AwlaVision Song Contest 45

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**AwlaVision Song Contest 45**, often referred to as **ASC#45**, was the forty-fifth edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Košice, Slovakia. The edition started the 03rd December 2019, and ended the 21st December 2019.

44 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. Cyprus withdrew from ASC. No one returned to the competition. Solence from Sweden won the contest with the song "Heaven" receiving a total of 354 points, 152 points ahead the runner-up, South Africa. Netherlands finished in third place with 186 points. The host country, Slovakia achieved a 13th place with 76 points. The last place was for Spain, that got 15 points.

## Organisation

After Slovakia's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 44, RTVS and ABU had to decide where to organise the contest this time. RTVS organised a public competition for choosing the host city between all applicant cities. Some cities presented their applications and the organisation had to decide which one was the best. Finally, RTVS and ABU chose **Košice** as the host city of ASC45.

RTVS decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally just **Kristína Peláková** and **Martin Rausch** were selected.

 Prešov
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## Location

### **Steel Aréna**

The **Steel Aréna** is the home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice. Its capacity is 8,300. The arena opened on February 24, 2006, and was named in honor of the general sponsor of the club, U. S. Steel Košice (a member of the United States Steel Corporation) and also in honor of Ladislav Troják, a Košice-born hockey player who was the first Slovak to win the World Championship with the Czechoslovakian national team.

Since its opening in 2006, the arena, the biggest indoor facility of Slovakia, has hosted several events for important worldwide artists, especially singers. The first one in October 2006 was the English band Deep Purple, and from that moment onwards, singers like Andrea Bocelli, Enrique Iglesias, Lenny Kravitz or Eros Ramazzotti between others have made concerts in Steel Aréna.

### **Košice**

**Košice** is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 240,000, Košice is the second largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava. Being the economic and cultural centre of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the seat of the Košice Region and Košice Self-governing Region, the Slovak Constitutional Court, three universities, various dioceses, and many museums, galleries, and theatres. In 2013 Košice was the European Capital of Culture, together with Marseille, France. Košice is an important industrial centre of Slovakia, and the U.S. Steel Košice steel mill is the largest employer in the city. The town has extensive railway connections and an international airport.

The city has a well-preserved historical centre, which is the largest among Slovak towns. There are many heritage protected buildings in Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Art Nouveau styles with Slovakia's largest church: the St. Elisabeth Cathedral. The long main street, rimmed with aristocratic palaces, Catholic churches, and townsfolk's houses, is a thriving pedestrian zone with many boutiques, cafés, and restaurants. The city is well known as the first settlement in Europe to be granted its own coat-of-arms.

Košice has a humid continental climate, as the city lies in the north temperate zone. The city has four distinct seasons. Precipitation varies little throughout the year with abundance precipitation that falls during summer and only few during winter. The coldest month is January, with an average temperature of −2.6 °C, and the hottest month is July, with an average temperature of 19.3 °C.

This is the first time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in Slovakia.

### **Withdrawing countries**

Bellow a list of all withdrawing countries:

* Cyprus

## Results

### **First Semifinal**

**Jury**

* Slovakia (Host)
* Spain (Finalist)
* Belarus (Finalist)

### **Second Semifinal**

**Jury**

* Croatia (Finalist)
* Moldova (Finalist)
* South Africa (Observer Member)

## See also

* AwlaVision Song Contest
* AwlaVision Song Contest 1
* AwlaVision Song Contest 2
* AwlaVision Song Contest 3
* AwlaVision Song Contest 4
* AwlaVision Song Contest 5
* AwlaVision Song Contest 6
* AwlaVision Song Contest 7
* AwlaVision Song Contest 8
* AwlaVision Song Contest 9
* AwlaVision Song Contest 10
* AwlaVision Song Contest 11
* AwlaVision Song Contest 12
* AwlaVision Song Contest 13
* AwlaVision Song Contest 14
* AwlaVision Song Contest 15
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 1
* AwlaVision Song Contest 16
* AwlaVision Song Contest 17
* AwlaVision Song Contest 18
* AwlaVision Song Contest 19
* AwlaVision Song Contest 20
* AwlaVision Song Contest 21
* AwlaVision Song Contest 22
* AwlaVision Song Contest 23
* AwlaVision Song Contest 24
* AwlaVision Song Contest 25
* AwlaVision Song Contest 26
* AwlaVision Song Contest 27
* AwlaVision Song Contest 28
* AwlaVision Song Contest 29
* AwlaVision Song Contest 30
* AwlaVision Winners Edition 2
* AwlaVision Song Contest 31
* AwlaVision Song Contest 32
* AwlaVision Song Contest 33
* AwlaVision Song Contest 34
* AwlaVision Song Contest 35
* AwlaVision Song Contest 36
* AwlaVision Song Contest 37
* AwlaVision Song Contest 38
* AwlaVision Song Contest 39
* AwlaVision Song Contest 40
* AwlaVision Song Contest 41
* AwlaVision Song Contest 42
* AwlaVision Song Contest 43
* AwlaVision Song Contest 44