1997 Worldvision Song Contest

The 1997 Worldvision Song Contest was the eighth edition of Worldvision Song Contest, and was held in Helsinki, Finland. Belgium, Brazil, The Netherlands, and Romania are still all on hiatus. Canada returned from their five year break. Belgium, Brazil and Romania returned from hiatus. Russia won the contest, with Alina Goronzova and her song, "Я слышу твой голос".
==Format==
Citizens of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS message, which counts for 50%, while a jury in each country also has a 50% say in the outcome. Each country's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points. The bottom five rule from the 1996 contest was not brought back due to the overwhelming negativity from many viewers and some even claimed that the Worldvision Song Contest was "discriminating" against certain countries. Instead, two semi-finals or pre-qualifying rounds were introduced. The participating countries would perform their songs live and then vote on which countries should qualify for the final. 
==Returning artists==
Artist 	Country	Previous year(s)
Bobai Shayayu	 	1996
==Results==
===Semi-Final 1===
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	English translation	Place	Points
01 	 	Kiss Fiasco 	"Ring of Fire" 	– 	13 	42
02 	 	Hanna 	"Tease" 	– 	2 	70
03 	 	Leyle Borby 	"Here We Go" 	– 	12 	48
04 	 	Donad Vosse 	"енергија" 	Energy 	1 	71
05 	 	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	"My Dream is Yours" 	– 	9 	54
06 	 	Zulu & Drew 	"Pea in a Pod" 	– 	3 	64
07 	 	Maggie Carta 	"Blue" 	– 	8 	55
08 	 	Kateryna Volynty 	"Party" 	– 	5 	61
09 	 	Blayoa Sanda  	"Juan" 	– 	11 	52
10 	 	Ricardo Bellagosse 	"Prendi la mia mano"	Take my hand 	11 	52
11 	 	Jane Valez 	"Choque" 	Shock 	7 	60
12 	 	Bobai Shayayu 	"Black Cat" 	– 	4 	64
13 	 	Natalie Una 	"Get Down" 	– 	7 	60
===Semi-Final 2===
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	English translation 	Place	Points
01 	 	Vak Venni 	"Dobrý deň, dovidenia" 	Hello, goodbye 	6 	60
02 	 	Crystal Danning	"Jewelry" 	– 	7 	58
03 	 	Raven Ulysses 	"Golden Sunshine" 	– 	12 	43
04 	 	George Divins 	"With My Soul" 	– 	9 	53
05 	 	Vincent Brooks 	"Sultry Love" 	– 	5 	64
06 	 	Alina Goronzova	"Я слышу твой голос" 	I hear your voice 	1 	82
07 	 	Estaban Mutuyo 	"Carros e datas" 	Cars and dates 	11 	49
08 	 	Kim Clijsters 	"Cloudy" 	– 	13 	39
09 	 	Junior 	"Circumference of Us" 	– 	4 	67
10 	 	Candy Apples 	"Have Fun" 	– 	14 	38
11 	 	Jelena Grov 	"Ich sehe, Sie stehen in der regen"	I see you standing in the rain	1 	82
12 	 	Barbra Goldberg	"I'm a Pity" 	– 	9 	53
13 	 	Crazer Nocja 	"Szeretsz engem?" 	Do you love me? 	8 	54
14 	 	Ai Sugiyama 	"月明かりの下で" 	Under the moonlight 	3 	70
==Final==
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	English translation 	Place	Points
01 	 	Vak Venni 	"Dobrý deň, dovidenia" 	Hello, goodbye 	2 	115
02 	 	Donad Vosse 	"енергија" 	Energy 	 	
03 	 	Bobai Shayayu 	"Black Cat" 	– 	 	
04 	 	Zulu & Drew 	"Pea in a Pod" 	– 	 	
05 	 	Maggie Carta 	"Blue" 	– 	 	
06 	 	Ai Sugiyama 	"月明かりの下で" 	Under the moonlight 	 	
07 	 	Jane Valez 	"Choque" 	Shock 	 	
08 	 	Natalie Una 	"Get Down" 	– 	 	
09 	 	Jelena Grov 	"Ich sehe, Sie stehen in der regen"	I see you standing in the rain	 	
10 	 	Crystal Danning 	"Jewelry" 	– 	 	
11 	 	Vincent Brooks 	"Sultry Love" 	– 	 	
12 	 	Alina Goronzova 	"Я слышу твой голос" 	I hear your voice 	1 	140
13 	 	Junior 	"Circumference of Us" 	– 	 	
14 	 	Crazer Nocja 	"Szeretsz engem?" 	Do you love me? 	 	
15 	 	Hanna 	"Tease" 	– 	 	
18 	 	Kateryna Volynty	"Party" 	– 	2 	115
==Scoreboard==
===Semi-Final 1===
===Semi-Final 2===
===Final===