North Vision Song Contest 32

North Vision Song Contest 32 Dive in Deep
Dates
PQR date	11 May 2020
Semi-final 1 date	6 June 2020
Semi-final 2 date	13 June 2020
Final date	28 June 2020
Host
Venue	Gasperich Stadium, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Presenter(s)	Vicky Krieps Désirée Nosbusch
Broadcaster	RTL
Opening act	Semi-final 1: Jessy-K performing "Ya ka danser" Semi-final 2: Luka Kloser performing "Time" Final: Luka Kloser performing "Sweet Sixteen"
Interval act	Semi-final 1: Is It True What They Say about Luxembourg City? Semi-final 2: Is It True What They Say about Luxembourg? Final: Welcome to Luxembourg!
Participants
Entries	53
Returning	Faroe Islands France Israel Tunisia
Withdrawing	Armenia Latvia
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	Georgia "Lyubov-Karusel"
North Vision Song Contest
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North Vision Song Contest 32, often referred to as NVSC 32, was the thirty-second edition of the North Vision Song Contest. The contest was held in Luxembourg for the first time after their victory in the 31st edition. The show was hosted by Désirée Nosbusch and Vicky Krieps.

Fifty-three countries took part in the contest. Faroe Islands, France, Israel and Tunisia returned to the contest after one edition of absence each, while Armenia and Latvia decided to withdraw the contest.

Georgia's representative, Yaseniya with the song "Lyubov-Karusel" turned out to be the winner of the contest. This marked Georgia's first win and first top-ten placement. It was also the second winning song entirely performed in Russian after Ukraine's "Zerkala". Additionally, this was the second consecutive edition in which a country qualifying from the Pre-Qualification Round won the contest, following Luxembourg's victory in the previous edition. Montenegro also achieved their best result in their North Vision history placing second with Zoi. Belgium came third which resulted in their best result since Loïc Nottet's second place in the twenty-first edition. Moreover, this was also the first time ever when the entire top 3 consisted of songs performed in language other than English. Germany, Australia and the Netherlands rounded out the top six with Australia securing their highest placing to date. Out of the "Big Six" countries, Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom finished in the top ten, coming seventh, tenth and eighth respectively, with the latter barely missing out on their fourth consecutive automatic qualification. The host country, Luxembourg represented by Zaryah finished in the sixteenth place. Daniel Blume from Ireland ended up twentieth, while Malta placed last for the second time in their history after the fourteenth edition. This marked the fourth edition in a row where one of the automatically qualified countries finished last. Algeria managed to qualify from the semi-finals stage for a second consecutive edition for the first time in history, eventually placing nineteenth. Croatian representative made a final appearance for the first time since the twenty-seventh edition with La Lana ending up second to last, four points ahead of Malta's Sam Christie.

Format

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at Hotel Le Royal Luxembourg on the 27th of April 2019. 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-eight 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
Australia Belgium Germany Netherlands Slovakia Switzerland	Albania Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Montenegro Romania	Andorra France Italy Monaco Portugal San Marino Spain
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Lithuania Moldova Poland Ukraine	Algeria Israel Lebanon Morocco Tunisia Turkey	Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Iceland Sweden

Participating countries

Returning artists

Maya Berović was selected to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina for a third time after her participations in the sixteenth edition and twenty-fourth edition with "Alkohol" and "Nisam Normalna" respectively. YAMINA returns to represent Hungary, after having done in the thirty edition with "Neon". Yaseniya returns to represent Georgia after twenty-one editions, previously having failed to qualify from the eleventh edition with "Ty Ne Poverish". Iasonas Mandilas was selected to represent Greece for the first time in the North Vision Song Contest after his participation in the Balkan Music Bash 4 for his country, which he achieved the third place. Samra returns to represent Azerbaijan, after previously having failed to qualify from the seventeenth edition with the song "O Sevir". Shiri Maimon returns to represent Israel for a third time after previously representing the country individually in the fourth and fourteenth editions. Luina returns to represent Kazakhstan, after having done in the ninth edition with "Gimme Gimme". Kadebostany was selected to represent Switzerland for a second time after his participation in the thirteenth edition in which he managed to achieve a place in the 'big 6' with the song "Castle in the Snow". Dianna Monteiro returns to represent Portugal after previously having failed to qualify from the twenty-third edition with "Aguentar".

Pre-Qualification Round

Main article: Pre-Qualification Round 18

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Hungary	YAMINA	"It's Me"	8	90
02	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maya Berović	"Neka Stvar"	4	119
03	Slovenia	Saša Lešnjek	"Pelji me nazaj"	9	78
04	Czech Republic	Václav Noid Bárta feat. Eva Burešová	"Noc"	3	127
05	Georgia	Yaseniya	"Lyubov-Karusel"	1	133
06	Russia	Erika Lundmoen	"Milaya"	2	129
07	Serbia	Sandra Afrika	"Flert"	5	114
08	Austria	Lou Asril	"Friek"	6	102
09	North Macedonia	Malisha	"Tebi Se Predajem"	7	97

Semi-final 1

Greece, Luxembourg and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Belgium	Joane	"Tête haute"	2	247
02	Israel	Shiri Maimon & Dudu Aharon	"Hakokhavim Bokhim Balayla"	20	29
03	Belarus	Dzivia	"Voryva (Sleeping Field)"	18	75
04	Denmark	Maddy	"Island"	11	125
05	San Marino	La Niña	"Salomè"	6	160
06	Russia	Erika Lundmoen	"Milaya"	10	126
07	Finland	Dark Sarah	"Golden Moth"	14	114
08	Romania	Geo Da Silva & Laydee Di	"1,2,3"	8	146
09	Poland	Sanah	"Melodia"	12	117
10	Netherlands	Loula	"I Just Can't Fall in Love"	4	200
11	Lebanon	Mika	"Dear Jealousy"	5	169
12	Bulgaria	Innerglow	"Chained In Love"	19	44
13	Montenegro	Zoi	"Jasno mi je"	1	261
14	Andorra	Rural Zombies	"Ethereal"	17	89
15	Ukraine	Khayat	"Osoka"	16	104
16	Azerbaijan	Samra	"Queen"	15	110
17	Turkey	Tuğçe Şenoğul	"Bunu Sana Demiştim"	13	116
18	Spain	Mala Rodríguez	"Aguante"	9	141
19	Switzerland	Kadebostany feat. Célia	"Take It Away from Me"	3	206
20	Sweden	Isak Danielson	"I Don't Need Your Love"	7	147

Semi-final 2

Ireland, Malta and Norway will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Georgia	Yaseniya	"Lyubov-Karusel"	1	280
02	Italy	Dardust	"Sublime"	7	155
03	Iceland	Elísabet Ormslev	"Sugar"	12	119
04	Algeria	Yanis	"Embrace"	6	156
05	Monaco	Després	"Ciel"	17	79
06	Moldova	Infected Rain	"The Earth Mantra"	15	84
07	France	Colours in the Street	"Aux étoiles"	10	126
08	Australia	Lastlings	"Take My Hand"	2	253
09	Albania	SHQIPE	"Nevoj"	20	54
10	Faroe Islands	ORKA	"We Have Fallen Into Each Other"	5	179
11	Germany	VVAVES	"5 of Your Exes"	3	229
12	Cyprus	The Smallest Creature	"Enchanting"	19	58
13	Portugal	Dianna	"Como antes"	11	125
14	Estonia	Erki Pärnoja	"Eha"	9	133
15	Morocco	Abir	"Young & Rude"	13	116
16	Kazakhstan	Makpal & Luina	"ML"	14	106
17	Tunisia	Nour Harkati & Aytma	"Ayem"	18	70
18	Lithuania	Jessica Shy	"Rožė"	16	79
19	Slovakia	Rakovicky	"Cicero"	4	185
20	Croatia	La Lana	"So Messed Up"	8	140

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Algeria	Yanis	"Embrace"	19	173
02	Russia	Erika Lundmoen	"Milaya"	18	175
03	France	Colours in the Street	"Aux étoiles"	17	183
04	Croatia	La Lana	"So Messed Up"	25	114
05	Norway	Wardruna	"Grá"	10	258
06	Romania	Geo Da Silva & Laydee Di	"1,2,3"	21	161
07	Estonia	Erki Pärnoja	"Eha"	14	201
08	Netherlands	Loula	"I Just Can't Fall in Love"	6	315
09	United Kingdom	Rhodes	"Love You Sober"	8	303
10	Luxembourg	Zaryah	"Room 112"	16	193
11	Lebanon	Mika	"Dear Jealousy"	9	290
12	Montenegro	Zoi	"Jasno mi je"	2	393
13	Ireland	Daniel Blume	"Nights like This"	20	168
14	Slovakia	Rakovicky	"Cicero"	15	198
15	Malta	Sam Christie	"Anyone Else Isn't You"	26	110
16	Belgium	Joane	"Tête haute"	3	392
17	Spain	Mala Rodríguez	"Aguante"	23	148
18	Faroe Islands	ORKA	"We Have Fallen Into Each Other"	24	139
19	San Marino	La Niña	"Salomè"	12	237
20	Switzerland	Kadebostany feat. Célia	"Take It Away from Me"	11	245
21	Germany	VVAVES	"5 of Your Exes"	4	361
22	Sweden	Isak Danielson	"I Don't Need Your Love"	13	226
23	Georgia	Yaseniya	"Lyubov-Karusel"	1	449
24	Italy	Dardust	"Sublime"	22	149
25	Australia	Lastlings	"Take My Hand"	5	320
26	Greece	Iasonas Mandilas	"Mono esena"	7	305

Non-qualifier results

Place	Country	Semi-final Place	Points	Percentage
27	Portugal	11	125	4.65%
28	Denmark	11	125	4.65%
29	Iceland	12	119	4.46%
30	Poland	12	117	4.38%
31	Turkey	13	116	4.35%
32	Morocco	13	116	4.35%
33	Finland	14	114	4.27%
34	Azerbaijan	15	110	4.12%
35	Kazakhstan	14	106	3.97%
36	Ukraine	16	104	3.90%
37	Andorra	17	89	3.33%
38	Moldova	15	84	3.15%
39	Lithuania	16	79	2.96%
40	Monaco	17	79	2.96%
41	Belarus	18	75	2.81%
42	Tunisia	18	70	2.62%
43	Cyprus	19	58	2.17%
44	Albania	20	54	2.02%
45	Bulgaria	19	44	1.65%
46	Israel	20	29	1.09%
47	Czech Republic	N/A
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina
49	Serbia
50	Austria
51	North Macedonia
52	Hungary
53	Slovenia

Voting Grids

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1 split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Montenegro	117	Montenegro	134
2	Belgium	116	Belgium	119
3	San Marino	104	Switzerland	111
4	Netherlands	102	Netherlands	90
5	Switzerland	91	Sweden	86
6	Lebanon	85	Denmark	85
7	Romania	83	Lebanon	79
8	Spain	78	Turkey	71
9	Poland	69	Russia	63
10	Sweden	61	Spain	61
11	Finland	59	Romania	56
12	Russia	57	San Marino	56
13	Ukraine	55	Finland	55
14	Azerbaijan	52	Azerbaijan	55
15	Andorra	45	Ukraine	49
16	Turkey	45	Poland	48
17	Denmark	39	Andorra	44
18	Belarus	33	Belarus	42
19	Bulgaria	28	Bulgaria	16
20	Israel	15	Israel	14

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 4 Montenegro Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine Netherlands Andorra, Belarus, Bulgaria, Spain 2 Belgium Denmark, Sweden Lebanon Finland, Poland Switzerland Luxembourg, Romania Turkey Montenegro, Switzerland 1 Andorra Belgium Belarus Lebanon Sweden Israel Poland Greece Romania Azerbaijan Russia San Marino Ukraine UK

Televoting No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 4 San Marino Andorra, Greece, Sweden, Turkey 2 Belarus Finland, Switzerland Lebanon Azerbaijan, Ukraine Poland Montenegro, San Marino Romania Lebanon, Netherlands Spain Belgium, Russia Sweden Poland, Spain Switzerland Denmark, Netherlands 1 Belgium UK Montenegro Luxembourg Netherlands Romania Russia Belarus Ukraine Israel

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Georgia	138	Georgia	130
2	Australia	113	Australia	130
3	Germany	103	Germany	118
4	Slovakia	102	Faroe Islands	92
5	Algeria	96	Estonia	78
6	Italy	89	Slovakia	76
7	Faroe Islands	87	Croatia	73
8	Croatia	67	Italy	66
9	Morocco	64	France	66
10	Portugal	59	Iceland	61
11	France	58	Portugal	60
12	Estonia	54	Algeria	57
13	Iceland	54	Morocco	52
14	Kazakhstan	51	Kazakhstan	50
15	Moldova	49	Lithuania	44
16	Monaco	42	Tunisia	42
17	Lithuania	35	Monaco	37
18	Tunisia	28	Moldova	35
19	Cyprus	25	Albania	34
20	Albania	20	Cyprus	33

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 Georgia Albania, Algeria, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia 4 Estonia Cyprus, Germany, Monaco, Tunisia 3 Germany Iceland, Moldova, Portugal Faroe Islands Estonia, Georgia, Malta 2 France Faroe Islands, Morocco Iceland Croatia, Kazakhstan 1 Albania Australia Croatia Norway Morocco France Portugal Lithuania

Televoting No. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 4 Georgia Croatia, Moldova, Monaco, Slovakia 2 Algeria Italy, Kazakhstan Australia Algeria, Monaco Croatia Estonia, Norway Estonia Cyprus, Tunisia Faroe Islands Iceland, Malta Germany France, Portugal Italy Australia, Ireland Slovakia Georgia, Lithuania 1 Cyprus Albania Kazakhstan Germany Morocco Faroe Islands

Final

Final split jury/televote results
Place	Televoting	Points	Jury	Points
1	Montenegro	219	Georgia	237
2	Georgia	207	Belgium	201
3	Belgium	190	Germany	183
4	Germany	172	UK	180
5	Netherlands	164	Greece	166
6	Lebanon	160	Australia	165
7	Australia	145	Montenegro	162
8	Greece	136	Netherlands	143
9	Norway	134	Lebanon	130
10	San Marino	132	Switzerland	124
11	Sweden	127	Norway	124
12	United Kingdom	123	Estonia	123
13	Switzerland	121	Russia	107
14	Algeria	107	San Marino	105
15	Slovakia	100	Luxembourg	101
16	Romania	98	Sweden	99
17	Luxembourg	92	Slovakia	98
18	France	93	France	90
19	Ireland	90	Ireland	78
20	Spain	83	Italy	76
21	Estonia	78	Malta	76
22	Croatia	73	Faroe Islands	74
23	Italy	73	Spain	65
24	Faroe Islands	63	Algeria	64
25	Russia	61	Romania	59
26	Malta	34	Croatia	41

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 8 Georgia Albania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine 6 Estonia Cyprus, Germany, Monaco, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tunisia 5 Greece Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Norway, San Marino, Sweden 3 Montenegro North Macedonia, Russia, Turkey Malta Algeria, Estonia, Serbia 2 Australia Belarus, Luxembourg Belgium Austria, Moldova Faroe Islands Georgia, Malta France Belgium, Lebanon Germany Denmark, Iceland Ireland Bulgaria, Israel Lebanon Finland, Poland Luxembourg Montenegro, Spain Norway Hungary, Morocco San Marino Andorra, UK United Kingdom Faroe Islands, Lithuania 1 Italy Portugal Netherlands Australia Romania Azerbaijan Russia Italy Sweden France Switzerland Netherlands

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

Other countries

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

Active NBU members

• Armenia: Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the delegation decided not to attend this edition of the North Vision Song Contest in Luxembourg to protect the artists and employees.
• Latvia: LTV announced that the Latvian financial resources are completely exhausted due to repeated bad results of the country with no participation in the final since the twenty-fourth edition and the country therefore withdrew from the thirty-second edition. A decision about the Latvian participation in future editions will be made in due time.

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