Corsavision Song Contest 07

The Corsavision Song Contest 07 was the seventh edition of the CSC. It was held in Dublin, Ireland, following Filbert's win for the country in Ho Chi Minh City with the song "Saving All My Love", by Empara Mi.

## Location

**Ireland** (/ˈaɪərlənd/ *IRE-lənd*; Irish: *Éire*; Ulster-Scots: *Airlann* [ˈɑːrlən]) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. In 2011, the population of Ireland was about 6.6 million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. As of 2016, 4.8 million lived in the Republic of Ireland, and 1.8 million in Northern Ireland.

**Dublin** (/ˈdʌblɪn/; Irish: *Baile Átha Cliath*, pronounced [ˈbˠalʲə aːhə ˈclʲiə] or [ˌbʲlʲaː ˈclʲiə]) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on a bay on the east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census, it had an urban area population of 1,173,179, while the population of the traditional County Dublin as a whole was 1,347,359. The population of the Greater Dublin Area was 1,904,806.

The **3Arena** (originally **The O2**) is an indoor amphitheatre located at North Wall Quay in the Dublin Docklands in Dublin, Ireland. The venue opened as The O2 on 16 December 2008. It was built on the site of the former Point Theatre, a smaller music venue which operated from 1988 to 2007, retaining only some of the outer facade. The Point Theatre was branded as "The Point Depot", in recognition of its original role as a railway goods handling station. The venue was re-branded on 4 September 2014 due to the takeover of O2 Ireland by Three Ireland.

## Participants

The CBU confirmed on the 13th of April, 2022, that the seventh edition would have a total of 20 countries, the same amount of contestants in the previous season.  Nauru and  Singapore debuted, while Greenland, Thailand and Turkey returned after a two-edition break, while Romania returned after last competing in 03. Slovenia was confirmed as a participant for the first time since the second edition, held in Lyon, while Kosovo made a highly anticipated return, after a six-edition break, having last competed in the very first edition, in Nuuk. 8 countries withdrew.

## Other Countries

Eligibility for potential participation in the Corsavision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active CBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest via the Corsavision network. The CBU has issued invitations to all active members.

 Cyprus: Prior to the participant and country reveal, Tom Nook announced alongside CyBC that Cyprus would not compete in the seventh edition due to no other heads of delegations being interested in participating as Cyprus.

 Iceland: RÚV confirmed on the 13th of April, 2022, that Iceland would not compete due to the broadcaster opting on not wanting to contact contestants to be their head of delegation, which was attributed to low viewing figures.

 Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidadian broadcaster TTT confirmed on April 13th, 2022 that they would not compete in the seventh edition due to lack of funding necessary to enter the contest and the lack of a head of delegation.