Mysterious Song Contest 33

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**Mysterious Song Contest** welcomes the world to  Kyrgyzstan for the 33rd Edition.

The Mysterious Song Contest #33 will be the 33rd edition of the annual Mysterious Song Contest Wikia. It will take place in the **Gorodskoi Katok**, located in **Biskek**,  Kyrgyzstan, following the country's victory at the 32nd edition with Ak Sedep performing "Kyrgyz Kyzdary". This will be the 01st time the country hosts the contest.

The contest is scheduled to consist of 02 semi finals and finally the grand final, with official dates for the semi finals being **02nd April 2017** and the grand final being the **16th April 2017**. As of **31st March 2017**, **40 countries** have announced their participation in the contest so far.

This will be the third edition where the voting will be displayed by separating the votes into qualifiers and non qualifying countries. The votes will be rewarded with the first set revealed from the finalists, the second set will be a total score from the non - finalists. The final result would be the total of both sets of votes.

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## Location

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**Gorodskoi Katok**  Kyrgyzstan, announced on **1st April 2017** that with the contest being held in  Kyrgyzstan that any city or arena that would like to host the contest would had seven days to apply to the broadcaster with their interest.

The following selection criteria were outlined for the selection of the host city:

* The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 7,000 but ideally up to 10,000 attendees.
* An international press centre must be able to accommodate no less than 1,550 journalists.
* Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 3,000 attendees.
* The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
* The host city must provide a social program alongside their bid, showcasing the hospitality, originality, cultural values and identity of both the city and Australia.

     **Host City**

The **Gorodskoi Katok** in Biskek, which has a capacity of approximately 750 attendees, was announced as the host venue on **1st April 2017**. This will be the Arena's 1st time hosting the contest.

## Presenters

On **1st April 2017**, **Muzyka TV** announced that **Jamala** will be the host of the 32nd contest and she will also host in the Green Room.

Spokesperson #01:-
Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova (born 27 August 1983), better known by her stage name Jamala, is a Ukrainian singer, actress and songwriter. She represented Ukraine and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, with her song "1944". In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 she served as a judge at Vidbir, the Ukrainian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.

## Format

The competition will consist of 02 semi-finals and a final, a format which is being reintroduced into the contest to maximise the chances for all countries qualifying. The 10 countries with the highest scores in each semi-final will qualify to the grand final where they will join the top 6 countries from the previous edition  Bulgaria,  Fiji,  Finland,  Slovenia,  Ukraine and the host nation  Kyrgyzstan.

Each participating country had their own national jury/HoD. Each member of a respective nation's jury is required to rank every song, except that of their own country, to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1 point.

## Participants

The following countries have confirmed their participation into the contest.

### Participant Map

**Table key**

     *The Big '6' Countries*
     *Participating Countries*
     *Countries That Failed To Qualify*
     *Withdrawing Countries*
     *Countries That Have Participated Before*

## Returning Artists

We welcome back some artists who have previous joined us in MSC.

* Armenia Sirusho [Prev. #09]
* Australia Jessica Mauboy [Prev. #03, #07, #10, #13]
* Denmark Sada Vidoo [Prev. #31]
* Kazakhstan KeshYou [Prev. #25]
* Lithuania GJan [Prev. #18, #21]
* Morocco Loreen [Prev.  Sweden#21]
* Spain Mirela [Prev. #02]
* Tajikistan Zulaykho [Prev. #16]

This edition we are welcomed b two previous winner of the Mysterious Song Contest Wikia. Jessica Mauboy and Mirela.

Jessica Mauboy has been the most appeared winner in the Mysterious Song Contest with 5 appearances and winning the contest in edition #07 with her song 'Never Be The Same Again'.

Mirela has made her first re-appearance since her victory all the way back in edition #02 with her song 'Nada Es Comparable A Ti'.

## Semi-final allocation draw

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 27th October. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists  Bulgaria,  Fiji,  Finland,  Slovenia,  Ukraine and the host nation  Kyrgyzstan. The countries were split into two pots which would either be semi final 1 or semi final 2. Then a random generator was used to allocate countries into the running order. The results were as follows:

It was decided that  Fiji,  Slovenia and the host nation  Kyrgyzstan would vote in semi final #01 and  Bulgaria,  Finland and  Ukraine would vote in semi final #02. This was to assure to make the results fair and even for all participants in the edition.

## Semi Final 1

**17 Countries** are participating in this Semi Final with  **Fiji**,  **Kyrgyzstan** and  **Bulgaria** voting as 3 of the 6 automatic qualifiers of this edition. The top 10 countries that score the highest number of points will qualify to the grand final.

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## Semi Final 2

**17 Countries** are participating in this Semi Final with  **Bulgaria**,  **Finland** and  **Ukraine** voting as 3 of the 6 automatic qualifiers of this edition. The top 10 countries that score the highest number of points will qualify to the grand final.

     Qualified

## Grand Final

26 Countries will create the grand final. 10 from Semi Final 1, 10 from Semi Final 2 and the automatic qualifiers  Bulgaria,  Fiji,  Finland,  Slovenia,  Ukraine and the host nation  Kyrgyzstan

The draw on  Bulgaria,  Fiji,  Finland,  Slovenia,  Ukraine and the host nation  Kyrgyzstan position in the running order were done prior to the Semi Finals.

This was the running order for the Grand Final

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### **12points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:

## Voting & Spokespeople

This is the order of how the votes were released and the spokesperson from each country

First half of results

01. Fiji Paulini

02. Czech Republic Tomáš Martinka

03. Sweden David Lindgren

04. Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Ivanov

05. Finland Kristiina Brask

06. Spain Manel Navarro

07. Tajikistan Farzonai Khurshed

08. Taiwan Shi Shi

Second half of results

### Voting Grid

This is how the votes were scored in each Semi Final.

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Here is how the world voted in the grand final.

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