Avenger Contest 2

**Avenger #2** will be the second edition of the Avenger Contest. The contest will be hosted in Denmark after Emilie Esther's win in the first edition hosted in Brussels, Belgium.

 Final date
 Venue
 Entries
 Debuting
**Participation map**
* Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
 System

**Edition 2** will be hosted in Denmark. Copenhagen will host the second edition following their tight win against Herning's Jyske. After Emilie Esther's win in the first edition some countries have withdrawn. These are Armenia and Slovenia.

**Location:**

About Copenhagen -

**Copenhagen** is the capital and most populated city of Denmark. It has a municipal population of 591,481 and a larger urban population of 1,280,371 (as of 1 January 2016).The Copenhagen metropolitan area has just over 2 million inhabitants. The city is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand; another small portion of the city is located on Amager, and is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund.

**Venue**

**Royal Arena** is a multi-use indoor arena in Ørestad Syd, a new development in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. The ground is expected to be broken for construction mid-2013 with the arena to open in the autumn 2016. It will have a capacity of 12,500 for sporting events and up to 15,000 (either sitting or standing) for concerts.

The project was presented at a press conference at Bella Sky Hotel on 23 September 2011.

The design of the arena was presented on 7 June 2012. The winning design team consists of 3XN, HKS, Inc., Arup, ME Engineers and Planit. The arena will have a distinctly Nordic design.

On 3rd September to 17th September 2016 the venue will begin their first opening ceremony, welcoming Avenger Contest #2 to Copenhagen. Later on the arena will be one of two arenas (the other being Jyske Bank Boxen) to host the 2018 IIHF World Championship.

The Semi Final allocation draws took place in the headquarters of DR. It was announced that Sweden had been placed in Semi Final 2 due to the demand of the broadcaster SVT. The stated reason is that the broadcaster will be on holiday during the Semi Final 1 show. The request was accepted and DR have placed Sweden in the second semi final.

About the presenter MØ:

**Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen** (born 13 August 1988), better known as **Karen Marie Ørsted** or by her stage name **MØ**(variously pronounced "Mü", "Moe" or "Moo", the artist herself pronounces her stagename "Mooh"[2] Danish pronunciation: ['mø]), is a Danish singer and songwriter signed to Sony Music Entertainment. Born in Ubberud, MØ has been compared to electropop artists such as Grimes and Twin Shadow.[3] Besides being an acronym for her middle and last name initials, the word *mø* means "maiden" or "virgin" in Danish.[4] Her debut studio album, *No Mythologies to Follow*, was released in March 2014.[5]

**Odds:**

The odds have been announced as the Top 6 countries that are likely to win Avenger 2 in random order. Those countries are:  Cyprus,  Estonia,  France,  Netherlands,  Norway and the  United Kingdom

Semi-final 1

Eighteen countries will participate in the first semi-final. Cyprus, Macedonia and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.

### Semi-final 2

Seventeen countries will participate in the second semi-final. Albania, Denmark and France will also vote in this semi-final.

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### Grand Final

Other countries

*Further information:*
Countries that are active members of the Avenger Contest are also eligible to participate in the Avenger 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.

### Active Avenger members

* Armenia on the 28th July 2016, has stated that they will withdraw from the competition due to the current HoD leaving the job. A return to third edition is not clear.
* Slovenia on the 28th July 2016, has stated that they will withdraw from the competition due to the current HoD leaving the job. A return to third edition is not clear.