Hitovision Song Contest



Hitovision Song Contest is a contest organized by ESC Doni. The main concept of Hitovision is to promote the culture of the winning country, popular songs and artists who can represent random countries. The first edition took off on June 24, 2018.

On September 7, 2021, HBU announced the liquidation of participations on YouTube platform. After this fact, transferring them to Instagram.

Rules
Rules applicable from Hitovision 23:
 * 1. The song must be a worldwide hit or well known, original songs also allowed!
 * 2. Limits of songs are 100 000 - 500 000 000 million views!
 * 3. Songs from kids are ALLOWED! Limit of songs: 2
 * 4. Songs from every Eurovision National Finals are allowed! Limit of songs: 2
 * 5. Limit of kpop songs: 2
 * 6. The artist and his song don't necessarily represent his country! (HBU have the right to change a country during participation)
 * 7. The song can't be older than 1 January 2010!

Special note: Sometimes Hitovision has a special rules, therefore, special rules are always posted in the news videos or posts!

History
The first edition took place in Gdansk, the city of Poland. The first winner of the contest was Alan Walker with the song "Faded ". After winning, Lithuana organized a second competition in Vilnius. Ireland became the winning country with the song "What About US " by Pi!nk. On 21 July 2018, it was announced that the third edition will be held in Dublin probably in the second half of August 2018. On 26 August 2018 Malta won the third edition represented by Sigala and Ella Eyre with the song Came Here For Love with 92 points. This time, Hitovision will take place in Valletta !

On 16 September 2018 will start the fifth edition of Hitovision Song Contest in Australia - Sydney after winning Sean Paul and Becky G with song "Mad Love"! 26 September 2018, for the first time Croatia won Hitovision Song Contest after winning Hailee Steinfeld and BloodPop® with song "Capital Letters"!

23 October 2018, for the first time Greece won Hitovision Song Contest after winning Lana Del Rey with song "Young And Beautiful"! The seventh edition was the last edition in 2018! After a few months break, Hitovision 8 will be organized in Reykjavik at the turn of March and April 2019 after Tom Walker 's victory! The winning song in the native language for the first time in Hitovision history was "Tsunami" by Tarabarova from Ukraine!

The ninth edition started 17 May 2019 in Kyiv on Ukraine! Finally, Margaret representing Canada with song Tempo won with 197 points!

Special jubilee edition - Hitovision Song Contest 10 was held in Vancouver in Canada where Iceland and Hozier triumph with the song "Take Me To Church"!

For the second time in Hitovision history, Hitovision 11 will be held on Iceland! Tiesto, Rita Ora and Jonas Blue representing Austria won Grand Final with song "Ritual" and they earned 183 points! Austria organized Hitovision Song Contest 12 in the autumn style. Over 50 countries participated for the first time. Finally, at 2 November 2019, the French - Deborah Lemoine won with the song "Solo" with 170 points.

In early December 2019, HBU announced that France is ready to organize the thirteenth edition of Hitovision Song Contest in four French cities/regions! For the first time in history, slogan was created in native language! On the end of the 2019 year, at 27 December Selena Gomez won win with the song "Lose You To Love Me "! The next edition is going in Chicago, Dallas and San Diego since 6th February 2020! The crystal edition won Ava Max with the song "Torn" on 24 February 2020 in New York! From the United States, Hitovision 15 is going to Albania which will be held in "WILD" style in Durres and Tirana, with Sweden becoming the fifteenth winner with the song "Bulletproof" performed by Dotter.

In May 2020, Hitovision Broadcasting Union announced the rule that only artists which have strong connection with the country (born and raised) ONLY can participate in 16th edition! The new rule was positively received by fans and three semifinals took place in June 2020! On July 3, 2020, the entire edition was won by 18-year-old Celina Sharma with the song "Chalo" representing Australia! During the winning performance it was announced that the 17th edition will take place in Tasmania! On July 25, 2020, official artwork with the most important details for the 17th edition was released. The slogan is #ExperienceLife. 🧭 September 11, 2020 goes up in history of Hitovision! The winning song is Artemis and Lindsey Stirling representing Vietnam with 232 points! After the winning performance, HBU confirmed that 18th edition will be last edition in 2020 year in Vietnam! On October 8, 2020, the first promo presenting the preparations and Vietnamese landscapes was published! In the meantime, it was announced that Đà Lạt and Hanoi will be the host cities! Official artwork was published on October 23, 2020, and two days later - official participation took place. The 18th edition officially started October 29, 2020! In the end, on November 22, 2020, Valentina Tioli and "Ombre Cinesi" with 262 total points won Grand Prix of Hitovision 18 not being jury and social media televoting winner, but achieved 1st place in televoting! Valentina graciously thanked you for your support and votes in a short video and she was very happy about the win! According to tradition, Italy will host the next edition already in 2021!

🏛️ The official artwork titled "Evidenzia la bellezza" was presented on January 5, 2021. The New Year's struggle of the 19 edition will start a few days later.

📣 On January 24, 2021, HBU announced that the semi-finals system will be abandoned after the 19th edition.

🏛️ On February 1, 2021, Grand Final Results took place in Rome and Mexico won them with the song "One Love" sang by R3hab featuring Now United! The winning song got 270 total points - 1st place in the jury and televoting and 7th place in Social Media Televoting! At the end of the video, it was confirmed that the 20th jubilee edition will take place somewhere in Mexico!

🎉 The official artwork "Baile de tu Alma" was presented on February 26, 2021. The jubilee edition will happen in Acapulco, one of greatest cities in Mexico! After amazing carnaval in Acapulco, Rita Ora with song "Big" won the jubilee edition with 289 record points! The producer was a Kazakh DJ: Imanbek. 🎉 Huge congratulations to Austria, who won with Rita for the second time! This is a truly legendary moment!

💡 On May 2, 2021, the official artwork "Connect The Fairy Lights" was revealed. The next edition will be held in Linz, Austria! 17 days later - Olivia Rodrigo earned 255 winning points with the song "Drivers License". United States for the second time in history will host Hitovision!

📼 Official artwork - "Share the Game" - of 22. edition was released on July 4, 2021. The final recap was published on July 20, in which a new form of televoting was used for the first time. The current winner became France with the song "Dynamite" by Ilira & Vize earned 368 total (also record) points, thus marking their second victory at the contest. France will organize the 23rd edition already in 2022.

🔮 "Run far" welcomed us in the first 2022 edition in January 2022. Hitovision Song Contest 23 final was held in Montpellier, France - beautiful city in the region of Occitania, and city of student life! The judges and viewers agreed together - Morocco won with 376 points, setting a new record. The country made its debut in the edition 22 and was the first African country to win Hitovision! They were represented by Romanian-Moldovan collab, Ester Peony and Sasha Lopez with the song "Tatoué".

Statistics of each countries
On August 31, 2020, the special Wikia "Hitovision Stats" was completed. All stats have been moved there!

► https://hitovision-stats.fandom.com/wiki/Hitovision_Stats_Wiki

General Scoreboard


These are the countries which participate in the contest, and at the same time their total points they have collected in the semi-final and final. At the end of each year, the country with the highest number of points will be the Hitovision Song Contest Official Winner!


 * Hitovision Song Contest 2018 winner: 🇨🇦 Canada with 911 points
 * 2nd place - 🇦🇺 Australia with 908 points
 * 3rd place - 🇮🇪 Ireland with 739 points
 * 4th place - 🇱🇹 Lithuania with 710 points
 * 5th place - 🇬🇷 Greece with 640 points


 * Hitovision Song Contest 2019 winner: 🇨🇦 Canada with 2717 points
 * 2nd place - 🇱🇹 Lithuania with 2670 points
 * 3rd place - 🇦🇺 Australia with 2467 points
 * 4th place - 🇮🇪 Ireland with 2208 points
 * 5th place - 🇺🇸 United States with 2157 points


 * Hitovision Song Contest 2020 winner: 🇨🇦 Canada with 4170 points
 * 2nd place - 🇱🇹 Lithuania with 3790 points
 * 3rd place - 🇦🇺 Australia with 3486 points
 * 4th place - 🇦🇱 Albania with 3272 points
 * 5th place - 🇮🇪 Ireland with 3259 points


 * Hitovision Song Contest 2021 winner: 🇨🇦 Canada with 4843 points
 * 2nd place - 🇦🇺 Australia with 4390 points
 * 3rd place - 🇦🇱 Albania with 4145 points
 * 4th place - 🇱🇹 Lithuania with 3935 points
 * 5th place - 🇮🇹 Italy with 3636 points

Non-active countries
Fun fact: Thanks to best artists special voting, Iran got the chance to participate in the 20th edition!

Slogans
Since the first edition, slogans have been introduced in the show. The slogan is decided by the host broadcaster or winner user.

Doni's entries

 * Qualification rate: 85%
 * Average placing: 14.70
 * Female acts: 9
 * Male acts: 4
 * Duet: 6
 * Band: 4

Hitovision Song Contest #2 Semifinal
This edition consists of one semi-final, which contains 22 countries, of which '12' will qualify to the Grand Final! At the beginning, it was agreed that 14 countries would qualify to the Grand Final, but there were little changes about it. The points of qualifiers will appear after the Grand Final!

Hitovision Song Contest #5 First Semifinal
This edition consists of two semi-finals. First Semifinal contains 17 countries, of which '10' will qualify to the Grand Final!. The points of qualifiers will appear after the Grand Final!

Hitovision Song Contest #5 Second Semifinal
This edition consists of two semi-finals. Second Semifinal contains 17 countries, of which '10' will qualify to the Grand Final!. The points of qualifiers will appear after the Grand Final!

Hitovision Song Contest #6 First Semifinal
International Jury HSC

Hitovision Song Contest #6 Second Semifinal
International Jury HSC

Hitovision Song Contest #7 First Semifinal
International Jury HSC

Hitovision Song Contest #7 Second Semifinal
International Jury HSC

Hitovision Song Contest #12 First Semifinal
The first semifinal of Hitovision 12 took place in Salzburg, Austria, with 17 participants taking part for the spot in the final. Indonesia had their first appearance in the contest, but didn't qualify for the final. Thus, during the semifinal results in one of the three semifinals, it was revealed that Denmark will be the participant in the wildcard round.

Hitovision Song Contest #12 Second Semifinal
The second semifinal of Hitovision 12 took place in Bregenz, Austria, with 17 semifinalists taking part for the spot in the grand final in Vienna. Luxembourg and North Macedonia took part in the contest for the first time after Indonesia. After the reveal of the semifinal results, it was revealed that South Korea will participate in the wildcard round, along with Denmark with the song, Stay (Don't Go Away) by David Guetta ft. Raye. Later, in the grand finale, South Korea bested Denmark and Brazil in the wildcard round, bringing their first appearance in the final along with Luxembourg whose country who qualified for the final.

Hitovision Song Contest #16 Grand Final
Hitovision scoreboards won't be updated here anymore! On August 31, 2020, the special Wikia "Hitovision Stats" was completed. All stats have been moved there!

► https://hitovision-stats.fandom.com/wiki/Hitovision_Stats_Wiki