Wonderful Song Contest 57

Wonderful Song Contest 57 was the fifty-seventh edition of the Wonderful Song Contest.The contest took place in Incheon after the Korean victory in the 56th edition. A total of 56 countries competed in Wonderful Song Contest 56. The 56th edition was win by and her song "Far" by YooA, which got a total of 269 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. ,, , , and have withdrew from the contest due to coronavirus problems. ,, , and  have returned to the contest after coronavirus break and  have debuted to the contest.

Information


On 28 May 2021 it was announced that Melbourne will serve as the host city of the Wonderful Song Contest 56.

Host City
Incheon (Korean: 인천; Hanja: 仁川; Korean pronunciation: [intɕʰʌn]; McCune-Reischauer romanization Inchŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Chemulpo, until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시), is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. Today, about 3 million people live in the city, making it South Korea's third most-populous city after Seoul and Busan.

The city's growth has been assured in modern times with the development of its port due to its natural advantages as a coastal city and its proximity to the South Korean capital. It is part of the Seoul Capital Area, along with Seoul itself and Gyeonggi Province, forming the world's fourth largest metropolitan area by population.

Incheon has since led the economic development of Korea by opening its port to the outside world, ushering in the modernization of Korea as a center of industrialization. In 2003, the city was designated as Korea's first free economic zone. Since then, large local companies and global enterprises have increasingly invested in the Incheon Free Economic Zone, including Samsung which chose Songdo International City as its new investment destination for its bio industry.

As an international city, Incheon has held numerous large scale international conferences, such as the Incheon Global Fair & Festival in 2009. The 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014 was also held in Incheon on 19 September 2014. Incheon has established itself as a major transportation hub in northeast Asia with the Incheon International Airport and Incheon Port. The city is also home to the Green Climate Fund, an international organization addressing environmental issues. The first historical record of the Incheon area dates back to 475 CE, during the reign of King Jangsu of Goguryeo, by the name of Michuhol, which is supposed to be located on today's Munhak Hill (문학산). The area underwent several name changes with successive kingdoms and dynasties. In Goryeo era, Incheon was called Gyeongwon (경원) or Inju (인주). The current name was turned to Incheon in 1413.[citation needed] Later, Incheon County became Incheon Metropolitan Prefecture (dohobu, 도호부). Old Incheon consisted of today's southern Incheon (i.e. Jung-gu, Dong-gu, Nam-gu, Yeonsu-gu, and Namdong-gu) and northern part of Siheung City. The city centre was Gwangyo-dong, where the prefecture office (도호부청사) and the local academy (hyanggyo, 향교) were located. The "original" two remaining buildings of the Incheon prefecture office are located in Munhak Elementary School, while the newly built (in 2001) prefecture office buildings are right across from Munhak Baseball Stadium. The city was the site of the Battle of Chemulpo Bay, where the first shots of the Russo-Japanese War were fired.

During the Korean War, Incheon was occupied by North Korean troops on 4 July 1950. Until, Incheon was the site of the Battle of Inchon, when United States troops landed to relieve pressure on the Pusan Perimeter and to launch a United Nations offensive northward. The result was a decisive UN victory and it was recaptured on 19 September 1950. The USS Inchon was named after the tide-turning battle that ensued.

Incheon has also hosted a series of major international events. The Global Fair & Festival 2009 Incheon was held in the Songdo District in August 2009. It was open from 7 August to 25 October for a period of 80 days. It was a comprehensive international event with global institutions and corporations as participants. Various musicians and artists performed during the event.

The city hosted a meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers in February 2010. Incheon was the site of the third Global Model United Nations Conference, held from 10th to the 14th of August 2011.

It first hosted the Incheon Women Artists' Biennale in 2004 which expanded into welcoming international artists in its subsequent 2007, 2009 and 2011.

Incheon hosted the Asian Games in 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 28 May 2021 it was announced that Cyrus Villanueva will be presenter of the Wonderful Song Contest 55.

Roseanne Park (born 11 February 1997), better known by the mononym Rosé (Korean: 로제), is a Korean-New Zealand singer and dancer based in South Korea. Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Rosé signed with South Korean label YG Entertainment following an audition in 2012, training there for four years. She made her debut as the main vocalist and lead dancer of the girl group Blackpink in August 2016 and made her solo debut with her single album R in March 2021.

She holds two Guinness World Records: of being the first artist to reach number one on Billboard Global 200 as a soloist and as part of a group, and for having the most-viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a K-pop soloist. Roseanne Park (Korean: 박채영; Park Chae-young) was born on 11 February 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand, to South Korean immigrant parents. She has an older sister. In 2004, at the age of seven, Rosé and her family moved to Melbourne, Australia. Rosé initially attended Kew East Primary School graduating in 2009, attending Canterbury Girls' Secondary College in Melbourne for her secondary schooling. She began singing and learned to play guitar and piano as a child and performed in church choirs.

In 2012, 15-year-old Rosé attended an audition in Sydney, Australia for South Korean record label YG Entertainment at her father's suggestion ranking first among 700 participants. She was a big fan of YG Entertainment, citing they had all the "cool" groups. Within two months, she dropped out of school, signed with the label as a trainee and moved to Seoul. She initially presumed her father's idea was a joke due to the distance and difficulty of becoming a singer overseas, stating:"In Australia, I didn't think that there was much of a chance for me to become a singer, especially to become a K-pop star... I was living so far from the country that it never really occurred to me as a possibility."The same year, Rosé was given an opportunity to feature on labelmate G-Dragon's song "Without You" off his EP One of a Kind (2012). Her name was not publicised at the time of release with her credit revealed following her announcement as a Blackpink member. The song peaked at number ten on South Korea's Gaon Music Chart and at number 15 on the Billboard Korea K-pop Hot 100.Rosé trained at YG Entertainment for four years before her announcement as a member of Blackpink in June 2016. She was the last member to be revealed amongst the four. She debuted on 8 August 2016, with the single album Square One, which produced the lead singles "Whistle" and "Boombayah".

The singer has also appeared on a variety of broadcast programmes such as music shows King of Masked Singer and Fantastic Duo 2. Her vocal performance on King of Masked Singer was met with a warm reception by the audience, to which Rosé commented that she "didn't know if the audience would like [her] singing" and that she felt "happy and relieved" at the positive result. Rosé later appeared as a performer on the second season of Fantastic Duo. The show's production staff stated that her appearance was intended to "reveal Rosé's vocal appeal, which is different from Blackpink".

On 2 June 2020, it was announced that Rosé would debut solo following the release of Blackpink's first Korean language full-length album. On 30 December 2020, in an interview with South Korean media outlet Osen, her label revealed that filming for her debut music video would begin in mid-January 2021. On 26 January 2021, a promotional teaser of Rosé's solo debut was released, revealing that a preview of her solo debut would be revealed through Blackpink Livestream Concert: The Show on 31 January 2021. Shortly after the performance, Rosé's solo, titled "Gone" gained positive feedback from Korean news website My Daily.

Rosé's debut single album, entitled R, was released on 12 March 2021. Upon release, with 41.6 million views in 24 hours on her lead single "On the Ground", she currently holds the title as the most viewed South Korean music video of a soloist in 24 hours after breaking the almost 8-year record of former labelmate Psy's "Gentleman". "On the Ground" peaked at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting song by a Korean female soloist in the US. The song also debuted and peaked at number 1 on both the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, the first song by a Korean solo artist to do so in the charts' histories. R also set the record for the highest first-week sales by a Korean female soloist with 448,089 copies sold. On 24 March, Rosé received her first-ever music show win as a soloist with her single "On the Ground" through South Korean cable music program, Show Champion, and would go on to win five more. On 5 April, the music video for Rosé's song "Gone" was released.

Provisitation list of Participants

 * Countries are in Prequalification Round next edition
 * Countries qualified to the grand final or semifinal
 * Country have won current edition
 * Country have finished on second place current edition
 * Country have finished on third place current edition
 * Country have finished on last place current editions final
 * Country have been disqualified from current editions final or semifinal
 * Country have in the final qualified to the semifinals or final

Prequalification Round
All countries, that participate in Prequalification Round have to vote in. Other country can also vote. The deadline to vote in Prequalification Round is 4 July 2021 at 15:00 CEST.


 * Recap of the Prequalification Round
 * Spotify Prequalification Round Playlist
 * Results of the Prequalification Round

All Songs
All countries had to present their songs until 4th July 2021 at 20:00 CEST, sadly in the last moment decided, that they will withdraw from current edition. Countries were as always diveded into 6 sneak peeks. In Sneak Peeks 1, 2, 4, 6 are 9 songs, while in Sneak Peeks 3 & 5 are only 8 songs.


 * Official Spotify Playlist of All Songs
 * [ Youtube Recap - Sneak Peek #01]
 * [ Youtube Recap - Sneak Peek #02]
 * [ Youtube Recap - Sneak Peek #03]
 * [ Youtube Recap - Sneak Peek #04]
 * [ Youtube Recap - Sneak Peek #05]
 * [ Youtube Recap - Sneak Peek #06]

First Semifinal
The deadline to vote in semifinals is 18 July 2021 at 20:00 CEST. , and  have to vote in this semifinal.

In this semifinal also have to vote countries, that failed to Q from Prequalificaiton Round which are:, , and.


 * [ Official Recap of the First Semifinal]
 * [ Official Recap of the First Semifinal]
 * [ Official Results of the First Semifinal]

Second Semifinal
The deadline to vote in semifinals is 18 July 2021 at 20:00 CEST. , and  have to vote in this semifinal.

In this semifinal also have to vote countries, that failed to Q from Prequalificaiton Round which are:, , and.


 * [ Official Recap of the Second Semifinal]
 * [ Official Recap of the Second Semifinal]
 * [ Official Results of the Second Semifinal]

Grand Final
All countries have to vote in the Grand Final. The deadline to vote in grand final is 27 June 2021 at 20:00 CEST.


 * [Official Spotify Prequalified Countries Playlist]
 * [Official Recap of the Grand Final]
 * [Official Spotify Grand Final Playlist]
 * [Official Results of the Grand Final]