Hitovision Song Contest

Hitovision Song Contest is a contest of the worldwide hits or quite popular songs organized by ESC Doni. The first edition took off on June 24, 2018.

Rules
Rules applicable from Hitovision 13:
 * 1. The song must be a worldwide hit or well known!
 * 2. Limits of songs are 0 - 500 million views!
 * 3. Songs from kids are ALLOWED! Limit of songs: 3
 * 4. Songs from every Eurovision National Finals are allowed!
 * 5. The artist and his song don't necessarily represent his country! (Closer connection is welcome!)
 * 6. The song can't be older than 1 January 2010!

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, Lithuania organized a second competition in Vilnius. Ireland became the winning country with the song "What About Us" by Pink. 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!

Countries with all counted points
These are the countries which participate in the contest, and at the same time their total points they have collected in the semi-final or in the final. At the end of the year, the country with the highest number of points will be the Hitovision 2018, now 2019 Winner!


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

Winners of each editions
🔹 Alan Walker - The first winner of Hitovision Song Contest organized in Gdansk 🔹



🔹 Pink - The winner of second Hitovision Song Contest organized in Vilnius 🔹



🔹 Sigala and Ella Eyre - Winners of the third Hitovision Song Contest organized in Dublin 🔹



🔹 Sean Paul and Becky G - Winners of the fourth Hitovision Song Contest organized on Malta in Valletta! 🔹



🔹 Hailee Steinfeld and BloodPop® - Winners of the fifth Hitovision Song Contest organized in Sydney in Australia! 🔹



🔹 Lana Del Rey - Winner of the sixth Hitovision Song Contest organized in Split in Croatia!



🔹 Tom Walker - Winner of the seventh and last Hitovision Song Contest in 2018! Thessaloniki, Greece!



🔹 Tarabarova - Winner of the eighth edition of Hitovision Song Contest organized in Reykjavik, Iceland!



🔹 Margaret - Winner of the ninth edition of Hitovision Song Contest organized in Kyiv on Ukraine!



🔹 Hozier - Winner of jubilee edition (10) of Hitovision Song Contest organized in Vancouver, Canada!



🔹 Tiësto & Rita Ora & Jonas Blue - Winners of the eleventh edition of Hitovision Song Contest organized on Iceland!



🔹 Déborah Lemoine - Winner of Hitovision Song Contest 12 organized in Austria!



Slogans
Since the first edition, slogans have been introduced in the show. The slogan is decided by the host broadcaster and based on the slogan.

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