GreatVision Song Contest 22

GreatVision Song Contest 22, often referred to as GVSC 22, will be the twenty-second edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in the United Kingdom, after Fleur East won twenty-first edition with "Favourite Thing". BBC chose the The O2 Arena, in London to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Emma Watso, Fleur East, Kori Sampson and Rita Ora was selected as the presenters
Winner after a big and exciting show was Andjela Keleman from Serbia with her the song "Ranjiva", she reached 305 Points. At the 2nd Place was the Russia represent by Nyusha & Artem Kacher with their song "Mezhdu Nami", they reached 295 Points, while on 3rd Place was Åland Islands represent by Ekko with her song "Off My Mind", she reached 289 Points. Furthermore United States, Turkey and Denmark completed the top six of the edition.
==Location==
: For further information see United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland. Otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the southwest, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland. The total area of the United Kingdom is 94,000 square miles (240,000 km2).
The United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 1952, making her the world's longest-serving current head of state. The United Kingdom's capital is London, a global city and financial centre with an urban area population of 10.3 million. The United Kingdom consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. Apart from England, the countries have their own devolved governments, each with varying powers. Other major cities include Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester.
The nearby Isle of Man, Bailiwick of Guernsey and Bailiwick of Jersey are not part of the UK, being Crown dependencies with the British Government responsible for defence and international representation. The union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, followed by the union in 1801 of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK's name was adopted in 1927 to reflect the change. There are fourteen British Overseas Territories, the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's landmass and was the largest empire in history. It is a recognised nuclear weapons state and is sixth in military expenditure in the world. It has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946.
==Host City==
: For further information see London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom.The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by the Romans.The City of London, London's ancient core and financial centre − an area of just 1.12 square miles (2.9 km2) and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits.The adjacent City of Westminster is an Inner London borough and has for centuries been the location of much of the national government. Thirty one additional boroughs north and south of the river also comprise modern London. London is governed by the mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is considered to be one of the world's most important global cities and has been called the world's most powerful, most desirable, most influential,most visited, most expensive,sustainable, most investment-friendly, and most-popular-for-work city. It exerts a considerable impact upon the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transportation. London ranks 26th out of 300 major cities for economic performance. It is one of the largest financial centres[33] and has either the fifth or the sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP. It is the most-visited city as measured by international arrivals[39] and has the busiest city airport system as measured by passenger traffic. It is the leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers than any other city. As of 2020, London has the second-highest number of billionaires of any city in Europe, after Moscow.
===Venue===
: For further information see The O2 Arena
The O2 is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, England, including an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars, and restaurants. It was built largely within the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped canopy built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; consequently The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue. It is sometimes referred to as The O2 Arena, but that name properly refers to an indoor arena within The O2. Naming rights to the district were purchased by the mobile telephone provider O2 from its developers, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), during the development of the district. AEG owns the long-term lease on the O2 Arena and surrounding leisure space.
From the closure of the original "Millennium Experience" exhibition occupying the site, several ways of reusing the Millennium Dome's shell were proposed and then rejected. The renaming of the Dome in 2005 gave publicity to its transition into an entertainment district. The Dome's shell remained in situ, but its interior and the area around North Greenwich Station, the QE2 pier and the main entrance area were completely redeveloped.
== 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 TBA in September 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-two 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
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Ireland
* Netherlands	
* Algeria
* Gibraltar
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Switzerland	
* Albania
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Greece
* Malta
* North Macedonia
* Turkey
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* Germany
* Hungary
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Slovakia	
* Brazil
* Canada
* India
* Kazakhstan
* New Zealand
* United States	
* China
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Kiribati
* North Korea
* Thailand
* 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==
Fourty-four countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest. This includes, Algeria which returned after their nineteen-edition abscence, Malta which returned after their thirteen-edition abscence, Canada and Thailand which returned after their two-edition abscence, Denmark, Kazakhstan and Slovakia which returned after their one-edition abscence.
Thirteen countries announced their withdrawal from the contest, Austria, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Monaco and Singapore announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. While the HoD's of Andorra, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, Philippines and Portugal had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest. Italy had to withdraw since their Head of Delegation did send their votes from each the Final or Semi-final.
===Returning artists===
Albania will be represent by Dua Lipa for a second time. Also Belgium will be represent by Charlotte, she previously represented Luxembourg. Furthermore Bulgaria
will be represent by 4Magic again. Eleni Foureira was internally selected to represent Cyprus, she previously represented Greece three times. As well MARUV was internally selected to represent Ukraine for a second time.
== Results ==
=== Semi-final 1 ===
Nineteen countries will participate in the first Semi-final. Australia, Belgium 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 	Malta 	Maxine 	"Thunder" 	18 	48
02 	Brazil 	Gaia 	"Fotogramas" 	19 	46
03 	Canada 	CARYS 	"Crush" 	14 	97
04 	Turkey 	Edis feat. Emina 	"Güzelliğine" 	6 	177
05 	Åland Islands 	Ekko 	"Off My Mind " 	3 	191
06 	Kazakhstan 	Crystalz 	"Sen sulu" 	1 	251
07 	Gibraltar 	V V Brown 	"Lazarus" 	17 	62
08 	Germany 	Robin Schulz feat. Alida 	"In Your Eyes" 	11 	134
09 	Slovenia 	Raiven 	"13" 	13 	100
10 	Switzerland 	Aliose 	" Me passer de toi" 	15 	73
11 	Cyprus 	Eleni Foureira 	"Pio Dynatá" 	2 	217
12 	Vietnam 	Thảo Trang 	"Together We Fly" 	5 	187
13 	North Macedonia	Bobi Andonov 	"Faithful" 	10 	135
14 	Finland 	Ilari feat. Sharon 	"Bujaka" 	4 	188
15 	Thailand 	Violette Wautier 	"I'd Do It Again" 	16 	67
16 	China 	CLC 	"Helicopter" 	9 	149
17 	Romania 	Feli 	"Cand rasare soarele"	8 	154
18 	Netherlands 	Steff Da Campo & Dave Crusher	"Get Down " 	12 	106
19 	Albania 	Dua Lipa 	"Break My Heart" 	7 	170
=== Semi-final 2 ===
Nineteen countries will participate in the second Semi-final. South Korea, Ukraine and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	India 	Disha Patani 	"Do You Love Me" 	18 	44
02 	New Zealand 	SACHI feat. E^ST 	"Hollywood Angel" 	12 	107
03 	Algeria 	Mauvais Oeil 	"Mektoub" 	9 	146
04 	France 	Eva 	"Mood" 	17 	48
05 	Greece 	Mike feat. Elena Tsagkrinou 	"Pare Me Agkalia" 	16 	50
06 	Hungary 	MARGE 	"Most" 	13 	103
07 	Russia 	Nyusha & Artem Kacher 	"Mezhdu Nami" 	3 	222
08 	North Korea 	Irene & Seulgi 	"Monster" 	7 	165
09 	Slovakia 	ANB ft. Biana Šutičová 	"Chernobyl Hero" 	8 	149
10 	Japan 	Dean Fujioka 	"History Maker" 	14 	89
11 	Serbia 	Andjela Keleman 	"Ranjiva" 	2 	227
12 	Poland 	sanah 	"Melodia" 	11 	134
13 	Kiribati 	Yours Truly 	"Afterglow" 	10 	136
14 	Denmark 	Drew Sycamore 	"Perfect Disaster" 	1 	231
15 	Ireland 	Empara Mi 	"WYGD" 	6 	178
16 	Spain 	Lucía Fernanda 	"La Manta" 	19 	40
17 	Bulgaria 	4Magic 	"Kolko mi lipsvash"	5 	196
18 	United States	Miley Cyrus 	"Midnight Sky" 	4 	208
19 	Indonesia 	Weird Genius feat. Sara Fajira	"Lathi" 	15 	79
===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 	Algeria 	Mauvais Oeil 	"Mektoub" 	10 	206
02 	Romania 	Feli 	"Cand rasare soarele" 	15 	173
03 	United States 	Miley Cyrus 	"Midnight Sky" 	4 	287
04 	Åland Islands 	Ekko 	"Off My Mind " 	3 	289
05 	Ukraine 	MARUV & Boosin 	"I Want You" 	21 	147
06 	North Macedonia	Bobi Andonov 	"Faithful" 	25 	113
07 	United Kingdom 	Grace Carter 	"Heal Me" 	17 	163
08 	Kiribati 	Yours Truly 	"Afterglow" 	24 	124
09 	Denmark 	Drew Sycamore 	"Perfect Disaster" 	6 	259
10 	Ireland 	Empara Mi 	"WYGD" 	18 	158
11 	Sweden 	Loreen 	"Paper Light (Higher)"	23 	125
12 	Kazakhstan 	Crystalz 	"Sen sulu" 	7 	258
13 	Finland 	Ilari feat. Sharon 	"Bujaka" 	14 	186
14 	Serbia 	Andjela Keleman 	"Ranjiva" 	1 	305
15 	Russia 	Nyusha & Artem Kacher 	"Mezhdu Nami" 	2 	295
16 	Belgium 	Charlotte 	"Force et Amour" 	16 	169
17 	Albania 	Dua Lipa 	"Break My Heart" 	12 	203
18 	Slovakia 	ANB ft. Biana Šutičová	"Chernobyl Hero" 	26 	102
19 	China 	CLC 	"Helicopter" 	22 	142
20 	North Korea 	Irene & Seulgi 	"Monster" 	11 	205
21 	Australia 	Sammi Constantine 	"Watch Yourself" 	19 	157
22 	South Korea 	HA:TFELT 	"La Luna" 	20 	151
23 	Bulgaria 	4Magic 	"Kolko mi lipsvash" 	8 	216
24 	Turkey 	Edis feat. Emina 	"Güzelliğine" 	5 	267
25 	Vietnam 	Thảo Trang 	"Together We Fly" 	9 	209
26 	Cyprus 	Eleni Foureira 	"Pio Dynatá" 	13 	195
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place	Points
27 	Germany 	11 	134
28 	Poland 	11 	134
29 	New Zealand	12 	107
30 	Netherlands	12 	106
31 	Hungary 	13 	103
32 	Slovenia 	13 	100
33 	Canada 	14 	97
34 	Japan 	14 	89
35 	Indonesia 	15 	79
36 	Switzerland	15 	73
37 	Thailand 	16 	67
38 	Gibraltar 	17 	62
39 	Greece 	16 	50
40 	France 	17 	48
41 	Malta 	18 	48
42 	Brazil 	19 	46
43 	India 	18 	44
44 	Spain 	19 	40
== 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 	Kazakhstan 	117 	Kazakhstan 	134
2 	Cyprus 	110 	Cyprus 	107
3 	Åland Islands 	96 	Finland 	96
4 	Finland 	92 	Åland Islands 	95
5 	Vietnam 	92 	Vietnam 	95
6 	Turkey 	84 	Turkey 	93
7 	Albania 	81 	Albania 	89
8 	Romania 	76 	Romania 	78
9 	Germany 	72 	China 	78
10 	China 	71 	North Macedonia 	69
11 	North Macedonia 	66 	Germany 	62
12 	Slovenia 	61 	Netherlands 	60
13 	Canada 	48 	Canada 	49
14 	Netherlands 	46 	Slovenia 	39
15 	Thailand 	40 	Switzerland 	38
16 	Switzerland 	35 	Gibraltar 	31
17 	Gibraltar 	31 	Thailand 	27
18 	Malta 	30 	Malta 	18
19 	Brazil 	28 	Brazil 	18
=== 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 	Serbia 	117 	Denmark 	116
2 	Denmark 	115 	Russia 	115
3 	Russia 	107 	United States 	113
4 	Bulgaria 	102 	Serbia 	110
5 	United States 	95 	Bulgaria 	94
6 	North Korea 	87 	Ireland 	92
7 	Ireland 	86 	North Korea 	78
8 	Slovakia 	75 	Slovakia 	74
9 	Algeria 	75 	Algeria 	71
10 	Poland 	68 	Kiribati 	70
11 	Kiribati 	66 	Poland 	66
12 	New Zealand 	56 	New Zealand 	51
13 	Hungary 	56 	Japan 	50
14 	Indonesia 	41 	Hungary 	47
15 	Japan 	39 	Indonesia 	38
16 	Greece 	25 	Greece 	25
17 	France 	24 	France 	24
18 	Spain 	22 	India 	24
19 	India 	20 	Spain 	18
=== 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 	Russia 	153 	Serbia 	161
2 	Serbia 	144 	Åland Islands 	147
3 	United States 	144 	United States 	143
4 	Åland Islands 	142 	Russia 	142
5 	Turkey 	138 	Kazakhstan 	133
6 	Denmark 	137 	Turkey 	129
7 	Kazakhstan 	125 	Denmark 	122
8 	Bulgaria 	108 	North Korea 	115
9 	Algeria 	103 	Vietnam 	110
10 	Vietnam 	99 	Bulgaria 	108
11 	Albania 	97 	Finland 	107
12 	Australia 	97 	Albania 	106
13 	Cyprus 	95 	Algeria 	103
14 	United Kingdom 	94 	Cyprus 	100
15 	Romania 	91 	Ukraine 	88
16 	North Korea 	90 	Belgium 	86
17 	Belgium 	83 	Romania 	82
18 	Ireland 	83 	China 	78
19 	Kiribati 	82 	South Korea 	77
20 	Finland 	79 	Ireland 	75
21 	South Korea 	74 	United Kingdom 	69
22 	Sweden 	72 	Slovakia 	67
23 	China 	64 	Australia 	60
24 	North Macedonia 	64 	Sweden 	53
25 	Ukraine 	59 	North Macedonia 	49
26 	Slovakia 	35 	Kiribati 	42
== 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.
* Andorra: RTVA revealed that Andorra 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.
* Austria: ORF 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.
* Azerbaijan: 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 Thailand. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Luxembourg: 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 Gibraltar. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Iceland: RÚV revealed that Iceland 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.
* Italy: RAI revealed that Andorra 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.
* Kyrgyzstan: 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 Denmark. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Monaco: revealed that Monaco 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.
* Lithuania: revealed that Andorra 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.
* Philippines: revealed that Andorra 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.
* Portugal: On 18 August 2020, the Portuguese national broadcaster announced that Portuguese participation was "in doubt". Later it was annouced that the country would not be present in the twenty-second edition,
* Singapore: 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 Kazakhstan. A return with new HoD is possible.