Slavic Vision Song Contest 1

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**Slavic Vision Song Contest 1**, often referred to as **SVSC 1**, was the debut edition of the Slavic Vision Song Contest. It was held in Sofia, Bulgaria as it was the host's country chose Arena Armeec while Poli Genova was selected as the presenter.

17 countries participated in the first edition, all of them being debutants as it was the first edition. In order to participate, the countries had to be firstly approved to be members of the Slavic Broadcasting Union.

Russia was crowned as the winner of the edition with the song "Perfect World" performed by Sergey Lazarev. The song gathered a total of 91 points, 4 points ahead the runner-up, Bulgaria. Kosovo finished on third place, while Kazakhstan, Slovakia and Montenegro completed the top 6 of the edition.

## Location

*For further information see Sofia*

**Sofia** is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The city has a population of 1.26 million, while over 1.5 million people live in its functional urban area. The city is located at the foot of Vitosha Mountain in the western part of the country, within less than 50 kilometres (31 mi) drive from the Serbian border. Its location in the centre of the Balkan peninsula means that it is the midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, whereas the Aegean Sea is the closest to it.

Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC.Being Bulgaria's primate city, Sofia is a hometown of many of the major local universities, cultural institutions and commercial companies.Sofia is one of the top 10 best places for start-up business in the world, especially in IT technologies.Sofia is Europe's most affordable capital to visit as of 2013.

For the longest time the city possessed a Thracian name, derived from the tribe *Serdi*, who were either of Thracian, Celtic, or mixed Thracian-Celtic origin.The Serdi and the name of emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus (53 – 117 AD) prompted the Romans to give the city the combinative name of *Ulpia Serdica*;Ulpia is derived from an Umbrian cognate of the Latin word *lupus*, meaning "wolf."It seems that the first written mention of *Serdica* was made during his reign and the last mention was in the 19th century in a Bulgarian text . During the Romans *civitas Serdenisium* was mentioned the "brightest city of the Serdi" in official inscriptions. The city was major throughout the past ever since Antiquity, when Roman emperor Constantine the Great referred to it as "my Rome", and it nearly became his capital.

## Participating countries

Seventeen countries participated in the first edition in Sofia.The submissions for the first edition opened on 4 January 2017. Every slavic country should choose their broadcaster for the contest. Austria wasn't allowed to enter the first edition. The contest started in January. As the rules say, if the country will select internally their entry, they should announced the artist at least one week before they reveal the song.

## Results

### Final

Seventeen countries participated in the final. Also Rest of the World will vote in the final.

## Voting grids

### Final

#### 12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:

## Other awards

### Web Award

A poll was opened during the final of the edition with all the finalists. The public could vote for their favorite songs and there was no limit in choices. However, only one vote per user was allowed. The winner and the top 6 of the poll was presented before the final voting.

## Other Countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Slavic Vision Song Contest*

### SBU non-members

* Austria announced on 14 January that they want to participate in SVSC and be part of SBU. The SBU has declined Austria's application to the contest. A debut is also probably.

## International broadcasts and voting

### Voting and spokespersons

2. Katarina Čas
3. Gabriela Gunčiková
4. Radoslav Vanko
5. Eneda Tarifa
6. Knez
7. Alexey Vorobyov
8. Monika Lewczuk
9. Karolina Gočeva

11. Paula Seling
12. Yerzhan Zhunusov
13. Marina Viskovic
14. Ani Lorak
15. Katy Rain
16. Era Istrefi
17. Dara
18. Lana Del Rey

## Notes

1. **^** Lana Del Rey will present the votes for the Rest of the World jury.