GreatVision Song Contest 19

GreatVision Song Contest 19, often referred to as GVSC 19, will be the nineteenth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will held in Romania after SICKOTOY and Roxen won the eighteenth edition with "You Don't Love Me". TVR chose the Arena Națională in Bucharest to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Roxen was selected as the presenters.
Winner after a big and exciting show was Dreamcatcher from South Korea with their the song "Scream", they reached 395 Points. At the 2nd Place was the Sweden represent by Dotter their song "Bulletproof", she reached 381 Points, while on 3rd Place was the Cyprus represent by Andromáchi with her song "Na 'Soun Pséma", she reached 323 Points. Furthermore Slovenia, Morocco and Brazil completed the top six of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders on the Black Sea to the southeast, and with Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, and Moldova to the east. It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 square miles), Romania is the 12th-largest country in Europe and the 6th most populous member state of the European Union, having approximately 20 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest. Other major urban areas include: Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați.
The River Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a generally southeasterly direction for 2,857 km (1,775 mi), coursing through ten countries before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Romania from the north to the southwest, include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of 2,544 m (8,346 ft).
Modern Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. Following World War I, after declaring its neutrality in 1914, when Romania fought on the side of the Allied powers beginning in 1916, Bukovina, Bessarabia, Transylvania as well as parts of Banat, Crișana, and Maramureș became part of the sovereign Kingdom of Romania. In June–August 1940, as a consequence of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and Second Vienna Award, Romania was compelled to cede Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union, and Northern Transylvania to Hungary. In November 1940, Romania signed the Tripartite Pact and, consequently, in June 1941 entered World War II on the Axis side, fighting against the Soviet Union until August 1944, when it joined the Allies and recovered Northern Transylvania. Following the war, under the occupation of the Red Army's forces, Romania became a socialist republic and a member of the Warsaw Pact. After the 1989 Revolution, Romania began a transition towards democracy and a market economy.
=== Host City ===
: For further information see Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. It became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (neo-classical and Art Nouveau), interbellum (Bauhaus, and art deco), communist era and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' (Romanian: Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' (Romanian: Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nicolae Ceaușescu's program of systematization, many survived and have been renovated. In recent years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom.It is one of the fastest-growing high-tech cities in Europe, according to Financial Times, CBRE, TechCrunch and others. UiPath, a global startup founded in Bucharest, has reached $7 billion in valuation. Since 2019, Bucharest hosts the largest high tech summit in Southeast Europe (Romania Blockchain Summit).
In 2016, the historical city centre was listed as 'endangered' by the World Monuments Watch. In 2017, Bucharest was the European city with the highest growth of tourists who stay over night, according to the Mastercard Global Index of Urban Destinations. As for the past two consecutive years, 2018 and 2019, Bucharest ranked as the European destination with the highest potential for development according to the same study.
=== Venue ===
: For further information see Arena Națională
Arena Națională is a retractable roof football stadium in Bucharest, Romania, which opened in 2011, on the site of the original Stadionul Național, which was demolished from 2007 to 2008. The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the Romania national football team, and the Cupa României Final. The stadium is also the home of Liga I football clubs FCSB and Dinamo București.
With 55,634 seats, it is the largest football stadium in Romania. Designed by Gerkan, Marg and Partners, the stadium was built by German firm Max Bögl and Italian firm Astaldi. The stadium has a retractable roof. A UEFA category four stadium, Arena Națională hosted the 2012 UEFA Europa League Final,and will host four games at UEFA Euro 2020 (including the quarter-finals). The stadium also hosts music concerts.
== Format ==
The GBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be most likely 3 Semi-finals. In each semi-final 7 countries will qualify for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 27 competing countries (21 Semi-Final qualifers + Big 6).
=== 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 Bucharest City Hall in March 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-seven 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
* Belgium
* Denmark
* Finland
* Iceland
* Norway
* Sweden
* United Kingdom	
* Andorra
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Monaco
* Morocco
* Spain
* Switzerland	
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Greece
* Israel
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
* Turkey
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* Australia
* Iran
* Japan
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* North Korea
* Thailand
* Uzbekistan	
* Austria
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Lithuania
* Moldova
* Poland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia	
* Brazil
* Canada
* Georgia
* Mexico
* Russia
* Kazakhstan
* United States
=== Running order ===
The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by TVR in April 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-three countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest. This includes, Morocco which returned after their five-edition abscence, Mexico and Moldova which returned after their three-edition abscence, Kazakhstan which returned after their three-edition abscence, Austria, Denmark, Slovenia and Thailand which returned after its one-edition abscence. While Montenegro will make his debut appearance in this edition.
Four however, announced their withdrawal from the contest, Belarus, Colombia and Indonesia announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. While the HoD's of Ukraine had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest.
===Returning artists===
ZOË will represent Austria again. Estonia will be represent by Syn Cole for a second time. Mikolas Josef was internally selected to represent the Czech Republic again. Iceland will be represent by BRÍET for a second time. Luina will represent Kazakhstan again. Faouzia was internally selected to represent Morocco again. North Korea will be represent by MAMAMOO; she previously represented South Korea once. Jowst and JÆGER both return to the contest for Norway; they previously represented the country and Kazakhstan. Dreamcatcher was internally selected to represent South Korea again. Dotter return to the contest for Sweden; she previously represented the country and the Åland Islands once. CLC will represent Thailand; they previously represented South Korea once, while Irina Rimes return to the contest for Turkey; she previously represented Moldova once. R3HAB return to the contest for the United Kingdom; he previously represented Morocco twice.
== Results ==
=== Semi-final 1 ===
Sixteen countries will participate in the first Semi-final. Albania and Netherlands will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Austria 	MOSS feat. ZOË 	"No Remedy" 	11 	106
02 	North Macedonia	Antonia Gigovska 	"Kriva sum" 	6 	149
03 	Italy 	Mahmood 	"Rapide" 	13 	90
04 	Thailand 	CLC 	"Me" 	10 	128
05 	North Korea 	MAMAMOO 	"Hip" 	12 	102
06 	Sweden 	Dotter 	"Bulletproof" 	1 	235
07 	Estonia 	Syn Cole, Dakota 	"Lights Go Down" 	14 	82
08 	Slovakia 	Lea Danis 	"Follow" 	16 	73
09 	Canada 	Austra 	"Anywayz" 	9 	132
10 	Moldova 	Katy Rain 	"Good Luck" 	2 	215
11 	Iceland 	BRÍET 	"Dino" 	3 	190
12 	Georgia 	Cira 	"Hun Bun" 	8 	134
13 	Russia 	IC3PEAK 	"Smerti Bol'she Net"	7 	149
14 	Uzbekistan 	Rayhon 	"Alda" 	15 	76
15 	Belgium 	Taska Black feat. Nevve 	"Losing Our Minds" 	4 	180
16 	Turkey 	Mahmut Orhan feat. Irina Rimes	"Hero" 	5 	163
=== Semi-final 2 ===
Sixteen countries will participate in the second Semi-final. Kosovo and South Korea will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Montenegro 	Danijel Alibabić 	"Žena za medalju" 	16 	23
02 	Åland Islands 	Erika Vikman 	"Cicciolina" 	8 	149
03 	Japan 	Namie Amuro 	"Mint" 	11 	131
04 	France 	Lynda 	"Si tu m'aimes" 	14 	57
05 	Australia 	Meg Mac 	"Something Tells Me"	13 	89
06 	Slovenia 	Millo feat. Linna 	"Game 4 Love" 	3 	207
07 	Malaysia 	De Fam 	"Panas" 	7 	161
08 	United Kingdom	R3HAB & ZAYN & Jungleboi 	"Flames" 	5 	170
09 	Lithuania 	Senjasa 	"Man Nepatinka" 	10 	132
10 	Spain 	La Casa Azul 	"Podría Ser Peor" 	15 	32
11 	Greece 	Eirini Papadopoulou 	"Koita Min Aggizies"	6 	170
12 	United States 	Doja Cat 	"Boss B*tch" 	2 	236
13 	Denmark 	Alle Farben feat. Alexander Tidebrink	"Follow You" 	9 	146
14 	Poland 	Daria Reczek 	"Nie Polubisz Mnie" 	12 	109
15 	Brazil 	IZA, Ciara and Major Lazer 	"Evapora" 	1 	239
16 	Cyprus 	Andromáchi 	"Na 'Soun Pséma" 	4 	193
=== Semi-final 3 ===
Fifteen countries will participate in the third Semi-final. Hungary and Romania will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Andorra 	Miriam Rodríguez 	"Mejor Sin Miedo"	10 	142
02 	Norway 	Jowst feat. JÆGER 	"Kiss The Ring" 	8 	157
03 	Germany 	Topic feat. Ally Brooke 	"Perfect" 	5 	158
04 	New Zealand 	Broods 	"Heartlines" 	2 	187
05 	Mexico 	Costera 	"Damos Vueltas" 	15 	27
06 	Monaco 	Las Aves 	"Die In Shanghai"	14 	67
07 	Switzerland 	Mosimann feat. Carla Katz	"Anymore" 	3 	184
08 	Kazakhstan 	Makpal & Luina 	"Moya Lyubov'" 	6 	158
09 	Iran 	Nadia Tehran 	"Cash Flow" 	9 	144
10 	Czech Republic	Mikolas Josef 	"Colorado" 	13 	73
11 	Israel 	Eden Alene 	"Rakata" 	11 	137
12 	Morocco 	Faouzia 	"Tears Of Gold" 	1 	204
13 	Bulgaria 	Nadia 	"Dyavol" 	4 	179
14 	Serbia 	Thea Devy 	"Sudnji Dan" 	12 	113
15 	Finland 	Bess 	"Feng Shui" 	7 	158
===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 	Kosovo 	Kida 	"Ti" 	26 	105
02 	Finland 	Bess 	"Feng Shui" 	16 	217
03 	Russia 	IC3PEAK 	"Smerti Bol'she Net"	9 	256
04 	North Macedonia	Antonia Gigovska 	"Kriva sum" 	14 	222
05 	United States 	Doja Cat 	"Boss B*tch" 	7 	298
06 	Albania 	Ilira 	"Royalty" 	19 	194
07 	Malaysia 	De Fam 	"Panas" 	22 	146
08 	United Kingdom 	R3HAB & ZAYN & Jungleboi 	"Flames" 	13 	234
09 	South Korea 	Dreamcatcher 	"Scream" 	1 	395
10 	New Zealand 	Broods 	"Heartlines" 	12 	236
11 	Kazakhstan 	Makpal & Luina 	"Moya Lyubov'" 	25 	116
12 	Morocco 	Faouzia 	"Tears Of Gold" 	5 	311
13 	Greece 	Eirini Papadopoulou 	"Koita Min Aggizies"	17 	215
14 	Sweden 	Dotter 	"Bulletproof" 	2 	381
15 	Turkey 	Mahmut Orhan feat. Irina Rimes	"Hero" 	8 	263
16 	Slovenia 	Millo feat. Linna 	"Game 4 Love" 	4 	321
17 	Brazil 	IZA, Ciara and Major Lazer 	"Evapora" 	6 	304
18 	Switzerland 	Mosimann feat. Carla Katz 	"Anymore" 	21 	157
19 	Romania 	Studio Affairs feat. Zev 	"Heart drum" 	24 	133
20 	Hungary 	Jetlag, Nemazalány & Jumodaddy	"Hülyeakaroklenni" 	18 	211
21 	Cyprus 	Andromáchi 	"Na 'Soun Pséma" 	3 	323
22 	Iceland 	BRÍET 	"Dino" 	20 	178
23 	Belgium 	Taska Black feat. Nevve 	"Losing Our Minds" 	15 	219
24 	Germany 	Topic feat. Ally Brooke 	"Perfect" 	23 	140
25 	Moldova 	Katy Rain 	"Good Luck" 	10 	253
26 	Bulgaria 	Nadia 	"Dyavol" 	11 	247
27 	Netherlands 	Teske 	"Venus" 	27 	73
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place	Points
28 	Norway 	8 	157
29 	Åland Islands 	8 	149
30 	Denmark 	9 	146
31 	Iran 	9 	144
32 	Andorra 	10 	142
33 	Israel 	11 	137
34 	Georgia 	8 	134
35 	Canada 	9 	132
36 	Lithuania 	10 	132
37 	Japan 	11 	131
38 	Thailand 	10 	128
39 	Serbia 	12 	113
40 	Poland 	12 	109
41 	Austria 	11 	106
42 	North Korea 	12 	102
43 	Italy 	13 	90
44 	Estonia 	14 	82
45 	Uzbekistan 	15 	76
46 	Czech Republic	13 	73
47 	Slovakia 	16 	73
48 	Monaco 	14 	67
49 	Australia 	13 	59
50 	France 	14 	57
51 	Spain 	15 	32
52 	Mexico 	15 	27
53 	Montenegro 	16 	23
== 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 	Sweden 	121 	Sweden 	114
2 	Moldova 	113 	Moldova 	102
3 	Iceland 	95 	Iceland 	95
4 	Belgium 	93 	Belgium 	87
5 	North Macedonia 	76 	Turkey 	87
6 	Thailand 	76 	North Macedonia 	73
7 	Russia 	76 	Russia 	73
8 	Turkey 	76 	Georgia 	65
9 	Georgia 	69 	Canada 	64
10 	Canada 	68 	North Korea 	61
11 	Austria 	49 	Italy 	60
12 	Estonia 	47 	Austria 	57
13 	North Korea 	41 	Thailand 	52
14 	Uzbekistan 	37 	Uzbekistan 	39
15 	Slovakia 	35 	Slovakia 	38
16 	Italy 	30 	Estonia 	35
=== 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 	Brazil 	118 	United States 	125
2 	United States 	111 	Brazil 	121
3 	Slovenia 	104 	Slovenia 	103
4 	Cyprus 	103 	Greece 	94
5 	United Kingdom 	87 	United Kingdom 	83
6 	Malaysia 	81 	Malaysia 	80
7 	Greece 	76 	Cyprus 	80
8 	Denmark 	73 	Åland Islands 	78
9 	Åland Islands 	71 	Lithuania 	76
10 	Japan 	63 	Denmark 	73
11 	Poland 	57 	Japan 	68
12 	Lithuania 	56 	Poland 	52
13 	Australia 	36 	France 	27
14 	France 	30 	Australia 	23
15 	Spain 	19 	Spain 	13
16 	Montenegro 	17 	Montenegro 	6
=== Semi-Final 3 ===
Semi-Final 3split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 3split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 3split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 3split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 3split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Bulgaria 	99 	Morocco 	106
2 	New Zealand 	98 	Switzerland 	98
3 	Morocco 	98 	New Zealand 	89
4 	Switzerland 	86 	Norway 	88
5 	Germany 	79 	Kazakhstan 	83
6 	Finland 	78 	Bulgaria 	80
7 	Iran 	77 	Finland 	80
8 	Kazakhstan 	75 	Germany 	79
9 	Andorra 	72 	Israel 	77
10 	Norway 	69 	Andorra 	70
11 	Israel 	60 	Iran 	67
12 	Serbia 	60 	Serbia 	53
13 	Czech Republic 	44 	Monaco 	31
14 	Monaco 	36 	Czech Republic 	29
15 	Mexico 	13 	Mexico 	14
=== 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 	South Korea 	203 	South Korea 	192
2 	Sweden 	192 	Sweden 	189
3 	Cyprus 	173 	Slovenia 	168
4 	Morocco 	157 	United States 	159
5 	Brazil 	155 	Morocco 	154
6 	Slovenia 	153 	Cyprus 	150
7 	Turkey 	141 	Brazil 	149
8 	North Macedonia 	140 	Russia 	147
9 	United States 	139 	Moldova 	126
10 	New Zealand 	130 	Bulgaria 	126
11 	Moldova 	127 	Turkey 	122
12 	Hungary 	121 	United Kingdom 	120
13 	Bulgaria 	121 	Belgium 	119
14 	United Kingdom 	114 	Greece 	115
15 	Finland 	112 	Iceland 	107
16 	Russia 	109 	New Zealand 	106
17 	Greece 	100 	Finland 	105
18 	Belgium 	100 	Albania 	95
19 	Albania 	99 	Hungary 	90
20 	Switzerland 	86 	Malaysia 	84
21 	Iceland 	71 	North Macedonia 	82
22 	Germany 	67 	Germany 	73
23 	Malaysia 	62 	Switzerland 	71
24 	Romania 	62 	Romania 	71
25 	Kazakhstan 	48 	Kazakhstan 	68
26 	Kosovo 	46 	Kosovo 	59
27 	Netherlands 	16 	Netherlands 	27
== 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.
* Belarus: 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 North Macedonia. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Colombia: C1 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 Moldova. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Indonesia: TVRI 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 Estonia. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Luxembourg: RTL announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Ukraine: UA:PBC announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position. A return with new HoD is possible.