Dubovision 4

## Results

### Vote

The countries entering each semi, alongside other members interested in the competition, give 12, 10, 8-1 points to their top ten favourite songs.12 points are deducted for the countries of each relevant semi who did not vote.

### Winning song

 Germany - **Into the Unknown (Pop)** (Frozen 2)

## Editions

Previous: Warsaw 3
Next: Munich 5

**Dubovision #4** is the fourth edition of the Dubovision Song Contest. This edition was held in Seoul,  South Korea, following Park Ji-yun and Go Hye-rim's victory with the song "Crossing the Line" from the Korean dub of the animated series *Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure*. This edition was unveiled on September 1, 2023, and confirmations for entry picking closed on September 15.

The contest was won by Mark Forster representing  Germany with the end credits version of the German dub of "Into the Unknown" from the Disney animated film *Frozen 2*. He scored 238 points, finishing 39 points ahead of  Malaysia and  Spain, who tied for second place.

## Format

The **Dubovision Song Contest** is a contest in which the competitors are pre-existing dubs from around the world. The selection process involves one country being picked by those who enter the contest. Said person who picked that country must choose what dub they feel should represent their pick for the contest.

Once it is time to vote for the top 10 favorite entries for each semi-final, that country will be required to vote for the semi relevant to them, or else 12 points will be deducted. Other members, including those not participating in the contest, are encouraged to vote as well.

The winning head of delegation of the contest will be the host next edition, which is usually (but not exclusively) hosted in the capital city of the country that won.

### Edition

Prior to the start of this edition, the admins of the contest held a series of polls in which the participants and members of the Discord server could decide how different aspects of the competition would work moving forward.

Among the accepted changes, the **AQs** *(automatic qualifiers)* would no longer be comprised of members of the admin team; from Dubovision 4 onwards, the top 6 HODs from the last contest get the privilege to skip the semi-finals instead (regardless of the country of their choice).

Most controversially, an ***"NF season"*** was proposed. It would take place during the first week of entry choosing, where country-claiming rights would be exclusive for those HODs who selected their entries through the national finals method as a way to counterrest the recurrent issue of media that took part in certain NFs being "stolen" by other countries who selected their entries internally.

The first poll regarding this proposal was deemed inconclusive so it was later relaunched with a reduced amount of options, resulting in the approval of the implementation of this system by a singular vote. The first 7 days of September were designated to become the first *national final week* in order to test its functionality, resulting in a significant increment in the number of NFs held in comparison to previous editions.

Due to its poor reception and the fact it brought in more problems than it solved *(such as a lot of countries only selecting two possible options in order to be able to claim earlier or the withdrawal of  Belgium and  Russia after the results of their polls were revealed)*, it was decided by the executive producers that the concept would be **scrapped in its entirety**, going back to traditional way of country-claiming for all future editions.

## Participants

### Returning Artists

* Albania - **Klea Huta** sung the Albanian version of *"Spotlight"* from *Winx Club in Concert*, Albania's entry for Dubovision 1. The song managed to qualify and eventually came 21st in the grand final with 56 points, being the country's highest placement as of date.
* Bulgaria - Bulgaria's entry in Dubovision 4, *"Open Up Your Eyes"* from the 2017 *My Little Pony* movie, re-entered the competition from the cancelled 2022 edition of the contest.
* Croatia - **Andrea Čubrić** sung the Croatian opening to *Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures*, Croatia's entry for Dubovision 1. It came 14th in first semi-final with 84 points.
* Egypt - Egypts's entry in Dubovision 4, *"Ultraluminary"* from *Over The Moon* in Egyptian Arabic, was originally entered in the cancelled 2022 edition of the competition. The singer **Noha Fekry** also took part in the Egyptian entry of last edition, the Egyptian Arabic dub of the song *"We Don't Talk About Bruno"* from *Encanto*. With 114 points, the entry failed to qualify, coming only one point short of 10th place in semi-final 2.
* Finland - **Raili Raitala** sung the Finnish entry of last edition, the Finnish version of the song *"Monster"* from *Adventure Time: Distant Lands*. It came 13th in semi-final 2 with 111 points.
* Iceland - The popular Icelandic singer **Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir** also sung the country's entry for Dubovision 2, *"Show Yourself"* from Frozen 2. It was very close to qualifying, reaching 11th place in semi-final 2 with 114 points.
* Portugal - **Ana Vieira** sung the European Portuguese version of *"Omajajo Carnival!"* from Omajajo Doremi, the Portuguese entry for Dubovision 1. It came 16th in the second semi-final with 63 points.
* South Korea - The host entry of this edition, *"Hair in the Air"* from *Trolls: The Beat Goes On*, was also meant to compete in Dubovision 2022 prior to its cancellation.

### Semi-Final 1

Table key
     *Qualifier*

### Semi-Final 2

Table key
     *Qualifier*

### Grand Final

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*

## Notes

* This edition marks the first time two countries that had already selected their entries through national finals,  Belgium and  Russia, withdraw from the contest entirely.
	+ Belgium's situation was particularly absurd, as first two preselected entries from the NF had to be replaced since one of them infringed the rules of entry lenght while the other was actually recorded in  France. When the results of the poll were revealed, it had become apparent that the 1st place wasn't eligible as the same media had already won another country's national final prior, so the 2nd place was sent to the competition instead. It was quickly discovered that the 2nd placer was **ALSO** ineligible, so the 3rd place of the poll (*"Surface Pressure"* from Encanto in Flemish) was supposed to represent Belgium but, unhappy with this unfortunate lineup of events, the HOD decided to switch to  Greece instead.
	+ In a ridiculous turn of events, during the voting period of the first semi-final it was informed to the admin team that the intended entry from  Netherlands was actually recorded in Belgium. Because of this, the Netherlands ended up withdrawing from the contest and Belgium took its place instead. To add insult to injury, Belgium ended up placing second-to-last in the semi.
* New Zealand intended to make its debut this edition with the Maori dub of "For the First Time in Forever" from Frozen. However, as this song had already participated under  Latvia in Dubovision 2 and the rules state that at least 2 editions must pass before a song becomes claimable again, the HOD of New Zealand was asked to choose a different entry. They decided to switch to  Thailand instead and chose the song *"Believix"* from Winx Club, which was elegible but notably underwhelming. The same HOD would later be revealed to have been an alt account, leading to their ban from the server and withdrawal of all their claims.
	+ Both countries would end up unused in the end, as no one else tried to claim them during the rest of the entry-choosing period.
* It's the first time in the contest's history that a host entry has to go through the semi-finals. This is due to the original head of delegation of  South Korea choosing an entry that went against the rules, which prompted their withdrawal from this edition of the contest. The country was soon enough claimed by a different HOD, who was not given hosting privileges for the sake of fairness.

## Trivia

* Despite the fact both  South Korea and  Sweden were the winners of semi-final 1 and 2 respectively, neither of them managed to crack the top 10 in the grand final of the contest.
* Various Eurovision-related artists took part this edition:
	+ Maléna represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in the year 2021 with her song *"Qami Qami"*. She reached 1st place with 224 points, bringing the country's second win.
	+ Andrea Čubrić has repeatedly attempted to represent Croatia, participating in the country's national selection *Dora* a total of 4 times (in 1998, 2003, 2004 and 2006).
	+ Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir represented Iceland in the year 2006 with her song *"Congratulations"* under the name Silvía Night, an alter ego that brought out all the worst elements of human behaviour in modern society. Her antics, both onstage and offstage, created great amounts of controversy and garnered both domestic and international media attention. She failed to qualify to the final, only reaching 13th place in the semi.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Twelve points were deducted due to the HOD not voting.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Due to **tiebreak** rules, the country that has received most points from the jury *(as opposed to the televote)* gets a higher final position.