HeartVision Song Contest 45

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**HeartVision Song Contest 45**, often referred to as **HVSC 45**, will be the fourty-fifth of the HeartVision Song Contest. The contest will be held in the winning country of the previous edition, which is Åland Islands.

**Winner** after a big and exciting show was Alba August from  Denmark with her the song "Killing Time", she reached 361 Points. At the 2nd Place was  Italy represent by Marghe with her song "Au bout du monde", her reached 300 Points and on 3rd Place was  Greece represent by Ellize with her song "Ksenysxtas",her reached 298 Points.

## Location

*Further information: Åland Islands*
Åland (Swedish: [ˈǒːland] (listen); Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area (1,580 km2) and population (30,129), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population. Its only official language is Swedish and the capital city is Mariehamn.
Åland is situated in a Finnish archipelago, called the Åland Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. It comprises Fasta Åland, on which 90% of the population resides, and about 6,500 skerries and islands to its east, of which about 60–80 are inhabited. Fasta Åland is separated from the coast of Roslagen in Sweden by 38 kilometres (20+1⁄2 nautical miles) of open water to the west. In the east, the Åland archipelago is contiguous with the Finnish archipelago. Åland's only land border is located on the uninhabited skerry of Märket, which it shares with Sweden. From Mariehamn, there is a ferry distance of about 160 kilometres (86 nautical miles) to Turku, a coastal city of mainland Finland, and also to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.
Åland's autonomous status means that those provincial powers normally exercised by representatives of the central Finnish Government are largely exercised by its own government. The current demilitarised, neutral position of Åland dates back to the Paris Peace Treaty after the Åland War in the 1850s.

### Host City

*Further information: Mariehamn*
Mariehamn (/məˈriːəhɑːmən/ mə-REE-ə-hah-mən, Finland Swedish: [mɑriːeˈhɑmn] (listen); Finnish: Maarianhamina [ˈmɑːriɑnˌhɑminɑ]; Latin: Portus Mariae) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city. It is mostly surrounded by Jomala, the second largest municipality in Åland in terms of population; to the east it is bordered by Lemland. Like all of Åland, Mariehamn is unilingually Swedish-speaking and around 88% of the inhabitants speak it as their native language.

The theme of the coat of arms of Mariehamn refers to the city's main livelihood, a maritime transport, and the city's parks, which are typically lined with linden trees. The coat of arms was designed by Nils Byman and confirmed in 1951.
Due to its central location in the Baltic Sea, Mariehamn has become a major summer resort town for global tourism; as many as 1.5 million tourists visit there annually.

Map of Mariehamn with the pre-1961 territory of the town marked with hatched outline
The town was named after the Russian empress Maria Alexandrovna (1824–1880), literally meaning "Marie's Port". Mariehamn was founded in 1861, around the village of Övernäs, in what was at the time part of the municipality of Jomala. The city has since expanded and incorporated more of Jomala territory. Mariehamn was built according to a very regular scheme which is well-preserved. One of the oldest streets is Södragatan where many wooden houses dating from the 19th century can be seen. Following the First World War, Mariehamn was home to the Mariehamn Grain Fleet.
On November 8, 1963, a devastating plane crash occurred in Mariehamn, in which 22 out of 25 people lost their lives, which made it the second-deadliest aviation accident in the history of Finland.

### Venue

Wiklöf Holding Arena (located in Idrottsparken) is a multi-purpose stadium in Mariehamn, Finland. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of IFK Mariehamn and Åland United. The stadium has a capacity of 1,635 seats, with standing places increasing the total capacity up to 4,500. The first stadium was built in 1932.

### **Bidding phase**

The bidding phase for the edition kicked off one days after the results of the 43st Edition.

## Format

The HBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be most likely two semi-finals.In each semi-final 10 countries will qualify for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 21 competing countries(20 semi finals qualifers + host)

### Logo & Theme

The logo of **the fourty-fifth edition** of the HeartVision Song Contest was designed by Cilek the main producer of HeartVision Song Contest. The slogan used Go out of BOUNDS of life!.

### Voting

The HBU has announced that that a new voting system would be also used in this edition as well. Each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Televoting votes from all countries are pooled. After viewers have cast their votes, the results of each professional jury are presented. After the results of the professional juries are presented, the televoting points from all participating countries are combined, providing one score for each song. The results of countries finishing between 11th and 26th in the public vote are automatically added to the scoreboard, with only the results of the top ten countries being announced by the hosts. The new voting system is also used to determine the qualifiers from each semi-final, but as before the qualifiers are announced in a random order.

## Semi final allocation draw

This edition, the countries that are classified from 1st to 6th place in the Grand Final of the previous edition will be the so-called "Big 6", they will have the privilege of being in the Grand Final automatically as well as voting in the semi-finals without competing in them, this six countries are divided to vote between the two semi-finals:
competing in them, this 6 countries are divided to vote between the two semi-finals:

* Italy
* United Kingdom
* Belgium
* Slovenia

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at Wiklöf Holding Arena on 21 August 2023 the first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big 6 would have   to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. 34 countries will participate in each semi-finals, respectively.

* Canada
* Egypt
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Tunisia
* Greece
* San Marino
* Spain
* Vatican City
* Gibraltar
* Lithuania
* Norway
* Sweden
 Pot 4
 * Czech Republic
* France
* Germany
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* The Netherlands
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Kosovo
* Serbia
* Moldova
* Romania
* Russia
* Turkey
* Ukraine

## Participating Countries

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

## Results

### Semi-Final 1

Seventeen countries will participate in the first semi-final. Åland Islands,  Italy,  United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Semi-Final 2

Seventeen countries will participate in the first semi-final. Australia,  Belgium,  Slovenia will also vote in this semi-final.The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Final

The following countries either finished in the top 6 of the previous edition and therefore automatically qualify to the final of this edition or qualified from the semi-finals.

1. Serbia's public score is 136 points. But it is zero because the delegation did not respond to voting reminders and did not vote.

## Other countries

*Further information: HeartVision Broadcasting Union*

Countries that are active members of the HeartVision Broadcasting Union (HBU) are also eligible to participate in the HeartVision Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

## Links

* BI6 Recap
* Semi Final 1 Recap - Youtube without Spain / Muted
* Semi Final 1 Recap - Google Drive All Songs