Glorious Song Contest 13

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**Glorious Song Contest 13** (GSC 13) was thirteenth edition of Glorious Song Contest hosted in Karlstad, Sweden after Ely Eira victory in Espoo with their song "Out Of The Shadows" getting a total of 392 points. It was the second time when Sweden had pleasure to host the competition. Swedish broadcaster SVT organized the whole show with our sponsors. Choosen venue was Löfbergs Arena with total capacity of 10.000 spots. Choosen hosts were Loreen and Hanna Ardéhn.

 **Slovenia** won Glorious Song Contest 13 with total of 359 points, official runner-up became  **Ukraine** with score of 324 points.  **Sweden** reached third placed with 323 points and  Bulgaria,  Italy,  South Korea completed the top 6, becoming official prequalifiers in the fourteenth edition.

## Location

### Karlstad

**Karlstad** is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 65,856 inhabitants in 2020 with 95,167 inhabitants in the wider municipality in 2021, and is the 21st biggest municipality in Sweden. Karlstad has a university and a cathedral. During recent years, Karlstad has started building many new buildings, for example all the new buildings around Orrholmen, hosting a brand new Coop store and a 17 story high rise apartment which will be finished in late 2022.Karlstad is built on the river delta where Sweden's longest river, Klarälven, runs into Sweden's largest lake, Vänern. It has the second largest lake port in the country after Västerås. Karlstad is often associated with sunshine and the symbol for Karlstad is a smiling sun. Karlstad is reputed to be one of the sunniest towns in Sweden and a local waitress, known as "Sola i Karlstad" (*the Sun in Karlstad*) for her sunny disposition, is also commemorated with a statue.

### Löfbergs Arena

     **Löfbergs Arena** is an arena located in Karlstad, Sweden, situated just above the river delta of Klarälven. It is primarily used for ice hockey, and is the home arena of Färjestad BK. It opened in 2001 following a complete overhaul and major expansion of the previously existing arena Färjestads Ishall. It replaced Färjestads Ishall as the home of Färjestad and has a capacity of 8,647 people. The name of the arena comes from the coffee roastery Löfbergs.

## Presenters

### Loreen

**Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui** known professionally as **Loreen**, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Representing Sweden, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, with her entry "Euphoria". The song reached number one in many European countries, including Germany and Sweden. Interested in becoming a musician, Loreen took part in the *Idol 2004* television competition, finishing fourth. The following year she released her first single, "The Snake", with the band Rob'n'Raz and became a television presenter on TV400. While working as a segment producer and director for several Swedish reality TV shows, she entered Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song "My Heart Is Refusing Me", which became a Top 10 hit in Sweden. She also had Top 20 hits in Sweden with the singles "Crying Out Your Name" (2012) and "Statements" (2017).

### Hanna Ardéhn

**Hanna Margareta Ardéhn** is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her role as Maja Norberg in the first Swedish Netflix original series *Quicksand*, which premiered on 5 April 2019. Ardéhn has appeared in TV productions *Nio med JO*, *Dubbelliv*, and *30 Degrees in February* as well as the short film *Lidingöligan* which won the short story film award. She grew up in the northern suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden and at a young age she became interested in movies and acting. She started acting in a small theatre group for children when she was six years old and continued until she was 18 years old. In 2010 she got her first film role in the movie *7X - Lika barn leka bäst*. This further cemented her enthusiasm for acting, which later led to a role in the Swedish drama *30 Degrees in February*.

Six pots were following:

## Results

### Semi Final 01

Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Sweden, South Korea and Croatia also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Semi Final 02

Nineteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Switzerland, Slovenia and Latvia also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Grand Final

Twenty-six countries took part in the Grand Final. Every participating delegation must have voted in this part of competition.

## Other Countries

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