GreatVision Song Contest 19

Final date
 Venue
 Broadcaster
 Entries
 Debuting
**Participation map**
* Confirmed participant that have their artist or song     Countries that did not qualify for the final     Past participant that will not participate
 Voting system
 Winning song

**GreatVision Song Contest 19**, often referred to as **GVSC 19**, will be the nineteenth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will held in Romania after SICKOTOY and Roxen won the eighteenth edition with "You Don't Love Me". TVR chose the Arena Națională in Bucharest to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Roxen was selected as the presenters.

**Winner** after a big and exciting show was Dreamcatcher from  South Korea with their the song "Scream", they reached 395 Points. At the 2nd Place was the  Sweden represent by Dotter their song "Bulletproof", she reached 381 Points, while on 3rd Place was the  Cyprus represent by Andromáchi with her song "Na 'Soun Pséma", she reached 323 Points. Furthermore  Slovenia,  Morocco and  Brazil completed the top six of the edition.

## Location

*For further information see Romania*
**Romania** is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders on the Black Sea to the southeast, and with Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, and Moldova to the east. It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 square miles), Romania is the 12th-largest country in Europe and the 6th most populous member state of the European Union, having approximately 20 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest. Other major urban areas include: Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați.

The River Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a generally southeasterly direction for 2,857 km (1,775 mi), coursing through ten countries before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Romania from the north to the southwest, include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of 2,544 m (8,346 ft).

Modern Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. Following World War I, after declaring its neutrality in 1914, when Romania fought on the side of the Allied powers beginning in 1916, Bukovina, Bessarabia, Transylvania as well as parts of Banat, Crișana, and Maramureș became part of the sovereign Kingdom of Romania. In June–August 1940, as a consequence of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and Second Vienna Award, Romania was compelled to cede Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union, and Northern Transylvania to Hungary. In November 1940, Romania signed the Tripartite Pact and, consequently, in June 1941 entered World War II on the Axis side, fighting against the Soviet Union until August 1944, when it joined the Allies and recovered Northern Transylvania. Following the war, under the occupation of the Red Army's forces, Romania became a socialist republic and a member of the Warsaw Pact. After the 1989 Revolution, Romania began a transition towards democracy and a market economy.

### Host City

*For further information see Bucharest*
**Bucharest** is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. It became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (neo-classical and Art Nouveau), interbellum (Bauhaus, and art deco), communist era and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' (Romanian: Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' (Romanian: Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nicolae Ceaușescu's program of systematization, many survived and have been renovated. In recent years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom.It is one of the fastest-growing high-tech cities in Europe, according to Financial Times, CBRE, TechCrunch and others. UiPath, a global startup founded in Bucharest, has reached $7 billion in valuation. Since 2019, Bucharest hosts the largest high tech summit in Southeast Europe (Romania Blockchain Summit).

In 2016, the historical city centre was listed as 'endangered' by the World Monuments Watch. In 2017, Bucharest was the European city with the highest growth of tourists who stay over night, according to the Mastercard Global Index of Urban Destinations. As for the past two consecutive years, 2018 and 2019, Bucharest ranked as the European destination with the highest potential for development according to the same study.

### Venue

*For further information see Arena Națională*
**Arena Națională** is a retractable roof football stadium in Bucharest, Romania, which opened in 2011, on the site of the original Stadionul Național, which was demolished from 2007 to 2008. The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the Romania national football team, and the Cupa României Final. The stadium is also the home of Liga I football clubs FCSB and Dinamo București.

With 55,634 seats, it is the largest football stadium in Romania. Designed by Gerkan, Marg and Partners, the stadium was built by German firm Max Bögl and Italian firm Astaldi. The stadium has a retractable roof. A UEFA category four stadium, Arena Națională hosted the 2012 UEFA Europa League Final,and will host four games at UEFA Euro 2020 (including the quarter-finals). The stadium also hosts music concerts.

## Format

The GBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be most likely 3 Semi-finals. In each semi-final 7 countries will qualify for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 27 competing countries (21 Semi-Final qualifers + Big 6).

### Voting

The GBU has announced that the voting system would be each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. The new voting system is also used to determine the qualifiers from each semi-final, but as before the qualifiers are announced in a random order.

### Semi Final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place Bucharest City Hall in March 2020. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big Six would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Twenty-one or twenty-two countries will participate in each semi-finals, respectively. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.

The fourty-seven semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was be drawn from the pot, it´s half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* Belgium
* Denmark
* Finland
* Iceland
* Norway
* Sweden
* United Kingdom
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Monaco
* Morocco
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Cyprus
* Greece
* Israel
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
 Pot 4
 * Australia
* Iran
* Japan
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* North Korea
* Thailand
* Uzbekistan
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Lithuania
* Moldova
* Poland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Canada
* Georgia
* Mexico
* Russia
* Kazakhstan
* United States

### Running order

The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by TVR in April 2020, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running order for Grand Final will be official announced, one day before the Grand Final will start.

## Participating countries

**Fifty-three** countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest. This includes, Morocco which returned after their five-edition abscence, Mexico and Moldova which returned after their three-edition abscence, Kazakhstan which returned after their three-edition abscence, Austria, Denmark, Slovenia and Thailand which returned after its one-edition abscence. While Montenegro will make his debut appearance in this edition.

**Four** however, announced their withdrawal from the contest, Belarus, Colombia and Indonesia announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. While the HoD's of Ukraine had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest.

### Returning artists

ZOË will represent Austria again. Estonia will be represent by Syn Cole for a second time. Mikolas Josef was internally selected to represent the Czech Republic again. Iceland will be represent by BRÍET for a second time. Luina will represent Kazakhstan again. Faouzia was internally selected to represent Morocco again. North Korea will be represent by MAMAMOO; she previously represented South Korea once. Jowst and JÆGER both return to the contest for Norway; they previously represented the country and Kazakhstan. Dreamcatcher was internally selected to represent South Korea again. Dotter return to the contest for Sweden; she previously represented the country and the Åland Islands once. CLC will represent Thailand; they previously represented South Korea once, while Irina Rimes return to the contest for Turkey; she previously represented Moldova once. R3HAB return to the contest for the United Kingdom; he previously represented Morocco twice.

## Results

### Semi-final 1

Sixteen countries will participate in the first Semi-final. Albania and Netherlands will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.

### Semi-final 2

Sixteen countries will participate in the second Semi-final. Kosovo and South Korea will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.

### Semi-final 3

Fifteen countries will participate in the third Semi-final. Hungary and Romania will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.

### Final

The following countries either finished in the top 6 of the previous edition and therefore automatically qualify to the final of this edition or qualified from the semi-finals.

## Other countries

*Further information: List of able countries in GreatVision Song Contest*
Countries that are active members of the GreatVision Broadcasting Union (GBU) are also eligible to participate in the GreatVision Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

* Belarus: *announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to North Macedonia. A return with new HoD is possible.*
* Colombia: *C1 announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Moldova. A return with new HoD is possible.*
* Indonesia: *TVRI announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Estonia. A return with new HoD is possible.*
* Luxembourg: *RTL announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position. A return with new HoD is possible.*
* Ukraine: *UA:PBC announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position. A return with new HoD is possible.*