Visionary Music Festival 2

Final date
 Venue
 Opening act
 Interval act
 Number of entries
 Debuting countries
 Voting system
 Winning song

The **Visionary Music Festival 2** was the second edition of the Visionary Music Festival. It took place in the Pacific Coliseum, located in Vancouver, Canada, following Canada's second place in the first edition. Although Belgium won the first edition, the nation was unable to host due to the resignation of the current delegation; not finding an eligible delegation in time, thus also withdrew. The contest took place on 13 February 2016, with the results presented on 6 November 2016; shows being presented by Canadian singer Celine Dion.

The contest consisted of a show, which took place on 13 February 2016. Twenty-eight countries participated in the contest, nine which made their debut entry. Six countries also withdrew due to various reasons; they are Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Turkmenistan.

## Location

For more details on the host country, see Canada.
The contest was originally set to take place in Belgium, however its delegation was not active and after given many reminders, the nations hosting position was revoked. As a result, the runner-up of Visionary Music Festival 1, Canada, was chosen as the new host country for the edition.

After becoming the host, CBC revealed that the contest would take place in Vancouver. The city opened submissions for venues interested in hosting the contest, which are below:

 Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 2,780

## Format

The contest took place on 13 February 2016, with twenty-eight countries participating; two more than the last edition. The results were revealed on 6 November 2016.

### Returning artists

Stefanie Heinzmann, who represented Switzerland last edition, will be representing the nation again with her song "On Fire"; thus making her the first artist make a return to the competition and even participate in two consecutive editions.

## Results

The following countries will participate in the contest:

## Other countries

### News

* Armenia – The country originally confirmed it's participation, however the head of delegation later decided to represent Finland instead, thus not making a debut possible.
* Belgium – The original Belgian delegation was forced to withdraw, despite previously confirming participation, due to inactivity. No other delegations were interested in substituting the countries participation, thus the country is unable to defend its title.
* France – The nations broadcaster decided to withdraw, but stated that France would return in future editions.
* Spain – The nation withdrew due to the head of delegation resigning.
* Turkey – The country withdrew from the contest for reorganization to take place for Turkish broadcaster TRT.
* Turkmenistan – The nation's delegation swapped to Philippines, thus was forced to withdraw.
* Portugal – The country withdrew due to its head of delegation taking a break with the broadcaster.
* Iceland – The country withdrew, but stated that a comeback in the third edition was possible.

## Incidents

### Belgium hosting

Belgium originally confirmed its participation on 20 September 2015, being one of the first to do so. However, the head of delegation has not been active since 6 October 2015. With the deadline being set to 29 November 2015, it is highly unlikely that the user will participate.

On 21 November 2015, it was revealed that if the delegation wouldn't be back by then, users interested in temporarily representing the country could do so. If more then one user would be interested, a draw would take place to determine the delegation. In the case that no one would be interested, Canada would be granted as the host.

Later, on 26 November 2015, it was revealed that the Belgian delegation would most likely not participate. The submissions for substituting the nations participation were also opened to delegations. The deadline was set to Saturday.

### Turkish withdrawal

On 22 September 2015, TRT confirmed Turkey's participation in the contest. Later, on 21 October, the winner of the Turkish national final had been revealed. However, on 16 November 2015, the nation withdrew for reorganization to take place at TRT.

### Entry changes

Several countries decided to change its entry before the deadline closed, and after the deadline closed.

## Voting and spokespersons

This edition, instead of the spokespeople announcing their country's votes, they announced the places of the countries. The first eighteen countries were ordered by draw, while the remaining 10 were randomized.

2. Anna Easteden
3. Simone
4. Grace Capristo
5. Elisabeth Andreassen
6. Bird Thongchai
7. Andreas Gabalier
8. Aida Nikolaychuk
9. Gigi D'Agostino
10. Barbara Palvin

12. Vincent Gross
13. Tatiana Maslany
14. Louis Walsh1
15. Jolin Tsai
16. Tove Styrke
17. Troye Sivan
18. Leona Paraminski
19. Natalia Szroeder

21. Shiri Maimon
22. Celeste Buckingham
23. Varvara
24. Julian Morris
25. Kai
26. Ludwika Paleta
27. Sasha Pieterse
28. Celine Dion2

### Notes

1. Although Ireland failed to submit votes to the VBU, they were given the opportunity to submit a spokesperson in order for all places to be announced. Romania was also given a chance; but were not as quick to respond.
2. Since Canada was the host country, the presenter Celine Dion announced the winner of the contest.

## Official album

**Visionary Music Festival 2: Vancouver 2** is the official compilation album of the second edition, which was put together by the Visionary Music Festival on December 2015. The album features all twenty-eight songs that entered the competition.

### Notes

1.**^** The entry was formerly Croatia's entry, but the head of delegation decided to switch the entry due to unknown reasons.
2.**^** The entry was formerly United Kingdom's entry before the delegation requested to switch the entry, due to its popularity.
## External links

* Confirmation thread
* Show thread
* [ Results thread]