Worldvision Q4-2023
The Worldvision Song Contest Quarter 4 - 2023 will be 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 TBD December, and a final on TBD December 2023.
| Worldvision Q4-2023 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | TBD December 2023 |
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| Venue | Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway |
| Executive supervisor |  Mark Solovyov |
| Executive producer |  Aleksei Komarov |
| Host broadcaster | NRK |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 30 |
| Debuting countries |  Malta Switzerland |
| Non-returning Countries |  San Marino |
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| Voting system | Each 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 | TBD |
Thirty countries participated in the contest, along with debuting Malta and Switzerland are debut in the competition. Last season's competitor San Marino withdrew from the competition.
Location
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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 "arena" was chosen as the venue for the contest.
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.
Allocation draw
Participating Countries
Thirty countries have confirmed participation this season. Malta and Switzerland. San Marino was not allowed to participate due to a seasonal ban.
Semi-Final
Sixteen countries took part in the semi-final, of which 10 will advance to the final. The broadcast of the semi-finals took place on December XX, 2023, at ХХ:ХХ (GMT +3).
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Final
Twenty-four countries took part in the final. The broadcast of the semi-finals took place on December XX, 2023, at XX:XX (GMT +3).
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Matteo Bocelli | Fasi | Italian | |||
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Tungevaag | In My Zone | English | |||
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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 compatability of points with the Jury Member.
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