HeartVision Song Contest 1

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 Semi final 1
 Semi final 2
 Final
 Venue
 Presenter(s)
 Broadcaster
 Opening act
 Entries
 System
 Null points
 Winner

**Winner** after a big and exciting show was Lindita from  Kosovo with her the song "Cold World", She reached 151 Points. At the 2nd Place was  Denmark represent by Eivør with their song "Rain" , She reached 142 Points and on 3rd Place was  Greece represent by Helena Paparizou with her song "Survivor", she reached 121 Points.

## Location

*Further information: USA*
New York is a state in the Northeastern United States and is the 27th-most extensive, fourth-most populous, and seventh-most densely populated U.S. state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border in the Atlantic Ocean with Rhode Island, east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the north and Ontario to the west and north. The state of New York, with an estimated 19.8 million residents in 2015,[4] is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City, the state's most populous city and its economic hub.

With an estimated population of 8.55 million in 2015,] New York City is the most populous city in the United States and the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. The New York City Metropolitan Area is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. New York City is a global city,[14] exerting a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term New York minute.The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York City is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world, as well as the world's most economically powerful city. New York City makes up over 40% of the population of New York State. Two-thirds of the state's population lives in the New York City Metropolitan Area, and nearly 40% live on Long Island.[8] Both the state and New York City were named for the 17th century Duke of York, future King James II of England. The next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, while the state capital is Albany.

### Host City

*Further information: New York*

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2017 population of 8,622,698 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 20,320,876 people in its 2017 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 23,876,155 residents in its Combined Statistical Area.] A global power city, New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and exerts a significant impact upon commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, and sports. The city's fast pace defines the term New York minute. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy.

### Venue

*Further information: Barclays Center*

Barclays Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The arena is part of a $4.9 billion future business and residential complex now known as Pacific Park.[6] The site is at Atlantic Avenue, next to the renamed Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center subway station on the 2, ​3, ​4, ​5​, B, ​D, ​N, ​Q​, R and ​W​ routes, as well as directly above the LIRR's Atlantic Terminal.

The arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Islanders of the National Hockey Leagua. The arena also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and entertainment events. It competes with other facilities in the New York metropolitan area, including Madison Square Garden in Manhattan and Prudential Center in Newark.

### **Bidding phase**

The bidding phase for the edition kicked off three days after the results of the first Edition.
Any city could apply to host the competition, on the 27th June 2016 three cities and three Venues were announced, they have interest to host the edition. On the 28th June 2016 it as announced that New York would be the Host city of the first HeartVision Song Contest.

 **New York** | Barclays Center

## Format

The HBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be most likely 2 Semi-finals. In each semi-final 10 countries for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 20 competing countries .

### Voting

Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favorite songs

### Semi Final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at New York on 30 June 2016, hosted by Lady Gaga and Beyonce.  Fifteen countries participated in the first semi-final, while fifteen countries were planned to participate in the second semi-final.

The thirty semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, which were published by the HBU on 1 July 2016, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner Digame. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals.

* Denmark
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* Sweden
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Kosovo
* Georgia
* Greece
* Israel
 Pot 4
 * Iceland
* Kazakhstan
* Lithuania
* Norway
* Slovenia
* France
* Ireland
* Italy
* United Kingdom
* Romania
* Russia
* Switzerland
* The Netherlands

### Running Orders

The Running order of both Semi-finals was official announced by ABC on 20 May 2016, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running order for Grand Final will official announced one day before the Grand Final will start.

## Results

### Semi-Final 1

* The ten countries in this semi final with the highest scoring points,according to the votes from each voting country,qualifies for the Grand Final.

### Semi-Final 2

* The ten countries in this semi final with the highest scoring points,according to the votes from each voting country,qualifies for the Grand Final.

## Other countries

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

## External links

* Semi Final 1 Recap
* Semi Final 2 Recap
* Final Recap
* Final Results
* Google+ Groups
* Youtube