WorldVision 142

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**WorldVision Song Contest 142**, often referred to as **WV 142**, is the one hundred forty-two edition of the WorldVision Song Contest. The contest takes place in Newcastle,  England, following the region's victory at the 141st contest with the song "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan. It is the third time that England hosts the contest, having previously done so in WorldVision 64 and 72. Organised by Gabe and the host broadcaster Tyne & Wear TV, the contest will be held at The Sage in the city of Newcastle.

Fifty countries and regions participated in the contest, with several countries and regions being unable to participate due to getting banned for not voting in the previous edition.  Central Anatolia and DenizESC returned to the contest only to fail to vote in the semi-final.  Western USA and AshleyWright returned after one edition break and  Chūbu and Edweis went into break for this edition.  Switzerland decided to withdraw for the time being and  Russia was forced to withdraw after collecting too many sanctions.

The winner was  **United States** with the song "Another Man's Grave" performed by Amigo the Devil and written by Daniel Kiranos. This was the country's fifth victory and the 6th victory of the juror RainyWoods.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries and regions into their respective semi-finals took place on 26 June 2021.  England and  Germany were pre-qualified.

The semi-finalists will be allocated into seven pots (the six big pots and the Newcomer pot), based on their voting similarities.

Pot N consists of:  Central Anatolia

The six big pots were the following:

* Mid-Atlantic States
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* China
* Hungary
* Southern USA
* Sudogwon
* Western USA
* Belgium
* The Netherlands
* Seoul
* Île-de-France
* Turkey
* Sweden
* New York
* Ukraine
* Stockholm
* Sydney
* Australia
 Pot D
 * Catalonia
* Kantō
* Japan
* United Kingdom
* Scotland
* Poland
* Götaland
* Iran
* Italy
* Canada
* Argentina
* Ghana
* Southeast Brazil
* South East England
* Central Canada
* Norway
* Corsica
* Svealand
* Greece
* Finland
* Cyprus
* Latvia
* Småland

## Other details

*Further information: List of participants in the WorldVision Song Contest*
### National Selections

National selections refer to the processes in which the jurors of the countries and regions participating in the monthly WorldVision select the artist and song that will represent them in the contest.

* Bosnia & Herzegovina - Mini NF [1]
* China - ChinaFest 142 [2]
* Mid-Atlantic States - 6 Songs National Final [3]
* Poland - Diversity National Final 2 [4]
* Sudogwon - Mini NF [5]
* The Netherlands - WV142 - DutchVision [6]
* United Kingdom - World Tour NF [7]
* Western USA - Battle of the States [8]

### Other WV countries/regions

* **Chūbu** - The region's juror is taking a break for one edition, due to time constraints.
* **Banned** -  Israel,  Uzbekistan,  France,  Croatia and  Iceland failed to vote in the previous edition and thus are banned from taking part in WorldVision 142.

### Incidents

* **Central Anatolia** failed to vote in the first semi-final. They scored low points and their entry wouldn't have qualified.
* **Scotland** failed to vote in the second semi-final. They scored 71 points and it would've placed 6th in the semi-final.
* Due to various reasons, the head of delegation of  **Sudogwon** decided to withdraw for next edition, however later he reconsidered the decision.
* Due to personal issues, the deadline of both semi-finals was extended. The results show of both semi-finals were held on July 5, 2021.