AwlaVision Winners Edition 3

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**AwlaVision Winners Edition 3**, often referred to as **AWE#3**, was the third edition of AwlaVision Winners Edition, held in Brussels, Belgium. The edition started the 30th December 2019, and ended the 04th January 2020.

13 countries took part in this edition with 15 songs in total. Yonaka from Georgia won the contest with the song "Lose our heads" receving a total of 122 points, 28 points ahead the runner-up, Ireland with Irama. Poland with PVRIS finished in third place with 88 points. The last place was for Albania with Marjona Metohu, that got 19 points.

## Organisation

After Sweden's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 45, ABU decided to keep organising some winner editions every fifteen edition to look for the more popular winning song of the competition. The countries that could host the contest were who ended second or third in the previous contests. Finally, ABU chose Brussels as the host city of **AWE3**.

VRT and RTBF, the Belgian national broadcasting companies, decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally **Virginie de Clausade** and **Koen Wauters** were selected.

## Location

### **Vorst Nationaal**

The **Vorst Nationaal** is a multi-purpose arena located in the municipality of Forest near Brussels, Belgium. The arena can hold more than 8,000 people. It hosts indoor sporting events as well as concerts done by a wide variety of artists. The arena, which opened in 1970, offers between 2,500 and 8,000 seats, depending on the event and is a member of European Arenas Association (EAA). Known for its circular interior, It is owned by the Music Hall Group and operated by the Sportpaleis Groep.

The venue opened on 8 October 1970 with a performance by Maurice Béjart's Ballet of the 20th Century. Then it had a capacity of 5,500 seats. A renovation followed in 1995, which increased the capacity and improved lighting and sound systems. In 2013, the Sportpaleis Group took over the operation of the hall, while Music Hall Group remained as the owners. The following year, renovations followed, with the seats numbered and new foyers provided. One of these foyers is located in an old backstage room where a 'Wall Of Fame' was created because artists wrote personal messages on the wall. This can be visited by the public. The renovation works were carried out in 2014 by Mathieu Gijbels and ABV + Architecten.

### **Brussels**

**Brussels** is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the capital of Belgium. Besides the strict centre, it also covers the immediate northern outskirts where it borders municipalities in Flanders. It is the administrative centre of the European Union, thus often dubbed, along with the region, the EU's capital city.

The City of Brussels is a municipality consisting of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely Haren, Laeken and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the north, as well as Avenue Louise/Louizalaan and the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos park to the south. As of 1 January 2017, the City of Brussels had a total population of 176,545. As of 2007, there were approximately 50,000 registered non-Belgians in the City of Brussels. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch).

Brussels experiences an oceanic climate. Proximity to coastal areas influences the area's climate by sending marine air masses from the Atlantic Ocean. Nearby wetlands also ensure a maritime temperate climate. On average (based on measurements over the last 100 years), there are approximately 200 days of rain per year in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the highest totals for any European capital. Snowfall is infrequent, averaging 24 days per year. The city also often experiences violent thunderstorms in summer months.

## Results

**Jury**

* Belgium
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Finland
* Germany
* Ireland
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* Romania
* Spain
* Turkey
* UK

## See also

* AwlaVision Song Contest
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 1
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 2
* AwlaVision Song Contest 31
* AwlaVision Song Contest 32
* AwlaVision Song Contest 33
* AwlaVision Song Contest 34
* AwlaVision Song Contest 35
* AwlaVision Song Contest 36
* AwlaVision Song Contest 37
* AwlaVision Song Contest 38
* AwlaVision Song Contest 39
* AwlaVision Song Contest 40
* AwlaVision Song Contest 41
* AwlaVision Song Contest 42
* AwlaVision Song Contest 43
* AwlaVision Song Contest 44
* AwlaVision Song Contest 45