Worldvision Q1-2024

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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 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.

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"
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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.

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 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

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.

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 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

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

12 points

12 points awarded by the juries
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
4
3
2
1
12 points awarded by the televoting
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
3
2
1

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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