Morocco in the GreatVision Song Contest 11

Selection process
 Selection date(s)
 Selected entrant
 Selected song
 Semi-final result
 Final result

Morocco will participate in the GreatVision Song Contest 11. The entry was selected in the national final Sawt Almaghrib 02 on 5 May 2018, where all five entries were performed by R3HAB who was internally selected by the Moroccan broadcaster SNRT to perform the nation's entry at the eleventh edition in Sydney, Australia.

## Before GreatVision

Main article: Morocco**Morocco** has confirmed to participate in the **GreatVision Song Contest 11** in Sydney. Following their confirmation, SNRT also announced that their entry will be selected through the national final Sawt Almaghrib (The Voice of Morocco).

### **Internal selection**

SNRT announced that they have internally selected Dutch-Moroccan DJ R3HAB to represent Morocco in the **GreatVision Song Contest 11**.

### ***Sawt Almaghrib***

Sawt Almaghrib 02 was the second edition of Sawt Almaghrib, the music competition that selects Morocco's entries for the GreatVision Song Contest. Hosted by Samira Said, the competition featured five songs. The voting process for the final was also revamped with the introduction of new regional juries. There were six regional juries capable of awarding a total of 200 points. Each jury awarded 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4 points to their top 5 songs. "Ain't That Why", performed by R3HAB & Krewella, was declared the winner, by getting the most points out of all regional jury voting and televoting.

## At GreatVision

On 28 May 2018, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Morocco was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on Sydney, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.

Once all the competing songs for the tenth edition had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw.

### Semi-final

Morocco was set to perform in position 5, following the entry from Finland and before the entry from Greece. At the end of the night, Morocco were one of the ten countries announced as having qualified for the grand final.

### Final

Morocco performed 20th in the grand final, following Singapore and preceding the Netherlands. At the end of the night, they received 165 points, finishing in thirteenth place.

#### **Voting**

Below is a breakdown of points awarded by Morocco in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

### Voting

#### **Points awarded to Morocco**

Points awarded to Morocco(Semi-final)
 * Finland
* Switzerland
* Slovakia
* Greece
* South Korea
* Czech Republic
* New Zealand
* Denmark
* United States
 12 points
 * Finland
* Palau
* Gibraltar
* Czech Republic
* Slovakia
* Italy
 * United States
* Bulgaria
* Greece
* Denmark
* South Korea
* Luxembourg

Points awarded to Morocco(Grand Final)
 * Czech Republic
* San Marino
* Ukraine
 5 points
 * France
* Lithuania
* South Korea
* Turkey
* Switzerland
* New Zealand
* Italy
* Russia
 12 points
* Ukraine
 5 points
 * Greece
* Czech Republic
* Italy
* Russia
* Switzerland
* United States