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Worldvision Q1-2024
Evolution
Dates
Semi-final 128 February 2024
Semi-final 229 February 2024
Final10 March 2024
Host
VenueBeirut Seaside Arena, Beirut, Lebanon
Executive supervisor Mark Solovyov
Executive producer Anton Desyatov
Host broadcaster Tele-Liban
Participants
Number of entries34
Debuting countries Armenia
Finland
Ireland
Returning Countries San Marino
Uzbekistan
Participation map
Vote
Voting systemEach 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.
Winning song Portugal
"Darkside"
Q4-23Worldvision Q1-2024Q2-24

The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 1 - 2024 was the 6th edition of the Worldvision Song Contest. It took 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 TL. The contest was held at the Beirut Seaside Arena, and consisted of a semi-finals on 28 and 29 February, and a final on 10 March.

Thirty-four countries participated 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.

The winner was Portugal with the song "Darkside", performed by Neoni. Israel (best result), Sweden, Japan and Spain rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Albania and Malta. Finland and Malta qualified for the final for the first time.

Location

The Q1-2024 contest took place in Beirut, Lebanon, which received the right to host after its victory in the previous competition. It was the first time that Lebanon hosts the contest. The selected venue is the 5,000-seat Beirut Seaside Arena.

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.

Production

Slogan and Visual Design

Format

For the Q4-2023 season, songs released on the YouTube platform no earlier than 1 January 2022 are eligible. 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

Participating Countries

Thirty-four countries have confirmed participation this season. Armenia, Finland and Ireland has participated for the very first time. San Marino and Uzbekistan has announced its returning after non-participation in the previous episode.

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final took place on 28 February 2024. Fifteen countries took part 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 1 117
02 Spain Zara Larsson Can’t Tame Her English 2 100
03 San Marino Charlie Puth Lipstick English 7 80
04 Croatia Tea Tairovic Boy Boy Serbian 13 34
05 Portugal Neoni Darkside English 5 90
06 Denmark Selin Lovers Hurricane English 12 54
07 Uzbekistan Muhammadziyo Tabibim Uzbek 15 18
08 Japan Jeon Somi Fast Forward English, Korean 4 95
09 Serbia Giolì & Assia Young Forever English 6 86
10 Malta Aidan Strawberry Maltese 10 58
11 Switzerland Jealous Friend & Katarina Natural Disaster English 9 62
12 Albania Alketa Dashni Albanian 8 63
13 Greece Wrabel Turn Up The Love English 14 31
14 Sweden Bishop Briggs Triumph English 3 99
15 Armenia Lilit Hovhannisyan Yeli Yeli Armenian 11 57

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.

The 1st Semi-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 117 3 5 12 1 12 12 1 4 8 1 10 8 12 12 8 8
Spain 100 12 10 10 3 10 3 8 8 12 8 6 10
San Marino 80 8 12 5 10 2 12 10 7 7 7
Croatia 34 2 5 4 7 1 4 2 4 3 2
Portugal 90 6 8 12 2 5 8 12 3 8 4 3 3 4 12
Denmark 54 1 6 3 4 10 12 3 10 3 1 1
Uzbekistan 18 1 6 3 2 3 2 1
Japan 95 2 12 2 7 4 10 8 6 5 10 6 6 10 2 5
Serbia 86 10 10 4 6 7 12 1 6 1 5 5 4 10 5
Malta 58 7 3 2 3 5 5 1 2 6 8 12 4
Switzerland 62 5 7 10 8 2 4 2 7 4 6 7
Albania 63 1 4 5 8 5 2 8 6 12 1 2 4 3 2
Greece 31 5 2 7 1 4 6 5 1
Sweden 99 4 6 8 4 3 6 6 7 10 12 7 5 5 10 6
Armenia 57 3 7 1 8 1 7 7 7 6 7 3
Detailed vote from the rest of the world
Place Country Points
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VG

AA

IK
1 Portugal 12 34.93 3 3 2 4 11
2 Spain 10 34.65 5 6 4 1 5
3 Italy 8 32.68 12 4 1 5 4
4 San Marino 7 31.18 1 5 9 2 14
5 Sweden 6 29.39 7 1 3 8 10
6 Serbia 5 28.98 8 2 7 3 7
7 Malta 4 21.12 9 7 11 6 3
8 Armenia 3 20.85 2 9 12 10 6
9 Albania 2 20.37 13 8 10 11 1
10 Denmark 1 17.46 4 10 6 9 13
11 Japan 17.38 6 11 5 7 12
12 Croatia 13.82 14 14 15 14 2
13 Switzerland 10.06 11 13 8 13 9
14 Greece 9.55 10 12 13 12 8
15 Uzbekistan 4.38 15 15 14 15 15

12 points

12 points awarded by the televoting
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
5 Italy Armenia, Australia, Croatia, Japan, Uzbekistan
3 Portugal San Marino, Serbia, The Rest Of The World
2 Spain Italy, Sweden
San Marino Greece, Portugal
1 Sweden Albania
Japan Spain
Serbia Denmark
Albania Switzerland
Malta France
Denmark Malta

Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final took place on 29 February 2024. Fifteen countries took part 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 2 100
02 Norway Jackson Wang & Ciara Slow Englsih 12 56
03 Cyprus Enhypen Sweet Venom English 13 40
04 Netherlands Metejoor Eigen Schuld Dutch 7 68
05 Vietnam Alok, Alan Walker & Kiddo Headlights English 5 91
06 South Korea Tyler Shaw Out Of Sight English 9 61
07 Finland Mari So High English, Azerbaijani 8 62
08 Poland Bazzi Heaven English 14 33
09 China Amaarae Wasted Eyes English 4 93
10 Canada Grace Carter Riot English 6 89
11 Ireland Johan Papaconstantino Tata French 15 22
12 Israel Alex Sampson Blind English 3 99
13 Kazakhstan Moontalk Virtual Friends English 10 59
14 Hungary Kovacs Harmat Regi Mesek Hungarian 11 58
15 Germany Evangelia & Kelvin Jones Diving English 1 113

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.

The 2nd Semi-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 100 6 8 8 2 10 6 8 1 7 7 12 3 7 12 3
Norway 56 3 3 7 4 4 2 1 2 6 6 8 10
Cyprus 40 7 1 1 8 2 6 3 8 1 3
Netherlands 68 2 8 7 4 2 1 12 12 6 3 4 7
Vietnam 91 10 7 12 5 3 12 8 5 4 4 4 2 2 5 8
South Korea 61 1 2 4 12 12 7 6 5 8 3 1
Finland 62 6 4 6 5 6 4 5 1 7 12 6
Poland 33 5 2 3 2 5 3 3 4 1 4 1
China 93 10 6 1 8 3 8 12 10 10 5 10 10
Canada 89 4 5 7 7 8 5 7 10 7 12 10 2 5
Ireland 22 10 3 1 6 2
Israel 99 12 3 4 12 6 1 10 4 10 5 5 12 5 8 2
Kazakhstan 59 8 1 5 1 10 7 7 1 8 7 4
Hungary 58 6 4 1 12 2 5 6 3 8 1 6 3
Germany 113 5 12 10 3 10 12 7 10 2 10 2 8 4 6 12
Detailed vote from the rest of the world
Place Country Points
JM

AD

VG

AA

IK
1 Germany 12 43.93 1 3 1 2 11
2 China 10 34.84 4 2 6 1 12
3 Vietnam 8 34.48 2 1 2 11 15
4 Netherlands 7 28.97 3 6 9 12 1
5 Finland 6 25.28 6 7 11 4 3
6 Canada 5 24.80 5 10 12 5 2
7 Kazakhstan 4 21.02 7 8 3 9 8
8 Thailand 3 20.90 13 9 5 6 4
9 Israel 2 19.68 12 4 14 3 10
10 Poland 1 15.51 9 13 7 8 6
11 South Korea 15.44 11 5 8 7 14
12 Norway 15.41 8 11 4 14 9
13 Hungary 10.90 10 12 13 10 7
14 Ireland 9.33 14 14 15 15 5
15 Cyprus 6.31 15 15 10 13 13

12 points

12 points awarded by the televoting
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
3 Germany Norway, South Korea, The Rest Of The World
2 Thailand Hungary, United Kingdom
Israel Germany, Vietnam
Vietnam Cyprus, Finland
Netherlands Canada, Ireland
South Korea China, Poland
1 China Israel
Canada Kazakhstan
Finland Lebanon
Hungary Netherlands

Final

Twenty-four countries took part 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. The broadcast of the Grand Final took place on March 10, 2024, at 15:00 (GMT +3). 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
01 Japan Jeon Somi Fast Forward English, Korean 4 227
02 United Kingdom Kaaze & Dotter Disobey English 7 204
03 Canada Grace Carter Riot English 13 169
04 South Korea Tyler Shaw Out Of Sight English 19 123
05 Sweden Bishop Briggs Triumph English 3 241
06 Germany Evangelia & Kelvin Jones Diving English 8 198
07 Vietnam Alok, Alan Walker & Kiddo Headlights English 18 125
08 Netherlands Metejoor Eigen Schuld Dutch 16 139
09 China Amaarae Wasted Eyes English 20 122
10 Spain Zara Larsson Can’t Tame Her English 5 207
11 Kazakhstan Moontalk Virtual Friends English 24 69
12 Thailand 4Eve Boutchya English 15 150
13 Albania Alketa Dashni Albanian 6 207
14 Israel Alex Sampson Blind English 2 242
15 Serbia Giolì & Assia Young Forever English 10 181
16 France Pierre de Maere Mercredi French 11 171
17 Portugal Neoni Darkside English 1 286
18 Italy Ghali & Madame Pare Italian 9 189
19 Lebanon Eva Timush Tattoo English 21 116
20 San Marino Charlie Puth Lipstick English 23 88
21 Finland Mari So High English, Azerbaijani 22 91
22 Switzerland Jealous Friend & Katarina Natural Disaster English 14 153
23 Malta Aidan Strawberry Maltese 17 134
24 Australia Mette Mama`s Eyes English 12 170

Voting in the Grand Final

Grand Final voting results (jury)
Total score
Televoting score
Japan
United Kingdom
Canada
South Korea
Sweden
Germany
Vietnam
Netherlands
China
Spain
Kazakhstan
Thailand
Albania
Israel
Serbia
France
Portugal
Italy
Lebanon
San Marino
Finland
Switzerland
Malta
Australia
Armenia
Croatia
Denmark
Greece
Uzbekistan
Cyprus
Hungary
Ireland
Norway
Poland
Contestants
Japan 227 133 10 7 3 12 8 5 7 5 5 8 3 5 8 1 2 1 4
United Kingdom 204 115 2 6 4 7 6 10 6 10 6 12 1 7 3 4 1 4
Canada 169 78 10 7 3 12 1 10 3 2 2 1 1 5 1 2 2 3 2 1 7 12 4
South Korea 123 62 12 6 1 7 10 2 4 5 2 12
Sweden 241 150 8 10 8 6 3 12 2 5 4 10 12 2 1 8
Germany 198 76 7 6 7 2 7 5 5 6 6 12 3 4 12 6 12 10 7 5
Vietnam 125 73 10 10 4 12 8 1 5 2
Netherlands 139 49 4 12 10 1 4 10 1 1 6 6 6 7 3 7 12
China 122 49 8 8 3 8 10 10 4 6 6 10
Spain 207 132 3 7 8 12 12 2 2 6 1 5 2 4 8 3
Kazakhstan 69 20 6 10 7 2 10 6 6 2
Thailand 150 93 4 5 5 1 4 4 5 1 8 10 10
Albania 207 84 6 3 4 8 5 12 10 12 6 4 8 8 5 12 2 12 6
Israel 242 130 5 1 4 5 1 5 12 5 7 7 5 7 2 4 7 6 3 5 8 3 3 7
Serbia 181 91 3 2 2 3 1 8 3 8 3 2 10 8 6 12 5 3 3 8
France 171 76 6 5 3 10 6 6 10 3 12 10 10 8 6
Portugal 286 196 2 8 6 7 8 12 10 3 2 5 1 1 7 6 12
Italy 189 120 1 6 4 1 1 3 7 12 12 4 1 3 7 2 5
Lebanon 116 42 4 7 2 4 3 12 8 3 3 8 10 5 5
San Marino 88 47 8 7 10 7 8 1
Finland 91 45 1 2 12 6 3 4 1 6 7 4
Switzerland 153 57 5 7 1 7 4 7 12 7 1 12 5 7 10 8 3
Malta 134 51 1 10 4 4 8 5 2 4 4 8 7 8 8 4 4 2
Australia 170 61 12 5 10 2 2 2 3 6 2 12 8 4 3 1 12 10 5 10
Grand Final voting results (televote)
Total score
Jury score
Japan
United Kingdom
Canada
South Korea
Sweden
Germany
Vietnam
Netherlands
China
Spain
Kazakhstan
Thailand
Albania
Israel
Serbia
France
Portugal
Italy
Lebanon
San Marino
Finland
Switzerland
Malta
Australia
Armenia
Croatia
Denmark
Greece
Uzbekistan
Cyprus
Hungary
Ireland
Norway
Poland
Rest of the World
Contestants
Japan 227 94 8 1 3 2 7 4 10 2 4 1 3 6 6 1 7 10 10 10 8 7 7 3 8 5
United Kingdom 204 89 2 7 6 10 1 10 1 7 12 8 5 2 4 4 6 1 1 6 5 7 8 2
Canada 169 91 5 7 3 12 4 2 12 12 7 5 8 1
South Korea 123 61 12 3 3 12 6 6 5 1 2 1 4 7
Sweden 241 91 7 4 8 1 10 12 4 8 2 10 7 6 12 3 8 2 7 1 6 12 10 10
Germany 198 122 6 2 5 10 8 7 6 5 4 2 1 2 3 5 7 3
Vietnam 125 52 6 4 2 12 7 8 6 4 4 10 6 4
Netherlands 139 90 8 1 3 7 6 5 3 6 2 7 1
China 122 73 1 6 7 1 7 5 4 6 3 4 4 1
Spain 207 75 2 5 10 12 3 7 8 7 1 10 2 7 1 8 10 6 10 4 12 7
Kazakhstan 69 49 8 2 5 2 3
Thailand 150 57 12 7 2 5 6 4 3 5 3 10 2 12 1 10 6 5
Albania 207 123 4 5 12 6 8 2 3 12 6 8 3 1 2 2 10
Israel 242 112 7 10 10 8 8 8 6 6 7 4 5 5 7 10 12 1 3 5 8
Serbia 181 90 4 10 12 2 5 5 8 2 2 12 8 3 8 8 2
France 171 95 1 6 6 10 10 3 3 10 8 4 7 3 5
Portugal 286 90 8 3 12 12 1 8 12 2 8 12 12 4 4 10 12 3 7 6 6 12 10 12 8 12
Italy 189 69 10 5 5 4 8 2 3 12 3 12 8 5 5 10 12 4 6 6
Lebanon 116 74 4 3 2 10 8 3 4 7 1
San Marino 88 41 3 5 10 1 2 12 10 4
Finland 91 46 4 5 1 4 6 7 1 1 8 5 3
Switzerland 153 96 4 3 6 1 3 1 7 5 10 3 4 6 4
Malta 134 83 7 5 1 10 1 8 12 5 2
Australia 170 109 2 1 6 12 2 7 4 2 5 3 5 12

Split Results

Split results (Grand Final)
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1 Portugal 286 Albania 123 Portugal 196
2 Israel 242 Germany 122 Sweden 150
3 Sweden 241 Israel 112 Japan 133
4 Japan 227 Australia 109 Spain 132
5 Spain 207 Switzerland 96 Israel 130
6 Albania 207 France 95 Italy 120
7 United Kingdom 204 Japan 94 United Kingdom 115
8 Germany 198 Canada 91 Thailand 93
9 Italy 189 Sweden 91 Serbia 91
10 Serbia 181 Portugal 90 Albania 84
11 France 171 Serbia 90 Canada 78
12 Australia 170 Netherlands 90 Germany 76
13 Canada 169 United Kingdom 89 France 76
14 Switzerland 153 Malta 83 Vietnam 73
15 Thailand 150 Spain 75 South Korea 62
16 Netherlands 139 Lebanon 74 Australia 61
17 Malta 134 China 73 Switzerland 57
18 Vietnam 125 Italy 69 Malta 51
19 South Korea 123 South Korea 61 China 49
20 China 122 Thailand 57 Netherlands 49
21 Lebanon 116 Vietnam 52 San Marino 47
22 Finland 91 Kazakhstan 49 Finland 45
23 San Marino 88 Finland 46 Lebanon 42
24 Kazakhstan 69 San Marino 41 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
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IK
1 Portugal 12
2 Sweden 10
3 Israel 8
4 Spain 7
5 Italy 6
6 France 5
7 San Marino 4
8 Germany 3
9 United Kingdom 2
10 China 1
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12 points

12 points awarded by the juries
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
4 Albania Armenia, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain
3 Germany Denmark, Switzerland, Uzbekistan
2 Canada Hungary, Sweden
South Korea Canada, Cyprus
Sweden France, Greece
Netherlands Poland, United Kingdom
Spain China, Germany
Portugal Kazakhstan, Norway
Italy Finland, Lebanon
Switzerland Israel, Italy
Australia Croatia, Serbia
1 Japan Vietnam
United Kingdom Malta
Vietnam Portugal
Israel Thailand
Serbia Australia
France San Marino
Lebanon Albania
Finland South Korea
12 points awarded by the televoting
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
9 Portugal Canada, Hungary, Israel, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, The Rest Of The World
3 Canada France, Kazakhstan, Portugal
Sweden Albania, Ireland, Malta
Italy Finland, Lebanon, Uzbekistan
2 South Korea China, Japan
Spain Poland, Vietnam
Thailand Australia, United Kingdom
Albania Netherlands, Switzerland
Serbia Denmark, Germany
Australia Cyprus, Sweden
1 United Kingdom Italy
Vietnam Thailand
Israel Greece
San Marino Croatia
Malta Armenia

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.

This was the first season for the participation of viewers from Denmark and Dominicana.

Country Full Name & Origin IECO Membership
Albania Diana Pie Sissy Observer
Armenia Vladislav Efremov Observer
Australia Timothy Algheren Observer
Canada Ilya Seleznyov Observer
China Darya Kudentsova Observer
Croatia Stevan Petkovich Observer
Cyprus Oleksandr Albertyan Observer
Denmark Elizabeth Ivanchenko Observer
Finland Vahid Sharifov Observer
France Vadim Babkin Observer
Germany Polyna Synevich Observer
Greece Artsiom Chalapa Observer
Hungary Artyom Frolov Observer
Ireland Katerina Faroupou Observer
Israel Evgeniya Talantseva Observer
Italy Sokratis Lakrindis Observer
Japan Mateusz Bluszcz Observer
Kazakhstan Margarita Domalevskaya Observer
Lebanon Ivan Erofeev Observer
Malta Omur Hunerli Observer
Netherlands Anna Abramova Observer
Norway Ekateryna Brunt Observer
Poland Aleks Pagels Observer
Portugal Andrey Gruzdev Observer
San Marino Andrey Zhidenko Observer
Serbia Kiran Sebastian Observer
South Korea Oleg Sharunenko Observer
Spain Angelina Koledina Observer
Sweden Roman Dombaem Observer
Switzerland Javier Gutierrez Observer
Thailand Juliya Savelyeva Observer
United Kingdom Robin Bray Observer
Uzbekistan Roman Pastukhov Observer
Vietnam Alexander Pabon Observer
The Rest Of The World Jimmy Mardigras Observers
Adrien Alonso-Dussel
Valeria Guzheva
Alan Assonov
Israel Kalyango

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