The Origin Song Contest 07

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**The Origin Song Contest 07**, often referred to as **TOSC 07**, was the seventh edition of The Origin Song Contest. The contest was hosted in Minsk, Belarus, after the country's victory at the sixth edition of the contest with the song "Toi et moi" by Parade of Planets. Belteleradio chose Alexander Tobolskiy to host the show, which was held in the Minsk Arena.

A record forty-three countries participated in the contest. Georgia participated for the first time in the contest. Six countries returned: Andorra, Bulgaria, France, Hungary and San Marino, who all returned after last taking part in the fifth edition, and Liechtenstein, returning after two editions of absence.

The winner of the edition was Belgium with "Please to Devon" performed by Sylvie Kreusch; the country received 180 points, placing them fourteen points ahead of the runner-up, host country Belarus. Automatically qualified Ukraine finished third, while the top six was completed by Poland, Albania and the United Kingdom. Austria finished last with -20 points, making this the first time since the second edition that the last place was not a pre-qualified country.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to allocate the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on 25th September 2019. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the "big 6" would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the two semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Nineteen countries would participate in the first semi-final and eighteen in the second, with ten qualifying from each show to result in a final of 26 songs.

The thirty-seven semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, which were decided by analysing potential voting patterns between the countries. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of "bloc-voting". Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* Belgium
* Estonia
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Romania
* Turkey
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Spain
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
* Croatia
* Georgia
* Greece
* Luxembourg
 Pot 4
 * Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Finland
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Germany
* Monaco
* North Macedonia
* Russia
* San Marino
* France
* Latvia
* Poland
* Slovakia
* Sweden

## Confirmed participants

### Returning artists

Lor returned to represent Poland for the second time, having been the host entry at The Origin Song Contest 05 in Gdańsk-Sopot and placing third. Finding Kate, who represented Cyprus on the nation's debut in the third edition, participated for a second time.

## Results

### Semi-final one

Belarus, the Faroe Islands and Ukraine also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified to the final.

### Semi-final two

The Czech Republic, Denmark and Ireland also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified to the final.

## Other countries

* Armenia: On 22nd April 2019, ARMTV announced they would not be participating in the upcoming edition, citing financial difficulties and a poor debut as reasons for the withdrawal. However, on 24th July, the broadcaster stated they had secured financial support for one more participation.
* Portugal: The Portuguese Head of Delegation stepped down from his post after the previous edition before taking up a post with another country's broadcaster. A replacement was not found in time.
* Serbia: The Serbian Head of Delegation announced his intent to withdraw during the sixth edition and a replacement was not found in time, meaning Serbia was unable to participate.
* Slovenia: RTV SLO stated that a withdrawal was likely due to a lack of resources in the broadcaster and this was later confirmed following the resignation of their Head of Delegation. A replacement is yet to be found.

## Incidents

### Lithuanian participation

Despite originally confirming, Lithuanian broadcaster LRT continually adapted and delayed their national final, "Sounds Lithuanian!", before eventually withdrawing on the 27th June. However, on 22nd July 2019, LRT cancelled their withdrawal and confirmed their participation in the contest.