparisons of national performance, such as quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, and economic freedom. New Zealand underwent major economic changes during the 1980s, which transformed it from a protectionist to a liberalised free-trade economy. The service sector dominates the national economy, followed by the industrial sector, and agriculture; international tourism is a significant source of revenue. Nationally, legislative authority is vested in an elected, unicameral Parliament, while executive political power is exercised by the Cabinet, led by the prime minister, currently Jacinda Ardern. Queen Elizabeth II is the country's monarch and is represented by a governor-general, currently Dame Patsy Reddy. In addition, New Zealand is organised into 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities for local government purposes. The Realm of New Zealand also includes Tokelau (a dependent territory); the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing states in free association with New Zealand); and the Ross Dependency, which is New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica.
=== Host City ===
: For further information see Auckland
Auckland is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country, Auckland has an urban population of about 1,467,800 (June 2019). It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,642,800. Auckland is a diverse, multicultural and cosmopolitan city, home to the largest Polynesian population in the world. The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau, meaning "Tāmaki desired by many", in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography.
Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf to the east, then extending in Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitākere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with 53 dormant volcanic cones. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water.
The isthmus on which Auckland resides was first settled c. 1350 and was valued for its rich and fertile land. The Māori population in the area is estimated to have peaked at 20,000 before the arrival of Europeans. After a British colony was established in 1840, William Hobson, then Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, chose the area as his new capital. He named the area for George Eden, Earl of Auckland, British First Lord of the Admiralty. Māori–European conflict over land in the region led to war in the mid-19th century. Auckland was replaced as the capital in 1865 by Wellington, but the city continued to grow, initially because of its port and logging and gold mining in its hinterland, later from pastoral farming (especially dairy farming), and manufacturing in the city itself.[8] It has throughout been the nation's largest city. Today, Auckland's central business district is New Zealand's leading economic hub.
=== Venue ===
: For further information see Vector Arena
Auckland City Arena is a multipurpose arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The venue is located at Quay Park, Parnell, very close to Britomart Transport Centre and The Strand Station. The arena cost approximately $94 million,and of this sum ratepayers contributed $68 million for the facility to be managed by QPAM, the NZ operator, in New Zealand's first big public-private partnership. This runs for 40 years before ownership is transferred to the city. After delays due to construction-related issues, the arena's first concert was Rock Star Supernova on 24 March 2007.
== Format ==
=== 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 to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place Auckland City Hall in July 2020. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big Six would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Twenty-one or twenty-two countries will participate in each semi-finals, respectively. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.
The fourty-four semi-finalists were allocated 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
* Åland Islands
* Brazil
* Finland
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Norway
* United Kingdom	
* Austria
* Belgium
* Germany
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Switzerland	
* Andorra
* France
* Gibraltar
* Italy
* Monaco
* Portugal
* Spain
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* Albania
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Greece
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
* Slovenia	
* Azerbaijan
* China
* Hungary
* India
* Kyrgyzstan
* Lithuania
* North Korea
* Ukraine	
* Australia
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Kiribati
* Philippines
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Vietnam
=== Running order ===
The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by TVNZ in July 2020, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running order for Grand Final will be official announced, one day before the Grand Final will start.
==Participating countries==
Fifty countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest. This includes, Ireland which returned after their six-edition abscence, Gibraltar and Vietnam which returned after their four-edition abscence, Portugal which returned after their three-edition abscence, Indonesia which returned after their two-edition abscence and Austria and Iceland which all returned after their one-edition abscence. Kyrgyzstan and Philippines will make his debut appearance in this edition.
Twelve however, announced their withdrawal from the contest, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Morocco and Slovakia announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. While the HoD's of Croatia and Liechtenstein had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest. Denmark, Moldova and San Marino all had to withdraw since their Head of Delegation did send their votes from each the Final or Semi-final. The HoD of Czech Republic will leave the contest due to personal reasons.
===Returning artists===
Arilena Ara will represent Albania again. Austria will be represent by Poptracker and ArianA for a second time. Claudia Leitte was internally selected to represent Brazil again. Also Bulgaria will be represent by VICTORIA again. The Cosmic Girls(WJSN) were internally selected to represent China fora second time. As well Sini Yasemin return for Finland. Furthermore Mahmood will return for Italy. Lithuania will be represent by Paula again. Theia was internally selected to represent New Zealand for a third time. North Korea will be represent by Stray Kids, they previously represented South Korea in the competition. Benjamin Kheng, which previously took part as a member of The Sam Willows, return for Singapore. BLACKPINK were internally selected to represent South Korea for the third time, while Dotter was internally selected to represent Sweden again. Ukraine will be represented by KAZKA again.
== Results ==
=== Semi-final 1 ===
Twenty-two countries will participate in the first Semi-final. New Zealand, Russia and Sweden will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Poland 	Carla Fernandes 	"Casual" 	13 	118
02 	Singapore 	Benjamin Kheng 	"Find Me" 	12 	141
03 	North Macedonia	Lozano 	"Kilometri" 	19 	36
04 	Spain 	Gio Bermejo 	"Die Like a Rockstar" 	18 	37
05 	Gibraltar 	ili 	"Breath" 	9 	158
06 	Switzerland 	KADEBOSTANY feat. Célia 	"Take It Away From Me"	3 	218
07 	China 	WJSN 	"Save Me, Save You" 	15 	105
08 	Albania 	KDDK feat. Arilena Ara 	"Last train to Paris" 	5 	216
09 	Andorra 	Siderland 	"Reina Del Misteri" 	16 	85
10 	India 	Daya 	"Insomnia" 	8 	163
11 	Kyrgyzstan 	Jiydeş İdirisova 	"Narinay" 	1 	241
12 	Serbia 	MC Stojan x Hurricane 	"Tuturutu" 	17 	41
13 	Åland Islands 	Malka 	"Pussy" 	10 	154
14 	Luxembourg 	My Indigo 	"My Indigo" 	14 	114
15 	Norway 	Emelie Hollow x Ruben 	"Break It Right" 	11 	150
16 	Italy 	Mahmood 	"Barrio" 	7 	179
17 	South Korea 	BLACKPINK 	"How You Like That" 	2 	236
18 	Ireland 	Meg Mac 	"Want Me To Stay" 	20 	34
19 	Cyprus 	Charis Savva 	"Krifto" 	4 	217
20 	Austria 	Poptracker feat. ArianA 	"Run" 	22 	17
21 	Hungary 	Metzker Viktória x Dukai Regina x Miss Mood	"TITOK" 	6 	212
22 	Philippines 	Alex Gonzaga 	"Chambe" 	21 	28
=== Semi-final 2 ===
Twenty-two countries will participate in the second Semi-final. Romania, Turkey and United States will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Monaco 	Clio 	"Déjà Venise" 	21 	30
02 	Japan 	Lastlings 	"I've Got You" 	7 	172
03 	Brazil 	Claudia Leitte feat. Pitbull	"Carnaval" 	11 	149
04 	France 	Tal  	"Mondial" 	14 	106
05 	Portugal 	mema. 	"Perdi O Norte" 	18 	70
06 	Kiribati 	The Faim 	"Humans" 	4 	186
07 	Bulgaria 	VICTORIA 	"I Wanna Know" 	6 	175
08 	Australia 	Lily Papas 	"Wild" 	5 	185
09 	Netherlands 	Lady Dandelion 	"Starry Eyes" 	13 	117
10 	United Kingdom	Fleur East 	"Favourite Thing" 	1 	261
11 	Greece 	Iasonas Mandilas 	"Mono esena" 	9 	152
12 	Lithuania 	Paula 	"How The Hell U Can Fight It?"	8 	157
13 	Ukraine 	KAZKA 	"Palala" 	3 	226
14 	Belgium 	Lea Rue 	"Watching You" 	2 	251
15 	North Korea 	Stray Kids 	"神메뉴" 	17 	71
16 	Iceland 	Hedband & Thorisson 	"One Night" 	22 	17
17 	Finland 	Sini Yasemin 	"Mayday" 	10 	150
18 	Indonesia 	Claudia Emmanuela Santoso 	"Goodbye" 	16 	85
19 	Azerbaijan 	VoColor Feat. Eldar 	"Until The End" 	19 	68
20 	Germany 	Nico Santos, Topic 	"Like I Love You" 	15 	99
21 	Vietnam 	Trần Ngọc Ánh 	"Em Không Cần" 	20 	47
22 	Slovenia 	July Jones 	"Jump In The Water" 	12 	126
===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 	Turkey 	Sena Şener 	"Teni Tenime" 	26 	79
02 	Hungary 	Metzker Viktória x Dukai Regina x Miss Mood	"TITOK" 	14 	214
03 	Lithuania 	Paula 	"How The Hell U Can Fight It?"	18 	190
04 	Ukraine 	KAZKA 	"Palala" 	5 	306
05 	Russia 	DJ Rudenko & Arithmia 	"Zachem takaya lyubov" 	24 	124
06 	Finland 	Sini Yasemin 	"Mayday" 	7 	287
07 	India 	Daya 	"Insomnia" 	15 	207
08 	Cyprus 	Charis Savva 	"Krifto" 	17 	201
09 	United States 	Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande 	"Rain On Me" 	8 	285
10 	Belgium 	Lea Rue 	"Watching You" 	2 	332
11 	South Korea 	BLACKPINK 	"How You Like That" 	6 	295
12 	Greece 	Iasonas Mandilas 	"Mono esena" 	9 	271
13 	Albania 	KDDK feat. Arilena Ara 	"Last train to Paris" 	12 	244
14 	Åland Islands 	Malka 	"Pussy" 	23 	129
15 	Norway 	Emelie Hollow x Ruben 	"Break It Right" 	21 	156
16 	Switzerland 	KADEBOSTANY feat. Célia 	"Take It Away From Me" 	13 	218
17 	Australia 	Lily Papas 	"Wild" 	4 	316
18 	Japan 	Lastlings 	"I've Got You" 	16 	205
19 	Kiribati 	The Faim 	"Humans" 	19 	170
20 	Kyrgyzstan 	Jiydeş İdirisova 	"Narinay" 	11 	250
21 	Bulgaria 	VICTORIA 	"I Wanna Know" 	10 	259
22 	New Zealand 	Theia 	"Celebrity" 	22 	150
23 	United Kingdom	Fleur East 	"Favourite Thing" 	1 	334
24 	Sweden 	Dotter 	"Backfire" 	3 	320
25 	Gibraltar 	ili 	"Breath" 	25 	94
26 	Romania 	IOVA 	"Break The Law" 	20 	164
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place 	Points
27 	Brazil 	11 	149
28 	Singapore 	12 	141
29 	Slovenia 	12 	126
30 	Poland 	13 	117
31 	Netherlands 	13 	117
32 	Luxembourg 	14 	114
33 	France 	14 	106
34 	China 	15 	105
35 	Germany 	15 	99
36 	Andorra 	16 	85
37 	Indonesia 	16 	85
38 	North Korea 	17 	71
39 	Portugal 	18 	70
40 	Azerbaijan 	19 	68
41 	Vietnam 	20 	47
42 	Serbia 	17 	41
43 	Spain 	18 	37
44 	North Macedonia	19 	36
45 	Ireland 	20 	34
46 	Monaco 	21 	30
47 	Austria 	22 	17
48 	Iceland 	22 	17
49 	Italy 	colspan="1" rowspan="2"	DSQ
50 	Philippines 	DSQ 	
== Voting grids ==
=== Semi-Final 1 ===
Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	South Korea 	116 	Kyrgyzstan 	128
2 	Kyrgyzstan 	113 	South Korea 	120
3 	Cyprus 	113 	Switzerland 	108
4 	Albania 	112 	Hungary 	108
5 	Switzerland 	110 	Albania 	104
6 	Hungary 	104 	Cyprus 	104
7 	Åland Islands 	90 	Italy 	92
8 	Italy 	87 	India 	84
9 	Singapore 	80 	Gibraltar 	83
10 	India 	79 	Norway 	76
11 	Gibraltar 	75 	Poland 	64
12 	Norway 	74 	Åland Islands 	64
13 	Poland 	54 	Luxembourg 	64
14 	Luxembourg 	50 	Singapore 	61
15 	China 	50 	China 	55
16 	Andorra 	50 	Andorra 	35
17 	North Macedonia 	21 	Serbia 	24
18 	Ireland 	20 	Spain 	20
19 	Serbia 	17 	Philippines 	18
20 	Spain 	17 	North Macedonia 	15
21 	Philippines 	10 	Ireland 	14
22 	Austria 	8 	Austria 	9
=== Semi-Final 2 ===
Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Belgium 	128 	United Kingdom 	136
2 	United Kingdom 	125 	Belgium 	123
3 	Ukraine 	109 	Ukraine 	117
4 	Kiribati 	102 	Australia 	95
5 	Australia 	90 	Bulgaria 	88
6 	Bulgaria 	87 	Japan 	88
7 	Japan 	84 	Kiribati 	84
8 	Lithuania 	80 	Brazil 	84
9 	Finland 	74 	Greece 	83
10 	Greece 	69 	Lithuania 	77
11 	Slovenia 	66 	Finland 	76
12 	Brazil 	65 	Netherlands 	61
13 	Germany 	59 	Slovenia 	60
14 	Netherlands 	56 	France 	53
15 	France 	53 	Germany 	40
16 	Indonesia 	51 	North Korea 	39
17 	Azerbaijan 	38 	Indonesia 	34
18 	Portugal 	36 	Portugal 	34
19 	North Korea 	32 	Azerbaijan 	30
20 	Vietnam 	24 	Vietnam 	23
21 	Monaco 	15 	Monaco 	15
22 	Iceland 	7 	Iceland 	10
=== Final ===
Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Australia 	182 	United Kingdom 	175
2 	Belgium 	170 	Belgium 	162
3 	Ukraine 	165 	Finland 	160
4 	Sweden 	163 	Sweden 	157
5 	United Kingdom 	159 	United States 	155
6 	South Korea 	148 	South Korea 	147
7 	Greece 	133 	Kyrgyzstan 	142
8 	United States 	130 	Ukraine 	141
9 	Bulgaria 	130 	Greece 	138
10 	Finland 	127 	Australia 	134
11 	Albania 	124 	Bulgaria 	129
12 	Japan 	122 	Albania 	120
13 	Switzerland 	114 	Cyprus 	118
14 	Kyrgyzstan 	108 	Hungary 	115
15 	India 	105 	Switzerland 	104
16 	Hungary 	99 	India 	102
17 	Romania 	92 	Lithuania 	99
18 	Lithuania 	91 	Kiribati 	90
19 	Norway 	84 	Japan 	83
20 	Cyprus 	83 	New Zealand 	82
21 	Kiribati 	80 	Romania 	72
22 	New Zealand 	68 	Norway 	72
23 	Russia 	67 	Åland Islands 	68
24 	Åland Islands 	61 	Russia 	57
25 	Gibraltar 	52 	Gibraltar 	42
26 	Turkey 	43 	Turkey 	36
== 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.
* Denmark
* Moldova
* San Marino
* Croatia: HRT revealed that Croatia would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues.
* Czech Republic: revealed that Czech Republic would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues. The Hod facing personal reasons the with contest as reason for the countries withdrawal.
* Georgia: GPB 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 Portugal. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Israel: 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 Vietnam. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Kazakhstan: 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 Kyrgyzstan. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Liechtenstein: 1FLTV revealed that Liechtenstein would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues. A return is not ruled-out by the Delegation.
* Morocco: 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 Azerbaijan. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Slovakia: RTV 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 Austria. A return with new HoD is possible.