Cube Vision Song Contest 1

## Voting

### System

Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting

**Cube Vision Song Contest 1**, often referred to as **CVSC 1**, will be the first edition of the Cube Vision Song Contest. The contest will be hosted in Paris, France the country where excecutive producer, Rémi Gautrelet.

42 countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest.

## Organisation

On 22nd September, 2018 organisations for the upcoming edition had began. The stage was being built in Paris and delegations were preparing their songs and national selections. In the organisation process it was decided that the venue would have to have the following features:

* The host city must be able to provide a certain number of hotels and hotel rooms to be found in the vicinity of the stadium.
* The arena must able to offer lodges adjacent to the stadium.
* A press centre must be available at the stadium that will have a specific size.
* ERTU must have access to the host venue at least 4–6 weeks before the broadcasts, in order to build the stage, rigging lights and all the technology.
* The host city must be close to a major airport.

## Participating countries

On 22nd September, 2018 it was confirmed that 46 countries will take part at the Cube Vision Song Contest 1 in Paris. Each country must have an eligable head of delegation and a determined selection process in order to take part in the contest. The selection process began on 15th, Janaury 2019 when all the countries were given out!

## Automatic qualifiers / ''Big 5''

The automatic qualifiers of edition 1 were the five countries that financially contributed most to the contest, these five countries are  France (the host),  Germany,  United Kingdom,  Spain and  Italy.

## Location

The excecutive producer, Rémi Gautrelet and Ado Skbo had decided that the best eligable venue for the contest would be AccorHotels Arena situated in Paris with a capacity of 20.300 people.

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## Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on 26 January 2019. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big Six would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Nineteen countries will participate in the first semi final and eighteen in the second semi final. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.

The thirty-seven semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place and cultural similarities. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. 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:

## Results

### Semi-final 1

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

### Semi-final 2

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

## Other countries

### Active CBU members:

 Albania: RTSH announced their withdrawal at a late stage due to finance problems and inability to determine their entry for the contest in a 'fair way'.

 Denmark: Failed to submit an entry before the deadline expiration.

 Moldova: Inability to finance a national selection to determine entry for the contest.