Morocco in the GreatVision Song Contest 11

Morocco will participate in the GreatVision Song Contest 11. The entry was selected in the national final Sawt Almaghrib 02 on 5 May 2018, where all five entries were performed by R3HAB who was internally selected by the Moroccan broadcaster SNRT to perform the nation's entry at the eleventh edition in Sydney, Australia.
== Before GreatVision ==
Morocco has confirmed to participate in the GreatVision Song Contest 11 in Sydney. Following their confirmation, SNRT also announced that their entry will be selected through the national final Sawt Almaghrib (The Voice of Morocco).
===Internal selection===
SNRT announced that they have internally selected Dutch-Moroccan DJ R3HAB to represent Morocco in the GreatVision Song Contest 11.
===Sawt Almaghrib ===
Sawt Almaghrib 02 was the second edition of Sawt Almaghrib, the music competition that selects Morocco's entries for the GreatVision Song Contest. Hosted by Samira Said, the competition featured five songs. The voting process for the final was also revamped with the introduction of new regional juries. There were six regional juries capable of awarding a total of 200 points. Each jury awarded 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4 points to their top 5 songs. "Ain't That Why", performed by R3HAB & Krewella, was declared the winner, by getting the most points out of all regional jury voting and televoting.
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Songwriter(s) 	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1 	R3HAB x Trevor Guthrie	"SoundWave" 	Trevor Guthrie 	26 	5 	31 	5
2 	R3HAB & Krewella 	"Ain't That Why"	Krewella 	54 	102 	156 	1
3 	R3HAB x Conor Maynard 	"Hold On Tight" 	R3HAB, Conor Maynard 	46 	7 	54 	3
4 	R3HAB & KSHMR 	"Islands" 	Mateusz Dziewulski, Rachel Elizabeth Smith, Ferruccio Tebaldi, R3HAB, KSHMR	32 	8 	40 	4
5 	R3HAB x Mike Williams 	"Lullaby" 	Mike Williams, R3HAB 	46 	24 	70 	2
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Draw 	Song 	Casablanca 	Rabat 	Agadir 	Marrakesh 	Oujda 	Total 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	"SoundWave" 	4 	4 	8 	6 	4 	26 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	"Ain't That Why" 	12 	8 	12 	12 	10 	54 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	"Hold On Tight" 	8 	12 	10 	8 	8 	46 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	"Islands" 	6 	10 	6 	4 	6 	32 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	"Lullaby" 	10 	6 	8 	10 	12 	46 	 	 	 	 	 	
== At GreatVision ==
On 28 May 2018, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Morocco was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on Sydney, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.
Once all the competing songs for the tenth edition had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw. 
===Semi-final===
Morocco was set to perform in position 5, following the entry from Finland and before the entry from Greece. At the end of the night, Morocco were one of the ten countries announced as having qualified for the grand final.
===Final===
Morocco performed 20th in the grand final, following Singapore and preceding the Netherlands. At the end of the night, they received 165 points, finishing in thirteenth place.
====Voting====
Below is a breakdown of points awarded by Morocco in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
=== Voting ===
==== Points awarded to Morocco ====
Juries 	Juries 	Juries 	Juries 	Juries
12 points	10 points	8 points 	7 points 	6 points
* Finland
* Switzerland	
* Ukraine	
* Kiribati
* Slovakia	 	
5 points 	4 points 	3 points 	2 points 	1 point
 	
* Lithuania
* Greece
* South Korea
* Czech Republic	
* Luxembourg
* New Zealand	
* United Kingdom
* Denmark
* United States	
* Vatican City
Televotes	Televotes	Televotes	Televotes	Televotes
12 points	10 points	8 points 	7 points 	6 points
* Finland
* Palau
* Gibraltar
* Czech Republic	
* Ukraine	
* Kiribati
* Slovakia
* Italy	
* Switzerland	
5 points 	4 points 	3 points 	2 points 	1 point
* United States
* Bulgaria	
* Lithuania
* Greece	
* New Zealand	
* United Kingdom
* Denmark
* South Korea
* Luxembourg	
Juries 	Juries 	Juries 	Juries 	Juries
12 points	10 points	8 points 	7 points 	6 points
* Czech Republic	
* Palau	
* Slovenia
* San Marino	
* Iceland
* Ukraine	
* Luxembourg
5 points 	4 points 	3 points 	2 points 	1 point
* France	
* Gibraltar
* Lithuania
* South Korea
* Turkey
* Switzerland	
* Hong Kong
* New Zealand	
* Bulgaria
* Italy
* Russia	
* United States
* Denmark
Televotes	Televotes	Televotes	Televotes	Televotes
12 points	10 points	8 points 	7 points 	6 points
 	
* Iceland	
* France	
* Slovenia
* Ukraine	
* Luxembourg
5 points 	4 points 	3 points 	2 points 	1 point
* Greece
* Czech Republic	
* Lithuania
* Italy
* Russia
* Switzerland	 	 	
* Denmark
* United States
====Points awarded by Morocco====
Semi-final	Semi-final	Semi-final
Score 	Televote 	Jury
12 points 	 	
10 points 	 	
8 points 	 	
7 points 	 	
6 points 	 	
5 points 	 	
4 points 	 	
3 points 	 	
2 points 	 	
1 point 	 	
====Points awarded by Morocco====
Semi-final	Semi-final	Semi-final
Score 	Televote 	Jury
12 points 	 	
10 points 	 	
8 points 	 	
7 points 	 	
6 points 	 	
5 points 	 	
4 points 	 	
3 points 	 	
2 points 	 	
1 point 	 	
Final 	Final 	Final
Score 	Televote	Jury
12 points	 	
10 points	 	
8 points 	 	
7 points 	 	
6 points 	 	
5 points 	 	
4 points 	 	
3 points 	 	
2 points 	 	
1 point