Discogram International Song Contest 14

## Discogram International Song Contest

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**Discogram International Song Contest 14** also referred as **DISC14**, is the 14th edition of Discogram International Song Contest, held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan after Selina Jen won the last edition with their song "Joyful Loneliness".

Fourteen countries participated in the fourteenth edition. This edition saw the debut of  Argentina &  Hungary.  England,  Ireland &  Sweden returned to the contest after a break,  Indonesia &  Romania returned after 5 editions and  Philippines which returned after 9 editions! However,  Andorra,  France,  Macau,  Northern Mariana Islands,  Portugal,  Russia,  South Africa,  Thailand &  United States decided to withdrew due to various reasons.

 Singapore ended up victorious again after beating out  Argentina by a twenty-two point margin with  Taiwan rounding up the top three. This was Singapore's first victory. Apart from  Singapore,  Ireland also managed to set their best result till date with a 7th place finish.

## Venue

**The National Stadium** (Chinese: 國家體育場; pinyin: Guójiā Tǐyùchǎng; also named 龍騰體育場), formerly known as the World Games Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is currently the largest stadium in Taiwan in terms of capacity.

Completed in 2009, it is used mostly for football matches and it hosted the main events for the 2009 World Games. The stadium has a capacity of 55,000 people. Since the conclusion of the games, the stadium has been used for some Taiwanese football team matches.

The stadium, designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, makes use of 1 MW of solar cells to provide most of its power needs. The stadium's semi spiral-shaped, like a dragon, is the first stadium in the world to provide power using solar power technology. The solar panels covering the vast external face of the stadium are able to generate most of the power required for its own operation, as well as additional power that can be sent to the grid.

## Location

Kaohsiung (Mandarin Chinese: [káʊɕjʊ̌ŋ] (listen); Wade–Giles: Kao¹-hsiung²; Pinyin: Gāoxióng), officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of 2,952 km2 (1,140 sq mi). Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million people as of March 2023 and is Taiwan's third most populous city and largest city in southern Taiwan.

Since founding in the 17th century, Kaohsiung has grown from a small trading village into the political and economic centre of southern Taiwan, with key industries such as manufacturing, steel-making, oil refining, freight transport and shipbuilding. It is classified as a "Gamma −" level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with some of the most prominent infrastructures in Taiwan. Kaohsiung is of strategic importance to the nation as the city is the main port city of Taiwan; the Port of Kaohsiung is the largest and busiest harbor in Taiwan and more than 67% of the nation's exports and imports container throughput goes through Kaohsiung. Kaohsiung International Airport is the second busiest airport in number of passengers. The city is well-connected to other major cities by high speed and conventional rail, as well as several national freeways. It also hosts the Republic of China Navy fleet headquarters and its naval academy. More recent public works such as Pier-2 Art Center, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts and Kaohsiung Music Center have been aimed at growing the tourism and cultural industries of the city.

## Results

**Grand Final**

Recap: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GobsrrBPXieX9RvxhuzRNIy1NOERRrSI/view?usp=drivesdk

The Grand Final took place between 20 June 2023 to 23 July 2023