North Vision Song Contest 31

North Vision Song Contest 31 Honour Your Origin
Dates
PQR date	9 February 2020
Semi-final 1 date	22 March 2020
Semi-final 2 date	28 March 2020
Final date	11 April 2020
Host
Venue	Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway
Presenter(s)	Katrine Moholt Didrik Solli Tangen Julie Bergan
Broadcaster	NRK
Opening act	Semi-final 1: Drum performance Semi-final 2: Julie Bergan perfoming a medley of Norwegian songs Final: Gåte performing "Bannlyst"
Interval act	Semi-final 1: Gåte performing "Stolt solvår" Semi-final 2: A-ha and Kygo performing "Take On Me" Final: Dua Lipa performing "Don't Start Now"
Participants
Entries	51
Returning	Croatia Serbia Spain Switzerland
Withdrawing	Egypt Faroe Islands France Israel Tunisia
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final or the PQR     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
Voting
System	Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting
Winner	Luxembourg "Sweet Sixteen"
North Vision Song Contest
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North Vision Song Contest 31, often referred to as NVSC 31, was the thirty-first edition of the North Vision Song Contest. The contest took place in Lillehammer, Norway, after the country won the 30th edition. The show was hosted by Katrine Moholt, Didrik Solli Tangen and Julie Bergan.

Fifty-one countries participated in the edition. This includes Croatia, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland, who returned after editions of absence. Faroe Islands, France, Israel and Tunisia withdrew temporarily, while the Egyptian broadcaster ERTU lost its NBU membership and was therefore forced to withdraw.

The winner was Luxembourg with the song "Sweet Sixteen" performed by Luka Kloser. This marks their first win, making it the smallest country to win to date. The runner-up, Malta achieved their best result to date, coming second and bringing the first automatic qualification for the final in the next edition. The United Kingdom, who were pre-qualified for the final, have achieved another Top 6 placing and will be pre-qualified for the final in the next edition again. Same goes for the host nation Norway, which came fifth. Ireland and Greece complete the Top 6, coming fourth and sixth, respectively. Portugal came seventh and missed out on an automatic qualification for a third time in the history of the contest. Ukraine, Netherlands and Denmark completed the Top Ten, with the latter achieving its first Top Ten position since the twentieh edition. Sweden just missed out on the Top Ten, coming eleventh, which is their worst result since the twenty-seventh edition. Australia did not live up to their seventh position from the thirtieth edition and therefore achieved its worst result to date. Azerbaijan qualified for the first time for the final since the twenty-second edition, coming nineteenth in the final. Montenegro qualified for the final another time, which marked their longest qualification streak until now. Iceland was automatically qualified for this edition's final and ended up last with 30 points, the third-lowest score since the introduction of the new voting system in the nineteenth edition.

Previous winner Dara from Bulgaria failed to qualify for the final, while winner Faouzia from Morocco finished twentieth in the final. Empara Mi, who finished tied eleventh in her semi-final in the previous edition, managed to qualify for the final and finish in fourth place.

Format

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at Lillehammer City Hall on the 3rd of February 2019, hosted by Kåre Magnus Bergh and Heidi Ruud Ellingsen. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big Six would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Twenty countries will participate in both semi-finals, respectively. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.

The thirty-seven semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place and cultural similarities. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Austria Belgium Denmark Ireland Netherlands Switzerland	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia	Andorra Monaco Morocco Portugal Romania Spain
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Russia	Australia Greece Italy Malta San Marino Turkey	Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Ukraine

Participating countries

Returning artists

KAZKA and Lxandra return to represent Ukraine and Finland respectively, after having done so in the twenty-fifth edition with "Plakala" and "Dig Deep". Dara returns to compete for Bulgaria, having previously achieved a victory in the twenty-first edition with "K'vo ne chu", the same edition Mick Pedaja represented Estonia, who returns to the contest as well. Fallgrapp returns to take part for Slovakia, after representing the former in the twenty-sixth edition along with Juraj Benetin with "Dym". Besa returns to represent Albania after nineteen editions, previously taking part for the country in the twelfth edition with "Mbretëreshë". Mattis returns to represent Denmark, after having done in the twenty-sixth edition with "Loverboy". Faouzia returns to compete for Morocco, having previously achieved a victory in the twenty-fourth edition with "My Heart's Grave". Tamara Todevska returns to represent North Macedonia after previously having failed to qualify from the sixteenth edition. JUZIM returns to represent Kazakhstan after having done in the twenty-eighth edition with "Tańdaý". Empara Mi and Evgenya Redko return to represent Ireland and Lithuania respectively, after previously having failed to qualify from the thirtieth edition with "Blood in the Water" and "Ką Man Nori Pasakyt".

Pre-qualification Round

Main article: Pre-Qualification Round 17

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Algeria	Senda Boutella	"Don't Even Bother"	2	124
02	Lebanon	Hanine	"Salma"	6	93
03	Bulgaria	Dara	"Ella Ella"	3	115
04	Albania	Besa	"Histori"	7	89
05	Luxembourg	Luka Kloser	"Sweet Sixteen"	1	135
06	Moldova	Natalia Barbu	"Totul Și Nimic"	8	78
07	Slovakia	Fallgrapp	"Ostrov"	4	104
08	Cyprus	Anna Vissi	"Flegomenos Trochos"	5	96

Semi-final 1

Iceland, Sweden and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Turkey	Rabia Tunçbilek	"Merhaba Dünya"	13	132
02	Czech Republic	Calin & STEIN27	"Růže"	19	39
03	Spain	Alfonso La Cruz	"Nadie te va a querer"	10	144
04	Algeria	Senda Boutella	"Don't Even Bother"	6	174
05	Lithuania	Evgenya Redko	"Deivės"	5	178
06	Denmark	Mattis	"Fade Into Myself"	2	225
07	Bulgaria	Dara	"Ella Ella"	12	136
08	Georgia	Sexy Bicycle	"Angela"	17	42
09	Morocco	Faouzia	"The Road"	8	151
10	Greece	Andromachi	"Na'soun psema"	4	190
11	Portugal	Pongo	"Tambulaya"	3	194
12	Slovenia	YGT	"Sinking Ship"	20	25
13	North Macedonia	Tamara Todevska	"Monsters"	16	104
14	Poland	Tulia	"Rzeka"	11	136
15	Croatia	The Siids	"Feeling"	14	112
16	San Marino	YEИDRY	"Barrio"	15	109
17	Russia	Tritia	"Wake"	18	40
18	Netherlands	Eefje de Visser	"Lange Vinnen"	7	167
19	Ireland	Empara Mi	"WYGD"	1	278
20	Armenia	Nune Yesayan	"Es U Du"	9	150

Semi-final 2

Finland, Germany and Norway will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Romania	Kate Linn	"Eye to Eye"	11	140
02	Hungary	Freddie	"Napló"	20	53
03	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elliot	"Vrijeme"	19	65
04	Andorra	Belén Aguilera	"Jaque Al Rey"	12	122
05	Serbia	Phrenia	"Stronger"	18	67
06	Australia	Vancouver Sleep Clinic	"Someone to Stay"	4	198
07	Luxembourg	Luka Kloser	"Sweet Sixteen"	1	259
08	Monaco	Grand Blanc	"L'amour fou"	6	175
09	Azerbaijan	Narmeen	"Sirr"	9	154
10	Belgium	Portland	"You Misread Me"	14	87
11	Latvia	Darja	"Rise Up"	16	72
12	Ukraine	KAZKA	"Palala"	3	205
13	Belarus	Parade of Planets	"Toi et moi"	8	156
14	Austria	Oehl	"Wolken"	17	67
15	Italy	Elettra Lamborghini	"Musica (E Il Resto Scompare)"	2	217
16	Switzerland	Ikan Hyu	"LFO"	7	161
17	Kazakhstan	JUZIM	"Baǵynbaimyn"	15	84
18	Estonia	Mick Pedaja	"Avaimus"	13	115
19	Malta	Danjeli & Annabelle Galea	"Konkrit"	5	187
20	Montenegro	Igor Garnier & LuckyDee	"Masai"	10	142

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Montenegro	Igor Garnier & LuckyDee	"Masai"	22	148
02	Iceland	KRÍA	"Levels"	26	30
03	Armenia	Nune Yesayan	"Es U Du"	16	193
04	Luxembourg	Luka Kloser	"Sweet Sixteen"	1	342
05	Spain	Alfonso La Cruz	"Nadie te va a querer"	21	152
06	Switzerland	Ikan Hyu	"LFO"	17	180
07	Lithuania	Evgenya Redko	"Deivės"	18	180
08	Portugal	Pongo	"Tambulaya"	7	307
09	Azerbaijan	Narmeen	"Sirr"	19	169
10	United Kingdom	Declan McKenna	"Beautiful Faces"	3	335
11	Greece	Andromachi	"Na'soun psema"	6	310
12	Morocco	Faouzia	"The Road"	20	162
13	Ukraine	KAZKA	"Palala"	8	295
14	Germany	Balbina	"Punkt"	23	146
15	Belarus	Parade of Planets	"Toi et moi"	24	145
16	Sweden	Nicole Sabouné	"Nowhere to Go"	11	255
17	Finland	Lxandra	"Dip My Heart In Confetti"	25	118
18	Australia	Vancouver Sleep Clinic	"Someone to Stay"	13	243
19	Algeria	Senda Boutella	"Don't Even Bother"	12	253
20	Ireland	Empara Mi	"WYGD"	4	321
21	Monaco	Grand Blanc	"L'amour fou"	15	230
22	Norway	SKAAR	"Five Times"	5	311
23	Malta	Danjeli & Annabelle Galea	"Konkrit"	2	338
24	Denmark	Mattis	"Fade Into Myself"	10	287
25	Netherlands	Eefje de Visser	"Lange Vinnen"	9	287
26	Italy	Elettra Lamborghini	"Musica (E Il Resto Scompare)"	14	237

Non-qualifier results

Place	Country	Semi-final Place	Points	Percentage
27	Romania	11	140	5.25%
28	Poland	11	136	5.10%
29	Bulgaria	12	136	5.10%
30	Turkey	13	132	4.95%
31	Andorra	12	122	4.57%
32	Estonia	13	115	4.31%
33	Croatia	14	112	4.20%
34	San Marino	15	109	4.09%
35	North Macedonia	16	104	3.90%
36	Belgium	14	87	3.26%
37	Kazakhstan	15	84	3.15%
38	Latvia	16	72	2.70%
39	Austria	17	67	2.51%
40	Serbia	18	67	2.51%
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19	65	2.44%
42	Hungary	20	53	1.99%
43	Georgia	17	42	1.57%
44	Russia	18	40	1.50%
45	Czech Republic	19	39	1.46%
46	Slovenia	20	25	0.94%
47	Slovakia	N/A
48	Cyprus
49	Lebanon
50	Albania
51	Moldova

Voting Grids

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1 split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Ireland	141	Ireland	136
2	Denmark	105	Netherlands	116
3	Morocco	92	Denmark	108
4	Portugal	86	Greece	107
5	Bulgaria	84	Portugal	102
6	Armenia	84	Lithuania	93
7	Greece	83	Algeria	91
8	Lithuania	82	Poland	84
9	Turkey	78	Armenia	66
10	Algeria	78	Croatia	59
11	Spain	76	Spain	58
12	San Marino	57	Morocco	57
13	Croatia	53	Turkey	54
14	North Macedonia	51	North Macedonia	53
15	Poland	48	San Marino	52
16	Netherlands	43	Bulgaria	45
17	Russia	27	Georgia	17
18	Georgia	25	Czech R.	15
19	Czech R.	24	Russia	13
20	Slovenia	17	Slovenia	8

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the first semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

Jury No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 7 Ireland Croatia, Lithuania, Morocco, North Macedonia, Russia, Spain, Sweden 3 Netherlands Denmark, Georgia, Turkey Portugal Algeria, Netherlands, United Kingdom 2 Croatia Armenia, Bulgaria Lithuania Greece, Portugal 1 Algeria Ireland Armenia Iceland Greece San Marino Morocco Czech Republic North Macedonia Poland Poland Slovenia

Televoting No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 4 Denmark Georgia, Netherlands, Poland, Spain 3 Greece Russia, San Marino, Slovenia Ireland Bulgaria, Czech Republic, United Kingdom Portugal Algeria, Iceland, Turkey 2 Morocco Denmark, Lithuania Turkey Croatia, North Macedonia 1 Algeria Ireland Armenia Sweden Bulgaria Greece Croatia Armenia North Macedonia Morocco Spain Portugal

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Luxembourg	116	Luxembourg	136
2	Malta	109	Australia	113
3	Italy	108	Italy	105
4	Ukraine	103	Monaco	99
5	Switzerland	87	Ukraine	90
6	Azerbaijan	82	Belarus	79
7	Australia	82	Switzerland	74
8	Belarus	77	Romania	70
9	Monaco	76	Malta	70
10	Montenegro	67	Montenegro	69
11	Andorra	64	Azerbaijan	67
12	Romania	60	Estonia	65
13	Kazakhstan	57	Andorra	58
14	Estonia	50	Latvia	44
15	Belgium	46	Belgium	40
16	Austria	37	Serbia	40
17	B&H	36	Hungary	31
18	Latvia	28	Austria	30
19	Serbia	27	B&H	27
20	Hungary	22	Kazakhstan	27

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the first semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

Jury No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 5 Luxembourg Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Latvia, Montenegro 4 Australia Andorra, Estonia, Luxembourg, Monaco 3 Belarus Finland, Malta, Ukraine 2 Estonia Serbia, Switzerland Malta Azerbaijan, Italy 1 Azerbaijan Belarus Latvia Australia Monaco Germany Romania Norway Serbia Bosnia & Herzegovina Switzerland Romania Ukraine Kazakhstan

Televoting No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 4 Luxembourg Azerbaijan, Belgium, Latvia, Malta Ukraine Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg 3 Malta Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania 2 Andorra Monaco, Serbia Italy Australia, Norway Switzerland Germany, Montenegro 1 Belarus Ukraine Estonia Switzerland Monaco Andorra Montenegro Austria Romania Italy Serbia Bosnia & Herzegovina

Final

Final split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	UK	186	Luxembourg	194
2	Norway	180	Malta	172
3	Portugal	173	Ireland	168
4	Malta	166	Greece	164
5	Ukraine	160	Netherlands	150
6	Denmark	155	Sweden	150
7	Ireland	151	UK	149
8	Luxembourg	148	Australia	136
9	Greece	146	Portugal	131
10	Netherlands	133	Italy	126
11	Algeria	120	Denmark	125
12	Monaco	114	Norway	125
13	Italy	111	Ukraine	123
14	Montenegro	106	Algeria	123
15	Armenia	106	Monaco	116
16	Sweden	105	Lithuania	103
17	Australia	99	Switzerland	93
18	Switzerland	87	Germany	90
19	Azerbaijan	81	Morocco	88
20	Finland	79	Armenia	87
21	Spain	78	Belarus	86
22	Lithuania	77	Azerbaijan	83
23	Morocco	74	Spain	74
24	Belarus	58	Montenegro	42
25	Germany	56	Finland	39
26	Iceland	9	Iceland	21

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the first semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

Jury No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 7 Malta Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Spain 4 Algeria Croatia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Latvia Ireland Lithuania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Sweden Portugal Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom United Kingdom Algeria, Australia, Moldova, Russia 3 Australia Andorra, Cyprus, Monaco Greece Armenia, San Marino, Switzerland Lithuania Albania, Greece, Kazakhsta Luxembourg Belarus, Belgium, Morocco 2 Monaco Germany, Malta Morocco Bulgaria, Slovakia Norway Estonia, Hungary Sweden Georgia, Slovenia 1 Armenia Ukraine Azerbaijan Turkey Belarus Finland Germany Austria Italy Portugal Netherlands Montenegro Switzerland Romania Ukraine Norway

Televoting No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 6 Norway Albania, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, San Marino, Slovakia United Kingdom Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Finland, Poland 5 Malta Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, Ireland, Romania Ukraine Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Luxembourg, United Kingdom 4 Armenia Monaco, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine 3 Greece Cyprus, Morocco, Russia Netherlands Australia, Kazakhstan, Serbia Portugal Iceland, Switzerland, Turkey 2 Australia Georgia, Netherlands Ireland Belgium, Latvia Luxembourg Azerbaijan, Malta Montenegro Czech Republic, Germany Morocco Lithuania, North Macedonia Spain Norway, Portugal 1 Algeria Bulgaria Denmark Spain Germany Montenegro Monaco Lebanon

Incidents

Spanish act change

On the 24th of February Spanish broadcaster announced Mala Rodríguez would represent Spain with "Gitanas" however after narrow investigation it turned out "Gitanas" sampled "Look What You Made Me Do" by Joyner Lucas featuring Stefflon Don. The act was replaced by Alfonso La Cruz with "Nadie te va a querer" the Spanish runner-up of Festival Ibérico 31.

Other countries

Further information: List of countries in the North Vision Song Contest

Active NBU members

• Egypt: On 21 January 2020, it was announced that Egypt will not be in the North Vision Song Contest until further notice due to the low interest within the country and the broadcaster to compete.
• Faroe Islands: On 31 December 2019, the Faroese national broadcaster officially announced their withdrawal from the thirty-first edition, stating financial issues and low viewing figures due to poor results of the country as reasons. A future return was not ruled out by the broadcaster.
• France: On 15 January 2020, the French national broadcaster officially announced their withdrawal from the thirty-first edition, the reason for this decision is unsatisfactory results and a crisis in relations between the national broadcaster and the HoD.
• Israel: On 20 January 2020, the Israeli national broadcaster announced a potential withdrawal due to internal issues that must be resolved first. On 1 February 2020, Israel officially announced their withdrawal from the contest.
• Tunisia: On 2 February 2020, the Tunisian national broadcaster announced their withdrawal from the edition "in order to recalibrate" after the reformations across multiple Arab delegations. A return in the next edition was stated as being "extremely likely".

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