Each country awards one set in the semi-finals, and two sets in the final, of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs. Five international observers are aggregated and awarded as one set of points.
Thirty-six countries will participate in the contest, with Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil and Russia participating for the first time. Poland and North Macedonia returning after one- and five-episodes absences respectively. China, Finland, Greece and Malta announced that they would not be taking part.
Location
The Q2-2024 contest took place in Hanoi, Vietnam. This was the first time the competition was held in Southeast Asia.
Production
Slogan and Visual Design
An official slogan (motto) becoming permanent from Q3-2024 edition
Format
Two semi-finals has stayed with the same rules in this episode. However, the juries were invited to voted in semi-finals for the first time in order to keep them as a backup of televoting and in order to research differences between the televote and the jury votes.
Semi-Final Allocation Draw
Pot 1
Pot 2
Pot 3
Pot 4
Pot 5
Participating Countries
Thirty-six countries have confirmed participation this season. Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil and Russia was set to participate for the very first time this edition, while Poland and North Macedonia has announced its returned after a one- and five-episodes absence, China, Finland, Greece and Malta has not appear in the final list of the participants broadcaster.
The withdrawal of the Greek broadcaster was due to sanctions from IECO due to the low interest of the Greek broadcaster in participating and the delays in voting (in other cases, not sending the vote of its jury). IECO said that the suspension of Greece will only be for one season, after which the Greek broadcaster.
The second semi-final took place on 18 August 2024. Fifteen countries took part in the first semi-final. Those countries plus {{}} and {{}}, as well as the international observers under an aggregated vote as "Rest of the World", will vote in this semi-final.
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Voting in the 2nd Semi-Final
Each country had a televoting who awarded 12, 10, 8 - 1 point(s) to their top seven songs. All TBA countries competing in the second semi-final voted, alongside TBA, TBA and the aggregated Rest of the World vote. The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.
The 2nd Semi-Final voting results
Total score
Rest of the World
Contestants
Detailed vote from the rest of the world
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Points
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8
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7
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6
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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12 points
12 points awarded by the televoting
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Countries giving 12 points
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Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final took place on 18 August 2024. Fifteen countries took part in the first semi-final. Those countries plus {{}} and {{}}, as well as the international observers under an aggregated vote as "Rest of the World", will vote in this semi-final.
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Voting in the 2nd Semi-Final
Each country had a televoting who awarded 12, 10, 8 - 1 point(s) to their top seven songs. All TBA countries competing in the second semi-final voted, alongside TBA, TBA and the aggregated Rest of the World vote. The ten qualifying countries were announced in no particular order, and the full results of how each country voted was published after the final had been held.
Mark Solovyov
Denis Nikitin
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Brazil
Russia
North Macedonia
Poland
China
Finland
Greece
Malta
Albania
Armenia
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Lebanon
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Serbia
South Korea
Thailand