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Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 4

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The **Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 4** was the fourth edition of the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. This edition took place in Zagreb, Croatia.

14 countries took part in this edition. At the end of the voting, it was clear that Sweden won this contest for the very first time with their song: "*Det är dit vi ska*". The Netherlands finished at the second place followed by Greece.

## Location

Different as in the adult version, the previous winners isn't automatically the next hosting country. All participating countries were able to send a bid for host this edition.

Russia, who won the previous edition, announced that they where considering in organising this edition. Later on, they sended an official bid.

Four broadcasters announcd that they would like to host this fourth edition. Previous winner Russia, Belgium, Ukraine and Croatia.

     Host city

  Kiev
  Sochi
  Zagreb

The EBU announced that Zagreb was chosen as host city. This would be the first EuroMusic-event that Croatia would organise.

## Format

### Number of participants

For the first edition, the EBU announced that they invited some countries to participate in the contest. The maximum of countries is 15.

### Running order

There are specific rules about how a country gets his running order.

The countries will be split in to groups (first- and second half). This will happen fully random. After, a team will create a running order.

### Song

Each country sends one song to the contest. The song has to be in one of the official languages of the country. The song also can't be longer than five minutes.

### Voting rules

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that received from the mst countries points, will be ranked higher. If that is also the same, then the country who have the highest rank of a country, will be ranked higher.

## Voting

https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/354285/junior-euromusic-song-contest-04--zagreb

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

 3
 2
 1
 France | Switzerland

## Other Countries

### Withdrawing countries

* Israel - The Israeli broadcaster announced that they would withdraw from the contest. They didn't gave any specific reason.
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Latvia in EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Latvia** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They confirmed their participation in the fifteenth edition. LTV is responsible for the Latvian participation.

## History

The broadcaster from Latvia announced that they would debut in the contest. Latvia already showed interests to participate for a couple of years, but when the EBU published the official list of participating countries, it was clear that Latvia would take part for the first time in the fifteenth edition. They were not able to qualify for the grand final.

In Malta, Latvia finished at the second place in their semi final. In the final they ended at the fourth place. In Cologne, they finished at the 20th place. In the next edition, they finished at the 15th place. In Sweden, Latvia finished at the 18th place in the grand final.

In Baku, they finished at the 12th place. In Bulgaria, they failed to qualify. In Glasgow, they were one of the favorites to win the contest. However, they finished at the 14th place in the final. In Bucharest, Latvia finished at the 9th place.

For the 24th edition, only 28 countries signed up to participate. Because of this, there was only one semi-final. The first eleven countries from the previous edition, like Latvia, automatically qualified for the final. Latvia finished at the 10th place in the grand final.

The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Latvia took part and finished at the 15th place.
Belgium in EuroMusic Song Contest 3

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**Belgium** participated in the third edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. Because the RTBF was responsible for the previous edition, the VRT selected an act for this edition.

## Selection process

For their third participation of Belgium, and the second one of the Flemish broadcaster VRT, they decided to select their submission internally. For this edition, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. For Belgium it means that they can select songs in: Dutch, French and German. But because the Dutch speaking part was responsible, it was quite likely they would select a song in Dutch.

The VRT decided to select a song in Dutch. The song was called "*Anders*".

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Belgium was drawn to perform thirteenth, following The United Kingdom and preceding Italy.

Due the bookmakers, Belgium was counted as possible winner of the contest. During the voting it was clear that they were not able to win the show. They received 101 points, were they came on the fourth place.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Belgium and awarded by Belgium in the final.

### Points awarded to Belgium

* Ireland
* Sweden
* Israel
* Luxembourg
* Italy
 5 points
 * Portugal
EuroMusic Song Contest 4

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The EuroMusic Song Contest 4 was the fourth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The host country was the United Kingdom, that won the last edition, with the song *Tears*. It was the first time that the United Kingdom hosted the contest. The contest took place in Liverpool.

Ireland won this edition with the song: *Playing with numbers*. They gets 139 points. Norway, who made it's début, and Denmark, who returned this edition, ended in the top-3.

## Location

Afther the British victory in the previous edition, the BBC announced that they will host the fourth edition.

The BBC announced that they will hold a selection to decide who will be the host city for this edition.

Here you can see the cities who where intrested to host the contest.

     Host venue

 Liverpool
 London
 Hammersmith Apollo
 Sheffield

The BBC announced that they chosed Liverpool as host city.

## Format

Each country sends one song to the contest. There are no rules about the language of the song, but the song can't be longer than five minutes.

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that got the highest point will rank higher.

## Voting

https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/228657/euromusic-song-contest-03--liverpool

## Other Countries

### Debuting countries

* Malta
* Norway
* United States

### Withrawing countries

* Luxembourg
* Switzerland
Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 11

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The **Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 11** was the eleventh edition of the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. The Bulgarian broadcaster was selected to host this edition. They chosed the city Varna to host this edition.

Malta won this edition with 115 points. It was their first victory in this contest. Runner-up was returning country Israel. Bulgaria, who hosted this edition, finished at the third place for the second edition in a row.

## Location

Different as in the adult version, the previous winners isn't automatically the next hosting country. All participating countries were able to send a bid for host this edition.

The Bulgarian broadcaster was the first to announce their interests in hosting this edition. Later on, also Netherlands and Italy selected a candidate venue and city.

     Host city

  Genoa
  Varna

The EBU announced that Bulgaria was chosen t$as host of the 11th edition. It wasn't the first time that Bulgaria hosted an EuroMusic-event. Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, hosted the twenty-first edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest.

## Format

### Number of participants

For the first edition, the EBU announced that they invited some countries to participate in the contest. The maximum of countries is 15.

### Running order

There are specific rules about how a country gets his running order.

The countries will be split in to groups (first- and second half). This will happen fully random. After, a team will create a running order.

### Song

Each country sends one song to the contest. There was a change in the rules for this edition. The song has to be for more than 50% in official languages of the country. The song also can't be longer than five minutes.

### Voting rules

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that received from the mst countries points, will be ranked higher. If that is also the same, then the country who have the highest rank of a country, will be ranked higher.

## Voting

https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/364732/junior-euromusic-song-contest-11--varna

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

 2
 1
 Sweden | Ireland

## Other Countries

### Withdrawing countries

* Albania
* North Macedonia
Italy in EuroMusic Song Contest 3

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**Italy** participated in the third edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Italian broadcaster, RAI, was responsible for their act.

## Selection process

For their third participation the Italian broadcaster decided to select their submission internally. For this edition, like the two previous onces, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. Because of this, Italy had to send a song in the Italian language.

They announced to send a song in the Italian language. Later on, they selected "*Occidentali's karma*" as act for the third edition in Nicosia.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Italy was drawn to perform fourteenth, following Belgium and preceding Luxembourg, who performed last.

They finished seventh with 57 points. However, they were according to the bookmakers potential contenders for the victory.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Italy and awarded by Italy in the final.

### Points awarded to Italy

* Greece
* Israel
* Portugal
 * Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
Bashkortostan in EuroRegion Song Contest

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**Bashkortostan** is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in EuroRegion Song Contest. This republic of Russia debuted in the first edition.

## History

Bashkortostan was announced as participating region for the first edition. They finished at the fifth place. In the second edition, they finished at the third place. Elvin Grey was their representative. Zilija Bahtieva represented the region at the third edition. She was one of the favorites to win the edition. At the end of the voting, it was clear that Bashkortostan finished at the fourth place. In the fourth edition, they finished at the ninth place.

They participated in Kazan and finished at the ninth place. In Sápmi, Bashkortostan was counted as one of the favorites to win the show. However, at the end of the voting it was clear that the Russian region finished at the 8th place. Russia and their regions were excluded from participating in future editions by the EBU due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Because of this, Bashkortostan was forced to withdraw from the seventh edition.
EuroRegion Song Contest 10

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The **EuroRegion Song Contest 10** was the tenth edition of the EuroRegion Song Contest. Friesland was announced as hosting region. They decided to organise the edition in Leeuwarden. It was the third time that Friesland hosted the contest and the second time Leeuwarden was choosen as hosting city.

Catalonia won this edition. It was their very first victory. Brittany and Scotland completed the top three.

13 regions took part in this edition, two participants less as in the previous edition. This was because both the region of Alsace and West Flanders decided to withdraw from the competition.

## Location

At the end of the previous edition, the EBU announced that they would select a host region internally. Later on, it was clear that Friesland was selected. According to some rumors, Brittany and Scotland were interested to host this edition.

The largest city of Friesland, Leeuwarden, was selected as host city for the second time. The venue was the Sportcentrum Kalverdijkje, with a capacity of 1.700 people.

## Format

The most important thing was that the entries were peformed to show the ethnical background of the nation or the people groups. The EBU prefered that the songs were sung in a minority language, but this was not obbligaroty.

After that all the participating regions have sang their song, each single region awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more regions receive the same number of points, the country that got the highest point will rank higher.

In this contest, also regions from Australia and the United States are able to take part.

## Returning artists

The contest featured one representative who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same region.

## Voting

https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/571564/euroregion-song-contest-10

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

 3
 2

## Other regions

### Withdrawing regions

* Alsace
* West Flanders

## See also

* EuroMusic Song Contest 10
* Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 10
Ireland in EuroMusic Song Contest 6

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**Ireland** participated in the sixth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Irish broadcaster, RTÉ, was responsible for this edition.

## Selection process

This was the fourth edition that they participated in the contest. The broadcaster announced that they would perform in English.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Ireland was drawn to perform fifteenth following Norway and preceding Italy.

Ireland was due the bookmakers counted as possible winner. When the voting started is was clear that Ireland was doing quite well. When the voting ended, it was clear that Ireland won the contest for the very second time in the history of the contest. They received 152 points.

Ireland was the first country who won the contest twice.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Ireland and awarded by Ireland in the final.

### Points awarded to Ireland

* France
* Israel
* Norway
* United Kingdom
* Germany
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* Denmark
* United States
* Spain
 5 points
 * Greece
Israel in EuroMusic Song Contest 2

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**Israel**  participated in the second edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Israeli broadcaster, KAN, was responsible for this edition.

## Selection process

It was the first participation in the contest, of the KAN. They decided to select their submission internally. Israel decided very fast to perform a song in the Hebrew language.

Later on, they presented their song on a tv-show. The song was called: "*Rak bishvilo*". In the same tv-show, the head of delegation said that he believed in a good result, and the top ten would be a must.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Israel was drawn to perform second following The Netherlands and preceding the other debuting country, Greece.

When the show was done, it was clear that Israel finished seventh with 63 points.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Israel and awarded by Israel in the final.

### Points awarded to Israel

* Germany
 5 points
 * Sweden
* United Kingdom
* France
* Luxembourg
* Spain
Ireland in EuroMusic Song Celebration

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**Ireland** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in the EuroMusic Song Celebration. RTÉ is responsible for the Germany participation.

## History

The Irish broadcaster, RTÉ, decided to debuts in the contest for the first edition. In Vienna, the country selected Niamh Kavanagh to represent the nation. Ireland finished at the tenth place.

## See also

* Ireland in EuroMusic Song Contest
* Ireland in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest
Bulgaria in EuroMusic Song Contest 18

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**Bulgaria** participated in the eigteenth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Bulgarian broadcaster, BNT, was responsible for the act of this edition.

## Selection process

For their fifth participation the broadcaster from Bulgaria decided to select their act with a intern selection for in Bucharest.

BRT announced that they would perform a song in the English language. They selected the song *Bones*.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Bulgaria first had to attempt in the semi finals. They performed as eleventh, following Estonia and preceding Montenegro. They received 99 points, and finished 4th in the semi-final. This was more than enough to advance to the final.

In the final, Bulgaria performed as second, following Estonia and preceding Australia. They received 166 points, and finished second in the final. This was their best result so far.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Bulgaria awarded by Bulgaria in the semi final and the final.

### Points awarded to Bulgaria (Semi-final 1)

* Netherlands
* Serbia
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Iceland
* Romania
* Estonia
* San Marino
* Malta

### Points awarded to Bulgaria (Final)

* Israel
* North Macedonia
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Romania
* Ukraine
* Slovenia
 5 points
 * Armenia
* Ireland
* Russia
* United Kingdom
* Latvia
* Moldova
* Malta
* Belgium
* Hungary
* Montenegro
* Iceland
Azerbaijan in EuroMusic Song Contest 18

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**Azerbaijan** participated in the eigteenth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Azerbaijani broadcaster, İTV, was responsible for the act of this edition.

## Selection process

For their third participation the broadcaster from Azerbaijan decided to select their act with a intern selection for Cologne.

İTV announced that they would perform a song in both the Azerbaijani and English language. They selected the song *I wanne be like you*. It was the first time that Azerbaijan selected a song in their official language.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Azerbaijan first had to attempt in the semi finals. They performed as sixteenth, following Sweden and preceding Finland, who closed the show. They received 32 points, and finished 11th in the semi-final. This was not enough to qualify for the final.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Azerbaijan awarded by Azerbaijan in the semi final and the final.

### Points awarded to Azerbaijan (Semi-final 2)

 * Russia
* Poland
* United Kingdom
EuroMusic Song Contest 2

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The EuroMusic Song Contest 2 was the second edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The host country was Germany, that won the last edition, with the song *Atemlos durch die Nacht*. It was the first time that Germany hosted the contest. The contest took place in Düsseldorf.

Cyprus won this edition with the song: *Thalassa, ilios, aeras, fotia*, with an amouth of 114 points. Italy and Netherlands completed rthe top-3.

## Location

Directly after their victory in the previous contest, the German broadcaster said that Germany would host the second edition.

The ADR announced that they will hold a selection to decide who will be the host city for this edition.

Here you can see the cities who where intrested to host the contest.

     Host venue

 Düsseldorf
 Hanover
 Munich

## Format

Each country sends one song to the contest. Every country have to sing in their own national language. The song can't be longer than five minutes.

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that got the highest point will rank higher.

## Voting

https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/226081/euromusic-song-contest-02

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

 3
 1
 United Kingdom | Netherlands

## Other Countries

### Debuting countries

* Greece
* Israel
Bosnia and Herzegovina in EuroMusic Song Contest 14

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**Bosnia and Herzegovina** participated in the fourteenth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Bosnian broadcaster, BHRT, was responsible for the act of this edition.

## Selection process

For their third participation the broadcaster from Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to select their act with a intern selection for Berlin.

BHRT announced that they would perform a song in the Bosnian language. They selected the song *Korake ti znam*.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Bosnia and Herzegovina first had to attempt in the semi finals. They performed as tenth, following Iceland and preceding Armenia. They received 32 points, and finished 13th in the semi-final. This was not enough to qualify for the final. This was a suprise because they were counted as possible winner due the bookmakers.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina awarded by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the semi final and the final.

### Points awarded to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Semi-final 1)

 5 points
* Serbia
Brazil in WorldMusic Song Contest

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**Brazil** can participate in the WorldMusic Song Contest. This country located in South America debuted in the first edition.

## History

Brazil was announced as participating country at the first edition. EBC was invited to participate and selected Nossa to represtent the country. Brazil received 78 points and finished at the fifth place. Silva finished in Hong Kong at the 15th place. Gusttavo Lima was selected to represent the country at the third edition in Sydney. He received 103 points and finished at the third place.

However, Brazil was one of the favorites to win the fourth edition, they only finished at the 13th place. The country finished in the fifth edition at the sixth place. It was decided not to have a new edition. This was due to the ungoing international political deadlock.
Abkhazia in Regiovision Song Contest

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**Abkhazia** is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in Regiovision Song Contest. Their first participation was in the fourth edition of the contest.

## History

Abkhazia debuted in the fourth edition. However, they already showed interest to debut in the past editions. Their broadcaster, Apsua TV, announced also to perform a song in the Abkhaz language for their first entry.

The broadcaster from Abkhazia announced that they would withdraw from the contest for different reasons. One of them was the lack of artists who were interested to participate.
Harland in Province Song Contest

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**Harland** is a province of Snuffift. Because of that, they can participate in Province Song Contest. They have never won the contest to date.

## History

In their first participation, in Flarkanoustad, Harland finished at the 11th place. The professional jury placed the province at the seventh place while the televoting ranked them at the last place. In the next edition, Harland finished at the last place.

## Contestants

  02 | *Bij Heidi in Tirol* | Dutch
  03 | *Trouwen* | Dutch
Gagauzia in Regiovision Song Contest

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**Gagauzia** is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in Regiovision Song Contest. Their first participation was in the seventh edition of the contest.

## History

After years of rumours, Gagauzia debuted in the seventh edition. Their broadcaster announced to perform a song in the Gagauz language. Later, the region decided to select the song *Gagauziya* to represent the region in England. Gagauzia opend the show, and finished at the seventh place.

The broadcaster decided to take part in the eighth edition. They selected a song in both the Gagauz and Russian language. They received only six points, so they finished at the 14th place.

## Contestants

  08 | *Vernis' lyubov* | Gagauz, Russian
  09 | *Sän benim* | Gagauz
Belgium in EuroMusic Song Contest 2

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**Belgium** participated in the second edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. Because the VRT was responsible for the previous edition, the RTBF selected an act for this edition.

## Selection process

For their second participation the Walloon broadcaster, RTBF, decided to select their submission internally. For this edition, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. For Belgium it means that they can select songs in: Dutch, French and German. But because the French speaking part was responsible, it was quite likely they would select a song in French.

The RTBF decided to select a song in French: "Je soir ce soir".

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Belgium was drawn to perform eleventh, following Switzerland and preceding The United Kingdom.

Belgium received 32 points, were they got 8 points fron France, so they became 9th out of 14 participating countries.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Belgium and awarded by Belgium in the final.

### Points awarded to Belgium

 * Germany
* Netherlands
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Luxembourg
* Sweden
Germany in EuroMusic Song Contest 1

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**Germany** participated in the first edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The EBU invited the German broadcaster, ADR, to compete in this edition.

## Selection process

For their first participation the German broadcaster, ARD, decided to select their submission internally. For this edition, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. Because of this, they selected the German language song *Atemlos durch die Nacht* to represend the country in Madrid.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Germany was drawn to perform eighth, following Belgium and preceding Sweden.

Germany was due the bookmakers not counted as possible winner, however, after the voting it was clear that Germany ended on the first place. They received an amouth of 119 points. Due this victory they became the first winner in the history of the contest.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the final.

### Points awarded to Germany

* Denmark
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
* Netherlands
* Spain
* Sweden
EuroRegion Song Contest 6

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The **EuroRegion Song Contest 6** was the sixth edition of the EuroRegion Song Contest. Sápmi was announced as hosting region. They decided to organise the edition in Tromsø. It was the first time that Sápmi hosted the contest.

Wales was announced as winner after the voting. It was their second victory in the contest. It was the first time in the history of the contest that a country won multiple editions. Catalonia and Brittany completed the top three.

14 regions took part in this edition, the same number of participants as in the previous edition. Arbëreshë debuted however Gamilaraay withdrew because of the bad result in the previous edition. The Sorbs wouldn't take part anymore with their name referring to their inhabitants, but they changed it to the region where they live: Lusatia.

## Location

At the end of the previous edition, the EBU announced that they would select a host region internally. Later on, it was clear that Sápmi was selected. According to some rumors, this region was chosen because of their victory, referring to the rules about the host country in the EuroMusic Song Contest. This was denied by the EBU. They said that they selected Sápmi because of their strong connection with the contest.

Tromsø was selected as host city. The venue was the Tromsøhallen, with a capacity of 3.000 people.

## Format

The most important thing was that the entries were peformed to show the ethnical background of the nation or the people groups. The EBU prefered that the songs were sung in a minority language, but this was not obbligaroty.

After that all the participating regions have sang their song, each single region awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more regions receive the same number of points, the country that got the highest point will rank higher.

In this contest, also regions from Australia and the United States are able to take part.

## Returning artists

The contest featured one representative who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same region.

## Voting

https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/552409/euroregion-song-contest-6---sapmi

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

 2
 1
 Faroe Islands | Galicia

## Other regions

### Debuting regions

* Arbëreshë - The EBU announced that these people group was going to take part in this edition. It is after Gamilaraay, the Sorbs and the Rusyns the fourth people group to take part in the contest.

### Withdrawing regions

* Gamilaraay - Because of the last place in the previous edition, the region decided to withdraw from the competition.

## See also

* EuroMusic Song Contest 6
* Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 6
EuroMusic Dance Contest 6

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The EuroMusic Dance Contest 6 was the sixth edition of the EuroMusic Dance Contest. The contest took place in Kiev, Ukraine. It was the first time that Ukraine hosted a EuroMusic-event.

Ukraine won this edition, followed by Sweden and Poland.

## Location

The EBU announced that they would select a host country. Later on, it was clear that the Ukraine was chosen. They announced that the contest would take place in the National Opera of Ukraine. This venue has a capacity of 1.683 people.

## Format

Like the previous edition, the countries can decide to participate. The EBU said that there was no maximum of participating countries. Also, there is not an official minimum, but the EBU said that the contest would difficult to take place with an amount of less than seven countries.

Each country sends one act to perform at the contest. After that all the participating countries performed, a professional jury decide the top three, the rest of the results will not be announced.

## Other Countries

### Withdrawing countries

* Norway
* Spain
* Switzerland
Iceland in NordicMusic Song Contest

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**Iceland** is a country in the north of Europe. Because of that, they can participate in NordicMusic Song Contest 1. This country debuted in the first edition.

## History

Iceland was announced as participating country in the first edition, hosted in Denmark.
EuroMusic Dance Contest 1

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The EuroMusic Dance Contest 1 was the first edition of the EuroMusic Dance Contest. The EBU revealed that the would select a host country. And later on, it was clear that they selected Denmark as host country. The Copenhagen Opera House, in Copenhagen, would be the host venue.

From the seven participating countries, decided the jury that The Netherlands won this first edition, followed by Poland and Denmark.

## Location

The EBU announced that they would select a city were the countest would take place. When they announced that Denmark would host the contest, it was clear that Copenhagen would be searching a host venue. Later on it was announced that the Copenhagen Opera House was the host venue for this very first edition.

## Format

The EBU announced that they would send broadcasters an invitation to participate in the contest.

Each country sends one act to perform at the contest. After that all the participating countries performed, a professional jury decide the top three, the rest of the results will not be announced.

## Other Countries

### Debuting countries

* Denmark
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Russia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Ukraine
France in EuroMusic Song Contest 4

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**France** participated in the fourth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The French broadcaster, France 2, was responsible for their act.

## Selection process

For their fourth participation the French broadcaster decided to select their submission internally. It was the first edition with the free language rule. However, they decided to perform in a song sung both in French and English.

Later on, "*Echo (You and I)*" was selected as act for the fourth edition in Liverpool.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

France was drawn to perform tenth following Malta and preceding Denmark.

France was the one of the favorites to win the show according the bookmakers. However, France became tenth with 44 points.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to France and awarded by France in the final.

### Points awarded to France

* Greece
* Italy
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* Malta
* United Kingdom
* United States
England in Regiovision Song Contest

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**England** is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in Regiovision Song Contest. Their first participation was in the first edition of the contest, what they hosted in London.

## History

England debuted in the first edition. They were choosen as region to host that edition. BBC Four decided to let the edition take place at the Royal Festival Hall.

However they were the host of the first edition, they couldn't reach the high expectations. They finished last with only 11 points. In Mariehamn, they did way better. They finished at the end of the voting at the 6th place.

This was the start of a successful period for England. In Belfast, they were able to finish at the second place. Only eight points behind the winner: Åland Islands. Both Åland Islands and Scotland awarded the English entry with the maximum of 12 points. In Jomala, during the fourth edition, England finished at the fourth place.

BBC Four immediately announced its participation in Palermo for the fifth edition. England entered with the song "Tears". This song became a big hit in England, so expectations were high. During the live show, England came to the top of the scoreboard at the end of the voting. This meant that England had won the festival for the first time.

Their victory gave them the privilege to organize the sixth edition. Here they chose London, just like they did in the first edition. In London they were topped as one of the favorites to win the show, what they did. This was the first time in the history of the contest that a country won the festival in two consecutive editions. It was also the first time that a country won in their home soil.

BBC Four again selected London as host city for the seventh edition. However the high expectations of the broadcaster, England just finished at the eighth place. For the eighth edition, England selected the song "'*Freaks*". At the end of the voting it was clear that England won the edition. It was their third victory.

Straight after their victory they announced to host the ninth edition.

## Hostings

 06 |  London
 07 |  London
 09 |  Manchester
Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 8

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The **Junior EuroMusic Song Contest 8** was the eigth edition of the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. This edition took place in Gdańks, Poland.

Armenia won this edition. It was their first victory in a EuroMusic-event. Russia finished at the second place followed by Sweden.

## Location

Different as in the adult version, the previous winners isn't automatically the next hosting country. All participating countries were able to send a bid for host this edition.

Belarus, Poland, Russia and Ukraine announced that they would like to organise the contest. However the interests of the Ukraine, they dind't send an official bid to the EBU.

     Host city

  Minsk
  Moscow

The EBU announced that Poland was chosen as host country. It was the first time that Poland hosted this contest. Gdańks, however, hosted already the fourth edition of the dance contest.

## Format

### Number of participants

For the first edition, the EBU announced that they invited some countries to participate in the contest. The maximum of countries is 15.

### Running order

There are specific rules about how a country gets his running order.

The countries will be split in to groups (first- and second half). This will happen fully random. After, a team will create a running order.

### Song

Each country sends one song to the contest. There was a change in the rules for this edition. The song has to be for more than 50% in official languages of the country. The song also can't be longer than five minutes.

### Voting rules

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that received from the mst countries points, will be ranked higher. If that is also the same, then the country who have the highest rank of a country, will be ranked higher.

## Voting

https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/357777/junior-euromusic-song-contest-08--gdaks

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

 3
 2
 1
 Ukraine | Poland

## Other Countries

### Debuting countries

* Australia - The Australian broadcaster already showed interests to participate since the third edition. They officially confirmed to debut in this edition.

### Returning countries

* Malta - The Maltese broadcaster announced after their witdrawal from the seventh edition that they were hoping for a return in the near future. When the EBU published the official list of participating countries, it was clear that Malta would return.

### Withdrawing countries

* Croatia - This country wasn't named at the official list of participating countries.
* Israel - The withdrawal of Israel was unexpected. They just returned the previous edition. The Israeli broadcaster gave no specific reason of their decision.
Hungary in EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Hungary** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They confirmed their participation in the tenth edition. Duna TV is responsible for the Hungarian participation.

## History

The Hungarian broadcaster, Duna TV, decided to debuts in the contest for the tenth edition. It was the first edition with semi finals.

In the semi final they finished third. In the final they received 157 points. They finished at the fourth place. The next edition, they qualified. In the final they became fifth. In the next edition, in Zurich, they finished for the first time out of the top 10. In Tel Aviv they finished again in the top 10. They received 99 points, and came at the 8th place. In the fourteenth edition, they failed for the first time to qualify for the final.

In Madrid, during the fifteenth edition, Hungary qualified for the final. Here they finished at the sixth place. In the next edition, Hungary won their semi final. However, in the final they again finished at the sixth place. In Cologne, Hungary failed to qualify. In Bucharest, they finished 14th in the grand final.

Before the start of the nineteenth edition, Hungary decided to withdraw from the competition. This withdrawal came as a suprise. The reason was the lack of interests of the broadcaster.
Lebanon in MediteranianMusic Song Contest

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**Lebanon** is a one of the Mediteranian countries. Because of that, they can participate in MediteranianMusic Song Contest. Lebanon was one of the twelve founding nations.

## History

Libanon took part in the first edition. Their entry finished at the last place. In the next edition, during the voting it seemed that Lebanon again would finish at the last place. However, at the second half of the voting, the Lebanese entry scored enough points to finish at the tenth place with 18 points. The last place went to Egypt who scored 16 points. The country finished at the fifth place in the next edition. The 10th place was achieved in the fourth edition.
Japan in WorldMusic Song Contest

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**Japan** can participate in the WorldMusic Song Contest. This country located in Asia debuted in the first edition.

## History

Japan was announced as participating country at the first edition. NHK was invited to participate and selected Stereopony to represtent the country. This Japanese group finished at the 12th place. Japan did better in the next edition by finishing at the fifth place. In Sydney, the country finished at the 19th place.

Japan selected a band to represent the nation in the fourth edition. They achieved the sixth place. The country finished in the fifth edition at the tenth place. It was decided not to have a new edition. This was due to the ungoing international political deadlock.