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Wonderful Song Contest 44 will be the forty-third edition of the Wonderful Song Contest. The contest took place in Busan after the Korean victory in the 42nd edition. A total of 50 countries competed in Wonderful Song Contest 42. The 42nd edition was win by and their song "Gotta Go" by Sunmi, which got a total of 313 points. 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 , ,  and  have returned and  with  have debuted. The Semi Final allocation draw took place on 10 May 2020 at the WBU headquarters in Prague, where the other competing countries were split into two semi finals. The running order was announced on 12 May 2020.

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On 5 May 2020 it was announced that Busan will serve as the host city of the Wonderful Song Contest 43.

Host City
Busan ( Korean pronunciation: [pusan]), formerly romanized as Pusan and now officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second most-populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.5 million inhabitants. It is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port—Korea's busiest and the fifth-busiest in the world —only about 190 kilometers (120 mi) from the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu. The surrounding "Southeast Economic Zone" (including Ulsan and South Gyeongsang) is South Korea's largest industrial area.

Busan is divided into 15 major administrative districts and a single county, together housing a population of approximately 3.6 million. The full metropolitan area, the Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region, has a population of approximately 8 million. The most densely built-up areas of the city are situated in a number of narrow valleys between the Nakdong and the Suyeong Rivers, with mountains separating most of the districts. The Nakdong is Korea's longest river and Busan's Haeundae Beach is also the country's largest.

Busan is a center for international conventions, hosting APEC in 2005. It is also a center for sports tournaments in Korea, having hosted the 2002 Asian Games and FIFA World Cup. It is home to the world's largest department store, the Shinsegae Centum City. Busan was added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a "City of Film" in December 2014.

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 5 May 2020 it was announced that Lee Fenix and Sunmi will be hosts of Wonderful Song Contest 43.

Lee Sun-mi (born Sun Mi on May 2, 1992), known mononymously as Sunmi, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. She debuted in 2007 as a member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls and left the group in January 2010 to pursue an academic career. After a three-year long hiatus from the music scene, Sunmi resumed her career as a soloist in August 2013 with her debut extended play Full Moon, which spawned the number two singles "24 Hours" and "Full Moon" on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart.

In 2015, Sunmi was announced to be resuming promotion with the Wonder Girls until their disbandment in 2017. She subsequently left JYP Entertainment and joined Makeus Entertainment. Her second extended play Warning was released in 2018 and produced the hit singles "Gashina", "Heroine" and "Siren".

Felix Yongbok Lee (born 15 September 2000), better known mononymously as Felix, is an Australian rapper and singer based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Stray Kids under JYP Entertainment, which debuted on 25 March 2018.