X PANAM Song Contest

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The **X PANAM Song Contest** is the ongoing 10th edition of the PANAM Song Contest. The contest will take place in Santiago, Chile, after their victory in the 9th edition of the contest with the song "*Desatar*", performed by Karla Grunewaldt.

Forty nine countries have confirmed participation so far.

 Location

### **Host City**

*For more details on the host city, see Santiago.*

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**Santiago** (*/ˌsæntiˈɑːɡoʊ/, US also /ˌsɑːn-/; Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo]*), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose total population is 7 million, of which more than 6 million live in the city's continuous urban area. The city is entirely located in the country's central valley. Most of the city lies between 500–650 m (1,640–2,133 ft) above mean sea level.

Santiago is the cultural, political and financial center of Chile and is home to the regional headquarters of many multinational corporations.

### **Venue**

*For more details on the Venue, see Movistar Arena.*

**Movistar Arena** is a 17,000-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in Santiago, Chile. It is located inside O'Higgins Park, in downtown Santiago. Its main structure was built in 1956, but it remained unfinished until 1999 when the roof was completed.

Buyer Peter Hiller opened it on April 15, 2006 as Arena Santiago with a seat-capacity of 12,000. Telefónica's cell phone division Movistar bought the stadium's naming rights, changing its name on October 6, 2008, while also expanding its capacity by 5,000 seats. It is one of the largest multi-purpose arenas in South America, with a total surface is 44,000 m². An additional 3,000 seats can be placed over the court during concerts, boosting the total capacity to 17,000 seats.

####  Bidding phase

During the week before the Contest, the Chilean delegation and the host broadcasters made a list of potential cities and venues in Chile to host the Contest. The final list was formed by different stadiums and fair centres in the country.

On 5 June 2019, it was announced the capital city, Santiago, as the host, with the Movistar Arena as the selected venue for the contest.

## Participants

The following countries have expressed their provisional interest in participating in the contest or confirmed that their expected national selection process would take place:

## The Contest

### **Pre-Qualification Round**

The tenth edition will be the first to have the Pre-Qualification round. Due to an increase in participating delegations, the bottom 5 from each semi-final will participate in this round, where five delegations will qualify to the Semi-final stage.

### **Semi-finals**

####  Allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on 28 August 2020. The fourty-three semi-finalists had been allocated into six pots, based on historical voting patterns. 39 countries participated in both of each semi-finals.

Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined the semi-final that each of the five automatic finalist countries (host country Antigua and Barbuda and the previous edition top 5 countries Paraguay, Canada, Guadeloupe and Jamaica) would broadcast and vote in.

Because Antigua and Barbuda became an automatic qualifier when granted the right to host the contest, the ASBU decided to expand the limit of participants in the Grand Final to 27 countries and territories.

* Anguilla
* Bermuda
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Saint Barthélemy
* Trinidad & Tobago
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Greenland
* Guatemala
* Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
* Grenada
* Guyana
* Puerto Rico
* Suriname
* United States
 Pot 4
 * Argentina
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Honduras
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* French Guiana
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Saint Pierre & Miquelon
* The Philippines
* Belize
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Curaçao
* Equatorial Guinea

####  Semi-final 1

The following countries will participate in the Semi-Finals directly