Our Perfect Song Contest 19

**Our Perfect Song Contest 19** is the nineteenth edition of Our Perfect Song Contest. The contest took place in **Toronto**after **Canada's** victory with Austra in the 18th edition. A total of 42 countries competed in Our Perfect Song Contest 19. Countries from TOP 6 previous edition  Canada  Taiwan  Faroe Islands  Australia  Belgium and  Chile are directly qualified to the final, while the other competing countries are split into two Semi-Finals. No countries withdrew, debuted or returned to the contest.

To see previous edition, click here. To see the next edition, click here.

## **Location**

### ***Host Country***

**Canada** is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Various indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the *Statute of Westminster* of 1931 and culminated in the *Canada Act* of 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament.

### ***Host City***

**Toronto** is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,731,571 in 2016, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people (as of 2016) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) proper had a 2016 population of 6,417,516. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by American troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).

### ***Venue***

#### ***Venue information***

**Rogers Centre**, originally named **SkyDome**, is a multi-purpose stadium in Downtown Toronto, Canada, situated just southwest of the CN Tower near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989 on the former Railway Lands, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Previously, the stadium was also home to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) played an annual game at the stadium as part of the Bills Toronto Series from 2008 to 2013. While it is primarily a sports venue, it also hosts other large events such as conventions, trade fairs, concerts, travelling carnivals, circuses and monster truck shows.

#### ***Hosting Bids***

The table below shows the hosting bids of OPSC 18 venues.

 Toronto
 Ottawa
 Vancouver

## **Format**

### ***Host***

#### **Lennon Stella**

**Lennon Ray Louise Stella** (born August 13, 1999) is a Canadian singer and actress. She portrayed Maddie Conrad on the musical-drama series *Nashville* (2012–18). Before going solo in 2018, Stella performed with her sister as the duo Lennon & Maisy. Stella released her debut EP *Love, Me* in 2018. Her debut studio album *Three. Two. One.* was released on April 24, 2020. In January 2018, it was announced that Lennon had signed a record deal with RECORDS and Columbia Records. In 2018, Lennon featured on the track, "Polaroid" with Jonas Blue and Liam Payne. On November 16, 2018, Lennon released her debut EP titled *Love, Me* featuring previously released singles "Bad", "Breakaway", and "Fortress".

### ***Allocation Draw***

The semi finalists were divided into six pots based on previous voting patterns. After each country was drawn into its semi final, the half it would perform in was also decided.

The six pots were the following:

* Germany
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Norway
* Spain
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Kazakhstan
* Iran
* Italy
* Poland
* Singapore
* Romania
* Russia
* Switzerland
* The Netherlands
* Ukraine
* Denmark
* India
* Lithuania
* New Zealand
* Sweden
* San Marino
* Thailand
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Vietnam

### ***Voting***

The voting format for OPSC is each country awarding points from their professional jury of 12, 10, 8-1. The participants have to give two different sets of votes - One will be jury, the other one will be Televote.

### ***Big 6***

In the contest, the top six from the previous edition make up a **Big 6**, in different way **Pre-Qualified** or **Automatically qualiified** countries. The six countries won't compete in the Semi-Finals, but they will mandatory have to vote in them. The big 6 members of OPSC 16 are:  Canada  Taiwan  Faroe Islands Template:Australia Australia  Belgium and  Chile.

### ***Semi-Finals***

In the Semi-Finals, a total of 36 countries will compete. 36 competeting nations from the current edition will be split into two semi-finals. There will be 18 competeting countries in each semi-final. The top 10 songs will make it to the Grand Final and continue fighting for the win.

### ***Grand Final***

The Final will consist of 26 countries that participated in the edition. The countries competeting in the Grand Final will be the Pre-qualified countries and 20 qualifiers from the Semi-Finals. All countries competeting in the edition will have to vote in the show, containing the Non-Qualifiers. The winner will be chosen by the Proffesional Jury votes and Televote.

## **Results**

### ***Semi-Final 1***

The first semi final took place on TBA. All SF1 participants and Big 6 members had to vote in the semi-final.

### ***Semi-Final 2***

The second semi final took place on TBA. All SF2 participants and Big 6 members had to vote in the semi-final.

### ***Grand Final***

The first semi final took place on TBA. All countries competeting in the edition, including the non-qualifiers had to vote.