WorldVision 148

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**WorldVision Song Contest 148**, often referred to as **WV 148** was the one hundred and forty-eighth edition of the WorldVision Song Contest. It was be held in Xi'an,  China, following the country's victory at the 147th contest with the song "Miserlou" by Caroline Campbell & William Joseph feat Tina Guo. The show, organised by Charly and the two co-hosts Uto and Seok-jin, consisted of two semi-finals, and the final, hosted on 6, 7, and 13 November. This was the third time that China hosted the contest (having previously hosted the 27th edition in Beijing and the 143rd one in Chongqing), as well as the first WV event hosted by Charly as the winner of the previous edition.

 Israel and  Moldova debuted, while  Dalmatia and  Northeastern USA both returned. The former juror of  Scotland returned as the juror of  North West England. The juror for  Croatia permanently withdrew from the competition.

 Iraq,  New Zealand,  North Rhine-Westphalia and  Turkmenistan failed to state their intentions regarding the upcoming edition and did not send an entry.

The winner was  Poland with the song "Pora roku zła" by Sanah. This was Genesis' maiden win in the competition. The top 3 was completed by  Sweden with the song "Om du ropar mitt namn" by Sarah Dawn Finer and  Northwest Italy with the song "Primavera" by Ludovico Einaudi.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries and regions into their respective semi-finals took place 31st of October 2021. As the previous winner and the hosting nation,  China was pre-qualified.

The semi-finalists were allocated into seven pots (the six big pots and the Newcomer pot), based on their voting similarities.

Pot N consisted of  Denmark,  Moldova and  Israel.

The six big pots were the following:

* Germany
* Istanbul
* Mid-Atlantic States
* Sudogwon
* Sweden
* The Netherlands
* Vestlandet
* Western USA
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Romania
* Seoul
* South Korea
* Spain
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* France
* Hungary
* Kantō
* New Zealand
* Østlandet
* Southern USA
* Ukraine
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Japan
* London
* Northwest Italy
* Poland
* United Kingdom
* Canada
* England
* Italy
* Southeast Brazil
* United States
* Western Canada
* Cyprus
* Finland
* Greece
* Kansai
* Iraq
* Latvia
* Norway
* Svealand
* Texas

## Other details

*Further information: List of participants in the WorldVision Song Contest*
### National Selections

National selections refer to the processes in which the jurors of the countries and regions participating in the monthly WorldVision select the artist and song that will represent them in the contest.

* Central Canada - PotVision 148
* China - ChinaFest 148
* England - Annerley NF
* South Korea - Special 50th Edition NF
* Texas - Pentatonix NF
* Turkey - AYŞEVİSİON [1]

### Active WorldVision members

* **Ewigkeit** and  **Romeo** are set to join the contest this edition, if they wish to.
* **MiraShadowMan**,  **randajad**,  **WolvXCII** and  **iowacorn** are currently on the OP Waiting List and are bound to rejoin the contest in WV 149.
* **Croatia** - Juror **VasilijeM** is out after failing to submit entry for 3 consecutive editions: WV 145; 146; 147

## Incidents

**Failed to vote:**

* France and  Vestlandet failed to vote in semifinal 1 and the grand final
* Dalmatia failed to vote in semifinal 2 and the grand final