GreatVision Song Contest 13

GreatVision Song Contest 13, often referred to as GVSC 13, will be the 13th edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in South Korea, after BLACKPINK won the twelfth edition with "Ddu-du Ddu-du". KBS chose the Jangchung Arena in Seoul to serve as the host venue for the edition, while CL and Jay Park were selected as the presenters. 
Winner after a big and exciting show was Polina Gagarina from Russia with her the song "Обезоружена", she reached 397 Points. At the 2nd Place was South Korea represent by MAMAMOO their song "Egotistic, they reached 378 Points and on 3rd Place was the United States represent by Bebe Rexha with her song "I'm A Mess", she reached 319 Points, while Greece, Kazakhstan and Ukraine completed the top six of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Officially, its territory consists of the whole Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands, which are largely mountainous. South Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle, as half of them live in high-rises concentrated in the Seoul Capital Area with 25 million residents. The capital Seoul is the world's sixth leading global city with the fifth largest economy and is the seventh most sustainable city in the world.
South Korea is one of the Four Asian Tigers. The South Korean economy soared at an annual average of 10% for over 30 years in a period of rapid transformation called the Miracle on the Han River. A long legacy of openness and focus on innovation made it successful. Today, it is the world's seventh largest advanced economy and fifth largest exporter with the G20's largest budget surplus and highest credit rating of any country in East Asia. It has free trade agreements with 75% of the world economy and is the only G20 nation trading freely with China, the US and the EU simultaneously. Since 1988, its constitution guarantees a liberal democracy with high government transparency and many fundamental rights such as universal healthcare. High personal freedoms led to the rise of a globally influential pop culture such as K-pop and K-drama, a phenomenon called the Korean Wave, known for its distinctive fashionable and trendy style. Home of the UN Green Climate Fund and GGGI, South Korea is a leader in low carbon green growth, committed to helping developing countries as a major DAC and Paris Club contributor. It is the world's third least ignorant country in the Index of Ignorance, ranking eighth highest for peaceful tolerance and inclusion of minorities on the Fragile States Index.
South Korea is a technologically advanced developed country driven by a highly educated and skilled workforce, having the world's eighth highest median household income, the highest in Asia. Globally, it ranks highly in personal safety, job security, ease of doing business and healthcare quality, with the world's third highest health adjusted life expectancy and fourth most efficient healthcare system. It is the world's largest spender on R&D per GDP, leading the OECD in graduates in science and engineering and ranking third in the Youth Wellbeing Index. Home of Samsung, LG and Hyundai-Kia, South Korea was named the world's most innovative country for 4 consecutive years since 2014 in the Bloomberg Innovation Index, ranking first in business R&D intensity, manufacturing value-added, patents filed per GDP, second in higher education efficiency and fourth in high-tech density and researcher concentration. In 2005, it became the world's first country to fully transition to high-speed Internet and today it has the world's fastest Internet speed and highest smartphone ownership, ranking first in ICT Development, e-Government and 4G LTE coverage. South Korea currently provides the world's second largest number of Christian missionaries, surpassed by the United States.
=== Host City ===
: For further information see Seoul
Seoul, officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the de facto capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea). Seoul is the world's 16th largest city,[10] and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. The Seoul Capital Area houses about half of the country's population of 51.44 million people with 678,102 international residents.
Situated on the Han River, Seoul's history stretches back more than two thousand years when it was founded in 18 BC by Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. It continued as the capital of Korea under the Joseon Dynasty. The Seoul Capital Area contains five UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Changdeok Palace, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine, Namhansanseong and the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty. Seoul is surrounded by mountains, the tallest being Mt. Bukhan, the world's most visited national park per square foot. Modern landmarks include the iconic N Seoul Tower, the gold-clad 63 Building, the neofuturistic Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Lotte World, the world's largest indoor theme park, Moonlight Rainbow Fountain, the world's longest bridge fountain and the Sevit Floating Islands. The birthplace of K-pop and the Korean Wave, Seoul received over 10 million international visitors in 2014, making it the world's 9th most visited city and 4th largest earner in tourism.
Seoul is the world's most wired city and ranked first in technology readiness by PwC's Cities of Opportunity report- It is served by the KTX high-speed rail and the Seoul Subway, providing 4G LTE, WiFi and DMB inside subway cars as well as wifi at every station. Seoul is connected via AREX to Incheon International Airport, rated the world's best airport nine years in a row (2005–2013) by Airports Council International. Lotte World Tower, a 556-metre (1,824-foot) supertall skyscraper with 123 floors, has been built in Seoul and become the OECD's tallest in 2016, with the world's tallest art gallery. Its Lotte Cinema houses the world's largest cinema screen. Seoul's COEX Mall is the world's largest underground shopping mall.
Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games, 1988 Summer Olympics, 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Miss Universe 1980 pageant, and the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. A UNESCO City of Design, Seoul was named the 2010 World Design Capital.
=== Venue ===
: For further information see Jangchung Arena
The Jangchung Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. Volleyball teams GS Caltex Seoul KIXX and Seoul Woori Card Wibee are the tenants. 
At first, the arena was an army gymnasium, built on 23 June 1955. It was later fully reconstructed and opened on 1 February 1963. In 1966, the venue hosted a boxing match between Kim Ki-soo and Nino Benvenuti, where Kim became the first South Korean to win boxing world championship. During the 1970s, the venue hosted the presidential elections and inaugurations of Park Chung-hee and Choi Kyu-hah. The venue hosted judo and taekwondo events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. After the 2012–2014 renovation, the capacity of the arena is 4,507.
== 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), furthermore there will be Pre-Qualification Round, where eight countries battle for the last four places for the semi-finals.
=== 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 Seoul City Hall in late July 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-five 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
* Canada
* Denmark
* Faroe Islands
* Iceland
* Mexico
* Norway
* United States	
* Albania
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Greece
* Israel
* Kosovo
* Serbia	
* Australia
* Japan
* North Korea
* Palau
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Vanuatu
* Vietnam
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* Andorra
* Gibraltar
* Monaco
* Morocco
* San Marino
* Portugal
* Spain
* Vatican City	
* Azerbaijan
* India
* Kazakhstan
* Poland
* Russia
* Turkey
* Ukraine	
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Germany
* Ireland
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Switzerland
=== Running order ===
The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by KBS in 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 ==
Fifty-two countries have confirmed their participation in the 13th edition. This includes Vanuatu which returned after being absent since the sixth edition, Thailand which returned after being absent since the seventh edition, the Faroe Islands which returned after being absent since the ninth edition, as well Croatia, Ireland, Kosovo and Vietnam returned to the contest after their two-edition absence. Furthermore Estonia returned to the contest after his one-edition absence. Furthermore India will make his debut appearance in this edition.
Ten countries, however, announced their withdrawal from the contest. Belarus, Belgium, Hong Kong, Latvia and Romania all announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. The HoD's of Finland, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovenia was all forced to withdraw as they failed to present their votes within the deadline. Furthermore The Hod of Slovakia had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest.
The confirmation period for the 13th edition opened in July 2018. The contest will start most likely in Late July 2018. The following countries have expressed their provisional interest in participating in the contest: 
=== Returning artists ===
Miriam Bryant will represent the Åland Islands; she previously represented Finland in the fifth edition. Andorra will be represent by Lorena Gómez; she previously represented Spain in the third edition which she won. As well Josephine was internally selected to represent Greece for the second time. Furthermore Kristian Kostov was internally selected to represent Kazakhstan; he previously represented Bulgaria in the second- and seventh edition. Kiribati will be represent by PNAU; they previously represented Australia in the contest. Laura Pausini will represent the Italy; she previously represented the country in the eighth edition and San Marino in the sixth edition. Kosovo will represented by Dua Lipa for the second time,while R3HAB will represented Morocco for the second time. As well, KARD which previously  represented the United States, will return for North Korea again. Sigrid will represent Norway; she previously represented the country in the seventh edition, while ONE OK ROCK will represent Palau again. Poland will be represent by Gromee for a second time. Diogo Piçarra will represent Portugal for the third time. Furthermore Russia will be represented by Polina Gagarina for a second time. Also Serbia will be represent by Maya Berović for the third time. Vietnam will represented by Min for the fourth time. Finally Benji & Fede will represent Vatican City; they previously represented San Marino. 
== Results ==
=== Semi-final 1 ===
Twenty-three countries will participate in the first semi-final. Italy, South Korea and Sweden will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Azerbaijan 	Manana 	"Party Music" 	19 	72
02 	Estonia 	Syn Cole feat. kirstin 	"Got the Feeling" 	15 	117
03 	Netherlands	Ava Nova 	"Mugshot" 	20 	72
04 	Denmark 	Kongsted, Cisilia 	"Wild Child" 	17 	108
05 	Israel 	Harel Skaat 	"Im Nin'Alu" 	23 	13
06 	Portugal 	Diogo Piçarra 	"Canção do Fim" 	22 	33
07 	Andorra 	Lorena Gómez 	"Vulnerable A Ti" 	6 	186
08 	Morocco 	R3HAB feat. Ali B, Cheb Rayan & Numidia	"Dana" 	10 	142
09 	Kazakhstan 	JOWST feat. Kristian Kostov 	"Burning Bridges" 	3 	194
10 	Iceland 	Hildur 	"Water" 	8 	157
11 	Mexico 	Deorro feat. DyCy 	"Goin Up" 	21 	61
12 	Canada 	Coeur de pirate 	"Prémonition" 	7 	160
13 	Gibraltar 	Marshmello & Anne-Marie 	"Friends" 	5 	188
14 	Ireland 	Kodaline 	"Follow Your Fire" 	9 	156
15 	Greece 	Josephine 	"Magia" 	1 	233
16 	Vietnam 	Min 	"Em Mới Là Người Yêu Anh"	13 	138
17 	Albania 	Dhurata Dora feat. Flori 	"Trendafil" 	11 	139
18 	Japan 	Rina Sawayama 	"Alterlife" 	12 	138
19 	Serbia 	Maya Berović 	"Ljubomora" 	14 	130
20 	North Korea	KARD 	"Ride on the wind" 	18 	78
21 	India 	Ananya Birla 	"Hold On" 	4 	193
22 	Luxembourg 	GEZZA 	"Shoes Off" 	16 	114
23 	Poland 	Gromee feat. Jesper Jenset 	"One Last Time" 	2 	194
=== Semi-final 2 ===
Twenty-three countries will participate in the second semi-final. France, Kiribati and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final and the highlighted country in blue got a Wildcard.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Croatia 	Franka 	"Kao ti i ja" 	14 	94
02 	Singapore 	Falling Feathers 	"Why So Serious" 	22 	36
03 	San Marino 	Fabio Rovazzi 	"Faccio Quello Che Voglio" 	21 	38
04 	Vatican City 	Benji & Fede 	"Moscow Mule" 	18 	67
05 	Ukraine 	Vera Brezhneva 	"Ty moy chelovek" 	4 	156
06 	Cyprus 	Valando Tryfonos 	"Miazi Me Agapi" 	15 	90
07 	Turkey 	Emrah 	"Tell Me That You Love Me" 	6 	137
08 	United States 	Bebe Rexha 	"I'm A Mess" 	2 	244
09 	Faroe Islands 	Clara 	"Forgive Me" 	7 	130
10 	Palau 	ONE OK ROCK 	"We Are" 	17 	69
11 	Switzerland 	FreeG feat. Sibbyl 	"The Great Escape" 	20 	59
12 	Bulgaria 	Mihaela Fileva feat. Iskrata 	"Igraem za Pobeda" 	9 	117
13 	Vanuatu 	Hyphen Hyphen 	"Like Boys" 	12 	112
14 	Thailand 	Rose Quartz 	"Ra Pa Pam Pam" 	5 	140
15 	Australia 	5 Seconds Of Summer 	"Youngblood" 	8 	129
16 	Germany 	Aly Ryan 	"No Parachute" 	13 	95
17 	Åland Islands 	Miriam Bryant 	"Black Car" 	11 	115
18 	Czech Republic	Manene feat. Veronika Stýblová	"Fly Out" 	3 	168
19 	Spain 	Fangoria 	"Geometría Polisentimental"	19 	67
20 	Russia 	Polina Gagarina 	"Обезоружена" 	1 	265
21 	Kosovo 	Dua Lipa feat. Miguel 	"Lost In Your Light" 	23 	0
22 	Monaco 	Palmer 	"Syndrome" 	10 	116
23 	Norway 	Sigrid 	"Schedules" 	16 	80
=== 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 	Canada 	Coeur de pirate 	"Prémonition" 	23 	159
02 	Faroe Islands 	Clara 	"Forgive Me" 	16 	199
03 	Italy 	Laura Pausini 	"Nuevo" 	25 	154
04 	Australia 	5 Seconds Of Summer 	"Youngblood" 	17 	190
05 	Kazakhstan 	JOWST feat. Kristian Kostov 	"Burning Bridges" 	5 	276
06 	Iceland 	Hildur 	"Water" 	12 	243
07 	Sweden 	Mabel, Not3s 	"Fine Line" 	22 	162
08 	Poland 	Gromee feat. Jesper Jenset 	"One Last Time" 	13 	228
09 	Germany 	Aly Ryan 	"No Parachute" 	24 	156
10 	Morocco 	R3HAB feat. Ali B, Cheb Rayan & Numidia	"Dana" 	14 	216
11 	Bulgaria 	Mihaela Fileva feat. Iskrata 	"Igraem za Pobeda" 	18 	185
12 	Monaco 	Palmer 	"Syndrome" 	7 	272
13 	South Korea 	MAMAMOO 	"Egotistic" 	2 	378
14 	Ireland 	Kodaline 	"Follow Your Fire" 	11 	249
15 	Kiribati 	PNAU 	"Go Bang" 	19 	180
16 	Turkey 	Emrah 	"Tell Me That You Love Me"	9 	257
17 	Ukraine 	Vera Brezhneva 	"Ty moy chelovek" 	6 	275
18 	Andorra 	Lorena Gómez 	"Vulnerable A Ti" 	26 	118
19 	France 	AÖME 	"Mille Couronnes" 	8 	259
20 	Thailand 	Rose Quartz 	"Ra Pa Pam Pam" 	15 	203
21 	Greece 	Josephine 	"Magia" 	4 	298
22 	Czech Republic	Manene feat. Veronika Stýblová 	"Fly Out" 	21 	165
23 	India 	Ananya Birla 	"Hold On" 	10 	254
24 	Russia 	Polina Gagarina 	"Обезоружена" 	1 	397
25 	United States 	Bebe Rexha 	"I'm A Mess" 	3 	319
26 	Gibraltar 	Marshmello & Anne-Marie 	"Friends" 	20 	176
27 	United Kingdom	Sean Paul feat. Ellie Goulding 	"Bad Love" 	27 	64
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place	Points
28 	Albania 	11 	139
29 	Japan 	12 	138
30 	Vietnam 	13 	138
31 	Serbia 	14 	130
32 	Estonia 	15 	117
33 	Åland Islands	11 	115
34 	Luxembourg 	16 	114
35 	Vanuatu 	12 	112
36 	Denmark 	17 	108
37 	Croatia 	14 	94
38 	Cyprus 	15 	90
39 	Norway 	16 	80
40 	North Korea 	18 	78
41 	Azerbaijan 	19 	72
42 	Netherlands 	20 	72
43 	Palau 	17 	69
44 	Vatican City 	18 	67
45 	Spain 	19 	67
46 	Mexico 	21 	61
47 	Switzerland 	20 	59
48 	San Marino 	21 	38
49 	Singapore 	22 	36
50 	Portugal 	22 	33
51 	Israel 	23 	13
52 	Kosovo 	23 	0
== 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 	Greece 	117 	Greece 	116
2 	Kazakhstan 	108 	Gibraltar 	102
3 	Canada 	106 	Poland 	100
4 	India 	104 	Andorra 	99
5 	Poland 	94 	Iceland 	91
6 	Andorra 	87 	India 	89
7 	Gibraltar 	86 	Kazakhstan 	86
8 	Vietnam 	79 	Ireland 	82
9 	Ireland 	74 	Morocco 	75
10 	Albania 	72 	Japan 	74
11 	Luxembourg 	68 	Serbia 	73
12 	Morocco 	67 	Albania 	67
13 	Iceland 	66 	Estonia 	61
14 	Japan 	64 	Denmark 	59
15 	Serbia 	57 	Vietnam 	59
16 	Estonia 	56 	Canada 	54
17 	Denmark 	49 	Luxembourg 	46
18 	North Korea 	37 	Netherlands 	43
19 	Azerbaijan 	31 	Azerbaijan 	41
20 	Netherlands 	29 	North Korea 	41
21 	Mexico 	28 	Mexico 	33
22 	Portugal 	19 	Portugal 	14
23 	Israel 	10 	Israel 	3
=== 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 	Russia 	146 	United States 	130
2 	United States 	114 	Russia 	119
3 	Faroe Islands 	86 	Ukraine 	83
4 	Czech Republic 	85 	Czech Republic 	83
5 	Ukraine 	73 	Thailand 	80
6 	Turkey 	70 	Turkey 	67
7 	Australia 	68 	Monaco 	67
8 	Thailand 	60 	Bulgaria 	61
9 	Åland Islands 	60 	Australia 	61
10 	Bulgaria 	56 	Vanuatu 	57
11 	Vanuatu 	55 	Kosovo 	57
12 	Croatia 	52 	Åland Islands 	55
13 	Cyprus 	52 	Germany 	48
14 	Kosovo 	49 	Faroe Islands 	44
15 	Monaco 	49 	Croatia 	42
16 	Germany 	47 	Norway 	41
17 	Norway 	39 	San Marino 	38
18 	San Marino 	38 	Cyprus 	38
19 	Vatican City 	34 	Palau 	38
20 	Spain 	32 	Spain 	35
21 	Palau 	31 	Vatican City 	33
22 	Switzerland 	29 	Switzerland 	30
23 	Singapore 	9 	Singapore 	27
=== 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 	Russia 	205 	Russia 	192
2 	South Korea 	202 	South Korea 	176
3 	Greece 	153 	United States 	168
4 	United States 	151 	Monaco 	151
5 	France 	149 	Kazakhstan 	146
6 	Ireland 	145 	Greece 	145
7 	India 	145 	Iceland 	137
8 	Ukraine 	143 	Turkey 	132
9 	Kazakhstan 	130 	Ukraine 	132
10 	Turkey 	125 	Morocco 	127
11 	Monaco 	121 	Poland 	115
12 	Poland 	113 	Thailand 	114
13 	Iceland 	106 	France 	110
14 	Kiribati 	100 	India 	109
15 	Faroe Islands 	98 	Bulgaria 	108
16 	Czech Republic 	94 	Ireland 	104
17 	Italy 	90 	Australia 	103
18 	Morocco 	89 	Faroe Islands 	101
19 	Thailand 	89 	Gibraltar 	94
20 	Canada 	87 	Sweden 	88
21 	Australia 	87 	Germany 	88
22 	Gibraltar 	82 	Kiribati 	80
23 	Bulgaria 	77 	Canada 	72
24 	Sweden 	74 	Czech Republic 	71
25 	Germany 	68 	Italy 	64
26 	Andorra 	66 	Andorra 	52
27 	United Kingdom 	27 	United Kingdom 	37
== 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: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation. 
* Belgium: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation. 
* Finland: YLE was forced to announced its withdrawal, after the HoD failed to present their votes within the giving deadline. 
* Hong Kong: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation. 
* Hungary: MTVA was forced to announced its withdrawal, after the HoD failed to present their votes within the giving deadline. 
* Latvia: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation. 
* Lithuania: LRT did not reveal any statements about a participation so far. After the non-voting in the Pre-Qualification Round of last edition, it seems likely that Lithuania would not participate again.
* Romania: The broadcaster announced that the country will be taking a break due to the previous Head of Delegation resignation. 
* Slovakia: RTVS announced that Slovakia will make a decision about participating after the semi-final results of the twelfth edition. A participation seems very unlikely after their non-qualification in the previous edition. On 23 July 2018 the brodcaster announced their withdrawal from the contest.
* Slovenia: After initially confirming participation, on 22 July 2018, RTVSLO was forced to announced its withdrawal, after the HoD failed to present their votes within the giving deadline. 
== Notes ==
# San Marino was deducted half of the scored points as punishment of the non-voting of the HoD in the Semi-Final.
# Kosovo scored nul points as punishment of the non-voting of the HoD, Kosovo was disqualified, Their votes was replaced by a Back-up Jury in the Final.