Country Contest 16

The Country Contest 16 will be the sixteenth edition of the contest. Once again, the CCU invited no guest countries, due to the announcement of the World Country Contest. 
== Location ==
On 23 April 2018, VR confirmed that Vatican City would not host the 16th Country Contest due to no suitable venue in the country. As a result, the CCU passed on the possibility to host the contest to the runner-up broadcaster, San Marino's SMRTV. It was reported by Sanmarinese media that the contest could be held in the San Marino Stadium, which can hold over 6,000 people. However, the CCU stated that the number one rule regarding hosting is that the contest "must be in an indoor arena." Following the CCU's statement, SMRTV stated that they could not afford to build a roof over the arena and therefore declined the right to host. The CCU then passed this right to the #8 host, Portugal's RTP. One week later, RTP stated that "as the televoting winner, that they were honoured to have the right to host the competition after 8 editions." It was then confirmed that Portugal would take the challenge of hosting the contest for the second time, following the footsteps of France and last edition hosts Italy.
RTP chose Descubra o mundo (Discover the world) as the slogan for the contest, a play/twist on the past two slogans (Discover/the world). RTP also announced that VR would co-host the contest, incorporating Vatican elements to the show.
== Format ==
=== Semi-final allocation draw ===
RTP announced that "such-called voting blocs were a thing of the past, and that as a result, the semi-finals would return to being randomized." The CCU stated that they respected RTP's wishes, but that a "permanent decision would be decided by the Steering Group at a later date".
=== Decrease in participating countries ===
Contrary to the past 2 editions, which saw 42 countries participating, this contest saw 3 countries withdraw, with it marking the first since the 11th to have less than 40 countries participating.
== Semi-final 1 ==
TBA, TBA and TBA also voted here. The top eight overall countries qualified to the Grand Final. The ninth and tenth qualifiers were respectively determined by the highest placed televote and jury qualifier which did not place in the top 8 overall.
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	97 	 	102
2 	 	93 	 	95
3 	 	86 	 	84
4 	 	86 	 	80
5 	 	84 	 	79
6 	 	80 	 	77
7 	 	77 	 	72
8 	 	73 	 	68
9 	 	72 	 	67
10 	 	71 	 	65
11 	 	70 	 	63
12 	 	64 	 	61
13 	 	64 	 	60
14 	 	61 	 	58
15 	 	46 	 	50
16 	 	24 	 	44
17 	 	13 	 	36
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	15 	109
02 	 	17 	57
03 	 	5 	153
04 	 	16 	74
05 	 	6 	152
06 	 	2 	188
07 	 	14 	116
08 	 	13 	124
09 	 	10 	135
10 	 	8 	148
11 	 	3 	168
12 	 	9 	142
13 	 	12 	125
14 	 	6 	152
15 	 	11 	126
16 	 	4 	154
17 	 	1 	199
== Semi-final 2 ==
TBA, TBA and TBA also voted here. The top eight overall countries qualified to the Grand Final. The ninth and tenth qualifiers were respectively determined by the highest placed televote and jury qualifier which did not place in the top 8 overall.
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	95 	 	107
2 	 	92 	 	85
3 	 	87 	 	82
4 	 	86 	 	79
5 	 	82 	 	78
6 	 	79 	 	78
7 	 	78 	 	77
8 	 	73 	 	74
9 	 	73 	 	71
10 	 	72 	 	71
11 	 	68 	 	68
12 	 	68 	 	66
13 	 	66 	 	61
14 	 	58 	 	60
15 	 	57 	 	56
16 	 	26 	 	46
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	1 	202
02 	 	6 	157
03 	 	8 	146
04 	 	15 	119
05 	 	13 	126
06 	 	9 	145
07 	 	14 	123
08 	 	12 	132
09 	 	3 	167
10 	 	10 	142
11 	 	11 	134
12 	 	16 	87
13 	 	7 	150
14 	 	4 	161
15 	 	5 	158
16 	 	2 	170
== Final ==
The 20 qualifiers from the semi-finals, as well as the top 6 of previous edition took part; all participating countries in the edition voted.
Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results	Split jury/televote results
Place 	Televoting 	Points 	Jury 	Points
1 	 	147 	 	152
2 	 	121 	 	124
3 	 	119 	 	114
4 	 	112 	 	112
5 	 	109 	 	107
6 	 	107 	 	105
7 	 	107 	 	102
8 	 	105 	 	102
9 	 	102 	 	100
10 	 	97 	 	100
11 	 	95 	 	100
12 	 	95 	 	97
13 	 	93 	 	97
14 	 	90 	 	95
15 	 	88 	 	95
16 	 	86 	 	93
17 	 	86 	 	93
18 	 	81 	 	90
19 	 	81 	 	88
20 	 	76 	 	88
21 	 	74 	 	83
22 	 	71 	 	78
23 	 	71 	 	67
24 	 	69 	 	43
25 	 	52 	 	31
26 	 	40 	 	26
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	25 	83
02 	 	15 	181
03 	 	21 	159
04 	 	15 	181
05 	 	3 	221
06 	 	8 	204
07 	 	2 	243
08 	 	15 	181
09 	 	9 	202
10 	 	18 	178
11 	 	19 	176
12 	 	22 	157
13 	 	5 	207
14 	 	24 	114
15 	 	23 	143
16 	 	20 	173
17 	 	1 	299
18 	 	4 	214
19 	 	12 	192
20 	 	13 	188
21 	 	14 	187
22 	 	5 	207
23 	 	10 	200
24 	 	11 	193
25 	 	5 	207
26 	 	26 	66
== Other countries ==
=== Active CCU members ===
=== Eligible non-participants ===