Slavic Vision Song Contest 5

Final date
 Venue
 Opening act
 Interval act
 Entries
 Returning
**Participation map**
* Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
 System
 Winner

**Slavic Vision Song Contest 5**, often referred to as **SVSC 5**, will be the fifth edition of the Slavic Vision Song Contest. The contest will be hosted in Poland, after Margaret won the fourth edition of the contest with "Elephant".

22 countries participated in the fourth edition. In order to participate, the countries had to be firstly approved to be members of the Slavic Broadcasting Union.

Slovakia was crowned as the winner of the edition with the song "My Last Song" performed by Celeste Buckingham. The song gathered a total of 235 points, 47 points ahead the runner-up, Belarus. Poland finished on third place, while Austria, Czech Republic and Albania completed the top 6 of the edition.

## Location

*For further information see Kraków***Kraków**  is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland's most important economic hubs. It was the capital of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1038 to 1569; the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1795; the Free City of Kraków from 1815 to 1846; the Grand Duchy of Cracow from 1846 to 1918; and Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1998. It has been the capital of Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999.

The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's second most important city. It began as a hamlet on Wawel Hill and was already being reported as a busy trading centre of Slavonic Europe in 965. With the establishment of new universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the Second Polish Republic in 1918 and throughout the 20th century, Kraków reaffirmed its role as a major national academic and artistic centre. The city has a population of approximately 760,000, with approximately 8 million additional people living within a 100 km (62 mi) radius of its main square.

After the invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, Kraków became the capital of Germany's General Government. The Jewish population of the city was forced into a walled zone known as the Kraków Ghetto, from which they were sent to German extermination camps such as the nearby Auschwitz never to return, and the Nazi concentration camps like Płaszów.

## Participating countries

22 countries participated in the edition. Three countries returned to the contest; Greece and Romania, who last took part in the third edition, returned to the contest after a one-edition break. Moldova after 3 editions decide to return in the contest.

However one country withdraw from the contest; Hungary

### Returning artists

Bebe Rexha was internally selected to represent FYR Macedonia for the second time; she previously represented the country in the second edition as a solo artist. GJan who previously competed in the third edition for the Lithuania, returned to represent the country for the second time. Alyona Lanskaya returned to represent Belarus for the second time after last taking part in the fourth edition.

## Voting grids

### Final

#### 12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the first semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

## Incidents

### Polish entry

On March 24, TVP announce that Lanberry would represent their nation with the song "Only Human". Therefor, their original entrant Aneta Sablik with the song "The One" has been replaced.

### Macedonian entry

On March 27, MRT announce that Bobi Pavlovski would represent their nation with the song "Samo edna nok". Therefor, their original entrant Bebe Rexha with the song "Small Doses" has been replaced.

## Other countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Slavic Vision Song Contest*
Countries that are active members of the Slavic Broadcasting Union (SBU) are also eligible to participate in the Slavic Vision 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.

### Active SBU members

* Estonia: On 17 March 2017 Estonia announce that they will not compete in the fifth edition. Later ERR announce that Estonia will return in the seventh edition.
* Hungary: On 24 March 2017 TV2 announce that the country will not participate in the fifth edition.
* Kosovo: On 22 March 2017 Kosovo announced that they will not return.

## International broadcasts and voting

### Voting and spokespersons

2. Zoë
3. Galena(Bulgarian representative in the sixth edition)
4. Mladen Ivanic
5. Giorgos Kapoutzidis
6. Jana Burceska
7. Ilina & Alex
8. Milan Peroutka
9. Jasques Houdek
10. Aneta Sablik

12. Serebro(Russian representative in the fourth edition)
13. Greta Zazza
14. Jelena Karleusa
15. Justs
16. Xhensila
17. Miro Jaros
18. Murat Dalkılıç
19. Lidia Isac
20. Zhanar Dugalova(Kazakh representative in the third edition)
22. Marjetka Vovc