Zone Song Contest 2

Final
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 Withdrawing
**Participation map**
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**Zone Song Contest 2**, often referred as **ZSC 2**, is the second edition of the Zone Song Contest. This edition was celebrated in United Kingdom as it was the host's country. BBC was the TV station chosen by the English delegation to televise and organize such important event of this dimensions for all the world after their victory in the first edition with the singer *Alice Chater* and the song *"Hourglass"* with 473 points in a tight vote against Estonia and Iceland.

*Jane Goldman* and *Olly Murs* were the hosts in a edition located in Glasgow. They were unveiled as presenters of the show on 30th October of 2019. It was announced that each of them would present a separate show, Olly Murs the first semi-final and Jane Goldman the second semi-final, and finally both the Grand Final that was held on November 26, 2019.

**46** countries participated in this edition without returns or debutants, only the withdrawal from San Marino. Their reasons for the withdrawal were internal cuts in the public chain of the microstate SMRTV, even so, they did not rule out returning in the future. A fleeting story was Liechtenstein's supposed debut about which not much is known.

## Location

**United Kingdom** is a sovereign country in north-western Europe, off the north-­western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-­eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. The United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates United Kingdom and Ireland. The total area of the United Kingdom is 242,500 square kilometres (93,628 sq mi), with an estimated population in 2020 of 68 million.

**Glasgow** is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 635,640. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and is governed by Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. It is the fifth-most visited city in the United Kingdom.

### Bidding phase

Initially a call was opened to all cities in the United Kingdom that wanted to host the festival. Of these cities would be selected one of each constituent nation that are: *England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales*. A poll via the official Twitter account was opened to decide which of the 4 nations would host the festival. With 52% of the votes, Glasgow won the vote and thereby won the right to host the festival. The rest shared the remaining 48%.

Finally Glasgow (*Scotland*) was the winner to host the festival, is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154 km) border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and the Irish Sea to the south.

**Key**
  †  Host venue   ‡  Shortlisted venues

 Northern Ireland | Omagh | Healy Park | 25,000
 Scotland | Glasgow | Celtic Park † | 60,411
 Wales | Cardiff | Millennium Stadium | 74,500

## Results

### Semi-Final 1

France and Spain will also vote in this semi-final.

### Semi-Final 2

Germany, Italy and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.

## External Links

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