Mysterious Song Contest 23

Mysterious Song Contest 23; Peace & Love
Dates
Final dates	27th August 2015
Host
Venue	Olympic Indoor Arena
Presenter(s)	Polina Gagarina; Dina Garipova; Alexey Vorobyov
Director	Llemian Faregoer
Executive supervisor	Llemian Faregoer
Host	Channel One Russia
Opening act	Sergey Lazarev; "7 Wonders"
Interval act	Alex Sparrow; "Get You"
Participants
Number of entries	31
Debuting countries	Seychelles; Vietnam
Returning countries	Åland Islands; Azerbaijan; Moldova; New Zealand; Portugal; Slovenia;
Withdrawing countries	Albania; Australia; Czechia; Libya; Philippines
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song	Slovenia
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Mysterious Song Contest welcomes the world to Russia for the 23rd Edition.

The Mysterious Song Contest #23 will be the 23rd edition of the annual Mysterious Song Contest. It will take place in the Olympic Indoor Arena, located in Moscow, Russia, following the country's victory at the 22nd edition with Sergey Lazarev performing "7 Wonders". This will be the first time the city hosts the event.

The contest is scheduled to consist of 2 semi finals and finally the grand final, with unofficial dates for the semi finals being 15th August 2015 and the grand final being 20th August 2015. As of 11th August 2015, 32 countries have announced their participation in the contest.

Location[]

Channel One Russia, announced on 5th August 2015 that their first choice as host arena for the Contest was the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow. However other cities and arenas were still able to apply. After Russia's win in New York, those making a bid had approximately three days to submit their offer to Channel One.

The Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, which has a capacity of approximately 25,000 attendees, was announced as the host venue on 9th August 2015. This will be the Arena's first hosting of the contest.

Presenters[]

On 10th August 2015, Channel One announced that Polina Gagarina and Dina Garipova will be the host/s of the 23rd contest. Alexey Vorobyov will host in the Green Room.

Format[]

The competition will consist of two semi-finals and a final, a format which has been rarely used in the contest. The ten countries with the highest scores in each semi-final will qualify to the grand final where they will join the host nation Russia.

EDIT:- Due to changes in Semi Final 2 it was lately decided that 11 from Semi Final 1 and 09 from Semi Final 2 with the highest scores would qualify to the grand final.

Each participating country had their own national jury/HoD. Each member of a respective nation's jury is required to rank every song, except that of their own country, to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1 point.

Semi-final allocation draw[]

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 11 August 2015. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalist Russia. The countries were split into two pots which would either be semi final 1 or semi final 2. Then a random generator was used to allocate countries into the running order. The results were as follows:

It was decided that Russia would vote in both semi final to make the results fair and even for all participants in the edition.

Participants[]

The following countries have confirmed their participation into the contest.

Due to loss of contest between the MBU and the HoD with Czechia and Spain (Which showed interest to return), both countries were forced to pull out of the contest.

At a last minute arrival, Japan regained interest into the contest showing interest and completing MBU requirements.

Table key

Participating Countries

Withdrawing Countries

TBA

Returning Artists[]

We welcome back some artists who have previous joined us in MSC.

Austria Anna F (Prev #22)
Azerbaijan Lalah (Prev Sweden #05)
Greece Helena Paparizou (Prev #09/#11)

Semi Final 1[]

16 Countries are participating in this Semi Final with Russia voting as the automatic qualifier of this edition. The top 11 countries that score the highest number of points will qualify to the grand final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Italy	Benji & Fede	Tutta D'Un Fiato	07	069
02	Switzerland	DJ Antoine feat. Akon	Holiday	03	087
03	Netherlands	Claudia De Breij	Mag Ik Dan Bij Jou	13	038
04	Canada	Bynon & Domeno ft. Alice Berg vs Dannic	Golden Hearts	10	064
05	Germany	Wolkenfrei	Wolke 7	01	091
06	Greece	Antique	Moro Mou	14	030
07	Venezuela	Romina Palmisano	Hazme Volar	11	061
08	New Zealand	Brooke Duff	Till The End	02	089
09	Hungary	Fehérvári Gábor Alfréd	Mary Joe	06	073
10	Egypt	Khaled Selim	Ad'y Aleik	12	044
11	Vietnam	Đông Nhi	Bad Boy	09	065
12	Taiwan	Weather Girls	Hey Boy, Ueishenmo?	08	069
13	Finland	Anna Abreu	Ivory Tower	04	083
14	Norway	Ane Brun	Darling To Love	16	014
15	Portugal	Carolina Deslandes	Carousel	05	082
16	Belgium	Helmut Lotti	From Russia With Love	15	027

Semi Final 2[]

14 Countries are participating in this Semi Final with Russia voting as the automatic qualifier of this edition. The top 09 countries that score the highest number of points will qualify to the grand final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	France	Maude	Love Is What You Make Of It	05	074
02	Lithuania	Žygis	Like You	14	018
03	Japan	Ken Hirai ft. Namie Amuro	Grotesque	06	074
04	Moldova	Nicoleta Nuca	Nu Sunt	07	071
05	Seychelles	Chicco Martino & Daniella	Pou Toujour	13	022
06	Denmark	Nabiha	Mind The Gap	03	081
07	Faroe Islands	Danny & The Veetos	Sunnukvøld Í Mai	12	043
08	Åland Islands	Miriam Bryant	Dragon	11	052
09	United States	Karmin	Didn't You Know	01	088
10	Slovenia	Maraaya	Lovin' Me	02	084
11	UK	Rita Ora	Poison	10	057
12	Azerbaijan	Laleh	Colours	08	069
13	Austria	Anna F	Friedberg	09	062
14	Sweden	Ida LaFontaine	Shut Up And Kiss Me	04	075

Voting Grids[]

This is how the votes were scored in each Semi Final.

Voter was replaced

Qualified

Grand Final[]

21 Countries will create the grand final. 11 from Semi Final 1, 09 from Semi Final 2 and Russia

The draw on Russias position in the running order was done prior to the Semi Finals and Russia was allocated 6th in the running order.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	France	Maude	Love Is What You Make Of It	16	064
02	United States	Karmin	Didn't You Know	11	085
03	Switzerland	DJ Antoine feat. Akon	Holiday	09	094
04	Russia	Yin - Yang	Do Not Let Go Of My Hand	17	063
05	Germany	Wolkenfrei	Wolke 7	04	119
06	Denmark	Nabiha	Mind The Gap	08	095
07	Canada	Bynon & Domeno ft. Alice Berg vs Dannic	Golden Hearts	03	122
08	Venezuela	Romina Palmisano	Hazme Volar	07	099
09	Finland	Anna Abreu	Ivory Tower	13	080
10	Portugal	Carolina Deslandes	Carousel	02	123
11	Austria	Anna F	Friedberg	19	049
12	Azerbaijan	Laleh	Colours	12	081
13	Slovenia	Maraaya	Lovin' Me	01	135
14	New Zealand	Brooke Duff	Till The End	05	107
15	Japan	Ken Hirai ft. Namie Amuro	Grotesque	06	105
16	Taiwan	Weather Girls	Hey Boy, Ueishenmo?	20	048
17	Italy	Benji & Fede	Tutta D'Un Fiato	21	044
18	Sweden	Ida LaFontaine	Shut Up And Kiss Me	15	066
19	Hungary	Fehérvári Gábor Alfréd	Mary Joe	18	059
20	Moldova	Nicoleta Nuca	Nu Sunt	10	087
21	Vietnam	Đông Nhi	Bad Boy	14	073

Voting Grid[]

Here is how the world voted in the grand final.