WorldVision 02

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**WorldVision Song Contest 2**, often referred to as **WV 2**, was the second edition of the WorldVision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm,  Stockholm, and was held at the Globe Arena during the first half of October 2012.

Fourty-eight countries and regions participated in the second edition, four debutants and five members withdrawing, most of them following the incident that lead to Iceland's disqualification in the first edition.

The winner was  Ireland with the song "Nil S'en La" performed by the band Celtic Woman.  Scotland,  Uusimaa,  Stockholm and  Brazil rounded out the top five.

As many other early editions, drama had its place at the table for every decision and idea the moderators pushed forward.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

Unlike later edition, in WorldVision 01 the draw was entirely random, as the pot-based allocation draw was not yet introduced. Thanks to their position as hosts of the first edition,  Sweden did not compete in the semi-finals, being an auto-qualifier instead.

Due to  Stockholm not being the previous winner region but actually hosting the edition after Sweden refused to, there were discussions about whether the region should be pre-qualified as well. The issue was highly controversial at the time and following the drama, daniels1000, WV moderator and juror of Stockholm at that time, decided to compete in the semi-finals.

## Incidents

#### **The PQ Question**

As mentioned before,  Stockholm hosted the second edition of the contest instead of Sweden, who was the winner of the previous edition but could not host. The question whether the host should be pre-qualified as well or not was highly debated at the time, with people being way too dramatic about an issue that today would be such a non-event. A poll was created and the majority option was to grant the host a PQ as well, but due to a vocal minority, the moderator and jury host at the time decided to drop the PQ entirely.

#### **Japanese National Final**

Despite a similar thing happening the edition before, which was met with serious consequences, the jury of  Japan decided to include votes from a non-WV member in their National Final voting. The person in question was exactly the former juror of Iceland, who was now a non-WV member. Following the drama, the juror withdrew from the contest.

#### **American National Final**

Despite hosting a National Final, the juror of the United States decided to send a different song entirely, claiming that he did not receive enough votes in the NF. The results of the National Final were not sent to the moderators. In the end, the moderators allowed the new entry to take part.

#### **Failing to vote**

After reaching the second position in the semi-final, the region of Template:Flanders was disqualified for failing to vote.

For the second edition in a row,  Iceland has been disqualified, this time for failing to vote in the final.

#### **North Korean disqualification**

The entry of  North Korea has been disqualified during the semi-final voting. The entry was rejected due to violating the rules regarding heavily politicization of an entry and the spread of hate. Following the disqualification, the country's head of delegation withdrew permanently.