Pancake's World Song Contest 12

Pancake's World Song Contest 12, known as PWSC 12 - twelfth edition of Pancake's World Song Contest. It was held in after Theia won previous edition with their song "Elisir". Naleśnik was executive supervisor, while Pawkon was the host. 38 people and 38 countries participated in this edition.
 (Monia) won the contest with the song "Gladiator" by Jann with 168 points. finished second and lost to United Kingdom by 23 points. The top 3 was closed by .
==• Debuting countries==
In this edition 10 countries are debuting. Those are: , , , , , , , , and .
==• Information about edition==
===Host city===
 On 4th January 2023 (just after winning) host announced that the 12th edition of PWSC will be held in Lagos.
Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria and second largest in Africa. In 2006, it had over 6 000 000 people.
===Slogan and logo=== 
The slogan of this edition was "Discover Your Wildness", while logo was hand on yellow themed background with many patterns on it. The font of this edition was Heading Now.
==• Automatic qualifiers==
4 countries were prequalified to final due to their HODs placing top 4 in final of last edition.
Country	Artist 	Song 	Hod
 	CARA, Chadia Rodriguez	Preferisco Te 	Donica
 	Kelsey Lu 	Poor Fake 	Pawkon
 	Choerry 	Love Cherry Motion	Teo
 	Sanja Vucic 	Omadjijan 	Ariss
==• Semi-finals results==
===Semi-final 1 results===
The semi-final 1 results were presented on 11th March 2023. and were voting in this semi. 9 countries advanced to final from it, and 2 advanced to wildcard round. won the semi.
RO	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
04	 	Ylona Garcia 	All That 	9th 	97 	OlaGa
16	 	Noémie Wolfs 	Lonely Boy's Paradise 	6th 	155 	Matteo
09	 	Phoebe Bridgers 	I Know The End 	4th 	171 	Fabio
03	 	Maian, kohver 	Fuego 	17th 	27 	Diman
05	 	RAYE 	Black Mascara. 	3rd 	173 	Naleśnik
12	 	Evangelia 	Paradise 	14th 	51 	Electra
17	 	Kristin Sesselja 	W.A.I.S.T.D. (what am I supposed to do)	8th 	98 	Wuwuu
15	 	TARA LEE 	DRIVE 	2nd 	183 	Mandras
08	 	Eden Alene 	La La Love 	12th 	59 	Shooby
07	 	Galantis, David Guetta , Little Mix	Heartbreak Anthem 	16th 	35 	Roterek
01	 	Kimbra 	replay! 	5th 	159 	Wafel
10	 	FOUX 	Uuruur Hel 	13th 	59 	Iced
02	 	Sushant KC, Utsav 	Don't Worry (Remix) 	15th 	51 	Bamborough
11	 	Highasakite 	Mother 	11th 	89 	Temms
13	 	MARA 	Severa 	7th 	98 	Artem
14	 	SUNMI 	Heroine 	10th 	97 	Daisy
06	 	Manizha 	Nu Zhe, Bozhe (Ну же, Боже) 	1st 	196 	Bcrn
===Jury + tele results===
Place	Together	Together	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	196 	 	133 	 	76
2 	 	183 	 	128 	 	70
3 	 	173 	 	119 	 	68
4 	 	171 	 	107 	 	68
5 	 	159 	 	103 	 	54
6 	 	155 	 	85 	 	46
7 	 	98 	 	57 	 	44
8 	 	98 	 	56 	 	42
9 	 	97 	 	52 	 	40
10 	 	97 	 	47 	 	40
11 	 	89 	 	45 	 	40
12 	 	59 	 	43 	 	32
13 	 	59 	 	35 	 	26
14 	 	51 	 	33 	 	18
15 	 	51 	 	31 	 	16
16 	 	35 	 	19 	 	12
17 	 	27 	 	9 	 	4
===Semi-final 2 results===
The semi-final 2 results were presented on 11th March 2023. and were voting in this semi. 9 countries advanced to final from it, and 2 advanced to wildcard round. won the semi.
Ukraine, Kosovo and Germany hods didn't vote, therefore those countries got halved points.
RO	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
11	 	NICKA 	Lolita 	10th 	65 	Volpyano
02	 	Clean Bandit, Mabel, 24kGoldn	Tick Tock 	12th 	63 	Beneduck
12	 	Lexie Liu 	ALGTR 	2nd 	134 	Samu
13	 	Chandler Leighton 	Witch Hunt 	16th 	42 	Nathan
09	 	VIKINA 	ANIMALES 	9th 	73 	Gab
14	 	Cosma Joy 	Boy Boredom 	17th 	11 	Aliyah
17	 	Saro 	Eyelids 	8th 	97 	Fabi
10	 	LE SSERAFIM 	ANTIFRAGILE 	5th 	113 	Sai
01	 	FILARRI 	U TAMI 	15th 	44 	Guziol
07	 	Jiydesh Idirisova 	Narinay 	6th 	109 	Jelegor
04	 	Aisha Retno 	SUTERA 	7th 	106 	Molie
16	 	Telenova 	Stained Glass Love 	1st 	138 	Szyszka
15	 	Nessa Barrett 	dying on the inside 	4th 	127 	Eloas
03	 	Lyn Lapid 	I Guess That Was Goodbye	11th 	65 	Oddy
06	 	Roxie 	Głośniej 	13th 	53 	
FrosT
08	 	Apashe, Alina Pash 	Witch 	14th 	44 	Ice
05	 	Jann 	Gladiator 	3rd 	130 	Monia
===Jury + tele results ===
Place	Together	Together	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	138 	 	93 	 	64
2 	 	134 	 	91 	 	56
3 	 	130 	 	82 	 	56
4 	 	127 	 	75 	 	52
5 	 	113 	 	74 	 	44
6 	 	109 	 	70 	 	42
7 	 	106 	 	62 	 	36
8 	 	97 	 	58 	 	26
9 	 	73 	 	55 	 	26
10 	 	65 	 	50 	 	24
11 	 	65 	 	49 	 	20
12 	 	63 	 	47 	 	20
13 	 	53 	 	37 	 	18
14 	 	44 	 	27 	 	18
15 	 	44 	 	27 	 	4
16 	 	42 	 	22 	 	-6
17 	 	11 	 	7 	 	-14
===Wildcard round results===
4 countries competed in wildcard round. Only countries that weren't in it could vote. The top 2 got wildcard and qualified to final. 
Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
 	NICKA 	Lolita 	1st 	31 	Volpyano
 	Highasakite	Mother 	4th 	12 	Temms
 	Lyn Lapid 	I Guess That Was Goodbye	3rd 	18 	Oddy
 	SUNMI 	Heroine 	2nd 	20 	Daisy
==• Final results==
===General results===
24 countries competed in grand final. The results were presented on 18th March 2023. , and reached the top 3, while , and placed in bottom 3.
RO	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
13	 	Ylona Garcia 	All That 	21st 	48 	OlaGa
09	 	Noémie Wolfs 	Lonely Boy's Paradise 	12th 	94 	Matteo
18	 	NICKA 	Lolita 	22nd 	45 	Volpyano
02	 	Lexie Liu 	ALGTR 	13th 	91 	Samu
23	 	Phoebe Bridgers 	I Know The End 	4th 	134 	Fabio
24	 	VIKINA 	ANIMALES 	23rd 	37 	Gab
15	 	RAYE 	Black Mascara. 	8th 	111 	Naleśnik
12	 	Sari 	Eyelids 	18th 	61 	Fabi
03	 	Kristin Sesselja 	W.A.I.S.T.D. (what am I supposed to do)	24th 	22 	
Wuwuu
11	 	TARA LEE 	DRIVE 	9th 	104 	Mandras
07	 	LE SSERAFIM 	ANTIFRAGILE 	6th 	112 	Sai
20	 	Jiydesh Idirisova 	Narinay 	11th 	96 	Jelegor
08	 	Aisha Retno 	SUTERA 	14th 	81 	Molie
21	 	Kimbra 	replay! 	3rd 	139 	Wafel
10	 	CARA, Chadia Rodriguez	Preferisco Te 	10th 	99 	Donica
04	 	Telenova 	Stained Glass Love 	5th 	134 	Szyszka
19	 	Kelsey Lu 	Poor Fake 	15th 	73 	Pawkon
14	 	Nessa Barrett 	dying on the inside 	2nd 	145 	Eloas
22	 	Choerry 	Love Cherry Motion 	19th 	60 	Teo
01	 	MARA 	Severa 	20th 	54 	Artem
05	 	Sanja Vucic 	Omadjijan 	16th 	63 	Ariss
06	 	SUNMI 	Heroine 	17th 	62 	Daisy
16	 	MANIZHA 	Nu Zhe, Bozhe (Ну же, Боже) 	7th 	111 	Bcrn
17	 	Jann 	Gladiator 	1st 	168 	Monia
===Jury + tele results===
Place	Together	Together	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	168 	 	114 	 	67
2 	 	145 	 	108 	 	62
3 	 	139 	 	105 	 	54
4 	 	134 	 	90 	 	44
5 	 	134 	 	79 	 	39
6 	 	112 	 	77 	 	39
7 	 	111 	 	72 	 	38
8 	 	111 	 	70 	 	37
9 	 	104 	 	67 	 	37
10 	 	99 	 	67 	 	35
11 	 	96 	 	65 	 	34
12 	 	94 	 	58 	 	32
13 	 	91 	 	55 	 	31
14 	 	81 	 	50 	 	29
15 	 	73 	 	46 	 	26
16 	 	63 	 	44 	 	25
17 	 	62 	 	37 	 	24
18 	 	61 	 	37 	 	23
19 	 	60 	 	36 	 	23
20 	 	54 	 	31 	 	15
21 	 	48 	 	29 	 	15
22 	 	45 	 	22 	 	12
23 	 	37 	 	22 	 	11
24 	 	24 	 	21 	 	2