AwlaVision Song Contest 21

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**AwlaVision Song Contest 21**, often referred to as **ASC#21**, was the twenty-first edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Paris, France. The edition started the 02nd August 2017, and ended the 25th August 2017.

41 countries took part in this edition. United Kingdom debuted in this edition as the unification of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales which withdrew forever. Egypt, Lebanon, Moldova and Tunisia withdrew from ASC. Andorra and Georgia returned to the competition. Janice from Sweden won the contest with the song "Love you like I should" receiving a total of 279 points, 47 point ahead the runner-up, Finland. Switzerland finished in third place with 212 points. The host country, France achieved a 8th place with 158 points. The last place was for Morocco, that got 2 points.

## Organisation

After France's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 20, France Télévisions and ABU had to decide where to organise the contest this time. The projects were from Paris (*AccorHotels Arena*), Lyon (*Halle Tony Garnier*), Montpellier (*Park&Suites Arena*), and Nantes (*Hall XXL*). Finally, France Télévisions and ABU chose **Paris** as the host city of ASC21.

France Télévisions decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally **Alma** and **Amir** were selected.

 Lyon
 Montpellier
 Nantes

## Location

### **AccorHotels Arena**

**AccorHotels Arena** (originally known as Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy and formerly known as Bercy Arena) is an indoor sports arena and concert hall, that is located on boulevard de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The closest métro station is Bercy. Designed by the architectural firm Andrault-Parat, Jean Prouvé and Guvan, the arena has a pyramidal shape, and walls covered with a sloping lawn. It has a seating capacity ranging from 7,000 to 20,300, depending on the event.

It has been used as the main venue for the Paris Masters ATP Tour tennis tournament, and for many sports events, such as: handball, basketball, boxing, gymnastics, track cycling, show jumping, and more. POPB hosted the European gymnastics championship in 2000, the 1991 and 1996 FIBA EuroLeague Final Fours, and the FIBA EuroBasket championship in 1999, among others. It also hosted the 2009–10 EuroLeague Final Four. It also hosted the Masters Karting Paris Bercy star race, from 1993 to 2001, and again in 2011. It is also serving as a host, along with Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. On 28 June, it was announced that the arena would host the 2017 European League of Legends Championship Series Summer Finals.

As part of the 2014–15 renovations efforts, the arena was renamed to Bercy Arena on 1 January 2015. It was again renamed to AccorHotels Arena in October 2015. AccorHotels Arena will be a venue for 2024 Summer Olympics.

### **Paris**

**Paris** is the capital and most populous city of France, with an administrative-limits area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and a 2015 population of 2,229,621. The city is a commune and department, and the capital-heart of the 12,012-square-kilometre (4,638-square-mile) Île-de-France region (colloquially known as the 'Paris Region'), whose 2016 population of 12,142,802 represents roughly 18 percent of the population of France. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts. The Paris Region had a GDP of €649.6 billion (US $763.4 billion) in 2014, accounting for 30.4 percent of the GDP of France. According to official estimates, in 2013-14 the Paris Region had the third-highest GDP in the world and the largest regional GDP in the EU.

The City of Paris' administrative limits form a horizontal oval centred on its historical-heart Île de la Cité island; this island is near the peak of an arc of Seine river that divides the city into southern Rive Gauche (Left Bank) and northern Rive Droite regions. Paris is but the core of a built-up area that extends well beyond its limits: commonly referred to as the agglomération Parisienne, and statistically as a unité urbaine (a measure of urban area), the Paris agglomeration's 2013 population of 10,601,122 makes it the largest urban area in the European Union. City-influenced commuter activity reaches well beyond even this in a statistical aire urbaine de Paris (a measure of metropolitan area), that had a 2013 population of 12,405,426, a number one-fifth the population of France, and one that makes it, after London, the second largest metropolitan area in the European Union. The 2016 Metropole of Grand Paris initiative, encompassing the City of Paris and its surrounding petite couronne department communes, or area covering 814 square kilometres and representing a population of 7 million, aims to improve city-suburb cooperation through a unique governing body.

Paris has a typical Western European oceanic climate which is affected by the North Atlantic Current. The overall climate throughout the year is mild and moderately wet. Summer days are usually warm and pleasant with average temperatures between 15 and 25 °C, and a fair amount of sunshine. Each year, however, there are a few days when the temperature rises above 32 °C. Longer periods of more intense heat sometimes occur, such as the heat wave of 2003 when temperatures exceeded 30 °C for weeks, reached 40 °C on some days and seldom cooled down at night. Spring and autumn have, on average, mild days and fresh nights but are changing and unstable. Surprisingly warm or cool weather occurs frequently in both seasons. In winter, sunshine is scarce; days are cool, nights cold but generally above freezing with low temperatures around 3 °C. Light night frosts are however quite common, but the temperature will dip below −5 °C for only a few days a year. Snow falls every year, but rarely stays on the ground. The city sometimes sees light snow or flurries with or without accumulation. Paris has an average annual precipitation of 652 mm, and experiences light rainfall distributed evenly throughout the year. However the city is known for intermittent abrupt heavy showers.

This is the second time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in France, but the first in Paris.

### **Debuting countries**

Bellow a list of all debuting countries:

* UK

### **Withdrawing countries**

Bellow a list of all withdrawing countries:

* Egypt
* England
* Lebanon
* Moldova
* Northern Ireland
* Scotland
* Tunisia
* Wales

### **Returning countries**

Bellow a list of all withdrawing countries:

* Andorra
* Georgia

## Results

### **First Semifinal**

**Jury**

* France (Host)
* Kosovo (Finalist)
* Poland (Finalist)

### **Second Semifinal**

**Jury**

* Finland (Finalist)
* UK (Finalist)
* Lithuania (Finalist)

## See also

* AwlaVision Song Contest
* AwlaVision Song Contest 1
* AwlaVision Song Contest 2
* AwlaVision Song Contest 3
* AwlaVision Song Contest 4
* AwlaVision Song Contest 5
* AwlaVision Song Contest 6
* AwlaVision Song Contest 7
* AwlaVision Song Contest 8
* AwlaVision Song Contest 9
* AwlaVision Song Contest 10
* AwlaVision Song Contest 11
* AwlaVision Song Contest 12
* AwlaVision Song Contest 13
* AwlaVision Song Contest 14
* AwlaVision Song Contest 15
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 1
* AwlaVision Song Contest 16
* AwlaVision Song Contest 17
* AwlaVision Song Contest 18
* AwlaVision Song Contest 19
* AwlaVision Song Contest 20