Discogram International Song Contest 03

## Discogram International Song Contest

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**Discogram International Song Contest 03** also referred as **DISC03**, is the 3rd edition of Discogram International Song Contest, held in Malmö, Sweden after Grant won the last edition with her song "Waterline"

Eighteen countries participated in the third contest. This edition saw the debut of  Aruba,  Austria,  Canada,  Denmark &  Iceland while  Bulgaria,  Greece,  Israel,  United Kingdom returned to the competition after one edition. However,  Albania,  Brazil,  Hong Kong,  Ireland,  Mexico,  New Zealand,  Nigeria,  North Macedonia,  United States withdrew due to various reason.

 Japan ended up victorious after beating out  Philippines for the win by a landslide of 36 points margin. This is also Japan's first victory,  Singapore rounded up the podium in 3rd and also obtained its best result till date. Host Country,  Sweden finished in 13th after the delegation failed to submit their votes.

This edition saw several countries achieving their best result. With  Israel &  Kazakhstan placing in the top 5, finishing 4th & 5th respectively,  Malaysia beating their previous edition result, finishing 8th &  Greece despite being penalized, finishing in 15th.

## Venue

Malmö Arena is a multi-use indoor arena in Malmö, Sweden, the home of SHL ice hockey club Malmö Redhawks. It is the largest arena in the SHL, and the second-largest indoor arena in Sweden. Apart from hosting Redhawks hockey matches, the arena is often the venue for team handball, floorball, concerts, and other events. It has also hosted indoor athletics. Owned and operated by Parkfast AB, the arena was designed by Mats Matson of MM Matsson Konsult AB, Hannu Helkiö of Pöyry Architects, and Gert Wingårdh of Wingårdh arkitektkontor. Naming rights for the venue are owned by Malmö Stad, in a ten-year contract, agreed in 2007. Malmö Arena hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 between 14 and 18 May 2013 and the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships from 26 December 2013 to 5 January 2014.

With a capacity of 12,600 for sports and 15,500 for concerts, Malmö Arena is the second-largest indoor arena in Sweden, only trailing the Ericsson Globe, located in Stockholm. The attendance record for concerts at Malmö Arena is 11,300, set by a Lady Gaga concert on 19 November 2010. The venue attendance record for ice hockey was set on 12 November 2008, when Malmö Redhawks hosted Leksands IF in front of 13,247 people. Ground was broken on 10 January 2007, and the arena was inaugurated on 6 November 2008. The final construction cost for the arena was 750 million SEK. The arena is located about 80 m (260 ft) from Hyllie railway station, from where there are rail and bus connections to Malmö Central Station, Copenhagen Airport, and Copenhagen Central Station.

## Location

**Malmö** is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a population of 316,588 (municipal total 350,647 in 2021). The Malmö Metropolitan Region is home to over 700,000 people, and the Öresund region, which includes Malmö as well as Copenhagen, is home to 4 million people. Malmö is considered a gamma-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.

Malmö was one of the earliest and most industrialised towns in Scandinavia, but it struggled to adapt to post-industrialism. Since the 2000 completion of the Öresund Bridge, Malmö has undergone a major transformation, producing new architectural developments, supporting new biotech and IT companies, and attracting students through Malmö University and other higher education facilities. Over time, Malmö's demographics have changed and by the turn of the 2020s almost half the municipal population had a foreign background. The city contains many historic buildings and parks, and is also a commercial centre for the western part of Skåne County. It is also home to Malmö FF, the Swedish football club with the most national championships and the only Nordic club to have reached the European Cup final.

Malmö has a mild climate for the latitude and, normally, average high temperatures remain above freezing in winter, with prolonged snow cover being rare.

Malmö is currently Swedens fastest growing city and the population increased with 3,783 inhabitants during 2020.

## Results

**Grand Final**

Recap Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kSFrF9x4D3S15nEU3rO-O-Uu-rET1JnA/view?usp=sharing

The Grand Final took place between 10 November 2020 to 17 November 2020.

 Greece,  Sweden &  United Kingdom were disqualified due to not voting. They lost 50% of their points.