Country Contest 7

The Country Contest 7 was the seventh edition of the contest. It featured the return of the semi-finals and revelation of split voting results.
== Semi-final 1 ==
Malta and Australia also voted here. The top nine countries qualified to the Grand Final.
Draw	Country	City	Place	Points
01 	 	 	2 	225
02 	 	 	13 	48
03 	 	 	1 	246
04 	 	 	8 	126
05 	 	 	14 	47
06 	 	 	7 	129
07 	 	 	3 	196
08 	 	 	10 	103
09 	 	 	6 	133
10 	 	 	9 	115
11 	 	 	15 	43
12 	 	 	11 	57
13 	 	 	5 	144
14 	 	 	4 	190
15 	 	 	12 	53
== Semi-final 2 ==
Spain and Portugal also voted here.
Draw	Country	City	Place	Points
01 	 	 	5 	175
02 	 	 	13 	43
03 	 	 	15 	15
04 	 	 	8 	115
05 	 	 	9 	87
06 	 	 	3 	195
07 	 	 	2 	202
08 	 	 	4 	176
09 	 	 	1 	234
10 	 	 	6 	134
11 	 	 	12 	55
12 	 	 	7 	119
13 	 	 	11 	72
14 	 	 	14 	35
15 	 	 	10 	82
== Final ==
Qualifiers from the semi-finals, as well as the top 4 of previous edition took part.
Draw	Country	City	Place	Points
01 	 	 	2 	248
02 	 	 	3 	248
03 	 	 	8 	219
04 	 	 	6 	232
05 	 	 	4 	235
06 	 	 	10 	205
07 	 	 	9 	207
08 	 	 	18 	108
09 	 	 	13 	140
10 	 	 	15 	126
11 	 	 	20 	79
12 	 	 	14 	134
13 	 	 	19 	101
14 	 	 	11 	182
15 	 	 	5 	234
16 	 	 	12 	146
17 	 	 	17 	113
18 	 	 	7 	228
19 	 	 	16 	120
20 	 	 	1 	293
=== Reactions ===
* CCU: The union stated after the results that since Australia did not make it to the Big Four, they would no longer be invited to compete. A new guest country will be introduced next edition to succeed Australia.
* : SBS stated that they were pleased to be in the top ten but disappointed that it was the end of the journey. They also stated that they never understood why they never made the contest international.
* : IBA stated that they were disappointing being placed third to last adding that it would be their last Country Contest. This is because IBPC is to replace IBA soon, however the contest is not in their plans for the broadcaster; as a result, Israel will withdraw.