Alternative Eurovision Song Contest 18

### Opening act

**Semi Final 1:** Charlotte performing "Force Et Amour"**Semi Final 2:** Michael Amani & MARF performing "It's A Feeling"

**Grand Final:** Taska Black ft. Nevve performing "Losing Our Minds" and flag parade

### Interval act

**Semi Final 1:** Hooverphonic performing their song "Release Me"**Semi Final 2:** Loïc Nottet performing "On Fire"

**Grand Final:** Charlotte performing "Pars" and "Force Et Amour"

## Participants

### Returning countries

 **Bosnia & Herzegovina** **Croatia**

 **Faroe Islands**

 **Kosovo**

 **Lebanon**

 **San Marino**

## Vote

### Voting system

Each country awardes 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs

### Winner

 KADEBOSTANY - Take It Away From Me feat. Céliahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQDb5T6K-xg

### Label

**Alternative Eurovision Song Contest 18**, often referred to as **AESC 18**, was the 18th edition of the Alternative Eurovision Song Contest. . The contest was hosted in **Brussels, Belgium**  after **Charlotte** won in last edition, in **Chambéry**  with song *"Force et Amour"*. Edition 18 is an important edition because of an important thing that happened for the first time in history. Due to 54 countries applying for the competition, ABU decided to create the Pre Qualification Round, where 9 songs will compete for 3 free places in the semi-finals. The host of pqr will always be the country that took last two editions earlier.

## Location - Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels-Capital Region is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region.Brussels is the most densely populated and the richest region in Belgium in terms of GDP per capita.It covers 162 km2 (63 sq mi), a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of over 1.2 million. The five times larger metropolitan area of Brussels comprises over 2.5 million people, which makes it the largest in Belgium. It is also part of a large conurbation extending towards Ghent, Antwerp, Leuven and Walloon Brabant, home to over 5 million people.

## Venue - Palais 12

Palais 12 is an indoor arena in Brussels used for concerts and spectacles. With a capacity of roughly 15,000 it is one of the largest indoor venues in Belgium. Located in the Heysel Exhibition Park, it was originally built in 1989 but was redesigned and reopened in its current form in 2013. Palais 12 forms the foundation stone for the NEO project, which aims to refurbish the Heysel Plateau into a new, modern, multipurpose neighbourhood in northern Brussels. Situated on the Heysel Plateau, Palais 12 hosts major events, such as big concerts, conferences, shows and major sporting events for a maximum capacity of 15,000 people. As the many large events organised at Brussels Expo demonstrate and thanks to its central position and accessibility, Palais 12 is the only venue in Belgium capable of welcoming spectators from all across the country, the equivalent of an attractiveness potential of more than 11 million people. This is a huge asset for Palais 12, Belgium's only venue to boast such a high prospect of spectators.

 Antwerp
 Brussels

## Hosts - Alice Dutoit and Robin Sénéchal

**Alice Dutoit** (knows as Alice on the Roof) is a Belgian singer, songwriter and composer. Representative of Belgium during the thirteenth edition of AESC. She gained great publicity, not only in Belgium, but also throughout Europe, after releasing the song "Malade".

**Robin Sénéchal** (knows as Bakoun) is to Belgian-French youtuber, actor, influencer and TV presenter. He was famous for his guest appearance at the Azeri music festival. Known from being husband of Argentinian influencer, current Belgian Head Of Delegation