GreatVision Song Contest 20

GreatVision Song Contest 20, often referred to as GVSC 20, will be the twentieth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in South Korea, after Dreamcatcher won nineteenth edition with "Scream". It will be the fourth time that South Korea will host the contest and fifth time the contest take place on the Korean penicula. KBS chose theJamsil Arena in Seoul to serve as the host venue for the edition, while BoA, Jennie and Soyeon was selected as the presenters.
Winner after a big and exciting show was October from New Zealand with her the song "1000 Eyes", she reached 360 Points. At the 2nd Place was the Russia represent by VADA their song "Biryuzovaya", they reached 357 Points, while on 3rd Place was the United States represent by Elle Winter with her song "Yeah, No", she reached 310 Points. Furthermore Turkey, Sweden and Romania completed the top six of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Officially, its territory consists of the whole Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands, which are largely mountainous. South Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle, as half of them live in high-rises concentrated in the Seoul Capital Area with 25 million residents. The capital Seoul is the world's sixth leading global city with the fifth largest economy and is the seventh most sustainable city in the world.
South Korea is one of the Four Asian Tigers. The South Korean economy soared at an annual average of 10% for over 30 years in a period of rapid transformation called the Miracle on the Han River. A long legacy of openness and focus on innovation made it successful. Today, it is the world's seventh largest advanced economy and fifth largest exporter with the G20's largest budget surplus and highest credit rating of any country in East Asia. It has free trade agreements with 75% of the world economy and is the only G20 nation trading freely with China, the US and the EU simultaneously. Since 1988, its constitution guarantees a liberal democracy with high government transparency and many fundamental rights such as universal healthcare. High personal freedoms led to the rise of a globally influential pop culture such as K-pop and K-drama, a phenomenon called the Korean Wave, known for its distinctive fashionable and trendy style. Home of the UN Green Climate Fund and GGGI, South Korea is a leader in low carbon green growth, committed to helping developing countries as a major DAC and Paris Club contributor. It is the world's third least ignorant country in the Index of Ignorance, ranking eighth highest for peaceful tolerance and inclusion of minorities on the Fragile States Index.
South Korea is a technologically advanced developed country driven by a highly educated and skilled workforce, having the world's eighth highest median household income, the highest in Asia. Globally, it ranks highly in personal safety, job security, ease of doing business and healthcare quality, with the world's third highest health adjusted life expectancy and fourth most efficient healthcare system. It is the world's largest spender on R&D per GDP, leading the OECD in graduates in science and engineering and ranking third in the Youth Wellbeing Index. Home of Samsung, LG and Hyundai-Kia, South Korea was named the world's most innovative country for 4 consecutive years since 2014 in the Bloomberg Innovation Index, ranking first in business R&D intensity, manufacturing value-added, patents filed per GDP, second in higher education efficiency and fourth in high-tech density and researcher concentration. In 2005, it became the world's first country to fully transition to high-speed Internet and today it has the world's fastest Internet speed and highest smartphone ownership, ranking first in ICT Development, e-Government and 4G LTE coverage. South Korea currently provides the world's second largest number of Christian missionaries, surpassed by the United States.
=== Host City ===
: For further information see Seoul
Seoul, officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the de facto capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea). Seoul is the world's 16th largest city, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. The Seoul Capital Area houses about half of the country's population of 51.44 million people with 678,102 international residents.
Situated on the Han River, Seoul's history stretches back more than two thousand years when it was founded in 18 BC by Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. It continued as the capital of Korea under the Joseon Dynasty. The Seoul Capital Area contains five UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Changdeok Palace, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine, Namhansanseong and the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty. Seoul is surrounded by mountains, the tallest being Mt. Bukhan, the world's most visited national park per square foot. Modern landmarks include the iconic N Seoul Tower, the gold-clad 63 Building, the neofuturistic Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Lotte World, the world's largest indoor theme park, Moonlight Rainbow Fountain, the world's longest bridge fountain and the Sevit Floating Islands. The birthplace of K-pop and the Korean Wave, Seoul received over 10 million international visitors in 2014, making it the world's 9th most visited city and 4th largest earner in tourism.
Seoul is the world's most wired city and ranked first in technology readiness by PwC's Cities of Opportunity report- It is served by the KTX high-speed rail and the Seoul Subway, providing 4G LTE, WiFi and DMB inside subway cars as well as wifi at every station. Seoul is connected via AREX to Incheon International Airport, rated the world's best airport nine years in a row (2005–2013) by Airports Council International. Lotte World Tower, a 556-metre (1,824-foot) supertall skyscraper with 123 floors, has been built in Seoul and become the OECD's tallest in 2016, with the world's tallest art gallery. Its Lotte Cinema houses the world's largest cinema screen. Seoul's COEX Mall is the world's largest underground shopping mall.
Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games, 1988 Summer Olympics, 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Miss Universe 1980 pageant, and the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. A UNESCO City of Design, Seoul was named the 2010 World Design Capital.
=== Venue ===
: For further information see Jamsil Arena
Jamsil Arena, also known as Jamsil Indoor Stadium, is an indoor sporting arena. It is part of Seoul Sports Complex, located in Seoul, South Korea. The capacity of the arena is 11,069 for basketball and was built from December 1976 to April 1979. The Seoul Samsung Thunders are the tenants.
== Format ==
=== 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. 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 to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place Seoul City Hall in May 2020. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big Six would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Twenty-one or twenty-two countries will participate in each semi-finals, respectively. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.
The thirty-seven semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was 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
* Åland Islands
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Norway
* United Kingdom	
* Belgium
* Germany
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Switzerland	
* Albania
* Bulgaria
* Greece
* Israel
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
* Turkey
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* China
* India
* Japan
* Kiribati
* New Zealand
* Singapore	
* Georgia
* Kazakhstan
* Lithuania
* Russia
* Ukraine
* United States	
* Andorra
* Croatia
* Hungary
* Moldova
* Romania
* San Marino
=== Running order ===
The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by KBS in May 2020, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running order for Grand Final will be official announced, one day before the Grand Final will start.
==Participating countries==
Fifty-one countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest. This includes, China, India, San Marino and Singapore which returned after their four-edition abscence. Kiribati which returned after their three-edition abscence, while Liechtenstein which returned after it's two-edition abscence, while Croatia, Luxembourg and Ukraine which returned after it's one-edition abscence and 
Eleven however, announced their withdrawal from the contest, Estonia, Kosovo and Uzbekistan announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. While the HoD's of Austria, Mexico and Montenegro had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest. Iran will take a break from the contest. Malaysia and Thailand failed to confirm within the given deadline, while Canada and Iceland failed to send an entry within the given deadline.
===Returning artists===
Jackson Wang was internally selected to represent China again; he previously represented the country as a Member of GOT7 twice. Also Malik Harris was internally selected to represent Germany again; he previously represented the country togehter with COSBY. Rhea Raj was internally selected to represent India again. Italy will be represented by Joan Thiele; she previously represented Vatican City in the contest. Felix Jaehn was internally selected to represent Liechtenstein; he previously represented Germany in the contest. Jasmine Sokko was internally selected to represent Singapore for a second time. For the United Kingdom return two former participants, first Rita Ora who represented Kosovo twice and Anitta, she previously represented Brazil twice. 
== Results ==
===Pre-qualification Round===
Eight countries participated in the fifth pre-qualification round. Czech Republic, Italy and North Korea qualifed to the semi-finals, while Australia, Monaco, Poland, Slovakia and Spain were eliminated.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Poland 	Ifi Ude 	"Tato, tato" 	7 	78
02 	Australia 	Tonight Alive 	"World Away" 	4 	112
03 	Spain 	Ladilla Rusa 	"Kitt y los coches del pasado"	8 	75
04 	North Korea 	Chung Ha 	"Stay Tonight" 	3 	115
05 	Monaco 	Fishbach 	"Un autre que moi" 	5 	89
06 	Slovakia 	Anndy & Jaymee	"After You" 	6 	84
07 	Czech Republic	Katie Kei 	"Alien, Baby"' 	2 	120
08 	Italy 	Joan Thiele 	"Save Me" 	1 	128
=== Semi-final 1 ===
Twenty countries will participate in the first Semi-final. Cyprus, Morocco and Sweden will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Croatia 	Neda Ukraden 	"Viljamovka" 	20 	34
02 	Kiribati 	Parkway Drive 	"Prey" 	18 	47
03 	Albania 	Fifi 	"Marova" 	15 	81
04 	Czech Republic	Katie Kei 	"Alien, Baby" 	2 	193
05 	Ukraine 	Alina Pash 	"Bitanga" 	17 	61
06 	Bulgaria 	4Magic 	"Vselena" 	7 	139
07 	Denmark 	Mads Langer 	"Flawless" 	13 	112
08 	Singapore 	Jasmine Sokko 	"Mess" 	16 	62
09 	Luxembourg 	Sevdaliza 	"Bluecid" 	19 	39
10 	Georgia 	Kahaberi & Khanums 	"Romale" 	14 	111
11 	Italy 	Joan Thiele 	"Save Me" 	6 	144
12 	Norway 	Moyka 	"Spaces" 	10 	130
13 	Belgium 	Moli 	"On the Weekend"	11 	125
14 	Hungary 	Sean Darin feat. Emeline 	"One" 	4 	173
15 	United Kingdom	Sofia Reyes feat. Rita Ora & Anitta	" R.I.P" 	12 	113
16 	Kazakhstan 	HAZYMA 	"YA tvoya" 	5 	164
17 	Germany 	Malik Harris 	"Home" 	9 	132
18 	Serbia 	MC Yankoo x Luna Djo 	"Telenovela" 	8 	136
19 	China 	Jackson Wang 	"100 Ways" 	3 	189
20 	Romania 	Roxen 	"Escape" 	1 	251
=== Semi-final 2 ===
Twenty countries will participate in the second Semi-final. Brazil, Slovenia and South Korea will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	France 	Lartiste feat. Caroliina 	"Mafiosa" 	18 	71
02 	San Marino 	Young Signorino 	"Mmh ha ha ha" 	20 	17
03 	India 	Rhea Raj 	"Overdose" 	6 	176
04 	Russia 	VADA 	"Biryuzovaya" 	2 	205
05 	United States 	Elle Winter 	"Yeah, No." 	1 	229
06 	Turkey 	Faruk Sabanci feat. Sabrina Signs	"Home" 	4 	196
07 	Lithuania 	Paula 	"Wanted U " 	14 	89
08 	North Korea 	Chung Ha 	"Stay Tonight" 	8 	169
09 	Andorra 	Anna Linares 	"Juguete Viejo" 	19 	22
10 	Greece 	Marina 	"Superstar" 	16 	81
11 	Liechtenstein 	Felix Jaehn, VIZE feat. Miss Li 	"Close Your Eyes"	15 	89
12 	Moldova 	Anya Kucherenko 	"Do you see me?" 	11 	118
13 	Japan 	MIREI 	"Lonely in Tokyo"	3 	198
14 	North Macedonia	Aleesia 	"Thank You" 	17 	71
15 	Åland Islands 	Amanda Fondell 	"Widescreen" 	7 	173
16 	New Zealand 	October 	"1000 Eyes" 	5 	189
17 	Switzerland 	Mosimann 	"Lonely" 	12 	102
18 	Israel 	Let's Mars 	"U + I" 	13 	95
19 	Netherlands 	RONDÉ 	"Calling" 	10 	123
20 	Finland 	Alex Mattson 	"Better Off" 	9 	139
===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 	Kazakhstan 	HAZYMA 	"YA tvoya" 	18 	202
02 	Germany 	Malik Harris 	"Home" 	17 	209
03 	China 	Jackson Wang 	"100 Ways" 	19 	196
04 	United States 	Elle Winter 	"Yeah, No." 	3 	310
05 	Slovenia 	Lina Kuduzovic 	"Man Like U" 	22 	180
06 	Hungary 	Sean Darin feat. Emeline 	"One" 	13 	244
07 	Japan 	MIREI 	"Lonely in Tokyo" 	8 	261
08 	Czech Republic	Katie Kei 	"Alien, Baby" 	9 	256
09 	Serbia 	MC Yankoo x Luna Djo 	"Telenovela" 	24 	114
10 	Cyprus 	Anna Vissi 	"Flegomenos Trohos"	16 	213
11 	Finland 	Alex Mattson 	"Better Off" 	12 	251
12 	Sweden 	Anna Bergendahl 	"Kingdom Come" 	5 	294
13 	New Zealand 	October 	"1000 Eyes" 	1 	360
14 	Morocco 	Nassi 	"Pas fatigué" 	26 	28
15 	Netherlands 	RONDÉ 	"Calling" 	11 	252
16 	Åland Islands 	Amanda Fondell 	"Widescreen" 	15 	221
17 	Russia 	VADA 	"Biryuzovaya" 	2 	357
18 	Brazil 	Lexa 	"Largadão" 	25 	52
19 	Bulgaria 	4Magic 	"Vselena" 	20 	196
20 	India 	Rhea Raj 	"Overdose" 	21 	183
21 	South Korea 	YEZI 	"Home" 	7 	280
22 	Turkey 	Faruk Sabanci feat. Sabrina Signs	"Home" 	4 	309
23 	Norway 	Moyka 	"Spaces" 	23 	169
24 	Romania 	Roxen 	"Escape" 	6 	286
25 	North Korea 	Chung Ha 	"Stay Tonight" 	10 	256
26 	Italy 	Joan Thiele 	"Save Me" 	14 	237
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place 	Points
27 	Belgium 	11 	125
28 	Moldova 	11 	118
29 	United Kingdom 	12 	113
30 	Denmark 	13 	112
31 	Georgia 	14 	111
32 	Switzerland 	12 	102
33 	Israel 	13 	95
34 	Lithuania 	14 	89
35 	Liechtenstein 	15 	89
36 	Albania 	15 	81
37 	Greece 	16 	81
38 	North Macedonia	17 	71
39 	France 	18 	71
40 	Singapore 	16 	62
41 	Ukraine 	17 	61
42 	Kiribati 	18 	47
43 	Luxembourg 	19 	39
44 	Croatia 	20 	34
45 	Andorra 	19 	22
46 	San Marino 	20 	17
47 	Australia 	colspan="2" rowspan="5"	
48 	Monaco 	 	
49 	Slovakia 	 	
50 	Poland 	 	
51 	Spain 	 	
== Voting grids ==
=== Semi-Final 1 ===
Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 1 split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Romania 	127 	Romania 	124
2 	Czech Republic 	91 	Czech Republic 	102
3 	China 	90 	China 	99
4 	Kazakhstan 	90 	Hungary 	92
5 	Hungary 	71 	Serbia 	75
6 	Italy 	74 	Bulgaria 	74
7 	Belgium 	67 	Kazakhstan 	74
8 	Bulgaria 	65 	Italy 	70
9 	Germany 	62 	Norway 	70
10 	Serbia 	61 	Germany 	70
11 	Norway 	60 	Belgium 	58
12 	Georgia 	57 	United Kingdom 	58
13 	Denmark 	56 	Denmark 	56
14 	United Kingdom 	55 	Georgia 	54
15 	Albania 	45 	Albania 	36
16 	Singapore 	32 	Ukraine 	30
17 	Ukraine 	31 	Singapore 	30
18 	Luxembourg 	27 	Kiribati 	22
19 	Kiribati 	25 	Croatia 	12
20 	Croatia 	22 	Luxembourg 	12
=== Semi-Final 2 ===
Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results	Semi-Final 2 split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	United States 	116 	United States 	113
2 	Russia 	114 	Japan 	105
3 	Japan 	93 	Turkey 	104
4 	Turkey 	92 	New Zealand 	98
5 	New Zealand 	91 	Russia 	91
6 	India 	90 	India 	86
7 	Åland Islands 	89 	Åland Islands 	84
8 	North Korea 	87 	North Korea 	82
9 	Finland 	70 	Finland 	69
10 	Netherlands 	65 	Moldova 	65
11 	Israel 	54 	Netherlands 	58
12 	Moldova 	53 	Switzerland 	52
13 	Switzerland 	50 	France 	47
14 	Liechtenstein 	47 	Greece 	45
15 	Lithuania 	46 	Lithuania 	43
16 	North Macedonia 	41 	Liechtenstein 	42
17 	Greece 	36 	Israel 	41
18 	France 	24 	North Macedonia 	30
19 	Andorra 	10 	Andorra 	12
20 	San Marino 	8 	San Marino 	9
=== Final ===
Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results	Final split jury/televote results
Place 	Jury 	Points 	Televoting 	Points
1 	Russia 	189 	New Zealand 	172
2 	New Zealand 	188 	United States 	171
3 	Romania 	147 	Russia 	168
4 	Sweden 	143 	Turkey 	167
5 	Turkey 	142 	Sweden 	151
6 	United States 	139 	South Korea 	147
7 	Japan 	136 	Romania 	139
8 	Hungary 	134 	Czech Republic 	133
9 	South Korea 	133 	North Korea 	132
10 	Netherlands 	129 	Finland 	127
11 	North Korea 	124 	Japan 	125
12 	Finland 	124 	Netherlands 	123
13 	Czech Republic 	123 	Italy 	117
14 	Italy 	120 	Åland Islands 	113
15 	Cyprus 	120 	Hungary 	110
16 	Kazakhstan 	110 	India 	103
17 	Åland Islands 	108 	Germany 	102
18 	Germany 	107 	Bulgaria 	101
19 	China 	104 	Cyprus 	93
20 	Bulgaria 	95 	Kazakhstan 	92
21 	Norway 	91 	China 	92
22 	Slovenia 	90 	Slovenia 	90
23 	India 	80 	Norway 	78
24 	Serbia 	56 	Serbia 	58
25 	Brazil 	21 	Brazil 	31
26 	Morocco 	5 	Morocco 	23
== Other countries ==
: Further information: List of able countries in GreatVision Song Contest
Countries that are active members of the GreatVision Broadcasting Union (GBU) are also eligible to participate in the GreatVision Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.
* Canada
* Iceland
* Malaysia
* Thailand
* Estonia: EER announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Iran: revealed that Iran would not be present in the twentieth edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues. A return is not ruled-out by the Delegation.
* Mexico: announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Montenegro: RTCG announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Uzbekistan: MTRK announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Singapore. A return with new HoD is possible.