Wonderful Song Contest 28

Wonderful Song Contest 28 will be the twenteenth-eight edition of the Wonderful Song Contest. The contest took place in France after their victory in the 27th edition. A total of 46 countries competed in Wonderful Song Contest 27. The top 6 from the last edition, , , , and  are directly qualified to the final, while the other competing countries are split into two semi finals. The Semi Final allocation draw took place on 03 February in the WBU headquarters in Prague, where the other competing countries were split into two semi finals. The running order was announced on 07 February. , and  withdraw from the contest,  and  debut to the contest and  is returning to the contest.

The contest was won by and the winning song was "Notre Idylle" performed by Jenifer. won the contest for the second time. and finished 2nd and 3rd respectively and they will be directly qualified to the final of the 28th edition which will take place in Marseille. A total of 0 countries failed to submit their votes in the final which means they won't be able to compete in the next edition.

Hosting Information


On 02 February 2019 it was announced that Marseille will serve as the host city of the Wonderful Song Contest 28.

Host City
Marseille is the second-largest city of France. The main city of the historical province of Provence, it nowadays is the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is located on France's south coast near the mouth of the Rhône river. The city covers an area of 241 km2 (93 sq mi) and had a population of 852,516 in 2012. Its metropolitan area, which extends over 3,173 km2 (1,225 sq mi) is the third-largest in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 as of 2010.

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 02 February 20198 it was announced that Florina is host of Wonderful Song Contest 28.


 * French singer/songwriter who rose to fame after she began recording cover versions of popular top 40 hits and publishing them on her FlorinaXPerez YouTube channel.


 * She has garnered over 350,000 subscribers on the platform.