Special edition 1

The first special edition of WAO Song Contest took place in Reykjavík,  Iceland, after winning against other nine countries which tried to host the competition.

The theme of this first edition was "Songs in native language" and the venue selected has been the Harpa concert hall and conference centre. The presenters were Greta Salóme, Páll Óskar, Hera Björk and María Ólafs. Slogan: A Songstorm of Sound.

    Two semi-finals took place and 12 songs qualified from each one of them. The new rule of the "Second Chance", implemented in the 8th edition, has been used also in the Special editions, and so the songs that arrived 13th participated in this "fight", where only one song won and went to the final.

    The country of  Poland won this edition with the song "Kiedy tylko spojrzę", by the singer Sylwia Grzeszczak and the group Sound'n'Grace. Thanks to them, the country achieved its first victory ever in the contest.

## Host country election

Nine countries expressed interest in hosting the edition:  France,  Hungary,  Iceland,  Italy,  The Netherlands,  Slovakia,  South Africa,  Spain and the  United Kingdom. In the end,  Iceland has received 11 points and achieved the honor to host the 1st Special edition of We Are One Song Contest.

## Participating artists

**Alkinoos Ioannidis**
Representing  Cyprus**Amine**
Representing  France**Ashanthi**
Representing  Sri Lanka**Aynur Aydın**
Representing  Turkey**BIGBANG**
Representing  South Korea**Bjørnskov**
Representing  Denmark**Boggie**
Representing  Hungary**Brice Conrad**
Representing  Luxembourg**Chelsea Wolfe**
Representing the  United States**Dmitry Koldun**
Representing  Belarus**Eir Aoi**
Representing  Japan**ELENA**
Representing  Romania**Elli Kokkinou**
Representing  Greece**Enya**
Representing  Ireland**Evaluna Montaner**
Representing  Venezuela**F.U.N.K.**
Representing  Iceland**Farid Gasanov**
Representing  Azerbaijan**Fefe Dobson**
Representing  Canada**FF**
Representing  Portugal**Gabriela Rocha**
Representing  Brazil**Glance**
Representing  Romania**Guy Sebastian**
Representing  Australia**Helene Bøksle**
Representing  Norway**Johannes Oerding**
Representing  Liechtenstein**La Musicalité**
Representing  Spain**La Quinta Estación**
Representing  Andorra**Leonardo Gonçalves**
Representing  Brazil**Leonie Meijer**
Representing  The Netherlands**Lorde**
Representing  New Zealand**Louis Delort**
Representing  Monaco**Marc Anthony**
Representing  Andorra**Marco Carta**
Representing  Italy**Marco Mengoni**
Representing  San Marino**Max Barskih**
Representing  Ukraine**McFly**
Representing the  United Kingdom**Mihaela Marinova**
Representing  Bulgaria**Mikko Pohjola**
Representing  Finland**Milica Pavlović**
Representing  Serbia**Monika Linkytė**
Representing  Lithuania**Nádine**
Representing  South Africa**Nancy Ajram**
Representing  Lebanon**Natalija Verboten**
Representing  Slovenia**Nina Badrić**
Representing  Croatia**Nyusha**
Representing  Russia**Pamela Ramljak**
Representing  Bosnia & Herzegovina**Sound'n'Grace**
Representing  Poland**Sylwia Grzeszczak**
Representing  Poland**Taio Cruz**
Representing the  United Kingdom**Tal Mosseri**
Representing  Israel**Timoteij**
Representing  Sweden**Toni Gonzaga**
Representing  The Philippines**Unheilig**
Representing  Germany**Viktorija Loba**
Representing  North Macedonia**Wang Leehom**
Representing  Taiwan**Yaire**
Representing  Puerto Rico**Željko Vasić**
Representing  Croatia
## Returning artists

**Taeyang (as part of BIGBANG)**
Previous participation: 5th edition as a solo artist for  South Korea**Eir Aoi**
Previous participation: 6th edition for  Japan**Elli Kokkinou**
Previous participation: 7th edition for  Cyprus**Lorde**
Previous participation: 7th edition for  New Zealand**Marc Anthony**
Previous participation: 6th edition for  Puerto Rico**Marco Mengoni**
Previous participation: 7th edition for  San Marino**Natalia Jiménez (as part of La Quinta Estación)**
Previous participation: 10th edition as a solo artist for
 Andorra**Pamela Ramljak**
Previous participation: 10th edition for  Croatia**Sylwia Grzeszczak**
Previous participations: 4th and 6th edition for  Poland**Timoteij**
Previous participation: 2nd edition for  Sweden

## Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to its favourite country. One country qualified. Voting was not compulsory.