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The '''Worldvision Song Contest''' (often shortened to '''WSC''' or '''Worldvision''' or '''WV''') is an international song competition which has been organised by the [[Main Page|International Eurofan's Countries Organisation]] (IECO) annually since summer 2022. It is held in a different city each six months, however the same city can host the contest more than once.
The '''Worldvision Song Contest''' (often shortened to '''WSC''' or '''Worldvision''' or '''WV''') is an international song competition which has been organised by the [[Main Page|International Eurofan's Countries Organisation]] (IECO) annually since summer 2022. It is held in a different city each six months, however the same city can host the contest more than once.


At one time, the competition brings together Euro-fans and ordinary music lovers from all over the world. Now the geography of the curators of the competition includes [[:en:Belarus|Belarus]], [[:en:Russia|Russia]], [[:en:Ukraine|Ukraine]], as well as those geographically residing in [[:en:Poland|Poland]] and the [[:en:United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]].
At one time, the competition brings together Euro-fans and ordinary music lovers from all over the world. Now the geography of the curators of the competition includes [[:en:Belarus|Belarus]], [[:en:Russia|Russia]], [[:en:Ukraine|Ukraine]], as well as those geographically residing in [[:en:Austria|Austria]], [[:en:Greece|Greece]], [[:en:Malta|Malta]], [[:en:Poland|Poland]] and the [[:en:United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]].
 
Such world-famous performers as [[:en:Tom Grennan|Tom Grennan]], [[:en:Sam Smith|Sam Smith]] and [[:en:Doja Cat|Doja Cat]] took part in the competition.


== <strong>Origins and history</strong> ==
== <strong>Origins and history</strong> ==
The Worldvision Song Contest's founding stemmed from a desire to promote cooperation between euro-fans from different parts of the world. As in the previous edition, one of the ideas of the association was to include fans outside the post-Soviet zone. The new edition of the competition begins its countdown on March 6, 2022, when it was decided to transfer the activity of communication between the curators of the countries from [[:en:VK (service)|VK]] to the [[:en:Telegram (software)|Telegram]] platform.
The Worldvision Song Contest's founding stemmed from a desire to promote cooperation between euro-fans from different parts of the world. As in the previous edition, one of the ideas of the association was to include fans outside the post-Soviet zone. The new edition of the competition begins its countdown on March 6, 2022, when it was decided to transfer the activity of communication between the curators of the countries from [[:en:VK (service)|VK]] to the [[:en:Telegram (software)|Telegram]] platform.


===2022s===
===2022===
The [[Worldvision Q4-2022|Worldvision Song Contest Q4-2022]] was the first edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:Televisión Española|Televisión Española]] (TVE) and held on 23 July 2022 at the [[:en:Palau Sant Jordi|Palau Sant Jordi Arena]] in [[:en:Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Spain]].
The [[Worldvision Q4-2022|Worldvision Song Contest Q4-2022]] was the first edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:Televisión Española|Televisión Española]] (TVE) and held on 22 November 2022 at the [[:en:Palau Sant Jordi|Palau Sant Jordi Arena]] in [[:en:Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Spain]]. 13 countries entered the inaugural contest, with entries received from [[Australia]], [[Hungary]], [[Japan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Montenegro]], [[Norway]], [[Portugal]], [[San Marino]], [[South Korea]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], [[Thailand]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. Voting in this competition consisted of a single set of jury votes from each participating country. United Kingdom's [[:en:Calum Scott|Calum Scott]] was crowned the contest's first winner, with the song "Rise".


===2023s===
===2023===
The [[Worldvision Q1-2023|Worldvision Song Contest Q1-2023]] was the second edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC) and held on 25 January 2023 at the [[:en:Manchester Arena|AO Arena]] in [[:en:Manchester|Manchester]], the [[United Kingdom]].
[[File:Annalisa mentre canta Stelle in uno showcase di RDS.jpg|150px|right|thumb|[[:en:Annalisa|Annalisa]], winner of the Q1-2023 contest and placed on 4th place in the Q2-2023 contest for the [[San Marino]].]]
The [[Worldvision Q1-2023|Worldvision Song Contest Q1-2023]] was the second edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC) and held on 25 January 2023 at the [[:en:Manchester Arena|AO Arena]] in [[:en:Manchester|Manchester]], the [[United Kingdom]]. 24 countries took part in the second edition of the competition, among which the first participation was for [[Canada]], [[China]], [[Croatia]], [[Denmark]], [[Greece]], [[Israel]], [[Lebanon]], the [[Netherlands]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Serbia]] and the [[United States]]. Voting has undergone changes, according to which now two sets of points had to be given from each participating delegation of the country: the jury and the audience. Also, another additional set of points was formed from the total voting result of five independent observers of the competition. [[San Marino]] was voted the winner, represented by [[:en:Annalisa|Annalisa]] with the song "Bellissima". The [[United States]] was the only participating country whose voting results were not received in full, for which the country was not admitted to the next competition.


The [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Worldvision Song Contest Q2-2023]] was the third edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:SBS (Australian TV channel)|Special Broadcasting Service]] (SBS) and held on 2 July 2023 at the [[:en:John Cain Arena|John Cain Arena]] in [[:en:Melbourne|Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
The [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Worldvision Song Contest Q2-2023]] was the third edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:SBS (Australian TV channel)|Special Broadcasting Service]] (SBS) and held on 2 July 2023 at the [[:en:John Cain Arena|John Cain Arena]] in [[:en:Melbourne|Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. According to the rules of the competition, the season was supposed to take place in San Marino, but due to the lack of proper infrastructure to host the event, it was decided to move the competition to Australia, which won second place in the early season. 26 countries took part in the competition. [[Canada]], [[Montenegro]], [[North Macedonia]] and the [[United Kingdom]] decided not to compete in this edition, however [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[New Zealand]], [[Poland]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Vietnam]] made its debut. [[Germany]] gained its first win in the contest, represented by [[:en:Rêve (singer)|Reve]] and "Still Dancing".


The [[Worldvision Q3-2023|Worldvision Song Contest Q3-2023]] was the fourth edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:Norddeutscher Rundfunk|Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] (NDR) and held on 29 September 2023 at the [[:en:Lanxess Arena|Lanxess Arena]] in [[:en:Cologne|Cologne]], [[Germany]].
The [[Worldvision Q3-2023|Worldvision Song Contest Q3-2023]] was the fourth edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:Norddeutscher Rundfunk|Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] (NDR) and held on 14 September (semi-final) and 29 September 2023 (grand final) at the [[:en:Lanxess Arena|Lanxess Arena]] in [[:en:Cologne|Cologne]], [[Germany]]. This was the first competition with a semi-final. A record 29 countries competed in this edition, which saw the [[Canada]] returning to the contest along with new entrants [[Albania]], [[Cyprus]] and [[France]], while [[New Zealand]] decided to withdraw. 15 countries entered the first Worldvision semi-final, with the top 10 joining the 14 automatic qualifiers in the final. [[Norway]] became the fourth country to win the Worldvision title, with band [[:en:The Score (band)|The Score]] giving their first win with "Head Up".


The [[Worldvision Q4-2023|Worldvision Song Contest Q4-2023]] was the fifth edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:NRK|Norsk rikskringkasting AS]] (NRK) and held on XX xxx 2023 at the xxx in xxx, [[Norway]].
The [[Worldvision Q4-2023|Worldvision Song Contest Q4-2023]] was the fifth edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:NRK|Norsk rikskringkasting AS]] (NRK) and held on 26 December 2023 (semi-final) and 6 January 2024 (grand final) at the [[:en:Telenor Arena|Telenor Arena]] in [[:en:Oslo|Oslo]], [[Norway]]. 29 countries took part in the competition, among which the first participation was for [[Malta]] and [[Switzerland]], while [[San Marino]] and [[Uzbekistan]] decided to withdraw. [[Lebanon]] became the fifth country to win the Worldvision title, with duo Sasha Lopez and [[:en:AMI (Romanian singer)|AMI]] with "Butterfly Dance".
 
===2024===
The [[Worldvision Q1-2024|Worldvision Song Contest Q1-2024]] was the sixth edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:Télé Liban|Télé Liban]] (TL) and held on 28 and 29 February (semi-finals) and 10 March 2024 (grand final) at the Beirut Seaside Arena in [[:en:Beirut|Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. A second semi-final was introduced at this contest. A record 34 countries competed in this edition, which saw [[San Marino]] and [[Uzbekistan]] returning to the contest along with new entrants [[Armenia]], [[Finland]] and [[Ireland]]. [[Portugal]] gained its first contest win, represented by Neoni and the song "Darkside".
 
The [[Worldvision Q2-2024|Worldvision Song Contest Q2-2024]] was the seventh edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]] (RTP) and held on XX and XX June/July (semi-finals) and XX June/July 2024 (grand final) at the TBA in [[:en:Guimarães|en:Guimarães]], [[Portugal]]. The number of participants remained the same - 34 participating countries. [[United States]] returning to the contest along with new entrant [[Iceland]]. [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Uzbekistan]] withdrew from the competition.


== <strong>Format</strong> ==
== <strong>Format</strong> ==
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== <strong>Participation</strong> ==
== <strong>Participation</strong> ==
Active members (as opposed to observer members) of the IECO are eligible to participate. IECO members who wish to participate must fulfil conditions as laid down in the rules of the contest, a separate copy of which is drafted annually. A maximum of 26 countries <sup>(to be specified)</sup> can take part in any one contest.
Active members (as opposed to observer members) of the IECO are eligible to participate. IECO members who wish to participate must fulfil conditions as laid down in the rules of the contest, a separate copy of which is drafted annually. After the candidate meets all the conditions for entry, the participant can choose the country he supervises and become its head of delegation.


Eighteen countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:
Only a [[:en:Member states of the United Nations|UN member country]] can be allowed to participate in IECO competitions. A maximum of 26 countries <sup>(to be specified)</sup> can take part in any one contest.


== <strong>Hosting</strong> ==
Thirty nine countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:
The winning country traditionally hosts the following season's event. Preparations for each contest typically begin at the conclusion of the previous season's contest, with the winning country's head of delegation receiving a welcome package of information related to hosting the contest at the winner's press conference.


The host broadcaster will subsequently select a host city, typically a national or regional capital city, which must meet certain criteria set out in the contest's rules.
{|
 
|- style="vertical-align:top"
===Organizational group===
|
''Further information: [[Organizational group of the IECO]]''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:94%"
 
|-
The organizational group, consisting of 5 participants, was created to decide and change the rules of the competition, holding, organizing.
! scope="col" |Season
 
! scope="col" |Country
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! colspan="9" |Organizational group 2023
| rowspan="13" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2022|Q4-2022]]
| {{AUS}}
|-
| {{HUN}}
|-
| {{JPN}}
|-
| {{KAZ}}
|-
| {{MNE}}
|-
| {{NOR}}
|-
| {{PRT}}
|-
| {{SMR}}
|-
| {{KOR}}
|-
| {{ESP}}
|-
| {{SWE}}
|-
| {{THA}}
|-
| {{GBR}}
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:94%"
|-
! scope="col" |Season
! scope="col" |Country
|-
| rowspan="11" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q1-2023|Q1-2023]]
| {{CAN}}
|-
| {{CHN}}
|-
| {{HRV}}
|-
| {{DNK}}
|-
| {{GRC}}
|-
| {{ISR}}
|-
| {{LBN}}
|-
| {{NLD}}
|-
| {{MKD}}
|-
| {{SRB}}
|-
| {{USA}}
|-
| rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]]
| {{DEU}}
|-
| {{ITA}}
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:94%"
|-
! scope="col" |Season
! scope="col" |Country
|-
| rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]]
| {{NZL}}
|-
| {{POL}}
|-
| {{UZB}}
|-
| {{VNM}}
|-
| rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q3-2023|Q3-2023]]
| {{ALB}}
|-
|-
! scope="col" colspan="2" |Position
| {{CYP}}
! scope="col" |[[Worldvision Q1-2023|Q1-2023]]
! scope="col" |[[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]]
! scope="col" |[[Worldvision Q3-2023|Q3-2023]]
! scope="col" |[[Worldvision Q4-2023|Q4-2023]]
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Executive supervisor
| {{FRA}}
| colspan="4" |[[File:Aus-icon.png|24px]] Mark Nightingale
|-
|-
! rowspan="3" |Winners/Co-organizer
| rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2023|Q4-2023]]
!Worldvision
| {{MLT}}
|[[File:Gbr-icon.png|24px]] Igor Kapsharin
|[[File:Smr-icon.png|24px]] Nikita Likhanov
|[[File:Deu-icon.png|24px]] Egor Tarashkevich
|[[File:Nor-icon.png|24px]] Aleksei Komarov
|-
|-
!Special Melody
| {{CHE}}
| colspan="2" |N/A
|[[File:Tha-icon.png|24px]] Maksim Bogomolov
|[[File:Can-icon.png|24px]] Alexandr Mishenkov
|-
|-
!Conquiz Tournaments
| rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q1-2024|Q1-2024]]
| colspan="2" |N/A
| {{ARM}}
|[[File:Dnk-icon.png|24px]] Nikita Belonogov
|[[File:Nld-icon.png|24px]] Jean Isaak
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Active Observer
| {{FIN}}
| rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |N/A
| colspan="3" |[[File:Jpn-icon.png|24px]] Pasha Kulik
|-
|-
| colspan="3" |[[File:Prt-icon.png|24px]] Denis Vorobyov
| {{IRL}}
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Elected by other members
| rowspan="1" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q2-2024|Q2-2024]]
|[[File:Kor-icon.png|24px]] Denis Leonenko
| {{ISL}}
|[[File:Nld-icon.png|24px]] Jean Isaak
|}
|[[File:Hun-icon.png|24px]] Roman Dudarev*
|}
|}
The following are the countries that have expressed their intention to debut at the competition in various seasons:
* {{BRA}}
* {{BLR}}
* {{KEN}}
* {{MCO}}
* {{RUS}}
* {{UKR}}
== <strong>Hosting</strong> ==
The winning country traditionally hosts the following season's event. Preparations for each contest typically begin at the conclusion of the previous season's contest, with the winning country's head of delegation receiving a welcome package of information related to hosting the contest at the winner's press conference.
The host broadcaster will subsequently select a host city, typically a national or regional capital city, which must meet certain criteria set out in the contest's rules.
===Organizational group===
Members of the reference group are involved in organizing various competitions within the framework of IEKO, as well as resolving controversial situations, developing and adopting new rules. The reference group consists of permanent active members, current winners of competitions within the framework of IEKO, as well as one member elected by election among the remaining active curators of IEKO. Starting from the [[Worldvision Q2-2024|Q2-2024]] season, the reference group includes active members and current winners of competitions within the IECO.
As of June 2024, the reference group has 4 members:
*[[File:Aus-icon.png|20px]] Mark Nightingale (Supervisor, since [[Worldvision Q4-2022|Q4-2022]])
*[[File:Prt-icon.png|20px]] Denis Vorobyov (Supervisor Special Music, Wikipedia, since [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]], current winner of [[Worldvision Q1-2024]])
*[[File:Isr-icon.png|20px]] Nikolay Serb (Invited member of the reference group, [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2024]])
*[[File:Gbr-icon.png|20px]] Igor Kapsharin (Invited member of the reference group, [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2024]])
Reference group observers:
*[[File:Jpn-icon.png|20px]] Pasha Kulik (Wikipedia, between [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]] for [[Worldvision Q4-2023|Q4-2023]] and since [[Worldvision Q2-2024|Q2-2024]])
*[[File:Dnk-icon.png|20px]] Nikita Belonogov (Current winner of IEСO minor projects - Conquiz Tournaments Q1-2024)


== <strong>Rules</strong> ==
== <strong>Rules</strong> ==
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! width="75"| Edition !! width="125"| Points !! Voting system
! width="125"| Edition !! width="125"| Points !! Voting system
|-
|-
| [[Worldvision Q4-2022|Q4-2022]]
| [[Worldvision Q4-2022|Q4-2022]]
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| The jury and the televote each award an independent set of points. First the jury points are announced and then the televoting points are calculated together before being added to the jury points, effectively doubling the points which can be awarded in total.
| The jury and the televote each award an independent set of points. First the jury points are announced and then the televoting points are calculated together before being added to the jury points, effectively doubling the points which can be awarded in total.
|-
|-
| [[Worldvision Q1-2023|Q1-2023]] -
| [[Worldvision Q1-2023|Q1-2023]] - [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]]
| (12, 10, 8–1) × 2 +1
| (12, 10, 8–1) × 2 +1
| In the final, the jury and the televote each award an independent set of points. Also, an additional set of points have international viewers who were not represented by any of the participating countries.
| In the final, the jury and the televote each award an independent set of points. Also, an additional set of points have international viewers who were not represented by any of the participating countries.
|-
| [[Worldvision Q3-2023|Q3-2023]] -
| 12, 10, 8–1</br>(semi-finals)</br>(12, 10, 8–1) × 2 +1</br>(final)
| In the semi-finals, only the televote is used to decide which songs receive points. In the final, the jury and the televote each award an independent set of points. Also, an additional set of points have international viewers who were not represented by any of the participating countries.
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Season
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Season
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Date (Final)
! scope="col" | Host
! scope="col" | Host
! scope="col" | Winner
! scope="col" | Winner
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| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 22 November 2022
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 22 November 2022
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | {{ESP}}, [[:en:Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | {{ESP}}, [[:en:Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|{{GBR}}: [[:en:Calum Scott|Calum Scott]] - Rise
| {{GBR}}: [[:en:Calum Scott|Calum Scott]] - Rise
|English
| English
|172
| 172
|{{PRT}}
| {{PRT}}
|-
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | II
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | II
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| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | V
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | V
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2023|Q4-2023]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2023|Q4-2023]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | TBA December 2023
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 6 January 2024
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | {{NOR}}, TBA
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | {{NOR}}, [[:en:Oslo|Oslo]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" colspan="4" | TBA December 2023
| {{LBN}}: Sasha Lopez x [[:en:AMI (Romanian singer)|AMI]] - Butterfly Dance
| English
| 232
| {{FRA}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | VI
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q1-2024|Q1-2024]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 10 March 2024
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | {{LBN}}, [[:en:Beirut|Beirut]]
| {{PRT}}: Neoni - Darkside
| English
| 286
| {{ISR}}
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | VII
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q2-2024|Q2-2024]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | TBD June/July 2024
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | {{PRT}}, [[:en:Guimarães|Guimarães]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddddff;" colspan="4" |Upcoming
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | VIII
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q3-2024|Q3-2024]]
| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | TBD August/September 2024
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddddff;" colspan="5" |Upcoming
|}
|}


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