Zone Song Contest 5

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**Participation map**
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**Zone Song Contest 5**, often referred as **ZSC 5**, was the fifth edition of the Zone Song Contest. The edition was located again at the United Kingdom as host country. BBC was the TV station chosen by the English delegation to televise and organize such important event of this dimensions for all Europe and the world after their second victory reached at the fourth edition of the contest with the group *Larkins* and the song *"Not Enough Love"*with 437 points. They were the first country to win the festival twice, they managed to win after drawing in the jury with the second classified, Ukraine. And to be in second place for the televote only surpassed by France, which managed to be third.

The return of Bosnia & Herzegovina rounded the list of participants to the number of **46** again, without any debut or any withdrawal, it's true that Lithuania considered withdraws because they didn't had many options to bring a competitive song, but finally confirmed their participation without a problem with the ZBU.

**BBC** selected on April 19th the two hosts of the fifth edition: Holly Willoughby and Dermot O'Leary, hosting as the tradition, each one a Semi-Final and both the Grand Final.

## Location

**United Kingdom** is a sovereign country in north-western Europe, off the north-­western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-­eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. The United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates United Kingdom and Ireland. The total area of the United Kingdom is 242,500 square kilometres (93,628 sq mi), with an estimated population in 2020 of 68 million.

**Birmingham** is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is the second-largest city, urban area and metropolitan area in England and the United Kingdom, with roughly 1.1 million inhabitants within the city area, 2.9 million inhabitants within the urban area and 3.6 million inhabitants within the metropolitan area. The city proper is the most populated English local government district. Birmingham is commonly referred to as the "second city of the United Kingdom".

### Bidding phase

The head of the public chain BBC told on a interview that 3 cities declared interest in hosting the show. They advanced that at the beginning of May the final decision by the directive on where it will be organized would be known. Finally, BBC chose Birmingham as the most plausible option since its hotel capacity and the stadium were in good condition for the preparation of the great European festival. At this point, although only 3 cities were formally presented as candidates, the United Kingdom achieved close to 80% share in the last edition, being the country with the most interest on the festival.

**Key**
  †  Host venue   ‡  Shortlisted venues

 Manchester | Old Trafford | 76,000

## Results

### Semi-Final 1

France and Germany will also vote in this semi-final.

### Semi-Final 2

Italy, Spain and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.

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