Wonderful Song Contest 50

Wonderful Song Contest 50 will be the fifty edition of the Wonderful Song Contest. The contest took place in TBA after the TBA victory in the 49th edition. A total of 38 countries competed in Wonderful Song Contest 49. The 49th edition was win by and their song "Firestarter" by Fedde Le Grand & Ida Corr, Shaggy, which got a total of 172 points. Prequalified countries for this edition are:, ,            ,  ,  and. They are directly qualified to the final, while the other competing countries are split into four quarter finals.,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and are returning for this edition and any country is withdrawing from the contest. The Semi Final allocation draw took place on TBA December 2020 at the WBU headquarters in Prague.

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On 28 November 2020 it was announced that Amsterdam will serve as the host city of the Wonderful Song Contest 50.

Host City
Amsterdam (/ˈæmstərdæm/, UK also /ˌæmstərˈdæm/; Dutch: [ɑmstɛrˈdɑm] (listen)) is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands with a population of 872,680 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Found within the province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", attributed by the large number of canals which form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Amsterdam's name derives from Amstelredamme,[failed verification] indicative of the city's origin around a dam in the river Amstel. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, and became the leading centre for finance and trade. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded and many new neighbourhoods and suburbs were planned and built. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 19–20th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sloten, annexed in 1921 by the municipality of Amsterdam, is the oldest part of the city, dating to the 9th century.

Amsterdam's main attractions include its historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, the Concertgebouw, the Anne Frank House, the Scheepvaartmuseum, the Amsterdam Museum, the Heineken Experience, the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Natura Artis Magistra, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, NEMO, the red-light district and many cannabis coffee shops. It drew more than 5 million international visitors in 2014. The city is also well known for its nightlife and festival activity; with several of its nightclubs (Melkweg, Paradiso) among the world's most famous. Primarily known for its artistic heritage, elaborate canal system and narrow houses with gabled façades; well-preserved legacies of the city's 17th-century Golden Age. These characteristics are arguably responsible for attracting millions of Amsterdam's visitors annually. Cycling is key to the city's character, and there are numerous bike paths.

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is considered the oldest "modern" securities market stock exchange in the world. As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands. Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters in the city, including: the Philips conglomerate, AkzoNobel, Booking.com, TomTom, and ING. Moreover, many of the world's largest companies are based in Amsterdam or have established their European headquarters in the city, such as leading technology companies Uber, Netflix and Tesla. In 2012, Amsterdam was ranked the second best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and 12th globally on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer. The city was ranked 4th place globally as top tech hub in the Savills Tech Cities 2019 report (2nd in Europe), and 3rd in innovation by Australian innovation agency 2thinknow in their Innovation Cities Index 2009. The Port of Amsterdam is the fifth largest in Europe. The KLM hub and Amsterdam's main airport: Schiphol, is the Netherlands' busiest airport as well as the third busiest in Europe and 11th busiest airport in the world. The Dutch capital is considered one of the most multicultural cities in the world, with at least 177 nationalities represented.

A few of Amsterdam's notable residents throughout history include: painters Rembrandt and Van Gogh, the diarist Anne Frank, and philosopher Baruch Spinoza.

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 28 November 2020 it was announced that Fletcher, Duncan Laurence, R3hab and Nikkie de Jager will be hosts for Wonderful Song Contest 50.

Fadil El Ghoul (Arabic: فضيل الغول‎ ; born 2 April 1986 in Den Bosch), better known by his stage name R3hab (stylized in all caps as R3HAB; pronounced "rehab"), is a Moroccan  Dutch DJ and record producer from Breda, North Brabant. Ranked at number 12 on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs in 2018, R3hab has produced two full studio albums and has remixed songs for artists including 5 Seconds of Summer, Katy Perry, Arashi, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Steve Aoki, and The Chainsmokers.

Duncan de Moor ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʏŋkən də moːr]; born 11 April 1994), known professionally as Duncan Laurence, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He began his music career in 2014 and became a semi-finalist in the fifth season of The Voice of Holland. Laurence represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Arcade" and went on to win the competition, giving the Netherlands its first Eurovision win since 1975.

Nikkie de Jager (born March 2, 1994), better known by her YouTube channel name NikkieTutorials, is a Dutch makeup artist and beauty vlogger. She gained online popularity in 2015 after her YouTube video "The Power of Makeup" became popular and inspired many other videos of people showing their faces with and without makeup. As of January 2020, her YouTube channel has 13 million subscribers and over 1.2 billion video views.

Cari Elise Fletcher (born March 19, 1994), known mononymously as Fletcher (stylized in all caps), is an American singer and songwriter. Fletcher's breakthrough single "Undrunk" was released in January 2019 and became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached No. 1 on Spotify's Viral Chart in the United States. "Undrunk" was released on her extended play You Ruined New York City for Me, and according to Mediabase, the song was the fastest-rising song at pop radio for a new artist since 2014. Spotify ranked the song as one of the "Best Pop Songs of 2019".

Her debut single as a solo artist, "War Paint", was released in June 2015. Her 2016 single, "Wasted Youth", reached No. 1 on Billboard 's Emerging Artist Chart. In 2018, Fletcher was signed to Capitol Records. She has toured around the world, in addition to performing at Bonnaroo Music Festival, Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival, Lollapalooza, and the iHeartRadio Music Festival. She will support Lewis Capaldi on Niall Horan's Nice To Meet Ya Tour in 2020.