GreatVision Song Contest 20

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**GreatVision Song Contest 20**, often referred to as **GVSC 20**, will be the twentieth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in  South Korea, after Dreamcatcher won nineteenth edition with "Scream". It will be the fourth time that South Korea will host the contest and fifth time the contest take place on the Korean penicula. KBS chose theJamsil Arena in Seoul to serve as the host venue for the edition, while BoA, Jennie and Soyeon was selected as the presenters.

**Winner** after a big and exciting show was October from  New Zealand with her the song "1000 Eyes", she reached 360 Points. At the 2nd Place was the  Russia represent by VADA their song "Biryuzovaya", they reached 357 Points, while on 3rd Place was the  United States represent by Elle Winter with her song "Yeah, No", she reached 310 Points. Furthermore  Turkey,  Sweden and  Romania completed the top six of the edition.

## Location

*For further information see South Korea*
**South Korea**, officially the **Republic of Korea**, is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Officially, its territory consists of the whole Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands, which are largely mountainous. South Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle, as half of them live in high-rises concentrated in the Seoul Capital Area with 25 million residents. The capital Seoul is the world's sixth leading global city with the fifth largest economy and is the seventh most sustainable city in the world.

South Korea is one of the Four Asian Tigers. The South Korean economy soared at an annual average of 10% for over 30 years in a period of rapid transformation called the Miracle on the Han River. A long legacy of openness and focus on innovation made it successful. Today, it is the world's seventh largest advanced economy and fifth largest exporter with the G20's largest budget surplus and highest credit rating of any country in East Asia. It has free trade agreements with 75% of the world economy and is the only G20 nation trading freely with China, the US and the EU simultaneously. Since 1988, its constitution guarantees a liberal democracy with high government transparency and many fundamental rights such as universal healthcare. High personal freedoms led to the rise of a globally influential pop culture such as K-pop and K-drama, a phenomenon called the Korean Wave, known for its distinctive fashionable and trendy style. Home of the UN Green Climate Fund and GGGI, South Korea is a leader in low carbon green growth, committed to helping developing countries as a major DAC and Paris Club contributor. It is the world's third least ignorant country in the Index of Ignorance, ranking eighth highest for peaceful tolerance and inclusion of minorities on the Fragile States Index.

South Korea is a technologically advanced developed country driven by a highly educated and skilled workforce, having the world's eighth highest median household income, the highest in Asia. Globally, it ranks highly in personal safety, job security, ease of doing business and healthcare quality, with the world's third highest health adjusted life expectancy and fourth most efficient healthcare system. It is the world's largest spender on R&D per GDP, leading the OECD in graduates in science and engineering and ranking third in the Youth Wellbeing Index. Home of Samsung, LG and Hyundai-Kia, South Korea was named the world's most innovative country for 4 consecutive years since 2014 in the Bloomberg Innovation Index, ranking first in business R&D intensity, manufacturing value-added, patents filed per GDP, second in higher education efficiency and fourth in high-tech density and researcher concentration. In 2005, it became the world's first country to fully transition to high-speed Internet and today it has the world's fastest Internet speed and highest smartphone ownership, ranking first in ICT Development, e-Government and 4G LTE coverage. South Korea currently provides the world's second largest number of Christian missionaries, surpassed by the United States.

### Host City

*For further information see Seoul*
**Seoul**, officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the de facto capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea). Seoul is the world's 16th largest city, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. The Seoul Capital Area houses about half of the country's population of 51.44 million people with 678,102 international residents.

Situated on the Han River, Seoul's history stretches back more than two thousand years when it was founded in 18 BC by Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. It continued as the capital of Korea under the Joseon Dynasty. The Seoul Capital Area contains five UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Changdeok Palace, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine, Namhansanseong and the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty. Seoul is surrounded by mountains, the tallest being Mt. Bukhan, the world's most visited national park per square foot. Modern landmarks include the iconic N Seoul Tower, the gold-clad 63 Building, the neofuturistic Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Lotte World, the world's largest indoor theme park, Moonlight Rainbow Fountain, the world's longest bridge fountain and the Sevit Floating Islands. The birthplace of K-pop and the Korean Wave, Seoul received over 10 million international visitors in 2014, making it the world's 9th most visited city and 4th largest earner in tourism.

Seoul is the world's most wired city and ranked first in technology readiness by PwC's Cities of Opportunity report- It is served by the KTX high-speed rail and the Seoul Subway, providing 4G LTE, WiFi and DMB inside subway cars as well as wifi at every station. Seoul is connected via AREX to Incheon International Airport, rated the world's best airport nine years in a row (2005–2013) by Airports Council International. Lotte World Tower, a 556-metre (1,824-foot) supertall skyscraper with 123 floors, has been built in Seoul and become the OECD's tallest in 2016, with the world's tallest art gallery. Its Lotte Cinema houses the world's largest cinema screen. Seoul's COEX Mall is the world's largest underground shopping mall.

Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games, 1988 Summer Olympics, 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Miss Universe 1980 pageant, and the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. A UNESCO City of Design, Seoul was named the 2010 World Design Capital.

### Venue

*For further information see Jamsil Arena*
**Jamsil Arena**, also known as Jamsil Indoor Stadium, is an indoor sporting arena. It is part of Seoul Sports Complex, located in Seoul, South Korea. The capacity of the arena is 11,069 for basketball and was built from December 1976 to April 1979. The Seoul Samsung Thunders are the tenants.

## Format

### 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 Seoul City Hall in May 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 thirty-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:

* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Norway
* United Kingdom
* Germany
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Switzerland
* Bulgaria
* Greece
* Israel
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
 Pot 4
 * China
* India
* Japan
* Kiribati
* New Zealand
* Singapore
* Kazakhstan
* Lithuania
* Russia
* Ukraine
* United States
* Croatia
* Hungary
* Moldova
* Romania
* San Marino

### Running order

The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by KBS in May 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-one** countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest. This includes, China, India, San Marino and Singapore which returned after their four-edition abscence. Kiribati which returned after their three-edition abscence, while Liechtenstein which returned after it's two-edition abscence, while Croatia, Luxembourg and Ukraine which returned after it's one-edition abscence and

**Eleven** however, announced their withdrawal from the contest, Estonia, Kosovo and Uzbekistan announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. While the HoD's of Austria, Mexico and Montenegro had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest. Iran will take a break from the contest. Malaysia and Thailand failed to confirm within the given deadline, while Canada and Iceland failed to send an entry within the given deadline.

### Returning artists

Jackson Wang was internally selected to represent China again; he previously represented the country as a Member of GOT7 twice. Also Malik Harris was internally selected to represent Germany again; he previously represented the country togehter with COSBY. Rhea Raj was internally selected to represent India again. Italy will be represented by Joan Thiele; she previously represented Vatican City in the contest. Felix Jaehn was internally selected to represent Liechtenstein; he previously represented Germany in the contest. Jasmine Sokko was internally selected to represent Singapore for a second time. For the United Kingdom return two former participants, first Rita Ora who represented Kosovo twice and Anitta, she previously represented Brazil twice.

## Results

### Pre-qualification Round

Main article: Pre-Qualification Round 5
Eight countries participated in the fifth pre-qualification round. Czech Republic, Italy and North Korea qualifed to the semi-finals, while Australia, Monaco, Poland, Slovakia and Spain were eliminated.

### Semi-final 1

Twenty countries will participate in the first Semi-final. Cyprus, Morocco and Sweden will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.

### Semi-final 2

Twenty countries will participate in the second Semi-final. Brazil, Slovenia and South Korea 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.

* Iceland
* Malaysia
* Thailand

* Estonia: EER 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.
* Iran: revealed that Iran would not be present in the twentieth edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues. A return is not ruled-out by the Delegation.
* Mexico: 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.
* Montenegro: RTCG 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.
* Uzbekistan: MTRK 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 Singapore. A return with new HoD is possible.