Wonderful Song Contest 42

Wonderful Song Contest 42 will be the forty-second edition of the Wonderful Song Contest. The contest took place in Khirkov after the Ukrainian victory in the 41st edition. A total of 50 countries competed in Wonderful Song Contest 39. The top 6 from the last edition, , , , and  are directly qualified to the final, while the other competing countries are split intotwo semi-finals. and are withdrawing from this edition, while  has returned and  has debuted. The Semi Final allocation draw took place on TBA April 2020 at the WBU headquarters in Prague, where the other competing countries were split into two semi finals. The running order was announced on TBA April 2020.

Information


On 9 April 2020 it was announced that Kharkiv will serve as the host city of the Wonderful Song Contest 42.

Host City
Kharkiv (/ˈxɑːrkɪv, ˈhɑːr-/; Ukrainian: Ха́рків [ˈxɑrkiu̯]) is the second largest city in Ukraine. In the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the Slobozhanshchyna historical region. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv Raion, though administratively it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion.

The city was founded in 1654 and after a humble beginning as a small fortress grew to be a major centre of Ukrainian industry, trade and culture in the Russian Empire.

Kharkiv was the first capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, from December 1919 to January 1934, after which the capital relocated to Kiev.

Presently, Kharkiv is a major cultural, scientific, educational, transport and industrial centre of Ukraine, with numerous museums, theatres and libraries.

Its industry specializes primarily in machinery and in electronics. There are hundreds of industrial companies in the city, including the Morozov Design Bureau and the Malyshev Tank Factory (leaders in world tank production from the 1930s to the 1980s); Khartron (aerospace and nuclear power plants automation electronics); the Turboatom (turbines for hydro-, thermal- and nuclear-power plants), and Antonov (the multipurpose aircraft manufacturing plant). Cultural artifacts date back to the Bronze Age, as well as those of later Scythian and Sarmatian settlers. There is also evidence that the Chernyakhov culture flourished in the area from the second to the sixth centuries.

Bidding phase
Only one main venue was announced as possible venue for the competition to be held. It has a capacity of 20,000 and several big concerts and sport events take place here.
 * The host city had to be near a major airport.
 * The venue must be available for at least six weeks before the contest and one week after the conclusion of the contest
 * The venue must not be open-air, but an air-conditioned building with a capacity of at least 10,000 and a minimum ceiling height of 15 metres (49 ft), insulated for sound and light.
 * The green room must be located as close to the arena as possible (or within it), with a capacity of 300.

Presenter
On 9 April 2020 it was announced that Tayanna will be host of Wonderful Song Contest 42.

Tetyana Mykhaylivna Reshetnyak (Ukrainian: Тетяна Михайлівна Решетняк; born 29 September 1984), mostly known by her stage name Tayanna, is a Ukrainian singer, actress and composer. Reshetnyak was born in the city of Chernivtsi. At eight years old, her parents urged her to go to a musical school, in the accordion class but she left the school about a year later. Thirteen years later, Tatiana began studying vocals, firstly in the ensemble, and then took individual lessons. In 2001, during a visit to Lviv, Tatyana had the opportunity to perform ensemble before the Pope John Paul II's appearance. The first significant event for her was a trip to Skadovsk for the Black Sea Games festival, where she took the third place. Tatyana has three brothers, two twins who are confectioners, one of them working also as a singer, and Misha Marvin who is singer and well known in Ukraine. Her parents are Natalia and Mikhail. When Tatyana was 18 years old, she married the famous producer Dmitry Klimashenko.