Canticum Certamine 01

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**Canticum Certamine 1**, often referred as **CC 1**, was the debut edition of Canticum Certamine. The edition was held in Helsinki, Finland as it won the hosting bid. Yleisradio Rundradion (YLE) chose the Hartwall Arena located in the capital city of the country. Chisu, Lxandra and Vesala were selected as the presenters of the event.

Forty-four countries participated in the first edition, all of them being debutants as it was the first edition. In order to participate, the countries had to be firstly approved to be members of the Certamine Broadcasting Union.

The winner of the edition was Israel with the song "React" performed by The Pussycat Dolls, which scored 501 points, seventy-four points over the runner-up, Croatia. The other 4 countries in the Top 6 were, United States, France, Norway and Australia. None of the original Big 6 members of this edition were able to pre-qualify again, the closest one was Greece, coming in 9th place.

## Location

*For further information see Helsinki*
**Helsinki** is the capital and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of 650,058. The city's urban area has a population of 1,268,296, making it by far the most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 km (250 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 km (190 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has close historical ties with these three cities.

Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen, and surrounding commuter towns, Helsinki forms the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which has a population of nearly 1.5 million. Often considered to be Finland's only metropolis, it is the world's northernmost metro area with over one million people as well as the northernmost capital of an EU member state. After Stockholm and Oslo, Helsinki is the third largest municipality in the Nordic countries. Swedish and Finnish are both official languages. The city is served by the international Helsinki Airport, located in the neighboring city of Vantaa, with frequent service to many destinations in Europe and Asia.

Helsinki was the World Design Capital for 2012, the venue for the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the host of the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest in 2007

## Participating Countries

Forty-four countries participated in the first edition of the contest, all counties were debuting. The submissions for the first edition opened on 14 February 2020. Every country should chose their broadcaster for the contest. The contest started on 17 February 2020.

## Results

### Semi-final 1

Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Belarus, Belgium and Finland also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Semi-final 2

Nineteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Greece, Latvia and South Korea also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.