Canticum Certamine 01

Canticum Certamine 1, often referred as CC 1, was the debut edition of Canticum Certamine. The edition was held in Helsinki, Finland as it won the hosting bid. Yleisradio Rundradion (YLE) chose the Hartwall Arena located in the capital city of the country. Chisu, Lxandra and Vesala were selected as the presenters of the event.
Forty-four countries participated in the first edition, all of them being debutants as it was the first edition. In order to participate, the countries had to be firstly approved to be members of the Certamine Broadcasting Union.
The winner of the edition was Israel with the song "React" performed by The Pussycat Dolls, which scored 501 points, seventy-four points over the runner-up, Croatia. The other 4 countries in the Top 6 were, United States, France, Norway and Australia. None of the original Big 6 members of this edition were able to pre-qualify again, the closest one was Greece, coming in 9th place.
==Location==
Helsinki is the capital and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of 650,058. The city's urban area has a population of 1,268,296, making it by far the most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 km (250 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 km (190 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has close historical ties with these three cities.
Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen, and surrounding commuter towns, Helsinki forms the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which has a population of nearly 1.5 million. Often considered to be Finland's only metropolis, it is the world's northernmost metro area with over one million people as well as the northernmost capital of an EU member state. After Stockholm and Oslo, Helsinki is the third largest municipality in the Nordic countries. Swedish and Finnish are both official languages. The city is served by the international Helsinki Airport, located in the neighboring city of Vantaa, with frequent service to many destinations in Europe and Asia.
Helsinki was the World Design Capital for 2012, the venue for the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the host of the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest in 2007
==Participating Countries==
Forty-four countries participated in the first edition of the contest, all counties were debuting. The submissions for the first edition opened on 14 February 2020. Every country should chose their broadcaster for the contest. The contest started on 17 February 2020.
==Results==
===Semi-final 1===
Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Belarus, Belgium and Finland also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Sevinch Mo'minova 	"Xayolimdasan" 	8 	162
02 	 	Tate McRae 	"Stupid" 	10 	133
03 	 	Anna Veé 	"Dream Catchers" 	9 	136
04 	 	So Below 	"Close" 	2 	208
05 	 	Miss Montreal 	"Ean Stap Terug" 	19 	38
06 	 	Flora Cash 	"You're Somebody Else"	15 	96
07 	 	Gabrielė Vilkickytė, Chris Metri	"Pabūk" 	5 	175
08 	 	CHINCHILLA 	"Elements" 	3 	203
09 	 	La Lana 	"So Messed Up" 	1 	229
10 	 	Between Mountains 	"Into The Dark" 	11 	129
11 	 	Matt Taylor 	"Cut You Off" 	4 	184
12 	 	KSHMR 	"My Best Life" 	14 	111
13 	 	Kings 	"Colour" 	6 	174
14 	 	Robin Schulz ft. Alida 	"In Your Eyes" 	13 	117
15 	 	Lola Blanc 	"Don't Say You Do" 	12 	128
16 	 	Olya Polyakova 	"Nochnaja Zhrica" 	18 	63
17 	 	NEEV 	"Lie You Love It" 	16 	67
18 	 	Clara Luciani 	"Ma Soeur" 	7 	169
19 	 	Jovana Nikolić 	"Pazi Se" 	17 	66
===Semi-final 2===
Nineteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Greece, Latvia and South Korea also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	Tove Lo 	"Are U gonna tell her?"	5 	158
02 	 	Elena feat. Absolute 	"Lalla" 	8 	137
03 	 	Ana Whiterose 	"Something To Tell You"	15 	104
04 	 	George Maple 	"Kryptonite" 	4 	161
05 	 	Emilie Adams 	"Essence Of Us" 	3 	184
06 	 	The Pussycat Dolls 	"React" 	1 	255
07 	 	Mari Kraymbreri 	"Na Kabluchkah" 	10 	127
08 	 	Alesso feat. TINI 	"Sad Song" 	18 	39
09 	 	Aleksandra Prijović 	"Neponovjivo" 	19 	28
10 	 	Belau feat. Sophie Bake	"Essence" 	13 	108
11 	 	R. Armando Morabito 	"Sea Of Atlas" 	16 	99
12 	 	Liis Lemsalu 	"Tähed Me Jalge All" 	12 	114
13 	 	Aly & AJ 	"Attack Of Panic" 	2 	195
14 	 	MYRKUR 	"Ulvinde" 	6 	146
15 	 	Feli 	"Cand Rasare Soarele" 	9 	132
16 	 	The Dumplings 	"Przykro Mi" 	14 	108
17 	 	Anna Palmu 	"Forbidden Fruit" 	17 	85
18 	 	Konea Ra 	"Supercharger" 	7 	141
19 	 	Mila Robert 	"Tire Of Drinking" 	11 	124
===Final===
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	CHINCHILLA 	"Elements" 	15 	184
02 	 	Crystallia 	"Me Gusta" 	10 	251
03 	 	Clara Luciani 	"Ma Soeur" 	4 	318
04 	 	Feli 	"Cand Rasare Soarele" 	9 	267
05 	 	Raiden 	"The Only" 	22 	108
06 	 	GRLS 	"Viruljiu" 	25 	58
07 	 	Tate McRae 	"Stupid" 	13 	199
08 	 	So Below 	"Close" 	8 	269
09 	 	Regi & OT 	"You Have A Heart" 	26 	51
10 	 	Sevnich Mo'minova 	"Xayolmdasan" 	7 	270
11 	 	La Lana 	"So Messed Up" 	2 	427
12 	 	Tove Lo 	"Are U gonna tell her?"	14 	192
13 	 	Elena feat. Absolute 	"Lalla" 	16 	176
14 	 	The Pussycat Dolls 	"React" 	1 	501
15 	 	Emilie Adams 	"Essence Of Us" 	5 	311
16 	 	Ashnikko 	"Manners" 	11 	232
17 	 	Anna Veé 	"Dream Catchers" 	19 	168
18 	 	George Maple 	"Kryptonite" 	6 	308
19 	 	Mari Kraymbreri 	"Na Kabluchkah" 	21 	142
20 	 	Matt Taylor 	"Cut You Off" 	18 	173
21 	 	Konea Ra 	"Supercharger" 	23 	86
22 	 	Aly & AJ 	"Attack Of Panic" 	3 	355
23 	 	MYRKUR 	"Ulvinde" 	12 	210
24 	 	vivenxo 	"TTYN" 	24 	58
25 	 	Gabrielė Vilkickytė, Chris Metri	"Pabūk" 	17 	175
26 	 	Kings 	"Colour" 	20 	150