Our Perfect Song Contest 16

**Our Perfect Song Contest 16** is the sixteenth edition of Our Perfect Song Contest. The contest took place in **Chisinau** after **Moldova's** victory in the 15th edition. A total of 42 countries competed in Our Perfect Song Contest 16. Countries from TOP 6 previous edition  Belgium  Moldova  Bulgaria  Denmark  Chile and  Poland are directly qualified to the final, while the other competing countries are split into two Semi-Finals.  Austria and  Estonia withdrew,  Thailand returned and  Mexico debuted to the contest. The contest was won by  Japan with 443 points.

To see previous edition, click here. To see the next edition, click here.

## **Location**

### ***Host Countries***

#### ***Moldova***

**Moldova** officially the **Republic of Moldova,** is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The capital city is Chișinău. Most of the Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Ottoman Empire (to which Moldavia was a vassal state) and became known as Bessarabia. In 1856, southern Bessarabia was returned to Moldavia, which three years later united with Wallachia to form Romania, but Russian rule was restored over the whole of the region in 1878. During the 1917 Russian Revolution, Bessarabia briefly became an autonomous state within the Russian Republic, known as the Moldavian Democratic Republic. In February 1918, the Moldavian Democratic Republic declared independence and then integrated into Romania later that year following a vote of its assembly.

### ***Host Cities***

#### ***Chisinau***

**Chișinău** , also known as **Kishinev**, is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is

Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bâc, a tributary of the Dniester. According to the results of the 2014 census, the city proper had a population of 532,513, while the population of the Municipality of Chișinău (which includes the city itself and other nearby communities) was 662,836.Chișinău is the most economically prosperous locality in Moldova and its largest transportation hub.

### ***Venues***

#### ***Venue information***

    **Moldexpo** is a business , business and leisure exhibition complex in Chisinau , Republic of Moldova . It was founded in 1956 under the name of the Permanent Republican Agricultural Exhibition , and in 1959 it was renamed the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the Moldovan RSS (EREN).

Moldexpo has exhibition spaces with an area of ​​5000 square meters on the inside, 10,000 square meters - on the outside, out of the total of 24.2 ha on which the respective complex is located. Every year, in the center's pavilions, there are over 50 exhibitions and fairs.

## **Format**

### ***Visual Design***

*On the 27th April, the Moldovan broadcasters announced the official logo for the sixteenth edition of Our Perfect Song Contest that will be held in Chisinau.* The slogan *"unity"* was inspired by two countries, Moldova winning the previous edition in Chile. It unites both countries and people, and it shows that nothing is impossible.

### ***Hosts***

**Irina Rimes** (born 22 August 1991 in Izvoare, Moldavian SSR), also known as **Irina Remesh** or **Irra**, is a

Moldovan singer and songwriter who now works and lives in Bucharest, Romania.Irina Rimes gained fame after participating in the talent show *Fabrica de staruri* in Moldova in 2012, where she was a finalist. In 2018, she became one of the four coaches of *Vocea României*. Rimes' first single, "Visele" (*The dreams*), peaked at #1 in Romania Airplay 100 in 2016 and got her an award for the best début of the year at the Radio România Music Awards in 2017. Rimes has also penned songs for various Romanian artists, such as Inna, Raluka, Andra, Alina Eremia, Nicoleta Nucă and Antonia. The Romanian branch of *Cosmopolitan* named her "the revelation of 2016". In 2017, Rimes signed a contract with Universal Music France and released her first album, *Despre el* (*About him*).

### ***Allocation Draw***

The semi finalists were divided into six pots based on previous voting patterns. After each country was drawn into its semi final, the half it would perform in was also decided.

The six pots were the following:

* Czech Republic
* Faroe Islands
* Japan
* New Zealand
* United States
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Norway
* Singapore
* Vietnam
* Finland
* Italy
* Russia
* Thailand
* Israel
* Lithuania
* Mexico
* Romania
* Sweden
* Greece
* Iran
* Kazakhstan
* South Korea
* United Kingdom
* France
* India
* Ireland
* Spain
* Ukraine

### ***Voting***

The voting format for OPSC is each country awarding points from their professional jury of 12, 10, 8-1. The participants have to give two different sets of votes - One will be jury, the other one will be Televote.

### ***Big 6***

In the contest, the top six from the previous edition make up a **Big 6,** in different way **Pre-Qualified** or **Automatically qualiified** countries. The six countries won't compete in the Semi-Finals, but they will mandatory have to vote in them. The big 6 members of OPSC 16 are:  Belgium,  Moldova,  Bulgaria,  Denmark,  Chile and  Poland.

### ***Semi-Finals***

In the Semi-Finals, a total of 36 countries will compete. 36 competeting nations from the current edition will be split into two semi-finals. There will be 18 competeting countries in each semi-final. The top 10 songs will make it to the Grand Final and continue fighting for the win.

### ***Grand Final***

The Final will consist of 26 countries that participated in the edition. The countries competeting in the Grand Final will be the Pre-qualified countries and 20 qualifiers from the Semi-Finals. All countries competeting in the edition will have to vote in the show, containing the Non-Qualifiers. The winner will be chosen by the Proffesional Jury votes and Televote.

## **Participating Countries**

### ***Semi Final 1***

The first semi final took place on TBA. All SF1 participants and Big 6 members had to vote in the semi-final.

### ***Semi-Final 2***

The second semi final took place on TBA. All SF2 participants Big 6 members had to vote in the semi-final.

### ***Grand Final***

The first semi final took place on TBA. All countries competeting in the edition, including the non-qualifiers had to vote.