Worldvision Q1-2024

From IECO - International Eurofan's Countries Organisation
Worldvision Q1-2024
Evolution
Dates
Semi-final 128 February 2024
Semi-final 229 February 2024
FinalXX 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.
Q4-23Worldvision Q1-2024Q2-24

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.

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-Final 1

The first semi-final will take place on 28 February 2024. Fifteen countries will participate 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
Spain
San Marino
Croatia
Portugal
Denmark
Uzbekistan
Japan
Serbia
Malta
Switzerland
Albania
Greece
Sweden
Armenia

Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final will take place on 29 February 2024. Fifteen countries will participate 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
Norway
Cyprus
Netherlands
Vietnam
South Korea
Finland
Poland
China
Canada
Ireland
Israel
Kazakhstan
Ireland
Germany

Final

The final will take place on 10 March. 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
01 Japan Jeon Somi Fast Forward English, Korean
02 United Kingdom Kaaze & Dotter Disobey English
03 Canada Grace Carter Riot English
04 South Korea Tyler Shaw Out Of Sight English
05 Sweden Bishop Briggs Triumph English
06 Germany Evangelia & Kelvin Jones Diving English
07 Vietnam Alok, Alan Walker & Kiddo Headlights English
08 Netherlands Metejoor Eigen Schuld Dutch
09 China Amaarae Wasted Eyes English
10 Spain Zara Larsson Can’t Tame Her English
11 Kazakhstan Moontalk Virtual Friends English
12 Thailand 4Eve Boutchya English
13 Albania Alketa Dashni Albanian
14 Israel Alex Sampson Blind English
15 Serbia Giolì & Assia Young Forever English
16 France Pierre de Maere Mercredi French
17 Portugal Neoni Darkside English
18 Italy Ghali & Madame Pare Italian
19 Lebanon Eva Timush Tattoo English
20 San Marino Charlie Puth Lipstick English
21 Finland Mari So High English, Azerbaijani
22 Switzerland Jealous Friend & Katarina Natural Disaster English
23 Malta Aidan Strawberry Maltese
24 Australia Mette Mama`s Eyes English

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

During the voting, spectators from Poland, South Korea and Switzerland were replaced in both semi-finals.

Country Full Name & Origin IECO Membership
Albania TBA Observer
Armenia TBA Observer
Australia TBA Observer
Canada TBA Observer
China TBA Observer
Croatia TBA Observer
Cyprus TBA Observer
Denmark TBA Observer
Finland TBA Observer
France TBA Observer
Germany TBA Observer
Greece TBA Observer
Hungary TBA Observer
Ireland TBA Observer
Israel TBA Observer
Italy TBA Observer
Japan TBA Observer
Kazakhstan TBA Observer
Lebanon TBA Observer
Malta TBA Observer
Netherlands TBA Observer
Norway TBA Observer
Poland TBA Observer
Portugal TBA Observer
San Marino TBA Observer
Serbia TBA Observer
South Korea TBA Observer
Spain TBA Observer
Sweden TBA Observer
Switzerland TBA Observer
Thailand TBA Observer
United Kingdom TBA Observer
Vietnam TBA Observer
Uzbekistan TBA Observer
The Rest Of The World TBA Observers
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA

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