VII PANAM Song Contest

Semi-finals
 Final
 Venue
 Host broadcaster
 Number of entries
 Debuting countries
 Withdrawing countries
 Voting system
 Null points
 Winning song

The **VII** **Eurovision Americas Song Contest** wasthe 7th edition of the monthly Eurovision Americas Song Contest. It took place in Hamilton, Bermuda, following Grace Carter's win at the sixth contest in Caracas, Venezuela, with the song "*Heal Me*". This was the second time the contest had taken place in a North American country. The contest was held at the Bermuda College and consisted of two semi-finals and the final on 7 February 2020. The winner of the contest was Argentina with the song "*The Wolf*", performed by SIAMÉS and written by the band; this was Argentina's first win since the country debut, and the first band and a male to win the contest.

Forty-three countries participated in the contest. For the first time, there were no returning countries; in the other hand other seven countries and dependencies debuted in the contest: Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Lucayan Archipelago, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia and Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Four other countries and dependencies withdrew: British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Honduras and Saint Martin.

Twenty-six countries competed in the Grand Final. Ecuador and The Philippines (via wildcard round) managed to qualify for the Final for the first time since the introduction of the Semi-finals in the third edition, plus all of the debuting nations, while Brazil and the Dominican Republic failed to qualify from the semi-finals for the first time ever. In the final, The United States finished second, its best result so far, obtaining a better result than in the first edition; Argentina, Greenland and Curacao also obtained their best results in the Final on this edition.

The Lucayan Archipelago completes the podium obtaining the third place in the Final, their best result, while Greenland and Curacao obtain the fourth and fifth places respectively, all becoming automatic qualifiers for the next edition in Argentina.

 Location

### **Host City**

*For more details on the host city, see Hamilton.*

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**Hamilton** is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is the territory's financial centre and a major port and tourist destination. Its population of 1,010 (2010) is one of the smallest of any capital cities.

Hamilton is located on the north side of Hamilton Harbour, and is Bermuda's main port. Although there is a parish of the same name, the city of Hamilton is in the parish of Pembroke. The city is named after Sir Henry Hamilton, governor of the territory from 1786 to 1793. Hamilton Parish antedates the city.

As the offshore domicile of many foreign companies, Bermuda has a highly developed international business economy; it is an exporter of financial services, primarily insurance, reinsurance, investment funds, and special-purpose vehicles. Finance and international business constitute the largest sector of Bermuda's economy, and virtually all of this business takes place within the borders of Hamilton.

### **Venue**

*For more details on the Venue, see Bermuda College.*

**Bermuda College** is a community college in Paget Parish, Bermuda. After Bermuda's victory at the VI Eurovision Americas Song Contest, the rectors of Bermuda College proposed to the official broadcasting company of Bermuda, the Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC), the transformation of their university's campus into a super-venue that would house more than 10,000 people.

Hosting the contest in this place would occupy the transformation and remodeling of its different venues; The BBC set out to make this investment in order to host this contest. The BBC also managed to count on financial, logistical and technical assistance from the British Broadcasting Company for the transformation of the campus.

The principal gymnasium of the campus was completely remodeled and enlarged so that more people could enter. This investment would also help students of the university who would have a larger gym.

The entire campus was remodeled. A large area where different people could go to watch the contest from a giant screen was also installed on the campus playing field.

####  Bidding phase

During the week before the Contest, the Bermuda Broadcasting Company made a list of potential cities and venues in Bermuda to host the Contest. The final list was formed by different stadiums and fair centres in the country.

On 7 December 2019, BBC announced the capital city, Hamilton, as the host, with the Bermuda College as the selected venue for the contest.

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 Participants

The following countries have expressed their provisional interest in participating in the contest or confirmed that their expected national selection process would take place:

## Other countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Americas Song Contest*

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Americas Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active ASBU membership that will be able to broadcast the contest. The ASBU issued an invitation of participation in the contest to all fifty-one active members.

###  Active ASBU members

* Falkland Islands: During the 6th edition of the contest, the dependency's broadcaster FITV announced that they would not return due to its impossibility of sending local artists to the contest.
* Saint Martin: Saint Martin withdrew due to the same reasons as the Falklands' broadcaster.
* British Virgin Islands
* Honduras

 The Contest

### **Semi-finals**

#### Allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on 23 December 2019. The thirty-eight semi-finalists had been allocated into six pots, based on historical voting patterns. 38 countries participated in both of each semi-finals.

Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined the semi-final that each of the five automatic finalist countries (host country Bermuda and the previous edition top 5 countries Haiti, Mexico, Andorra and Bolivia) would broadcast and vote in.

A Wildcard round was also celebrated between the eleventh places of each of the Semi-finals. This idea was provided by the ASBU to achieve that, in the Grand Final, a total of 26 entities compete, as in the Eurovision Song Contest.

####  Semi-final 1

In the first semi-final, nineteen countries participated. The highlighted countries qualified for the final. Greenland won the first semi-final, followed by Lucayan Archipelago and Peru.

The country of The Philippines competed in the Wildcard Round since it got the eleventh place on its Semi-final. The country competed against Guyana, obtaining the victory and qualifying to the Grand Final.

#### Semi-final 2

In the second semi-final, nineteen countries also participated; the highlighted countries qualified for the final. The United States won this semi-final, followed by Argentina and Canada.

The country of Guyana competed in the Wildcard Round since it got the eleventh place on its Semi-final. The country competed against The Philippines, but loses the round.

### **Final**

The final took place on February 10th, 2019, following the both semi-finals where a total of 21 countries qualified, plus the 5 automatic qualifiers.

### **Breakdown**

####  12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury in the final:

  Gallery

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