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 of Lebanon, the contest will be held in Beirut Seaside Arena, and will consist of two semi-finals on XX and XX February, and a final on XX February.

Worldvision Q1-2024
Evolution
Dates
Semi-final 1XX February 2024
Semi-final 2XX February 2024
FinalXX February 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.
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Thirty-four countries will participate 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.

Location

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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.

Participating Countries

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Other Countries

On February 9th, It was decided to revoke its membership from the New Zealand broadcaster due to its inactivity and non-participation. The country didn't intend to participate in this edition and withdrew the proposal to participate in the previous edition as well.

Production

Slogan and Visual Design

Presenters

Format

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

Entries

Thirty-four countries has confirmed their participation.Armenia, Finland and Ireland debut at the competition. San Marino and Uzbekistan has announced its returning after non-participation in the previous episode.

Contest Overview

Semi-Finals

Confirmed semi-finalists

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
  Albania
  Armenia
  Canada
  China
  Croatia
  Cyprus
  Denmark Selin Lovers Hurricane English
  Finland
  Germany Deutsches Lied
  Greece
  Hungary Magyar Nationala
  Ireland
  Israel TBA National Selection
  Italy
  Japan
  Kazakhstan
  Malta
  Netherlands Nationaal Songfestival van Nederland
  Norway TBD 16 February
  Poland Bazzi Heaven English
  Portugal Neoni Selecting Song For Beirut
  San Marino
  Serbia
  South Korea Share The Moment
  Spain Bella Amor Festival
  Sweden
  Switzerland TBA National Selection
  Thailand Thai Next Star
  Uzbekistan Muhammadziyo Tabibim Uzbek
  Vietnam

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final will take place on XX February 2024. Fifteen countries will participate in the first semi-final. Those countries plus   Unknown Country and   Unknown Country, 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

Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final will take place on XX February 2024. Fifteen countries will participate in the first semi-final. Those countries plus   Unknown Country and   Unknown Country, 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

Final

The final will take place on XX February. Twenty-four countries will participate 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. 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
  Australia Australia Decides
  France
  Lebanon Lebanese National Selection
  United Kingdom Worldvision You Decide
TBD; 10 best ranked of semi-final 1
TBD; 10 best ranked of semi-final 2

Voting

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

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