Quicxervision Song Contest 1

QUICXERVISION SONG CONTEST 1

## Participating Map

**Quicxervision Song Contest #1**, often referred to as **Quicxervision # 1**, is the first edition of the **Quicxervision Song Contest**. The competition was held in **Sweden, Stockholm**, once this country has been selected by **Quicxer Broadcasting Union**. Sweden was the first host of the competition, with the competition taking place at the **Avicii Arena**, with live performances being hosted by Zara Larsson and Robin Bengtsson. Thirty-seven countries will take part in this edition.

## Location

**Host city**

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the country. The city lies in the heart of Scandinavia.

**Venue**

Avicii Arena, commonly referred to as Globen, is the Swedish national arena set in the Johanneshov district of southern Stockholm. Globen is a venue for sports competitions, mainly ice hockey, also tennis (including Stockholm Open) and athletics. It is also an arena for various cultural and musical events. Stockholm Globe Arena was built with the men's ice hockey world championship in mind. It was put into use on February 19, 1989. It is the largest spherical building in the world.

The building is 110 m in diameter and 85 m high, and its volume is 600,000 m³. The steel, concrete and glass structure rests on 48 bent steel pillars.

During a hockey match, inside the arena there is room for 13,850 people, and during a concert or performance, 16,000 people.

Nearby is the Annexet, a building that is used for concerts, parties and banquets. Another convenience for visitors to the Globe Arena is the shopping mall located in the west wing of the complex.

The entire infrastructure of the Globen area is connected to the city center by a metro line and to the southern suburbs of Stockholm (Söderort) by a fast tram line (Tvärbanan). A section of the E20 motorway leads to the Stockholm Convention Center, located in Älvsjö.

On July 8, 2015, a decision was made to organize Eurovision 2016 at Globen.

## Format

### **Semi-final Allocation Draw**

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals or to find out the lucky 5 countries automatically qualifying to the final took place on 29 January 2022.

The draw decided the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Sixteen countries participated in firsr semi-final while fifteen, in second. From each semi-final, ten countries will qualify to the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.

The draw was completely random.

## Participating Countries

### Semi-Final 1

Sixteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Voting was open to all countries and watchers of the contest.

### Semi-Final 2

Fifteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Voting was open to all countries and watchers of the contest.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the grand final. Voting was be open to all countries and watchers of the contest.

## Other countries

Eligibility for potential participation in the contest requires a national broadcaster with active QBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. Quicxervision Broadcasting Union sent an invitation to all (40) the members to confirm whether they will participate or not.

### Active Members

* Croatia: In the beginning, Croatia was on the list of participants, but the broadcaster withdrawn out due to a small number of interested artists. A return in the future was not ruled out.
* Ireland: In the beginning, Ireland was on the list of participants, however, the head of delegation didn't send any song to represent Ireland so the country had to be disqualificied for 2 editions. Possible return can happen in the 3rd edition.
* Serbia: In the beginning, Serbia was on the list of participants, but the broadcaster withdrawn out due to a small number of interested artists. A return in the future was not ruled out.