Worldvision Q2-2023

Worldvision Q2-2023
Chasing The Sky
Dates
Final	2 July 2023
Host
Venue	John Cain Arena Melbourne, Australia
Executive supervisor	Mark Solovyov
Executive producer	Nikita Likhanov
Host broadcaster	SBS
Participants
Number of entries	26
Debuting countries	Germany Italy New Zealand Poland Uzbekistan Vietnam
Returning Countries	None
Non-returning Countries	Canada Montenegro North Macedonia United States
Participation map
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first from a professional jury, the second from viewers. As well as votes from international observers in are aggregated and awarded as one set of points.
Winning song	Germany "Still Dancing"

The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 2 - 2023 was the 3rd edition of the WorldVision Song Contest. It is set to take place in Melbourne, Australia, after San Marino, winner of the WorldVision Song Contest Q1-2023 contest with the song "Bellissima" by Annalisa, could not meet the requirements for the event due to the lack of the necessary infrastructure. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The contest was held at the John Cain Arena, and was consisted a final on 2 July 2023.

Twenty-six countries will take part in the competition, along with debuting Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Last season's competitors Canada, Montenegro, North Macedonia and the United States withdrew from the competition.

The winner was Germany with the song "Still Dancing", performed by Reve. New Zealand (best result), Portugal (best result), San Marino and Vietnam (best result) rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Serbia and Denmark. Greece repeated their best finish of 22nd, while Thailand finished in last place for the first time.

Location

The Q2-2023 contest took place in Melbourne. This is the first time when the contest has been held away from Europe, even though a European country has won the contest. It was the first time that Australia hosts the contest. The selected venue is the 10.300-seat John Cain Arena.

Host country selection

After the victory of the representative of San Marino in the previous competition Q1-2023, the question arose of the possibility of holding the competition in San Marino. During the discussions, it was announced that due to the lack of a suitable venue for the song contest, it was decided to move the competition to Australia (as the second place winner), but with the right to co-organize San Marino.

City bidding process

It was propoesed by Australia to San Marino to choose any of Australian largest cities that would be convinient for San Marino to organise the competition. The final choice was between Sydney and Melbourne since they are known with their vast infrastructure and have direct connecting flights. After the organisational meeting it was announced that Melbourne will be hosting the contest. None of the bidding was made prior to that announcemnt and technically the city was assigned to held the competition.

Production

Visual Design

On May 20, the final logo concept was presented. The word mark includes additional wording of "Australia" to mention the location of the venue, however the flag showcased as the flag of San Marino

The generic logo for the Q2-2023 contest utilises the San Marinese flag, while the host country and city are shown below.

Format

Entries

For the Q2-2023 season, songs released on the YouTube platform no earlier than 1 January 2022 are eligible. Also, a quota was introduced for compositions from the Billboard Hot-100 up to one per season and with the restriction of use for one curator no more than once in 4 seasons of participation.

Allocation draw

The draw was held from 6 to 7 June 2023. The format of the draw for this season has been changed. So randomly determining the serial numbers for the host country (Australia), as well as for San Marino (as the winner country of last season). Random countries were determined for the opening and closing of the recap: this is how Germany opened the recap of compositions, and Croatia closed it. The rest of the countries were given the opportunity to choose a part for performance by choosing one of twenty-two envelopes, each of which concealed a certain part of the presentation. Further, the organizers of the competition distributed the order of performance of the participating countries based on the features and differences of compositions with each other.

Participating Countries

Countries that have expressed interest in participating

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Germany	Reve	Still Dancing	English	1	220
02	Hungary	Valmar	Szinvak	Hungarian	14	108
03	Vietnam	Tove Lo	Borderline	English	5	164
04	Italy	Mr.Rain & Sangiovanni	La Fine Del Mondo	Italian	12	113
05	Uzbekistan	Munisa Rizayeva	Yetmadimi	Uzbek	24	65
06	Greece	Fall Out Boy	Love From The Other Side	English	22	67
07	Denmark	Hannah Storm	House of Cards	English	8	143
08	Israel	Static & Agam	Tarantula	Hebrew	11	126
09	Sweden	Jessie Ware	Free yourself	English	10	133
10	United Kingdom	Bad Omens	The Death Of Piece Of Mind	English	7	149
11	San Marino	Annalisa	Mon Amour	Italian	4	165
12	China	PNAU, Bebe Rexha, Ozuna	Stars	English	23	67
13	Norway	Robin Schulz & Fil Bo Riva	Killer Queen	English	18	100
14	Lebanon	Rori	Docteur	French	16	103
15	Thailand	Tilly Birds & Milli	Just Being Friendly	Thai	26	32
16	Netherlands	Within Temptation	The Fire Within	English	21	95
17	Serbia	SOA	Seule	French	6	162
18	New Zealand	Kimbra	Replay	English	2	192
19	Japan	BiSH	Sayonara Saraba	Japanese	17	101
20	Kazakhstan	Foo Fighters	The Teacher	English	25	38
21	Australia	Eliott	Control	English	19	97
22	Spain	Abraham Mateo	La Idea	Spanish	20	97
23	Portugal	Ofenbach & Ella Henderson	Hurricane	English	3	178
24	Poland	Daria Zawiatow, Dawid Podsiadto & Vito Bombino	I Ciebie Tez, Bardzo	Polish	13	111
25	South Korea	B.I	Keep Me Up	English, Korean	15	105
26	Croatia	Izia	Mon Coeur	French	9	143

Voting

Grand Final Voting

Grand Final voting results (jury vote)

		Total score	Televoting score	Germany	Hungary	Vietnam	Italy	Uzbekistan	Greece	Denmark	Israel	Sweden	United Kingdom	San Marino	China	Norway	Lebanon	Thailand	Netherlands	Serbia	New Zealand	Japan	Kazakhstan	Australia	Spain	Portugal	Poland	South Korea	Croatia
Contestants	Germany	220	116		7			10	6	3	3	5	7		10		7	5		12	2	5	3		8	6		5
	Hungary	108	44			10	5				12		1		7	12			12								2
	Vietnam	164	85							10		4		12	12	4	6			3	8	12		3					5
	Italy	113	40		6	1			8	4	6	1				8	5		6	10				6	7	3			2
	Uzbekistan	65	33			8													10							7			7
	Greece	67	35					8											2									10	12
	Denmark	143	62	12				5			10	7	8	8	6				5	4			5	1			10
	Israel	126	77	8									1			5	12				3			10	6	1			3
	Sweden	133	50	1	3			4		8	2				5		8	1				10	12	4	3		4	8	10
	United Kingdom	149	83		10		10		12	12				5			1		3							4		2	7
	San Marino	165	90			12	12	7	7		7					7	4	2						8		2	3		4
	China	67	39	2		6		2					5								1			5			7
	Norway	100	46				4	1	4	1				10						7	5		2				8	12
	Lebanon	103	37	7						2	4	6		6	8	6		6					8		1		12
	Thailand	32	31																1
	Netherlands	95	41				8		5	5		3	10	4	4					2		2	7					4
	Serbia	162	79	4	8	3	2	3				8	12					10	7			1				5	5	7	8
	New Zealand	192	105	6			7			6	5	10			3	10	10			1		4	4	12			6	3
	Japan	101	70		1				3								3	12								12
	Kazakhstan	38	20						10										8
	Australia	97	31		5	5	1		2	7			2	7						6	12	7			5			1	6
	Spain	97	52		4			6	1				10					7			4					10		6	1
	Portugal	178	96	10	12		3	12						3	1	1				8	10	3	6		12		1
	Poland	111	80								8	2		1		2		4	4				1	7	2
	South Korea	105	59	3		2									2		2	8		5	6	6			4	8
	Croatia	143	65	5	2	4	6				1	12	3	2		3		3			7	8	10	2	10

Grand Final voting results (televote)

		Total score	Jury score	Germany	Hungary	Vietnam	Italy	Uzbekistan	Greece	Denmark	Israel	Sweden	United Kingdom	San Marino	China	Norway	Lebanon	Thailand	Netherlands	Serbia	New Zealand	Japan	Kazakhstan	Australia	Spain	Portugal	Poland	South Korea	Croatia	Rest of the World
Contestants	Germany	220	104		4			10	1	12	7			7	12	6	12	1		5	2		3	2			10	8	4
	Hungary	108	64
	Vietnam	164	79
	Italy	113	73
	Uzbekistan	65	32												2				3
	Greece	67	32
	Denmark	143	81
	Israel	126	49
	Sweden	133	83
	United Kingdom	149	66
	San Marino	165	75	6				12		5			1		3	8		7	2	10				8	7	10		3
	China	67	28
	Norway	100	54
	Lebanon	103	66
	Thailand	32	1				3		2				8						6			8						4
	Netherlands	95	54
	Serbia	162	83
	New Zealand	192	87	12	3	3	1		5	6	12	8				10	4			12			7	10	5			7
	Japan	101	31
	Kazakhstan	38	18				2		8				6												2	2
	Australia	97	66
	Spain	97	45
	Portugal	178	82	5	12			4							8		8	5	8		4	6		1	3		2	10	8
	Poland	111	31
	South Korea	105	46
	Croatia	143	78

Split Results

Split results (Grand Final)
Place	Combined		Jury		Televoting
	Country	Points	Country	Points	Country	Points
1	Germany	220	Germany	104	Germany	116
2	New Zealand	192	New Zealand	87	New Zealand	105
3	Portugal	178	Sweden	83	Portugal	96
4	San Marino	165	Serbia	83	San Marino	90
5	Vietnam	164	Portugal	82	Vietnam	85
6	Serbia	162	Denmark	81	United Kingdom	83
7	United Kingdom	149	Vietnam	79	Poland	80
8	Denmark	143	Croatia	78	Serbia	79
9	Croatia	143	San Marino	75	Israel	77
10	Sweden	133	Italy	73	Japan	70
11	Israel	126	Australia	66	Croatia	65
12	Italy	113	Lebanon	66	Denmark	62
13	Poland	111	United Kingdom	66	South Korea	59
14	Hungary	108	Hungary	64	Spain	52
15	South Korea	105	Netherlands	54	Sweden	50
16	Lebanon	103	Norway	54	Norway	46
17	Japan	101	Israel	49	Hungary	44
18	Norway	100	South Korea	46	Netherlands	41
19	Australia	97	Spain	45	Italy	40
20	Spain	97	Greece	32	China	39
21	Netherlands	95	Uzbekistan	32	Lebanon	37
22	Greece	67	Poland	31	Greece	35
23	China	67	Japan	31	Uzbekistan	33
24	Uzbekistan	65	China	28	Australia	31
25	Kazakhstan	38	Kazakhstan	18	Thailand	31
26	Thailand	32	Thailand	1	Kazakhstan	20

International Jury Voting

International viewers were introduced last year, they award an additional one set of points based on the average places of their rating. They are invited by IECO from around the world, whoever is interested to be involved and consist of five members.

Detailed vote from the rest of the world
Place	Country	Points		VG	KS	AD	TA	AP
1	Portugal	12	5.0	3	1	13	5	3
2	Germany	10	5.2	2	6	9	3	6
3	San Marino	8	5.8	7	3	1	14	4
4	Italy	7	9.4	1	7	10	16	13
5	Norway	6	9.6	4	13	15	11	5
6	Australia	5	10.0	11	8	6	18	7
7	Croatia	4	10.6	13	5	12	7	16
8	Vietnam	3	10.8	8	12	21	4	9
9	Spain	2	11.4	6	4	17	19	11
10	Sweden	1	12.0	16	15	7	20	2
11	Lebanon		12.0	20	9	4	6	21
12	China		12.4	9	16	5	17	15
13	United Kingdom		13.2	10	18	19	2	17
14	Netherlands		13.6	19	21	8	1	19
15	Serbia		14.2	15	11	3	24	18
16	New Zealand		14.6	17	20	14	8	14
17	Denmark		15.6	14	14	18	22	10
18	Greece		15.8	24	17	24	13	1
19	Japan		16.8	18	24	20	10	12
20	Uzbekistan		18.0	21	19	2	23	25
21	South Korea		18.0	12	23	23	9	23
22	Poland		19.0	25	2	22	26	20
23	Hungary		19.0	5	22	25	21	22
24	Kazakhstan		19.0	23	26	26	12	8
25	Thailand		19.8	22	10	16	25	26
26	Israel		20.2	26	25	11	15	24

12 points

12 points awarded by the juries # Recipient Countries giving 12 points 3 Portugal Hungary, Spain, Uzbekistan Vietnam China, Japan, San Marino Hungary Israel, Netherlands, Norway 2 San Marino Italy, Vietnam United Kingdom Denmark, Greece Japan Portugal, Thailand 1 Germany Serbia New Zealand Australia Serbia United Kingdom Croatia Sweden Denmark Germany Sweden Kazakhstan Israel Lebanon Lebanon Poland Norway South Korea Australia New Zealand Greece Croatia

12 points awarded by the televoting # Recipient Countries giving 12 points 3 Germany China, Denmark, Lebanon New Zealand Germany, Israel, Serbia 2 Portugal Hungary, Rest of the World Vietnam South Korea, Sweden Serbia Poland, Spain Denmark Greece, San Marino Israel Croatia, Norway Poland Japan, Vietnam 1 San Marino Uzbekistan United Kingdom Italy Croatia Netherlands Sweden Australia Hungary United Kingdom South Korea New Zealand Japan Kazakhstan Spain Portugal Greece Thailand

Public voting representatives of participating countries

The viewers of the participating countries could be other members of the organization or other invited persons.
Each public voting member was invited by it's country, however when the participant was not able to do so, the public voting was assigned to each country as per the most possible compatability of points with the Jury Member.

Country	Full Name & Origin	IECO Membership
Australia	Jimmy Mardigras	Observer
China	Fyodor Kotlyarov	Cyprus
Croatia	Thandeka Mhundwa	Observer
Denmark	Viktor Pevchev	Observer
Germany	Polyna Synevich	Observer
Greece	Artsiom Chalapa	Observer
Hungary	Andrey Zhidenko	Observer
Israel	Zhenya Talantseva	Observer
Italy	Julia Lisenkova	Observer
Japan	Robin Bray	Observer
Kazakhstan	Margarita Domalevskaya	Observer
Lebanon	Ilya Mandebura	Observer
Netherlands	Anna Abramova	Observer
New Zealand	Andrey Muravev	Observer
Norway	Ekateryna Brunt	Observer
Poland	Vangelis Tarambolas	Albania
Portugal	Andrey Gruzdev	Observer
San Marino	Alina Zhukova	Observer
Serbia	Franklyn Baldacchino	Observer
South Korea	Andrey Nikitin	Observer
Spain	Diana Nizamova	Observer
Sweden	Roman Dombaem	Observer
Thailand	Juliya Savelyeva	Observer
United Kingdom	Igor Slon	Observer
Uzbekistan	Roman Pastukhov	Observer
Vietnam	Agnieszka Stolarska	Observer
The Rest Of The World	Valeria Guzheva Kiran Sebastian Adrien Alonso-Dussel Timothy Ahlgren Alexander Pabon	Observers