Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 41

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**Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 41**, also known as **ESCT 41**, is the forty-first edition of Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged. The contest will be held at the Bizkaia Arena, located in Bilbao, Spain, following Marta Sango's victory in the 40th edition with the song "¿Qué Más Quieres De Mí?". This was the third time that Spain hosted the contest, while Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 2 was the first edition that Spain hosted the contest and Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 29 being the second edition to do so. All the shows were hosted by Beatriz Luengo, Pablo Alborán and Ana Guerra.

Forty-seven countries officially confirmed their participation in the 41st edition of the contest. Latvia withdrew for the first time after more than 15 editions participating and it was caused by some difficulties through the public broadcaster. On 25 July 2021, the Moldovan broadcaster announcer they would not return this edition but they expect to do so next edition. In the other hand, we were able to see the returning of Armenia and Azerbaijan after their conflict months ago.

**TBD** from Unknown will be the forty-first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged with the song *TBD* with a total of **TBD** points. Unknown finishing in second place and Unknown finishing in third place.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at the Bilbao city hall on 2 August 2021, hosted by Roberto Leal and Anne Igartiburu. 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. Twenty countries will participate in both semi-finals, respectively. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of 26 countries will participate.

The forty-one semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place and cultural similarities. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Greece
* Montenegro
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Cyprus
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Monaco
* San Marino
* Switzerland
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Georgia
* Russia
* Turkey
 Pot 4
 * Andorra
* France
* Germany
* Ireland
* Italy
* Portugal
* United Kingdom
* Bulgaria
* Czech Republic
* Hungary
* Poland
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Estonia
* Finland
* Lithuania
* Norway
* Sweden

## Logo and theme

    The logo of the fortieth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged was designed by Alex Ramírez the main producer of Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged. This time, the host country definetely influenced the art theme for this edition. Two wings of different colour are facing each other in different positions, this is a clear reference to the Greek gods and goddesses, Hermes and Nike who both were represented with wings. Another evident reference to the Greek history and culture is the slogan "Tabula rasa" which is translated in English as "clean slate" which was introduced, among many other, by Aristotle, an important Greek philosopher who supported the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception. Due to this edition being themed with "New artist", the slogan couldn't work better.

## Participants

Forty-seven countries officially confirmed their participation in the 41st edition of the contest. Latvia withdrew for the first time after more than 15 editions participating and it was caused by some difficulties through the public broadcaster. On 25 July 2021, the Moldovan broadcaster announcer they would not return this edition but they expect to do so next edition. In the other hand, we were able to see the returning of Armenia and Azerbaijan after their conflict months ago.

### Returning artists

The contest featured eleven representatives, who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same and/or different countries.

The Moroccan singer, **Mehdi Bahmad**, made his second appearance in the contest after the thirty-fifth edition. **Enisa** returns to represent Montenegro after representing the country in the thirty-first and thirty-nineth editions. After failing to qualify in the twenty-fourth edition representing Slovenia, **Anja Kotar** represented her country for the second time. The Norwegian artist**Ruben** returned to the contest after having previously represented his country in the thirty-second edition, while **Tamta** who represented Greece in the tenth edition and also Georgia in the forteenth, seventeenth and twenty-second editions, returns to the contest. After a succesfully 2nd place in the thirty-fifth edition, the singer **Nykki** is back to the contest representing the Czech Republic. The Belarussian singer **Uzari** returns to the contest, after getting nul points in the twenty-fourth edition. For the third time, **Stefanie Heinzmann** is taking part in the contest, after representing Switzerland in the sixteenth and twenty-third editions. Azerbaijani artist **Emin** returned to the contest after representing his country in the twentieth, twenty-seventh and thirty-fourth editions, while the artist **ALMA** did the same in the thirty-fifth edition when she represented Bulgaria. **Flora Cash** returned to the contest this time representing Albania, after the thirty-fifth edition.

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### Semi-final 1

Israel, Morocco and the Netherlands will also vote in this semi-final.

### Semi-final 2

Iceland, North Macedonia and Spain will also vote in this semi-final.

## Other countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged*
Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged requires a national broadcaster with active **TBU** membership that would be able to broadcast the 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:

* Azerbaijan: On 18 March 2021, the TBU announced that Azerbaijan would withdraw from the contest, due a lack of interest in Azerbaijani musicians to make songs that will qualify from the PSR.

* Moldova: On 2 March 2021, TRM announced their withdrawal from the contest due to some internal difficulties through the public broadcaster, however they expressed their intention to return in the next edition.

## Incidents

### Andorra's HoD withdrawal

During the host city selection process, it came to light that the Spanish HoD was heavily considering Malaga as the host city. It was soon after revealed the reason for this decision was the fact the Andorran HoD hails from that city and tried to manipulate the Spanish HoD into picking it. This was the second time this happened, with the same happening when Spain won back in ESCT28. As a result of this, Malaga was banned from being the host city for the edition or any future edition. This led to the Andorran HoD alleging discrimination against Malaga and quitting his job as Head of Delegation. He was replaced in that same month and Andorra's participation in the event was not affected by this incident. It is unclear if now the old Head of Delegation is gone, Malaga is back in contention to host future editions of ESCT.