2008 Worldvision Musician Contest

The 2008 Worldvision Musician Contest was the tenth edition of Worldvision Musician Contest, and was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom. After seven years, Austria won the contest for a record fourth time, beating out last year's winner, the United States, and Italy. 
==Format==
The procedure is similar to that of the Worldvision Song Contest, except instead of performing songs, the musicians performed pieces on their respective instrument. There is no scoreboard and the other countries themselves do not vote; their respective juries and citizens vote and are given a placing. Controversy erupted when an Italian broadcaster claimed the contest to be "unfair" due to the high number of entries in the final. New to the 2008 contest, the candidates representing each participating country participated in a semi-final. Out of these candidates the seven best were selected by an international jury to perform live as finalists in the show.
==Awards==
Returning from the 2007 contest, the audience of the host country would vote after the announcement of the winner on which musician deserves a special prize. The winner of the special prize would receive a certificate and £25,000. Other awards include the Stage Presence Award, the Artist Award, the Press Award and the Sportsmanship Award.
Category 	Country	Performer 	Instrument
Artist Award 	 	Xander Gustafoon	Flute
Stage Presence Award	 	Reino Kuttenen 	Percussion
Press Award 	 	Abby Cunningham 	Viola
Sportsmanship Award 	 	Abby Cunningham 	Viola
==Results==
===Semi-Final===
Draw	Country	Performer 	Instrument	Place
01 	 	Delmar Guido 	Flute 	4
02 	 	Alzar Grazyon 	Piccolo 	8
03 	 	Reino Kuttenen 	Percussion	3
04 	 	Xander Gustafoon 	Flute 	6
05 	 	Travis Goldwell 	Viola 	9
06 	 	Abby Cunningham 	Viola 	10
07 	 	Cripín Torrez 	Violin 	11
08 	 	Diana Dietrich 	Percussion	5
09 	 	Ruby Föge 	Bassoon 	12
10 	 	Orlando Olvio 	Flute 	7
11 	 	Patrick Nurmi 	Piano 	13
12 	 	Jannifer Swanson 	Violin 	1
13 	 	Karoline Petrussman	Harmonica 	2
===Final===
Draw	Country	Performer 	Instrument	Place
01 	 	Reino Kuttenen 	Percussion	6
02 	 	Xander Gustafoon 	Flute 	4
03 	 	Orlando Olvio 	Flute 	3
04 	 	Delmar Guido 	Flute 	7
05 	 	Karoline Petrussman	Harmonica 	1
06 	 	Jannifer Swanson 	Violin 	2
07 	 	Diana Dietrich 	Percussion	5