Slavic Vision Song Contest 3

Final date
 Venue
 Interval act
 Entries
 Debuting
**Participation map**
* Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
 System
 Winner

**Slavic Vision Song Contest 3**, often referred to as **SVSC 3**, will be the third edition of the Slavic Vision Song Contest. The contest will be hosted in Turkey, after Gülşen won the second edition of the contest with "Bangir Bangir".

21 countries participated in the third edition, 4 of them being debutant, 2 countries withdraw from the contest. In order to participate, the countries had to be firstly approved to be members of the Slavic Broadcasting Union.

Lithuania was crowned as the winner of the edition with the song "Wild" performed by GJan. The song gathered a total of 98 points, 1 point ahead the runner-up, Bulgaria. Slovakia finished on third place, while Poland, Estonia and Czech Republic completed the top 6 of the edition.

## Location

*For further information see Istanbul*
Istanbul historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center. Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosphorus strait (which separates Europe and Asia) between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies on the European side and about a third of its population lives on the Asian side. The city is the administrative center of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (coterminous with Istanbul Province), both hosting a population of around 14.7 million residents. Istanbul is one of the world's most populous cities and ranks as the world's 7th-largest city proper and the largest European city.

Founded under the name of Byzantion (Βυζάντιον) on the Sarayburnu promontory around 660 BCE, the city developed to become one of the most significant in history. After its reestablishment as Constantinople in 330 CE, it served as an imperial capital for almost 16 centuries, during the Roman and Byzantine (330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin (1204–1261), and the Ottoman (1453–1922) empires. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before the Ottomans conquered the city in 1453 and transformed it into an Islamic stronghold and the seat of the Ottoman Caliphate.

## Participating countries

21 countries participate in the edition. Four countries debuted to the contest; Austria, Estonia, Hungary and Latvia.

However, 2 countries withdrew from the edition; Moldova and Serbia all withdrew from the edition, each one for different reasons. Moldova withdraw for the poor results of the previous edition and Serbia withdraw because Serbia lost interest about the contest, a returning in the fourth edition is possiblle. Kosovo and Montenegro decide not return. Montenegro won't return because the country is upset with the result of the first edition, a return in the fourth edition is likely.

### Returning artists

Gülşen was internally selected to represent Turkey for the second time; she previously represented the country in the second edition as a solo artist. Severina, who previously competed in the second edition for Croatia, returned to represent the country for the second time.

## Voting grids

#### 12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:

## Other countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Slavic Vision Song Contest*
Countries that are active members of the Slavic Broadcasting Union (SBU) are also eligible to participate in the Slavic Vision Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

### Active SBU members

* Kosovo: After withdrawing for the Slavic Vision Song Contest 2, the country stated that a return this edition is not possible.
* Moldova: After the poor results was a reason for their decision to withdraw for the first time.
* Montenegro: Montenegro was also one of the countries that withdrew from theSlavic Vision Song Contest 2. Montenegro announce on 15 February that they are very upset because took the 6th place in the first edition.
* Poland: TVP announce on 10 February 2017 that they will not participate in the third edition but on 16 February Poland announce finally that they won't withdraw.
* Serbia: RTS announce on 17 February  that Serbia would be withdrawing from the contest due to lack of time and interest

## International broadcasts and voting

### Voting and spokespersons

2. Mihaela Fileva
3. Rebeka Dremelj
4. Olaj Arel
5. Krištof Králik
6. Burak Çelik Vücut
7. Egor Kreed
8. Gabriela Koukalová
9. Margaret
10. Vera Brezhneva
11. Venera Lumani

(Macedonian representative in the second edition)14. Nathan Trent
15. Elīna Garanča
16. Ovidiu Anton
17. Kati Wolf
18. Demy
19. Lepa Brena
20. Nina Kraljić
21. Ariadne
22. Yerzhan Zhunusov
23. Delta Goodrem

## Notes

1. **^** Delta Goodrem will present the votes for the Rest of the World.