HeartVision Song Contest 48

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**HeartVision Song Contest 48**, often referred to as **HVSC 48**, will be the fourty-eighth of the HeartVision Song Contest. The contest will be held in the winning country of the previous edition, which is Tunisia.

**Winner** after a big and exciting show was Marie-Mai from  Canada with her the song "Je décolle", she reached 452 Points. At the 2nd Place was  Montenegro represent by KLON with their song "Amiga", they reached 404 Points and on 3rd Place was  Italy represent by Annalisa with her song "Euforia", her reached 292 Points.

## Location

*Further information: Tunisia*
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a part of the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. It features the archaeological sites of Carthage dating back to the 9th century BC, as well as the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Known for its ancient architecture, souks and blue coasts, it covers 163,610 km2 (63,170 sq mi), and has a population of 12.1 million. It contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert; much of its remaining territory is arable land. Its 1,300 km (810 mi) of coastline include the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin. Tunisia is home to Africa's northernmost point, Cape Angela. Located on the northeastern coast, Tunis is the capital and largest city in the country. Tunisia is named after Tunis.
Beginning in early antiquity, Tunisia was inhabited by the indigenous Berbers. The Phoenicians, a Semitic people, began to arrive in the 12th century BC, settling on the coast and establishing several settlements, of which Carthage emerged as the most powerful by the 7th century BC. The descendants of the Phoenician settlers came to be known as the Punic people. Ancient Carthage was a major mercantile empire and a military rival to the Roman Republic until 146 BC, when it was defeated by the Romans who occupied Tunisia for most of the next 800 years. The Romans introduced Christianity and left architectural legacies like the Amphitheatre of El Jem. In the 7th century AD, Arab Muslims conquered all of Tunisia (finally succeeding in 697 after several attempts starting in 647) and settled with their tribes and families, brought Islam and Arab culture to the local inhabitants. A later large-scale Arab migration of Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym tribes in the 11th-12th centuries rapidly accelerated this process. By around the 15th century, the region of modern-day Tunisia had already been almost completely Arabized, establishing Arabs as the demographic majority of the population. Then, in 1546, the Ottoman Empire established control there, holding sway for over 300 years, until 1881, when the French conquered Tunisia. In 1956, Tunisia gained independence as the Tunisian Republic under the leadership of Habib Bourguiba with the help of activists such as Chedly Kallala, Farhat Hached and Salah Ben Youssef. Today, Tunisia's culture and identity are rooted in this centuries-long intersection of different cultures and ethnicities.
In 2011, the Tunisian Revolution, which was triggered by dissatisfaction with the lack of freedom and democracy under the 24-year rule of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, overthrew his regime and catalyzed the broader Arab Spring movement across the region. Free multiparty parliamentary elections were held shortly thereafter; the country again voted for parliament on 26 October 2014, and for president on 23 November 2014. From 2014 to 2020, it was considered the only democratic state in the Arab world, according to the Democracy Index (The Economist). After a democratic backsliding Tunisia is rated a hybrid regime. It is one of the few countries in Africa ranking high in the Human Development Index, with one of the highest per capita incomes on the continent, ranking 129th in GDP per capita income.

### Host City

*Further information: Tunis*
Tunis (Arabic: تونس Tūnisⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. As of 2020, it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casablanca and Algiers) and the eleventh-largest in the Arab world.
Situated on a large Mediterranean Sea gulf (the Gulf of Tunis), behind the Lake of Tunis and the port of La Goulette (Ḥalq il-Wād), the city extends along the coastal plain and the hills that surround it. At its core lies the Medina, a World Heritage Site. East of the Medina, through the Sea Gate (also known as the Bab el Bhar and the Porte de France), begins the modern part of the city called "Ville Nouvelle", traversed by the grand Avenue Habib Bourguiba (often referred to by media and travel guides as "the Tunisian Champs-Élysées"), where the colonial-era buildings provide a clear contrast to smaller, older structures. Further east by the sea lie the suburbs of Carthage, La Marsa, and Sidi Bou Said.
As the capital of the country, Tunis is the focus of Tunisian political and administrative life and also the center of the country's commercial and cultural activities.

### Venue

Built on the occasion of the 1967 Mediterranean Games opened by president Habib Bourguiba, the arena was used primely for the volleyball competition. The 5,500-seat enclosure hosted matches of the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship as well as those of the African handball nations championships organized in Tunisia (1974, 1981, 1994, 2006).
The hall also hosts political meetings and music concerts, the first of which were those of Umm Kulthum in 1968.
The arena usually hosts volleyball, basketball, handball, judo, fencing, wrestling and other games and tournaments with high attendance. It will host several matches of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World League.

### **Bidding phase**

The bidding phase for the edition kicked off one days after the results of the 48th Edition.

  **Nabeul** | Salle Bir Challouf

## Format

The HBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be most likely two semi-finals.In each semi-final 10 countries will qualify for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 26 competing countries(20 semi finals qualifers + BIG6)

### Logo & Theme

The logo of **the fourty-eighth edition** of the HeartVision Song Contest was designed by Cilek the main producer of HeartVision Song Contest. The slogan used Breaking Borders (كسر الحدود).

### Voting

The HBU has announced that that a new voting system would be also used in this edition as well. Each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Televoting votes from all countries are pooled. After viewers have cast their votes, the results of each professional jury are presented. After the results of the professional juries are presented, the televoting points from all participating countries are combined, providing one score for each song. The results of countries finishing between 11th and 26th in the public vote are automatically added to the scoreboard, with only the results of the top ten countries being announced by the hosts. 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

This edition, the countries that are classified from 1st to 6th place in the Grand Final of the previous edition will be the so-called "Big 6", they will have the privilege of being in the Grand Final automatically as well as voting in the semi-finals without competing in them, this six countries are divided to vote between the two semi-finals:
competing in them, this 6 countries are divided to vote between the two semi-finals:

* Italy
* Sweden
* Kosovo
* Tunisia

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at Salle El Menzah on 6 December 2023 the first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big 6 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. 43 countries will participate in each semi-finals, respectively.

* Greece
* Morocco
* San Marino
* Spain
* Turkey
* Vatican City
* France
* Germany
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* Switzerland
* The Netherlands
* Denmark
* Finland
* Gibraltar
* Greenland
* Norway
 Pot 4
 * Belarus
* Czech Republic
* Georgia
* Lithuania
* New Zealand
* Poland
* Ukraine
* China
* Israel
* Japan
* Mexico
* South Korea
* Thailand
* Canada
* Croatia
* Hungary
* Montenegro
* Romania
* United States

## Participating Countries

The following countries have expressed their provisional interest in participating in the contest, or confirmed that their expected national selection process would take place:

## Results

### Semi-Final 1

Twenty one countries will participate in the first semi-final. Albania,  Italy and  Sweden will also vote in this semi-final.The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Semi-Final 2

Twenty two countries will participate in the second semi-final. Australia,  Kosovo and  Tunisia will also vote in this semi-final.The highlighted countries 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: HeartVision Broadcasting Union*

Countries that are active members of the HeartVision Broadcasting Union (HBU) are also eligible to participate in the HeartVision 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.

### Active NBU members

* Poland: The Polish delegation approved their participation, but their participation was canceled because they did not submit their song on time.

## External links

* Semi Final 1 Recap
* Semi Final 2 Recap
* Final Recap