WorldVision 149

Confirmation
 Final
 Venue
 Co-host
 Entries
 Debuting
 Winner

**WorldVision Song Contest 149**, often referred to as **WV 149** is set to be the one hundred and forty-nineth edition of the WorldVision Song Contest. It was be held in  Poland, following the country's victory at the 148th contest with the song "Pora roku zła" by Sanah. The show, organised by Genesis and co-hosts yet to be annnounced, will consist of two semi-finals, and the final, hosted on dates yet to be announced. This will be the second time that **Poland** will be hosting the contest (having previously hosted the 10th edition in Warsaw), as well as the first WV event hosted by Genesis as the winner of the previous edition.

**MiraShadowMan** debuted with  Central Russia, **iowacorn** debuted with  Nunavut and **Gabe** returned to the contest, this time in  Morocco. After failing to send an entry in the previous edition, **pras** returned, this time with  Russia.

 North Rhine-Westphalia (**Staewi**),  New Zealand (**Dutchball**) and  Latvia (**as78**) failed to state their intentions regarding the participating in this edition and did not send an entry. Due to accumulating too many sanctions, **Staewi** is forced to withdraw for the time being.

The winner was  Kantō with the song "Odo", performed by Ado, written by DECO\*27 and produced by TeddyLoid and Giga. Ado made her debut in 2020, at the age of 17, with the digital single titled "Usseewa". "Odo" is her fifth single and was used by NHK's Show about Vocaloid producers. On June 11, 2021, she was chosen as the second Japanese female Artist for "YouTube's Artist on the Rise". This is Kanto's second victory in the contest, following their win ten edition ago, in WorldVision 139, and Edweis' first victory in the history of the contest. Kanto continues to be the only Japanese region to hold a victory.

 Sudogwon,  Poland,  France and  Western USA rounded the top five, with  Poland achieveing their second best result and  Sudogwon their third best result.  Kantō and  France won their respective semi-finals, the former scoring 122 points in semi-final one and the latter 105 points in semi-final two.

 England was the Rest of the Jury Qualifier (REJU for short) of semi-final one and  Turkey the REJU Qualifier in semi-final two.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries and regions into their respective semi-finals took place on 20 November 2021. As the previous winner and the hosting nation,  Poland was pre-qualified.

The semi-finalists were allocated into seven pots (the six big pots and the Newcomer pot), based on their voting similarities. The pots were updated this edition, following the compilation of a new pot graph.

Pot N consisted of  Nunavut,  Australia and  Central Russia.

The six big pots were the following:

* Israel
* Pacific States
* Southern USA
* Sweden
* The Netherlands
* Western USA
* Lebanon
* Moldova
* Romania
* Russia
* Seoul
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sudogwon
* Turkey
* China
* Denmark
* Italy
* Morocco
* Brazil
* Central Canada
* Hungary
* Kansai
* Kantō
* United Kingdom
* Yorkshire & The Humber
* England
* Japan
* London
* Northeastern USA
* Poland
* Southeast Brazil
* United States
* Western Canada
* Finland
* France
* Iraq
* Mexico
* Northwest Italy
* North West England
* Norway
* Svealand
* Texas

## Other details

#### **Jury changes**

*Further information: List of participants in the WorldVision Song Contest*
### **National Selections**

National selections refer to the processes in which the jurors of the countries and regions participating in the monthly WorldVision select the artist and song that will represent them in the contest.

* Østlandet - Alfred Hall NF
* China - ChinaFest 149
* Pacific States - 5 Artists -> 10 Songs NF
* Canada - CanadaSong 149 - Back to the 80s 2
* England Annerley NF

### **Active and inactive WorldVision members**

* **dogmeat** is currently on the OP Waiting List and are bound to rejoin the contest in WV 151.
* **Dalmatia** - Juror **Gogerko** is out after failing to vote in both the semi-final and final of WorldVision 148.
* **France** - Juror **nekoisneko** is out after failing to vote in both the semi-final and final of WorldVision 148.
* **Vestlandet** - Juror **Kimrt** is out after failing to vote in both the semi-final and final of WorldVision 148.