Glorious Song Contest 08

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**Glorious Song Contest 08** (GSC 08) was eighth edition of Glorious Song Contest hosted in London, United Kingdom after Emmi's victory in Dusseldorf with her song "Drum" getting a total of 323 points. It was first time ever when United Kingdom had pleasure to host the competition. British broadcaster BBC organized the whole show with our sponsors. Choosen venue was The O2 Arena with total capacity of 20,000 spots. Choosen host was Alice Chater, she was presenter for whole 3 shows - 2 Semi-Finals and Grand Final.

Thirty-Nine countries confirmed their participation in London. Nine countries decided to withdraw, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Belarus, Czech Republic, Iceland, Japan, Lithuania, Slovenia. Three countries returned to the contest, Brazil after two editions of break, Slovakia after four editions of break and Turkey after only one edition of break.Two countries debuted in contest, Chille and Venezuela.

**Denmark** won Glorious Song Contest 08 with total of 354 points, official runner-up become **Austria** with score of 350 points. **Venezuela** reached third placed with 328 points and Norway, United States, Luxembourg completed the top 6, becoming official prequalifiers in nineth edition.

## Location

### London

**London** is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. The city stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea. London has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, London's ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans and originally called Londinium; with an area of just 1.12 square miles (2.9 km2) and colloquially known as the Square Mile, it retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits. The adjacent City of Westminster has for centuries been the location of much of the national government. Thirty-one additional boroughs north and south of the river also comprise modern London. The London region is governed by the mayor of London and the London Assembly.

### The O2 Arena

     **The O2 Arena** is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, and in 2008 was the world's busiest music arena. The arena was built under the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as the structure still stands over the arena, The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue. The arena, as well as the overall O2 complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2, a subsidiary of Spain's Telefónica.

## Presenter

### Alice Chater

**Alice Victoria Rose Chater** is a British singer, songwriter and dancer. After releasing covers online throughout the mid-2010s, she eventually signed to Virgin EMI. Since then, she has released several singles, including "Lola" by Iggy Azalea and "Got It All" by Professor Green. She peaked at #3 on US Billboard Next Big Sound Chart. Alice collaborated with Professor Green on 'Got It All', a song that hit No.2 on UK iTunes, trended at No.6 on YouTube and was added to Hot Hits UK on Spotify. It was also her first entry on official singles chart in the UK, peaking at #48 and spent a total of three weeks on the chart. The same year she headlined as one of the front acts of Céline Dion's show at BST Hyde Park music festival. Furthermore, She has been wowing pop fans across the UK with full-throttle performances including the Mighty Hoopla festival and Brighton Pride alongside Kylie Minogue. In September 2019, Alice set out on her first UK headline tour, which included her second sold out London show. Gay Times UK hailed her as "Britain’s new pop princess".

## Results

### Semi-Final 01

Fifteen countries took part in First Semi-Final. United Kingdom, Azerbaijan and Ukraine has to vote in this semi-final as well.

### Semi-Final 02

Sixteen countries took part in First Semi-Final. Spain, Greece and France has to vote in this semi-final as well.

### Grand Final

Twenty-Six countries take part in the Grand Final. Every participating delegations have to vote in this semi-final as well.