GreatVision Song Contest 21

Final date
 Venue
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 Entries
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**Participation map**
* Confirmed participant that have their artist or song     Countries that did not qualify for the final     Past participant that will not participate
 Voting system
 Disqualified

**GreatVision Song Contest 21**, often referred to as **GVSC 21**, will be the twenty-first edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in  New Zealand, after October won twentieth edition with "1000 Eyes". TVNZ chose the Auckland City Arena in Auckland to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Lorde and MAALA was selected as the presenters:

**Winner** after a big and exciting show was Fleur East from  United Kingdom with her the song "Favourite Thing", she reached 334 Points. At the 2nd Place was the  Belgium represent by Lea Rue her song "Watching You", they reached 332 Points, while on 3rd Place was  Sweden represent by Dotter with her song "Backfire", she reached 320 Points. Furthermore  Australia,  Ukraine and  South Korea completed the top six of the edition.

## Location

*For further information see New Zealand*
**New Zealand** is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It comprises two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and around 600 smaller islands, covering a total area of 268,021 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland.

Owing to their remoteness, the islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable lands to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands, and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands. In 1841, New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire and in 1907 it became a dominion; it gained full statutory independence in 1947 and the British monarch remained the head of state. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language, with English being very dominant.

A developed country, New Zealand ranks highly in international comparisons of national performance, such as quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, and economic freedom. New Zealand underwent major economic changes during the 1980s, which transformed it from a protectionist to a liberalised free-trade economy. The service sector dominates the national economy, followed by the industrial sector, and agriculture; international tourism is a significant source of revenue. Nationally, legislative authority is vested in an elected, unicameral Parliament, while executive political power is exercised by the Cabinet, led by the prime minister, currently Jacinda Ardern. Queen Elizabeth II is the country's monarch and is represented by a governor-general, currently Dame Patsy Reddy. In addition, New Zealand is organised into 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities for local government purposes. The Realm of New Zealand also includes Tokelau (a dependent territory); the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing states in free association with New Zealand); and the Ross Dependency, which is New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica.

### Host City

*For further information see Auckland*
**Auckland** is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country, Auckland has an urban population of about 1,467,800 (June 2019). It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,642,800. Auckland is a diverse, multicultural and cosmopolitan city, home to the largest Polynesian population in the world. The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau, meaning "Tāmaki desired by many", in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography.

Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf to the east, then extending in Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitākere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with 53 dormant volcanic cones. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water.

The isthmus on which Auckland resides was first settled c. 1350 and was valued for its rich and fertile land. The Māori population in the area is estimated to have peaked at 20,000 before the arrival of Europeans. After a British colony was established in 1840, William Hobson, then Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, chose the area as his new capital. He named the area for George Eden, Earl of Auckland, British First Lord of the Admiralty. Māori–European conflict over land in the region led to war in the mid-19th century. Auckland was replaced as the capital in 1865 by Wellington, but the city continued to grow, initially because of its port and logging and gold mining in its hinterland, later from pastoral farming (especially dairy farming), and manufacturing in the city itself.[8] It has throughout been the nation's largest city. Today, Auckland's central business district is New Zealand's leading economic hub.

### Venue

*For further information see Vector Arena*
**Auckland City Arena** is a multipurpose arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The venue is located at Quay Park, Parnell, very close to Britomart Transport Centre and The Strand Station. The arena cost approximately $94 million,and of this sum ratepayers contributed $68 million for the facility to be managed by QPAM, the NZ operator, in New Zealand's first big public-private partnership. This runs for 40 years before ownership is transferred to the city. After delays due to construction-related issues, the arena's first concert was Rock Star Supernova on 24 March 2007.

## Format

### Voting

The GBU has announced that the voting system would be each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. The new voting system is also used to determine the qualifiers from each semi-final, but as before the qualifiers are announced in a random order.

### Semi Final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place Auckland City Hall in July 2020. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big Six would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Twenty-one or twenty-two countries will participate in each semi-finals, respectively. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.

The fourty-four semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was be drawn from the pot, it´s half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* Brazil
* Finland
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Norway
* United Kingdom
* Belgium
* Germany
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Switzerland
* France
* Gibraltar
* Italy
* Monaco
* Portugal
 Pot 4
 * Albania
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Greece
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* China
* Hungary
* India
* Kyrgyzstan
* Lithuania
* North Korea
* Ukraine
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Kiribati
* Philippines
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Vietnam

### Running order

The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by TVNZ in July 2020, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running order for Grand Final will be official announced, one day before the Grand Final will start.

## Participating countries

**Fifty** countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest. This includes, Ireland which returned after their six-edition abscence, Gibraltar and Vietnam which returned after their four-edition abscence, Portugal which returned after their three-edition abscence, Indonesia which returned after their two-edition abscence and Austria and Iceland which all returned after their one-edition abscence. Kyrgyzstan and Philippines will make his debut appearance in this edition.

**Twelve** however, announced their withdrawal from the contest, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Morocco and Slovakia announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. While the HoD's of Croatia and Liechtenstein had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest. Denmark, Moldova and San Marino all had to withdraw since their Head of Delegation did send their votes from each the Final or Semi-final. The HoD of Czech Republic will leave the contest due to personal reasons.

### Returning artists

Arilena Ara will represent Albania again. Austria will be represent by Poptracker and ArianA for a second time. Claudia Leitte was internally selected to represent Brazil again. Also Bulgaria will be represent by VICTORIA again. The Cosmic Girls(WJSN) were internally selected to represent China fora second time. As well Sini Yasemin return for Finland. Furthermore Mahmood will return for Italy. Lithuania will be represent by Paula again. Theia was internally selected to represent New Zealand for a third time. North Korea will be represent by Stray Kids, they previously represented South Korea in the competition. Benjamin Kheng, which previously took part as a member of The Sam Willows, return for Singapore. BLACKPINK were internally selected to represent South Korea for the third time, while Dotter was internally selected to represent Sweden again. Ukraine will be represented by KAZKA again.

## Results

### Semi-final 1

Twenty-two countries will participate in the first Semi-final. New Zealand, Russia and Sweden will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.

### Semi-final 2

Twenty-two countries will participate in the second Semi-final. Romania, Turkey and United States will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.

### Final

The following countries either finished in the top 6 of the previous edition and therefore automatically qualify to the final of this edition or qualified from the semi-finals.

## Other countries

*Further information: List of able countries in GreatVision Song Contest*
Countries that are active members of the GreatVision Broadcasting Union (GBU) are also eligible to participate in the GreatVision Song Contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

* Moldova
* San Marino

* Croatia: HRT revealed that Croatia would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues.
* Czech Republic: revealed that Czech Republic would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues. The Hod facing personal reasons the with contest as reason for the countries withdrawal.
* Georgia: GPB announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Portugal. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Israel: announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Vietnam. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Kazakhstan: announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Kyrgyzstan. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Liechtenstein: 1FLTV revealed that Liechtenstein would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues. A return is not ruled-out by the Delegation.
* Morocco: announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Azerbaijan. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Slovakia: RTV announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Austria. A return with new HoD is possible.