Discogram International Song Contest 06

## Discogram International Song Contest

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**`Discogram International Song Contest 06** also referred as **DISC06**, is the 6th edition of Discogram International Song Contest, held in Dnipro, Ukraine after The HARDKISS won the last edition with their song "7 вітрів".

Seventeen countries participated in the sixth edition. This edition we saw the debut of  Colombia,  England,  Estonia,  Italy,  Qatar &  Tanzania while  Canada &  Sweden returned after two editions,  Japan after one edition as well as  Vietnam after four editions! However,  Brazil,  France,  United Kingdom,  United States &  US Virgin Islands withdrew due to various reason.

The contest saw the 100th song performed in the contest, when Taiwan's Ella Chen performed "How Old Are You" in the finals.

 Japan ended up victorious after beating out  Germany for the win by a one point margin. This led to Japan being the first country to win twice in the contest,  Tanzania rounded up the podium in 3rd. Host country,  Ukraine ended up last. This is the first time that the host country finish last in the contest.

In this edition we also saw 2 countries setting a new best result ever,  Canada &  Vietnam placing 8th and 12th respectively.

## Venue

The Dnipro Arena (Ukrainian: Дніпро-Арена) is a football stadium in Dnipro, Ukraine. It is mostly for football matches and hosts the homes matches of SC Dnipro-1. The stadium has a capacity of 31,003 people. It replaced Dnipro's old Soviet Metalurh Stadium which existed since 1940.

The Dnipro-Arena staged the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Ukraine and England as the Olimpiysky National Sports Complex in Kyiv was being rebuilt ready for UEFA Euro 2012.

The Dnipro-Arena was chosen as a possible venue for UEFA Euro 2012, but was dropped from the list in May 2009. The capacity fell short of the minimum 33,000 seats required by UEFA.

Dnipro-Arena hosted the 2009 Ukrainian Cup final, in which Vorskla Poltava beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0.

Since the beginning of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, Dnipro have played their European matches at the Olympiskiy NSC Stadium in Kyiv at the behest of UEFA, although there has been comparatively less conflict in Dnipro than other areas.

## Location

**Dnipro** previously called Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вськ [ˌd⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾ipropeˈtrɔu̯sʲk]; Russian: Днепропетро́вск [dʲnʲɪprəpʲɪˈtrofsk]) from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, 391 kilometres (243 mi) southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, after which it is named. Dnipro is the administrative centre of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It is the administrative seat of the Dnipro urban hromada. It has a population of 980,948 (2021 est.).

Archeological findings suggest that the first fortified town in the territory of present-day Dnipro probably dates to the mid-16th century. Other findings suggest that the town Samar, now a neighborhood in Dnipro's Samarskyi District, existed in the 1520s.

Known as Yekaterinoslav (Ekaterinoslav) (Russian: Екатериносла́в, romanized: Yekaterinoslav [jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnɐˈsɫaf]; Ukrainian: Катериносла́в, romanized: Katerynoslav [kɐtɛrɪnoˈslɑu̯]) until 1925, the city was formally inaugurated by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great (Russian: Екатери́на, romanized: Jekaterina - hence its then name) in 1787 as the administrative centre of the newly acquired vast territories of imperial New Russia, including those ceded to Russia by the Ottoman Empire under the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774). Grigory Potemkin originally envisioned the city as the Russian Empire's third capital city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Renamed Dnepropetrovsk in 1926, it became a vital industrial centre of Soviet Ukraine, one of the key centres of the nuclear, arms, and space industries of the Soviet Union. In particular, it is home to the Yuzhmash, a major space and ballistic-missile design bureau and manufacturer. Because of its military industry, it functioned as a closed city until the 1990s. On 19 May 2016, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada changed the official name of the city from Dnipropetrovsk to Dnipro.

Dnipro is a powerhouse of Ukraine's business and politics and is the native city of many of the country's most important figures. Much of Ukrainian politics continues to be defined by the legacies of Leonid Kuchma and Yulia Tymoshenko, whose intermingled political careers started in Dnipro (former Dnipropetrovsk).

## Results

**Grand Final**

Recap Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ww0s6cE-M1yvpoDwC3TBW4SsBx-Qf3Nc/view?usp=sharing

The Grand Final took place between 22 January 2022 to 05 February 2022.

## Other Countries

 Australia initially planned on debuting this edition, however the HoD decided to swap to  Canada. Australia has yet to debut in the contest.

 Switzerland initially planned on debuting this edition, however the HoD decided to withdrew its intention of participating. Switzerland has yet to debut in the contest.

 Uganda initially planned on returning to the contest, however the HoD decided to swap to  Qatar. Uganda last participated in the first edition