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Wonderful Song Contest 55 was the fifty-fifth edition of the Wonderful Song Contest.The contest took place in Podgorica after the Montenegrin victory in the 54th edition. A total of 62 countries competed in Wonderful Song Contest 54. The 54th edition was win by and their song "Crna Jutra (Balkan S&M)" by Milica Pavlovic, which got a total of 254 points.Prequalified countries for this edition are:, , ,  ,  and. They are directly qualified to the final, while the other competing countries are split into three semifinals. and have debuted to the contest, while, , , , ,  and  have returned to the contest. , and  have withdrew from the contest due to coronavirus problems.

On 25th March 2021 head of WBU have decided, that there will be new format of Wonderful Song Contest, which is 3 semifinals with 18 acts in each semifinal. 50% of acts will qualify to the grand final consits of 30 countries. Prequalification Round will have 18 acts, where 33%-3% period will qualify to semifinals, sadly bottom 6 countries from previous edition will join Prequalification round.

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On 30 April 2021 it was announced that Podgorica will serve as the host city of the Wonderful Song Contest 55.

Host City
Podgorica (Serbian Cyrillic: Подгорица, pronounced [pǒdɡoritsa], lit. "area below the little hill") is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.

The city was known as Titograd (Serbian Cyrillic: Титоград, pronounced [tîtoɡraːd]) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro formed, as the Socialist Republic of Montenegro, part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—in honour of Marshal Josip Broz Tito.

Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and at the meeting-point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement. The city is close to winter skiing centers in the north and to seaside resorts on the Adriatic Sea.

Podgorica Municipality covers 10.4% of Montenegro's territory and is home to 29.9% of the country's population. It is the nation's administrative center and its economic, cultural, and educational focus.

Podgorica is written in Cyrillic as Подгорица, pronounced [pǒdɡoritsa]; UK: /ˈpɒdɡɒrɪtsə, pɒdˈɡɔːr-/, US: /ˈpɒdɡəriːtsə, ˈpɔːdɡɒr-/;

Podgorica (Подгорица) literally means "area below Gorica". Gorica, meaning "little hill", is the name of one of the cypress-covered hillocks that overlooks the city center.

Some three kilometres (1.9 miles) north-west of Podgorica lie the ruins of the Roman-era town of Doclea, from which the Roman Emperor Diocletian hailed. In later centuries, Romans "corrected" the name to Dioclea, guessing wrongly that an i had been lost in vulgar speech. Duklja is the later South Slavic version of that word.

At its foundation (some time before the 11th century), the town was called Birziminium. In the Middle Ages, it was known as Ribnica (Cyrillic: Рибница [rîbnitsa]). The name Podgorica was used from 1326. From 1946 to 1992, the city was named Titograd in honour of Josip Broz Tito, the President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980.

Podgorica is at the crossroads of several historically important routes, near the rivers Zeta, Morača, Cijevna, Ribnica, Sitnica and Mareza in the valley of Lake Skadar and near the Adriatic Sea, in fertile lowlands with favourable climate. The earliest human settlements were in prehistory: the oldest physical remains are from the late Stone Age.

In the Iron Age, the area between the Zeta and Bjelopavlići valleys was occupied by two Illyrian tribes, the Labeates and the Docleatae. The population of the town of Doclea was 8,000–10,000, in which all core urban issues were resolved. The high population density (in an area of about 10 km (6 mi) radius) was made possible by the geographical position, favorable climate, and economic conditions and by the defensive positions that were of great importance at that time.

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 30 April 2021 it was announced that Milica Pavlovic will be presenter of the Wonderful Song Contest 55.

Milica Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Павловић, pronounced [mîlitsa pǎːʋloʋitɕ]; born 11 August 1991) is a Swiss-born Serbian singer. She was born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, but spent most of her childhood in Gornji Bunibrod, near Leskovac where she lived with her grandparents. Pavlović rose to prominence as a contestant on the televised singing show Zvezde Granda in 2011, finishing in 8th place. Nevertheless, she was signed to Grand Production and soon after released her first song, titled "Tango". Her debut album, Govor tela (Body Language), was then released in June 2014 to commercial success.

Two years later in December, Pavlović again saw great success with her second album Boginja (Goddess). In December 2018, she released Zauvek (Forever), on which she collaborated with Greek songwriter and producer Phoebus.

In addition to her music career, she also collaborated with German retail brand Deichmann on a footwear collection in 2019.

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 withdrew from current edition due to COVID-19

Countries Draw
On 15th April 2021 WBU have decided, that they will make Countries Draw to find out which 20 countries will join prequalification round current edition!