Quicxervision Song Contest 2

## Participating Map

QUICXERVISION SONG CONTEST 2

**Quicxervision Song Contest #2**, often referred to as **Quicxervision #2**, is the second edition of the **Quicxervision Song Contest**. The competition was held in the **United Kingdom****, Manchester**, after Adele's win in the previous edition. All the shows will be held in Manchester Arena, including 39 countries. The hosts of the semis were Calvin Harris and Brooke Scullion, and the grand final hosts were Adele and Marina.

## Location

**Host city**

Manchester is a city in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 2.822 million (2018), it is the second largest city by urban area in the United Kingdom. It is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west.

**Venue**

**Manchester Arena**, currently referred to as the **AO Arena** for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria station in air rights space. The arena has the highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, and the second largest in Europe with a capacity of 21,000

The arena is one of the world's busiest indoor arenas, hosting music and sporting events such as boxing and swimming. The arena was a key part of Manchester's bids to host the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000 and was eventually used for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

The arena was temporarily closed following a terror attack on 22 May 2017, in which suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people, and injured 500 more, at the end of an Ariana Grande concert during her Dangerous Woman Tour. Shows and events that were scheduled to take place at the arena were either moved to alternative venues, or cancelled completely. The arena was reopened on 9 September with a special benefit concert headlined by Manchester-born singer Noel Gallagher.

## Format

### **Semi-final Allocation Draw**

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals or to find out the lucky 5 countries automatically qualifying to the final will take place soon.

The draw will decide the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Sixteen countries will participate in both semi-finals. From each semi-final, ten countries will qualify to the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.

The draw is completely random.

## Participating Countries

### Semi-Final 1

Sixteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Voting was open to all countries and watchers of the contest.

### Semi-Final 2

Sixteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Voting was open to all countries and watchers of the contest.

## Other countries

Eligibility for potential participation in the contest requires a national broadcaster with active QBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. Quicxervision Broadcasting Union sent an invitation to all (42) the members to confirm whether they will participate or not.

### Active Members

* Egypt: In the beginning, Egypt was on the list of participants, but the broadcaster withdrawn out due to a small number of interested artists. A return in the future was not ruled out.
* Ireland: Ireland is disqualified from the contest for 2 editions, due to not sending the participant on time. Possible return can happen in the 3rd edition.
* Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Monaco, Morocco, Slovakia, Sri Lanka: All those countries' possible debut was ruled out by a poll, which determined 3 new countries, to join Quicxervision this edition. Unfortunately those countries didn't receive enough points.