Glorious Song Contest 12

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**Glorious Song Contest 12** (GSC 12) was twelefth edition of Glorious Song Contest hosted in Espoo, Finland after Karina's victory in San Juan with their song "Teko" getting a total of 362 points. It was first time ever when Finland had pleasure to host the competition. Finnish broadcaster YLE organized the whole show with our sponsors. Choosen venue was Espoo Metro Areena with total capacity of 8,582 spots. Choosen hosts were Sini Yasemin, Mikki Leppilampi and Sanni .

 **Sweden** won Glorious Song Contest 12 with total of 392 points, official runner-up become  **Switzerland** with score of 377 points.  **Croatia** reached third placed with 280 points and  Latvia,  Palestine,  Slovenia completed the top 6, becoming official prequalifiers in the thirteen edition.

## Location

### Espoo

**Espoo** is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki and Vantaa, while surrounding the enclaved town of Kauniainen. The city covers 528.03 square kilometres (203.9 sq mi) with a population of about 300 000 residents in 2022, making it the 2nd-most populous city in Finland. Espoo forms a major part of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Helsinki, home to over 1.5 million people in 2020.

### Espoo Metro Areena

 File:Venue12.png  **Espoo Metro Areena** (known from 1999 to January 2009 as **LänsiAuto Areena**, and from 2009 to October 2015 as **Barona Areena**) is an arena in the Tapiola District of Espoo, Finland. It is part of the *Tapiolan Urheilupuisto* (Tapiola Sports Park). It was opened in 1999 and holds 6,982 people for ice-hockey games or 8,582 for concerts. It will serve as the leading venue for the upcoming 2022 World Ringette Championships, October 31 – November 6. Espoo Metro Areena has been primarily used for ice hockey and it was the home arena of the Espoo Blues of the Liiga from 1999 to 2016 and of Espoo United of the Mestis from 2016 until the franchise was dissolved in 2018. The arena is sponsored by Hesburger, Finland's largest fast food hamburger chain.

## Presenters

### Sini Yasemin

**Sini Yasemin Eira** (stage name **Sini Yasemin**, stylized as Siniyvsemin around the time of the first single) is a Finnish singer-songwriter. He has become known, among other things, after visiting Raappana on the "Chilii" single released in the spring of 2016.

### Mikki Leppilamp

**Mikki Leppilamp** was born 22 September 1978 in Pälkäne, Finland, is a Finnish actor, musician, and TV host. He is the son of Jukka Leppilampi (born 1954), a Finnish gospel musician. Leppilampi is considered to be one of the most promising stars of Finland's movie industry in the new millennium. He shot to fame as a result of his debut movie Helmiä ja sikoja, for which he also won a Jussi award.

### Sanni

**Sanni Mari Elina Kurkisuo**, better known by her mononym **Sanni**, is a Finnish singer, songwriter and actress signed to Warner Music Finland. In 2001 she won the Napero-Finlandia prize for a writing competition. In 2012 she graduated from Sibelius-lukio arts school. The same year, she appeared in a role in the Finnish film *Miss Farkku-Suomi*.

## Semi-Final Allocation Draw

On the 25th August 2022 GBU announced official division of 36 countries into 6 pots according to result of country in previous edition and their geographical location. The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on the 26th August 2022.

Six pots were following:

* France
* Lithuania
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Bulgaria
* Estonia
* Georgia
* Switzerland
* Czech Republic
* Latvia
* Norway
* Israel
* Morocco
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* Palestine
* Portugal
* Denmark
* Germany
* Italy
* The Netherlands
* Spain

## Results

### Semi Final 01

Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Finland, Poland and Armenia also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Semi Final 02

Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Ukraine, United Kingdom and Sweden also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

## Other Countries

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