Balkanskivision Song Contest 10

Balkanskivision Song Contest 10 SPIRIT
Host
Venue	Banja Luka, Republika Srpska
Presenter(s)	Severina
Host broadcaster	PTPC
Opening act	Flag parade
Interval act
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	Gagauzia
Returning countries	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Withdrawing countries	None
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Participated in the past but did not this year
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song	Croatia "Nije Katastrofa"
Balkanskivision Song Contest
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The Balkanskivision Song Contest 10 was the 10th edition of the Balkanskivision Song Contest. The host country was Republika Srpska. It was the first time that Republika Srpska hosted the contest.

Location

It is the traditional centre of the densely-forested Bosanska Krajina region of northwestern Bosnia. According to the 2013 census, the city proper has a population of 138,963, while its administrative area comprises a total of 185,042 inhabitants.

The city is home to the University of Banja Luka as well as numerous state and entity institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city lies on the Vrbas River and is well known in the countries of the former Yugoslavia for being full of tree-lined avenues, boulevards, gardens, and parks.

The name 'Banja Luka' was first mentioned in a document dated to 6 February 1494 by Ladislaus II of Hungary. The name is interpreted as the 'Ban's meadow', from the words ban (a mediaeval noble title), and luka ('valley' or 'meadow'). The identity of the ban and the meadow in question remain uncertain, and popular etymology combines the modern words banja ('bath' or 'spa'), or bajna ('marvelous') and luka ('port'). A different interpretation is suggested by the Hungarian name Lukácsbánya, in English 'Luke's Mine', which is also the meaning of the Slovak baňa Luka. In modern usage, the name is pronounced and usually declined (u Banjaluci) as one word, and often written as such. The citizens reportedly prefer the form with inflected adjective (u Banjoj Luci).

Format

Each country sends one song to the contest. Every country have to sing in their own national language. The song can't be longer than five minutes.

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that got the highest point will rank higher.

Final

Draw	Country	Language	Song	Place	Points
01	Bulgaria	Bulgarian	"Ella Ella"	7	70
02	Cyprus	Greek	"Tsirko"	11	49
03	Turkey	Turkish	"Öpücem"	5	73
04	Moldova	Romanian	"Aja Mara"	15	35
05	North Macedonia	Macedonian	"Koja sum jas"	8	70
06	Montenegro	Montenegrin	"Crno Srce"	12	44
07	Gagauzia	Romanian	"Esti Stare"	9	66
08	San Marino	Italian	"Tutto ciò che brilla"	14	38
09	Italy	Italian	"Per l'amor"	2	91
10	Croatia	Serbocroatian	"Nije Katastrofa"	1	106
11	Serbia	Serbian	"Pozitivna"	6	70
12	Malta	English	"Mistakes"	13	40
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Serbo-Croatian	"Ndrysho"	4	83
14	Albania	Albanian	"Me Tana"	16	25
15	Romania	Romanian	"In Locul Meu"	18	15
16	Greece	Greek	"Bála"	3	85
17	Transnistria	Ukrainian	"Kruzhit"	10	64
18	Republika Srpska	Serbian	"Jedna Kao Nijedna"	17	20

Active members

Country	Broadcaster	Reason
Kosovo	RTK	On the 15 March 2020, the Kosovar broadcaster RTK has announced that Kosovo would withdraw for financial & interest issues.
Slovenia	RTV SLO	RTV SLO didn’t state anything about their participation. Slovenia was not on the final list of participants released by the BBU.