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36th edition

WAO Song Contest's 36th edition took place in the city of Bergen, in Norway.

Brann Stadion has been selected as venue of the edition and it was presented by Ingrid Bolsø Berdal and Morten Harket. The theme song was "The Wizard", by SKYL1NK, and the slogan was "Hold on Be strong".

## Countries

### Returning countries

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Cambodia
* Colombia
* Lebanon
* Mexico
* Thailand

### Non-returning countries

* Barbados
* Israel
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Mongolia
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Vatican City

## Winner(s)

### Country, artist(s) and song

 SwedenMåns Zelmerlöw - Happyland

63 participants: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.

Norway, because of has won the last edition, passed automatically in the final and also Ireland and New Zealand, because of be arrived second and third in the last edition, passed automatically in the final. 4 semi-finals took place and 6 countries qualified from each semi-final. The songs that arrived 7th had a "Second Chance". 28 countries qualified for the grand final.

## Semi-final 2

Also  Ireland voted in this semi final.

 China and the  United Kingdom both ended up 7th with 67 points. The same amount of countries voted for them, but the  United Kingdom got more "12 points" than  China, so it went to "Second Chance" and  China has been eliminated.

## Semi-final 3

Also  New Zealand voted in this semi final.

 Liechtenstein and  Venezuela both ended up 7th with 66 points, but  Liechtenstein has been voted from more countries, so it went to "Second Chance".  Venezuela has been eliminated.

## Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to his favourite country. Voting is not compulsory.

* South Africa
* Sweden
* Thailand
 02
* Estonia
* Morocco
* Russia
* Taiwan
 03
* Canada
* Greece
* Hungary
* Mexico
* Peru
* United States
 04
* Belarus
* Brazil
* Cambodia
* Croatia
* Germany
* Iceland
* Kosovo
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* New Zealand
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* Switzerland
* The Netherlands
* Ukraine
* Venezuela
5 Seconds of Summer

### Members

From left to right: Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Ashton Irwin and Calum Hood

### Appearances

14th edition, 43rd edition

**5 Seconds of Summer**, often shortened to 5SOS, are a pop rock band from  Australia, that consists of lead vocalist Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Ashton Irwin and Calum Hood. They joined the contest in the 14th edition, singing for their country of origin the song "Amnesia" and placing 23rd in the final. They came back in the 43rd edition of the competition, this time representing the  United States. They sang "Who Do You Love" with The Chainsmokers, qualified and menaged to reach a top 10, arriving 8th in the final.

The songs **5 Seconds of Summer** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Amnesia" and "Who Do You Love".

Fun fact: also Calum Hood's sister, Mali-Koa, participated in the contest once.
Ani Lorak

Karolina Myroslavivna Kuiek (known as **Ani Lorak**) is an artist from  Ukraine. She joined the contest for the first time in the 5th edition, when her country selected her to sing "Maljvi". With it she qualified and placed 7th in the final. Two editions after she participated for  Russia and sang "Zerkala" with Grigory Leps, qualifying and arriving 17th in the final. In the 20th edition she came back and performed again for her country with "Medlenno", achieving another top 10 with a 8th place in the final. Her last participation so far has been in the 26th edition for  Ukraine. Here she sang "Ja ne mogu skazat'" with EMIN and almost won, arriving 2nd.

The songs the singer **Ani Lorak** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Ja ne mogu skazat'", "Maljvi", "Medlenno" and "Zerkala".
Cami

Camila Anastasia Gallardo Montalva, known as **Cami**, is a  Chilean singer. She took part twice in the contest, both of them representing her country of origin. She debuted in the 31st edition, performing "Ven", qualifying and achieving a 12th place in the final, highest result for the country until Karla Grunewaldt placed 6th in the 43rd edition. She came back in the 47th edition, this time singing "Aquí Estoy" but failing to qualify, arriving 11th in the semi-final.

The songs he presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Aquí Estoy" and "Ven".
Feind

**Feind** ist eine Bezeichnung für einen Widersacher; in älteren Texten ist der Begriff regulär mit dem Synonym für den Teufel belegt.

Steigerungen sind der Erzfeind und der Todfeind. Gelegentlich spricht man auch vom Lieblingsfeind, wenn man dokumentieren will, dass man sich auf jemanden *eingeschossen* hat.

## DEAN CORVIN

In militärischer Terminologie der fünf Sternenreiche der Menschheit spricht man grundsätzlich vom Feind anstatt vom Gegner, ohne dabei den Widersacher als Unmenschen oder Hassobjekt zu klassifizieren.
Anja Nissen

**Anja Nissen** is a  Danish and  Australian singer, born in  Australia. She joined the contest in the 13th edition when  Denmark selected her to sing "Never Alone", that qualified and placed 9th in the final. She came back in the 29th edition, this time for her country of origin, and she presented her song "Triumph", placing 9th in the final for a second time. Her last participation so far has been in the 56th edition. Here  Denmark chose her to perform "Can't Do This" for the country but, sadly, she didn't qualify and arrived 15th in the semi-final.

The songs the  Australian singer **Anja Nissen** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Can't Do This", "Never Alone" and "Triumph".
Alok

Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo (known as **Alok**) is a  Brazilian DJ. He participated in the competition in three occasions, two of them for his country of origin. He joined for the first time in the 27th edition, where, with Bruno Martini and Zeeba, he performed the song "Hear Me Now", but, sadly, failed to qualify, placing 12th in the semi-final. He came back in the 44th edition and this time he presented "Favela", sang by the  Norwegian singer Ina Wroldsen. However, also in this occasion the song didn't qualify and arrived 10th in the semi-final. His last participation in the competition so far has been in the 54th edition, when  Liechtenstein selected him, VIZE and Alida with the song "Love Again". They qualified and placed 22nd in the final.

The songs he presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Favela", "Hear Me Now" and "Love Again".
French Montana

Karim Kharbouch (known as **French Montana**) is a rapper and singer from  Morocco, who lives in the  United States. He participated two times in the contest, both of them for his country of origin. He joined the competition in the 35th edition, where he sang with Swae Lee the song "Unforgettable", but they failed to qualify and arrived 12th in the semi-final. Two editions after he returned, but this time with the singer Era Istrefi. Their song was "No I Love Yous", but for a second time he failed to qualify and placed 14th in the semi-final.

The songs the rapper and singer **French Montana** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "No I Love Yous" and "Unforgettable".
Felix Jaehn

Felix Kurt Jähn (known professionally as **Felix Jaehn**) is a  German DJ. He debuted in the contest in the 22nd edition, when his country of origin chose him and the singer Mark Forster to represented the country as part of the duo EFF. They performed the song "Stimme" but failed to qualify, placing 11th in the semi-final. He came back for the 27th edition, this time performing with the singer Alex Aiono and the DJ Hight the song "Hot2Touch" for  Liechtenstein, qualifying and arriving 26th in the final.

The songs he presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Hot2Touch" (as a solo artist) and "Stimme" (as part of EFF).

In addition to his participations in the competition, he also remixed the song "Cheerleader", by OMI, version that the  Jamaican artist presented in the 20th edition of the competition.
Bhutan

Bhutan joined the contest in the 20th edition and participated 3 times, but it has still to qualify to the final. Its best result is a 13th place, achieved in the semi-final of the 53rd edition with "Missed Me", by Chogo and Kelden. Worst result for a country has been a 19th place in the semi-final. Got this position Misty Terrace with "Ngim Chi gi Tsey" in the 20th edition, and Tempa Rinchen feat. Kezang Dorji with their "GOKAB" in the 21st.
EMIN

Emin Araz oğlu Ağalarov (known as **EMIN**) is a  Russian and  Azerbaijani singer, born in  Azerbaijan and being one of the artists from this country that participated the most in the contest, with a total of six times. He debuted in the 9th edition, when participated with "Never Enough" for his country of origin, qualified and placed 19th in the final. He came back in the 12th edition, representing his country again with "Zabyt' tebya" and doing a bit better than the first time, placing 14th in the final. **EMIN** has then been chosen to represent  Azerbaijan also in the 24th edition, when performed his song "Amor" but failed to qualify and arrived 10th in the semi-final. Only two editions after,  Ukraine selected him to sing with the singer Ani Lorak the song "Ja ne mogu skazat'", that qualified and arrived 2nd, bringing one of the highest positions ever for the country. In the 34th edition he joined the competition for the fifth time, singing for  Kazakhstan "Esli ty ryadom" with the group A'Studio, but failing to qualify and placing 10th in the semi-final. His last participation so far has been for his country of origin again in the 39th edition. Here he sang "Woman" with Charly Williams but placed 10th in the semi-final for the third time.

The songs **EMIN** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Amor", "Esli ty ryadom", "Ja ne mogu skazat'", "Never Enough", "Woman" and "Zabyt' tebya".
Ireland

1st in 34th edition

 Ireland joined the competition in the 2nd edition and participated 53 times, qualifying in 28 and being already in the final in six. Won the contest three occasions: in the 7th edition, with "Take Me To Church", by Hozier, in the 3rd Special edition, with "Zombie", by The Cranberries, and in the 34th edition, with "Start Again", by Ryan Dolan. Worst result for the country arrived in the 20th edition, when U2 placed 24th in the semi-final with the song "City Of Blinding Lights".
Eric Saade

**Eric** Khaled **Saade** is a  Swedish singer, with  Lebanese origins (his father is a Palestinian from  Lebanon). He joined the contest one time in the 32nd edition for  Norway, with the  Norwegian singer Tone Damli. With her he performed the song "Imagine", qualifying but arriving only 23rd in the final.

He also hosted the show in his homeland in the 17th edition, together with Gina Dirawi and Mariette.
Adele

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (simply known as **Adele**) is a singer from the  United Kingdom. She participated in the contest two times, debuting in the 15th edition with her song "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)", qualifying and placing 7th in the final. She came back for the 47th edition and this time she sang "Skyfall", winning and bringing the 5th victory to the  United Kingdom.

The songs she presented are (in alphabetical order): "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" and "Skyfall".
52nd edition

The 52nd edition of the competition took place in the city of Ohrid, situated in  North Macedonia.

This edition took place in the stadium SRC Biljanini Izvori and has been presented by the two singers LARA and Vasil. Theme song chosen for the edition has been "The Sun Rises Here", by ANtarcticbreeze, and #FollowYourSun the slogan.

The countries that joined the competition have been 64:

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* The Bahamas
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Canada
* Cape Verde
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Ghana
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Kenya
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Madagascar
* Malta
* Mauritania
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* The Netherlands
* New Zealand
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* The Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Taiwan
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States

Thanks to its victory,  North Macedonia hosted the show and was already a finalist, along with other three countries that placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th last edition:  Norway,  Kenya and  Canada. Four semi-finals took place and six countries qualified from each one of them. The countries that placed 7th went to "Second Chance", with two more countries qualifying from it. 30 countries have been in the final. Won this edition the country of  Australia thanks to the song "Humans", performed by the group The Faim.

## Semi-final 1

Also the  North Macedonia voted in this semi final.

## Semi-final 4

Also  Canada voted in this semi final.

 France and  Hungary both ended up 7th with 71 points, but more countries voted for  Hungary and so it went to "Second Chance".  France was eliminated.

## Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to its favourite country. Voting is not compulsory.

* Austria
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Kenya
* Latvia
* Portugal
* The Bahamas
* Cyprus
* Belarus
* Denmark
* Ireland
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Romania
* South Korea
* Sweden
* Finland
* France
* Iceland
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Monaco
* Poland
* Taiwan
Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne (known as **Avril Lavigne**) is a singer from  Canada, with  French citizenship.

She participated in the competition a total of five times so far, four for  Canada and once for  France and the songs she performed are:
• "Hello Kitty", presented in the 5th edition for her country of origin, which, sadly, failed to qualify and arrived 16th in the semi-final;
• "Let Me Go" in the 18th edition for  Canada again, that, thanks also to the collaboration of Chad Kroeger, achieved a 2nd position in the final;
• "Smile" in the 24th edition for  Canada, that qualified and got a 14th place in the final;
• "Head Above Water" in the 36th edition for her country of origin, with which she arrived 2nd for a second time;
• "Wish You Were Here", selected in the 48th edition for  France, that menaged to qualify but finished only 29th in the final.

The songs **Avril Lavigne** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Head Above Water", "Hello Kitty", "Let Me Go", "Smile" and "Wish You Were Here".
Francesca Michielin

13th edition, 16th edition, 24th edition, 29th edition, 32nd edition, Special edition 4

Francesca Michielin is an  Italian singer. She's one of the artists who participated the most in the competition, with a total of 8 appearences for three different countries:  Italy,  San Marino and  Vatican City.

The songs she presented for  San Marino have been:
• "Distratto", in the 4th edition", which qualified and placed 13th in the final;
• "Bolivia", arrived 18th in the 32nd edition of the contest.

For  Vatican City she participated twice:
• in the 11th edition her "L'amore esiste" got her the first and, so far, only victory for the country, beating the famous singer Katy Perry by 22 points;
• in the 29th edition with "Io non abito al mare" achieved a top 10, placing 5th in the final.

 Italy chose her to represent the country a total of four times and the songs she decided to perform have been:
• "Tutto questo vento" in the 13th edition, that arrived 3rd;
• "Un cuore in due", sang in the 16th edition of the competition. It placed 8th in the final;
• "25 Febbraio", with which, in the 24th edition, achieved another top 10 arriving 7th;
• "Amazing", presented in occasion of the 4th Special edition. Shw qualified with it and placed 7th once again.

The songs she presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "25 Febbraio", "Amazing", "Bolivia", "Distratto", "Io non abito al mare", "L'amore esiste", "Tutto questo vento" and "Un cuore in due".
El Salvador

El Salvador joined the contest in the 14th edition and participated 3 times, but has still to qualify to the final. Its best result has been in the 31st edition, where, thanks to Allison Iraheta and her song "Friday I'll Be Over U", it almost qualified arriving 10th in the semi-final. The worst result arrived the edition it debuted, where it got a 21st place in the semi-final with "Rey Vencedor", by Lucía Parker.
Jagarizzar

Jagar Renagi Va'a, commonly known as **Jagarizzar**, is a  Papua New Guinean artist, who now lives in  Australia. He participated in the 55th edition of the contest for his country, performing with Briena Micah, Tinzy Mau, Henry and Santanya Gewang and his wife Jamie-Lee the song "TOGETHER WE CAN". They placed 10th in the semi-final, failing to qualify.
Angola

Angola (officially the Republic of Angola) is a country located on the west coast of Southern Africa. It joined We Are One Song Contest for the first time in the 50th edition and participated in two occasions so far: with the  Angolan and  Portuguese singer Pongo and with Kaputu, a  Danish sister duo with  Angolan origins. The country qualified in occasion of the 54th edition with the song "Don't You Wait", by Kaputu.

## Participating songs

The songs  Angola presented in the contest have been (in alphabetical order):
• "Don’t You Wait", by Kaputu;
• "Tambulaya", by Pongo.

## Participating artists

**Pongo**
50th edition**Kaputu**
54th edition
Enya

Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (known professionally as **Enya**) is one of the  Irish artists from that participated the most in the contest. She joined the competition for the first time in Special edition 1, when her country selected her to sing "Deora Ar Mo Chroí". She qualified and arrived 9th in the final. In the 19th edition she returned, representing again  Ireland. For this occasion she sang "Only Time" and she did even better than last time, placing 5th in the final. Her last participation so far has been in the 32nd edition. Here  Bosnia & Herzegovina selected her, Alex Aris and Salvatore Ganacci with the song "Dive" but they failed to qualify, arriving only 17th in the semi-final.

The songs the singer **Enya** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Deora Ar Mo Chroí", "Dive" and "Only Time".
Capella IV (Dean Corvin)

**Capella IV** umläuft vier Sonnen, die sich in einem Abstand von 42 Lichtjahren vom Sol-System befinden. Im Jahr 2351 wird dort ein Außenposten errichtet. Gegen 2450 entsteht dort ein Stützpunkt der Terranischen Raumflotte.
Zudem wird in dessen unmittelbarer Nähe die Sektion-Capella, eine der insgesamt zwölf Sektionen der Terranischen Raumflotten-Akademie, errichtet.

Im ersten Moment macht dieser Planet einen paradiesisch Eindruck, mit seinen ausgedehnten Ozeanen und seinen grün-braunen Landmassen, aber dieser Schein trügt.

Durch seine nur sehr geringe Achsneigung und die beinahe kreisrunde Umlaufbahn um die vier Sonnen des Capella-Systems, gibt es so gut wie keine Jahreszeiten auf Capella IV. Das bedeutet jedoch gleichzeitig, dass die globalen atmosphärischen Bewegungen, im Vergleich zu Terra recht dürftig sind. Dazu kommt, dass Capella IV sich, mit nur achtzehn Stunden und siebenundvierzig Minuten, relativ schnell um seine Achse dreht, so dass die Phasen zwischen Abkühlen und Aufwärmen der planetaren Oberfläche kürzer sind. In Verbindung mit der Tatsache, dass, selbst unter den günstigsten Umständen die erste der vier Sonnen des System bereits drei Stunden nach dem Untergang der letzten wieder aufgeht, sind zudem die Nächte kaum als solche zu bezeichnen.

Bei einem weniger trocken-heißen Klima könnte diese Welt durchaus traumhaft sein, mit seinen dichten, subtropischen Dschungeln, die in einem schmalen Streifen der gemäßigten Klimazonen vorkommen und den herrlich anzuschauenden Auf- und Untergängen, der
beiden gelb-weißen Sonnen vom G0 und G5 Typ, die um den Faktor 10,8 beziehungsweise 7,45 größer sind, als die terranische Sonne, und ihren beiden kleinen rötlichen Begleitern vom M2 und M4 Typ, die nur die Hälfte und ein Viertel des Durchmessers von Sol besitzen.

Die vier Sonnen sorgen, am Äquator, für eine Hitze von bis zu 67,4 Grad Celsius um die Mittagszeit.

Einen kleinen Schönheitsfehler hat es selbst dann, wenn es ausnahmsweise einmal regnet. Zwar sind die Temperaturen dann bei weitem nicht so hoch, wie bei voller Sonneneinstrahlung, dafür steigt jedoch die Luftfeuchtigkeit beinahe ins Unerträgliche. Hinzu kommt, dass dieser Regen, durch den schwachen Gehalt von Chlor und Methan in den oberen Schichten der Atmosphäre, leicht ätzend ist und unangenehme Irritationen auf der Haut, und ein schmerzhaftes Brennen in den Augen verursacht.

Aufgrund dieser Verhältnisse leben bis zum Jahr 3220 gerade mal etwas mehr als 10 Millionen Menschen auf Capella IV, und das, obwohl dieser Planet relativ früh besiedelt worden ist. Die meisten Bewohner des Planeten leben zu dieser Zeit in Unitala, der einzigen Stadt auf dem Planeten. Unitala liegt auf einer weiten Hochebene unweit zweier Gebirgsrücken, in der Nähe des planetaren Nordpols.

## Planeten des Terranischen Imperiums

Bona-Dea • **Capella IV** • Eris • Hermes • Hestia • Jupiter • Mars • Merkur • Outpost • Pluto • Saturn • Strenia • Terra
Venus • Wega-VII • Wega-VIII • Wega-IX
1st edition

The first edition of We Are One Song Contest took place in the country of  Italy, in the capital and biggest city of the nation: Rome.

    The Venue selected has been the Studio 15, situated in the Cinecittà Studios and the place where the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 took place, the presenters were Fabio Fazio and Luciana Litizzetto, who also hosted the Sanremo Music Festival 2014.

    Only a Grand final took place and this 1st edition of the competition was won by the singer Pastora Soler from  Spain, with the song "Vive".

## Participating artists

**Ace Wilder**
Representing  Sweden**Annalisa**
Representing  Vatican City**Calvin Harris**
Representing the  United Kingdom**Christopher**
Representing  Denmark**Eleni Foureira**
Representing  Cyprus**Fanya Di Croce**
Representing  Italy**Giannis Savvidakis**
Representing  Greece**Lana Del Rey**
Representing the  United States**LiSA**
Representing  Japan**Miguel Bosé**
Representing  Canada**Natalia Barbu**
Representing  Moldova**Natasha St-Pier**
Representing  Canada**Pastora Soler**
Representing  Spain**Sharon Doorson**
Representing  The Netherlands**Sıla**
Representing  Turkey**Studio 3**
Representing  San Marino
Italy

Italy debuted in the competition in the 1st edition and participated 58 times, missing only two editions, qualifying for the final in 31 occasions and being already a finalist in 12. It won the contest one time in the 8th edition, thanks to Annalisa and her song "Una Finestra tra le Stelle". Worst result for the country arrived in the Special edition 1, when it only placed 20th in the semi-final with "Mi hai guardato per caso", by Marco Carta.
Ava Max

Amanda Ava Koci (known as **Ava Max**) is an  American singer of  Albanian origins. She took part in the contest in four occasions, three of them for  Albania and once for  Norway. She debuted in the 39th edition, when the Southeastern European country selected her and she sang her song "Sweet but Psycho". She qualified and arrived 2nd, achieving the best result for the country so far. She came back for the 43rd edition, but this time her "Torn" failed to qualify, placing 9th in the semi-final. Her third participation has been in the 47th edition for  Norway. Here, she presented "Alone, Pt. II" and performed it with Alan Walker, arriving 5th in the final. Her last time in the competition so far has been in the 52nd edition, when she sang "Kings & Queens", achieving a 10th place in the semi-final and failing to qualify.

The songs the singer **Ava Max** presented to the contest have been (in alphabetical order): "Alone, Pt. II", "Kings & Queens", "Sweet but Psycho" and "Torn".
Andrea Demirović

**Andrea Demirović** is a  Montenegrin singer. She debuted in the 18th edition, singing "Odlazim" for  Montenegro, bringing the first qualification ever to the country and placing 16th in the final. She returned in the 39th edition and represented her country of origin again. Here she sang "Nisi ti kriv" but failed to qualify, arriving 13th in the semi-final. Her third participation has been in the 46th edition, when  Montenegro selected her to sing "Ja sam ti san". She qualified and placed 13th in the final. Her last participation arrived just four editions after in the 50th edition, when she performed her song "Pamti". Here, however, she failed to qualify, arriving last in the semi-final.

The songs **Andrea Demirović** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Ja sam ti san", "Nisi ti kriv", "Odlazim" and "Pamti".
Broiler

**Broiler** is a  Norwegian DJ duo made up of Simen Auke and Mikkel Buxrud Christiansen. They participated just once in the competition, when, in the 15th edition, their country of origin selected them and Ina Wroldsen to sing the song "Lay It On Me". They achieved a 15th place in the final with it.
Greenland

Greenland debuted in the contest in the 7th edition and participated 6 times, qualifying in four of them. Its best result arrived in the 32nd edition, where the singer NINA reached a 7th place with he song "Maalia". Worst result for the country has been in the 34th edition. Here the singer Simon Lynge sang his song "Silver Light", but failed to qualify and arrived 13th in the semi-final.
Ariana Grande

### Appearances

5th edition, 6th edition, 8th edition, Special edition 2, 22nd edition, 36th edition, Special edition 4, 50th edition

Ariana Grande-Butera (known as **Ariana Grande**) is a singer from the  United States. She joined the competition 8 times, singing for six different countries.

The songs she presented are:
• "Problem" for her country in the 5th edition, that she sang with the  Australian rapper Iggy Azalea and placed 15th in the final;
• "Bang Bang" for  Trinidad and Tobago in the 6th edition, that she performed with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj and got a 3rd place in the final;
• "Love Me Harder" for  Canada in the 8th edition, that she sang with The Weeknd, reaching an 11th place in the final;
• "Santa Tell Me" for  Italy in the special Christmas edition, with which she achieved a 6th place;
• "Everyday" for the  United States in the 22nd edition with Future, which, sadly, failed to qualify and arrived 18th in the semi-final;
• "Popular Song" for  Lebanon in the 36th edition, that finished 10th in the semi-final. With her there was also the singer MIKA;
• "Beauty and the Beast" for  Vatican City in the 4th Special edition, that she performed with John Legend and that qualified and placed 22nd in the final;
• "Rain On Me" for the  United States in the 50th edition, that got a 25th position in the final. She sang it with Lady Gaga.

The songs **Ariana Grande** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Bang Bang", "Beauty and the Beast", "Everyday", "Love Me Harder", "Popular Song", "Problem", "Rain On Me" and "Santa Tell Me".
31st edition

The thirty-first edition of WAO Song Contest took place in the City of Brussels, in Belgium.

## WAO Song Contest31st edition

### Theme song

I'd Love to Change the World (Matstubs Remix)(by Jenna)

## Countries

### Returning countries

 Argentina
 Azerbaijan
 Bosnia & Herzegovina
 Cambodia
 Chile
 El Salvador
 Greece
 Jamaica
 Jordan
 Kosovo
 Lebanon
 Lithuania
 Montenegro
 Singapore
 Suriname

### Non-returning countries

 Austria
 Barbados
 Brazil
 Cyprus
 Indonesia
 Ireland
 Japan
 Moldova
 Myanmar
 Pakistan
 Portugal
 Puerto Rico
 Romania
 Serbia
 Slovakia
 Uganda
 Uzbekistan
 Vietnam

## Editions

### Following

32nd edition

The venue selected was the King Baudouin Stadium and the presenter was Loïc Nottet. The slogan was "Change the World with Music" and the theme song was the song "I'd Love to Change the World (Matstubs Remix)" by Jenna.

56 participants: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States.

Belgium, because of has won the last edition, passed automatically in the final and also United Kingdom and Ukraine, because of be arrived second and third in the last edition, passed automatically in the final. 3 semi-finals took place and 8 countries qualified from each semi-final. The songs that arrived 9th had a "Second Chance". 28 countries qualified for the grand final. Won this edition the group Kaleo from Iceland.

## Semi-final 1

The songs qualified for the final are marked in light orange. The song that has a "Second Chance" is marked in light purple. Also  Belgium voted in this semi final.

## Semi-final 2

The songs qualified for the final are marked in light orange. The song that has a "Second Chance" is marked in light purple. Also  United Kingdom voted in this semi final.

## Semi-final 3

The songs qualified for the final are marked light orange. The song that has a "Second Chance" is marked in light purple. Also  Ukraine voted in this semi final.

## Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to his favourite country. Voting is not compulsory.

* Jamaica
* Kazakhstan
* Mexico
* Poland
* Russia
* Suriname
* United Kingdom
 02
* Australia
* Croatia
* Egypt
* Switzerland
 03
* Belarus
* El Salvador
* Iceland
* India
* Latvia
* Morocco
* Spain
* Turkey
39th edition

The 39th edition of WAO Song Contest took place in Prague,  Czech Republic.

Venue of the edition has been The O2 Arena and it was presented by Mikolas Josef and Zella Day. Theme song for the edition was "Heavyweight", by RedMoon & Meron Ryan, and the slogan chosen was "It Always Seems Impossible, Until It's Done".

62 countries decided to take part in this edition:

* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* New Zealand
* Norway
* The Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* The Netherlands
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Uruguay

The country of  Czech Republic, because of has won the last edition, passed automatically in the final, along with  Germany,  Belgium and  Russia, arrived respectively 2nd, 3rd and 4th. This last country achieved a 4th position along with  Bangladesh, but because  Russia received votes from more countries (28 vs 27), it got the right to be part of the Big 4.  Bangladesh didn't agree to this and decided to withdraw from the contest. 4 semi-finals took place and 6 countries qualified from each semi-final. 28 countries qualified for the grand final. Won this edition the  United Kingdom, that, thanks Sam Smith and his song "Writing's On The Wall", achieved its fourth victory.

## Semi-final 1

Also  Czech Republic voted in this semi final.
3rd edition

The third edition of We Are One Song Contest took place in the country of  The Netherlands, in the municipality and city of Apeldoorn.

The venue chosen has been the Orpheus Theatre and the presenter the  Dutch (born in  Curaçao) mezzo-soprano Tania Kross. From this edition the contest had also a slogan and "Live Your Dreams" was the one selected for the occasion.

    Two semi-finals took place, with 10 countries qualifying for each one of them and the other 5 (from the first) and 6 (from the second) getting eliminated.  The Netherlands won last edition, and so as host country it passed automatically to the final without going through the qualification process.

    The  Belarusian and  Norwegian singer Alexander Rybak achieved the victory, representing  Norway with his song "Europe's Skies".

## Participating artists

**CROSSING**
Representing  Andorra**Ace Wilder**
Representing  Åland Islands**Alexander Rybak**
Representing  Norway**Anabantha**
Representing  Mexico**Arisa**
Representing  San Marino**Cheryl**
Representing the  United Kingdom**Christina Perri**
Representing  Italy**Danijela Martinović**
Representing  Croatia**Glen Hansard**
Representing  Ireland**Good Charlotte**
Representing the  United States**Harel Skaat**
Representing  Israel**Hedegaard**
Representing  Denmark**Helena Paparizou**
Representing  Greece**Ivi Adamou**
Representing  Cyprus**Jenni Vartiainen**
Representing  Finland**Juanes**
Representing  Colombia**Kyary Pamyu Pamyu**
Representing  Japan**Kendall**
Representing  Peru**Lilit Hovhannisyan**
Representing  Armenia**Lisa Lois**
Representing  The Netherlands**Lukas Graham**
Representing  Denmark**Lune**
Representing  Sweden**Mahkota**
Representing  Indonesia**Manca Špik**
Representing  Slovenia**maNga**
Representing  Turkey**Markéta Irglová**
Representing  Ireland**MIKA**
Representing  Lebanon**Natalia Barbu**
Representing  Moldova**Nelly Furtado**
Representing  Canada**Pharrell Williams**
Representing  Lebanon**PSY**
Representing  South Korea**Samantha Jade**
Representing  Australia**Veca Janicsák**
Representing  Hungary**VIA Gra**
Representing  Ukraine**Zhana Bergendorff**
Representing  Bulgaria
## Returning artists

**Ace Wilder**
Previous participation: 1st edition for  Sweden**Cheryl**
Previous participation: 2nd edition as part of Girls Aloud for  Ireland**Christina Perri**
Previous participation: 2nd edition representing  Italy**Natalia Barbu**
Previous participation: 1st edition for  Moldova

## Semi-final 1

Also  The Netherlands voted in this semi final.

## Semi-final 2

Also  The Netherlands voted in this semi final.
Begi Lotfi

Behnam Lotfi, known as **Begi Lotfi**, is a  Hungarian music producer, born in  Iran and member of the electronic music band Compact Disco. He joined the competition in the 39th edition, performing for his country with Freddie the song "Győzni Jöttünk". Sadly, it failed to qualify arriving 7th in the semi-final. He came back in the 48th edition, representing  Hungary once again. This time him, Gabi Tóth and Freddie Shuman presented the song "Hosszú Idők", qualified and achieved a 2nd place in the final.

Although his first participation has been in the 39th edition, a song he remixed took part in the 2nd edition of the contest: it was "We All", performed by Bogi Dallos.

The songs he presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Győzni Jöttünk" and "Hosszú Idők".
Jamaica

Jamaica debuted in the contest in the 6th edition and participated 16 times, qualifying in three occasions. It won the 2nd Special edition with the song "Hallelujah", sang by Alexandra Burke. Worst result for the country arrived in the edition it debuted, where it placed 19th in the semi-final. The artists were Skrillex and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley and the song "Make It Bun Dem".
Ayah Marar

**Ayah Marar** is a  Jordanian singer. She debuted in the contest singing in the 9th edition her song "Beg Borrow Steal" for her country, but failing to qualify and placing 13th in the semi-final. Some editions later in the 31st she returned, to sing with Calvin Harris "Thinking About You" for  Jordan. They qualified and arrived 27th in the final.

The songs **Ayah Marar** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Beg Borrow Steal" and "Thinking About You".
Anastacia

Anastacia Lyn Newkirk (better known as simply **Anastacia**) is an  American singer. She participated in the contest in two occasions, one time for the country of  Spain and another for  Italy. She debuted in the 14th edition, when  Spain selected her and the group Auryn to sing "Who's loving you?" for the country. Sadly, they failed to qualify, placing 15th in the semi-final. Only four editions after she came back, and this time she represented  Italy. With her there was Eros Ramazzotti and together they sang "I Belong To You (Il Ritmo Della Passione)" but they didn't qualify and arrived 14th in the semi-final.

The songs the  American singer **Anastacia** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "I Belong To You (Il Ritmo Della Passione)" and "Who's loving you?".
Freddie

Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári, known by his stage name **Freddie**, is a  Hungarian singer. He debuted in WAO Song Contest in the 12th edition, singing for his country "Mary Joe", qualifying from "Second Chance" and arriving 18th in the final. He came back in the in the 39th edition, this time performing with Begi Lotfi the song "Győzni Jöttünk" but failing to qualify, arriving 7th in the semi-final. His last participation so far has been in the 41st edition. Here  Hungary chose him for the third time and he decided to sing "Neked nem kell". He placed 7th in the semi-final once again.

The songs he presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Győzni Jöttünk", "Mary Joe" and "Neked nem kell".
Ardit Çuni

**Ardit Çuni** is an  Albanian singer. He participated twice in the contest, for his country of origin and for  Kosovo. In 12th edition he sang the song "Let's Go" for  Albania and qualified for the final, arriving 18th. In 23rd edition he tried again with his song "Me Zemer" for  Kosovo, but this time he wasn't so lucky. In fact, he arrived 11th in the semi-final, and failed to qualify.

The songs the singer **Ardit Çuni**presented to the contest have been (in alphabetical order):  "Let's Go" and "Me Zemer".
Eritrea

The country of  Eritrea joined the contest in the 28th edition and participated twice so far. Its best result is a 13th place in the semi-final of the 39th edition, achieved thanks to the singer Senhit and her song "Rock Me Up". Worst position reached by the country has been in the 28th edition, when the song "It's Me Snitches", by Swizz Beatz, failed to qualify and arrived 20th in the semi-final.
Chad Kroeger

Chad Robert Kroeger (known as **Chad Kroeger**) is a singer from  Canada. He participated three times in the contest, two as a solo artist and once with his group Nickelback. He debuted in the competition in the 14th edition, singing with his group their song "Far Away", and placing 16th in the final. He came back for the 18th edition and this time he sang with Avril Lavigne the song "Let Me Go" almost winning, reaching a 2nd place. His last participation so far has been in the 40th edition. Here he sang with the group Santana "Into The Night", and for the first time he didn't sing for his country but for  Mexico. Sadly, they failed to qualify and arrived 10th in the semi-final.

The songs **Chad Kroeger** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Into The Night" and "Let Me Go" (as a solo artist) and "Far Away" (as part of Nickelback).
Croatia

Croatia joined the contest the 3rd edition, participated 44 times and qualified in 14 of them. In addition to that, the country was a member of the "Big 3" in two occasions and part of the "Big 4" once, so was already in the final as an automatic qualifier. In Special edition 2 there weren't semi-finals and so, also in that case, it didn't have to go through the qualification round. The best result for the country has been a 2nd place, achieved in the 14th and the 22nd edition. The singer Nina Kraljić with her song "Zaljuljali Smo Svijet" and the group Luminize with "Kill It With Love" reached this position. The worst result  Croatia got has been in the 13th edition, where Vlaho and his song "Bla Bla" failed to qualify and placed 23rd in the semi-final.
Angela Chang

**Angela Chang** is a  Taiwanese singer. She joined the competition in the 35th edition, singing for her country the song "OK Beng" but failing to qualify and placing 12th in the semi-final. Only two editions after she came back, this time with a ballad called "You Xing De Chi Bang", and she did better. In fact she menaged to qualify, arriving 25th in the final.

The songs the artist **Angela Chang** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "OK Beng" and "You Xing De Chi Bang".
Aidana Medenova

**Aidana Medenova** is a singer from  Kazakhstan. She participated in the competition in four occasions, three of them as part of Kesh You. The songs she presented with her group have been: "Rizamyn (I am grateful)", that placed 5th in the final of the 6th edition, "Kelshi Janima", arrived 22nd in the 16th edition, and "Asykpa", that didn't qualify and placed 22nd in the semi-final of the 18th edition. Later, in the 28th edition, she returned, but this time she was alone. She sang her song "Cy" but failed to qualify for a second time, achieving only a 19th place in the semi-final.

The songs the  Kazakh **Aidana Medenova** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Cy" (as a solo artist), "Asykpa", "Kelshi Janima" and "Rizamyn (I am grateful)" (as part of Kesh You).
Atiye

The singer Deniz Atiye Yılmaz (known as **Atiye**) is an artist from  Turkey, born in  Germany.

She participated in the competition five times, all of them for  Turkey and presenting the following songs:
• in the 17th edition she performed "Bring Me Back", qualifying and placing 26th in the final;
• in the 21st edition she sang her song "Sor" and brought the first and only victory so far to  Turkey;
• in the 23rd edition her "Maazallah" failed to qualify, arriving 18th in the semi-final;
• in 27th edition with her song "Ya Habibi" **Atiye** placed 12th in the semi-final and failed to qualify again;
• in the 47th edition she placed 10th in the semi-final with "Tom Tom", failing to qualify for the third time in a row.

The five songs **Atiye** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Bring Me Back", "Maazallah", "Sor", "Ya Habibi" and "Tom Tom".

She also presented the contest in occasion of the 22nd edition, along with the singer Sertab Erener.
Alyona Lanskaya

**Alyona Lanskaya** is a  Belarusian singer. She debuted in the 6th edition of the contest, participating with "Speak" for her country, qualifying and arriving 16th in the final. In the 31st edition she came back, representing  Belarus again. This time, however, she hasn't been so lucky and her song "Ja živa" failed to qualify and placed last in the semi-final.

The songs **Alyona Lanskaya** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Ja živa" and "Speak".
China

China joined the contest the 8th edition and competed 34 times, qualifying in twelve of them and being already in the final twice. Its best result has been in the 41st edition, where it almost won achieving a 2nd place thanks to the singer Sa Dingding and her song "Zuo Shou Zhi Yue". Worst result for the country arrived in the 14th edition with "Drenched", by Wanting. that placed only 22nd in the semi-final.
Henry and Santanya Gewang

Henry and Santanya Gewang is a married couple living in  Papua New Guinea that participated in the 55th edition of WAO Song Contest, representing their country of origin with the song "TOGETHER WE CAN" along with Jamie-Lee, Jagarizzar, Briena Micah and Tinzy Mau. They placed 10th in the semi-final and failed to qualify.
Havana

**Havana** is a  Romanian band composed of Sorin Seniuc and Aden Raul Eregep. They participated one time in the contest, representing with the singer Alexandra Stan their country in the 24th edition. They sang "Écoute", but failed to qualify and arrived 13th in the semi-final.

A previous member of the group who is no longer in it is the  Libyan and  Romanian singer Nadir.
Glance

Islam Faris Glance Mohammed Al-Massany, better known as **Glance**, is a  Romanian artist, born in  Yemen. He took part in the competition twice, both times representing  Romania and both times with the singer ELENA. The two debuted in the 1st Special edition, performing "Ecou", qualifying and placing 15th in the final. They come back in the 16th edition with the song "Mamma mia (He's italiano)" but this time they failed to qualify, arriving 18th in the semi-final.

The songs he presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Ecou" and "Mamma mia (He's italiano)".
Katy Perry

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, known professionally as **Katy Perry**, is an  American singer. She took part in the competition twice, both times achieving a top 10 and both times representing her country of origin. In the 11th edition her "Unconditionally" got her the 2nd place and in the 23rd edition she arrived 6th in the final performing "Chained To The Rhythm" with Skip Marley.

The songs she presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): Chained To The Rhythm" and "Unconditionally".
Démira

Démira Jansen, simply known as **Démira**, is a  Dutch singer. She participated two times in the contest, both of them for her country of origin. She debuted in the 41st edition and with her "Dragons" she achieved a 4th place in the final. She came back in the 52nd edition and for this occasion she presented "Fountain", qualifying and arriving 15th.

The songs the singer **Démira** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Dragons" and "Fountain".
Demy

Dimitra Papadea (known as **Demy**) is a  Greek singer. She joined the competition a total of five times, three for  Greece and two for  Cyprus.

Her participations for the Hellenic Republic have been:
• in the 18th edition, when, with the  Greek rapper Mike, she performed the song "Oso O Kosmos Tha Exei Esena" but failed to qualify, arriving 17th in the semi-final;
• in the 23rd edition with the duo Playmen and the song "Nothing Better". They qualified, finishing 20th in the final;
• in 26th edition, where she arrived last in the final with "Me Ekdikise".

The songs she presented and performed for the island nation of  Cyprus have been:
• "Rodino Oneiro" in the 13th edition of the contest, with which she qualified and arrived 19th;
• "Love Light" in the 14th edition, that, sadly, failed to qualify and placed 22nd in the semi-final.

The songs the  Greek singer **Demy** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order):  "Love Light", "Me Ekdikise", "Nothing Better", "Oso O Kosmos Tha Exei Esena" and "Rodino Oneiro".
Era Istrefi

**Era Istrefi** is an  Albanian singer born in  Kosovo. She participated two times in the contest, achieving the highest position for  Kosovo so far. In fact, in the 15th edition she participated with the song "Bonbon" and arrived 2nd in the final. She returned in the 37th edition, representing the country of  Morocco with French Montana and the song "No I Love Yous", but they failed to qualify and placed 14th in the semi-final.

The songs **Era Istrefi** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Bonbon" and "No I Love Yous".
Amr Diab

Amr Abd Elbaset Abdelazez Diab (known as **Amr Diab**) is an  Egyptian singer. With his "El Leila", performed in the 9th edition of the contest, he has been the first artist ever to represent  Egypt in the competition. The song qualified and placed 21st in the final. The artist returned in the 24th edition with "Maak Alby", but, this time, he failed to qualify, arriving 19th in the semi-final.

The songs the singer **Amr Diab** presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "El Leila" and "Maak Alby".
Bulgaria

Bulgaria joined the competition in the 3rd edition and participated 43 times, qualifying in 12. Its best results has been in the 26th edition, where, thanks to Kristian Kostov and his song "You Got Me Girl", it reached a 7th place in the final. The worst result for the country arrived in the 18th edition. Here, it finished 22nd in the semi-final with the song "Pantera", by Galena and Sergio.