| The World Music Contest | |
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Abbrev. |
TWMC |
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Founded |
01 Nov, 2012 |
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Origin |
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Editions |
67 |
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Countries |
37 |
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Songs |
2471 |
The World Music Contest (abbreviated TWMC), is a song contest with 3 types of editions. National editions, with songs of the own country. Free editions, where you can enter songs from the whole world. And Eurovision editions. The whole contest is running from our own Facebookpage.
Rules[]
- COUNTRY - You can only have an avalible country. Players can only play for their own country or country where they are born.
- SONGS - Players can send a free song each three editions. In the other editions, players must send a song from the country they play for with a limitation of 10.000.000 views. Once a song participated in our contest can it not be entered again, also not in a version of another artist. Winning artists of TWMC could also not be send in again. Once you have send an entry, you can not change it anymore.
- VOTING - The voting system is the same as on Eurovision. You can only vote 1 time. What if two countries has the same points? We will first look who's got the most votes. If that's also the same, we find out who's got the most 12 points, 10 points, ... Sending no votes or after the deadline results in a disqualification for the current and next 2 editions. You can't vote for your own country.
- EUROVISION - No songs who participated on the Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision interval acts or Eurovision artists. Only songs from artists in national ESC-selections will be allowed if it is not the song of the selection itselves. The same about Junior Eurovision songs.
- DATES - We start each edition on the beginning of the month. The semi-finals are running from the 1st till the 8th of the month. The VHB-Competition (2nd chance competion) runs from the 11th till 15th and the final runs from the 17th till the 25th. Deadline to send the songs is also the 25th of the month.
- QUALIFIERS - The number of songs going through in each semi-final depends on the total number of participating songs. 4 qualifying countries if we have less than 43 participating countries. 5 qualifying countries if we have more than 43 participating countries. We have also 5 qualifing songs in the VHB-Competition.
- VHB-COMPETITION - This is a second chance competition for the 4 songs who rankend after the qualifiers in each semi-final. In total 12 songs compete in this competition and the top 5 qualifies to the final. The 3 letters of VHB reffers to the family name of the manager.
- WINNER - The winner of the previous edition goes automatically to the final and has to choose a city, hosts and a venue for the next edition. The winner makes the order draw for the next edition. The full draw has to be finnished before the start of the edition. The host player is also able to follow the voting of the semi-finals and the final.
- DRAW - The full draw for the semi-finals, VHB-competition and the final has to be finnished by the winner before the start of the edition. In the case 2 or more countries sending the same artist will they be drawed after each other in the same semi-final. Songs are systematically placed in the first or second half of the semi-finals. There is no system for the draw of the final.
- MANAGER - Two countries receive the votes of the manager before the start of the voting of the semi-finals or final. This to show the contest we keep it fair and the manager do not change his votes to have an influence on the results.
- FUN - Have fun in The World Music Contest.
Editions[]
Length of each edition[]
Each edition has a duration of one month. The Semi-Finals take place from the 1st till the 10th, the Final from the 15th till the 25th.
Winners[]
| # | Country | Winning entry | City | Hosts | Venue |
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| #1 |  Slovakia
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Celeste Buckingham - Run Run Run |  Paris
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| #2 |  Brazil
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Anggun - Mon Meilleur Amour |  Bratislava
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• Celeste Buckingham
• Roman Juraško |
Stadion Ondreja Nepelu |
| #3 |  Spain
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Adele - Someone Like You |  Rio De Janeiro
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• Sangalo
• Luan Santana |
Cidade das Artes |
| #4 |  Iceland
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Yohanna - Is It True? |  Barcelona
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• María Valverde
• Rafael Nadal |
Palau Saint Jordi |
| #5 | Spain
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Anton Ewald - Begging |  Reykjavik
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• Regina Osk
• Hera Björk |
Harpa Concerthal |
| #6 |  Sweden
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Timoteij - Kom | Vigo
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• Anne Igartiburu
• Cristian Gálvez |
Estadio de Balaídos |
| #7 |  Canada
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Bon Jovi - It's My Life |  Jokkmokk
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• Jenny Silver
• Anton Ewald |
Snow Arena |
| #8 |  Belgium
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Of Monsters & Men - Mountain Sound |  Ottawa
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• Pamela Anderson
• Jon Bon Jovi |
Ottawa Baseball Stadium |
| #9 |  Denmark
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Nathalie Imbruglia - Torn |  Deerlijk
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• Stephen Swart
• Nick Vanhaverbeke |
Gemeentehuis Deerlijk |
| #10 |  Latvia
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Stromae - Papaoutai |  Copenhagen
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• Lene Nystrom
• Mathias Lauridsen |
Parken Stadium |
| #11 |  Monaco
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Emmanuel Moire - Beau Malheur |  Riga
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• Ingūna Butāne
• Lauris Reiniks |
Arēna Rīga |
| #12 |  Australia
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Birdy - Skinny Love |  Monaco
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• Stéphanie de Monaco
• Louis Ducruet |
Sporting Club Monte Carlo |
| #13 |  Romania
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Compact Disco - Sound Of Our Hearts |  Perth
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• Rose Byrne
• Chris Hemsworth |
Perth Arena |
| #14 |  Norway
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Evanescence - Bring Me To Life |  Sibiu
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• Selena Gomez
• Mila Kunis |
Stadionul Municipal |
| #15 |  Israel
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Tuval Safir - Aim Rak Nakshiv La Rohahc |  Hamar
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• Kristian Ødegård
• Carina Dahl |
Vikingskipet |
| #16 | Belgium
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Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten |  Petah Tikva
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• Assi Azer
• Amit Igor |
HaMoshava Stadium |
| #17 |  France
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Indila - Dernière Danse | Brussels
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• Aurélie De Backer
• Nick Vanhaverbeke |
Sint-Katelijnestraat 12 |
| #18 | Norway
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Elen Levon - Wild Child | Paris
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• Natasha St-Pierre
• Nikos Aliagas |
Stade de France |
| #19 |  Netherlands
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Cserpes Laura - Élj Pont Úgy! | Lillehammer
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• Bård Ylvisåker
• Vegard Ylvisåker |
Håkons Hall |
| #20 | Sweden
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Laleh - Colours |  Amsterdam
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• Gigi Ravelli
• Arjen Robben |
Amsterdam Arena |
| #21 |  Austria
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Helene Fischer - Atemlos Durch Die Nacht | Malmö
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• Ace Wilder
• Ulrik Munther |
Malmö Arena |
| #22 |  Germany
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Milky Chance - Stolen Dance |  Vienna
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• Kati Bellowitsch
• Christoph Waltz |
Wiener Stadthalle |
| #23 |  Burundi
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Jason Paige - Pokémon Theme |  Berlin
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• Tina Arena
• Kevin Mc Kidd |
Olympiastadion |
| #24 |  Estonia
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Oonagh - Orome |  Bujumbura
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• Frank Zappa
• Captain Beefheart |
Centre Culturel Français |
| #25 | Germany
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Christina Aguilera - Hurt |  Tallinn
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• Sandra Nurmsalu
• Tõnis Mägi |
Saku Suurhall |
| #26 | Netherlands
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Andreas Moe - Ocean | München
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• Angelina Jolie
• Albert Einstein |
Nationaltheater München |
| #27 |  Switzerland
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Hudson Taylor - Battles | Utrecht
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• Dilan Yurdakul
• Klaas Jan Huntelaar |
Stadion Galgenwaard |
| #28 | Iceland
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Hurts - Stay |  Lucerne
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• Alfie Hudson Taylor
• Pierre Bouvier |
Culture and Congress Centre |
| #29 |  Slovenia
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Softengine - The Sirens | Reykjavík
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• Friðrik Ómar
• Páll Óskar |
Laugardalshöllin |
| #30 |  Belarus
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Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do |  Izola
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• Peter Poles
• Klemen Slakonja |
Mestni Stadion Izola |
| #31 |  Poland
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Mrozu ft Sound'n'Grace - Nic Do Stracenia |  Minsk
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• Dmitry Shepelev
• Katsia Zingarevich |
Minsk Arena |
| #32 | Belgium
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Walke The Moon - Shut Up And Dance |  Warsaw
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• Katarzyna Cichopek
• Krzysztof Ibisz |
The National Stadium |
| #33 | Belgium
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Katzenjammer - A Bar In Amsterdam | Bruges
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• Conchita Wurst
• Nick Vanhaverbeke |
Bruges Concert Hall |
| #34 |  Hungary
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One Republic - Love Runs Out | Gent
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• Hugo Sigal
• Nicole Josy |
Ghelamco Arena |
| #35 |  UK
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Lucie Vondrackova - Zombie |  Budapest
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• Kati Wolf
• Magdi Rúzsa |
Papp László Sportaréna |
| #36 | Norway
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Delta Goodrem - Wings |  Bristol
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• Failed Examples | Suspension Bridge |
| #37 |  Croatia
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Nina Kraljic - Zaljuljali Smo Svijet | Bergen
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• Reidun Sæther
• Trond Fausa Aurvag |
Grieg Hall |
| #38 |  Tunisia
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Bryan Rice & Julie - Curtain Call |  Zagreb
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• Sanja Vejnović
• Petra Kurtela |
Dvorana Arena Zagreb |
| #39 | Austria
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Moran Mazor - Rak Bishvilo |  Tunis
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• Elyas M'Barek
• Dorra Zarrouk |
Tunis Municipal Theatre |
| #40 | Latvia
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Alan Walker - Faded | Salzburg
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• Larissa Marolt
• Marcel Hirscher |
Salzburgarena |
| #41 |  Italy
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Morgana Giovannetti - Il Pulcino Pio | Riga
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• Agnese Kleina
• Ernests Gulbis |
Arena Riga |
| #42 | Poland
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Enej - Symetryczno-Liryczna |  Verona
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• Pietro Boselli
• Suor Cristina |
Verona Arena |
| #43 | France
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Sarah Riani - L'Etranger | Kraków
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• Dorota Wellman
• Marcin Prokop |
Cracow Arena |
| #44 | Iceland
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MØ - Final Song | Strasbourg
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• Florence Foresti
• Anggun |
Zénith Strasbourg Europe |
| #45 |  Luxembourg
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Nightwish - Elan | Grindavík
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• Jökull Júlíusson
• Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir |
The Blue Lagoon |
| #46 | Sweden
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Roxette - Listen To Your Heart |  Luxembourg
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• Thorunn Egilsdottir
• Andy Schleck |
Philharmonie Luxembourg |
| #47 | Denmark
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Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat | Leksand
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• Petra Mede
• Ingemar Andersson |
Tegera Arena |
| #48 | Latvia
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LP - Lost On You | Aarhus
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• Pilou Asbæk
• Mads Mikkelsen |
Musikhuseet Århus |
| #49 | Belgium
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Loïc Nottet - Million Eyes | Valmiera
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• Māris Štrombergs
• Elīna Vāne |
VOC Valmiera |
| #50 |  Taiwan
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A-Lin - Go | Liège
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• Marcel Vanthilt
• Lucas Van den Eynde |
Palais Des Congres |
| #51 | Hungary
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Walking On Cars - Speeding Cars |  Taipei
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• Dee Hsu
• Kevin Tsai |
Taipei Arena |
| #52 | Belgium
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Puggy - Soul | Szeged
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• Claudia Liptai
• Bence Istenes |
Városi Sportcsarnok |
| #53 | Netherlands
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Chef'Special - In Your Arms | Kortrijk
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• Koen Wauters
• Kris Wauters |
Stadsschouwburg |
| #54 |  Moldova
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Carla's Dreams - Pana La Sange | Rotterdam
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• Ilse De Lange
• Ruben Nicolai |
Ahoy |
| #55 | France
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Quentin Mosimann ft Amanda Wilson - Hello |  Chisinau
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• Alina Eremia
• Dorian Popa |
Zity Mall |
| #56 | France
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Léa Castel - Abîmée | Lyon
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• Iris Mittenaere
• Shy'm |
Groupama Stadium |
| #57 | Germany
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Felix Jaehn, Hight, Alex Aiono - Hot2Touch | Nice
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• Baptiste Giabiconi
• Omar Sy |
Palais Nikaia |
| #58 |  Finland
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Ellinoora - Elefantin Paino | Frankfurt
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• Barbara Schöneberger
• Steven Gätjen |
Festhalle |
| #59 |  United States
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Eleni Foureira- Fuego |  Helsinki
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• Jani Toivola
• Krista Siegfrids |
Hartwall Arena |
| #60 | Canada
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Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You |  New York
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• Ellen Degeneres
• Ryan Seacrest |
Barclays Center |
| #61 | Norway
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Ina Wroldsen - Mother | Toronto
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• Howie Mandel
• Carly Rae Jepsen |
Rogers Centre |
| #62 | Hungary
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Follow The Flow - Maradok Távol | Oslo
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• Kåre Magnus Bergh
• Marte Stokstad |
Telenor Arena |
| #63 | Germany
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Namika ft Black M - Je Ne Parle Pas Français | Debrecen
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• Nóra Ördög
• Majka |
Főnix Csarnok |
| #64 | Norway
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Sigrid - Sucker Punch | Leipzig
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• Mark Forster
• Stefanie Kloß |
Arena Leipzig |
| #65 | Monaco
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David Hallyday - Eternel | Stavanger
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• Anne Rimmen
• Jon Almaas |
Forum Expo |
| #66 |  Türkiye
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Grant - Waterline | Monte Carlo
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• David Hallyday
• Vanessa Paradis |
Grimaldi Forum |
| #67 |  Greece
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Melina Makri - Thirio |  İstanbul
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• Melis Kar
• Çağatay Ulusoy |
İstanbul Volkswagen Arena |
| #68 | Belgium
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Maoni ft Raphaella - Love Song |  Athens
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• Sakis Rouvas
• Giorgos Kapoutzidis |
OAKA Stadium |
| #69 | Taiwan
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Chimène Badi - Là-Haut | Mechelen
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• Dieter Coppens
• Kevin Van Den Bosch |
Technopolis |
| #70 | Kaohsiung
|
• Joseph Chang
• Eddie Peng |
National Stadium |
Funky Loser[]
This is a wild card in our contest for one of the countries who arrived on the most thankless place in the contest, just beneath the qualified countries. We started with this 'award' when we split up the contest in semi-finals in edition 6 and was originally announced by a draw.
The name of this wild card award 'The Funky Loser' was used from edition 8. The player for United Kingdom always gave his comment by his FunkyThoughts, that's how this award gets his name.
From edition 10 the host player had the opportunity to save one country out of the three unlucky songs in each semi-final, this song was from that moment no longer chosen by a random draw.
With a new format in the edition 45, the last Funky Loser was announced in edition 44.
| # | Funky Loser | Song | Final Ranking | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6 | Israel
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Gali Atari and Sagiv Cohen - Mehamerhakim | 16/16 | Last |
| #7 |  Malaysia
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Faizal Tahir - Karma | 16/16 | Last |
| #8 | Finland
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Sunrise Avenue - Hollywood Hills | 9/18 | |
| #9 |  South Africa
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Bon Jovi - Always | DSQ | |
| #10 |  Chile
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Daniel Guerrero - Me Matas Corazón | 18/20 | |
| #11 | Taiwan
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F.I.R. - Our Love | 14/20 | |
| #12 |  Fiji
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Jessie J - Domino | 20/20 | Last |
| #13 | Slovakia
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Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love | 3/20 | Bronze |
| #14 | Estonia
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Muse - Supermassive Black Hole | 19/20 | |
| #15 | Malaysia
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Cvetelina Yaneva - Bonboni | 9/20 | |
| #16 | Italy
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S Club 7 | 15/18 | |
| #17 | Iceland
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Ragnheiður Gröndal - Ást | 15/18 | |
| #18 | Belgium
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Karolien - Lightspeed | 8/18 | |
| #19 | Spain
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Brequette - Más | 17/18 | |
| #20 |  Panama
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Jessica Mauboy - Never Be The Same | 9/18 | |
| #21 |  Russia
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Zedd ft. Hayley Williams - Stay The Night | 14/18 | |
| #22 | Brazil
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João Neto e Frederico - Lê Lê Lê | 5/17 | |
| #23 | Denmark
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Cristina D'Avena - Princesse Sarah Theme | 17/17 | Last |
| #24 | Belgium
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Dotan - Home | 10/16 | |
| #25 | Belgium
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Damien Rice - 9 Crimes | 10/14 | |
| #26 | Belgium
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Alphabeat - Fascination | 6/14 | |
| #27 | Iceland
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Phillip Phillips - Unpack Your Heart | 3/13 | Bronze |
| #28 |  Morocco
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P!nk - Try | 12/16 | |
| #29 |  Czechia
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Conchita Wurst - Heroes | 12/15 | |
| #30 |  South Korea
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Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand | 10/16 | |
| #31 | Türkiye
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Edis - Benim Ol | 13/17 | |
| #32 | Czechia
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Yogi ft Ayah Marar - Follow U | 15/18 | |
| #33 | Taiwan
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Kana Nishino - Esperanza | 13/15 | |
| #34 | Burundi
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Avicii - The Nights | 7/15 | |
| #35 | Türkiye
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Gülşen - Bangır Bangır | 16/17 | |
| #36 |  Indonesia
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Tarja - I Feel Immortal | 10/18 | |
| #37 | Luxembourg
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Angel At My Table - Set Your Sails | 12/18 | |
| #38 | Netherlands
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Sia & Fetty Wap - Bang My Head | 17/17 | Last |
| #40 | UK
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Michael Bublé - Close Your Eyes | 6/18 | |
| #41 |  Lithuania
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Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio Dantys - Į Venesuelą | 13/18 | |
| #42 |  Malta
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Green Day - Minority | 17/18 | |
| #43 | Russia
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Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me | 14/16 | |
| #44 | Brazil
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Zhanar Dugalova - Izin Korem | 13/18 |
VHB-Trophy[]
This is another wild card in the contest named and awarded by the manager of the contest. Sometimes the manager himself is so surprised a song is not qualified, he invented this magical trophy. This trophy was introduced in TWMC#16 and for the last time awarded in TWMC#44.
In TWMC#19 the manager selected 2 songs (Burundi & Turkey) and let the participants choose their VHB-Trophy.
| # | VHB-Trophy | Song | Final Ranking | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #16 | Russia
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Fefe Dobson - Don't Let It Go To Your Head | 18/18 | Last |
| #17 | Burundi
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Khadja Nin - Mama | 5/18 | |
| #18 | Netherlands
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Sub Zero ft. the Alpines - Tidal Wave | 10/18 | |
| #19 | Burundi
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2 Fabiola ft. Loredana - She's After My Piano | 14/18 | |
| #20 | Iceland
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Guy Sebastian - Like A Drum | 13/18 | |
| #21 | Taiwan
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A-Lin - What Comes After Happiness? | 12/18 | |
| #22 | Fiji
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Cadra Ko Muana - Rarawa Ni Yaloqu | 17/17 | Last |
| #23 | Malta
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Mandy Moore - When Will My Life Begin | 2/17 | Silver |
| #24 |  Portugal
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Corson - Raise Me Up | 6/16 | |
| #25 | Spain
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Malú - Deshazte De Mi | 12/14 | |
| #26 | Estonia
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Rollin Wang - Little Chicken | 9/14 | |
| #27 | France
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The Staves - The Motherlode | 12/13 | |
| #28 | Iceland
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Hurts - Stay | 1/16 | Winner |
| #29 | Italy
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Elhaida Dani - Baciami E Basta | 13/15 | |
| #30 | Israel
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Idan Yaniv - At Yafa | 16/16 | Last |
| #31 | Greece
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Vegas - Osa Eixa | 16/17 | |
| #32 | Finland
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Roope Salminen & Koirat - Reissumies | 13/18 | |
| #33 | Türkiye
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Magic System - Tu Es Fou | 14/15 | |
| #34 |  Ireland
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Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good | 15/15 | Last |
| #35 |  New Zealand
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Mads Langer - Overgir Mig Langsomt | 14/17 | |
| #36 | Hungary
|
Fehérvári Gábor Alfréd - Mary Joe | 2/18 | Silver |
| #37 | Israel
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Shay Hamber - Karov Elecha | 17/18 | |
| #38 | Canada
|
Chipmunk & Talay Riley - Look For Me | 4/18 | |
| #39 | Morocco
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Aurela Gace - Feel The Passion | 15/18 | |
| #40 | France
|
Corentin Grevost - Ne Me Dis Pas Non | 7/18 | |
| #41 | Germany
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Monty Pyton - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life | 11/18 | |
| #42 | Brazil
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Roupa Nova - Coração Pirata | 18/18 | Last |
| #43 | Italy
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Salvatore Venturini - In Bicicletta | 15/16 | |
| #44 | Poland
|
Labrinth - Jealous | 15/18 |
VHB-Competition[]
A new format was introduced in edition#45. The Funky Loser en VHB-Trophy are now replaced by the VHB-Competition. The 3 letters of VHB refers to the family name of the manager.
From now on the top four has been placed for the final. The numbers five to eight of all semi-finals compete in the VHB-Competition to reach the final. These are a total of 12 songs, the top five pushes through.
