AwlaVision Song Contest 6

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**AwlaVision Song Contest 6**, often referred to as **ASC#6**, was the sixth edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Dublin, Ireland. The edition started the 8th May 2016, and ended the 25th May 2016.

24 countries participated in this edition. Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Netherlands, Serbia and Ukraine debuted in this edition. Kazakhstan decided to withdraw from ASC. Evelina ft. JVG from Finland won the contest with the song "Sushi" receiving a total of 166 points, 17 points ahead the runner-up, England. Scotland finished in third place with 139 points. The host country, Ireland achieved a 20th place with 20 points. The last place was for Iceland, that got only 6 point.

## Organisation

After Ireland's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 5, RTÉ had to decide where to organise the contest this time. The main projects were from Dublin (*3Arena*) and Millstreet (*Green Glens Arena*). Finally, RTÉ and ABU chose **Dublin** as the host city of ASC6.

RTÉ decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally **Patrick Sheehy** and **Sorcha Durham** were selected.

## Location

### **3Arena**

The 3Arena is a 14,500-capacity amphitheatre located at North Wall Quay in the Dublin Docklands in Dublin, Ireland, which opened on 16 December 2008. It was built on the site of the former Point Theatre, a smaller music venue which operated from 1988–2007, retaining only some of the outer facade. The Point Theatre was branded as "The Point Depot", in recognition of its original role as a railway goods handling station.

From 2008 to 2014, the 3Arena was known as The O2. Its 14,500 capacity makes it the largest indoor arena in Ireland. The venue was renamed on 4 September 2014 as the 3Arena due to the takeover of O2 Ireland by Three Ireland.

The venue is owned by Live Nation. In 2011, the venue was named as the fifth busiest arena in the world with ticket sales of 670,000 putting it behind The O2 in London, the Manchester Arena, Antwerp's Sportpaleis and Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena.

Following its closure in 2007, the site underwent major redevelopment and was renamed The O2 after the telecommunication brand, O2, similar to The O2 in London. In 2008 O2 paid €25 million for the naming rights for 10 years. Following the sale of mobile network operator O2 Ireland to rival 3 Ireland in June 2014, the venue was renamed as the 3Arena on 4 September 2014.

### **Dublin**

**Dublin** is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Dublin is in the province of Leinster on Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey. The city has an urban area population of 1,345,402. The population of the Greater Dublin Area, as of 2016, was 1,904,806 people.

Founded as a Viking settlement, the Kingdom of Dublin became Ireland's principal city following the Norman invasion. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest city in the British Empire before the Acts of Union in 1800. Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, Dublin became the capital of the Irish Free State, later renamed Ireland.

Dublin is administered by a City Council. The city is listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city, with a ranking of "Alpha-", placing it among the top thirty cities in the world. It is a historical and contemporary centre for education, the arts, administration, economy and industry.

This is the first time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in Ireland.

## Participants

24 countries participated in the edition.

### **Debuting countries**

Bellow a list of all debuting countries:

* Denmark
* Estonia
* Iceland
* Netherlands
* Serbia
* Ukraine

### **Withdrawing countries**

Bellow a list of all returning countries:

* Kazakhstan

## 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