North Vision Song Contest 34

North Vision Song Contest 34; Take Flight
Dates
PQR date	2 November 2020
Semi-final 1 date	22 November 2020
Semi-final 2 date	29 November 2020
Final date	TBD December 2020
Host
Venue	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
Presenter(s)	Bohuš Hajduch; Jasmina Alagič; Kristína Peláková
Participants
Entries	50
Debuting	None
Returning	Latvia
Withdrawing	Austria; Croatia; Morocco; 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
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North Vision Song Contest 34, often referred to as NVSC 34, will be the thirty-fourth edition of the North Vision Song Contest. The contest will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia, following Papyllon's victory in the 33rd edition with the song "What About Tonight". It will be the first time Slovakia has hosted the contest. The three live shows will be hosted by Bohuš Hajduch, Jasmina Alagič and Kristína Peláková.

Fifty countries confirmed their participation in the contest. Latvia returned after their absence from the previous edition. Meanwhile, Austria, Croatia and Morocco announced their non-participation due to various reasons. Tunisia announced their withdrawal after they originally had confirmed to take part, reducing the amount of participants to fifty.

Format

Participating countries

Returning artists

Soufee, who represented Georgia in the eighteenth edition and failed to qualify, returned to the contest, this time along with Rodion Tolochkin. Eivør returned to represent Faroe Islands for the third time after representing the nation in the twenty-first and twenty-ninth edition, the latter being a collaboration with Tom Hodge. Marie-Mai returned for the third time to represent France, coming second in the fourth edition and failing to qualify in the ninth edition alongside Jonas. Sasha Lopez returned to represent Moldova after thirty-one editions, previously having failed to qualify from the second edition with "All My People". Senidah returned to represent Montenegro after her participation in the thirtieth edition. Luka Kloser returned to compete for Luxembourg, having previously achieved a victory in the thirty-first edition with "Sweet Sixteen". Evangelia returned to represent Greece for the second consecutive time, after having done so in the previous edition with "Páme Páme". Gülşen and Edis returned to represent Turkey: Gülşen after participating in the fifteenth edition, and Edis after representing Turkey in the thirteenth and twenty-sixth editions, the latter alongside Emina. Danny Romero returned to the contest, this time representing Andorra with Tatiana Delalvz, after previously representing Spain in the twenty-fourth edition with the song "Ay dios mío!" alongside Sweet California. Kristina Bazan represented Belarus for the second time, after failing to qualify from the Pre-Qualification Round in the twenty-seventh edition with "VR".

Pre-Qualification Round

Main article: Pre-Qualification Round 20

Draw	Country	Artist	Song
01	Switzerland	BARON.E	"Danser dans le noir"
02	Serbia	LOSMIPANDA	"Splavarusa"
03	Faroe Islands	Eivør	"Let It Come"
04	Russia	Manro	"Davay Poprobuyem"
05	Poland	Alicja	"Pusto"
06	Kazakhstan	Raikhana Mukhlis & Farleon	"Beast"
07	France	Marie-Mai	"Exister"
08	Hungary	Mardoll	"Cold Body"

Semi-final 1

Norway, Slovakia and the United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song
01	Ukraine	KLER	"Nestrymna"
02	Lithuania	Ieva Narkutė	"Laisvė"
03	Iceland	GYÐA	"Í Annarri Vídd"
04	Georgia	Rodion Tolochkin & Soufee	"Idi na moy Golos"
05	Lebanon	Azure Ryder	"Stronger"
06	Montenegro	Senidah	"Viva Mahalla"
07	Latvia	Kashuks	"Obscurity"
08	Israel	Static & Ben El Tavori feat. Nasrin Kadri	"Habib Albi"
09	Belgium	Maya's Moving Castle	"Pedestrians"
10	San Marino	CARA	"Lentamente"
11	Australia	RÜFÜS DU SOL	"No Place"
12	Spain	Las Villa & Beéle	"Caníbales"
13	France	Marie-Mai	"Exister"
14	Ireland	Talos	"2AM"
15	Turkey	Gülşen & Edis	"Nirvana"
16	Denmark	girlcrush	"I'm Easy"
17	Slovenia	David Amaro	"Raj"
18	Czech Republic	Terra	"Cold"
19	Andorra	Tatiana Delalvz & Danny Romero	"Reza"

Semi-final 2

Algeria, Italy and Romania will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song
01	Portugal	Mari Ferrari & Kaskeiyp	"My Mind"
02	Cyprus	Metaxas	"Walk"
03	Russia	Manro	"Davay Poprobuyem"
04	Luxembourg	Luka Kloser	"Secret Love"
05	Bosnia and Herzegovina	JVLA	"Rockstar"
06	Finland	Verona	"Ikkuna"
07	Bulgaria	Tita	"Antilopa"
08	Monaco	Pace	"Fallen"
09	Moldova	Sasha Lopez feat. Misha Miller	"Smoke Me"
10	North Macedonia	Lara	"Za Nas"
11	Netherlands	Lakshmi	"Lullaby"
12	Azerbaijan	corandcrank	"Şücaət"
13	Greece	Evangelia	"Fotiá"
14	Sweden	Pale Honey	"Killer Scene"
15	Albania	TAYNA	"Qe Qe"
16	Malta	Berne	"Oceans"
17	Faroe Islands	Eivør	"Let It Come"
18	Belarus	Kristina Bazan	"Killer"
19	Germany	All Diese Gewalt	"Andere"
20	Estonia	Jozels	"Milka"

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song
First half
	Algeria	Adrien Gallo	"Monokini"
	Andorra	Tatiana Delalvz & Danny Romero	"Reza"
	Ireland	Talos	"2AM"
	Latvia	Kashuks	"Obscurity"
	Lebanon	Azure Ryder	"Stronger"
	Norway	girl in red	"Rue"
	Romania	Zimbru	"The Ground"
	San Marino	CARA	"Lentamente"
	Slovakia	Noisecut	"December"
	Spain	Las Villa & Beéle	"Caníbales"
	Ukraine	KLER	"Nestrymna"
Second half
	Belgium	Maya's Moving Castle	"Pedestrians"
	France	Marie-Mai	"Exister"
	Israel	Static & Ben El Tavori feat. Nasrin Kadri	"Habib Albi"
	Italy	Belaro	"Forever"
	United Kingdom	RAYE	"Natalie Don't"

Other countries

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

Active NBU members

Armenia: ARMTV confirmed that the country would sit one more edition out due to the humanitarian crisis that the nation is currently facing. A possible return for the thirty-fifth edition will be discussed.
Austria: ORF declared that despite qualifying in the previous edition, the country would withdraw and concentrate itself on the upcoming editions. Though the broadcaster stated that it is unknown how long the break will last, a return for the next edition was not ruled out.
Croatia: HRT confirmed that the country would withdraw from the thirty-fourth edition to reorganize itself and analyze the country's current position in the contest.
Morocco: 2M TV announced the country's withdrawal after the disappointing result in the previous edition, which would require the country to go through the pre-qualification round for this edition. A possibility of returning in the thirty-fifth edition was not ruled out.
Tunisia: TT1 originally confirmed Tunisia's participation in the contest, but later withdrew due to a lack of local interest in the contest for viewers and singers. A return in the future with a new Head of Delegation has not been ruled out.

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