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Côte d'Ivoire

The West African country of  Ivory Coast, also known as  Côte d'Ivoire, debuted in the competition in the 15th edition and participated twice so far. Its best result has been in the 56th edition with Fatoumata Diawara and her song "Bonya", which, sadly, placed 15th in the semi-final and failed to qualify. Worst result for the country arrived with "Magic In The Air", by the group Magic System and the  Moroccan singer Chawki. Also this one failed to qualify, arriving 16th in the semi-final.
Belarus

Belarus joined the competition in the 6th edition and participated 39 times, qualifying in 15 of them. Its best result is a 9th place in the final, achieved in the 36th edition by Rita Dakota, with the song "Kto". Worst Belarusian result in the competition has been in the 17th edition, where the group IOWA arrived 24th in the semi-final with "B'yot Bit".
Jess Glynne

Jessica Hannah Glynne (known as **Jess Glynne**) is a singer from the  United Kingdom. She joined the contest for the first time in the 6th edition, when, with the group Clean Bandit, represented the  United Kingdom and sang the song "Rather Be", arriving 7th in the final. She returned in the 9th edition again for her country and with the song "Hold My Hand", qualified and arrived 10th in the final. Her last participation so far has been in the 37th edition. Here she represented her homeland for a third time and placed 5th in the final with "Take Me Home".

The songs **Jess Glynne** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Hold My Hand", "Rather Be" and "Take Me Home".
Alan Walker

Alan Olav Walker (known as **Alan Walker**) is an  English and  Norwegian DJ, born in the  United Kingdom. He joined the competition five times, performing once for his country of origin the  United Kingdom and the other four for  Norway. The songs he presented have been:

* "Faded" in the 13th edition for the  United Kingdom, that qualified and arrived 2nd in the final;
* "Diamond Heart" in the 40th edition for  Norway, that achieved a 14th place in the final and had the presence of Sophia Somajo;
* "On My Way" in the 43rd edition for  Norway, performed with Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko and that placed 26th in the final;
* "Alone, Pt. II" in the 47th edition for  Norway, presented with the  American artist Ava Max and that arrived 5th in the final;
* "Ignite" in the 52nd edition for  Norway, that arrived 27th in the final and had the collaboration of K-391, Julie Bergan and Seungri.

In addition to his participations in the contest, his song "Spectre" has been chosen as theme song of the 24th edition of the competition, that took place in the country of  Sweden.

The songs the DJ **Alan Walker** presented to the contest have been (in alphabetical order): "Alone, Pt. II", "Diamond Heart", "Faded", "Ignite" and "On My Way".
Annalisa

Annalisa Scarrone (known professionally as **Annalisa**) is a singer from  Italy. She is the  Italian artist with more participations for her country (nine) and the second with more participations in the contest, after Helena Paparizou (with ten). She participated a total of six times for  San Marino, two for  Italy and once for  Vatican City.

The songs she presented have been:
• "Senza riserva" for  Vatican City in the 1st edition, that arrived 2nd;
• "L'Ultimo Addio" for  San Marino in in the 5th edition, that qualified and placed 8th in the final;
• "Una Finestra tra le Stelle" for her country in the 8th edition, that brought the first and only victory to  Italy;
• "Il Diluvio Universale" (in the 12th edition and placed 5th), "Sento solo il presente" (in the 14th edition and arrived 5th again), "Splende" (in the 18th edition and achieved a 8th position), and "Used To You" (in the 27th edition and failed to qualify arriving 11th in the semi-final). All of these songs represented  San Marino;
• "Se avessi un cuore", performed for  Italy in the 34th edition of the contest, it qualified and arrived 9th in the final;
• "Tutto Sommato" for  San Marino in the 4th Special edition, but failed to qualify arriving 11th in the semi-final.

The songs **Annalisa** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Il Diluvio Universale", "L'Ultimo Addio", "Se avessi un cuore", "Sento solo il presente", "Senza riserva", "Splende", "Tutto Sommato", "Una Finestra tra le Stelle" and "Used To You".

**Annalisa** has also been the host of the show that took place in Milan in the 9th edition, along with the singer Arisa.
Alex Aiono

Martin Alexander Aiono (simply known as **Alex Aiono**) is an  American singer of  Samoan and Māori descent. He debuted in the competition in the 27th edition, when the small  Liechtenstein selected him and the DJs Hight and Felix Jaehn to perform the song "Hot2Touch" for the country. They qualified, but placed only 26th in the final. He came back in the 47th edition, this time as a solo artist. Here he sang "Big Mistake" for  Samoa, qualifying and achieving a 13th place.

The songs he presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Big Mistake" and "Hot2Touch".
42nd edition

The 42nd edition of WAO Song Contest took place in Tokyo,  Japan.

The venue selected by the host country has been the Ariake Arena, with the show was presented by Takahiro Moriuchi and Nana Mizuki. The theme song chosen for the occasion has been "Platform 9", by Oneeva, and the slogan "Draw your Victory".

Unlike last edition, two more countries joined this one. So the participants went from 58 to 60. And they were:

* Albania
* Andorra
* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Brunei
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* China
* Colombia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Greenland
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Indonesia
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Morocco
* New Zealand
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* The Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Saudi Arabia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* The Netherlands
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States

 Japan, thanks to its victory last edition, got the right to be automatically in the final, along with the countries of  China,  Finland and  The Netherlands, that placed respectively 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Four semi-finals took place and six countries qualified from each one of them. 28 countries performed in the grand final. Won the edition the singer Crystallia with "Petalouda Stin Athina", bringing  Greece its first victory ever.

## Semi-final 4

Also  The Netherlands voted in this semi final.
Elijah L

Eria Lambourne, known as **Elijah L**, is a singer from the tiny central Pacific island country of  Kiribati who took part once in the competition in the 56th edition representing his country of origin. He performed "Ngkana Ia Manga Noriko" with Ksley but failed to qualify, arriving 14th in the semi-final.
Bolivia

Bolivia debuted in the competition the 40th edition and participated twice so far. Its first attempt has been with the song "Warmikuna Yupaychasqapuni Kasunchik", by Alcoholika La Christo and Luzmila Carpio, but sadly, it failed to qualify and placed 14th in the semi-final. The country came back for the 45th edition of the contest, this time with Leo Rosas and his song "Subiré Hasta el Cielo". He did a bit better, arriving 11th in the semi-final, but also in this occasion the nation failed to qualify.
43rd edition

The 43rd edition of WAO Song Contest took place in Athens,  Greece.

The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall has been the venue chosen by the host country and "Spark you Fire!" the slogan. The contest has been presented by two previous participants of the contest: Eleni Foureira, who participated for her country  Greece, but also for  Cyprus and  Albania, and Vangelis Kakouriotis, member of the  Greek group Boys and Noise. The theme song selected for the occasion has been the song "Heart Afire", by Defqwop feat. Strix.

59 countries joined the edition:

* Albania
* Andorra
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Greenland
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Mali
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* New Zealand
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Taiwan
* The Netherlands
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States

Thanks to its victory,  Greece got the right to be automatically in the final, along with the  United Kingdom,  Australia and  Norway, the countries that placed respectively 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the 42nd edition. Four semi-finals took place and six countries qualified from each one of them. 28 countries performed in the grand final. Thanks to his song "Numb", Dotan brought  Israel its first victory.

## Semi-final 2

Also the  United Kingdom voted in this semi final.

## Semi-final 3

Also  Australia voted in this semi final.
Afrojack

Nick van de Wall (known as **Afrojack**) is a  Dutch DJ, with  Surinamese origins. He debuted in the contest in the 13th edition, when the small country of  Monaco selected him, Bebe Rexha, David Guetta and Nicki Minaj to perform the song was "Hey Mama". Sadly, they didn't qualify and arrived only 23rd in the semi-final. He returned fot the 4th Special edition, this time representing the South American country  Suriname and performing "Give Me Everything" with Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Nayer. They qualified and placed 17th in the final. His last participation so far has been in the 48th edition for his country of origin. Here he presented "Used To Have It All" with FÄIS and qualified, arriving 20th in the final.

The songs the  Dutch **Afrojack** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Give Me Everything", "Hey Mama" and "Used To Have It All".

Fun fact: he's married to the  Italian Elettra Lamborghini.
Alessio Bernabei

**Alessio Bernabei** is a singer from  Italy. He joined the competition for the first time in the 10th edition, when  Vatican City selected him to sing with his group Dear Jack the song "Il Mondo Esplode Tranne Noi". Sadly, they failed to qualify and placed 13th in the semi-final. In the 34th edition he returned to the competition, this time representing  San Marino as a solo artist. He sang "Ti ricordi di me?" and qualified, placing 23rd in the final.

The songs **Alessio Bernabei** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Ti ricordi di me?" (as a solo artist) and "Il Mondo Esplode Tranne Noi" (as part of Dear Jack).
Blestyashchiye

**Blestyashchiye** is one of the first and most enduring all-girl singing groups in  Russia, currently formed of Sylvia Zolotova, Marina Berezhnaya and Kristina Illarionova. They participated only one time in the contest in the 8th edition, representing their country with the singer Arash. They sang "Vostochnye Skazki" (when the group was composed by other four members: Anna Grigorievna Semenovich, Ksenia Andreyevna Novikova, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Ruchka and Yulia Kovalchuk) but failed to qualify, placing 18th in the semi-final.
GIMS

Gandhi Djuna (better known as **Maître Gims** or **GIMS**) is a  French rapper and singer, born in the  Democratic Republic of the Congo. He joined the contest the first time in the 18th edition, when  France selected him to represent the country. He sang the song "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?" and arrived 6th in the final. Two editions after (in the 20th edition) he returned and represented  Luxembourg with singer Sia and the song "Je te pardonne". They arrived 22nd in the final. His last participation so far has been for  Democratic Republic of the Congo, his country of origin. He represented it in the 40th edition with the song "Où Aller", but, sadly, he failed to qualify for the first time, arriving 10th in the semi-final.

The songs **GIMS** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?", "Je te pardonne" and "Où Aller".
35th edition

The thirty-fifth edition of WAO Song Contest took place in Dublin, Ireland.

The venue selected for the contest was the Aviva Stadium and it was presented by Ryan Dolan, winner of the 34th edition, and Stephen Garrigan, runner-up of the 33rd edition with his group Kodaline. The slogan was "Dream It. Believe It. Achieve It." and Umpire feat. Liz Kretschmer released the theme song, called "Gravity".

64 participants: Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City and Venezuela.

Ireland, because of has won the last edition, passed automatically in the final and also United Kingdom and Andorra, because of be arrived second and third in the last edition, passed automatically in the final. 4 semi-finals took place and 6 countries qualified from each semi-final. The songs that arrived 7th had a "Second Chance". 28 countries qualified for the grand final. Won this edition the Norwegian singer Mørland with his song "Skin". This was the second time that he represented Norway in the contest.

## Semi-final 2

Also  United Kingdom voted in this semi final.

## Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to his favourite country. Voting is not compulsory.

* Peru
* United States
 02
* France
* Germany
* Montenegro
* Spain
 03
* Luxembourg
* Mongolia
* Portugal
* Russia
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Venezuela
* Ukraine
 04
* Barbados
* China
* Egypt
* Ireland
* Malta
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Slovenia
* Sweden
* Taiwan
* The Netherlands
Ermal Meta

**Ermal Meta** is an  Albanian and  Italian singer, born in  Albania. He joined the contest in the 26th edition for his homeland  Albania with the  Italian singer Elisa. They sang "Piccola Anima", arriving 20th in the final. Later, he competed in the 33rd edition, but this time for the small  Vatican City. For this occasion he sang his song "Gravita con me", qualified and arrived 6th. He came back in the 34th edition, representing  Kosovo with "Volevo dirti", but, for the first time, he failed to qualify, arriving 11th in the semi-final. His last participation so far in the competition has been in the 44th edition. Here he sang for  Albania "Dall'alba al tramonto", qualifying and placing 21st in the final.

The songs **Ermal Meta** presented to the contest have been (in alphabetical order): "Dall'alba al tramonto", "Gravita con me", "Piccola Anima" and "Volevo dirti".
Jordan

Jordan debuted in the contest in the 9th edition and participated five times, qualifying only once. Its best result is a 27th place in the 31st edition, achieved thanks to the song "Thinking About You", by Calvin Harris and Ayah Marar. Worst result arrived in the 12th edition, when the country placed 23rd in the semi-final with "Ya Saad", by Omar Al-Abdallat.
Alida

Alida Garpestad Peck (simply known as **Alida**) is a singer from  Norway. She debuted in the contest in the 48th edition, when her country selected her to perform the song "Feathers", with which she qualified and placed 5th in the final. She came back for the 54th edition, when the small country of  Liechtenstein selected her, the  German duo VIZE and the  Brazilian DJ Alok with the song "Love Again". They qualified and placed 22nd in the final.

The songs she presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Feathers" and "Love Again".
Adelén

Adelén Rusillo Steen (known as **Adelén**) is a  Spanish and  Norwegian singer. She participated three times in the contest, all of them for her country of origin  Norway. She debuted in the competition in the 2nd edition, when she sang her song "Olé", qualified and placed 11th in the final. She came back in the 25th edition with her "Bombo", qualifying again and arriving 13th. Her last participation has been in the 50th edition, when her and the duo Kapla y Miky performed the song "Beat". However, this time she failed qualify, placing 15th in the semi-final.

The songs the singer **Adelén** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Beat", "Bombo" and "Olé".
Kenya

Kenya debuted in the contest in the 20th edition and participated four times, qualifying once and being already a finalist another. In the 51st edition of the competition it got its best result, achieving a 3rd place in the final with "Melt", by Nuela Charles. Worst result for the country has been in the edition it debuted. In fact, in the 20th edition, the singer Avril arrived 24th in the semi-final with "Yule Dame".
Georgia

Georgia debuted in the 4th edition and participated 28 times in the contest, qualifying in seven and being already in the final in one. Its best result is a 7th place, achieved by the singer Nino Dzotsenidze in the 18th edition with the song "Shavia Zgva". Worst  Georgian result arrived in the 14th edition, when it placed 24th in the semi-final with "Cidan Dagatvaliereb", by Erti Meotkhedi.
Jamie-Lee

Jamie-Lee Renagi Va'a, simply known as **Jamie-Lee**, is a singer from the Oceanian country of  Papua New Guinea, who now lives in  Australia. She joined the 55th edition of the compeitition, performing with Briena Micah, Tinzy Mau, Henry and Santanya Gewang and her husband Jagarizzar the song "TOGETHER WE CAN" for her country of origin. Sadly, they placed 10th in the semi-final and failed to qualify.
Barbados

Barbados debuted in the contest in the 19th edition and participated 4 times. It qualified in two of them and in one it was already in the final because there weren't semi-finals. Its best result has been in the 19th edition, arriving 11th with the song "California King Bed" by Rihanna. However, her also brought to the country its worst result, arriving only 15th in the semi-final of the 35th edition. Her song was "Kiss It Better".
Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina joined the contest in the Special edition 1 and participated 24 times, qualifying in 9 of them. Its best results arrived in the 56th edition, when it reached a 8th position in the final thanks to the metal band The Loudest Silence and their song "The Loudest Silence". Worst result for the country has been a 17th place in the semi-final, obtained by Hari Mata Hari and Eldin Huseinbegović (in the 29th edition), and by Salvatore Ganacci, Enya and Alex Aris (in the 32nd edition).
Iggy Azalea

Amethyst Amelia Kelly (known as **Iggy Azalea**) is a rapper from  Australia. She joined the contest in the 5th edition, when she participated with Ariana Grande for  United States. Their song was "Problem", that qualified and arrived 15th in the final. In the 17th edition she returned, this time representing her country, and she sang with Rita Ora the song "Black Widow", arriving 12th in the final.

The songs **Iggy Azalea** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Black Widow" and "Problem".
Brazil

Brazil joined the contest in the 1st special edition and participated 26 times, qualifying in nine of them and being a member of the "Big 3", so an automatic qualifier, once. Its best results has been in the 16th edition, when Elaine Martins achieved a 3rd place with her song "Santificação". The worst result of the country is a 25th place in the semi-final of the 18th edition. Here the song was the acoustic version of "Chuva de Arroz", by Luan Santana.
Eleni Foureira

Entela Fureraj (known as **Eleni Foureira**) is a  Greek singer born in  Albania. She joined the competition several times, competing for three countries:  Albania,  Cyprus and  Greece.

Her participations have been five:
• in the 1st edition representing  Cyprus and giving it one of its best result, arriving 3rd singing the song "Anemos Agapis";
• in the 12th edition for  Cyprus again, but this time she failed to qualify and placed 16th in the semi-final with "Ladies (Stand Up)";
• in the 2nd special edition, when her country of origin  Albania wanted her to represent the country with "2017 S'Agapo". She placed 23rd in the final;
• in the 22nd edition competing for  Greece with Mike and the song "Ti Koitas". Sadly, it failed to qualify arriving 14th in the semi-final;
• in the 38th edition representing  Greece a second time with "Tómame". She failed to qualify again and arrived 12th in the semi-final.

The songs the  Greek singer **Eleni Foureira** presented to the contest have been (in alphabetical order): "2018 S'Agapo", "Anemos Agapis", "Ladies (Stand Up)", "Ti Koitas" and "Tómame".
Czech Republic

Czech Republic debuted in the 7th edition and joined the contest 35 times, qualifying in 19 of them. In addition to that, in the 8th edition it was already in the final as part of the "Big 3" and in the 39th it was already a finalist because it was hosting the edition. It won the competition once in 38th edition, thanks to the singer Mikolas Josef and his song "Me Gusta". Worst result, on the other hand, has been in the 48th edition, where Elis Mraz and Čis T failed to qualify with the song "Wanna Be Like", that placed 17th in the semi-final.
Elettra Lamborghini

**Elettra** Miura **Lamborghini** is an  Italian singer. Her only participation in the contest has been in the 47th edition, when her country of origin selected her to sing "Musica (E Il Resto Scompare)". Surprisingly, she won the semi-final with it, and she placed 3rd in the final.

An interesting fact about her is that she's married to the famous DJ Afrojack, who participated three times in the contest.
Fiji

The small island country of  Fiji joined the competition in the 14th edition and participated five times so far, but it has still to qualify. Both its best and worst results have been achieved by the singer Paulini. In the 21st edition she had the best result for the country, arriving 9th in the semi-final and almost qualifying with the acoustic version of the song "Hung Over You". On the other hand, in the 14th edition she placed only 18th in the semi-final with her "By My Side".
Bebe Rexha

Bleta Rexha (known as **Bebe Rexha**) is an  Albanian and  American singer, born to  Albanian parents.

She participated five times in the contest for five different countries, and the songs she presented are:
• "Hey Mama", performed in the 13th edition for the city-state of  Monaco, along with Afrojack, David Guetta and Nicki Minaj. They, sadly, failed to qualify and arrived last in the semi-final;
• "Me, Myself & I" in the 14th edition for  Puerto Rico, that placed 25th in the final. She sang it with G-Eazy;
• "The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody)" in the 27th edition for  Kosovo. She and Lil Wayne arrived 24th in the final with it;
• "Home", presented in the 29th edition for the country of  Albania and performed with Machine Gun Kelly and the band X Ambassadors. It placed 24th in the final;
• "In The Name Of Love" in the 30th edition this time representing  The Netherlands, that placed 17th in the final. The  Dutch DJ Martin Garrix also collaborated to create the song.

The songs the  Albanian and  American singer **Bebe Rexha** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Hey Mama", "Home", "In The Name Of Love", "Me, Myself & I" and "The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody)".
Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (know as **Anne-Marie**) is a singer from the  United Kingdom. She participated only one time in the contest so far, in the 23rd edition for the country of  Jamaica and with the song "Rockabye". With her there were the  Jamaican singer Sean Paul and the  English band Clean Bandit. They qualified and arrived 7th in the final.
Arisa

Rosalba Pippa (known as **Arisa**) is an  Italian singer. She participated only once in the contest, when  San Marino chose her to sing "Meraviglioso amore mio" in the 3rd edition. The song qulified and placed 8th in the final.

She also presented the contest in two occasions: in the 9th edition, along with Annalisa, and in the 12th edition alone. In the first case it was taking place in Milan,  Italy, in the second in  Vatican City.
57th edition

The 56th edition of WAO Song Contest took place a second time in a row in the  United States, in the city of Los Angeles.

This time the competition took place in a stadium called Ullevi, with Dotter and Måns Zelmerlöw as presenters. "Bulletproof love" has been the slogan chosen for the edition "Bulletproof", by Neovaii, the theme song.

67 countries competed in this edition:

* Andorra
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Brunei
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Iran
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kiribati
* Libya
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malaysia
* Malta
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* The Netherlands
* New Zealand
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Suriname
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Taiwan
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Venezuela

Thanks to its victory last edition,  North Macedonia hosted the competition and was already a finalist, along with  Japan,  Germany and  Kyrgyzstan. Four semi-finals took place and six countries qualified from each one of them. The "Second Chance" took place and two more countries qualified from it. 30 countries competed in the final.

## Semi-final 1

Also the  North Macedonia voted in this semi final.

## Semi-final 4

Also  Kyrgyzstan voted in this semi final.

## Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to its favourite country. Voting is not compulsory.
Chile

The South American country of  Chile debuted in the contest the 16th edition and participated 23 times, qualifying in six. Its best result arrived in the 43rd edition, where it placed 6th in the final thanks to Karla Grunewaldt and her song "Desatar". The worst result for the country has been in the 17th edition. Here the song "Luz de Piedra de Luna", by Javiera Mena, failed to qualify, arriving only 23rd in the semi-final.
Altın Gün

### Members

From left to right: Merve Daşdemir, Daniel Smienk, Thijs Elzinga, Chris Bruining, Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız and Jasper Verhulst

### Allowed toparticipate for

 The Netherlands
 Turkey

### Appearances

56th edition

**Altın Gün** (meaning Golden Day in Turkish) is a  Turkish psychedelic rock, also known as Anatolian rock, band from  The Netherlands. Is composed by six members: Jasper Verhulst, Daniel Smienk, Chris Bruining, Thijs Elzinga, Merve Daşdemir and Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız. They're all  Dutch but Merve Daşdemir and Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız have  Turkish origins. They participated in the contest once, representing  The Netherlands with "Ordunun Dereleri" and placing 28th in the final.
53rd edition

The 53rd edition of We Are One Song Contest took place in the city of Melbourne,  Australia.

For this occasion the competition took place in the Rod Laver Arena and has been presented by Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and Dean Lewis. "Shine through the moment!" was the slogan chosen and the instrumental version of "Line Of Sight (Reprise)", by ODESZA, the theme song.

The countries that participated in this occasion were 63:

* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bhutan
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Colombia
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Ecuador
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macau
* Mexico
* Monaco
* The Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* South Sudan
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Tajikistan
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States

 Australia hosted the contest for the 4th time and, in addiction to that, it was already a finalist, along with  Spain,  Serbia and  Andorra. Four semi-finals took place and six countries qualified from each one of them. The countries that placed 7th had another opportunity and went to "Second Chance", where two more countries qualified for the final. 30 countries competed in the final. The artist Agnes won the edition for  Sweden with her song "Fingers Crossed", bringing another 1st place to the country.

## Semi-final 1

Also the  Australia voted in this semi final.

## Semi-final 3

Also  Serbia voted in this semi final.

 Iceland and  New Zealand both ended up 6th with 65 points and the same amount of countries voted for them, but  Iceland got more “12 points” and so it qualified.  New Zealand went to “Second Chance”.

## Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to its favourite country. Voting is not compulsory.

* Canada
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Ireland
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Tajikistan
* United Kingdom
 02
* Finland
* Greece
* Nigeria
* Norway
* South Sudan
* Spain
 03
* Poland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* United States
 04
* France
* Israel
* Sweden
Belgium

Belgium joined the competition in the 4th edition and participated 49 times, qualifying in 24 of them and being already in the final as an automatic qualifier in five. It won twice, in the 22nd and the 30th edition, and both times the singer was Loïc Nottet. He is the only artist, along with the  Swedish Mariette and the  Norwegian Mørland, to win two editions of the contest. His first victory arrived with "Million Eyes", the second with the song "Mud Blood". The singer Roberto Bellarosa had the worst result for the country of  Belgium, when his song "Sans toi" placed 21st in the semi-final of the 14th edition.
48th edition

The 48th edition of We Are One Song Contest took place in the  United Kingdom, in the city of London.

After the first time in the 28th edition, the contest took place in the British city of London again, and, like previously, the Wembley Stadium has been the venue selected. "Rise Up" has been the slogan for the occasion and the singer Grace Carter the presenter. "Rise Up", by TheFatRat, has been the theme song chosen.

A new record of 72 participants took part in this edition:

* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Australia
* Azerbaijan
* Bangladesh
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* China
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Kyrgyzstan
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* The Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Peru
* The Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States

The  United Kingdom, thanks to its victory last edition, qualified automatically to the final, along with other three countries:  Bangladesh,  Italy and  Morocco (which arrived 2nd, 3rd and 4th). Four semi-finals took place and six countries qualified from each one of them. The "Second Chance" took place and two more countries qualified from it. 30 countries competed in the final. Won this edition  Taiwan, achieving its first victory ever in the competition. Got this result the singer Shi Shi with her "Shi Ta Bu Pei":

## Semi-final 1

Also the  United Kingdom voted in this semi final.

## Semi-final 2

Also  Bangladesh voted in this semi final.

## Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to his favourite country. Voting is not compulsory.

* Belgium
* China
* Fiji
* France
* Georgia
* Iceland
* Kosovo
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* North Macedonia
* Romania
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Uganda
* United Kingdom
 02
* Liechtenstein
 03
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Canada
* Denmark
* Israel
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Kyrgyzstan
* Mexico
* Monaco
* Norway
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* United States
 04
* Italy
* Lebanon
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Poland
Arilena Ara

**Arilena Ara** is an  Albanian singer. She participated in the contest a total of four times: for  Albania, in the 13th and the 27th edition, and for  Kosovo, in the 16th and the 36th edition. In 13th edition she sang the song "Aeroplan" and she qualified, arriving 13th in the final. Later in 16th edition she returned with the song "Vegim", that placed 14th in the final. She came back in the 27th edition to give  Albania its highest placement so far. In fact she arrived 3rd in the final with the song "I'm Sorry". Her last participation so far is in the 36th edition. Here she sang with the  Russian singer KDDK the song "Last Train To Paris", qualified and arrived 20th in the final.

The songs **Arilena Ara**presented to the contest have been (in alphabetical order): "Aeroplan", "I'm Sorry", "Last Train To Paris" and "Vegim".
37th edition

37th edition of WAO Song Contest took place in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Ericsson Globe has been selected as venue of the edition and it was presented by the winner of last edition: Måns Zelmerlöw. The theme song was "In My Mind", by Dynoro & Gigi D’Agostino, and the slogan selected "Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits".

63 participants: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.

From this edition, the automatic qualifiers passed from 3 to 4, and the fight called "Second Chance", introduced in the 8th edition, was removed. Sweden, because of has won the last edition, passed automatically in the final, along with Canada, Ukraine and Croatia, arrived respectively 2nd, 3rd and 4th. 4 semi-finals took place and 6 countries qualified from each semi-final. 28 countries qualified for the grand final. Won the edition the American singer Wrabel with "The Village".

## Semi-final 4

Also  Croatia voted in this semi final.

Taiwan and Latvia both ended up 6th with 68 points, but Taiwan has been voted from more countries, so it qualified. Latvia has been eliminated.
Guyana

The country of  Guyana joined the contest in the 21st edition and participated two times so far. Its best result is a 23rd place in the final of the 38th edition, position achieved by the singer Melanie Fiona and her "Gone And Never Coming Back". Worst result for the country arrived with the song "GUYANA", by Poonam Singh, that, sadly, failed to qualify and arrived 16th in the semi-final.
MishCatt

**MishCatt** is the artistic pseudonym for Michelle Gonzalez, a singer from  Costa Rica. She debuted in the contest in the 29th edition, when her country selected her to sing "Another Dimension". She qualified and placed 20th in the final with it. She came back for the 49th edition representing  Costa Rica again, but this time she wasn't alone: with her there was the famous  Swedish DJ Avicii. Together they presented the song "Fades Away", qualifying and achieving a 12th place in the final.

The songs she presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Another Dimension" and "Fades Away.
Christos Mastoras

**Christos Mastoras** is a  Greek singer, born in  Albania. He participated three times in the competition, two as part of the band Melisses and once as a solo artist. He joined WAO Song Contest in the 34th edition, when  Cyprus selected him and his band to perform "Eimai Allou" for the country. Sadly they failed to qualify, placing 14th in the semi-final. The group came back for the 49th edition, this time representing  Greece with "To Kyma". It arrived 11th in the semi-final. **Mastoras** final appearance in the competition has been in the 55th edition as a solo artist for  Greece. Here he performed with Playmen and Velix the song "Silver Moon", finally qualifying and reaching a 19th place in the final

The songs the band presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Silver Moon" (as a solo artist), "Eimai Allou" and "To Kyma" (as part of Melisses).
Alexia Bosch

**Alexia Bosch** is a  Peruvian and  Argentinian singer, born in  Argentina. She joined the competition in the 47th edition, when  Peru selected her to represent the country. She performed "Rebel Soul", qualified and placed 19th in the final. After that, she participated for  Argentina in the 56th edition of the contest with "Chemicals", qualifying and arriving 24th in the final.

The songs the singer **Alexia Bosch** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Chemicals" and "Rebel Soul".
Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, joined the contest in the 2nd edition and since then it participated three times. It qualified once for the final in the 20th edition, achieving a 16th place thanks to Mozhdah Jamalzadah and her "I'll Be Fine".

## Participating songs

The songs  Afghanistan presented in the contest have been (in alphabetical order):
• "Gonjeshkake", by Valy;
• "I'll Be Fine", by Mozhdah Jamalzadah;
• "Jane Man", by Sadriddin and Ghezaal Enayat.

## Participating artists

**Mozhdah Jamalzadah**
20th edition**Sadriddin and Ghezaal Enayat**
28th edition**Valy**
45th edition
Alex Aris

Alexander Ryberg (known as **Alex Aris**) is a  Swedish singer. He participated twice in the contest, joining in the 32nd edition for  Bosnia & Herzegovina along with Salvatore Ganacci and Enya. In this occasion they sang the song "Dive" but, sadly, they failed to qualify and placed only 17th in the semi-final. He returned for the 40th edition and this time it went a bit better. His song was "Dying For You" and, with Otto Knows and Lindsey Stirling, he represented his country of origin  Sweden, qualifying and arriving 16th overall.

The songs the singer **Alex Aris** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Dive" and "Dying For You".
Aminata

Aminata Savadogo (occasionally known as simply **Aminata**) is a  Latvian singer with a father from  Burkina Faso. She participated four times in the contest so far, three of them for  Latvia and once for  Burkina Faso.

The songs she presented are:
• "Fighter", that qualified and achieved a 10th in the final of the 16th edition;
• "Leave My Love Bleeding", performed the following edition it qualified too and arrived 14th in the final;
• "Maiga Vara", that placed 20th in the final of the 45th edition;
• "Nejauc man prātu", presented in the 55th edition for  Burkina Faso it was the first song of hers that didn't qualify, arriving 12th in the semi-final.

The songs **Aminata** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Fighter", "Leave My Love Bleeding", "Maiga Vara" and "Nejauc man prātu".
Burundi

Burundi joined the competition in the 11th edition and participated three times so far. Its best result is 8th place in the final of the edition it debuted, position achieved by the singer Khadja Nin with the song "Mama". Worst result for the country arrived in the 38th edition, where Sat-B placed 14th in the semi-final with "No Love".
Costa Rica

Costa Rica joined the competition the 17th edition and participated 3 times so far, qualifying in 2 of them. Its best result arrived in the 49th edition, when the country reached a 12th place in the final thanks to Avicii and MishCatt and their song "Fades Away". The worst result has been in the 17th edition. Here it arrived 26th in the semi-final with "Me hierve la sangre", by Ojo de Buey.
Cambodia

Cambodia joined the contest in the 19th edition, participated 3 times and qualified in 2 of these. Its best results has been in the 31st edition thanks to Indradevi and Sophea Pel, that achieved a 24th place with the song "Step Away". The worst result arrived in the 36th edition. Here, the country failed to qualify for the first time and arrived 14th in the semi-final with the song "Beautiful Art" by Nikki Nikki.
Alanis Morissette

Alanis Nadine Morissette (known as **Alanis Morissette**) is a  Canadian and  American singer. She participated two times in the competition, joining in the 17th edition with "Underneath" for  Canada, but failing to qualify and placing 18th in the semi-final. She returned for the 3rd Special edition and represented her country of origin again, but this time she did a lot better. In fact, with "Ironic", she qualfied and arrived 7th in the final.

The songs **Alanis Morissette** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Ironic" and "Underneath".
G-Eazy

Gerald Earl Gillum (known as **G-Eazy**) is an  American rapper. His first participation has been for  Puerto Rico in the 14th edition with Bebe Rexha and the song "Me, Myself & I", arriving 25th in the final. After that,  The Philippines chose him and Kehlani to represent the country with "Good Life" in the 4th Special edition of the contest. They qualified and arrived 24th. His last participation has been in the 53rd with Lukas Graham for  Denmark. They perfomed "Share That Love" but arrived 13th in the semi-final and failed to qualify.

The songs he presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Good Life", "Me, Myself & I" and "Share That Love".
47th edition

WAO Song Contest's 47th edition took place in  The Netherlands, in the city of Rotterdam.

The venue chosen for the edition has been the Rotterdam Ahoy and "Fight for the music" the slogan. Two previous participants of the contest presented the show in  The Netherlands: Davina Michelle (43rd edition representative, who reached a 3rd place in the final) and Duncan Laurence (46th edition winner).  The song "Stronger", by Lemon Fight feat. Jessica Reynoso, has been the theme song selected for the occasion.

66 countries took part in this edition:

* Andorra
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Bangladesh
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Belize
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Maldives
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* The Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Peru
* Poland
* Portugal
* Puerto Rico
* Romania
* Russia
* Samoa
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Yemen

 The Netherlands, the  United Kingdom,  Ireland and  Norway were the top four of the edition, the rest of the countries had to go through the qualification rounds. Four semi-finals took place and six countries qualified from each one of them. The "Second Chance" took place and two more countries qualified from it. 30 countries competed in the final. The  United Kingdom won, bringing the 5th victory to the country with "Skyfall", by Adele.

## Semi-final 1

Also  The Netherlands voted in this semi final.

## Semi-final 2

Also the  United Kingdom voted in this semi final.

## Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to his favourite country. Voting is not compulsory.

* Estonia
* Germany
* Iceland
* Israel
* Maldives
* Morocco
* South Korea
* The Netherlands
* Uganda
 02
 03
* Argentina
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Peru
* Slovakia
 04
* Belarus
* Cyprus
* Finland
* Georgia
* Luxembourg
* Norway
* Puerto Rico
* Russia
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States
Axel Tony

**Axel Tony** is a  French singer of mixed  Cameroonian,  Martinique and  Vietnamese origin. He participated in the contest once, when, for the 41st edition,  Tunisia selected him and Tunisiano to perform "Avec Toi". They qualified and placed 15th in the final, getting the best result for the country.
Hungary

Hungary joined the competition in the 2nd edition and participated 51 times, qualifying in 20 occasions and being already in the final in four. Its best result is a 2nd place, achieved in three occasions: in the 17th edition, thanks to Gigi Radics and her song "Úgy fáj", in the 44th, with "Ez vagyok én", by Gabi Tóth, and in the 48th, with the song "Hosszú Idők", by Gabi Tóth & Freddie Shuman feat. Begi Lotfi. Worst  Hungarian result is a 19th place in the semi-final, obtained in three occasions: the 8th edition, with the song "Csillagok", by Peti Puskás, the 33rd, by the singer Tamás Horváth with his "Ebből nem kérek többé", and the Special edition 1, with "Szabadító", by Boggie.
Anna F.

Anna Wappel (known as **Anna F.**) is an  Austrian singer. She joined the contest in the 18th edition, where she sang with the  Israeli band The Young Professionals the song "All Of It But Me" for  Israel, qualifying and placing 12th in the final. She came back for the 28th edition, this time representing her country with "Too Far" but failing to qualify and arriving 14th in the semi-final.

The songs the singer **Anna F.** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "All Of It But Me" and "Too Far".
Algeria

Algeria joined the competition in the 21st edition and participated 11 times, qualifying in two of them.

## Participating songs

The songs  Algeria presented in the contest have been (in alphabetical order):
• "C'Est La Vie", by Khaled;
• "Jardin d'Eden" and "Tourner la page", by Zaho;
• "Là-haut", by Chimène Badi;
• "Lik Manwalich", by Souhila Ben Lachhab;
• "Ma Femme", by Mok Saib;
• "Mon Ange 2.0", by Kenza Farah;
• "Mon combat (Tir Nam Beo)", by Florent Mothe and Zaho;
• "Pas eu le temps", by Patrick Bruel;
• "PESETAS", by Rilès;
• "Zina", by Babylone.

## Participating artists

**Kenza Farah**
21st edition**Florent Mothe and Zaho**
22nd edition**Zaho**
28th edition**Souhila Ben Lachhab**
30th edition**Babylone**
31st edition**Khaled**
39th edition**Patrick Bruel**
40th edition**Mok Saib**
45th edition**Chimène Badi**
48th edition**Zaho**
49th edition**Rilès**
53rd edition