Wonderful Song Contest 13

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Wonderful Song Contest 13
Preroden
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Host
Host city Bulgaria Plovdiv
Presenter(s) TITA
Host broadcaster Bulgaria BNT
Participants
Number of entries 52
Debuting  None
Returning  None
Withdrawing  None
Vote
Voting system 10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all participants.
Winning song spanje ruth good girls dont lie
Wonderful Song Contest
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The Wonderful Song Contest 13 will be the thirdteen edition of the Wonderful Song Contest. The contest took place in Plovdiv after their victory in the 12th edition with the song Antilopa by TITA. A total of 52 countries competed in Wonderful Song Contest 12. Nobody debuted in the contest, while nobody returned to the contest. Nobody withdraw from the contest however some of them have not ruled out a return to the contest.

The top 6 from the last edition Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Serbia, United Kingdom, Slovakia and Sweden 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 1st February in the WBU headquarters in Prague, where the other competing countries were split into two semi finals. The running order was announced on 1st February.

The contest was won by Bulgaria and the winning song was Antilopa performed by Tita. After finishing Bulgaria finally won the contest for the first time. Azerbaijan and Serbia finished 2nd and 3rd respectively and they will be directly qualified to the final of the 12th edition which will take place in Istanbul. 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[edit | edit source]

The host city of the contest, Plovdiv

On 30th January it was announced that Plovdiv will serve as the host city of the Wonderful Song Contest 13.

 Bidding phase[edit | edit source]

Only one main venue was announced as possible venue for the competition to be held. It was O2 which is located in Plovdiv. It has a capacity of 99,000 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.
City Venue Capacity
Plovdiv O2 99000

Presenters[edit | edit source]

On 30.01. it was announced TITA will be the host of Wonderful Song Contest 13

Mihaela Marinova born 7 May 1998 is a Bulgarian singer and songwriter mostly known from her participation in the 2014 season of Bulgarian X Factor where she finished in third place. Later in 2015 her debut single become the most played song on Bulgarian radio and television.

TITA is hosts of Wonderful Song Contest #13


Rules and Voting.

  • The singer must have connection with the country.
  • The song can't be overused and worldchart.
  • The song can't be cover, instrumental or opera.
  • All competing countries are obliged to vote in their own semi final. Failing to do so will result in a disqualification of the entry and risk to lose their spot in the final.
  • The automically qualified countries were assigned one semi final they are obliged to vote in.
  • The competing countries are free to broadcast and vote in the other semi final if they wish to do so. Their votes will be counted towards with the international jury along with the votes from the finalists.
  • There will be 10 qualifiers from each semi final.

Borrowing Rules

Albania <-> Kosovo (Both can borrow)

Austria can borrow from Germany

Cyprus can borrow from Greece

Georgia can borrow from Greece

Montenegro can borrow from Serbia

Participating countries[edit | edit source]

First Semifinal[edit | edit source]

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  Türkiye Hadise Sampiyon Turkish 5 87
02  Italy SHADE FT. FEDERICA CARTA IRRAGGIUNGIBILE Italian 2 101
03  New Zealand Brooke Fraser Kings And Queens English 10 67
04  Cyprus Otherview What You Want English 22 11
05  Norway Ylva Olaisen Hear You Sing English 4 91
06  Romania Feli Timpul Romanian 17 37
07  Belarus Nataliya Vlasova Lyubi menya dol'she Russian 20 19
08  Poland Honorata Skarbek Na Koniec Świata Polish 3 100
09  Albania ENCA Call Me Goddess English 18 33
10  Hungary Rácz Gergo & Burai Krisztián Rossz Vér Hungarian 19 22
11  Kazakhstan Kristian Kostov The One English 14 49
12  France Madame Monsieur Partir French 9 72
13  Ukraine Kazka Svyata Ukrainian 11 63
14  Austria Mynth Mirrors English 13 59
15  Israel The Young Professionals All Of It But Me English 15 46
16  Moldova Irina Rimes Bolnavi Amandoi Romanian 6 79
17  Canada Michelle Treacy Armageddon English 12 62
18  Germany Mike Singer Deja Vu French 7 78
19  South Korea SUNMI Heroine English/Korean 8 76
20  Croatia Luminize GET IT BACK English 16 40
21  Ireland Nikki Kavanagh Memories English 21 17
22  Georgia Miriam Chachkhiani Fly Away English 23 5
23  Spain Ruth Lorenzo Good Girls Don't Lie English 1 120

Second Semifinal[edit | edit source]

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  United States Billie Eilish Copycat English 8 72
02  Finland ALMA Karma English 11 59
03  China K.Will Talk Love Chinesse 17 31
04  Greece Stan Tora Lipo Greek 19 28
05  Latvia Aminata Your Arms English 1 97
06  Australia Betty Who Mama Slay English 12 53
07  Iceland Steinar Lie to Me English 22 25
08  North Macedonia Wayfloe ft. Aleesia Echoes English 2 96
09  Switzerland DJ Antoine ft. The Beat Shakers Ma Cherie English 16 43
10  Lithuania Brandon Flowers Cant deny My Love English 14 52
11  Czech Republic Lenny Lover English 4 94
12  Russia Polina Gagarina Dramy bol'she net Russian 3 96
13  Armenia Lilit Hovhannisyan feat. Kamil Chkites Honqerd Armenian 10 68
14  Montenegro SevdahBABY x Ksenia Ti samo budi dovoljno daleko Serbian 9 70
15  Bosnia and Herzegovina Dzejla Ramović Potraži Me Serbocroatian 13 53
16  Portugal Diana Monteiro Aguentar Portuguese 7 81
17  Denmark Emmelie de Forrest Sanctuary English 20 28
18  Slovenia Maraaya Lovin' Me English 23 11
19  Estonia Lauris Reiniks Ma mõtlen sinu peale Estonian 21 27
20  Kosovo Dua Lipa Last Dance English 15 48
21  Malta Ella Eyre ft. Sigala Came Here For Love English 6 86
22  Belgium Laura Tesoro Beast English 18 31
23  Netherlands Eva Simons Escape From Love English 5 93

Grand Final[edit | edit source]

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  Poland Honorata Skarbek Na Koniec Świata Polish 1 237
02  North Macedonia Wayfloe ft. Aleesia Echoes English 6 151
03  Moldova Irina Rimes Bolnavi Amandoi Romanian 19 82
04  Azerbaijan Nigar Jamal ft. Berksan Herhalde Azerbaijani 26 34
05  Austria Mynth Mirrors English 15 93
06  Russia Polina Gagarina Dramy bol'she net Russian 11 119
07  South Korea SUNMI Heroine English/Korean 22 78
08  Montenegro SevdahBABY x Ksenia Ti samo budi dovoljno daleko Serbian 16 90
09  Norway Ylva Olaisen Hear You Sing English 10 124
10  Sweden NONONO Masterpiece English 18 87
11  Netherlands Eva Simons Escape From Love English 4 182
12  Türkiye Hadise Sampiyon Turkish 21 80
13  Armenia Lilit Hovhannisyan feat. Kamil Chkites Honqerd Armenian 12 117
14  Bulgaria Vanesa ft. Alisia Malkata Bulgarian 24 37
15  Spain Ruth Lorenzo Good Girls Don't Lie English 3 217
16  United Kingdom Louisa Johnson So Good English 2 234
17  Latvia Aminata Your Arms English 14 99
18  Germany Mike Singer Deja Vu French 13 117
19  Portugal Diana Monteiro Aguentar Portuguese 17 89
20  Slovakia Kristína Sympatie Slovak 23 56
21  Malta Ella Eyre ft. Sigala Came Here For Love English 7 150
22  France Madame Monsieur Partir French 5 155
23  Czech Republic Lenny Lover English 8 130
24  Italy SHADE FT. FEDERICA CARTA IRRAGGIUNGIBILE Italian 9 129
25  Serbia Ministarke Moje Jedino Serbian 25 35
26  United States Billie Eilish Copycat English 20 82

Results[edit | edit source]

Semi Final 1[edit | edit source]

Draw Country Place Points Türkiye Italy New Zealand Cyprus Norway Romania Belarus Poland Albania Hungary Kazakhstan France Ukraine Austria Israel Moldova Canada Germany South Korea Croatia Ireland Georgia Spain
1  Türkiye 5 87 12 8 12 12 5 12 2 12 12
2  Italy 2 101 3 4 8 6 8 4 8 5 12 10 5 6 2 12 7 1
3  New Zealand 10 67 7 12 5 12 1 4 7 7 1 6 5
4  Cyprus 22 11 1 1 6 2 1
5  Norway 4 91 4 5 12 1 7 1 8 7 4 6 4 6 7 7 8 1 3
6  Romania 17 37 6 2 3 2 5 2 7 10
7  Belarus 20 19 10 3 1 5
8  Poland 3 100 12 8 12 7 12 4 8 1 8 3 8 1 2 12 2
9  Albania 18 33 10 8 3 2 3 6 1
10  Hungary 19 22 6 1 8 4 3
11  Kazakhstan 14 49 2 3 1 3 8 10 5 8 7 2
12  France 9 72 7 2 7 5 4 6 7 6 3 1 4 10 7 3
13  Ukraine 11 63 8 4 2 4 3 3 10 6 1 8 2 12
14  Austria 13 59 1 6 10 3 7 10 6 7 5 3 1
15  Israel 15 46 3 10 2 4 12 5 10
16  Moldova 6 79 1 10 5 5 8 10 5 12 8 5 10
17  Canada 12 62 6 7 2 10 3 2 12 4 4 4 4 4
18  Germany 7 78 10 5 2 5 12 10 7 6 5 8 8
19  South Korea 8 76 7 2 2 10 6 8 4 2 10 10 3 6 6
20  Croatia 16 40 8 12 1 4 2 6 7
21  Ireland 21 17 4 4 1 1 3 4
22  Georgia 23 5 2 3
23  Spain 1 120 5 3 5 6 6 5 7 10 7 10 6 5 12 3 10 12 8
International Juries[edit | edit source]
Country Place Points Australia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Iceland Latvia Lithuania Serbia Slovakia Sweden United Kingdom
 Italy 1 50 10 7 10 5 10 8
 Moldova 2 48 2 12 3 12 12 7
 Austria 3 45 7 7 5 10 1 8 6 1
 Canada 4 45 1 12 7 6 5 12 2
 France 5 42 3 3 2 8 12 12 2
 Spain 6 42 8 4 4 4 12 10
 Kazakhstan 7 40 6 12 4 4 6 8
 Germany 8 40 12 6 8 6 3 5
 New Zealand 9 35 5 5 8 5 6 6
 Israel 10 35 5 1 7 10 12
 Norway 11 31 4 10 7 5 2 3
 Cyprus 12 29 3 7 7 12
 Georgia 13 28 10 12 1 5
 Poland 14 26 2 4 3 4 7 6
 Ukraine 15 25 6 4 7 8
 Romania 16 23 3 10 2 3 5
 Hungary 17 20 8 4 8
 South Korea 18 20 1 2 8 1 4 4
 Türkiye 19 17 10 3 3 1
 Belarus 20 17 6 2 6 3
 Ireland 21 16 8 7 1
 Albania 22 15 2 1 10 2
 Croatia 23 8 2 5 1

Semi Final 2[edit | edit source]

Draw Country Place Points United States Finland China Greece Latvia Australia Iceland North Macedonia Switzerland Lithuania Czech Republic Russia Armenia Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina Portugal Denmark Slovenia Estonia Kosovo Malta Belgium Netherlands
1  United States 8 72 4 12 3 12 10 8 10 1 12
2  Finland 11 59 2 6 4 10 2 3 8 3 8 12 1
3  China 17 31 3 8 5 8 1 4 2
4  Greece 19 28 1 12 3 2 4 1 3 2
5  Latvia 1 97 2 3 10 2 12 10 3 10 2 10 8 2 4 10 3 1 5
6  Australia 12 53 5 10 3 2 6 4 6 5 5 1 2 4
7  Iceland 22 25 2 7 3 2 4 4 3
8  North Macedonia 2 96 2 8 1 1 4 8 1 8 6 6 12 5 8 5 6 5 10
9  Switzerland 16 43 10 2 2 4 1 6 12 6
10  Lithuania 14 52 4 3 5 5 5 7 7 8 4 3 1
11  Czech Republic 4 94 6 12 10 7 1 8 3 10 10 1 8 8 10
12  Russia 3 96 7 1 10 8 7 12 10 7 7 2 5 3 10 7
13  Armenia 10 68 6 7 5 6 6 3 8 7 5 8 7
14  Montenegro 9 70 8 5 4 10 8 5 1 7 1 6 7 4 4
15  Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 53 10 6 5 1 6 10 2 5 6 2
16  Portugal 7 81 8 4 5 3 12 12 6 12 6 10 3
17  Denmark 20 28 12 6 3 4 2 1
18  Slovenia 23 11 3 2 4 2
19  Estonia 21 27 6 4 5 5 7
20  Kosovo 15 48 12 1 4 7 7 2 7 8
21  Malta 6 86 7 7 12 8 8 8 12 12 12
22  Belgium 18 31 3 5 1 1 3 7 5 6
23  Netherlands 5 93 4 7 7 1 12 12 10 12 4 6 6 12
International Juries[edit | edit source]
Country Place Points Azerbaijan Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Poland Serbia Slovakia South Korea Spain Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom
 Armenia 1 83 12 12 12 12 1 10 12 12
 Malta 2 67 5 12 6 8 8 2 10 4 12
 North Macedonia 3 64 4 4 12 3 10 10 10 10 1
 Latvia 4 59 10 10 10 6 6 12 5
 Kosovo 5 49 8 4 5 3 7 5 4 5 8
 Portugal 6 48 8 8 12 2 1 6 6 5
 Netherlands 7 45 10 3 4 6 12 10
 Australia 8 44 1 3 12 1 7 6 10 2 2
 Finland 9 43 5 7 7 6 5 4 8 1
 United States 10 38 6 8 7 3 7 7
 Czech Republic 11 36 4 8 8 4 12
 Denmark 12 35 3 6 2 6 5 8 2 3
 Russia 13 30 7 2 7 7 1 6
 Belgium 14 29 7 2 1 8 4 7
 China 15 24 1 6 5 2 2 8
 Lithuania 16 24 1 4 10 3 3 3
 Switzerland 17 22 5 7 10
 Greece 18 14 3 8 1 2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 14 2 7 5
 Slovenia 20 14 5 1 4 4
 Montenegro 21 12 2 3 6 1
 Iceland 22 9 1 2 3 3
 Estonia 23 9 4 5

Grand Final[edit | edit source]

Draw Country Place Points Poland North Macedonia Moldova Azerbaijan Austria Russia South Korea Montenegro Norway Sweden Netherlands Türkiye Armenia Bulgaria Spain United Kingdom Latvia Germany Portugal Slovakia Malta France Czech Republic Italy Serbia United States New Zealand Australia Iceland Cyprus Ukraine Romania Belarus Israel Albania Hungary Kazakhstan Canada Croatia Ireland Georgia Finland China Greece Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark Slovenia Estonia Kosovo Switzerland Lithuania
1  Poland 1 237 12 12 8 5 4 1 12 12 12 12 2 8 1 4 12 12 1 5 12 1 12 12 4 6 12 1 1 12 5 7 2 10 5
2  North Macedonia 6 151 5 4 7 4 7 1 1 10 5 1 6 7 2 12 10 10 2 12 4 7 1 10 1 6 8 8
3  Moldova 19 82 3 2 1 3 2 6 5 3 4 4 2 3 8 8 10 2 3 7 1 4 1
4  Azerbaijan 26 34 10 3 5 4 4 4 3 1
5  Austria 15 93 10 3 1 3 5 1 4 5 4 7 1 8 5 6 10 2 10 8
6  Russia 11 119 8 4 6 3 6 5 6 10 12 6 6 10 5 2 5 6 6 7 1 1 4
7  South Korea 22 78 1 2 12 10 4 4 4 12 10 8 2 4 2 3
8  Montenegro 16 90 10 6 3 1 8 7 6 4 7 10 1 7 1 5 7 4 3
9  Norway 10 124 2 7 8 1 2 12 8 5 8 7 10 2 7 2 10 5 10 4 7 7
10  Sweden 18 87 3 7 1 8 6 8 1 4 3 1 2 3 1 3 5 4 10 6 3 6 2
11  Netherlands 4 182 4 1 5 6 2 7 2 8 10 7 10 7 10 2 5 8 7 10 8 1 10 3 2 12 4 5 2 12 12
12  Türkiye 21 80 6 3 8 2 6 10 7 4 3 4 5 5 1 3 7 6
13  Armenia 12 117 7 2 4 6 7 8 3 2 10 1 8 2 8 4 12 8 4 2 8 8 3
14  Bulgaria 24 37 7 6 5 8 6 5
15  Spain 3 217 4 7 8 5 5 8 3 7 8 12 3 4 2 8 6 6 8 1 4 7 12 5 6 1 7 12 5 3 2 8 12 10 12 6
16  United Kingdom 2 234 6 4 2 4 6 8 10 7 10 2 7 2 12 7 4 12 6 3 10 10 12 12 10 7 12 12 12 7 12 6
17  Latvia 14 99 7 5 3 10 2 4 3 6 3 7 7 3 4 8 5 3 2 2 10 5
18  Germany 13 117 6 6 5 7 7 1 10 1 8 2 7 7 3 7 8 4 10 8 10
19  Portugal 17 89 1 4 5 3 5 2 12 2 12 1 1 3 4 8 3 8 1 7 3 4
20  Slovakia 23 56 3 5 10 2 6 3 5 1 5 2 12 2
21  Malta 7 150 3 2 12 12 8 3 12 8 8 6 12 10 7 10 3 7 2 5 8 5 7
22  France 5 155 5 8 5 6 1 12 10 8 5 4 10 12 7 3 3 6 12 3 2 10 7 2 4 10
23  Czech Republic 8 130 2 10 1 10 7 5 6 5 4 10 8 5 6 6 6 6 10 6 1 3 4 8 1
24  Italy 9 129 10 7 1 12 2 1 2 1 10 6 12 5 4 5 5 2 1 12 3 6 5 4 8 5
25  Serbia 25 35 3 12 1 3 8 2 6
26  United States 20 82 8 10 12 6 5 4 3 6 8 6 1 4 6 3