EFV 04 - Sydney, Australia

## **Bidding Phase & Entry Acceptance**

As the fourth edition of the contest, it was previously decided on the Council Meeting that the previous champion would host the following season of the contest. Sydney was the chosen city to host the contest, being indicated by Australia's Head of Delegation.

***III Council Meeting - Sydney, Australia - July 16, 2016***

The 25 participating countries had almost a week before the closure of the previous season and the opening of the current season to send their entries and the Management Team could organize the Official Playlist for the voting. Most of the delegations sent their entries with their final votes.

## Participants

### Debuting Countries

EAI - AZE - URU - CHN - MAC - MEX - MLD - UZB

### Voting System

All countries give 12, 10, 8-1 points to their favorite songs in the Semifinals. The 8 highest scores qualify to the Final joining the Top 3 and the same system applies (12, 10, 8-1 points).

## Winner

### *Visual Identity*

Sydney is a great mix of cultures and people and a place which shows the city opulence is the Opera House. To demonstrate Sydney's opulence, EFV decided again on an abstract pattern: a sketch of the Sydney's Opera House in a white background surrounded for musical notes in shades of purple. Also, the names of the contest, the dates, the motto and the names of host city and country are displayed in the same shades of navy blue, red and purple.

### *Motto*

"Feel The Music And Enjoy" represents the influence of Sydney's diversity in the Australian culture.

## **Artists & Entries**

Here you can find a list with the 25 entries which were in the competition. The winner is listed in ***bold/italic***.

## **Semifinals Running Order & Voting**

That's the first season in which EFV had the use of Semifinals and Final Rounds. All countries were drawn and allocated in two semifinals. The Top 3 countries were also allocated to vote in the Semifinals, but they would only perform in the Grand Final.

## **Winner Acceptance**

As a consequence to the results, EFV didn't have any problems to declare China as winner, receiving 129 points, which was a new record so far.

 Runner Up
 3rd Place

## **Curiosities & Notes**

1. Australia is the most successful host country so far, reaching the second place in the contest it held.
2. This season was the second time Avril Lavigne represented Canada.

## **References**

1. ↑ It is guaranteed to the winner of the previous season: a) the rights of hosting the following season; b) the rights to indicate a host city or to indicate three cities to compose a bidding phase, which will point a host city according to an open poll; c) the right to indicate a motto and suggest ideas for the visual identity of the following edition; d) the right to choose the position for performance in a Grand Final (or equivalent group).
2. ↑ Second time in EFV history that Avril Lavigne represents Canada.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Germany applied for the contest but failed to send an entry to the season and, at that time, the Semifinals Draw had already been drawn. The Management Team had the task of keeping Germany in the last position, independently of the Semifinal round it would be allocated. The country wouldn't receive any points and was kept just to balance the number of countries in each group.
4. ↑ Australia, as last winner, was allocated to vote in both semifinals.
5. ↑ The countries were allowed to vote in both semifinals or only in the one in which the country was allocated. The 8 countries in each semifinal with the highest score were qualified to the final. The Netherlands failed to vote in the Semifinals and was automatically disqualified.
6. ↑ All countries must vote in the Grand Final, being or not qualified to this round. All new players who weren't able to compete in this season were invited to vote in this Grand Final (San Marino and Wales).