Our Sound 1

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**Participation map**
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**Our Sound 1**, often shortened to **OS 1**, was
the 1st edition of Our Sound. It was the first time Russia hosted the contest. Channel One selected the Ice Palace Saint Petersburg as venue for the edition, whilst Polina Gagarina was chosen as hosts.

**Winner** after a big and exciting show was Annia from  North Macedonia with her song "Dodje Mi Da Vrisnem", she reached 456 Points. At the 2nd Place was the  Hungary represent by Follow The Flow with their song "Maradok távol", they reached 444 Points and on 3rd Place was  Russia represent by Kristina Kosheleva with her song "Bolshe net sil", she reached 433 Points, while the  Israel,  Denmark and  Ukraine completed the top six of the edition.

## Location

*For further information see Russia*

Russia , officially the Russian Federation, is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with over 144 million people as of December 2017, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod.

### Host city

*For further information see Saint Petersburg*

Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city). Saint Petersburg is one of the most modern cities of Russia, as well as its cultural capital. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world. Many foreign consulates, international corporations, banks and businesses have offices in Saint Petersburg.

## Format

The OBU has decided that in the upcoming edition there will be 2 Semi-finals. In each semi-final 10 countries will qualify for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 21 competing countries (20 Semi-Final qualifers + host).

### Voting

The OBU has announced that the voting system would be each country awarding one sets from their professional jury and of points from 1, 4-6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17 and 20 + online televoting. The new voting system is also used to determine the qualifiers from each semi-final, but as before the qualifiers are announced in a random order.

### Semi Final allocation draw

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation will be held on the 15th October 2018 at the headquarters of Saint Petersburg. The pre-qualified country:

* Russia

After that the remaning thirty-three countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country will be drawn from the pot, it´s half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* Bulgaria
* North Macedonia
* Romania
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Norway
* Sweden
* United Kingdom
* Israel
* Lebanon
* Morocco
 Pot 4
 * Greece
* Italy
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Spain
* France
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* The Netherlands
* Hungary
* Poland
* Slovakia
* Ukraine

### Running order

The Running order of both Semi-finals will be official announced by Channel One
at the 2nd November 2018, shortly before the semi-finals start. The Running
order for Grand Final will official announced in 23rd November 2018, on day
before the Grand Final will start.

## Participating countries

 Thirty-three countries have confirmed their participation in the contest. The submissions for the first edition opened on 1st October 2018. Every country
should choose their broadcaster for the contest. The contest started in
November. However Estonia and Finland were originally going to debut in the first edition but later decided to withdraw without specifying any reasons. Also Andorra planed to debut but HoD decided to change his country to Monaco.

## Results

### Semi-final 1

Sixteen countries will participate in the first semi-final.  Russia will also vote in this semi-final.

### Semi-final 2

Sixteen countries will participate in the first semi-final.  Russia will also vote in this semi-final.

## Voting grids

### Semi-Final 1

Jury
 2
 1
 Slovenia | Serbia

### Semi-final 2

Jury
 2
 1
 Turkey | Greece

## Other countries

* Estonia ERR was originally going to debut in the first edition but later decided to withdraw without specifying any reasons.
* Finlnad Yle was originally going to debut in the first edition but later decided to withdraw without specifying any reasons.

## International broadcasts and voting

### Voting and spokespersons

2. David Carreira
3. Nastya Kamenskich
4. Samira Said
5. Lola Indigo
6. Melissa & Nayer
7. Mihaela Marinova
8. Linnea Dale
9. Miljana Kulić
10. Dasha Suvorova
11. Elżbieta Steinmetz

13. GEZZA
14. Nela Pocisková
15. Valentina Monetta
16. Ilinca
17. Lea Sirk
18. Marija Ivanovska
19. Maria Elena Kyriakou
20. Charles Leclerc
21. María Ólafsdóttir
22. Miriam Bryant
24. Angela Sarafyan
25. Emelie de Forest
26. Florina Perez
27. Annalisa
28. Reni Tolvai
29. Barbara Opsomer
30. O'G3NE
31. Orgesa Zaimi
32. Kristy Lee Peters
33. Çağatay Ulusoy