USC 92

Universong 92 "Give a place in your heart for Universong"
Date	2 - 23 October 2016
Host city	Santiago de Chile, Chile
Participants	54
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Argentina, Czech Republic, Greenland, Iran, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Wales
Withdrawing countries	Andorra, Austria, Hungary, Moldova, Russia, Switzerland, Uzbekistan
Winner	Iran Mahan Moin "Elysium"
Timeline	◄ Gothenburg 91 Tehran 93 ►

Universong 92 was the 92nd edition of the Universong Contest, held between October 2nd and 23rd, 2016 in Santiago de Chile. This was the second edition of Universong held in South America, after Colombia held Universong in its capital, Bogotá, in USC 17, and was possible thanks to the winning of Camila Gallardo with the song "Más de la mitad" on the previous edition held in Gothenburg, Sweden.

54 countries took part in this edition, without any debuting countries for the fourth edition in a row. Some of the returning countries were: Czech Republic, Greenland, Iran, New Zealand, Slovenia and Wales. Even though, there was an explosion of the Latin American players, which resulted in the returns of Argentina, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela, thus accompanying Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and hosts Chile.

For the third time (after being tested in the previous editions in Madrid and Gothenburg), the votes of the countries were separated into two different tallies between the votes of finalists and non-finalists, in where the results were the sum of both votes. After the voting, Iran emerged as the winner for the second time in the history of Universong, after the exciting second part of the voting, where the top 10 was closed. The song "Elysium" by Mahan Moin achieved a total of 179 points, despite being fourth in the finalists vote, while being the runner-up of the non-finalists vote, in addition of receiving 5 sets of 12 points. With this winning, Mahan Moin became the fifth USC double champion, a honour that previously was held by Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina (winners of USC 03 and USC 21 for Romania), Greta Salome (winner of USC 43 and USC 49 for Iceland, and who was aspiring herself in this edition to become the first USC triple champion ever before knowing she didn't go through the Grand Final), Jenni Vartiainen (winner of USC 44 and USC 56 for Finland) and Sia (winner of USC 66 and USC 79 for Australia). Mahan Moin had already won USC 77 in Monte Carlo, Monaco, with the song "Azizami". Additionally, this is the second time in a row that a returning country wins Universong.

The second place went to Greece, country who equalled its best position from USC 78. The song "Me n myself" by the band RadioAct was the winner of the non-finalist vote, despite being only tenth in the finalist vote. In total, they got 171 points, and a 8 point difference to the winner, Iran. Meanwhile, the third place was captured by Amir, with the song "On dirait". Amir, who returned after representing France in USC 86, came back to represent his adoptive country Israel, and despite only coming ninth in the non-finalist vote, he was the winner of the finalist vote, and eventually got 169 points, 10 less than the winner and only 2 less than the runner-up, making a close race between these three countries. Much closer was the race with the other top 5 entries: in fourth place, Cyprus, with the song "Phoenix" by Christiana Loizou, got 167 points (12 less than the winner and only two than the third place) after being the third favourite of the finalists and the fourth of the non-finalists; and in fifth place, and a little bit far, Mexico achieved its best position from USC 78, with the song "Amnesia" by former RBD member Anahí, being the runner-up of the finalist vote while only the tenth of non-finalists, and collecting 159 points (20 less than the winner).

Much further, Australia got sixth position, becoming the only country to make it to the top 10 in all of the Universong finals but once since USC 87 (they only failed to do so in USC 90 in Madrid). Taylor Henderson got 136 points for the song "Light up the dark", being just eleventh with the finalists and sixth with the non-finalists. On the other hand, and in a curious move, the top 10 was completed by the songs of host country Chile, Scotland, France and Turkey, all of whom got the same amount of points (131). Even though, the tie-break rules were applied, so the seventh place went to Augusto Schuster with the song "Lloré" (the host country received votes from 25 countries), the eighth went to the song "Clown" by Emeli Sandé, while the ninth went to TAL with the song "Les temps qu'il fait" (both Scotland and France had been voted for the same quantity of countries - 21 each - and received the same amount of 12 points - 2 each; so Scotland got higher than France, because the amount of 10 points for the former was higher than the one of the latter - 4 for Scotland versus 3 for France); and finally, the tenth went to Mahmut Orhan and Sena Sener with the song "Feel" (Turkey only received points from 20 countries).

About the city Edit

Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile. It is also the center of its largest conurbation. Santiago is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m (1,706 ft) above mean sea level.

Founded in 1541, Santiago has been the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city has a downtown core of 19th century neoclassical architecture and winding side-streets, dotted by art deco, neo-gothic, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is shaped by several stand-alone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, lined by parks such as Parque Forestal. The Andes Mountains can be seen from most points in the city. These mountains contribute to a considerable smog problem, particularly during winter. The city outskirts are surrounded by vineyards and Santiago is within a few hours of both the mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

Santiago is the cultural, political and financial center of Chile and is home to the regional headquarters of many multinational corporations. The Chilean executive and judicial powers are located in Santiago, but Congress meets mostly in nearby Valparaíso. Santiago is named after the biblical figure St. James.

Semifinal 1 Edit

In this semifinal, the 26 semifinalists plus Denmark shall vote in this semifinal. Chile will decide in which semifinal it'll vote. The rest of the countries can vote too, but their votes will be counted as Rest of the World.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Italy	Elisa	"Hold on for a minute"	6	81
02	Brazil	Silva	"Feliz e ponto"	10	68
03	Lithuania	PIKASO	"Tu ne mano"	15	63
04	Croatia	Uncle Jack ft. Yness	"I bet you wonder"	26	15
05	Greenland	Simone	"Heart shaped hole"	14	63
06	Germany	Frida Gold	"Unsere Liebe ist aus Gold"	23	40
07	Norway	Alejandro Fuentes	"Encore"	4	99
08	Iceland	Greta Salome	"Row"	21	46
09	Belgium	Natalia & Lara Fabian	"Razorblade"	24	34
10	Netherlands	Woot	"Don't you"	8	72
11	Serbia	Luke Black ft. Venza	"Seek & hide"	19	48
12	Bulgaria	Dara	"Onto you"	16	62
13	Ukraine	Ani Lorak	"Oranzhevye sny"	20	48
14	France	TAL	"Le temps qu'il fait"	12	64
15	Poland	Natalia Nykiel	"Error"	22	44
16	South Africa	Adam ft. Daniel Baron	"Say what you want"	11	65
17	Mexico	Anahí	"Amnesia"	3	105
18	Spain	Sweet California	"Good lovin'"	25	24
19	Romania	Liviu Teodorescu	"Gelos"	13	64
20	Portugal	Diogo Piçarra	"Dialeto"	17	59
21	Cyprus	Christiana Loizou	"Phoenix"	2	109
22	Philippines	Maja Salvador	"Love me, kill me"	18	49
23	Scotland	Emeli Sandé	"Clown"	1	118
24	Czech Republic	Olga Lounová	"When the music's on"	5	97
25	England	Ella Henderson	"Now you say you love me again"	9	71
26	New Zealand	Gin Wigmore	"Written in the water"	7	74

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Semifinal 2 Edit

In this semifinal, the 25 semifinalists plus Canada shall vote in this semifinal. Chile will decide in which semifinal it'll vote. The rest of the countries can vote too, but their votes will be counted as Rest of the World.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Ireland	Rob Steenson	"Five years"	25	22
02	Greece	RadioAct	"Me 'n myself"	2	126
03	Uruguay	Márama	"Lo intentamos"	8	70
04	Colombia	Bomba Estéreo	"Soy yo"	16	54
05	Israel	Amir	"On dirait"	3	118
06	Argentina	Tini	"Great escape"	14	57
07	Monaco	Hyphen Hyphen	"We light the sunshine"	20	45
08	Finland	Sanni	"2080-luvulla"	5	76
09	Kosovo	Alberie Hadergjonaj	"Sa here m'ke dasht"	21	44
10	South Korea	EXO & Yoo Jae-Suk	"Dancing king"	23	38
11	Wales	Bullet for my Valentine	"You want a battle?"	6	74
12	United States	K. Flay	"Blood in the cut"	22	42
13	Iran	Mahan Moin	"Elysium"	1	131
14	Peru	Anahí de Cárdenas	"Don't stop"	13	58
15	Turkey	Mahmut Orhan ft. Sena Sener	"Feel"	4	98
16	Liechtenstein	Nicole Cross	"Awesome"	11	65
17	Ecuador	Ana Paula	"Intuición"	18	49
18	Sweden	Isa	"I will wait"	12	61
19	Venezuela	Gaélica	"Brújula"	17	52
20	Australia	Taylor Henderson	"Light up the dark"	9	68
21	North Macedonia	Bionda	"Ako is odis"	19	46
22	Latvia	Aminata	"Fighter"	24	38
23	Slovenia	Ines Erbus	"Kada cura časti"	10	66
24	Luxembourg	Maître Gims	"Mon coeur avait raison"	15	56
25	Puerto Rico	Ricky Martin ft. Yotuel	"La mordidita"	7	70

Grand Final Edit

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Puerto Rico	Ricky Martin ft. Yotuel	"La mordidita"	18	94
02	South Africa	Adam ft. Daniel Baron	"Say what you want"	23	69
03	Liechtenstein	Nicole Cross	"Awesome"	27	45
04	Slovenia	Ines Erbus	"Kada cura časti"	24	57
05	Sweden	Isa	"I will wait"	20	89
06	Turkey	Mahmut Orhan ft. Sena Sener	"Feel"	10	131
07	Uruguay	Márama	"Lo intentamos"	22	87
08	Mexico	Anahí	"Amnesia"	5	159
09	Wales	Bullet for my Valentine	"You want a battle? (Here's a war)"	13	113
10	France	TAL	"Les temps qu'il fait"	9	131
11	Czech Republic	Olga Lounová	"When the music's on"	19	93
12	Greece	RadioAct	"Me n myself"	2	171
13	Israel	Amir	"On dirait"	3	169
14	Canada	Nickelback	"Far away"	25	54
15	Scotland	Emeli Sandé	"Clown"	8	131
16	Brazil	Silva	"Feliz e ponto"	15	110
17	Australia	Taylor Henderson	"Light up the dark"	6	136
18	Chile	Augusto Schuster	"Lloré"	7	131
19	Iran	Mahan Moin	"Elysium"	1	179
20	Denmark	Clara Sofie	"Før lyset slipper ind"	26	46
21	Cyprus	Christiana Loizou	"Phoenix"	4	167
22	Netherlands	Woot	"Don't you"	12	120
23	New Zealand	Gin Wigmore	"Written in the water"	21	88
24	England	Ella Henderson	"Now you say you love me again"	11	127
25	Finland	Sanni	"2080-luvulla"	17	102
26	Italy	Elisa	"Hold on for a minute"	14	112
27	Norway	Alejandro Fuentes	"Encore"	16	105

Split Results Finalists/Non Finalists Points Edit

Place	Finalists Votes	Points	Non-Finalists Votes	Points
1	Israel	102	Greece	107
2	Mexico	95	Iran	102
3	Cyprus	88	France	80
4	Iran	77	Cyprus	79
5	Chile	69	Netherlands	77
6	Norway	68	Australia	75
7	Scotland	68	Turkey	72
8	Sweden	67	England	71
9	Wales	66	Israel	67
10	Greece	64	Mexico	64
11	Australia	61	Scotland	63
12	Puerto Rico	61	Chile	62
13	Finland	60	Brazil	61
14	Italy	59	Italy	53
15	Turkey	59	Wales	47
16	England	56	New Zealand	46
17	France	51	Uruguay	44
18	Brazil	49	Czech Republic	44
19	Czech Republic	49	Finland	42
20	South Africa	45	Norway	37
21	Slovenia	44	Puerto Rico	33
22	Netherlands	43	Denmark	26
23	Uruguay	43	South Africa	24
24	New Zealand	42	Sweden	22
25	Canada	33	Canada	21
26	Liechtenstein	27	Liechtenstein	18
27	Denmark	20	Slovenia	13

Returning artists Edit

Artist	Country	Previous participation
Tini	Argentina	USC 78 (under her real name Martina Stoessel)
Taylor Henderson	Australia	USC 67
Natalia	Belgium	USC 09 (with En Vogue), USC 50, USC 55 (for Luxembourg), USC 63, USC 69, USC 80
Lara Fabian	Belgium	USC 13 (for Luxembourg), USC 14 (for Luxembourg), USC 71 (for Luxembourg and with Mustafa Ceceli for Turkey)
Silva	Brazil	USC 83
Ella Henderson	England	USC 65, USC 71
TAL	France	USC 35, USC 40, USC 59, USC 69, USC 91
Frida Gold	Germany	USC 32, USC 55 (for Liechtenstein), USC 61 (for Liechtenstein)
Simone	Greenland	USC 54 (for the Faroe Islands)
Greta Salome	Iceland	USC 43, USC 49
Mahan Moin	Iran	USC 62, USC 77
Amir	Israel	USC 86 (for France)
Elisa	Italy	USC 16, USC 25, USC 66, USC 85 (for San Marino)
Alberie Hadergjonaj	Kosovo	USC 58
PIKASO	Lithuania	USC 79
Maître Gims	Luxembourg	USC 80 (for DR Congo), USC 81 (for DR Congo)
Anahí	Mexico	USC 40 (with Christian Chávez)
Diogo Piçarra	Portugal	USC 81, USC 84
Ricky Martin	Puerto Rico	USC 38 , USC 42 (with Eros Ramazzotti, for Vatican City), USC 44, USC 46 (with Claudia Leitte, for Brazil), USC 63, USC 89 (for Andorra)
Emeli Sandé	Scotland	USC 43 (for England), USC 57 (with Alejandro Sanz and Jamie Foxx, for Andorra - DSQ)
Luke Black	Serbia	USC 77, USC 83
Ines Erbus	Slovenia	USC 73
Ani Lorak	Ukraine	USC 10 (Special edition), USC 12, USC 17, USC 46, USC 55, USC 86
Bullet for my Valentine	Wales	USC 57

Special Awards Edit

Bartek Award Edit

Country	Artist	Song	Place	Situation
Kosovo	Alberie Hadergjonaj	"Sa here m'ke dasht"	21st (SF2)	Winner
United States	K. Flay	"Blood in the cut"	22nd (SF2)	Nominée (2nd)

Best Non-English Award Edit

Country	Artist	Song	Place	Situation
Lithuania	PIKASO	"Tu ne mano"	15th (SF1)	Winner
Portugal	Diogo Piçarra	"Dialeto"	17th (SF1)	Nominée (2nd)
Puerto Rico	Ricky Martin ft. Yotuel	"La mordidita"	18th	Nominée (3rd)

hph01 Award Edit

Country	Artist	Song	Place	Situation
North Macedonia	Bionda	"Ako is odis"	19th (SF2)	Winner
Colombia	Bomba Estéreo	"Soy yo"	16th (SF2)	Nominée (2nd)
Iceland	Greta Salome	"Row"	21st (SF1)	Nominée (3rd)