Mysterious Song Contest 30

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 Host
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 Winning song

**Mysterious Song Contest** welcomes the world to  Australia for the 30th Edition.

The Mysterious Song Contest #30 will be the 30th edition of the annual Mysterious Song Contest Wikia. It will take place in the **Perth Arena**, located in Perth,  Australia, following the country's victory at the 29th edition with Delta Goodrem performing "Wings". This will be the second time the country hosts the contest.

The contest is scheduled to consist of 02 semi finals and finally the grand final, with official dates for the semi finals being **17th August 2016** and the grand final being the **01st September 2016**. As of 13th August 2016, **52 countries** have announced their participation in the contest.

## Location

SBS  Australia, announced on **01 August 2016** that with the contest being held in  Australia that any city or arena that would like to host the contest would had seven days to apply to the broadcaster with their interest.

The following selection criteria were outlined for the selection of the host city:

* The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 7,000 but ideally up to 10,000 attendees.
* An international press centre must be able to accommodate no less than 1,550 journalists.
* Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 3,000 attendees.
* The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
* The host city must provide a social program alongside their bid, showcasing the hospitality, originality, cultural values and identity of both the city and Australia.

     **Host City**

The **Perth Arena** in Perth, which has a capacity of approximately 15,500 attendees, was announced as the host venue on 3rd August 2016. This will be the Arena's 01st time hosting the contest.

## Presenters

On **06th August 2016**, SBS announced that Kylie Minogue and Dame Edna Everage will be the hosts of the 30th contest.

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (born 28 May 1968), often known simply as Kylie, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. She achieved recognition starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, where she played tomboy mechanic Charlene Robinson. Minogue has been recognised with several honorific nicknames including "Princess of Pop" and "Goddess of Pop". She is recognised as the highest-selling Australian artist of all time by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

Dame Edna Everage is a character created and performed by Australian comedian Barry Humphries, famous for her lilac-coloured or "wisteria hue" hair and cat eye glasses or "face furniture", her favourite flower, the gladiolus ("gladdies") and her boisterous greeting: "Hello, Possums!" As Dame Edna, Humphries has written several books including an autobiography, My Gorgeous Life, appeared in several films and hosted several television shows (on which Humphries has also appeared as himself and other alter-egos).

## Format

The competition will consist of 02 semi-finals and a final, a format which is being reintroduced into the contest to maximise the chances for all countries qualifying. The 10 countries with the highest scores in each semi-final will qualify to the grand final where they will join the top 6 countries from the previous edition  Denmark,  Kosovo,  New Zealand,  Spain and  United States and the host nation  Australia.

Each participating country had their own national jury/HoD. Each member of a respective nation's jury is required to rank every song, except that of their own country, to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1 point.

## Participants

The following countries have confirmed their participation into the contest.

**Table key**

     *Participating Countries*
     *Withdrawing Countries*

## Returning Artists

We welcome back some artists who have previous joined us in MSC.

* Australia Delta Goodrem [Prev. #29]
* Comoros Imany [Prev.  France #28]
* Denmark Lukas Graham [Prev. #29]
* Lebanon Shakira [Prev.  Colombia #03, #08]
* Monaco Tal [Prev.  Israel #27]
* Philippines Charice [Prev. #22]
* Russia Sergey Lazarev [Prev. #22]
* Singapore The Sam Willows [Prev. #27, #28]
* South Africa Jay & Lianie May [Prev. #08]
* Sweden Laleh [Prev. #05,  Azerbaijan #23]

## Semi-final allocation draw

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on TBA. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists  Australia,  Denmark,  Kosovo,  New Zealand,  Spain and  United States. The countries were split into two pots which would either be semi final 1 or semi final 2. Then a random generator was used to allocate countries into the running order. The results were as follows:

It was decided that  Denmark,  Kosovo and  Spain would vote in semi final #01 and  Australia,  New Zealand and  United States would vote in semi final #02. This was to assure to make the results fair and even for all participants in the edition.

## Semi Final 1

**23 Countries** are participating in this Semi Final with  **Denmark**,  **Kosovo** and  **Spain** voting as 3 of the 6 automatic qualifiers of this edition. The top 10 countries that score the highest number of points will qualify to the grand final.

     Qualified

## Semi Final 2

**23 Countries** are participating in this Semi Final with  **Australia**,  **New Zealand** and  **United States** voting as 3 of the 6 automatic qualifiers of this edition. The top 10 countries that score the highest number of points will qualify to the grand final.

     Qualified

## Grand Final

26 Countries will create the grand final. 10 from Semi Final 1, 10 from Semi Final 2 and the automatic qualifiers  Australia,  Denmark,  Kosovo,  New Zealand,  Spain and  United States.

The draw on  Australia,  Denmark,  Kosovo,  New Zealand,  Spain and  United States position in the running order was done prior to the Semi Finals.

This was the running order for the Grand Final

### **12points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:

## Voting Grids

Results of Semi Final 01

Results of Semi Final 02

Results of Grand Final