Pancake's World Song Contest 16

Pancake's World Song Contest 16, known as PWSC 16 - sixteenth edition of Pancake's World Song Contest. It was held in after Alaina Castillo won previous edition with her song "éxtasis". Naleśnik was executive supervisor, while Teo was the host. 40 countries and 40 people participated this edition.
 (Oddy) won the contest with the song "Scandalous" by Gryffin and Tinashe with 182 points. finished second and lost to Zimbabwe by 14 points. The top 3 was closed by .
==• Debuting countries==
In this edition 4 countries debuted. Those are: , , and .
==• Information about edition==
===Host city===
 On 2nd July 2023 (just after winning) host announced that the 16th edition of PWSC will be held in Cancún.
Cancún is 15th largest city of Mexico. In 2020, it had over 880 thousand people.
===Slogan and logo=== 
The slogan of this edition was "Vamos a la playa!", while logo was a palm on beach background.
==• Automatic qualifiers==
6 countries were prequalified to final due to their HODs placing top 6 in final of last edition.
Country	Artist 	Song 	Hod
 	Slayyyter 	Alone 	Jakobs
 	Jenny Mayhem 	Slow Burn (Remix)	Iced
 	jauti, Gabrielė Vilkickytė	Pražys 	Domas
 	Micca Mont 	El Camino 	Teo
 	Felicia Takman 	Dansa Fult 	Artem
 	Qing Feng Wu, AURORA 	Storm 	Ttari
==• Semi-finals results==
===Semi-final 1 results===
The semi-final 1 results were presented on 27th July 2023. , and were voting in this semi. 9 countries advanced to final from it, and 2 advanced to wildcard round. won the semi.
Malaysia's hod didn't vote, therefore this country got halved points.
RO	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
15	 	Kylie Minogue 	Padam Padam 	1st 	226 	Sajmonn
04	 	Viudita Moderna, ALE ALAS	Taiger 	11th 	86 	Blink
09	 	SEKA ALEKSIC 	PRIDJI AKO SMESS 	16th 	47 	Nathan
05	 	Blanka 	Boys Like Toys 	13th 	73 	Mateusz
03	 	MARSELL 	AMARE 	17th 	3 	Zahreddine
07	 	I Want Poetry 	Growing Pains 	7th 	157 	Daisy
14	 	Markella 	No One Hurts Me Like I Hurt Myself	5th 	159 	OlaGa
01	 	Naaz 	TAPED 	10th 	112 	Compa
11	 	Thérèse 	No Rules 	15th 	59 	Ace
17	 	Kim Petras 	Claws 	8th 	150 	Samu
16	 	DOLLA 	Impikan 	14th 	61 	Bamborough
13	 	George Maple 	Kryptonite 	6th 	159 	Szyszka
10	 	Mari Bella 	Different Kinda Love 	4th 	175 	Gab
06	 	Julia Rocka 	Balans 	9th 	143 	Bcrn
02	 	Christia Visser 	17 Shots 	12th 	82 	Volpyano
12	 	Eves The Behavior 	TV 	3rd 	183 	Temms
08	 	Rebecca Black 	Crumbs 	2nd 	188 	Gullem
===Jury + tele results===
Place	Together	Together	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	226 	 	101 	 	130
2 	 	188 	 	96 	 	109
3 	 	183 	 	96 	 	100
4 	 	175 	 	88 	 	98
5 	 	159 	 	88 	 	75
6 	 	159 	 	85 	 	74
7 	 	157 	 	82 	 	71
8 	 	150 	 	74 	 	69
9 	 	143 	 	74 	 	59
10 	 	112 	 	58 	 	54
11 	 	86 	 	53 	 	51
12 	 	82 	 	50 	 	24
13 	 	73 	 	50 	 	23
14 	 	61 	 	45 	 	23
15 	 	59 	 	35 	 	14
16 	 	47 	 	24 	 	0
17 	 	3 	 	3 	 	-13
===Semi-final 2 results===
The semi-final 2 results were presented on 27th July 2023. , and were voting in this semi. 9 countries advanced to final from it, and 2 advanced to wildcard round. won the semi.
Andorra and Slovenia hods didn't vote, therefore those countries got halved points.
RO	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
17	 	Rakky Ripper, Chase Icon 	ZIP 	14th 	29 	Lentil
12	 	Murad Arif 	İnşallah 	13th 	50 	Conor M
06	 	Rita Dakota 	Sat Nam 	4th 	144 	Mandras
13	 	MEROL 	Applaus 	3rd 	189 	Pawkon
01	 	Kate Bush 	Misty 	16th 	20 	Haiz
09	 	Lindsey Stirling, Amy Lee 	Love Goes On And On	10th 	73 	Molie
03	 	Naïka 	Oh Mama 	8th 	91 	Jelegor
05	 	Sevdaliza 	Rhode 	9th 	85 	Ariss
15	 	Vegas Jones 	Malibu 	17th 	8 	Jack
14	 	Poppy Ajudha 	London's Burning 	11th 	65 	Naleśnik
16	 	Alex Adair, Delayers, Samantha Harvey	Dominos 	12th 	59 	Beneduck
04	 	LOVE SICK 	Lose Sleep 	7th 	105 	Sai
02	 	July Jones 	Loner 	15th 	24 	Igorek
10	 	(G)I-DLE 	Queencard 	5th 	117 	Shooby
07	 	ILAYO 	Apart 	6th 	113 	Nikkie
11	 	Donna Missal 	Flicker 	2nd 	206 	Islam
08	 	Gryffin, Tinashe 	Scandalous 	1st 	228 	Oddy
===Jury + tele results===
Place	Together	Together	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	228 	 	132 	 	104
2 	 	206 	 	124 	 	82
3 	 	189 	 	124 	 	63
4 	 	144 	 	83 	 	57
5 	 	117 	 	82 	 	47
6 	 	113 	 	81 	 	41
7 	 	105 	 	64 	 	36
8 	 	91 	 	58 	 	34
9 	 	85 	 	58 	 	34
10 	 	73 	 	44 	 	31
11 	 	65 	 	42 	 	27
12 	 	59 	 	39 	 	23
13 	 	50 	 	37 	 	20
14 	 	29 	 	30 	 	7
15 	 	24 	 	25 	 	0
16 	 	20 	 	13 	 	-15
17 	 	8 	 	8 	 	-29
===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
 	Viudita Moderna, ALE ALAS	Taiger 	1st 	26 	Blink
 	Lindsey Stirling, Amy Lee	Love Goes On And On	4th 	10 	Molie
 	Naaz 	TAPED 	2nd 	23 	Compa
 	Poppy Ajudha 	London's Burning 	3rd 	13 	Naleśnik
==• Final results==
===General results===
26 countries competed in grand final. The results were presented on 6th August 2023. , and reached the top 3, while , and placed in bottom 3.
Iraq's hod didn't vote, therefore this country got halved points.
RO	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
15	 	Slayyyter 	Alone 	22nd 	31 	Jakobs
19	 	Kylie Minogue 	Padam Padam 	2nd 	168 	Sajmonn
25	 	Jenny Mayhem 	Slow Burn (Remix) 	19th 	42 	Iced
09	 	Rita Dakota 	Sat Nam 	15th 	62 	
Mandras
04	 	Viudita Moderna, ALE ALAS 	Taiger 	23rd 	29 	Blink
16	 	MEROL 	Applaus 	4th 	155 	Pawkon
08	 	I Want Poetry 	Growing Pains 	11th 	78 	Daisy
24	 	Markella 	No One Hurts Me Like I Hurt Myself	8th 	106 	OlaGa
01	 	Naïka 	Oh Mama 	13th 	70 	Jelegor
11	 	Sevdaliza 	Rhode 	21st 	32 	Ariss
14	 	Naaz 	TAPED 	26th 	14 	Compa
13	 	Kim Petras 	Claws 	10th 	92 	Samu
06	 	jauti, Gabrielė Vilkickytė	Pražys 	25th 	18 	Domas
18	 	Micca Mont 	El Camino 	18th 	44 	Teo
07	 	George Maple 	Kryptonite 	7th 	117 	Szyszka
03	 	Mari Bella 	Different Kinda Love 	6th 	122 	Gab
17	 	Julia Rocka 	Balans 	16th 	62 	Bcrn
02	 	LOVE SICK 	Lose Sleep 	17th 	54 	Sai
05	 	(G)I-DLE 	Queencard 	12th 	77 	Shooby
12	 	Felicia Takman 	Dansa Fult 	5th 	131 	Artem
20	 	Qing Weng Fu, AURORA 	Storm 	24th 	20 	Ttari
22	 	Eves The Behavior 	TV 	9th 	105 	Temms
26	 	ILAYO 	Apart 	20th 	35 	Nikkie
21	 	Donna Missal 	Flicker 	3rd 	160 	Islam
10	 	Rebecca Black 	Crumbs 	14th 	67 	Gullem
23	 	Gryffin, Tinashe 	Scandalous 	1st 	182 	Oddy
===Jury + tele results===
Place	Together	Together	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	182 	 	141 	 	56
2 	 	168 	 	115 	 	53
3 	 	160 	 	108 	 	52
4 	 	155 	 	105 	 	50
5 	 	131 	 	97 	 	41
6 	 	122 	 	90 	 	34
7 	 	117 	 	88 	 	32
8 	 	106 	 	78 	 	32
9 	 	105 	 	75 	 	29
10 	 	92 	 	58 	 	28
11 	 	78 	 	55 	 	28
12 	 	77 	 	54 	 	23
13 	 	70 	 	52 	 	22
14 	 	67 	 	49 	 	21
15 	 	62 	 	48 	 	16
16 	 	62 	 	38 	 	16
17 	 	54 	 	30 	 	15
18 	 	44 	 	29 	 	15
19 	 	42 	 	25 	 	14
20 	 	35 	 	21 	 	14
21 	 	32 	 	20 	 	13
22 	 	31 	 	19 	 	8
23 	 	29 	 	19 	 	8
24 	 	20 	 	18 	 	7
25 	 	18 	 	14 	 	1
26 	 	14 	 	4 	 	-5