Wonderful Song Contest 71

Wonderful Song Contest 71 will be the seventy first edition of the Wonderful Song Contest. The contest took place in Tokio after the Japanesse victory in the 70th edition. A total of 50 countries competed in Wonderful Song Contest 70. The 70th edition was won by and their song "Hold the Girl" by Rina Sawayama, which got a total of 513 points. Prequalified countries for this edition are:, , , ,  and. They are directly qualified to the final, while the other competing countries are split into two semifinals. The Semi Final allocation draw took place on TBA 2022 at the WBU headquarters in Prague.