GreatVision Song Contest 14

GreatVision Song Contest 14, often referred to as GVSC 14, will be the fourteenth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in Russia, after Polina Gagarina won the thirteenth edition with "Обезоружена". C1R chose the TatNeft Arena in Kazan to serve as the host venue for the edition, while the previous winner Polina Gagarina was selected as the presenter.
Winner after a big and exciting show was G)I-DLE from South Korea with her the song "Hann",they reached 412 Points. At the 2nd Place was Australia represent by Peking Duk feat. Sarah Aarons their song "Fire, they reached 278 Points and on 3rd Place was the Estonia represent by Laura Põldvere with her song " Tõusulained", she reached 274 Points, while United Kingdom, Belgium and India completed the top six of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see Russia
Russia, is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi),[14] Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with over 144 million people as of December 2017, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod.
Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait.
Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first constitutionally socialist state. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the world's second largest economy, largest standing military in the world and the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, twelve independent republics emerged from the USSR: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Baltic states regained independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality and a successor of the Soviet Union. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic.
The Russian economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Russia is a great power as well as a regional power and has been characterised as a potential superpower. It is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and an active global partner of ASEAN, as well as a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the G20, the Council of Europe, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as being the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and one of the five members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), along with Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
=== Host City ===
: For further information see Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1.243.500, it is the sixth most populous city in Russia. Kazan is one of the largest religious, economic, political, scientific, educational, cultural and sports centers in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia, about 715 kilometres (444 mi) east from Moscow. The Kazan Kremlin is a World Heritage Site. The millennium of Kazan was celebrated in 2005.
In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the right to brand itself as the "Third Capital" of Russia. In 2009 it was chosen as the "sports capital of Russia" and it still is referred to as such. In 2011, the European Weightlifting Championships were held here. The city hosted the 2013 Summer Universiade, 2014 World Fencing Championships, the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, and is one of the host cities for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and, for the first time in Russia, the official stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship under the auspices of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Kazan has also held the World Wushu Championships. In 2018, Kazan became one of the cities where the 2018 FIFA World Cup was held.
In 2015, 2.1 million tourists visited Kazan, a 20% increase in comparison with 2014. 1.5 million tourists visited the Kazan Kremlin in 2015, and one million visited the city's hotel and entertainment complex with an aquapark called "Kazan Riviera".
=== Venue ===
: For further information see TatNeft Arena
TatNeft Aren is an indoor sporting arena located in Kazan, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 and was opened in 2005. The arena is home to Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League.
== Format ==
The GBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be most likely 2 Semi-finals. In each semi-final 10 countries will qualify for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 26 competing countries (20 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 at Kazan City Hall in late August 2018. 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) 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-one 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
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* Iceland
* Norway
* Sweden	
* Albania
* Bulgaria
* Israel
* Monaco
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Turkey	
* Andorra
* Belgium
* France
* Gibraltar
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* United Kingdom
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Hungary
* Lithuania
* Moldova
* Poland
* Romania	
* Australia
* Canada
* Kiribati
* Mexico
* Palau
* Singapore	
* China
* India
* Japan
* Lebanon
* North Korea
* Thailand
=== Running order ===
The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by C1R late August 2018, 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-six countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest, with one country confirming their return after a six-edition break: Moldova, one country confirming their return after a five-edition break: China and four countries confirming their return after an one-edition break: Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania and Romania, while Lebanon will make his debut appearance in this edition.
Fourteen countries, however, announced their withdrawal from the contest. Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Germany, Luxembourg, Morocco, Switzerland and Vanuatu all announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. The HoD's of Croatia, Ireland, Kosovo and Vatican City all was forced to withdraw as they failed to present their votes or confirm their participantion within the deadline. Furthermore The HoD's of Italy, Spain and Vietnam had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest.
=== Returning artists ===
Andorra will represent by Aitana; she won together with Ana Guerra for the country the eleventh edition. Canada will represent by Lights again. Laura Põldvere will represent the Estonia; she previously represented the country in the sixth edition. ANYA was internally selected to represent the Faroe Islands; she previously represented Denmark in the fourth edition. Also Perfume were chosen to represent Japan for the third time, after their presence in the second-, and tenth edition. As well Amaranthe from Sweden took part for a third time. Haneri was internally selected to represent Singapore for the fourth time. Also Simge will represent Turkey again. As well Against The Current will represent the United States for a second time, after their presence in the eleventh edition.
== Results ==
=== Semi-final 1 ===
Twenty countries will participate in the first semi-final. Greece, Russia and United States will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final. 
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Norway 	Emilie Adams 	"Aliens" 	4 	197
02 	Palau 	Superfly 	"Fall" 	15 	97
03 	Albania 	Tayna feat. Don Phenom 	"Columbiana" 	20 	53
04 	Lithuania 	Beatrich 	"Pardon Me" 	17 	85
05 	Gibraltar 	Alice Chater 	"Heartbreak Hotel" 	18 	67
06 	Andorra 	Aitana 	"Teléfono" 	11 	127
07 	Lebanon 	Melissa feat. Nayer 	"Leily Leily" 	10 	142
08 	India 	Charisma 	"King" 	1 	263
09 	Sweden 	Amaranthe 	"365" 	13 	109
10 	Poland 	Lanberry 	"Nieznajomy" 	16 	90
11 	Moldova 	Carla's Dream 	"Lacrimi Si Pumni In Pereti"	9 	143
12 	Åland Islands 	Felix Sandman 	"Every Single Day" 	12 	120
13 	Netherlands 	Ilse DeLange 	"Ok" 	7 	177
14 	Thailand 	Three One Six 	"Mazone" 	8 	149
15 	Australia 	Peking Duk feat. Sarah Aarons	"Fire" 	3 	203
16 	United Kingdom	Paloma Faith 	"Warrior" 	5 	187
17 	France 	Aya Nakamura 	"Djadja" 	19 	65
18 	Japan 	Perfume 	"Let Me Know" 	2 	222
19 	Kiribati 	Jack River 	"Fault Line" 	6 	183
20 	Bulgaria 	Gery-Nikol 	"Nad Zakona" 	14 	105
=== Semi-final 2 ===
Twenty countries will participate in the second semi-final. Kazakhstan, South Korea and Ukraine will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Israel 	Eden Ben Zaken 	"Kaj Li Et A Lev" 	19 	53
02 	Singapore 	Haneri 	"Feel Alright" 	15 	112
03 	Mexico 	Budaya 	"Pupilas" 	18 	83
04 	Estonia 	Laura Põldvere 	"Tõusulained" 	3 	196
05 	Romania 	Havana & Ioana Ignat 	"Vivere" 	14 	117
06 	China 	MERA 	"The Brightest Diamond"	4 	186
07 	Faroe Islands 	ANYA 	"Doorstep" 	20 	25
08 	Portugal 	Ana Malhoa 	"Viúva Negra" 	13 	132
09 	Turkey 	Simge 	"Ben Bazen" 	10 	152
10 	Czech Republic	 	"Sunflowers" 	5 	172
11 	San Marino 	Emma Muscat 	"I Need Somebody" 	11 	149
12 	Belgium 	 	"Complicated" 	1 	209
13 	Denmark 	Christopher 	"Monogamy" 	6 	169
14 	North Korea 	SF9 	"Now or Never" 	12 	139
15 	Iceland 	BRÍET 	"In Too Deep" 	16 	109
16 	Monaco 	Malory 	"Rapture" 	17 	98
17 	Finland 	 	"Tyynysotaa" 	9 	153
18 	Hungary 	Adri Nagy 	"Sosem Múlik El" 	8 	159
19 	Canada 	Lights 	"New Fears" 	7 	168
20 	Serbia 	Kija feat. Ministarke	"Ne Vračam Se Na Staro"	2 	203
=== 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 	Denmark 	Christopher 	"Monogamy" 	16 	182
02 	Canada 	Lights 	"New Fears" 	11 	214
03 	Russia 	Zara 	"Ya Lechu" 	23 	145
04 	Moldova 	Carla's Dream 	"Lacrimi Si Pumni In Pereti"	19 	165
05 	Kiribati 	Jack River 	"Fault Line" 	17 	182
06 	Finland 	 	"Tyynysotaa" 	8 	233
07 	Netherlands 	Ilse DeLange 	"Ok" 	24 	144
08 	United States 	Against The Current 	"Almost Forgot" 	14 	190
09 	Norway 	Emilie Adams 	"Aliens" 	9 	221
10 	Estonia 	Laura Põldvere 	"Tõusulained" 	3 	274
11 	China 	MERA 	"The Brightest Diamond" 	10 	219
12 	Thailand 	Three One Six 	"Mazone" 	21 	152
13 	Ukraine 	Vremja I Steklo 	"Na Stile" 	22 	145
14 	Lebanon 	Melissa feat. Nayer 	"Leily Leily" 	20 	157
15 	Turkey 	Simge 	"Ben Bazen" 	18 	181
16 	Australia 	Peking Duk feat. Sarah Aarons	"Fire" 	2 	278
17 	Belgium 	 	"Complicated" 	5 	254
18 	Greece 	Eirini Papadopoulou 	"Epiviono" 	26 	109
19 	United Kingdom	Paloma Faith 	"Warrior" 	4 	273
20 	Czech Republic	 	"Sunflowers" 	15 	186
21 	Japan 	Perfume 	"Let Me Know" 	7 	242
22 	South Korea 	(G)I-DLE 	"Hann" 	1 	412
23 	India 	Charisma 	"King" 	6 	247
24 	Hungary 	Adri Nagy 	"Sosem Múlik El" 	25 	126
25 	Kazakhstan 	C.C.TAY 	"Мümkin Emes" 	12 	206
26 	Serbia 	Kija feat. Ministarke 	"Ne Vračam Se Na Staro" 	13 	199
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place	Points
27 	San Marino 	11 	149
28 	North Korea 	12 	139
29 	Portugal 	13 	132
30 	Andorra 	11 	127
31 	Åland Islands	12 	120
32 	Romania 	14 	117
33 	Singapore 	15 	112
34 	Sweden 	13 	109
35 	Iceland 	16 	109
36 	Bulgaria 	14 	105
37 	Monaco 	17 	98
38 	Palau 	15 	97
39 	Poland 	16 	90
40 	Lithuania 	17 	85
41 	Mexico 	18 	83
42 	Gibraltar 	18 	67
43 	France 	19 	65
44 	Israel 	19 	53
45 	Albania 	20 	53
46 	Faroe Islands	20 	25
== Voting grids ==
=== Semi-Final 1 ===
Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	India 	132 	India 	131
2 	Japan 	108 	Japan 	114
3 	Netherlands 	102 	Australia 	102
4 	United Kingdom 	102 	Norway 	100
5 	Australia 	101 	Lebanon 	90
6 	Norway 	97 	Kiribati 	90
7 	Kiribati 	93 	United Kingdom 	85
8 	Moldova 	80 	Thailand 	84
9 	Andorra 	69 	Netherlands 	75
10 	Thailand 	65 	Åland Islands 	74
11 	Sweden 	56 	Moldova 	63
12 	Bulgaria 	56 	Andorra 	58
13 	Palau 	54 	Sweden 	53
14 	Lebanon 	52 	Lithuania 	51
15 	Åland Islands 	46 	Bulgaria 	49
16 	Poland 	43 	Poland 	47
17 	Gibraltar 	40 	Palau 	43
18 	Albania 	34 	France 	37
19 	Lithuania 	34 	Gibraltar 	27
20 	France 	28 	Albania 	19
=== Semi-Final 2 ===
Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	China 	111 	Serbia 	120
2 	Estonia 	109 	Belgium 	116
3 	Denmark 	103 	Czech Republic 	105
4 	Belgium 	93 	Hungary 	88
5 	Canada 	89 	Estonia 	87
6 	Finland 	83 	Turkey 	83
7 	Serbia 	83 	San Marino 	81
8 	Portugal 	80 	Canada 	79
9 	Hungary 	71 	China 	75
10 	Turkey 	69 	North Korea 	71
11 	San Marino 	68 	Finland 	70
12 	North Korea 	68 	Denmark 	66
13 	Czech Republic 	67 	Singapore 	56
14 	Romania 	65 	Romania 	52
15 	Iceland 	59 	Portugal 	52
16 	Singapore 	56 	Iceland 	50
17 	Monaco 	50 	Mexico 	48
18 	Mexico 	35 	Monaco 	48
19 	Israel 	25 	Israel 	28
20 	Faroe Islands 	8 	Faroe Islands 	17
=== Final ===
Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	South Korea 	212 	South Korea 	200
2 	Estonia 	150 	Australia 	133
3 	United Kingdom 	147 	United Kingdom 	126
4 	Australia 	145 	Estonia 	124
5 	Belgium 	133 	China 	123
6 	Japan 	126 	India 	122
7 	India 	125 	Belgium 	121
8 	Finland 	124 	Japan 	116
9 	Canada 	116 	Serbia 	116
10 	Norway 	109 	Norway 	112
11 	Kazakhstan 	102 	Finland 	109
12 	Denmark 	100 	Czech Republic 	108
13 	Moldova 	97 	Kazakhstan 	104
14 	China 	96 	Kiribati 	102
15 	United States 	93 	Canada 	98
16 	Turkey 	93 	United States 	97
17 	Serbia 	83 	Thailand 	91
18 	Kiribati 	80 	Turkey 	88
19 	Lebanon 	79 	Denmark 	82
20 	Czech Republic 	78 	Netherlands 	79
21 	Ukraine 	77 	Lebanon 	78
22 	Russia 	69 	Russia 	76
23 	Netherlands 	65 	Hungary 	73
24 	Thailand 	61 	Moldova 	68
25 	Greece 	55 	Ukraine 	68
26 	Hungary 	53 	Greece 	54
== 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.
* Azerbaijan: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation.
* Cyprus: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation.
* Germany: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation.
* Italy: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking an one edition break. RAI announced that a return is most likely for the next edition.
* Kosovo: RTK was forced to announced its withdrawal, after the HoD failed to present their votes within the giving deadline.
* Luxembourg: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation.
* Morocco: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation.
* Spain: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking an one edition break. RTVE announced that a return is most likely for the next edition.
* Switzerland: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation.
* Vanuatu: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation.
* Vietnam: After initially confirming participation, on 27 August2018, VTV unexpectedly announced its withdrawal.
* The following countries failed to confirm their participation within the given deadline and were fined by the GBU:
** Croatia
** Ireland
** Vatican City