WorldVision 147

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 Winner

**WorldVision Song Contest 147**, often referred to as **WV 147**, was the one hundred forty-seventh edition of the WorldVision Song Contest. It took place in St. John's,  Canada, following the country's victory at the one hundred and forty-sixth contest with the song "The Dark Night of the Soul" by Loreena McKennitt. It was the third time that Canada hosted the event, however it was its first time hosting as a winning nation. The hosting team consisted of esc87fan and co-host Morocco2021.

 Sweden,  Western USA,  Poland,  Finland and  North Rhine-Westphalia returned from their break. No country was set to debut this edition.  Croatia,  Dalmatia,  Northeastern USA ,  Ukraine and  Scotland failed to state their intentions regarding the upcoming edition and did not send an entry.

The winner was  China with the song "Miserlou", performed by Caroline Campbell, William Joseph and Tina Guo. The winning entry is a different rendition of a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region, with origins in the Ottoman Empire. The original author of the song is not known, but Arabic, Greek and Jewish musicians were playing it by the 1920s. It was the first victory of the juror Charly and, despite getting to host previously, the first Chinese victory in the contest.

The top 3 was completed by  Turkey with the song "Fly Above" by Mahmut Orhan and Sena Şener and  Belgium with the song "Future Funeral" by Promis3. The Turkish entry's music video was filmed in the ancient city of Ephesus in Izmir. Ephesus is one of the Turkeys’ top tourist attractions and is it is one of the best-preserved ancient cities, part of the UNESCO World Heritage List. The song is also used by the Turkish Airlines to promote the country.

The top five was completed by two previously successful returning artists, with  Romania and the song "Papa" by SICKOTOY, Elvana Gjata and Inna and  Svealand with the song "Dagen Flyr" by Garmarna.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries and regions into their respective semi-finals took place on 10 October 2021. As the previous winner and the hosting nation,  Canada was prequalified.

The semi-finalists were allocated into seven pots (the six big pots and the Newcomer pot), based on their voting similarities.

Pot N consisted of  Denmark.

The six big pots were the following:

* Germany
* Istanbul
* Mid-Atlantic States
* Sudogwon
* Sweden
* The Netherlands
* Vestlandet
* Western USA
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Romania
* Seoul
* South Korea
* Spain
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* France
* Hungary
* Kantō
* New Zealand
* Østlandet
* Southern USA
* Ukraine
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Japan
* London
* Northwest Italy
* Poland
* United Kingdom
* Canada
* England
* Italy
* Southeast Brazil
* United States
* Western Canada
* Cyprus
* Finland
* Greece
* Hong Kong
* Iraq
* Latvia
* Norway
* Svealand
* Texas

## Scoreboard

### Semi-final 2

#### Reju

There were only **8** out of **11** REJU voters necessary for a REJU qualifier in this semi-final. In accordance with the rules, if the number of REJU-voters is below 40% of the semi that the REJU-voters vote in, their votes will be combined and added as an additional set of votes in that particular semifinal.

## Other details

*Further information: List of participants in the WorldVision Song Contest*
### National Selections

National selections refer to the processes in which the jurors of the countries and regions participating in the monthly WorldVision select the artist and song that will represent them in the contest.

### Active WorldVision members

* **Ewigkeit,**  **MiraShadowMan**,  **randajad**,  **WolvXCII**,  **Romeo** and  **iowacorn** are currently on the OP Waiting List and are bound to rejoin the contest in WV 148-149.
* **Croatia** - Broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) failed to state their intentions regarding the upcoming edition, thus not being present in the final list of participants.
* **Dalmatia** - Broadcaster TV Jadran failed to state their intentions regarding the upcoming edition, thus not being present in the final list of participants.
* **Northeastern USA** - Broadcaster WNBC failed to state their intentions regarding the upcoming edition, most likely caused by the change of delegation.
* **Scotland** - Broadcaster BBC Alba failed to state their intentions regarding the upcoming edition, resulting in a surprising non-participation