EuroMusic Song Contest 38

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The EuroMusic Song Contest 38 was the thirty-eighth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The host country was Greece, that won the previous edition, with the song *Die together*. This was the second time that Greece hosted this contest. Thessaloniki was selected to host this edition.

Thirty three countries participated in this edition. Three more nations as in the previous edition. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel and Slovenia returned. Because of this, the EBU decided to reintroduce two semi-finals. Only the host country automatically qualifies for the final.

In this edition there were three main favorites. Ireland, Sweden and the hosting nation Greece. Both Ireland and Sweden won their semi final while Greece was qualified automatically because they hosted this years edition. In the grand final, Greece received the most amounth of points and won the edition for the third time in their history. It was only the second time in the history of the contest that a country won the festival in two consecutive editions.

## Location

Straight after the Greek victory in the previous edition, the national broadcaster announced that they were planning to host this edition. At the official press conference after their victory, they said to be proud that the EuroMusic was comming again to Greece. Later on, the Greek broadcaster that Thessaloniki, Athens and Patras were being considered as potential host cities. When the EBU published the logo, it was clear that the contest would take place in Thessaloniki.

## Format

### Number of participants

Since the seventh edition the EBU announced to put a maximum at the number of participants. In the seventh and eighth edition, eighteen countries were able to participate.

Because the introduction of the semi finals, there is no maximum of participating countries. However, since the seventeenth edition the EBU announced that they would put a new maximum of countries. This meant that 41 countries were able to sign for a participation. This means that each semi final would have 20 countries, plus the host nation (who qualify automatically). Until now, they never reached this limit. Because of the limited number of participants, there was no semi final.

From the 27th edition unitil the 30th edition, the last three countries have to withdraw from the competition. This is to give other countries the possibility to return to the contest because of the limited spots. From the the 31st until the 37th edition there is one semi-final, with a maximum of 20 countries. In the 38th edition, the two semi finals were reintroduced.

### Running order

There are specific rules about how a country gets his running order.

The host country will have a random number. The rest of the countries will be split in to groups (first- and second half). This will happen fully random. Later on, a team will create a running order to make the show as interesting as possible.

### Song

Each country sends one song to the contest. There are no rules about the language of the song, but the song can't be longer than five minutes.

### Voting rules

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that received from the most countries points, will be ranked higher. If that is also the same, then the country who have the highest rank of a country, will be ranked higher.

## Semi final allocation draw

* Finland
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Norway
* Sweden
* United Kingdom
* Azerbaijan
* Estonia
* Georgia
* Romania
* Türkiye
* Ukraine
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Montenegro
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Israel
* Italy
* Malta
* Portugal
* Spain
* Belgium
* France
* Germany
* Netherlands
* Poland

## Returning artists

The contest featured one representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same country.

## Scoreboard

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

 3
 2
 1
 Serbia | Montenegro

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

 4
 2
 1

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

## Other Countries

### Returning countries

* Bosnia and Herzegovina - The broadcaster of this country announced that the nation would return to this edition.
* Israel - The broadcaster of this country announced that the nation would return to this edition.
* Slovenia - The broadcaster of this country announced that the nation would return to this edition.