EFV 10 - Brussels, Belgium

Bidding Phase & Entry Acceptance
For this edition of the contest, it was previously decided on the Council Meeting that the previous champion would host the following season of the contest. Brussels was the chosen city to host the contest. The 28 participating countries had almost a week before the closure of the previous season and the opening of the current season to send their entries and the Management Team could organize the Official Playlist for the voting. Most of the delegations sent their entries with their final votes.

Motto
Brussels decided on a motto to promote union between the countries: "United we stand, united we are!"

Visual Identity
Brussels is a modern city with great gothic monuments and monumental gardens. All of them became inspiration to artists because of their colours. So, keep this spirit alive, the Management Team wanted to bring more than a simple pallette of colours: the magnificence of the gardens and a set of coloured projections, at night, having a gothic building as a landscape. Also, the national colours of Belgium were applied for the dates and other inscriptions.

Artists & Entries
Here you can find a list with the 28 entries in the competition. The winner is listed in bold/italic.

Semifinals Running Order & Voting
Due to the number of contestants, EFV had the use of Semifinals and Final Rounds. All countries were drawn and allocated in two semifinals. The Top 4 countries were also allocated to vote in the Semifinals, but they would only perform in the Grand Final.

Semifinal Wildcard Round
The Management Team decided to keep an extra round which would be decided in an open poll. The rules were simple: the players would decide between two songs, the ninth placed ones from each semifinal. The most voted country qualifies to the Final. Qualified: Portugal.

Winner Acceptance
EFV didn't have any problems to declare Ukraine as winner, receiving 138 points.

Curiosities & Notes

 * 1) It was the first time that an Ukrainian song is part of Top 4 songs, also a song in Russian.
 * 2) These were Gibraltar's and Ukraine's best result so far.