Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 31

PSR
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 Presenter(s)
 Executive
 Broadcaster
 Interval act
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**Participation map**
* Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final or the PSR     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
 System
 Winner

**Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 31**, also known as **ESCT #31**, was the thirty-first edition of Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged. The contest took place in Croatia, following their victory at the 30th edition in Casablanca, Morocco with the song "Pruži Mi Ruku", performed by Zsa Zsa.

Forty-eight countries officially confirmed their participation in the 31st edition of the contest almost reaching the highest number of participants, previously set in forty-nine countries. Only one country withdrew, Azerbaijan was forced to withdraw due to not voting in the final in the previous edition. Also, Denmark and Luxembourg were about to withdraw for confirming after the deadline after some technical issues, however they were allowed to participate this edition with a fine of €1,000 by the TBU. In the other hand, this edition saw the return of six countries which withdrew in the previous edition, they were Finland, Macedonia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and United Kingdom.

After two editions without Pre-Semifinal Round (PSR), it was reintroduced due to the high amount of participating countries, where the bottom 4 from each semifinal from last edition will compete to win a spot in the Semifinals. The voting countries will be the own participating countries and a jury voting based in the votes from the **Big 5**. The 4 countries with most votes will go through the Semifinals.

**Sigrid** from Norway was the thirty-first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged with the song *Strangers* with a total of **169** points. Switzerland finishing in second place and Austria finishing in third place.

## Logo and theme

The logo of the thirty-first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged was designed by Alex Ramírez the main producer of Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged. The main logo is the shape of a diamond with an inner background, red and white squares, which is one of the main symbols of Croatia. All accompained with tropical plants and flowers with an orange and white gradient background, colours that the designer used intentionally to bring summer vibes. The slogan used for this edition is "Endless Beat" refering to the summer heat and its intensity which gives us a sense of an endless summer.

## Participant countries

Forty-eight countries officially confirmed their participation in the 31th edition of the contest almost reaching the highest number of participants, previously set in forty-nine countries. Only one country withdrew, Azerbaijan was forced to withdraw due to not voting in the final in the previous edition. Also, Denmark and Luxembourg were about to withdraw for confirming after the deadline after some technical issues, however they were allowed to participate this edition with a fine of €1,000 by the TBU. In the other hand, this edition saw the return of six countries which withdrew in the previous edition, they were Finland, Macedonia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and United Kingdom.

### Returning artists

In this edition, 17 former representatives who performed as lead vocalists or group members for the same and/or different countries in previous editions, returned to the contest so far.

**Kristian Kostov** made his third appeareance in the contest after representing Bulgaria in the twenty-third and twenty-ninth edition. The Macedonian band **Eye Cue** who represented the country in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 25 returned to the contest for the second time. The representative of Slovakia in the fifteenth, twenty-second and in the twenty-ninth edition **Lina Mayer**, returned to the contest as part of the group called **The Young Generation**. **Josephine** returned to this edition after having previously represented Israel in the eleventh edition. The Cypriot singer **Ivi Adamou** made her second appearance in the contest after representing her country in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 5. For the second time since the twenty-fifth edition, **Bouchra** represented Morocco once again. **Tereza Kerndlová** returned for Czech Republic after representing her country in the seventeenth edition and also Slovakia in the thirteenth edition. Only three editions ago, **Sigrid** represented Norway and will do the same in this edition. Another past participant who returned to the contest was **Thorsteinn Einarsson** who represented Austria in the seventeenth edition. The British producer **Sigma**, who represented Spain in the fifteenth edition, returned to the contest along with **Birdy**, who also represented Serbia in the fourth edition and Luxembourg in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 12. **Isabell Otrebus** who participated in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 28 representing Poland wanted to repeat. Back in the third edition, **Bianca Atzei** represend Italy with Modà. Another winner who wanted to return to the contest was **Alice Merton**, winner of the twenty-seventh edition representing Luxembourg. Estonian representative in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 22, **Elysa**, made her return to the contest, meanwhile **Havana** who represented Moldova in the thirteenth edition did the same. Austria chose **Sara de Blue** who already represented the country in the eighteenth edition with the name of Sara Koell. Irish representative in the fifteenth and eighteenth edition, **Ronan Keating** returned to the contest for the third time.

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## Results

### **Pre-Semifinal Round**

* 7 countries will participate in the pre-semifinal round.
* The four countries in this pre-semifinal round with the highest scores according to the voting from each voting country, will qualify to the Semifinals.

### **Semifinal 1**

#### **Jury**

* Denmark (Finalist)
* Hungary (Finalist)
* Ukraine (Finalist)

### **Semifinal 2**

#### **Jury**

* Croatia (Host)
* Greece (Finalist)

## Score sheet

### **12 points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Pre-Semifinal Round.

### **12 points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal.

### **12 points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal.

### **12 points**

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

## Voting order and spokespersons

2. Sertab Erener(Turkish representative in the tenth edition)
3. Keti Topuria
4. Emma Heming
5. Donatan(Polish representative in the first edition and Austrian representative in the seventh edition)
6. Vladimir Putin
7. Freddie
8. Luca Dondo(Montenegrin Head of Delegation)
9. Corinne Gfeller
10. Supernova Beaver
11. Anett Kontaveit
12. Elina Svitolina
13. Medhi Benatia
14. Mia Dimšić
15. Thomas Wlaschiha
16. Harutyun Hakobyan
17. Sylvia Erla(Icelandic representative in the twenty-second edition)
18. Fostter Riviera
19. Vladislav Kurasov(Belarussian representative in the twenty-seventh edition)
20. Giulia Luzi(Sammarinese representative in the twenty-second and twenty-eighth edition)
21. Kristína(Slovak representative in the eleventh and thirtieth edition)
22. Aitana(Andorran representative in the twenty-nineth edition)
23. Sharon Den Adel(Polish representative in the nineth edition and Dutch representative in the fourteenth edition)
24. Zhana Bergendorff(Bulgarian representative in the nineth and eleventh edition)
26. Boomdabash & Loredana Berté
27. Agnete
28. Mixalis Xatzigiannis(Cypriot representative in the thirtieth edition)
29. Eduardo Díez(Danish Head of Delegation)
30. Inna(Romanian representative in the second, sixth, seventh and twenty-seventh edition, Armenian representative in the fifth edition and Moldovan representative in the twentieth edition)
31. Benjamin Ingrosso
32. Michael Fassbender
33. Gal Gadot
34. Maraaya(Slovenian representative in the thirteenth edition, sixteenth edition and twenty-sixth edition)
35. Anna Timofei
36. Ant & Dec
37. Mikolas Josef(Czech representative in the twenty-sixth edition)
38. Rafa Soto(Greek Head of Delegation)
39. Antoine Griezmann
40. Elhaida Dani
41. Maggie De Block
42. Andrija Živković
43. Moniqué
44. Lea Santee(Austrian representative in the twenty-eighth edition)
45. Pablo López(Moroccan representative in the twelfth edition and Andorra representative in the thirteenth edition)
46. Salvatore Ganacci
47. Lena(Luxembourgish representative in the seventh, eighth, fifteenth, eighteenth and twenty-third edition and Polish representative in the eleventh edition)
48. Jana Burčeska

## Other countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged*
Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged requires a national broadcaster with active **ETU** membership that would be able to broadcast the 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:

* Azerbaijan: The country was forced to withdraw for not voting in the previous edition. In addition, this country showed little interest in the contest due to its poor results.

## Incidents

### **Armenia's entry polemic**

The entry "Jamanak e", chosen to represent Armenia in this edition, was seen as a sign of provocation against Azerbaijan. Although the Azeri country was forced to withdraw, the goverment complained about this song declaring that it was disrespectful with them and also with the spirit of the contest. The Head of Delegation asked to the TBU to disqualify Armenia for this reason, but the main producer didn't see any sign of provocation and the Armenian country could finally participate.

## Other awards

### ESCT Second Chance Contest

*Main article: ESCT Second Chance Contest 31*
The sixth ESCT Second Chance Contest edition took place when ESCT31 finnished and was hosted in Moldova for the first time. Each country could submit one of their national selection entries to compete in the contest with some rules applying for the entries.