Country Contest 20

The Country Contest 20 will be the twentieth edition of the contest, serving as a jubilee event. As in the tenth edition, the CCU announced that the contest would be welcome to any public broadcaster in the world as long as they are in the UN, or otherwise accepted by the CCU, as long as they are the first in the country to confirm its interest. 
== Location ==
Although it is presumed the event will take place in the Zagreb Arena, it is possible that it will be hosted in Stadion Maksimir with a temporary roof being built for the duration of the contest. On 25 October 2018, HRT announced that the semi-finals would be held in Arena Zagreb, with the Grand Finale taking place in a renovated (roof-built) Stadion Maksimir, the following week. HRT stated, "While 22,000 is a good amount of seats for the [Country Contest], such a big and international contest like this edition would never fulfill its potential unless being held in a venue [Stadion Maksimir], which can hold a bigger capacity."
== Presenters ==
On 17 December 2018, HRT announced that Croatian actress and singer would be one of the hosts of the competition. However, it was not revealed how many there would be in total and who else would host.
With having hosted the Croatia draw, it was reported that "he would join Severina to host the competition," however HRT denied this by saying that "the other presenters would be announced in due course." However, Erceg confirmed in January 2019 that "HRT did not contact him further." However, HRT stated that they had other hosts lined up for the main event, with him retaining some hosting duties for minor non-televised events.
On 15 January 2019, HRT announced that Croatian-American actor would be joining Severina as the second host. It was also revealed that would join Severina and Višnjić in a smaller hosting role. It was subsequently reported that and would also be involved "as hosts". HRT confirmed on 21 January 2019 that Croatian TV show host Dean Pelić would join the others as a host, but at an unspecified role. was subsequently rumored as a host, but to no extent.
On 6 February 2019, HRT confirmed following the month of rumors that Croatian actresses and would join the rest as hosts, in unspecified roles. Additonally, HRT stated that "the hosts would be split between the three semi-finals and Grand Final." HRT also stated that after further negotiations, would nevertheless have a hosting role in the contest. Croatian press reported that HRT had wanted a host to support Severina, to ensure for a smooth presentation.
The following were confirmed as presenters:
* - actor
* - actress, singer
* - actress
* Dean Pelić - TV host
* - actress
* - actress
* - actor
They will host the following shows:
* Semi-final 1: Leona Paraminski and Dean Pelić
* Semi-final 2: Severina and Stipe Erceg
* Semi-final 3: Zrinka Cvitešić and Marija Škaričić
* Grand Final: Goran Višnjić, Leona Paraminski and Zrinka Cvitešić
== Format ==
=== International competition ===
The CCU stated that considering the contest is not what it was ten editions ago, the interest level would be "extremely high." As such, 3 semi-finals will no longer be enough. The CCU stated that the amount of participating countries "is expected to be as high as 100 from all over the world." As such, it is likely that continental finals will take place in order to qualify for the semi-finals of the competition.
The CCU confirmed that the actual competition itself would be limited to 60 countries, up 2 from the 10th edition. As such, 94 countries would need to battle their spot into the competition, with the top 6 countries from the previous edition having free spots in the Grand Final. Countries which won bidding rounds to host continental finals were also given free spots to the semi-finals as a reward for their hosting. Additionally, the CCU stated that there would be no limit on participating countries, which may even require continental semi-finals if interested countries in 1 continent exceeds 26 participants (case in point, for European countries which will now have to fight their way to the competition).
=== Kosovo ===
On 6 September 2018, the CCU announced that they would soon vote to decide the fate of RTK's participation of Kosovo in the contest. The CCU additionally invited broadcasters such as BHRT and RTS for potential settlement or agreement. On 1 October 2018, the CCU announced that after its long and thorough process, that they had accepted RTK and Kosovo into the Union, and would therefore qualify for participation in all of its Original Contests. An unanimous vote reportedly landed in Kosovo's favor, but the exact result was never revealed. The CCU furthermore declined to comment on the Kosovar vote.
=== Host draw ===
On 26 December 2018, HRT broadcast live the random draw to determine Croatia's position in the Running Order of the Grand Final. The 30-minute special one-off program, which was hosted by Croat-German actor , also featured a live performance from Severina and unveiled more details, including the revelation of the slogan Vjeruj san. The slogan, in English, would mean Trust the Dream or Believe the Dream. At the end of the programme, it became apparent that Croatia would perform in the twenty-seventh position in the Grand Final. The draw took place to prevent potential bias towards the choice of the Croatian running order position.
=== Semi-final allocation draw ===
On 6 February 2019, the CCU confirmed alongside HRT that the Allocation Draw would take place at in , Croatia, an indoor venue cable of hosting 2,350 seats. The 54 semi-finalists were divided into five pots, based on their competing continent/region, with the Oceanic countries joining Asia to avoid neighborly and voting bias in the semi-finals.
* Africa: 11 countries
* Pan America: 15 countries
* Asia: 15 countries
* Europe: 13 countries
Additionally, the Big 6 countries were allocated to the semi-finals they would vote in, with two of them voting in each semi-final.
The draw took place in 12 February 2019, with the fifty-four semifinalists allocated into three semi-finals as well as voting finalists. The following day, they were allocated into halves and were shortly confirmed with their running order.
== Qualification to competition ==
Six countries are pre-qualified to the Grand Final, for their top six performance in the previous edition, as in previous editions.aa Another 5 countries are pre-qualified to the semi-finals, for their hosting of their respective continents' qualification final to the competition.aaa The remaining 51 countries are expected to qualify via continental finals, as well as a wildcard round.aaaa
=== Slot allocation ===
Original slot allocationa
The slots were allocated similarly as will be for , but with an automatic spot for continental hosts, as well as 1 extra slot for Oceania and 2 extra for the renamed wildcard round. However, this system was criticized due to Europe receiving 21 slots, 38% of the total continental slots, compared to FIFA's 35%. Nevertheless, the current FIFA system (to be used until 2022) consists of 42% European slots. As a result, the CCU announced that the Big 6 would count as European slots, reducing them to 10 and giving other continents further slots.
A new slot allocation was furthermore introduced, with each continent (minus Oceania) receiving one extra slot, Europe losing 5, and two added to the wildcard. Europe therefore represents 24% of the competing slots, and 30% of the overall competition. 
The wildcard system was introduced on 24 October 2018, which reassured the allocation of four slots for its winners. The wildcard round host was confirmed to be Croatia, which the CCU appointed to "test their hosting skills ahead of the big event", which were already automatically qualified as part of the Big 6. To keep the round minimalistic, the three highest-placing non-qualifiers from each continent would qualify. The 15 participants would then vote, alongside other broadcasting nations. Four countries, regardless of their continent, will then progress.
Continental slot allocationa
Slots already selected from are marked in bold.
* Africa: 10+1 slots
* Pan America: 13+1+1 slots
* Asia: 9+1+1 slots
* Europe: 11+6+1+1 slots
** Big 6 countries: 6 slots
* Oceania: 2+1+1 slots
* Wildcard: 4 slots
** Africa: 3+1 slots
** Pan America: 3 slots
** Asia: 3 slots
** Europe: 3 slots
** Oceania: 3 slots
=== Table ===
A total of 31 countries debuted in the contest, marking 52% of the competing countries. 
Country	Method ofqualification 	Date ofqualification	Previous bestperformance
 	European final hosts 	12 July 2018 	Fourth place (#01)
 	Oceanic final hosts 	12 July 2018 	Runners-up (#06)
 	Pan American final hosts 	12 July 2018 	Nineteenth place (#10)
 	African final hosts 	12 July 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Asian final hosts 	15 July 2018 	None (Debut)
(hosts)	Big 6 member 	5 September 2018 	Winners (#19)
 	Big 6 member 	5 September 2018 	Winners (#12)
 	Big 6 member 	5 September 2018 	Third place (#19)
 	Big 6 member 	5 September 2018 	Third place (#17)
 	Big 6 member 	5 September 2018 	Runners-up (#07)
 	Big 6 member 	5 September 2018 	Sixth place (#18, #19)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Fourth place (#13)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Sixteenth place (#01)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Winners (#03, #17)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Runners-up (#02 as UK)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Winners (#07)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Fourth place (#07)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Seventh place (#08)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Fifth place (#13)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Runners-up (#02 as UK)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Winners (#01)
 	European selection qualifier 	24 October 2018 	Runners-up (#04, #15)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	Winners (#10)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	Thirty-fifth place (#10)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	Eighth place (#10)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	Fourth place (#10)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	Thirty-sixth place (#10)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Pan American selection qualifier	25 October 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Oceanic selection qualifier 	25 October 2018 	Forty-second place (#10)
 	Oceanic selection qualifier 	25 October 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Asian selection qualifier 	17 December 2018 	Thirty-second place (#10)
 	Asian selection qualifier 	17 December 2018 	Nineteenth place (#10)
 	Asian selection qualifier 	17 December 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Asian selection qualifier 	17 December 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Asian selection qualifier 	17 December 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Asian selection qualifier 	17 December 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Asian selection qualifier 	17 December 2018 	Forty-fourth place (#10)
 	Asian selection qualifier 	17 December 2018 	None (Debut)
 	Asian selection qualifier 	17 December 2018 	None (Debut)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	Runners-up (#09, #10)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	African selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	Wildcard selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	Wildcard selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
 	Wildcard selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	Fourth place (#18)
 	Wildcard selection qualifier 	6 February 2019 	None (Debut)
=== European selection ===
A record number of participants from Europe took part, including the debut of England, Scotland and Wales. Bosnia–Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Liberland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Romania and Russia made their return to the contest. A total of 46 countries took part in the selection, with the top 6 from #19 and selection hosts Montenegro automatically qualified from this round. The semi-finals marked notably marked the first non-qualification streak from Luxembourg and Switzerland and the 5th consecutive non-qualification from Finland. The finals marked merrier and stronger streak-ends, and such.
From the final, 11 countries directly progressed to the main competition, whilst three countries qualified for the international wildcard round. The entire Big 6 from #19 also voted here, alongside hosts Montenegro.
Italy was most notably eliminated in the selection, before having participated in every edition and being the most successful country with 3 wins. However, Italy took a wrong turn starting with its worst (23rd) result in #18, followed by non-qualification in the next edition. As a result, Germany became the only country to participate in every edition of the contest.
Additionally, Russia failed to qualify for its first time ever in its 12-edition history, having taken a 7-edition break to return this edition. Greece also broke its 7-edition qualification streak with its early elimination. The only debutant not qualifying, England, also broke its 5-edition qualification streak as UK. Previous edition hosts, Czech Republic, also broke their 4-edition streak with their elimination.
Overall, 27 countries which competed in the previous edition were forced to withdraw. England unsuccessfully debuted and some countries unsuccessfully returned.
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	188 	 	301
2 	 	166 	 	203
3 	 	160 	 	197
4 	 	148 	 	163
5 	 	144 	 	154
6 	 	141 	 	151
7 	 	132 	 	138
8 	 	132 	 	132
9 	 	129 	 	129
10 	 	129 	 	120
11 	 	126 	 	111
12 	 	120 	 	111
13 	 	117 	 	108
14 	 	117 	 	101
15 	 	114 	 	98
16 	 	114 	 	98
17 	 	111 	 	95
18 	 	108 	 	83
19 	 	105 	 	83
20 	 	105 	 	80
21 	 	101 	 	80
22 	 	95 	 	77
23 	 	83 	 	74
24 	 	77 	 	71
25 	 	71 	 	65
26 	 	40 	 	55
Draw	Country	Place	Points	Qualification
24 	 	1 	430 	Qualify for final competition
15 	 	2 	363 	Qualify for final competition
23 	 	3 	317 	Qualify for final competition
16 	 	4 	311 	Qualify for final competition
26 	 	5 	299 	Qualify for final competition
10 	 	6 	276 	Qualify for final competition
22 	 	7 	274 	Qualify for final competition
20 	 	8 	268 	Qualify for final competition
25 	 	9 	258 	Qualify for final competition
03 	 	10 	237 	Qualify for final competition
17 	 	11 	237 	Qualify for final competition
06 	 	12 	233 	Advance to wildcard round
13 	 	13 	228 	Advance to wildcard round
19 	 	14 	221 	Advance to wildcard round
21 	 	15 	215 	
18 	 	16 	212 	
08 	 	17 	212 	
04 	 	18 	212 	
14 	 	19 	209 	
05 	 	20 	185 	
09 	 	21 	185 	
12 	 	22 	181 	
02 	 	23 	178 	
07 	 	24 	160 	
11 	 	25 	145 	
01 	 	26 	105 	
=== Pan American selection ===
23 countries took part in this selection, with 13 of them directly progressing and 3 indirectly to the wildcard. 7 countries were eliminated from the competition, notably Venezuela, whom placed 14th in the tenth edition.
Draw	Country	Place	Points	Qualification
15 	 	1 	188 	Qualify for final competition
18 	 	2 	177 	Qualify for final competition
22 	 	3 	174 	Qualify for final competition
16 	 	4 	165 	Qualify for final competition
11 	 	5 	146 	Qualify for final competition
04 	 	6 	143 	Qualify for final competition
13 	 	7 	143 	Qualify for final competition
05 	 	8 	142 	Qualify for final competition
12 	 	9 	140 	Qualify for final competition
01 	 	10 	136 	Qualify for final competition
20 	 	11 	134 	Qualify for final competition
19 	 	12 	130 	Qualify for final competition
17 	 	13 	117 	Qualify for final competition
23 	 	14 	109 	Advance to wildcard round
08 	 	15 	103 	Advance to wildcard round
06 	 	16 	103 	Advance to wildcard round
14 	 	17 	102 	
02 	 	18 	102 	
21 	 	19 	89 	
10 	 	20 	78 	
03 	 	21 	59 	
09 	 	22 	58 	
07 	 	23 	44 	
=== Oceanic selection ===
5 countries participated in the selection, with 2 of them directly progressing to the competition. The other 3 qualified to the wildcard round. As a result, no countries in this round were eliminated. Following the selection, many argued that only one country should qualify from Oceania, considering the size. The CCU responded, stating "inclusivity is our number one priority, especially when it comes to edition's like this. [New] and [Papua] earned their spots in the competition."
Draw	Country	Place	Points	Qualification
01 	 	1 	178 	Qualify for final competition
03 	 	2 	93 	Qualify for final competition
05 	 	3 	86 	Advance to wildcard round
02 	 	4 	51 	Advance to wildcard round
04 	 	5 	47 	Advance to wildcard round
=== Asian selection ===
18 countries participated in the selection, with 9 of them directly progressing to the competition. The other 3 qualified to the wildcard round. Six countries were directly eliminated from the competition.
Draw	Country	Place	Points	Qualification
09 	 	1 	177 	Qualify for final competition
16 	 	2 	167 	Qualify for final competition
07 	 	3 	161 	Qualify for final competition
10 	 	4 	160 	Qualify for final competition
17 	 	5 	158 	Qualify for final competition
11 	 	6 	155 	Qualify for final competition
08 	 	7 	129 	Qualify for final competition
14 	 	8 	126 	Qualify for final competition
06 	 	9 	126 	Qualify for final competition
04 	 	10 	116 	Advance to wildcard round
01 	 	11 	112 	Advance to wildcard round
05 	 	12 	111 	Advance to wildcard round
18 	 	13 	108 	
13 	 	14 	105 	
15 	 	14 	105 	
02 	 	16 	74 	
12 	 	17 	59 	
03 	 	18 	57 	
=== African selection ===
Twenty countries will participate in the selection, making it the third largest selection behind Europe and the Americas. Half of them directly progressing to the competition, with three other countries qualifying to the wildcard round. The seven rest of the countries will be directly eliminated from the competition.
Draw	Country	Place	Points	Qualification
07 	 	1 	209 	Qualify for final competition
08 	 	2 	202 	Qualify for final competition
16 	 	3 	153 	Qualify for final competition
10 	 	4 	152 	Qualify for final competition
03 	 	5 	150 	Qualify for final competition
01 	 	6 	141 	Qualify for final competition
12 	 	7 	136 	Qualify for final competition
18 	 	8 	132 	Qualify for final competition
19 	 	9 	122 	Qualify for final competition
06 	 	10 	115 	Qualify for final competition
02 	 	11 	110 	Advance to wildcard round
14 	 	12 	108 	Advance to wildcard round
15 	 	13 	102 	Advance to wildcard round
17 	 	13 	102 	
05 	 	15 	101 	
20 	 	16 	100 	
11 	 	17 	95 	
13 	 	18 	82 	
04 	 	19 	70 	
09 	 	20 	51 	
=== Wildcard selection ===
The top three countries from each continental selection will qualify to the Wildcard selection, as opposed to the normal qualification system. Four countries will qualify for the semi-finals.
2nd		X	1st		X
3rd		X	 		X
2nd		X	1st		X
3rd		X	 		X
2nd		X	1st		X
3rd		X	 		X
2nd		X	1st		X
3rd		X	 		X
2nd		X	1st		X
3rd		X	 		X
The five countries which passed from the elimination stage:
** Two points were required for direct qualification. Fiji, Vietnam and Cyprus therefore qualified. Costa Rica and Ghana rematched for double points.
* (w GA, VI, CO, l CY; 2)
* ( w CO, l FI, VI, CY, CO2; -3)
* (w GH, CY, CO, l FI; 2)
* (w FI, GH, CO, l VI; 2)
* (w GH2, l FI, GA, VI, CY; -3)
The five countries which were eliminated in the second round:
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
The five countries which were eliminated in the first round:
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
Con. pos	Country	Place	Points	Qualification
1 	 	1 	2 	Qualify for final competition
2 	 	1 	2 	Qualify for final competition
3 	 	1 	2 	Qualify for final competition
1 	 	4 	-2 	Qualify for final competition
2 	 	5 	-2 	
3 	 	6 	 	
1 	 	6 	 	
2 	 	6 	 	
3 	 	6 	 	
1 	 	6 	 	
2 	 	11 	 	
3 	 	11 	 	
1 	 	11 	 	
2 	 	11 	 	
3 	 	11 	 	
Draw seeds:
:1st place
#Fiji
#Ghana
#Thailand
#Slovenia
#Cuba
:2nd place
#Solomon Islands
#Costa Rica
#Angola
#Vietnam
#Bosnia–Herzegovina
:3rd place
#Panama
#Cyprus
#Kenya
#Vanuatu
#Uzbekistan
=== Final split ===
Europe (16)
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
Pan America (6)
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
Asia (4)
* 
* 
* 
* 
Africa (2)
* 
* 
Oceania (2)
* 
* 
== Semi-finals ==
=== Semi-final 1 ===
Azerbaijan and Poland will also vote in this semi-final. The top seven overall countries qualified to the Grand Final, with the separate Rest of the World vote being used to select the eighth qualifier.
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	2 	164
02 	 	17 	68
03 	 	5 	145
04 	 	13 	122
05 	 	9 	134
06 	 	7 	141
07 	 	12 	125
08 	 	1 	216
09 	 	14 	116
10 	 	16 	90
11 	 	15 	102
12 	 	6 	142
13 	 	3 	147
14 	 	18 	63
15 	 	10 	133
16 	 	4 	146
17 	 	11 	131
18 	 	8 	139
=== Semi-final 2 ===
Germany and Kosovo will also vote in this semi-final. The top seven overall countries qualified to the Grand Final, with the separate Rest of the World vote being used to select the eighth qualifier.
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	10 	128
02 	 	15 	95
03 	 	18 	87
04 	 	12 	114
05 	 	6 	136
06 	 	5 	142
07 	 	17 	91
08 	 	13 	105
09 	 	16 	92
10 	 	1 	185
11 	 	4 	150
12 	 	3 	183
13 	 	7 	133
14 	 	2 	184
15 	 	8 	132
16 	 	9 	132
17 	 	14 	105
18 	 	11 	127
=== Semi-final 3 ===
Croatia and Spain will also vote in this semi-final. The top seven overall countries qualified to the Grand Final, with the separate Rest of the World vote being used to select the eighth qualifier.
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	13 	93
02 	 	12 	102
03 	 	11 	110
04 	 	16 	83
05 	 	4 	154
06 	 	14 	92
07 	 	9 	119
08 	 	5 	128
09 	 	2 	207
10 	 	1 	358
11 	 	8 	119
12 	 	18 	67
13 	 	6 	124
14 	 	15 	92
15 	 	3 	159
16 	 	7 	120
17 	 	17 	76
18 	 	10 	118
== Final ==
The 24 qualifiers from the three semi-finals, as well as the top 6 of the previous edition took part. This which marked the grand final of the edition to be the largest in the competition's 20 edition history. For the first time, non-participants were also invited to vote. As a result, all countries which competed in the main competition voted, alongside most competitors which did not pass their regional continental selection. The Rest of the World vote was effectively removed, for the edition, as was no longer necessary.
The CCU confirmed on 18 February 2019 that 34 of the 63 countries which failed to qualify would vote alongside the 60 participating countries.
Controversially, this edition marked the first edition since #15 to have the jury favorite win instead of public favorite. As in #15, the winning country only placed 12th with the public vote.
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	305 	 	403
2 	 	294 	 	300
3 	 	278 	 	273
4 	 	262 	 	267
5 	 	256 	 	251
6 	 	234 	 	224
7 	 	229 	 	207
8 	 	218 	 	207
9 	 	218 	 	207
10 	 	207 	 	202
11 	 	202 	 	185
12 	 	196 	 	185
13 	 	191 	 	185
14 	 	185 	 	180
15 	 	174 	 	180
16 	 	169 	 	169
17 	 	169 	 	164
18 	 	164 	 	164
19 	 	158 	 	158
20 	 	153 	 	153
21 	 	147 	 	147
22 	 	147 	 	147
23 	 	142 	 	136
24 	 	142 	 	136
25 	 	120 	 	131
26 	 	114 	 	120
27 	 	109 	 	114
28 	 	104 	 	98
29 	 	87 	 	93
30 	 	76 	 	55
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	19 	316
02 	 	29 	197
03 	 	28 	251
04 	 	15 	344
05 	 	14 	360
06 	 	8 	404
07 	 	27 	256
08 	 	4 	507
09 	 	18 	316
10 	 	7 	414
11 	 	17 	343
12 	 	26 	278
13 	 	25 	284
14 	 	12 	376
15 	 	23 	294
16 	 	9 	393
17 	 	13 	376
18 	 	10 	382
19 	 	16 	343
20 	 	22 	299
21 	 	2 	578
22 	 	3 	572
23 	 	21 	300
24 	 	20 	310
25 	 	30 	185
26 	 	24 	289
27 	 	11 	382
28 	 	1 	599
29 	 	6 	442
30 	 	5 	501
== Incidents ==
=== Original slot allocation ===
=== Preservation of the 'Big 6' ===
== Other countries ==
=== Active CCU members ===
* – On 16 October 2018, BBC Northern Ireland confirmed that the country would not attempt at debuting in the current edition, but would observe the contest.
* – On 4 October 2018, VR reiterated that Vatican City would no longer be participating in the contest, and once again stated that "[they] never meant to be a regular participant in [the contest]."
=== Non-CCU members ===
* : On 24 September 2018, TNH confirmed that Haiti would not comepete in the edition, following growing speculation. The country is the most populous in the Americas to not compete.