Soulvision Song Contest 04
edit| Soulvision Song Contest 04 | |
|---|---|
| Slogan: Travel With Us | |
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | The Dome St. Louis,  USA |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | National Broadcasting Company (NBC) |
| Presenters | |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 37 |
| Number of finalists | 26 |
| Non-returning countries | |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country/jury awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs. |
Soulvision is an international song competition where countries battle it out to bring the trophy home. Any country in Europe can take part and any other notable countries invited by the SBC - Soul Broadcast Committee Located in Ireland.
For Edition 04, 37 Countries are in competition to take home the trophy, this has been the lowest participation count ever and the first year to reach below 40 countries, this was due to a massive funding issue with smaller participating countries who could not afford the expenses, this impacted the following four countries, 
San Marino, 
Moldova, 
Bulgaria and 
Czechia, however the story changes with 
Lithuania who withdrew due to poor results and in a statement from the broadcaster, "We are trying to make significant changes to our selection process to be more fitting for the contest"
Controversy
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Saudi Arabia was meant to take part in edition 04 after internally selecting Bashar Murad to represent them again after a top 5 finish all the way back in 01 in Dublin, however calls for Saudi Arabia to withdraw were pressured by the Arab League after Morocco had dropped out of the contest, in a statement by the NBC an agreement was made for Saudi Arabia to drop out of the contest however the SBC had stepped in and had banned certain countries from taking part in the next 3 editions this being, Morocco, Somalia, Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine and Sudan. Turkey also faced pressure however stood ground and were set to participate in St. Louis.
Soul Season
editSoul season was introduced by the SBC, it is the events that take place before the main week of the contest, this includes pre-party's, soulclub and the gold carpet (we didnt ripoff eurovision trust), estimated cost from the NBC was $30 million just to set these facilities up, an additional $120 million was spent on building the stage, advertisement and other expensses, this is the most expensive contest beating out London by $95 million.
USA is hosting the edition 04 contest in The Dome in St. Louis in association with NBC,
USA, United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, France and Colombia all automatically qualify for the final and they vote in whichever semi final they were allocated to
SF1: USA, UK, Sweden
SF2: Colombia, Italy, France
This was decided during the draws for the semi final where each country were allocated to the first or second half of the semi which would late be the choice for the running order made by the producers
Semi-Final 1
edit- 10 Countries Qualify from Semi Final 1
- 50% Televoting 50% Jury
| R/O | Country | Representative Entry | Jury Rank | Jury Points | Televote Rank | Televote Points | Overall Rank | Overall Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Netherlands
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Jeangu Macrooy - "Grow" | 11 | 43 | 10 | 47 | 10 | 90 |
| 02 |  Cyprus
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Hovig - "POU TO PAEI" | 14 | 16 | 11 | 40 | 13 | 56 |
| 03 |  Azerbaijan
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Efendi - "Cleopatra" | 5 | 101 | 3 | 123 | 3 | 224 |
| 04 |  Estonia
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Andrei Zevakin ft. Karita - "Ma ei tea sind" | 1 | 157 | 2 | 148 | 1 | 305 |
| 05 |  Ukraine
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Ani Lorak - "Shady Lady" | 2 | 120 | 5 | 101 | 4 | 221 |
| 06 |  Australia
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Hilltop Hoods, Ft. Montaigne, Tom Thum - "1955" | 15 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 21 |
| 07 |  Austria
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Gabry Ponte, Daddy DJ, Lum!x - "We could be together" | 12 | 31 | 9 | 50 | 12 | 91 |
| 08 |  Ireland
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Samantha Mumba - "My Way" | 6 | 88 | 8 | 52 | 8 | 140 |
| 09 |  Brazil
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Anitta & J Balvin - Downtown" | 13 | 18 | 12 | 33 | 14 | 51 |
| 10 |  Iceland
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Stebbi Jak - "Set Me Free" | 9 | 78 | 6 | 91 | 7 | 169 |
| 11 |  Spain
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Blas Cantó - "Universo" | 10 | 62 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 84 |
| 12 |  Finland
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Darude - "Sandstorm" | 7 | 80 | 4 | 106 | 6 | 186 |
| 13 |  Albania
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Elvana Gjata - "Karnaval" | 3 | 113 | 7 | 85 | 5 | 198 |
| 14 |  Switzerland
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Stress Ft. Marius Bear - "Again" | 8 | 79 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 92 |
| 15 |  Poland
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Jann - "Gladiator" | 4 | 111 | 1 | 175 | 2 | 286 |
Semi-Final 2
edit- 10 Countries Qualify from Semi Final 2
- 50% Televoting 50% Jury
| R/O | Country | Representative Entry | Jury Rank | Jury Points | Televote Rank | Televote Points | Overall Rank | Overall Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Belarus
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VAL - "Da Vidna" | 9 | 65 | 10 | 60 | 10 | 125 |
| 02 |  Belgium
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Mentissa - "Désolée" | 4 | 109 | 3 | 114 | 4 | 223 |
| 03 |  Turkey
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Sertab erener - "Everyway that I can" | 7 | 75 | 6 | 86 | 6 | 161 |
| 04 |  Armenia
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Athena Manoukian - "Chains On You" | 13 | 23 | 13 | 49 | 13 | 72 |
| 05 |  Latvia
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Sudden Lights - "Aijā" | 1 | 155 | 1 | 152 | 1 | 307 |
| 06 |  Jamaica
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Spice - "2085 Tea" | 15 | 17 | 7 | 71 | 12 | 88 |
| 07 |  Serbia
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Zorja - "Lik u ogledalu" | 3 | 137 | 2 | 133 | 2 | 270 |
| 08 |  Mexico
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Ivan Cornejo - "Atención" | 11 | 62 | 8 | 68 | 8 | 130 |
| 09 |  Denmark
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Saba - "Sand" | 6 | 86 | 11 | 57 | 7 | 143 |
| 10 |  Canada
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Hawk Nelson - "Sold Out" | 14 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 14 | 50 |
| 11 |  Greece
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Stefania - "SuperG!rl" | 16 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 35 |
| 12 |  Norway
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Nataleen - "The Game" | 8 | 66 | 12 | 55 | 11 | 121 |
| 13 |  Germany
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Ryk - "Oh Boy" | 5 | 92 | 5 | 87 | 5 | 179 |
| 14 |  Malta
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Emma Muscat - "Out Of Sight" | 12 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 30 |
| 15 |  Slovenia
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Raiven - "Kaos" | 10 | 65 | 9 | 64 | 9 | 129 |
| 16 |  Portugal
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Iolanda - "Grito" | 2 | 149 | 4 | 108 | 3 | 257 |