AwlaVision Song Contest 46

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**AwlaVision Song Contest 46**, often referred to as **ASC#46**, was the forty-sixth edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The edition started the 08th January 2020, and ended the 25th January 2020.

44 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. No one withdrew from ASC. No one returned to the competition. Gabrielius Vagelis from Lithuania won the contest with the song "Išskleisk rankas" receiving a total of 302 points, 31 points ahead the runner-up, Croatia. Estonia finished in third place with 254 points. The host country, Sweden achieved a 6th place with 169 points. The last place was for Hungary, that got 6 points.

## Organisation

After Sweden's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 45, SVT and ABU had to decide where to organise the contest this time. SVT organised a public competition for choosing the host city between all applicant cities. Some cities presented their applications and the organisation had to decide which one was the best. Finally, SVT and ABU chose **Gothenbrug** as the host city of ASC46.

SVT decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally just **Sarah Dawn Finer** and **Kodjo Akolor** were selected.

 Malmö
 Gothenburg
 Karlstad
 Luleå

## Location

### **Scandinavium**

The **Scandinavium** is an indoor arena located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971. Scandinavium has been selected as a championship arena at least fifty times, hosting events such as World Championships in handball and ice hockey, European championships, Davis Cup finals, and in 1985 the Eurovision Song Contest. Scandinavium is the home arena for Frölunda HC of Swedish Hockey League, and venue for the annual Göteborg Horse Show.

Scandinavium's "sweeping appearance" comes from the hyperbolic paraboloid shaped saddle roof. The roof is supported by a prestressed cable net, with a nearly constant spacing of four meters in both directions, anchored in a space curved reinforced concrete ring beam with a rectangular cross-section of 3.5 meters × 1.2 meters. The hanging cables rise ten meters to the top from the saddle point and the bracing cables fall four meters to the valley of the ring beam. The building is 14 meters tall, from the event floor to the pinnacle of the roof. The ring beam is supported by forty circular columns and four stiff pylons, all visible in the arenas facade. The pylons consist of radially oriented concrete walls, with a length of 3.5 meters, which stores ventilation equipment. The video board, lights, and sound system is suspended in a radially oriented cable system anchored in the four pylons. It was not consider stable enough for colour telecasting to attach these components directly to the roof. The cable system also serves as tension rods for the ring beam.

### **Gothenburg**

**Gothenburg** is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city proper and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.

Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. Volvo was founded in Gothenburg in 1927. The original parent Volvo Group and the now separate Volvo Car Corporation are still headquartered on the island of Hisingen in the city. Other key companies are SKF and Astra Zeneca. The city hosts the Gothia Cup, the world's largest youth football tournament, alongside some of the largest annual events in Scandinavia. The Gothenburg Film Festival, held in January since 1979, is the leading Scandinavian film festival with over 155,000 visitors each year. In summer, a wide variety of music festivals are held in the city, including the popular Way Out West Festival.

Gothenburg has a humid continental climate, closely bordering an Oceanic climate, although it totally fits in the second in the 0 °C isotherm. Despite its northern latitude, temperatures are quite mild throughout the year and warmer than places in similar latitude, for example, Stockholm, or even somewhat further south, mainly because of the moderating influence of the warm Gulf Stream. During the summer, daylight extends 18 hours and 5 minutes, but lasts 6 hours and 32 minutes in late December. The climate has become significantly milder in later decades, particularly in summer and winter; July temperatures used to be below Stockholm's 1961–1990 averages, but have since been warmer than that benchmark.

This is the fourth time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in Sweden, but the first time that it is in Gothenburg.

## Results

### **First Semifinal**

**Jury**

* Sweden (Host)
* Netherlands (Finalist)
* Belarus (Finalist)

### **Second Semifinal**

**Jury**

* Morocco (Finalist)
* Ukraine (Finalist)
* United States (Observer Member)

## See also

* AwlaVision Song Contest
* AwlaVision Song Contest 1
* AwlaVision Song Contest 2
* AwlaVision Song Contest 3
* AwlaVision Song Contest 4
* AwlaVision Song Contest 5
* AwlaVision Song Contest 6
* AwlaVision Song Contest 7
* AwlaVision Song Contest 8
* AwlaVision Song Contest 9
* AwlaVision Song Contest 10
* AwlaVision Song Contest 11
* AwlaVision Song Contest 12
* AwlaVision Song Contest 13
* AwlaVision Song Contest 14
* AwlaVision Song Contest 15
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 1
* AwlaVision Song Contest 16
* AwlaVision Song Contest 17
* AwlaVision Song Contest 18
* AwlaVision Song Contest 19
* AwlaVision Song Contest 20
* AwlaVision Song Contest 21
* AwlaVision Song Contest 22
* AwlaVision Song Contest 23
* AwlaVision Song Contest 24
* AwlaVision Song Contest 25
* AwlaVision Song Contest 26
* AwlaVision Song Contest 27
* AwlaVision Song Contest 28
* AwlaVision Song Contest 29
* AwlaVision Song Contest 30
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 2
* AwlaVision Song Contest 31
* AwlaVision Song Contest 32
* AwlaVision Song Contest 33
* AwlaVision Song Contest 34
* AwlaVision Song Contest 35
* AwlaVision Song Contest 36
* AwlaVision Song Contest 37
* AwlaVision Song Contest 38
* AwlaVision Song Contest 39
* AwlaVision Song Contest 40
* AwlaVision Song Contest 41
* AwlaVision Song Contest 42
* AwlaVision Song Contest 43
* AwlaVision Song Contest 44
* AwlaVision Song Contest 45
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 3