Worldvision Q1-2024

Worldvision Q1-2024
Evolution
Dates
Semi-final 1	28 February 2024
Semi-final 2	29 February 2024
Final	XX March 2024
Host
Venue	Beirut Seaside Arena, Beirut, Lebanon
Executive supervisor	Mark Solovyov
Executive producer	Anton Desyatov
Host broadcaster	Tele-Liban
Participants
Number of entries	34
Debuting countries	Armenia Finland Ireland
Returning Countries	San Marino Uzbekistan
Participation map
Vote
Voting system	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.

The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 1 - 2024 was the 6th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest. It is set to take place in Beirut, Lebanon, following the country's victory at the WorldVision Song Contest Q4-2023 contest with the song "Butterfly Dance" by Sasha Lopez & AMI. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster of Lebanon, the contest will be held in Beirut Seaside Arena, and will consist of two semi-finals on XX and XX February, and a final on XX February.

Thirty-four countries will participate in the contest, with San Marino returning 1 episode gap after its last participation in Q3-2023, while Armenia, Finland and Ireland are so to debut in this edition. No countries are opted not to participate this time.

Location

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Bidding phase

On The next day after the victory of Lebanon was announced, January 7th, the IECO has confirmed that it will suggest only one city for the hosting of the upcoming competition - Beirut, Lebanon.

Participating Countries

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Other Countries

On February 9^th, It was decided to revoke its membership from the New Zealand broadcaster due to its inactivity and non-participation. The country didn't intend to participate in this edition and withdrew the proposal to participate in the previous edition as well.

Format

Worldvision Q1-2024 became the first edition where two semi-finals were introduced.

Proposed Changes

For the Q1-2024 contest it was questioned by some of the participants with the fairness of the auto-qualification process. The advisory committee of the IECO has started negotiations to implement changes to allocating automatic spots in the Grand Final. As of now, no changes has be announced or brought to the competition

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The thirty semi-finalists were divided over five pots, based on historical voting patterns, with the purpose of reducing the chance of bloc voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the four automatic qualifiers – host country Lebanon and "Top-4" countries from the previous edition (Australia, France & the United Kingdom) – would vote in and be required to broadcast.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
China Cyprus Denmark Germany Spain Switzerland	Armenia Croatia Greece Hungary Netherlands Norway	Israel Japan Portugal Serbia South Korea Thailand	Albania Finland Ireland Malta Poland Uzbekistan	Canada Italy Kazakhstan San Marino Sweden Vietnam

Entries

Thirty-four countries has confirmed their participation.Armenia, Finland and Ireland debut at the competition. San Marino and Uzbekistan has announced its returning after non-participation in the previous episode.

Contest Overview

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final will take place on XX February 2024. Fifteen countries will participate in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Australia and France, as well as the international observers under an aggregated vote as "Rest of the World", will vote in this semi-final.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Italy	Ghali & Madame	Pare	Italian
02	Spain	Zara Larsson	Can’t Tame Her	English
03	San Marino	Charlie Puth	Lipstick	English
04	Croatia	Tea Tairovic	Boy Boy	Serbian
05	Portugal	Neoni	Darkside	English
06	Denmark	Selin	Lovers Hurricane	English
07	Uzbekistan	Muhammadziyo	Tabibim	Uzbek
08	Japan	Jeon Somi	Fast Forward	English, Korean
09	Serbia	Giolì & Assia	Young Forever	English
10	Malta	Aidan	Strawberry	Maltese
11	Switzerland	Jealous Friend & Katarina	Natural Disaster	English
12	Albania	Alketa	Dashni	Albanian
13	Greece	Wrabel	Turn Up The Love	English
14	Sweden	Bishop Briggs	Triumph	English
15	Armenia	Lilit Hovhannisyan	Yeli Yeli	Armenian

Voting in the 1st Semi-Final

Each country had a televoting who awarded 12, 10, 8 - 1 point(s) to their top seven songs. All fifteen countries competing in the first semi-final voted, alongside Australia, France 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.

Grand Final voting results

		Total score	Italy	Spain	San Marino	Croatia	Portugal	Denmark	Uzbekistan	Japan	Serbia	Malta	Switzerland	Albania	Greece	Sweden	Armenia	Australia	France	Rest of the World
Contestants	Italy
	Spain
	San Marino
	Croatia
	Portugal
	Denmark
	Uzbekistan
	Japan
	Serbia
	Malta
	Switzerland
	Albania
	Greece
	Sweden
	Armenia

Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final will take place on XX February 2024. Fifteen countries will participate in the first semi-final. Those countries plus Lebanon and United Kingdom, as well as the international observers under an aggregated vote as "Rest of the World", will vote in this semi-final.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Thailand	4Eve	Boutchya	English
02	Norway	Jackson Wang & Ciara	Slow	Englsih
03	Cyprus	Enhypen	Sweet Venom	English
04	Netherlands	Metejoor	Eigen Schuld	Dutch
05	Vietnam	Alok, Alan Walker & Kiddo	Headlights	English
06	South Korea	Tyler Shaw	Out Of Sight	English
07	Finland	Mari	So High	English, Azerbaijani
08	Poland	Bazzi	Heaven	English
09	China	Amaarae	Wasted Eyes	English
10	Canada	Grace Carter	Riot	English
11	Ireland	Johan Papaconstantino	Tata	French
12	Israel	Alex Sampson	Blind	English
13	Kazakhstan	Moontalk	Virtual Friends	English
14	Hungary	Kovacs Harmat	Regi Mesek	Hungarian
15	Germany	Evangelia & Kelvin Jones	Diving	English

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 fifteen countries competing in the second semi-final voted, alongside Lebanon, United Kingdom 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.

Grand Final voting results

		Total score	Thailand	Norway	Cyprus	Netherlands	Vietnam	South Korea	Finland	Poland	China	Canada	Ireland	Israel	Kazakhstan	Hungary	Germany	Lebanon	United Kingdom	Rest of the World
Contestants	Thailand
	Norway
	Cyprus
	Netherlands
	Vietnam
	South Korea
	Finland
	Poland
	China
	Canada
	Ireland
	Israel
	Kazakhstan
	Ireland
	Germany

Final

The final will take place on XX February. Twenty-four countries will participate in the final, composed of the host country Lebanon, another three countries with its best result from the previous edition, and the ten best-ranked entries of each of the two semi-finals. All thirty-four participating countries with jury and televote, as well as the international observers under an aggregated vote as "Rest of the World", will vote in the final.

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
1st Half
	Japan	Jeon Somi	Fast Forward	English, Korean
	Spain	Zara Larsson	Can’t Tame Her	English
	Sweden	Bishop Briggs	Triumph	English
	United Kingdom	Kaaze & Dotter	Disobey	English
2nd Half
	Albania	Alketa	Dashni	Albanian
	Australia	Mette	Mama`s Eyes	English
	France	Pierre de Maere	Mercredi	French
	Italy	Ghali & Madame	Pare	Italian
	Malta	Aidan	Strawberry	Maltese
	Portugal	Neoni	Darkside	English
	San Marino	Charlie Puth	Lipstick	English
	Serbia	Giolì & Assia	Young Forever	English
	Switzerland	Jealous Friend & Katarina	Natural Disaster	English
19	Lebanon	Eva Timush	Tattoo	English
Half TBD
TBD; 10 best ranked of semi-final 2

Voting

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 compatibility of points with the Jury Member. The Rest Of The World

During the voting, spectators from Poland, South Korea and Switzerland were replaced in both semi-finals.

Country	Full Name & Origin	IECO Membership
Albania	TBA	Observer
Armenia	TBA	Observer
Australia	TBA	Observer
Canada	TBA	Observer
China	TBA	Observer
Croatia	TBA	Observer
Cyprus	TBA	Observer
Denmark	TBA	Observer
Finland	TBA	Observer
France	TBA	Observer
Germany	TBA	Observer
Greece	TBA	Observer
Hungary	TBA	Observer
Ireland	TBA	Observer
Israel	TBA	Observer
Italy	TBA	Observer
Japan	TBA	Observer
Kazakhstan	TBA	Observer
Lebanon	TBA	Observer
Malta	TBA	Observer
Netherlands	TBA	Observer
Norway	TBA	Observer
Poland	TBA	Observer
Portugal	TBA	Observer
San Marino	TBA	Observer
Serbia	TBA	Observer
South Korea	TBA	Observer
Spain	TBA	Observer
Sweden	TBA	Observer
Switzerland	TBA	Observer
Thailand	TBA	Observer
United Kingdom	TBA	Observer
Vietnam	TBA	Observer
Uzbekistan	TBA	Observer
The Rest Of The World	TBA	Observers
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