AwlaVision Song Contest 50

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**AwlaVision Song Contest 50**, often referred to as **ASC#50**, was the fiftieth edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in various locations in Denmark. The edition started the 01st July 2020, and ended the 25th July 2020.

45 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. No one withdrew from ASC. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, Morocco, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey returned to the competition. Melis from Czech Republic won the contest with the song "Waves" receiving a total of 299 points, 5 points ahead the runner-up, Italy. Finland finished in third place with 225 points. The last winning country, Bulgaria achieved a 9th place with 116 points. The last place was for Lithuania, that got 7 points.

## Organisation

After Bulgaria's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 49, the BNT and ABU had to decide where to organise the contest this time. Due to the COVID19 regulations, BNT decided to let the Danish broadcaster DR to organise the contest again with audience limitations (divide the possible attending crowd on a fifty-percent). Finally, DR and ABU chose **Herning**, **Aalborg** and **Copenhagen** as the host cities of ASC50.

DR decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally **Ulla Essendrop** and **Pilou Asbæk** were selected.

 Aalborg
 Copenhagen

## Location

### **Host arenas**

For the first semifinal, the **Jyske Bank Boxen** is an indoor arena, located in Herning, Denmark, that is part of the Messecenter Herning. It has a capacity of 12,500. It hosts concerts, ice hockey, basketball, volleyball, team handball and gymnastics competitions. It has hosted the 2010 European Women's Handball Championships, the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship, and the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. It will host the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.

For the second semifinal, the **Gigantium** in Aalborg, Denmark, is a large, rentable faire building, which hosts a large variety of concerts, markets and exhibitions, among other things. It has a capacity of 5,000 people. For concerts, the capacity is 8,500 people. The main use of the arena is sport, and it is home to the Danish Handball League club Aalborg Håndbold and the elite Ice Hockey team Aalborg Pirates. The ice hockey club AaB Ishockey also play their matches in an ice arena connected to the original Gigantium arena. AaB Ishockey is the amateur club having the license for professional ice hockey being used by Aalborg Pirates.

For the final, the **Royal Arena** is a multi-use indoor arena in Ørestad Syd, a new development in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. The ground was broken for construction on 26 June 2013 and the arena opened in February 2017. It has a capacity of 13,000 for sporting events and up to 16,000 (either sitting or standing) for concerts. The project was presented at a press conference at Bella Sky Hotel on 23 September 2011. The design of the arena was presented on 7 June 2012. The winning design team consists of 3XN, HKS, Inc., Arup, ME Engineers and Planit. The arena will have a distinctly Nordic design. It is sponsored by the Danish brewery Royal Unibrew.

### **Host cities**

For the first semifinal, **Herning** is a Danish city in Region Midtjylland, on the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,332 (1 January 2020) including the suburbs of Tjørring, Snejbjerg, Lind, Birk, Hammerum and Gjellerup, making Herning the 11th most populous urban area in Denmark.

For the second semifinal, **Aalborg** is Denmark's fourth largest city with an urban population of 140,897. With a population of 217,075 (as of 2019), the Municipality of Aalborg is the third most populous in the country after Copenhagen and Aarhus. By road Aalborg is 64 kilometres southwest of Frederikshavn, and 118 kilometres north of Aarhus. The distance to Copenhagen is 412 kilometres if travelling by road and not using ferries.

For the final, **Copenhagen** is the capital and most populous city of Denmark. As of 1 January 2020, the city had a population of 794,128 with 632,340 in Copenhagen Municipality, 104,305 in Frederiksberg Municipality, 42,989 in Tårnby Municipality, and 14,494 in Dragør Municipality. It forms the core of the wider urban area of Copenhagen (population 1,330,993) and the Copenhagen metropolitan area (population 2,057,142). Copenhagen is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand; another small portion of the city is located on Amager, and it is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.

This is the second time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in Denmark in a row. The country was chosen since they could not have the full experience of hosting in last edition due to the COVID19 regulations, and they had better infrastructure than the actual winner of the last edition.

### **Returning countries**

Bellow a list of all returning countries:

* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Egypt
* Georgia
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Malta
* Morocco
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Turkey

## Results

### **First Semifinal**

**Jury**

* Bulgaria (Last winner)
* Romania (Finalist)
* Lithuania (Finalist)

### **Second Semifinal**

**Jury**

* Russia (Finalist)
* Iceland (Finalist)
* Netherlands (Finalist)

## See also

* AwlaVision Song Contest
* AwlaVision Song Contest 1
* AwlaVision Song Contest 2
* AwlaVision Song Contest 3
* AwlaVision Song Contest 4
* AwlaVision Song Contest 5
* AwlaVision Song Contest 6
* AwlaVision Song Contest 7
* AwlaVision Song Contest 8
* AwlaVision Song Contest 9
* AwlaVision Song Contest 10
* AwlaVision Song Contest 11
* AwlaVision Song Contest 12
* AwlaVision Song Contest 13
* AwlaVision Song Contest 14
* AwlaVision Song Contest 15
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 1
* AwlaVision Song Contest 16
* AwlaVision Song Contest 17
* AwlaVision Song Contest 18
* AwlaVision Song Contest 19
* AwlaVision Song Contest 20
* AwlaVision Song Contest 21
* AwlaVision Song Contest 22
* AwlaVision Song Contest 23
* AwlaVision Song Contest 24
* AwlaVision Song Contest 25
* AwlaVision Song Contest 26
* AwlaVision Song Contest 27
* AwlaVision Song Contest 28
* AwlaVision Song Contest 29
* AwlaVision Song Contest 30
* 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
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 3
* AwlaVision Song Contest 46
* AwlaVision Song Contest 47
* AwlaVision Song Contest 48
* AwlaVision Song Contest 49