WorldVision 143

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 Winner

**WorldVision Song Contest 143**, often referred to as **WV 143**, was the one hundred forty-three edition of the WorldVision Song Contest. The contest took place in Chongqing,  China after the previous winner -  United States - refused to host the contest. It was the second time the country hosted WorldVision after being the runner-up in the previous edition, last time being in WV27. Organised by Charly with the help of two co-hosts - Seok-jin and Uto - and the host broadcaster Chongqing Broadcasting Group (重庆广播电视集团), the contest was held at the Great Theatre of Chongqing.

Fifty-one countries and regions participated in the contest, with one juror participating for the first time.  Central Anatolia and  Catalonia decided to withdraw, the former being forced to withdraw due to the number of sanctions accumulated and the latter did not offer a reason. A number of countries returned from their break or ban, such as  Chūbu,  North Rhine-Westphalia,  Spain,  France and  Croatia, while others, like  Australia,  Canada and  Iceland decided to take a break this edition.

The winner was  **Italy** with the song "A far l'amore comincia tu" performed by Raffaella Carrà and written by Franco Bracardi and Daniele Pace, and produced by Gianni Boncompagni. The song became a big national and international hit, being translated into several languages including Spanish, German, French and English. This was Italy's tenth victory, marking a new record of victories in WorldVision history. For Italian juror Krishoes, it was his fifth victory in the contest.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries and regions into their respective semi-finals took place on 19 July 2021.  United States and  China were pre-qualified.

The semi-finalists were allocated into seven pots (the six big pots and the Newcomer pot), based on their voting similarities.

Pot N consisted of:  Dalmatia and  Austria.

The six big pots were the following:

* Sudogwon
* Hungary
* Germany
* Dominican Republic
* Belgium
* Mid-Atlantic States
* Southern USA
* Western USA
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Seoul
* South Korea
* Spain
* The Netherlands
* Turkey
* Uzbekistan
* Chūbu
* Croatia
* England
* France
* New York
* New Zealand
* Østlandet
* Stockholm
* Sweden
* Sydney
 Pot D
 * Götaland
* Iceland
* Iran
* Japan
* Kantō
* Poland
* Scotland
* United Kingdom
* Canada
* Central Canada
* Ghana
* Italy
* Southeast Brazil
* South East England
* United States
* Cyprus
* Finland
* Greece
* Latvia
* London
* Norway
* Småland
* Svealand

## Other details

*Further information: List of participants in the WorldVision Song Contest*
### National Selections

National selections refer to the processes in which the jurors of the countries and regions participating in the monthly WorldVision select the artist and song that will represent them in the contest.

### Other WV countries/regions

* **Australia**,  **Canada** and  **Iceland** - The jurors are taking a break for one edition, due to time constraints and other reasons.
* **Banned** -  Scotland failed to vote in the previous edition and thus was banned from taking part in WorldVision 143.

### Incidents

* **Østlandet** failed to vote in the semi-final and  Dominican Republic failed to vote in both its semi-final and the final, thus being forced to withdraw.
* Due to a voting error, the 10 points of  Poland were wrongly attributed to  Chūbu instead of  Corsica, causing the latter to fail to qualify. The region of  Corsica received a bonus pre-qualification in the following edition.
* The entry of  Norway has been disqualified due to being a cover of a previously sent entry in WorldVision.