Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 38

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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
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**Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 38**, also known as **ESCT 38**, was the thirty-eighth edition of Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged. The contest was held at the B&W Hallerne, in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the second time in this country, following the Danish victory at the 37th edition in Reykjavík with the song "Fade Into Myself", performed by MATTIS, with 186 points. All the shows were hosted by the famous Danish artists Anja Nissen, Aura Dione and MØ.

Finally, forty-seven countries officially confirmed their participation in the 38th edition of the contest, including Cyprus and Slovenia after their absences from the past contest, meanwhile Bulgaria and Montenegro withdrew alleging different reasons caused by financial reasons and the COVID-19 pandemic.

**Yaseniya** from Georgia was the thirty-eighth winner of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged with the song *Lyubov-Karusel* with a total of **180** points. Norway finishing in second place and France finishing in third place.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at the Copenhagen City Hall on 25 September 2020, hosted by Nikolaj Koppel, Lise Rønne and Pilou Asbæk. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big 6 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 countries will participate in the first semi-final, while twenty countries will do the same in the second semi-final. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of 26 countries will participate.

The forty-one semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place and cultural similarities. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Morocco
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Greece
* Ireland
* Malta
* Monaco
* San Marino
* Switzerland
* Armenia
* Belarus
* Georgia
* Russia
* Turkey
 Pot 4
 * Andorra
* Belgium
* France
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* Spain
* Czech Republic
* Hungary
* Israel
* Moldova
* Poland
* Romania
* Iceland
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Norway
* Sweden

## Logo and theme

The logo of the thirty-eighth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged was designed by Alex Ramírez the main producer of Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged. The producers along with the Danish Head of Delegation wanted to create something typical from Denmark. After several proyects, the winning art theme included sea elements which is an important part of the culture and history in the country, and also a mermaid tail inspired by the famous statue created by Edvard Eriksen The Little Mermaid which is based in a popular fairy tale of the same name by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, for this reason *Beyond Fantasy* fits this art theme as this edition slogan.

## Participants

Forty-seven countries officially confirmed their participation in the 38th edition of the contest, including Cyprus and Slovenia after their absences from the past contest, meanwhile Bulgaria and Montenegro withdrew alleging different reasons caused by financial reasons and the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Returning artists

The contest featured seventeen representatives, who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same and/or different countries.

The Azerbaijani singer, **Dilara**, made her third appearance in the contest after the first and twenty-nineth editions. **Siderland** returns to represent Andorra after representing the country in the thirty-fourth edition. After failing to qualify in the thirty-first edition representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, **Haris** represented his country for the second time. The Czech band **Lake Malawi** returned to the contest after having previously represented their country in the nineteenth edition, while **Lana Jurčević** who represented Croatia in the tenth and eleventh editions, returns to the contest under the new name of **La Lana**. The singer **AMI** is back to the contest when she debuted in the seventeenth edition representing Romania. The Swedish singer **Eric Saade** returns to the contest, this time representing Sweden, as he represented Norway with the Norwegian singer Tone Damli in the eighteenth edition. **Mixalis Xatzigiannis**, who's representing his country, almost qualified in the thirtieth edition when he represented Cyprus. For the third time, **Bianca Atzei** is taking part in the contest, after representing Italy in the third and thirty-first editions, however this time she's representing San Marino. Albanian artist **Stanaj** returned to the contest after representing his country in twenty-sixth edition, while the duo **BQL** did the same after getting a top 5 in the twenty-seventh edition when they represented Slovenia. The famous singer **Artem Valter** returned to represent Armenia after doing it in the twenty-seventh edition. **Michael Schulte** represented Luxembourg after doing the same in the seventeenth and thirty-fifth editions. After not qualifying from the PSR in the thirty-first edition, **The New Victorians** returned to represent Malta for a second time. **Leon Somov** returned to the contest this time along with **Ginta** representing Lithuania, after the thirty-third edition. The Portuguese representative in twenty-sixth edition, **Mimicat**, is back to the contest for a second time. After getting a 3rd place representing Romania in the eighteenth edition, **Nicole Cherry** returned to the contest to represent this time Moldova.

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### Semi-final 1

Denmark, Estonia and Slovakia will also vote in this semi-final.

### Semi-final 2

Germany, Italy and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.

## Score sheet

### **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 and spokespersons

2. Ilma Karahmet(Bosnian representative in ESCT37)
3. Michael Fassbender
4. Psychoqueen
5. Marcus Metreveli
6. Lynda Woodruff
7. Rafa Soto(Greek Head of Delegation)
8. Viki Gabor
9. Maggie DeBlock
10. Freddie
11. Helen Randmets
12. Pam Rabbit
13. Benjamin Lasnier(Danish representative in ESCT17 and ESCT27)
14. Cyan Kicks(Finnish representative in ESCT37)
15. Aly Ryan
16. Rodrigo Severino(Slovak Head of Delegation)
17. Calema(Portuguese representatives in ESCT37)
18. Gülşen
19. Minelli(Romanian representative and winner in ESCT33)
20. Kostya Chumak
21. Roshelle
22. Bakuna Matata
23. Fred van Leer
24. Ruben(Norwegian representative in ESCT32)
25. Shefita
27. Tamara Todevska(North Macedonian representative in ESCT18 and ESCT36)
28. José Daniel Mancebo(Andorran Head of Delegation)
29. Luka Dončić
30. Dagna
31. Nessie
32. Indira Levak(Croatian representative in ESCT37)
33. Emma Heming Willis
34. Samanta Tina(Latvian representative in ESCT19)
35. Kika Georgiou
36. Laslo Djere
37. Maëlle
38. Zivert(Russian representative in ESCT36)
39. Eugent Bushpepa
40. Francesca Michielin(Sammarinese representative and winner in ESCT16)
41. Zena
42. David Alaba
43. Nilusi(Monegasque representative in ESCT37)
44. Kaiia(Moldovan representative in ESCT28)
45. Michelle Hunziker
46. Armine Harutyunyan
47. Eduardo Díez(Danish Head of Delegation)
48. Rina Sawayama

## Incidents

### **Belgian entry**

On 9 October 2020, it was communicated to the TBU, that the Belgian song "They Don't Know" performed by Nailpin was indeed a cover of the 1979 song "They Don't Know" by Kirsty MacColl. Due to the already initiated process of voting, the organization decided not to disqualify the country, but it would receive a penalty which meant into removing the first highest score this country received. Finally, this decision didn't affect the overall results as Belgium finished in last place.

### **Romanian disqualification**

During the first semifinal, Romania didn't vote on time without giving any explanation to the producers. For this reason, the country was disqualified even though the country managed to qualify in 10th place with 65 points. Instead, Spain who placed in 11th placed with also 65 points, made it to the Grand Final.

The country couldn't properly vote in the Grand Final either, so a proffesional expert panel gathered to make the final votes for the country.

## 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:

* Bulgaria: On 19 September 2020, the BNT announced that the country would withdraw due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused some financial problems in the country, besides of an internal change in the delegation.

* Montenegro: On 13 September 2020, the Head of Delegation announced their withdrawal from the contest due to financial reasons and also because of the poor results from previous editions.

## Other awards

### ESCT Second Chance Contest

*Main article: ESCT Second Chance Contest 38*
The thirteenth ESCT Second Chance Contest edition took place when ESCT38 finished and was hosted in Malta for the first time. Each country could submit one of their national selection entries to compete in a contest with some rules applying for the entries.