GreatVision Song Contest 1

GreatVision Song Contest 1, often referred to as GVSC 1 will be the first edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in the United States. ABC chose the Staples Center in Los Angeles to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson were selected as the presenters. Scarlett Johansson will host the Green Room.
Winner after a big and exciting show was TAYANNA from Ukraine with her the song "I Love You", she reached 349 Points. At the 2nd Place was Singapore represent by The Sam Willows with their song "Take Heart" , they reached 307 Points and on 3rd Place was Greece represent by Demy with her song "Η Αλήθεια Μοιάζει Ψέμα", she reached 299 Points. All countries made the best result in the competion, while Australia, Poland and the United States completed the top six of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Nine time zones are covered. The geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse.
At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2) and with over 324 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area, third-largest by land area, and the third-most populous. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, and is home to the world's largest immigrant population. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city is New York City; nine other major metropolitan areas—each with at least 4.5 million inhabitants and the largest having more than 13 million people—are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, and San Francisco.
Paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies following the Seven Years' War led to the American Revolution, which began in 1775. On July 4, 1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the colonies unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence. The war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, adopted in 1781, were felt to have provided inadequate federal powers. The first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties.
=== Host City ===
: For further information see Los Angeles
Los Angeles is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in California. Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10,000 feet (3,000 m), Los Angeles covers an area of about 469 square miles (1,210 km2). The city is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country. Los Angeles is the center of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and is part of the larger designated Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area (CSA), the second most populous in the nation with a 2015 estimated population of 18.7 million.
Historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was officially founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood. The discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, later assured the city's continued rapid growth.
=== Venue ===
: For further information see Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
It is owned and operated by the L.A. Arena Company and Anschutz Entertainment Group. The arena is home to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League (AFL) and the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA D-League were also tenants; the Avengers were folded in 2009, and the D-Fenders moved to the Lakers' practice facility at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California for the 2011–12 season.Staples Center is also host to over 250 events and nearly 4 million guests each year. It is the only arena in the NBA shared by two teams, as well as one of only two North American professional sports venues to host two teams from the same league; MetLife Stadium, the home of the National Football League's New York Giants and New York Jets, is the other. The Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park will host both the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams beginning in 2019.
=== Bidding phase ===
One day after their announcement of hosting the contest, ABC announced that there will be a Bidding phase in this edition. But the GBU has set some Rules for the Venue. Those were the following:
* The Green Room should be located in the arena or as near it as possible, with a capacity of 300.
* An additional room at least 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) in area, to house 2 catering stands, a viewing room, make-up rooms, wardrobe, and booths for approximately 50 commentators.
* Separate offices to house the press centre, open between end of August 2016 and mid/end September 2016, at least (43,000 sq ft) in area, with a capacity of at least 1,500 journalists.
Key
 Host venue
City 	Venue 	Capacity
Los Angeles 	Staples Center 	20,000
New York City	Barclays Center 	19,000
Pittsburgh 	Consol Energy Center	19,758
Wichita 	Intrust Bank Arena 	15,750
== Format ==
The GBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be 2 Semi-finals with (18 countries in each). 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 5 or 6) without a second chance round.
=== 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. Televoting votes from all countries are pooled. After viewers have cast their votes, the results of each professional jury are presented. After the results of the professional juries are presented, the televoting points from all participating countries are combined, providing one score for each song. The results of countries finishing between 11th and 26th in the public vote are automatically added to the scoreboard, with only the results of the top ten countries being announced by the hosts. 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 that determined the semi-final allocation will be held on the 21st May 2017 at the headquarters of Los Angeles. The pre-qualified countries:
* Czech Republic
* Greece
* Italy
* South Korea
* United Kingdom
* United States
will first drawn to determine in which semi-Final each country would vote. After that the remaning thirty-six countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country will 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
* Albania
* Bulgaria
* Moldova
* Romania
* Serbia
* Turkey	
* Canada
* Denmark
* Finland
* Iceland
* Norway
* Sweden	
* Belgium
* France
* Germany
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* Estonia
* Latvia
* Poland
* Russia
* Slovakia
* Ukraine	
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Malta
* San Marino
* Spain
* Vatican City	
* Australia
* China
* Japan
* New Zealand
* Singapore
* Vietnam
=== Running order ===
The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by ABC at the 24th May 2017, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running order for Grand Final will official announced in 13 June 2017, on day before the Grand Final will start.
== Participating countries ==
Fourty-two countries have confirmed their participation in the contest. The submissions for the first edition opened on 7 May 2017. Every country should choose their broadcaster for the contest. The contest started in June. As the rules say, if the country will select internally their entry, they should announced the artist at least one week before they reveal the song.
== Results ==
=== Semi Final 1 ===
Eighteen countries will participate in the first semi-final.  Greece,  South Korea and  United States will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Finland 	Amaranthe 	"Boomerang" 	13 	139
02 	Romania 	Lariss 	"Droppin Da Bomb" 	2 	206
03 	Slovakia 	Celeste Buckingham 	"My Last Song" 	6 	181
04 	Albania 	Genta Ismajli 	"Kishe" 	16 	86
05 	Netherlands 	Yellow Claw feat. Yade Lauren	"Love & War" 	1 	232
06 	Liechtenstein	Cellar Darling 	"Challenge" 	17 	62
07 	Spain 	Natalia feat. DKB 	"Un Poco De Mí" 	11 	141
08 	Malta 	Ira Losoco 	"We Are The Soliders"	14 	130
09 	China 	GOT7 	"Never Ever" 	8 	146
10 	San Marino 	Emma 	"Occhi Profondi" 	15 	115
11 	New Zealand 	Ladyhawke 	"Wild Things" 	4 	189
12 	Iceland 	Pórdis Birna & Gummi Snorri 	"Ready to Break Free"	10 	145
13 	Estonia 	Ariadne 	"Feel Me Now" 	12 	140
14 	Denmark 	Adam Daniel 	"Tænder På Dig" 	9 	146
15 	Ukraine 	TAYANNA 	"I Love You" 	3 	193
16 	Serbia 	Milica Pavlović 	"La Fiesta" 	18 	59
17 	Vatican City 	Lodovica Comello 	"Non cadiamo mai" 	5 	187
18 	France 	Louane 	"Nos Secrets" 	7 	178
=== Semi Final 2 ===
Eighteen countries will participate in the second semi-final. Czech Republic, Italy and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Russia 	SEREBRO 	"Slomana" 	7 	157
02 	Moldova 	Nicoleta Nuca 	"Amintiri" 	10 	134
03 	Algeria 	BOEF 	"Habiba" 	18 	13
04 	Andorra 	Mirela 	"Contigo" 	12 	117
05 	Singapore 	The Sam Willows 	"Take Heart" 	2 	239
06 	Turkey 	Sinan Ceceli feat. Ece Seçkin	"O La La" 	15 	98
07 	Latvia 	Laura Lo & Chis Oak 	"Little Weird" 	9 	148
08 	Luxembourg	Amir 	"On dirait" 	14 	108
09 	Bulgaria 	Zhana Bergendorff 	"Dokrai" 	3 	202
10 	Norway 	Lemaitre ft. Mark Johns 	"Stepping Stone" 	13 	104
11 	Australia 	Samatha Jade & Cyrus 	"Hurt Anymore" 	1 	271
12 	Japan 	GARNiDELiA 	"Yakusoku" 	17 	82
13 	Sweden 	Amanda Winberg  	"Clouds" 	4 	193
14 	Germany 	Jennifer Rostock 	"Hengstin" 	8 	151
15 	Canada 	Hedley 	"Lost In Translation"	16 	97
16 	Vietnam 	Đông Nhi 	"Xin Anh Đừng" 	5 	160
17 	Belgium 	Henri PFR 	"Flames" 	11 	119
18 	Poland 	C-Bool feat. Giang Pham 	"Magic Symphony" 	6 	159
=== 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 	Italy 	Alessio Bernabei 	"Noi Siamo Infinito" 	7 	233
02 	France 	Louane 	"Nos Secrets" 	10 	192
03 	Ukraine 	TAYANNA 	"I Love You" 	1 	349
04 	Iceland 	Pórdis Birna & Gummi Snorri 	"Ready to Break Free" 	23 	124
05 	Australia 	Samatha Jade & Cyrus 	"Hurt Anymore" 	4 	274
06 	Vatican City 	Lodovica Comello 	"Non cadiamo mai" 	18 	157
07 	United Kingdom	Jax Jones feat. RAYE 	"You Don't Know Me" 	21 	139
08 	Russia 	SEREBRO 	"Slomana" 	13 	178
09 	China 	GOT7 	"Never Ever" 	19 	145
10 	Vietnam 	Đông Nhi 	"Xin Anh Đừng" 	11 	188
11 	Poland 	C-Bool feat. Giang Pham 	"Magic Symphony" 	5 	241
12 	Singapore 	The Sam Willows 	"Take Heart" 	2 	307
13 	Greece 	Demy 	"Η Αλήθεια Μοιάζει Ψέμα"	3 	299
14 	Germany 	Jennifer Rostock 	"Hengstin" 	12 	180
15 	United States 	Bonnie McKee 	"Easy" 	6 	234
16 	South Korea 	WINNER 	"Really Really" 	16 	164
17 	Netherlands 	Yellow Claw feat. Yade Lauren 	"Love & War" 	14 	171
18 	Bulgaria 	Zhana Bergendorff 	"Dokrai" 	8 	216
19 	Romania 	Lariss 	"Droppin Da Bomb" 	17 	161
20 	Moldova 	Nicoleta Nuca 	"Amintiri" 	22 	135
21 	Czech Republic	Annet Charitonová feat. Ben Cristovao	"TAKTOMABYT" 	25 	91
22 	Sweden 	Amanda Winberg  	"Clouds" 	9 	206
23 	Slovakia 	Celeste Buckingham 	"My Last Song" 	15 	171
24 	Latvia 	Laura Lo & Chis Oak 	"Little Weird" 	26 	80
25 	New Zealand 	Ladyhawke 	"Wild Things" 	20 	144
26 	Denmark 	Adam Daniel 	"Tænder På Dig" 	24 	93
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place	Points
27 	Spain 	11 	141
28 	Estonia 	12 	140
29 	Finland 	13 	139
30 	Malta 	14 	130
31 	Belgium 	11 	119
32 	Andorra 	12 	117
33 	San Marino 	15 	115
34 	Luxembourg 	13 	108
35 	Norway 	14 	104
36 	Turkey 	15 	98
37 	Canada 	16 	97
38 	Albania 	16 	56
39 	Japan 	17 	82
40 	Liechtenstein	17 	62
41 	Serbia 	18 	59
42 	Algeria 	18 	13
== Voting grids ==
=== Semi-Final 1 ===
Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Netherlands 	113 	Netherlands 	119
2 	Romania 	107 	New Zealand 	101
3 	Ukraine 	105 	Romania 	99
4 	France 	100 	Slovakia 	96
5 	Vatican City 	94 	Vatican City 	93
6 	New Zealand 	88 	Ukraine 	88
7 	Slovakia 	85 	China 	81
8 	Denmark 	71 	Iceland 	78
9 	Finland 	70 	France 	78
10 	Malta 	69 	Estonia 	76
11 	Spain 	69 	Denmark 	75
12 	Iceland 	67 	Spain 	72
13 	China 	65 	Finland 	69
14 	Estonia 	64 	Malta 	63
15 	San Marino 	62 	San Marino 	45
16 	Albania 	45 	Albania 	39
17 	Liechtenstein 	32 	Liechtenstein 	31
18 	Serbia 	28 	Serbia 	31
==== 12 points ====
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the first Semi-final.
Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.
Jury
No. 	Contestant 	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4 	Ukraine 	France, New Zealand, Romania, Turkey
3 	Netherlands 	Belgium, Denmark, Greece
2 	France 	China, Serbia
Malta 	Iceland, Liechtenstein	
New Zealand 	Spain, United States 	
San Marino 	Estonia, Spain 	
1 	China 	South Korea
Denmark 	The Netherlands 	
Finland 	Vatican City 	
Iceland 	Ukraine 	
Liechtenstein	San Marino 	
Romania 	Slovakia 	
Spain 	Albania 	
Vatican City 	Finland 	
 Televoting
No. 	Contestant 	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4 	Netherlands 	Denmark, Greece, Romania, Spain
3 	Ukraine 	Estonia, France, Slovakia
2 	France 	China, Serbia
Iceland 	Finland, Ukraine 	
Malta 	Liechtenstein, Iceland	
Romania 	Malta, Belgium 	
1 	China 	United States
Denmark 	The Netherlands 	
Finland 	Vatican City 	
Liechtenstein	San Marino 	
New Zealand 	Turkey 	
Slovakia 	South Korea 	
Spain 	Albania 	
Vatican City 	New Zealand 	
=== Semi-Final 2 ===
Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Australia 	123 	Australia 	148
2 	Singapore 	120 	Singapore 	119
3 	Bulgaria 	102 	Bulgaria 	100
4 	Sweden 	97 	Sweden 	96
5 	Poland 	92 	Russia 	94
6 	Vietnam 	88 	Vietnam 	72
7 	Germany 	85 	Latvia 	70
8 	Latvia 	78 	Moldova 	69
9 	Moldova 	65 	Poland 	67
10 	Belgium 	65 	Germany 	66
11 	Russia 	63 	Norway 	61
12 	Andorra 	60 	Andorra 	57
13 	Luxembourg 	56 	Canada 	56
14 	Turkey 	45 	Belgium 	54
15 	Norway 	43 	Turkey 	53
16 	Japan 	41 	Luxembourg 	52
17 	Canada 	41 	Japan 	41
18 	Algeria 	12 	Algeria 	1
==== 12 points ====
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the second Semi-final.
Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.
Jury
No. 	Contestant 	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 	Australia 	Andorra, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan
3 	Poland 	Algeria, Russia, United Kingdom
2 	Germany 	Australia, Moldova
Russia 	Poland, Turkey 	
Singapore	Czech Republic ,Latvia	
Vietnam 	Bulgaria, Singapore 	
1 	Andorra 	Sweden
Belgium 	Vietnam 	
Bulgaria 	Norway 	
Japan 	United States 	
Latvia 	Luxembourg 	
Sweden 	Belgium 	
 Televoting
No. 	Contestant 	Nation(s) giving 12 points
5 	Australia 	Andorra, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Turkey
3 	Sweden 	Australia, Russia, Vietnam
2 	Bulgaria 	Norway, United States
Norway 	Luxembourg, Sweden 	
Poland 	Latvia, United Kingdom	
Singapore 	Czech Repulic, Japan 	
Vietnam 	Belgium, Singapore 	
1 	Latvia 	Bulgaria
Luxembourg	Algeria 	
Moldova 	Canada 	
Russia 	Germany 	
=== Final ===
Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results	Finalsplit jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Ukraine 	174 	Ukraine 	175
2 	Singapore 	159 	Greece 	152
3 	Australia 	149 	Singapore 	148
4 	Greece 	147 	United States 	126
5 	Italy 	132 	Australia 	125
6 	Poland 	119 	Poland 	122
7 	Bulgaria 	110 	Bulgaria 	106
8 	Sweden 	108 	Italy 	101
9 	United States 	108 	Vietnam 	101
10 	France 	97 	South Korea 	99
11 	Germany 	95 	Sweden 	98
12 	Russia 	89 	France 	95
13 	Vietnam 	87 	Romania 	91
14 	Vatican City 	86 	Netherlands 	90
15 	Slovakia 	86 	Russia 	89
16 	Iceland 	83 	Germany 	85
17 	Netherlands 	81 	Slovakia 	85
18 	Moldova 	72 	United Kingdom 	83
19 	New Zealand 	72 	China 	74
20 	China 	71 	New Zealand 	72
21 	Romania 	70 	Vatican City 	71
22 	South Korea 	65 	Moldova 	63
23 	United Kingdom 	56 	Denmark 	58
24 	Latvia 	46 	Czech Republic 	52
25 	Czech Republic 	39 	Iceland 	41
26 	Denmark 	35 	Latvia 	34
==== 12 points ====
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the final.
Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.
Jury
No. 	Contestant 	Nation(s) giving 12 points
6 	Ukraine 	Bulgaria, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia
4 	Greece 	Andorra, Australia, Estonia, Spain
Sweden 	Belgium, Finland, New Zealand, Vietnam	
3 	Australia 	Canada, Japan, The Netherlands
France 	Albania, Algeria, China 	
2 	Bulgaria 	Malta, Moldova
China 	South Korea, Untied Kingdom 	
Iceland 	Luxembourg, Ukraine 	
Poland 	Latvia, Liechtenstein 	
Russia 	Serbia, Turkey 	
United States 	Denmark, Iceland 	
Vietnam 	Romania, Singapore 	
1 	Czech Republic 	Slovakia
Italy 	Vatican City 	
New Zealand 	United States 	
Singapore 	Czech Republic 	
South Korea 	Italy 	
Netherlands 	Greece 	
United Kingdom	Sweden 	
Vatican City 	San Marino 	
 Televoting
No. 	Contestant 	Nation(s) giving 12 points
8 	Ukraine 	Australia, Bulgaria, France, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia
3 	Slovakia 	Czech Repulic, Malta, Vietnam
South Korea 	China, Italy, United States	
2 	Australia 	Andorra, The Netherlands
Greece 	Estonia, South Korea 	
Italy 	Turkey, Vatcian City 	
Poland 	Romania, Ukraine 	
Singapore 	Liechtenstein, Spain 	
United Kingdom	Algeria, Finland 	
Vietnam 	Japan, Singapore 	
1 	Bulgaria 	Luxembourg
China 	United Kingdom 	
Denmark 	Sweden 	
France 	Albania 	
Germany 	Moldova 	
Romania 	Belgium 	
Russia 	Serbia 	
Sweden 	Russia 	
Netherlands 	Greece 	
United States 	Denmark 	
Vatican City 	San Marino 	
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