Special edition 2

Thanks to the victory of the singer Sylwia Grzeszczak and the choir Sound'n'Grace in the first Special edition of the contest, the second took place in  Poland, in the capital and largest city of the country: Warsaw.

The venue selected has been the Central Sports Centre Torwar (formerly known as Hala Torwar, commonly referred to as the Arena COS Torwar) and the presenter the singer and Eurovision participant Cleo. The theme chosen for this particular occasion has been "Christmas songs", with "Let the Christmas Miracle live" as slogan. The theme song selected has been "Jingle Bell Rock", performed by Chord Overstreet.

    Since the purpose of this special edition was to celebrate the magic of Christmas, there weren't semi-finals this time but only a grand final took place, with 36 participating nations in total.

    The artist who ended up winning the competition has been Alexandra Burke, representing  Jamaica with her song "Hallelujah" and giving to a South American country its first victory ever.

## Participating artists

**Alexandra Burke**
Representing  Jamaica**Ariana Grande**
Representing  Italy**BERA**
Representing  Georgia**Brian McKnight**
Representing  Ecuador**Cascada**
Representing  Liechtenstein**Chiara**
Representing  Malta**Chris Tomlin**
Representing the  United States**Christina Aguilera**
Representing  Ecuador**E.G.O.**
Representing  Lithuania**Ebi**
Representing  Iran**Eleni Foureira**
Representing  Albania**Elizabeth South**
Representing  Puerto Rico**Emmy The Great**
Representing  China**Eros Ramazzotti**
Representing  San Marino**Feuerherz**
Representing  Germany**Greta Salóme**
Representing  Iceland**HIT**
Representing  Lithuania**Janet Devlin**
Representing  Ireland**Justin Bieber**
Representing  Canada**Kalomira**
Representing  Cyprus**Kelly Clarkson**
Representing  Greece**Kylie Minogue**
Representing  Australia**Lauren Daigle**
Representing the  United States**Liel Kolet**
Representing  Iran**LUCE**
Representing  Croatia**Lucy Rose**
Representing the  United Kingdom**Ludwig Galea**
Representing  Malta**Maarja**
Representing  Estonia**Marco Mengoni**
Representing  Vatican City**Margaret**
Representing  Poland**Mariah Carey**
Representing  Venezuela**Mélanie René**
Representing  Mauritius**Natasha Bedingfield**
Representing  New Zealand**Nozomi Sasaki**
Representing  Japan**OG3NE**
Representing  The Netherlands**PelleK**
Representing  NorwayPentaphonic.jpg**Pentaphonic**
Representing  Japan**Pentatonix**
Representing  Nigeria**Rihanna**
Representing  Barbados**The Maccabeats**
Representing  IsraelThe Voice of Poland 2015 Finalists.jpg**The Voice of Poland 2015 Finalists**
Representing  Poland**Tim Wheeler**
Representing  China**Viktor Király**
Representing  Hungary**ZOË**
Representing  Austria
## Returning artists

**Ariana Grande**
Previous participations: 5th edition for the  United States, 6th edition representing  Trinidad and Tobago and 8th edition for  Canada**Cascada**
Previous participations: 12th and 17th edition representing  Germany**Christina Aguilera**
Previous participation: 7th edition for  Puerto Rico**Eleni Foureira**
Previous participations: 1st and 12th edition for  Cyprus**Eros Ramazzotti**
Previous participations: 11th and 19th edition representing  San Marino and 18th edition for  Italy**Greta Salóme**
Previous participations: 5th, 7th and 18th edition representing  Iceland**Justin Bieber**
Previous participation: 11th edition for  Canada**Kalomira**
Previous participation: 2nd edition for  Greece**Kelly Clarkson**
Previous participation: 8th edition for  Puerto Rico**Kylie Minogue**
Previous participations: 6th and 19th edition for  Australia**Lucy Rose**
Previous participation: 18th edition for the  United Kingdom**Marco Mengoni**
Previous participations: 7th edition and Special edition 1 for  San Marino**Margaret**
Previous participations: 13th and 20th edition for  Poland**Rihanna**
Previous participation: 19th edition for  Barbados