Pancake's World Song Contest 17

Pancake's World Song Contest 17, known as PWSC 17 - seventeenth edition of Pancake's World Song Contest. It was held in after Gryffin and Tinashe won previous edition with their song "Scandalous". Naleśnik was executive supervisor, while Oddy was the host. 40 countries and 40 people participated this edition.
 (Bcrn) won the contest with the song "To Love" by Suki Waterhouse with 151 points. finished second and lost to England by a tiebreak. The top 3 was closed by .
== • Debuting countries==
In this edition 8 countries debuted. Those are: , , , , , , and .
==• Information about edition==
===Host city===
 On 6th August 2023 host announced that the 17th edition of PWSC will be held in Harare.
Harare is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. In 2012, it had over 2 milion people.
===Slogan and logo=== 
The slogan of this edition was "Catch The Feeling", while logo was a sun on orange and yellow background.
==• Automatic qualifiers==
6 countries were prequalified to final due to their HODs placing top 6 in final of last edition.
Country	Artist 	Song 	Hod
 	Miach 	SMS 	Pawkon
 	KALIKA, Yelle 	Les glaçons 	Islam
 	Issam Alnajjar, R3HAB, Manal	Waray 	Sajmonn
 	DOLLA, Hard Lights 	DAMELO 	Artem
 	María de Juan 	Qué poderío tendrá	Gab
 	Oliver Heldens, Shungudzo 	Fire In My Soul 	Oddy
==• Semi-finals results ==
===Semi-final 1 results===
The semi-final 1 results were presented on 10th September 2023. , and were voting in this semi. 9 countries advanced to final from it, and 2 advanced to wildcard round. won the semi.
Armenia's hod didn't vote, therefore this country got halved points.
RO	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
01	 	KIWI 	Paranoje 	14th 	41 	Wafel
10	 	Sinikka Monte 	Slayer 	16th 	32 	Volpyano
05	 	Galya 	Tuman 	2nd 	160 	Mandras
17	 	Nina Chuba 	Mangos mit Chili 	15th 	37 	Conor M
12	 	Yonaka 	By The Time You're Reading This	17th 	27 	Jack
03	 	Zef e Marz, Elisa, La Rappresentante di Lista	Tilt 	6th 	132 	FrosT
13	 	Mimoza 	Love For Days 	13th 	53 	Beneduck
08	 	POLKA 	MATRICA 	3rd 	148 	Samu
14	 	Misha Miller, Sasha Lopez 	Mahala 	4th 	146 	Daisy
16	 	CHÉRI, Joanna 	Torrents de Larmes 	5th 	141 	Naleśnik
15	 	Margaret 	Tańcz głupia 	7th 	120 	Temms
07	 	The Rabbeatz, Rluta 	Hasta La Vista 	8th 	116 	Ariss
11	 	Nissa Seych 	Outta Ya Mind 	9th 	99 	Native
02	 	Idman 	Look At What I'm Doing To You 	11th 	89 	Sai
04	 	Lucia & The Best Boys 	When You Dress Up 	12th 	82 	Wuwuu
06	 	Addison Rae 	I got it bad 	10th 	90 	Haiz
09	 	Maxong, Harddope, NEEKITV 	AVRORA 	1st 	160 	Molie
===Jury + tele results===
Place	Together	Together	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	160 	 	109 	 	67
2 	 	160 	 	101 	 	65
3 	 	148 	 	88 	 	60
4 	 	146 	 	6 	 	59
5 	 	141 	 	85 	 	51
6 	 	132 	 	81 	 	50
7 	 	120 	 	74 	 	46
8 	 	116 	 	73 	 	38
9 	 	99 	 	66 	 	35
10 	 	90 	 	66 	 	28
11 	 	89 	 	61 	 	26
12 	 	82 	 	56 	 	16
13 	 	53 	 	52 	 	13
14 	 	41 	 	43 	 	12
15 	 	37 	 	25 	 	10
16 	 	32 	 	19 	 	10
17 	 	27 	 	17 	 	-15
===Semi-final 2 results===
The semi-final 2 results were presented on 10th September 2023. , and were voting in this semi. 9 countries advanced to final from it, and 2 advanced to wildcard round. won the semi.
RO	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
17	 	Lola Indigo 	AN1MAL 	5th 	152 	Donica
09	 	Jax Jones, Au/Ra 	i miss u 	9th 	110 	Bamborough
12	 	Magdalena Bay 	You Lose! 	7th 	115 	Gullem
05	 	Neon Jungle 	Braveheart 	12th 	80 	Jelegor
11	 	chuala 	wake up! 	11th 	81 	Ace
15	 	De Lein 	Eclipse 	1st 	251 	Iced
10	 	Jackson Wang 	Come Alive 	13th 	64 	OlaGa
04	 	Suki Waterhouse 	To Love 	2nd 	206 	Bcrn
06	 	Kesha 	Only Love Can Save Us Now 	4th 	156 	Jakobs
16	 	HANABIE 	Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now 	17th 	24 	Ttari
08	 	Gabrielė Vilkickytė 	Patalai 	15th 	41 	Domas
03	 	Chlöe 	Treat Me 	14th 	50 	Magnus
01	 	LE SSERAFIM 	Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s wife	6th 	138 	Blink
07	 	EVERGLOW 	SLAY 	8th 	114 	Teo
13	 	Charli XCX 	Speed Drive 	3rd 	157 	Eloas
14	 	Agus Padilla, Migrantes, LAUTA	Sin Ti 	16th 	36 	Nathan
02	 	Annalisa 	Bellissima 	10th 	99 	Compa
===Jury + tele results===
Place	Together	Together	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	251 	 	143 	 	112
2 	 	206 	 	139 	 	81
3 	 	157 	 	97 	 	80
4 	 	156 	 	97 	 	72
5 	 	152 	 	80 	 	63
6 	 	138 	 	77 	 	59
7 	 	115 	 	74 	 	47
8 	 	114 	 	67 	 	41
9 	 	110 	 	66 	 	33
10 	 	99 	 	57 	 	31
11 	 	81 	 	52 	 	28
12 	 	80 	 	50 	 	28
13 	 	64 	 	42 	 	13
14 	 	50 	 	36 	 	11
15 	 	41 	 	34 	 	8
16 	 	36 	 	25 	 	7
17 	 	24 	 	24 	 	0
===Wildcard round results===
4 countries competed in wildcard round. Only countries that weren't in it could vote. The top 2 got wildcard and qualified to final. 
Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
 	chuala 	wake up! 	4th 	14 	Ace
 	Idman 	Look At What I'm Doing To You	1st 	23 	Sai
 	Addison Rae	I got it bad 	2nd 	20 	Haiz
 	Annalisa 	Bellissima 	3rd 	15 	Compa
==• Final results==
===General results===
26 countries competed in grand final. The results were presented on 22nd September 2023. , and reached the top 3, while , and placed in bottom 3.
North Korea's hod didn't vote, therefore this country got halved points.
RO	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	Hod
25	 	Lola Indigo 	AN1MAL 	20th 	56 	Donica
04	 	Jax Jones, Au/Ra 	i miss u 	25th 	26 	Bamborough
01	 	Magdalena Bay 	You Lose! 	12th 	84 	Gullem
14	 	Galya 	Tuman 	2nd 	151 	Mandras
22	 	De Lein 	Eclipse 	3rd 	150 	Iced
18	 	Miach 	SMS 	8th 	103 	Pawkon
06	 	Suki Waterhouse 	To Love 	1st 	151 	Bcrn
20	 	KALIKA, Yelle 	Les glaçons 	24th 	29 	Islam
24	 	Kesha 	Only Love Can Save Us Now 	7th 	104 	
Jakobs
07	 	Zef e Marz, Elisa, La Rappresentante di Lista	Tilt 	9th 	101 	FrosT
08	 	Issam Alnajjar, R3HAB, Manal 	Waray 	26th 	12 	Sajmonn
10	 	POLKA 	MATRICA 	5th 	108 	Samu
02	 	DOLLA, Hard Lights 	DAMELO 	10th 	95 	Artem
19	 	Misha Miller, Sasha Lopez 	Mahala 	6th 	105 	Daisy
12	 	CHÉRI, Joanna 	Torrents de Larmes 	4th 	117 	Naleśnik
23	 	LE SSERAFIM 	Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s wife	22nd 	35 	Blink
03	 	Margaret 	Tańcz głupia 	11th 	87 	Temms
09	 	The Rabbeatz, Rluta 	Hasta La Vista 	16th 	65 	Ariss
16	 	Nissa Seych 	Outta Ya Mind 	17th 	60 	Native
21	 	Idman 	Look At What I'm Doing To You 	23rd 	32 	Sai
17	 	EVERGLOW 	SLAY 	19th 	58 	Teo
11	 	María de Juan 	Qué poderío tendrá 	13th 	74 	Gab
13	 	Charli XCX 	Speed Drive 	15th 	70 	Eloas
05	 	Addison Rae 	I got it bad 	18th 	58 	Haiz
26	 	Maxong, Harddope, NEEKITV 	AVRORA 	14th 	73 	Molie
15	 	Oliver Heldens, Shungudzo 	Fire In My Soul 	21st 	52 	Oddy
===Jury + tele results===
Place	Together	Together	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	151 	 	112 	 	61
2 	 	151 	 	109 	 	44
3 	 	150 	 	98 	 	41
4 	 	117 	 	90 	 	39
5 	 	108 	 	85 	 	37
6 	 	105 	 	81 	 	36
7 	 	104 	 	79 	 	32
8 	 	103 	 	76 	 	31
9 	 	101 	 	64 	 	29
10 	 	95 	 	64 	 	29
11 	 	87 	 	61 	 	28
12 	 	84 	 	60 	 	28
13 	 	74 	 	59 	 	27
14 	 	73 	 	51 	 	23
15 	 	70 	 	46 	 	22
16 	 	65 	 	43 	 	20
17 	 	60 	 	42 	 	19
18 	 	58 	 	40 	 	19
19 	 	58 	 	38 	 	14
20 	 	56 	 	38 	 	13
21 	 	52 	 	27 	 	12
22 	 	35 	 	26 	 	9
23 	 	32 	 	24 	 	9
24 	 	29 	 	20 	 	7
25 	 	26 	 	12 	 	6
26 	 	12 	 	5 	 	-29