EFV 03 - Göteborg, Sweden

Bidding Phase & Entry Acceptance
As the third edition of the contest, it was previously decided on the Council Meeting that the previous champion would host the following season of the contest. Göteborg was the chosen city to host the contest, being indicated by Sweden's Head of Delegation. The 18 participating countries had almost a week between 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, which was perfect for the Management Team.

Visual Identity
Sweden is a great and multicultural pole of music production, a confluence of sounds. That was the whole idea for this season's visual identity. So, for this third edition, EFV decided again on an abstract pattern. EFV decided on the colors of the Swedish flag (blue and yellow). Two images compound the visual ID: a photo of a wave with the background of the Swedish flag. Also, we have the inscription of the name of the contest and the name of the host city in a stylish way and different fonts. In the lower part, it's also possible to see the motto, integrated to the background colours.

Motto
"Sea of Sounds" represents the confluence of good sounds that compose the group and also the Swedish musical production.

Artists & Entries
Here you can find a list with the 18 entries which were in the competition. The winner is listed in bold/italic.

Semifinals Running Order & Voting
In this edition, due to the number of countries participating, EFV used only one round of votes, excluding the Semifinals.

Winner Acceptance
As a consequence to the results, EFV didn't have any problems to declare Australia the winner, receiving 116 points, which was a new record until that season.

Curiosities & Notes

 * 1) That was the first edition in which the Top 3 was composed for two previous winners (Chile and Sweden) and the new winner (Australia).
 * 2) Australia's victory coincides to be the first victory of an Instagram player.