Worldvision Q4-2023

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The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 4 - 2023 was the 5th edition of the WorldVision Song Contest. It is set to take place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the WorldVision Song Contest Q3-2023 contest with the song "Head Up" by The Score. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster NRK. The contest was held at the Telenor Arena, and consisted of a semi-final on 26 December 2023, and a final on 6 January 2024.

Worldvision Q4-2023
Discover
Dates
Final6 January 2024
Host
VenueTelenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
Executive supervisor Mark Solovyov
Executive producer Aleksei Komarov
Host broadcaster NRK
Participants
Number of entries29
Debuting countries Malta
Switzerland
Non-returning Countries San Marino
Uzbekistan
Participation map
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to 10 songs: the first from a professional jury, the second from viewers. As well as votes from international observers in are aggregated and awarded as one set of points.
Winning song Lebanon
"Butterfly Dance"
Q3-23Worldvision Q4-2023Q1-24

Twenty nine countries participated in the contest, along with debuting Malta and Switzerland are debut in the competition. Last season's competitor San Marino and Uzbekistan withdrew from the competition.

The winner was Lebanon with the song "Butterfly Dance", performed by Sasha Lopez and AMI. France (best result), the United Kingdom, Australia and Thailand (best result) rounded out the top five. Albania qualified for the final for the first time.

Location

 
Telenor Arena, host venue of the Q4-2023 contest.

The Q4-2023 contest took place in Oslo, Norway, which received the right to host after its victory in the previous competition. It was the first time that Norway hosts the contest. The selected venue is the 25,000-seat Telenor Arena.

City bidding process

On November 22, two candidate cities for the competition were announced, they were: Oslo (Telenor Arena) and Trondheim (Spektrum Arena). In the end, Oslo got the right to host the song contest, and the "Telenor Arena" was chosen as the venue for the contest.

Production

Visual design

The logo and slogan of the contest were announced on December 4, 2023. The logo is a compas made of geometric lines with different colors and placed on the visual of the northern lights. The slogan of the competition was the phrase "Discover".

 
An official slogan (motto) for Q4-2023 edition

Format

Entries

For the Q4-2023 season, songs released on the YouTube platform no earlier than 1 January 2022 are eligible. Also, a quota was introduced for compositions from the Billboard Hot-100 up to one per season and with the restriction of use for one curator no more than once in 4 seasons of participation.

Semi-finals and auto-finalists

On December 2, 2023, it was announced that thirty countries will take part in the competition. 14 countries automatically qualified for the finals, of which the ten strongest from the previous season: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Norway (host) and Thailand as well as four more countries with the best participation rating over the last 4 seasons: Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The remaining 16 countries were placed in the semi-finals, of which the top ten based on the results of audience voting will advance to the final stage. When the final list of countries were reveiled, it was announced that the total amount of countries would be twenty nine, which will make semi-final left with fifteen countries in it

Allocation draw

From 15 to 16 September 2023, the general draw for the semi-finals and finals of the season took place. Envelopes were prepared for both semi-finalists and auto-finalists (15 envelopes for the semi-finals and 24 envelopes for the final), behind which the first or second part of the semi-final/final was encrypted. Also, after all the semi-finalists had chosen their envelopes and half of the performances in the semi-finals became known, on the same day the competition organizers announced the order of performance of the semi-finalists. Norway, as the host country of the season, was offered two random serial numbers to perform in the final - numbers 08 and 22. The Norwegian delegation chose the 22nd serial number.

Participating Countries

Twenty-nine countries have confirmed participation this season. Malta and Switzerland has participated for the very first time. Uzbekistan did confirmed its intentions but didn't appear in the final list. San Marino on the other hand was not allowed to participate due to a seasonal ban. Country has also no intentions as well to participate any further despite a very good results in the past.

Semi-Final

Fifteen countries took part in the semi-final, of which 10 has advanced to the final. The broadcast of the semi-finals took place on December 26, 2023, at 16:00 (GMT +3).

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01   Kazakhstan Playman x Hadley Luv You English 12 47
02   Cyprus TXT x Anitta Back For More English, Spanish 11 49
03   Vietnam Teya Dora Džanum Serbian 2 89
04   Denmark Amy Guess Comatose English 3 81
05   Malta Aidan Pupa English, Maltese 14 33
06   South Korea DPR IAN Don't Go Insane English 8 62
07   Serbia Twocolors & Asdis Gravity English 6 75
08   Switzerland Nuit Incolore Dépassé French 1 102
09   Lebanon Sasha Lopez x AMI Butterfly Dance English 4 77
10   Poland Mar Malade Jungle English 15 30
11   Netherlands MEAU Altijd Op Je Wacht Dutch 9 54
12   Japan One Ok Rock Make It Out Alive English 7 65
13   Croatia Lydia Kepinski Vaslaw French 13 36
14   Hungary Zóra Back On You English 10 52
15   Albania Kayma Bad Blood English 5 76

Voting in the 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 semi-final voted, alongside 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
Kazakhstan
Cyprus
Vietnam
Denmark
Malta
South Korea
Serbia
Switzerland
Lebanon
Poland
Netherlands
Japan
Croatia
Hungary
Albania
Rest of the World
Contestants
Kazakhstan 47 1 8 6 1 4 12 6 4 1 3 1
Cyprus 49 5 10 6 12 5 3 3 5
Vietnam 89 12 10 3 6 12 1 7 10 12 6 10
Denmark 81 7 4 10 1 8 7 7 4 1 8 7 3 6 8
Malta 33 2 1 8 10 5 2 1 2 2
South Korea 62 8 3 8 1 5 10 3 3 10 1 7 3
Serbia 75 2 3 10 2 3 12 2 8 2 3 2 10 10 6
Switzerland 102 1 5 1 10 7 5 7 6 6 12 4 6 12 8 12
Lebanon 77 8 4 12 7 6 12 5 7 8 4 4
Poland 30 5 2 3 8 12
Netherlands 54 6 2 7 5 8 4 2 8 4 1 7
Japan 65 3 6 4 12 8 10 5 5 10 2
Croatia 36 4 7 7 3 3 2 1 7 2
Hungary 52 10 12 4 5 4 5 12
Albania 76 6 12 6 5 2 4 1 4 10 6 8 7 5

Final

Twenty-four countries took part in the final. The broadcast of the Grand Final took place on January 6, 2024, at 22:00 (GMT +3).

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
01   France Shy’m Elle danse encore French 2 221
02   Greece Shinedown A Symptom Of being Human English 24 45
03   Netherlands MEAU Altijd Op Je Wacht Dutch 22 67
04   Thailand Jeff Satur Black Tie English 5 205
05   Spain Emilia, TINI La Original Spanish 14 130
06   Canada Lucky Love Masculinity English 15 114
07   Albania Kayma Bad Blood English 9 178
08   Sweden Nathan James Larsen & Saylor Wilterding Upside Down English 16 111
09   Italy Matteo Bocelli Fasi Italian 23 49
10   Australia Ricki-Lee On My Own English 4 213
11   South Korea DPR IAN Don't Go Insane English 13 130
12   Vietnam Teya Dora Džanum Serbian 6 196
13   Portugal Tungevaag In My Zone English 21 89
14   Lebanon Sasha Lopez x AMI Butterfly Dance English 1 232
15   United Kingdom Blackbriar Cicada English 3 220
16   Hungary Zóra Back On You English 20 98
17   China Collar Off & On English 18 110
18   Switzerland Nuit Incolore Dépassé French 8 181
19   Germany Jade LeMac Meet You in Hell English 19 98
20   Japan One Ok Rock Make It Out Alive English 11 158
21   Serbia Twocolors & Asdis Gravity English 12 131
22   Norway Martin Garrix & JVKE Hero English 17 109
23   Israel Grace Gachot Built To Be Bad English 7 186
24   Denmark Amy Guess Comatose English 10 161

Voting

Grand Final Voting

Grand Final voting results (jury)
Total score
Televoting score
Contestants
France 221 105
Greece 45 21
Netherlands 67 25
Tailand 205 114
Spain 130 51
Canada 114 65
Albania 178 72
Sweden 111 72
Italy 49 24
Australia 213 98
South Korea 130 71
Vietnam 196 115
Portugal 89 64
Lebanon 232 118
United Kingdom 220 151
Hungary 98 57
China 110 41
Switzerland 181 88
Germany 98 54
Japan 158 74
Serbia 131 52
Norway 109 61
Israel 186 72
Denmark 161 71
Grand Final voting results (televote)
Total score
Jury score
France
Greece
Netherlands
Thailand
Spain
Canada
Albania
Sweden
Italy
Australia
South Korea
Vietnam
Portugal
Lebanon
United Kingdom
Hungary
China
Switzerland
Germany
Japan
Serbia
Norway
Israel
Denmark
Rest of the World
Contestants
France 221 116
Greece 45 24
Netherlands 67 41
Thailand 205 91
Spain 130 78
Canada 114 49
Albania 178 106
Sweden 111 39
Italy 49 25
Australia 213 115
South Korea 130 59
Vietnam 196 81
Portugal 89 25
Lebanon 232 114
United Kingdom 220 69
Hungary 98 41
China 110 59
Switzerland 181 93
Germany 98 44
Japan 158 84
Serbia 131 79
Norway 109 48
Israel 186 113
Denmark 161 89

Split Results

Split results (Grand Final)
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1   Lebanon 232   France 116   United Kingdom 151
2   France 221   Australia 115   Lebanon 118
3   United Kingdom 220   Lebanon 114   Vietnam 115
4   Australia 213   Israel 113   Thailand 114
5   Thailand 205   Albania 106   France 105
6   Vietnam 196   Switzerland 93   Australia 98
7   Israel 185   Thailand 91   Switzerland 88
8   Switzerland 181   Denmark 89   Japan 74
9   Albania 178   Japan 84   Israel 72
10   Denmark 160   Vietnam 81   Albania 72
11   Japan 158   Serbia 79   Sweden 72
12   Serbia 131   Spain 78   Denmark 71
13   South Korea 130   United Kingdom 69   South Korea 71
14   Spain 129   South Korea 59   Canada 65
15   Canada 114   China 59   Portugal 64
16   Sweden 111   Canada 49   Norway 61
17   Norway 109   Norway 48   Hungary 57
18   China 100   Germany 44   Germany 54
19   Germany 98   Hungary 41   Serbia 52
20   Hungary 98   Netherlands 41   Spain 51
21   Portugal 89   Sweden 39   China 41
22   Netherlands 66   Portugal 25   Netherlands 25
23   Italy 49   Italy 25   Italy 24
24   Greece 45   Greece 24   Greece 21

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.

On December 21, a day after the start of voting in the semi-finals, one of the members of the international jury Azam Ali Toor (from Pakistan) refused to vote and resigned his place as a jury member. The reason for this was Israel's participation in the competition. His place was taken by Nathan McGarry (from the United Kingdom). Another issue with Hungarian televoter has risen: due to different causes and internal clashes at the last minute the televoter refused to vote and was replaced.

Later, when the Grand Final has started on December 27, Chinese allocated televoter has requested to swap the country with another one since she is living in Taipei, not China and represent different country that always being mistaken by public she didn't wanted to. Unfortunately this request was not possible to get sorted out and the televoter has been replaced accordingly.

This was the first season for the participation of viewers from Azerbaijan, Brazil, Sudan, Turkey and the United States.

Country Full Name & Origin IECO Membership
  Albania   Diana Pie Sissy Observer
  Australia   Jimmy Mardigras Observer
  Canada   Adrien Alonso-Dussel Observer
  China   Anastasia Demakina Observer
  Croatia   Artsiom Chalapa Observer
  Cyprus   Oleksandr Albertyan Observer
  Denmark   Elina Alexandrova Observer
  France   Vadim Babkin Observer
  Germany   Polyna Synevich Observer
  Greece   Timothy Algheren Observer
  Hungary   Artyom Frolov Observer
  Israel   Evgeniya Talantseva Observer
  Italy   Sergey Zaitsev Observer
  Japan   Mateusz Bluszcz Observer
  Kazakhstan   Margarita Domalevskaya Observer
  Lebanon   Ilya Mandebura Observer
  Malta   Omur Hunerli Observer
  Netherlands   Anna Abramova Observer
  Norway   Ekateryna Brunt Observer
  Poland   Sihan Chen Observer
  Portugal   Andrey Gruzdev Observer
  Serbia   Kiran Sebastian Observer
  South Korea   Andrey Nikitin Observer
  Spain   Diana Nizamova Observer
  Sweden   Roman Dombaem Observer
  Switzerland   Jana Skanchina Observer
  Thailand   Juliya Savelyeva Observer
  United Kingdom   Robin Bray Observer
  Vietnam   Alexander Pabon Observer
  The Rest Of The World   Real Serxanbeyli Observers
  Charles Fernando
  Nathan McGarry
  Sophie Khalil
  Brian John

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