Country Contest 10

The Country Contest 7 was the seventh edition of the contest. It featured the return of the semi-finals and revelation of split voting results. For the first time ever, the contest featured a total of 3 semi-finals and a final consisting of 28 countries.
To ensure the tenth anniversary contest would be the biggest and best contest yet, the CCU decided to decrease the participation fee for the event to allow more countries to participate. This is why BBC, one of CCU's biggest contributors, was chosen as the host broadcaster of the event. For the first time ever, the CCU issued mail to all of its members to participate this edition.
== Format ==
The CCU announced on 4 June 2017 that 58 countries would participate in the contest, with ten international countries debuting and eight countries returning; two which are international. Due to the large number of participating countries, it was decided that there would for the first time be three semi-finals with 18 countries each. Seven countries will qualify from each semi-final joining the Big Four in a record-breaking twenty-four country grand final.
== Semi-final 1 ==
Morocco and South Africa also voted here. The top eight countries qualified to the Grand Final.
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	17 	75
02 	 	5 	146
03 	 	4 	152
04 	 	12 	124
05 	 	2 	170
06 	 	18 	56
07 	 	6 	142
08 	 	11 	130
09 	 	8 	133
10 	 	16 	96
11 	 	10 	131
12 	 	1 	195
13 	 	13 	114
14 	 	9 	132
15 	 	15 	111
16 	 	3 	159
17 	 	7 	139
18 	 	14 	113
Following the semi-final, controversy arose as just one fourth of the international countries qualified, being only Argentina.
== Semi-final 2 ==
Morocco and Czech Republic also voted here.
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	2 	226
02 	 	8 	139
03 	 	16 	62
04 	 	6 	146
05 	 	10 	136
06 	 	15 	86
07 	 	13 	95
08 	 	4 	159
09 	 	12 	97
10 	 	5 	155
11 	 	3 	195
12 	 	14 	88
13 	 	7 	145
14 	 	17 	60
15 	 	1 	229
16 	 	11 	105
17 	 	9 	137
18 	 	18 	59
In this semi-final, three out of four international countries qualified, just leaving New Zealand out of the final.
== Semi-final 3 ==
Morocco and Ireland also voted here.
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	8 	145
02 	 	9 	136
03 	 	13 	103
04 	 	5 	171
05 	 	7 	152
06 	 	18 	57
07 	 	14 	102
08 	 	4 	172
09 	 	3 	177
10 	 	2 	188
11 	 	10 	131
12 	 	1 	192
13 	 	15 	67
14 	 	15 	67
15 	 	11 	121
16 	 	6 	164
17 	 	17 	64
18 	 	12 	112
Three out of six of the international countries qualified in this semi-final, leaving Indonesia, South Korea and Philippines out.
== Final ==
Qualifiers from the semi-finals, as well as the top 4 of previous edition took part. All 58 countries that competed this edition voted. International countries in the final included Australia, Brazil, Colombia, South Africa and Venezuela.
Draw	Country	Place	Points
01 	 	16 	219
02 	 	7 	293
03 	 	1 	430
04 	 	15 	228
05 	 	18 	209
06 	 	21 	185
07 	 	6 	316
08 	 	11 	269
09 	 	23 	162
10 	 	10 	276
11 	 	26 	124
12 	 	4 	343
13 	 	27 	108
14 	 	12 	259
15 	 	19 	198
16 	 	2 	374
17 	 	28 	94
18 	 	20 	192
19 	 	24 	159
20 	 	17 	212
21 	 	5 	326
22 	 	22 	178
23 	 	13 	259
24 	 	25 	128
25 	 	3 	359
26 	 	9 	279
27 	 	8 	289
28 	 	14 	252