Glorious Song Contest 07

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**Glorious Song Contest 07** (GSC 07) was seventh edition of Glorious Song Contest hosted in Dusseldorf, Germany after Fil Bo Riva's victory in Tiraspol with his song "Cold Mine" getting a total of 342 points. It was first time ever when Germany had pleasure to host the competition. German broadcaster ARD organized the whole show with our sponsors. Choosen venue was Merkur Spiel-Arena with total capacity of 66,500 spots. Choosen hosts were Sarah Almoril, Juju and Malik Harris, they were presenters for whole 3 shows - 2 Semi-Finals and Grand Final.

Fourty-Four countries confirmed their participation in Dusseldorf. Three countries decided to withdraw, Bulgaria, Thailand, Turkey. Three countries returned to the contest, Czech Republic after two editions of break, Iceland after four editions of break and New Zealand after three edition of break. Two countries debuted in contest, Albania and Luxembourg.

**United Kingdom** won Glorious Song Contest 08 with total of 323 points, official runner-up become **Spain** with score of 291 points. **Azerbaijan** reached third placed with 291 points and Greece, France, Slovenia completed the top 6, becoming official prequalifiers in nineth edition.

## Location

### Dusseldorf

**Düsseldorf** is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state and the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a population of 617,280. It is located at the confluence of two rivers: the Rhine and the Düssel, a small tributary. The -dorf suffix means "village" in German (English cognate: thorp); its use is unusual for a settlement as large as Düsseldorf. Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine (unlike Cologne, which is on the river's left bank). Düsseldorf lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan Region. It neighbours the Cologne Bonn Region to the south and the Ruhr to the north. It is the largest city in the German Low Franconian dialect area (closely related to Dutch).

### Merkur Spiel-Arena

     **Merkur Spielarena** (stylized as MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA), previously known as the Esprit Arena (until 2 August 2018), the LTU Arena (until June 2009), and as the Düsseldorf Arena (during the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest), is a multi-functional football stadium in Düsseldorf, Germany. The stadium holds 54,600 and has a retractable roof. Its special heating system allows the stadium to host comfortable events at the height of winter.

## Presenter

### Sarah Almoril

**Sarah Almoril** is Berlin based artist Sarah Almoril has Spanish and Brazilian roots. Growing up in a small town in Germany, she was always strong minded and put her words into action, which is why she left her home at the age of 15. After some turbulent years, she started a successful career in modelling, fled to the city and found her home in the German capital. Representeh her home country in Glorious Song Contest 05 and 2 editions later hosted first semi-final of the show.

### Juju

**Judith Wessendorf** born 20 November 1992 in Berlin, better known under the stage name **Juju**, is a German rapper of German and Moroccan descent. Born as the daughter of a German mother and Moroccan father, Juju grew up in a poor area in the Berlin district Neukölln. As a child, she listened to German gangsta rap (Bushido, Aggro Berlin, Sido, etc.) and since she was 14, Juju started rapping as a hobby in her free time. In 2010, she met Nura for the first time. Later they formed the German rap crew SXTN. She hosted seond semi-final of Glorious Song Contest 07.

### Malik Harris

**Malik Harris** is a German-American pop singer, rapper and songwriter. In his music mix of pop and rap, he also makes use of various elements from areas such as folk, rock and electronic music. He usually appears alone with Loop Station. The son of the US-American ex-talk master Ricky Harris grew up near Landsberg am Lech. His paternal grandfather was an opera singer, his maternal grandmother a pianist, and his father is a master of numerous musical instruments. Harris began his musical career with cover songs, accompanying himself with the guitar, which he has been playing since he was 13. Like playing the guitar, Harris taught himself to play the keyboard and use the drum computer.He hosted the big grand final of Glorious Song Contest.

## Results

### Semi-Final 01

Eighteen countries took part in First Semi-Final. Andorra, Finland and The Netherlands has to vote in this semi-final as well.

### Semi-Final 02

Sixteen countries took part in First Semi-Final. Armenia, Germany and Russia has to vote in this semi-final as well.