Canticum Certamine 07

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**Canticum Certamine 7**, often referred to as **CC 7** is the 7th edition of Canticum Certamine. It took place in Minsk, Belarus, following HELENA's victory in the sixth edition. It was the first time that Belarus hosted the contest. BTRC chose the Minsk Arena as the venue for the contest and Zhenya Katava, Alexander Rybak and Kristina Bazan as the hosts.

Forty-five countries participated in the 7th edition. 8 countries debuted this edition, those being: Andorra, Brazil, Chile, Czechia, Georgia, Liechtenstein, Monaco and Montenegro. Bulgaria and Kosovo returned, meanwhile Algeria, Denmark, France, Ireland, New Zealand, San Marino and Spain announced their withdrawal

Germany was crowned as the winner of the edition with the song "Close Your Eyes" performed by Kim Petras. The song gathered a total of 400 points, 67 points ahead the runner-up, Italy. Malta finished on third place, while Brazil, Latvia and Norway completed the top 6 of the edition. Germany achieved the best result of the big 6 countries this edition with their win.

## Location

*For further information see Minsk*
**Minsk** is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislač and the Nyamiha Rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblasć) and Minsk District (rajon). The population in January 2018 was 1,982,444, (not including suburbs), making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is the administrative capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and seat of its Executive Secretary.

Minsk is located on the southeastern slope of the Minsk Hills, a region of rolling hills running from the southwest (upper reaches of the river Nioman) to the northeast – that is, to Lukomskaye Lake in northwestern Belarus. The average altitude above sea level is 220 metres (720 ft).

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 2 November 2020 at the Minsk Arena in Belarus. The big 6 countries were first drawn to determine in which semi-final would each country vote. Belarus, Germany and Switzerland were drawn to vote in the first semi-final and to be in the first half of the grand-final while Cyprus, Latvia and Romania were drawn to vote in the second semi-final and to be in the second half of the grand-final. The rest thirty-nine countries were divided into six pots, based on the results from last edition. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* Canada
* Israel
* Japan
* Malta
* Moldova
* United States
* Lebanon
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Serbia
* Ukraine
* Belgium
* Greece
* Iceland
* Luxembourg
* South Korea
 Pot 4
 * Australia
* Estonia
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Russia
* Sweden
* Chile
* Finland
* Kosovo
* Liechtenstein
* Monaco
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Czech Republic
* Georgia
* Montenegro

## Results

### Semi-Final 1

Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Belarus, Germany and Switzerland also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Semi-Final 2

Twenty countries participated in the first semi-final. Cyprus, Latvia and Romania also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.