GreatVision Song Contest 16

GreatVision Song Contest 16, often referred to as GVSC 16, will be the sixteenth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in Serbia, after Nikolija won the sixteenth edition with "Loš Momak". RTS chose the Štark Arena in Belgrade to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Dragan Cvetkov, Miljana and Sanja Vučić were selected as the presenters.
Winner after a big and exciting show was Cinta Laura Kiehl from Indonesia with her the song "Vida", she reached 319 Points and the best result since their debut. At the 2nd Place was the Kiribati represent by CXLOE her song "Devil You Don't", she reached 318 Points and also the best result since their debut, while on 3rd Place was the Norway represent by Emma Steinbakken with her song "Not Gonna Cry", she reached 303 Points. Furthermore United States, Australia and Albania completed the top six of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see Serbia
Serbia, is a land-locked country situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe in the southern Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans. It borders Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest. The country claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia's population numbers approximately seven million. Its capital, Belgrade, ranks among the longest inhabited and largest citiеs in southeastern Europe.
Inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavic migrations to the Southeastern Europe in the 6th century, establishing several regional states in the early Middle Ages at times recognised as tributaries to the Byzantine, Frankish and Hungarian kingdoms. The Serbian Kingdom obtained recognition by the Holy See and Constantinople in 1217, reaching its territorial apex in 1346 as the relatively short-lived Serbian Empire. By the mid-16th century, the entirety of modern-day Serbia was annexed by the Ottomans; their rule was at times interrupted by the Habsburg Empire, which began expanding towards Central Serbia from the end of the 17th century while maintaining a foothold in Vojvodina. In the early 19th century, the Serbian Revolution established the nation-state as the region's first constitutional monarchy, which subsequently expanded its territory. Following disastrous casualties in World War I, and the subsequent unification of the former Habsburg crownland of Vojvodina (and other territories) with Serbia, the country co-founded Yugoslavia with other South Slavic peoples, which would exist in various political formations until the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. During the breakup of Yugoslavia, Serbia formed a union with Montenegro,[11] which was peacefully dissolved in 2006 and restoring Serbia's independence as a sovereign state for the first time since the late 1910s.[12] In 2008, the parliament of the province of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence, with mixed responses from the international community.
A unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, Serbia is a member of the UN, CoE, CERN, OSCE, PfP, BSEC, CEFTA, and is acceding to the WTO. Since 2014, the country has been negotiating its EU accession with perspective of joining the European Union by 2025. Like some other European countries, Serbia has suffered from democratic backsliding in recent years, having dropped in ranking from "Free" to "Partly Free" in the 2019 Freedom House report. Since 2007, Serbia formally adheres to the policy of military neutrality. The country provides a social security, universal health care system, and a tuition-free primary and secondary education to its citizens. An upper-middle income economy with a dominant service sector, the country ranks relatively high on the Human Development Index (63rd) and Social Progress Index (45th) as well as the Global Peace Index (50th).
=== Host City ===
: For further information see Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The urban area of Belgrade has a population of 1.23 million, while nearly 1.7 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade (which encompasses almost all of its metropolitan area), a quarter of the total population of Serbia.
One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it Singidūn. It was conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and awarded Roman city rights in the mid-2nd century. It was settled by the Slavs in the 520s, and changed hands several times between the Byzantine Empire, the Frankish Empire, the Bulgarian Empire, and the Kingdom of Hungary before it became the seat of the Serbian king Stefan Dragutin in 1284. In 1521, Belgrade was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and became the seat of the Sanjak of Smederevo. It frequently passed from Ottoman to Habsburg rule, which saw the destruction of most of the city during the Austro-Ottoman wars. Belgrade was again named the capital of Serbia in 1841. Northern Belgrade remained the southernmost Habsburg post until 1918, when it was attached to the city, due to former Austro-Hungarian territories becoming the part of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after World War I. In a fatally strategic position, the city has been battled over in 115 wars and razed 44 times. Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia from its creation in 1918 to its dissolution in 2006.
Being Serbia's primate city, Belgrade has special administrative status within Serbia. It is the seat of the central government, administrative bodies, and government ministries, as well as home of almost all of the largest Serbian companies, media, and scientific institutions. Belgrade is classified as a Beta-Global City.
=== Venue ===
: For further information see Štark Arena
The Štark Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Belgrade, Serbia. It is designed as a universal hall for sports, cultural events and other programs. The venue is used for several different sports events, such as basketball, futsal, handball, judo, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, water polo, as well as for concerts.
Its total floor area stands at 48,000 square meters. For sports, it has a seating capacity of up to 18,386 seats, of which 860 seats are grouped in 70 luxury boxes. Štark Arena is a member of the European Arenas Association (EAA).
=== Bidding phase ===
One day after their announcement of hosting the contest, RTS announced that there will be a Bidding phase in this edition. But the GBU has set some Rules for the Venue. Those were the following:
* The Green Room should be located in the arena or as near it as possible, with a capacity of 300.
* An additional room at least 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) in area, to house 2 catering stands, a viewing room, make-up rooms, wardrobe, and booths for approximately 50 commentators.
* Separate offices to house the press centre, open between end of August 2016 and mid/end September 2016, at least (43,000 sq ft) in area, with a capacity of at least 1,500 journalists.
Key
 Host venue
City 	Venue 	Capacity
Belgrade 	Štark Arena 	18'386
Belgrade 	Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall	7'000
Novi Sad 	SPC Vojvodina 	6'987
Smederevo	Smederevo Hall 	4'500
Vršac 	Millennium Centar 	4'400
Zemun 	Pinki Hall 	5'000
== Format ==
The GBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be most likely 2 Semi-finals. In each semi-final 10 countries will qualify for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 26 competing countries (20 Semi-Final qualifers + Big 6), furthermore there will be Pre-Qualification Round, where eight countries battle for the last four places for the semi-finals.
=== 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 at Belgrade City Hall in January 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 or Nineteen 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 fourty 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
* Albania
* Bulgaria 
* Cyprus
* Egypt
* Israel
* Romania
* Turkey	
* Andorra
* Croatia
* France
* Gibraltar
* Italy
* Spain
* Switzerland	
* Belgium
* Germany
* Liechtenstein
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Slovakia
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
* Åland Islands
* Denmark
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* Norway
* Sweden
* United Kingdom	
* Canada
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* Russia
* United States	
* Australia
* Indonesia
* Kiribati
* Malaysia
* Taiwan
* Vietnam
=== Running order ===
The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by RTS in January 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==
Forty-six countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest. 14 countries returned to the competition during this edition: Albania, Kiribati, Norway and Russia returned after their one-edition abscence; Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, Switzerland and Vietnam returned after their two-edition abscence; Latvia and Slovakia returned after their three-edition abscence; Taiwan returned after its one-edition abscence; Liechtenstein and Malaysia returned after their seven-edition abscence and Indonesia returned after their eleven-edition abscence, while Egypt will make his debut appearance in this edition.
Eighteen countries, however, had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the conetst; These are Armenia, Belarus, China, Estonia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Lebanon Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Palau, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia and Thailand.
=== Returning artists ===
Albania will represent by Elvana Gjata; she previously represented the country in the second edition. Barbara Opsomer will represent the Belgium for the second time. Albania will represent by Léa Castel; she previously represented the country in the fourth edition. Also C.C.TAY will represent Kazakhstan for the second time. Davina Michelle was chosen to represent the Netherlands; she previously represented the country in the eighth edition. As well TAEYEON was chosen to represent North Korea for a second time. Also TWICE returns to the contest this time for Taiwan; they previously represented North Korea in the tenth edition. Also (G)I-DLE will represent South Korea for the second time. The United Kingdom will be represent by Jax Jones and Demi Lovato for the second time.
 
== Results ==
=== Semi-final 1 ===
Twenty countries will participate in the second Semi-final. Poland, Serbia 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 	United Kingdom	Jax Jones feat. Demi Lovato, Stefflon Don	"Instruction" 	3 	208
02 	Andorra 	Sandra Groove 	"Síndrome De Estocolmo"	15 	93
03 	Switzerland 	Seven Day Sleep 	"A Rose Infested" 	16 	83
04 	Åland Islands 	Zara Larsson 	"Ain't My Fault" 	4 	205
05 	Croatia 	Tara 	"Experimentalno" 	9 	144
06 	Italy 	Levante 	"Bravi tutti voi " 	17 	77
07 	North Korea 	TAEYEON 	"Spark" 	10 	109
08 	Slovakia 	Drozďo & Demex 	"Invisible" 	11 	107
09 	Faroe Islands 	Jasmin 	"Remember" 	8 	153
10 	Malaysia 	Elizabeth Tan 	"Shh" 	7 	175
11 	Russia 	Yaseniya 	"Lyubov-Karusel" 	6 	178
12 	Germany 	Elen 	"Hallo" 	13 	98
13 	Vietnam 	Hồ Quỳnh Hương 	"Take It Easy" 	19 	64
14 	Egypt 	Zaed Naes feat. Maii Waleed 	"El Ginena" 	14 	95
15 	Lithuania 	Otreya feat. Alekna 	"Laikyk" 	20 	47
16 	Albania 	Elvana Gjata 	"Me Tana" 	2 	222
17 	France 	Léa Castel & Slimane 	"Abîmée" 	5 	186
18 	Indonesia 	Cinta Laura Kiehl 	"Vida" 	1 	241
19 	Romania 	Ellie White 	"Scrum" 	18 	76
20 	Sweden 	KAAZE feat. Nino Lucarelli 	"Chain Me Up" 	12 	107
=== Semi-final 2 ===
Twenty countries will participate in the second semi-final. Czech Republic, Greece and Ukraine will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final. 
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Liechtenstein	Faber 	"Wem du's heute kannst besorgen"	17 	71
02 	Denmark 	Infernal 	"1000 Colours" 	19 	66
03 	Turkey 	Hasibe 	"Yarim Yarim" 	13 	131
04 	Belgium 	Barbara Opsomer 	"Ta plus belle insomnie" 	6 	169
05 	Norway 	Emma Steinbakken 	"Not Gonna Cry" 	2 	184
06 	Gibraltar 	Grace Carter 	"Amnesia" 	18 	67
07 	United States	Tiffany Young 	"Born Again" 	4 	175
08 	Finland 	Helly Luv 	"Boy Bye" 	14 	117
09 	Australia 	Woodes 	"Dots" 	1 	200
10 	Cyprus 	Amanda Tenfjord 	"Kill The Lonely" 	8 	157
11 	Kiribati 	CXLOE 	"Devil You Don't" 	3 	181
12 	Taiwan 	TWICE 	"Hot" 	16 	82
13 	Bulgaria 	VICTORIA 	"Stranni Vremena" 	11 	139
14 	Latvia 	BAIBA 	"I Believe You" 	15 	97
15 	Spain 	Belén Aguilera 	"Jaque Al Rey" 	10 	141
16 	Kazakhstan 	C.C.TAY 	"Tusimde korem" 	9 	151
17 	Israel 	Noa Kirel 	"SLT" 	12 	138
18 	Japan 	Reol 	"Gekihaku" 	5 	173
19 	Netherlands 	Davina Michelle 	"Skyward" 	7 	169
20 	Canada 	Tommy Genesis & Charli XCX	"Bricks" 	20 	60
=== 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 	Ukraine 	Olga Vasilyuk 	"Striptiz" 	26 	93
02 	Croatia 	Tara 	"Experimentalno" 	14 	197
03 	Albania 	Elvana Gjata 	"Me Tana" 	6 	262
04 	Faroe Islands 	Jasmin 	"Remember" 	21 	146
05 	Norway 	Emma Steinbakken 	"Not Gonna Cry" 	3 	303
06 	Poland 	sanah 	"projekt nieznajomy nie kłamie"	23 	130
07 	United States 	Tiffany Young 	"Born Again" 	4 	274
08 	North Korea 	TAEYEON 	"Spark" 	20 	155
09 	Czech Republic	Nykki 	"Lost My Mind" 	16 	195
10 	Åland Islands 	Zara Larsson 	"Ain't My Fault" 	18 	176
11 	France 	Léa Castel & Slimane 	"Abîmée" 	24 	126
12 	Kiribati 	CXLOE 	"Devil You Don't" 	2 	318
13 	Japan 	Reol 	"Gekihaku" 	13 	200
14 	Greece 	Elena Tsagkrinou 	"Lógia" 	17 	185
15 	Russia 	Yaseniya 	"Lyubov-Karusel" 	7 	254
16 	Serbia 	Voyage & Breskvica 	"Budi Tu" 	25 	117
17 	Malaysia 	Elizabeth Tan 	"Shh" 	22 	145
18 	Spain 	Belén Aguilera 	"Jaque Al Rey" 	10 	209
19 	Kazakhstan 	C.C.TAY 	"Tusimde korem" 	11 	208
20 	United Kingdom	Jax Jones feat. Demi Lovato, Stefflon Don	"Instruction" 	15 	196
21 	South Korea 	(G)I-DLE 	"Lion" 	8 	251
22 	Cyprus 	Amanda Tenfjord 	"Kill The Lonely" 	12 	207
23 	Belgium 	Barbara Opsomer 	"Ta plus belle insomnie" 	19 	157
24 	Indonesia 	Cinta Laura Kiehl 	"Vida" 	1 	319
25 	Australia 	Woodes 	"Dots" 	5 	266
26 	Netherlands 	Davina Michelle 	"Skyward" 	9 	247
==== Non-qualifier results ====
Place	Country 	SF Place	Points
27 	Bulgaria 	11 	139
28 	Israel 	12 	138
29 	Turkey 	13 	131
30 	Finland 	14 	117
31 	Slovakia 	11 	107
32 	Sweden 	12 	107
33 	Germany 	13 	98
34 	Latvia 	15 	97
35 	Egypt 	14 	95
36 	Andorra 	15 	93
37 	Switzerland 	16 	83
38 	Taiwan 	16 	82
39 	Italy 	17 	77
40 	Romania 	18 	76
41 	Liechtenstein	17 	71
42 	Gibraltar 	18 	67
43 	Denmark 	19 	66
44 	Vietnam 	19 	64
45 	Canada 	20 	60
46 	Lithuania 	20 	47
== 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 	Indonesia 	123 	Indonesia 	118
2 	Albania 	108 	Åland Islands 	116
3 	United Kingdom 	97 	Albania 	114
4 	France 	94 	United Kingdom 	111
5 	Russia 	92 	France 	92
6 	Åland Islands 	89 	Malaysia 	88
7 	Malaysia 	87 	Russia 	86
8 	Faroe Islands 	84 	Croatia 	79
9 	Croatia 	65 	Faroe Islands 	69
10 	Andorra 	57 	North Korea 	54
11 	Sweden 	57 	Slovakia 	52
12 	North Korea 	55 	Sweden 	50
13 	Slovakia 	55 	Switzerland 	49
14 	Germany 	53 	Germany 	45
15 	Egypt 	50 	Egypt 	45
16 	Italy 	45 	Romania 	42
17 	Switzerland 	34 	Vietnam 	40
18 	Romania 	34 	Andorra 	36
19 	Lithuania 	31 	Italy 	32
20 	Vietnam 	24 	Lithuania 	16
=== 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 	Kiribati 	103 	Australia 	106
2 	United States 	95 	Norway 	98
3 	Australia 	94 	Belgium 	93
4 	Netherlands 	87 	Japan 	91
5 	Norway 	86 	Kazakhstan 	90
6 	Japan 	82 	Netherlands 	82
7 	Cyprus 	80 	United States 	80
8 	Israel 	77 	Kiribati 	78
9 	Turkey 	76 	Cyprus 	77
10 	Belgium 	76 	Finland 	75
11 	Spain 	74 	Bulgaria 	69
12 	Bulgaria 	70 	Spain 	67
13 	Latvia 	66 	Israel 	61
14 	Kazakhstan 	61 	Turkey 	55
15 	Finland 	42 	Taiwan 	50
16 	Liechtenstein 	38 	Denmark 	37
17 	Canada 	36 	Gibraltar 	37
18 	Taiwan 	32 	Liechtenstein 	33
19 	Gibraltar 	30 	Latvia 	31
20 	Denmark 	29 	Canada 	24
=== 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 	Indonesia 	180 	Kiribati 	166
2 	Norway 	171 	Albania 	151
3 	Kiribati 	152 	Indonesia 	139
4 	United States 	137 	United States 	137
5 	Australia 	135 	Norway 	132
6 	Russia 	129 	Australia 	131
7 	South Korea 	122 	Netherlands 	131
8 	Spain 	117 	South Korea 	129
9 	Cyprus 	117 	Russia 	125
10 	Netherlands 	116 	Greece 	118
11 	Albania 	111 	Czech Republic 	108
12 	Kazakhstan 	105 	Croatia 	107
13 	Japan 	104 	Kazakhstan 	103
14 	United Kingdom 	93 	United Kingdom 	103
15 	Croatia 	90 	Japan 	96
16 	Czech Republic 	87 	Spain 	92
17 	Faroe Islands 	86 	Åland Islands 	91
18 	Åland Islands 	85 	Cyprus 	90
19 	North Korea 	78 	Belgium 	88
20 	Poland 	77 	North Korea 	77
21 	Malaysia 	72 	Malaysia 	73
22 	Belgium 	69 	Faroe Islands 	60
23 	Greece 	67 	France 	60
24 	France 	66 	Serbia 	59
25 	Serbia 	58 	Poland 	53
26 	Ukraine 	44 	Ukraine 	49
== Incidents ==
=== Denmark's Disqualifikation ===
Shortly after the Semi-final's, the Danish Head of Delegation quit his position. However, no reason was announced of the withdrawal. The Danish entry was Disqualified. As punishment DR had to pay a unknown sum of money to the GBU. There votes was replaced by a Back-up Jury.
== 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.
* Armenia: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest.
* Belarus: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* China: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Estonia: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Hong Kong: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Hungary: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Iceland: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* India: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Lebanon:The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Mexico: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Moldova: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Monaco:The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Palau: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Portugal: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* San Marino: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Singapore: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Slovenia: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest. 
* Thailand: The broadcaster had to withdrawal from the contest due to the restart of the contest.