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===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]]. 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.

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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.

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 18 August (both semi-finals) and 1 September 2024 (grand final) at the Multiusos de Guimarães in [[:en:Guimarães|Guimarães]], [[Portugal]]. The number of participants remained the same - 34 participating countries. [[United States]] returning to the contest along with new entrant [[Iceland]]. [[Poland]] and [[Uzbekistan]] withdrew from the competition. [[Vietnam]] gained its first contest win, represented by [[:en:Michael Patrick Kelly|Michael Patrick Kelly]] featuring [[:en:Rakim|Rakim]] and the song "Wonders".

The [[Worldvision Q3-2024|Worldvision Song Contest Q3-2024]] was the eingth edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:Vietnam Television|Vietnam Television]] (VTV) and held on 14 (1st semi-final) and 15 (2nd semi-final) December and 27 December 2024 (grand final) at the [[:en:Quần Ngựa Sports Palace|Quần Ngựa Sports Palace]] in [[:en:Hanoi|Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]]. A record 37 countries took part in the season, bringing the number of countries in the final to 26. [[New Zealand]], [[North Macedonia]] and [[Poland]] returning to the contest along with new entrant [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belgium]], [[Brazil]] and [[Russia]]. [[China]], [[Finland]], [[Greece]] and [[Malta]] withdrew from the competition. [[Israel]] gained its first contest win, represented by Elevator Boys and the song "Ruin Me".

The [[Worldvision Q4-2024|Worldvision Song Contest Q4-2024]] was the ninth edition of the contest, organised by [[:en:Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation|Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation]] (Kan) and held on XX (1st semi-final) and XX (2nd semi-final) Winter and XX Winter 2025 (grand final) at the TBA [arena] in [[:en:Tel Aviv|Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]].

== Format ==

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== Participation ==

~~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 (to be specified) can take part in any one contest.

''Further information: [[Countries of the Worldvision Song Contest]]''

~~Eighteen~~ countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:

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.

Only a [[:en:Member states of the United Nations|UN member country]] can be allowed to participate in IECO competitions. A maximum of 46 countries (to be specified) can take part in any one contest.

Forty-three countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:94%"

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! scope="col" |Season

! scope="col" |Country

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| rowspan="13" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2022|Q4-2022]]

| {{AUS}}

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| {{HUN}}

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| {{JPN}}

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| {{KAZ}}

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| {{MNE}}

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| {{NOR}}

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| {{PRT}}

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| {{SMR}}

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| {{KOR}}

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| {{ESP}}

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| {{SWE}}

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| {{THA}}

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| {{GBR}}

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:94%"

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! scope="col" |Season

! scope="col" |Country

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| rowspan="11" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q1-2023|Q1-2023]]

| {{CAN}}

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| {{CHN}}

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| {{HRV}}

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| {{DNK}}

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| {{GRC}}

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| {{ISR}}

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| {{LBN}}

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| {{NLD}}

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| {{MKD}}

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| {{SRB}}

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| {{USA}}

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| rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]]

| {{DEU}}

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| {{ITA}}

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:94%"

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! scope="col" |Season

! scope="col" |Country

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| rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]]

| {{NZL}}

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| {{POL}}

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| {{UZB}}

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| {{VNM}}

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| rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q3-2023|Q3-2023]]

| {{ALB}}

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| {{CYP}}

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| {{FRA}}

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| rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2023|Q4-2023]]

| {{MLT}}

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| {{CHE}}

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| rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q1-2024|Q1-2024]]

| {{ARM}}

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| {{FIN}}

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| {{IRL}}

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| rowspan="1" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q2-2024|Q2-2024]]

| {{ISL}}

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:94%"

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! scope="col" |Season

! scope="col" |Country

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| rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q3-2024|Q3-2024]]

| {{AZE}}

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| {{BEL}}

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| {{BRA}}

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| {{RUS}}

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| rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2024|Q4-2024]]

| {{BIH}}

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| {{CUB}}

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The following are the countries that have expressed their intention to debut at the competition in various seasons:

* {{BLR}}

* {{KEN}}

* {{MCO}}

* {{UKR}}

== Hosting ==

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===Organizational group===

~~''Further information:~~ [[~~Organizational~~ group of the IECO~~]]''~~

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.

~~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 2024 season,~~ the reference group ~~includes active members and current winners of competitions within the IECO.~~

As of september 2024, the reference group has 6 members:

*[[File:Aus-icon.png|20px]] Mark Solovyov (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:Jpn-icon.png|20px]] Paša Kulik (Wikipedia, between [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]] for [[Worldvision Q4-2023|Q4-2023]] and since [[Worldvision Q2-2024|Q2-2024]])

*[[File:Isr-icon.png|20px]] Nikolaj Serb (Current winner of [[Worldvision Q3-2024]])

*[[File:Lbn-icon.png|20px]] Anton Desyatov (Invited member of the reference group, [[Worldvision Q3-2023|Q3-2024]])

~~As of June 2024, the reference~~ group ~~has 6 members~~:

Reference group observers:

*[[File:~~Aus~~-icon.png|~~24px~~]] ~~Mark Nightingale~~ (~~Supervisor, since Q4-2022)~~

*[[File:Gbr-icon.png|20px]] Igor Kapsharin (Current winner of IEСO minor projects - Worldvision Secong chance Q3-2024)

*[[File:Jpn-icon.png|24px]] Pasha Kulik (Wikipedia, between Q2-~~2023 for Q4-2023 and since Q2~~-2024)

*[[File:Prt-icon.png|24px]] Denis Vorobyov (Wikipedia, Supervisor Special Music, since Q2-2023)

*[[File:-icon.png|24px]] Nikolay Serb

*[[File:-icon.png|24px]] Nikita Belonogov

*[[File:-icon.png|24px]] Igor Kapsharin

== Rules ==

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! width="75"| Edition !! width="125"| Points !! Voting system

! width="125"| Edition !! width="125"| Points !! Voting system

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| [[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.

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| [[Worldvision Q1-2023|Q1-2023]] -

| [[Worldvision Q1-2023|Q1-2023]] - [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]]

| (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.

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| [[Worldvision Q3-2023|Q3-2023]] - [[Worldvision Q2-2024|Q2-2024]]

| 12, 10, 8–1(semi-finals)(12, 10, 8–1) × 2 +1(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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| [[Worldvision Q3-2024|Q3-2024]] -

| 12, 10, 8–1 × 2

| International viewers were abolished and became part of the regular viewers. Now each competing country was not obliged to hold an audience vote. Each participating country could invite up to two viewers to vote in one or more shows, who had the right to rate the inviting game.

|}

== Winning entries ==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Season

! scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Season

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Date (Final)

! scope="col" | Host

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Host city

! scope="col" | Winner

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Countries

! scope="col" | Language(s)

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Winner

! scope="col" | Points

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Language(s)

! scope="col" | Runner-up

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Points

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Runner-up

|-

! scope="col" | Total

! scope="col" | Final

|-

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | I

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2022|Q4-2022]]

| 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:;" | [[File:Esp-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Barcelona|Barcelona]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" colspan="2" | 13

| {{GBR}}: [[:en:Calum Scott|Calum Scott]] - Rise

| English

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| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q1-2023|Q1-2023]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 25 January 2023

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | ~~{{GBR}},~~ [[:en:Manchester|Manchester]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | [[File:Gbr-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Manchester|Manchester]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" colspan="2" | 24

| {{SMR}}: [[:en:Annalisa|Annalisa]] - Bellissima

| Italian

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| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q2-2023|Q2-2023]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 2 July 2023

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | ~~{{AUS}}*,~~ [[:en:Melbourne|Melbourne]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | [[File:Aus-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Melbourne|Melbourne]]*

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" colspan="2" | 26

| {{DEU}}: [[:en:Rêve (singer)|Reve]] - Still Dancing

| English

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| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q3-2023|Q3-2023]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 29 September 2023

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | ~~{{DEU}},~~ [[:en:Cologne|Cologne]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | [[File:Deu-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Cologne|Cologne]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 29

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 24

| {{NOR}}: [[:en:The Score (band)|The Score]] - Head Up

| English

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| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2023|Q4-2023]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 6 January 2024

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | ~~{{NOR}},~~ [[:en:Oslo|Oslo]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | [[File:Nor-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Oslo|Oslo]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 29

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 24

| {{LBN}}: Sasha Lopez x [[:en:AMI (Romanian singer)|AMI]] - Butterfly Dance

| English

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| 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]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | [[File:Lbn-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Beirut|Beirut]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 34

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 24

| {{PRT}}: Neoni - Darkside

| English

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| 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:;" | 1 September 2024

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | ~~{{PRT}},~~ [[:en:Guimarães|Guimarães]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | [[File:Prt-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Guimarães|Guimarães]]

| style="text-align:center; background:~~#ddddff~~;" ~~colspan~~="4" |~~Upcoming~~

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 34

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 24

| {{VNM}}: [[:en:Michael Patrick Kelly|Michael Patrick Kelly]] ft. [[:en:Rakim|Rakim]] - Wonders

| English

| 257

| {{SRB}}

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| 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~~

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 27 December 2024

| style="text-align:center; background:#ddddff;" colspan="5" |Upcoming

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | [[File:Vnm-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Hanoi|Hanoi]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 37

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 26

| {{ISR}}: Elevator Boys - Ruin Me

| English

| 276

| {{NOR}}

|-

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | IX

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q4-2024|Q4-2024]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | 7 March 2025

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | [[File:Isr-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Tel Aviv|Tel Aviv]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 36

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | 26

| {{AUS}}: [[:en:Lady Gaga|Lady Gaga]] - Abracadabra

| English

| 449

| {{ESP}}

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| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | X

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q1-2025|Q1-2025]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | TBD Spring 2025

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | [[File:Aus-icon.png|20px]] [[:en:Hobart|Hobart]]

| style="text-align:center; background:#ddddff;" colspan="6" |Upcoming

|-

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | XI

| scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:;" | [[Worldvision Q2-2025|Q2-2025]]

| scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:;" | TBD Spring-Summer 2025

| style="text-align:center; background:#ddddff;" colspan="7" |Upcoming

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