Amerivision Song Contest 2

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**Amerivision Song Contest 2**, often simply referred to as **Amerivision 2** was the second edition of the Amerivision Song Contest to be held.

The second edition was held in Calgary, Canada after their victory in the first contest in 2016 with the song "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes. 32 countries competed in this contest with sign-ups opening on 1 September 2017.

Costa Rica won the contest with the song "Gun to the Head", winning with 317 points.

## Contest Trivia

As Canada won the inaugural contest, it was chosen to be its next host. Calgary, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario were the two cities which were shortlisted to host the event, and in the end Calgary was chosen by the previous winner and executive supervisor.

The 2017 edition of the contest, to date, is still the largest edition of Amerivision ever held, with 32 participating delegations. Bahamas was the only country to withdraw from the 2016 lineup, and 13 countries debuted, including the winning delegation, Costa Rica, and France d'Outre-mer, who joined the Amerivision Broadcasting Union in 2017.

Unlike any other Europal Contest, Amerivision 2 allowed for artists from last year's contest to return and compete in this year's contest - with the exception of last year's winner, Shawn Mendes from Canada. Lali returned to represent Argentina after taking part in 2016 with her song "Soy". Gaby Moreno represented Guatemala the previous year with the song "Se Apago," and Rihanna represented Barbados again after participating with her song "Sledgehammer" in 2016.

The postcards created for Amerivision 2017 were the most expressive and advanced in its history, using an animated GIF format rather than a still image to introduce the artists and songs. Europal Leo generously offered to help Turt by creating these fancy postcards, and they were a big success!

Postcard of MishCatt representing Costa Rica in Amerivision 2017. She won the contest with the song "Gun to the Head."
## Results

Below are the final results from the live show held on 23 September 2017.

### 12 points:

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points award by each country's jury in the final:

## Voting spokespersons

The following spokespersons delivered the jury vote of each competing delegation.

* Costa Rica - Hernán Jiménez
* Paraguay - Augusto Ibarra
* Nicaragua - T-Bone
* Guatemala - Oscar and Moby Isaac
* Cuba - El Yonki
* Barbados - Anthony Kellman
* Bolivia - Rosario Rico Toro
* Colombia - Sofia Vergara
* Panama - El Chivato
* Guyana - Valerie Amos
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines - St. Vincent (singer)
* Antigua and Barbuda - Claudette Peters
* Chile - Cote de Pablo
* Honduras - David Archuleta
* St. Kitts and Nevis - Queen Elizabeth II
* Mexico - Dora the Explorer
* United States - Elijah Daniel
* Jamaica - Usain Bolt
* Trinidad and Tobago - Nicki Minaj
* Brazil - Rich Puta João, the capybara friend
* Suriname - Milly Scott
* Haiti - Jason Derulo
* Venezuela - Joanna Hausmann
* Ecuador - Raúl Santana
* Dominican Republic - Juan Luis Guerra
* Peru - Nathalie Kelley
* Argentina - Pope Francis
* Uruguay - Natalia Oreiro
* Canada - Olivier Dion
* El Salvador - Cáthia
* France - Kendji Girac
* Puerto Rico - Lin-Manuel Miranda