Yourovision Song Contest 17

Yourovision Song Contest 17
Contest	Yourovision Song Contest
Edition no.	17
Participants	15 (to date)
Location	Hereford, England United Kingdom
Host	TessHex
Grand Final	TBA April 2015
Winner	TBD April 2015
Timeline	◄ 16 18 ►

Welcome to your Eurovision Song Contest.

This is the seventeenth edition of the Yourovision Song Contest, held in Hereford, after Ellie Goulding won the contest for the second time in the previous edition, marking the UK's first consecutive win, and fourth win overall.

To date, the only country making its Yourovision début in this edition is Antarctica, which has been eligible to participate under the contest's rules from the beginning. Five former participant nations are also making their return to the contest this month.

Edition 17 - Hereford

The city of Hereford was chosen to host the seventeenth edition of the contest, as it is the regional capital of Ellie Goulding's home county. The slogan for this edition has yet to be announced.

The dates for this edition have yet to be determined.

Participants

Debuting countries	Withdrawing countries	Returning countries
Antarctica	None	Denmark France Israel Puerto Rico Slovenia Sweden

Returning Artists

This edition			Previous appearance
Country	Artist	Song	Country	Song	Edition
Canada	Avril Lavigne	"When You're Gone"	Canada	"Let Me Go"	#16

Grand Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
	Antarctica	Kevin, Karla y La Banda	"Espacio En Blanco"
	Argentina	Zero Kill	"Dizzy"
	Canada	Avril Lavigne	"When You're Gone"
	Denmark	Medina ft. Svenstrup & Vendelboe	"Junkie"
	Finland	Siru Airistola	"Mustelmat"
	France	Louane	"Avenir"
	Ireland	Hozier	"Take Me To Church"
	Israel	Kokoro	"Tasmanian Devil"
	Montenegro	TBA April 2015	TBA April 2015
	Puerto Rico	Ricky Martin	"La Mordidita"
	Slovakia	Gitanas ft. Kali	"Baila Morena"
	Slovenia	Maja Keuc	"Zmorem"
	Sweden	Zara Larsson	"Carry You Home"
	United Kingdom	Sam Smith	"Like I Can"
	United States	The Offspring	"Coming For You"