GreatVision Song Contest 22

Final date
 Venue
 Broadcaster
 Entries
 Returning
**Participation map**
* Confirmed participant that have their artist or song     Countries that did not qualify for the final     Past participant that will not participate
 Voting system
 Winning song

**GreatVision Song Contest 22**, often referred to as **GVSC 22**, will be the twenty-second edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. It will be held in the  United Kingdom, after Fleur East won twenty-first edition with "Favourite Thing". BBC chose the The O2 Arena, in London to serve as the host venue for the edition, while Emma Watso, Fleur East, Kori Sampson and Rita Ora was selected as the presenters

**Winner** after a big and exciting show was Andjela Keleman from  Serbia with her the song "Ranjiva", she reached 305 Points. At the 2nd Place was the  Russia represent by Nyusha & Artem Kacher with their song "Mezhdu Nami", they reached 295 Points, while on 3rd Place was  Åland Islands represent by Ekko with her song "Off My Mind", she reached 289 Points. Furthermore  United States,  Turkey and  Denmark completed the top six of the edition.

## Location

*For further information see United Kingdom*
The **United Kingdom** is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland. Otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the southwest, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland. The total area of the United Kingdom is 94,000 square miles (240,000 km2).

The United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 1952, making her the world's longest-serving current head of state. The United Kingdom's capital is London, a global city and financial centre with an urban area population of 10.3 million. The United Kingdom consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. Apart from England, the countries have their own devolved governments, each with varying powers. Other major cities include Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester.

The nearby Isle of Man, Bailiwick of Guernsey and Bailiwick of Jersey are not part of the UK, being Crown dependencies with the British Government responsible for defence and international representation. The union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, followed by the union in 1801 of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK's name was adopted in 1927 to reflect the change. There are fourteen British Overseas Territories, the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's landmass and was the largest empire in history. It is a recognised nuclear weapons state and is sixth in military expenditure in the world. It has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946.

## Host City

*For further information see London*
**London** is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom.The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by the Romans.The City of London, London's ancient core and financial centre − an area of just 1.12 square miles (2.9 km2) and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits.The adjacent City of Westminster is an Inner London borough and has for centuries been the location of much of the national government. Thirty one additional boroughs north and south of the river also comprise modern London. London is governed by the mayor of London and the London Assembly.

London is considered to be one of the world's most important global cities and has been called the world's most powerful, most desirable, most influential,most visited, most expensive,sustainable, most investment-friendly, and most-popular-for-work city. It exerts a considerable impact upon the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transportation. London ranks 26th out of 300 major cities for economic performance. It is one of the largest financial centres[33] and has either the fifth or the sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP. It is the most-visited city as measured by international arrivals[39] and has the busiest city airport system as measured by passenger traffic. It is the leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers than any other city. As of 2020, London has the second-highest number of billionaires of any city in Europe, after Moscow.

### Venue

*For further information see The O2 Arena*
**The O2** is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, England, including an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars, and restaurants. It was built largely within the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped canopy built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; consequently The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue. It is sometimes referred to as The O2 Arena, but that name properly refers to an indoor arena within The O2. Naming rights to the district were purchased by the mobile telephone provider O2 from its developers, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), during the development of the district. AEG owns the long-term lease on the O2 Arena and surrounding leisure space.

From the closure of the original "Millennium Experience" exhibition occupying the site, several ways of reusing the Millennium Dome's shell were proposed and then rejected. The renaming of the Dome in 2005 gave publicity to its transition into an entertainment district. The Dome's shell remained in situ, but its interior and the area around North Greenwich Station, the QE2 pier and the main entrance area were completely redeveloped.

## Format

### Voting

The GBU has announced that the voting system would be each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. The new voting system is also used to determine the qualifiers from each semi-final, but as before the qualifiers are announced in a random order.

### Semi Final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place TBA in September 2020. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big Six would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Twenty-one or twenty-two countries will participate in each semi-finals, respectively. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.

The fourty-two semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was be drawn from the pot, it´s half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Ireland
* Netherlands
* Gibraltar
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Greece
* Malta
* North Macedonia
 Pot 4
 * Germany
* Hungary
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Slovakia
* Canada
* India
* Kazakhstan
* New Zealand
* United States
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Kiribati
* North Korea
* Thailand
* Vietnam

### Running order

The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by TVNZ in July 2020, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running order for Grand Final will be official announced, one day before the Grand Final will start.

## Participating countries

**Fourty-four** countries have confirmed their provisional participation in the contest. This includes, Algeria which returned after their nineteen-edition abscence, Malta which returned after their thirteen-edition abscence, Canada and Thailand which returned after their two-edition abscence, Denmark, Kazakhstan and Slovakia which returned after their one-edition abscence.

**Thirteen** countries announced their withdrawal from the contest, Austria, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Monaco and Singapore announced their withdrawal citing their Head of Delegation change as the reason. While the HoD's of Andorra, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, Philippines and Portugal had no longer interest or time to participate in the contest. Italy had to withdraw since their Head of Delegation did send their votes from each the Final or Semi-final.

### Returning artists

Albania will be represent by Dua Lipa for a second time. Also Belgium will be represent by Charlotte, she previously represented Luxembourg. Furthermore Bulgaria
will be represent by 4Magic again. Eleni Foureira was internally selected to represent Cyprus, she previously represented Greece three times. As well MARUV was internally selected to represent Ukraine for a second time.

## Results

### Semi-final 1

Nineteen countries will participate in the first Semi-final. Australia, Belgium and Sweden will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.

### Semi-final 2

Nineteen countries will participate in the second Semi-final. South Korea, Ukraine and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final. The highlighted countries in organge qualified for the final.

### Final

The following countries either finished in the top 6 of the previous edition and therefore automatically qualify to the final of this edition or qualified from the semi-finals.

## Other countries

*Further information: List of able countries in GreatVision Song Contest*
Countries that are active members of the GreatVision Broadcasting Union (GBU) are also eligible to participate in the GreatVision Song 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.

* Andorra: RTVA revealed that Andorra would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues.
* Austria: ORF announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Slovakia. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Azerbaijan: announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Thailand. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Luxembourg: announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Gibraltar. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Iceland: RÚV revealed that Iceland would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues.
* Italy: RAI revealed that Andorra would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues.
* Kyrgyzstan: announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Denmark. A return with new HoD is possible.
* Monaco: revealed that Monaco would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues.
* Lithuania: revealed that Andorra would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues.
* Philippines: revealed that Andorra would not be present in the twenty-first edition, with no clear reason cited. However, it was reported that the broadcaster is still facing economic issues.
* Portugal: On 18 August 2020, the Portuguese national broadcaster announced that Portuguese participation was "in doubt". Later it was annouced that the country would not be present in the twenty-second edition,
* Singapore: announced that they would withdraw. However, no reason was announced of the countries withdrawal. The Hod quit his position and will change his country to Kazakhstan. A return with new HoD is possible.