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The twenty-sixth edition of WAO Song Contest took place in the city of New York, situated in the United States United States.

New York

New York, the city which hosted the 26th edition of the contest

For the second time ever in the history of the competition, the venue has been built for the occasion inside the famous Central Park, with the singers Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera as hosts. The slogan has been "Live for the moment" and "Wake Up", by Egzod and Chris Linton, the theme song.

Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera

Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera, presenters of the edition

The top three of the 25th edition automatically qualified for the final and the lucky country have been: the United States United States, Australia Australia and Greece Greece. Three semi-finals took place and 8 countries made it from each one of them. The songs that arrived 9th had a "Second Chance" to qualify. 28 countries competed in the final.

Central Park

Central Park, venue of the edition

For the third time in the competition, achieved the first place the host country of the edition. In fact the singer Kesha won, representing the United States United States with her song Praying.

64 participating countries
1 debuting • 16 returning • 9 withdrawing
Albania Albania, Andorra Andorra, Armenia Armenia, Australia Australia, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, Belarus Belarus, Belgium Belgium, Brazil Brazil, Bulgaria Bulgaria, Canada Canada, China China, Colombia Colombia, Croatia Croatia, Cyprus Cyprus, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Denmark Denmark, Egypt Egypt, Estonia Estonia, Finland Finland, France France, Georgia Georgia, Germany Germany, Ghana Ghana, Greece Greece, Hungary Hungary, Iceland Iceland, India India, Ireland Ireland, Israel Israel, Italy Italy, Jamaica Jamaica, Japan Japan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, Kosovo Kosovo, Latvia Latvia, Lithuania Lithuania, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Mexico Mexico, Moldova Moldova, Monaco Monaco, Morocco Morocco, The Netherlands The Netherlands, North Macedonia North Macedonia, Norway Norway, Poland Poland, Portugal Portugal, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, Romania Romania, Russia Russia, San Marino San Marino, Serbia Serbia, Slovakia Slovakia, South Africa South Africa, South Korea South Korea, Spain Spain, Sweden Sweden, Switzerland Switzerland, Taiwan Taiwan, Turkey Turkey, Ukraine Ukraine, the United Kingdom United Kingdom, the United States United States, Uruguay Uruguay and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan


Participation map 26th edition

Participating artists

Returning artists

Participating songs

Key First Place Winner Top 10 Top 10 Qualified for the Final Finalist
Country Artist(s) Song Language(s)
Albania Albania Ermal Meta feat. Elisa Piccola Anima Italian
Andorra Andorra Las Ketchup The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) Imaginary, Spanish
Armenia Armenia Iveta Mukuchyan Amena Armenian
Australia Australia The Veronicas In My Blood English
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Alim Qasımov Xatirədir Azerbaijani
Belarus Belarus NUTEKI Dni Kilometry Russian
Belgium Belgium Lea Rue Sleep, for the weak! (Lost Frequencies Remix) English
Brazil Brazil IZA Te Pegar Portuguese
Bulgaria Bulgaria Kristian Kostov You Got Me Girl English
Canada Canada The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk I Feel It Coming English
China China LuHan You Dian Er Yi Si Chinese, English
Colombia Colombia Sebastián Yatra Cómo Mirarte Spanish
Croatia Croatia Damir Kedžo & ZSA ZSA Sve u meni se budi Croatian
Cyprus Cyprus Eleftheria Eleftheriou Nychtes Kaftes Greek
Czech Republic Czech Republic Olga Lounová When The Music's On English
Denmark Denmark Aura Dione Can't Steal The Music English
Egypt Egypt Dina El Wedidi Kotr El Wagaa Arabic
Estonia Estonia Vanilla Ninja Hellracer English
Finland Finland Norma John Gravity English
France France Imany Lately English
Georgia Georgia Rati Durglishvili Crazy English
Germany Germany FAUN Federkleid German
Ghana Ghana Castro feat. Baby Jet & Kofi Kinaata Odo Pa Twi
Greece Greece Demy Me Ekdikise Greek
Hungary Hungary Groovefore & Muzikfabrik feat. Saci & Böbe Szécsi So Right English
Iceland Iceland Sylvia Erla Gone English
India India Neha Kakkar, Arijit Singh, Meet Bros Main Tera Boyfriend Hindi
Ireland Ireland Westlife My Love English
Israel Israel Dana International Ruti Hebrew
Italy Italy Lorenzo Fragola D'improvviso Italian
Jamaica Jamaica Tessanne Chin Love Suicide English
Japan Japan TK unravel Japanese
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Ayumi feat. Batyr Hey-La Kazakh
Kosovo Kosovo Dafina Zeqiri Four Season English
Latvia Latvia Aija Andrejeva Mazais Princis Latvian
Lithuania Lithuania Evelina Young Wildfire English
Luxembourg Luxembourg Indila Tourner Dans Le Vide French
Mexico Mexico Ximena Sariñana Mediocre Spanish
Moldova Moldova Carla's Dreams Până La Sânge Romanian
Monaco Monaco M. Pokora On danse French
Morocco Morocco Bouchra Yallah Arabic, English
The Netherlands The Netherlands Yellow Claw feat. Yade Lauren Love & War English
North Macedonia North Macedonia Magdalena Cvetkoska ENA Placat i najsilni Macedonian
Norway Norway Astrid S Hurts So Good English
Poland Poland Carmell Faces English
Portugal Portugal Diogo Piçarra Dialeto Portuguese
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Chayanne Tu Respiración Spanish
Romania Romania Amira feat. DiezZ Mai stai Romanian
Russia Russia MBAND Pravil'naya Devochka Russian
San Marino San Marino Franco de Vita Dónde Está la Vida Spanish
Serbia Serbia Milan Stanković feat. Jala Brat & Buba Corelli Ego Serbian
Slovakia Slovakia Peter Bič Project All those places English
South Africa South Africa Troye Sivan Happy Little Pill English
South Korea South Korea Girls' Generation Catch Me If You Can English, Korean
Spain Spain Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias El Perdón Spanish
Sweden Sweden Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo Close English
Switzerland Switzerland Bastian Baker Planned It All English
Taiwan Taiwan Jia Jia Ming Yun Chinese
Turkey Turkey Funda SMS Turkish
Ukraine Ukraine EMIN & Ani Lorak Ja ne mogu skazat' Russian
United Kingdom United Kingdom Liam Payne feat. Quavo Strip That Down English
United States United States Kesha Praying English
Uruguay Uruguay Natalia Oreiro feat. Rubén Rada Corazón Valiente Spanish
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Nilufar Usmonova Qor Uzbek

Semi-final 1

Also the United States United States voted in this semi-final.

Key First Place First Place Qualified for the Final Qualified for the Final Second Chance Went to Second Chance
Draw Country Artist(s) Song Place Points
01 Hungary Hungary Groovefore & Muzikfabrik
feat. Saci & Böbe Szécsi
So Right 15 44
02 Israel Israel Dana International Ruti 21 1
03 Brazil Brazil IZA Te Pegar 10 58
04 Albania Albania Ermal Meta feat. Elisa Piccola Anima 3 103
05 Iceland Iceland Sylvia Erla Gone 13 49
06 Kosovo Kosovo Dafina Zeqiri Four Season 18 35
07 Portugal Portugal Diogo Piçarra Dialeto 2 112
08 Cyprus Cyprus Eleftheria Eleftheriou Nychtes Kaftes 16 39
09 Belgium Belgium Lea Rue Sleep, for the weak! (Lost
Frequencies Remix)
9 61
10 Turkey Turkey Funda SMS 12 51
11 Ukraine Ukraine EMIN & Ani Lorak Ja ne mogu skazat' 1 122
12 Egypt Egypt Dina El Wedidi Kotr El Wagaa 20 22
13 France France Imany Lately 10 58
14 Poland Poland Carmell Faces 4 100
15 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Chayanne Tu Respiración 17 36
16 Switzerland Switzerland Bastian Baker Planned It All 6 73
17 Norway Norway Astrid S Hurts So Good 5 99
18 Estonia Estonia Vanilla Ninja Hellracer 19 26
19 Monaco Monaco M. Pokora On danse 8 69
20 Russia Russia MBAND Pravil'naya Devochka 14 48
21 Sweden Sweden Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo Close 7 70

Semi-final 2

Also Australia Australia voted in this semi-final.

Key First Place First Place Qualified for the Final Qualified for the Final Second Chance Went to Second Chance
Draw Country Artist(s) Song Place Points
01 Spain Spain Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias El Perdón 4 89
02 China China LuHan You Dian Er Yi Si 18 25
03 Germany Germany FAUN Federkleid 10 70
04 Taiwan Taiwan Jia Jia Ming Yun 17 32
05 Mexico Mexico Ximena Sariñana Mediocre 16 36
06 Colombia Colombia Sebastián Yatra Cómo Mirarte 7 77
07 Latvia Latvia Aija Andrejeva Mazais Princis 11 68
08 Serbia Serbia Milan Stanković feat. Jala Brat & Buba Corelli Ego 8 74
09 Moldova Moldova Carla's Dreams Până La Sânge 1 113
10 Ireland Ireland Westlife My Love 14 39
11 South Africa South Africa Troye Sivan Happy Little Pill 5 81
12 Slovakia Slovakia Peter Bič Project All those places 13 40
13 Finland Finland Norma John Gravity 9 72
14 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Ayumi feat. Batyr Hey-La 3 90
15 Japan Japan TK unravel 20 14
16 Italy Italy Lorenzo Fragola D'improvviso 6 79
17 Armenia Armenia Iveta Mukuchyan Amena 2 91
18 Uz Uzbekistan Nilufar Usmonova Qor 19 22
19 Croatia Croatia Damir Kedžo & ZSA ZSA Sve u meni se budi 11 68
20 Canada Canada The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk I Feel It Coming 15 38

Semi-final 3

Also Greece Greece voted in this semi-final.

Key First Place First Place Qualified for the Final Qualified for the Final Second Chance Went to Second Chance
Draw Country Artist(s) Song Place Points
01 The Netherlands The Netherlands Yellow Claw feat. Yade Lauren Love & War 7 89
02 Lithuania Lithuania Evelina Young Wildfire 3 95
03 F.Y.R. Macedonia North Macedonia Magdalena Cvetkoska ENA Placat i najsilni 5 92
04 San Marino San Marino Franco de Vita Dónde Está la Vida 17 18
05 United Kingdom United Kingdom Liam Payne feat. Quavo Strip That Down 4 93
06 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Alim Qasımov Xatirədir 16 19
07 Bulgaria Bulgaria Kristian Kostov You Got Me Girl 2 112
08 South Korea South Korea Girls' Generation Catch Me If You Can 8 87
09 Jamaica Jamaica Tessanne Chin Love Suicide 12 48
10 Denmark Denmark Aura Dione Can't Steal The Music 1 124
11 Ghana Ghana Castro feat. Baby Jet & Kofi Kinaata Odo Pa 19 12
12 Luxembourg Luxembourg Indila Tourner Dans Le Vide 9 68
13 Georgia Georgia Rati Durglishvili Crazy 10 65
14 Uruguay Uruguay Natalia Oreiro feat. Rubén Rada Corazón Valiente 18 16
15 Morocco Morocco Bouchra Yallah 15 39
16 Belarus Belarus NUTEKI Dni Kilometry 13 47
17 Andorra Andorra Las Ketchup The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) 11 55
18 Romania Romania Amira feat. DiezZ Mai stai 13 47
19 Czech Republic Czech Republic Olga Lounová When The Music's On 6 91
20 India India Neha Kakkar, Arijit Singh, Meet Bros Main Tera Boyfriend 20 1

Second Chance

Every country gave 1 point to its favourite country. One country qualified. Voting was not compulsory.

Second Chance - 26th edition

Grand final

Key First Place Winner Runner-up Runner-up Third Place Third Place Top 10 Top 10 Last Place Last Place
Draw Country Artist(s) Song Place Points
01 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Ayumi feat. Batyr Hey-La 22 94
02 Denmark Denmark Aura Dione Can't Steal The Music 11 142
03 Portugal Portugal Diogo Piçarra Dialeto 18 119
04 United Kingdom United Kingdom Liam Payne feat. Quavo Strip That Down 19 113
05 Switzerland Switzerland Bastian Baker Planned It All 16 120
06 Albania Albania Ermal Meta feat. Elisa Piccola Anima 20 106
07 Armenia Armenia Iveta Mukuchyan Amena 5 175
08 South Korea South Korea Girls' Generation Catch Me If You Can 25 78
09 Ukraine Ukraine EMIN & Ani Lorak Ja ne mogu skazat' 2 212
10 Greece Greece Demy Me Ekdikise 28 47
11 Colombia Colombia Sebastián Yatra Cómo Mirarte 12 137
12 Italy Italy Lorenzo Fragola D'improvviso 21 102
13 The Netherlands The Netherlands Yellow Claw feat. Yade Lauren Love & War 14 127
14 Czech Republic Czech Republic Olga Lounová When The Music's On 6 173
15 Spain Spain Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias El Perdón 26 77
16 Luxembourg Luxembourg Indila Tourner Dans Le Vide 3 201
17 Moldova Moldova Carla's Dreams Până La Sânge 8 149
18 South Africa South Africa Troye Sivan Happy Little Pill 16 120
19 Lithuania Lithuania Evelina Young Wildfire 10 145
20 Sweden Sweden Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo Close 23 93
21 United States United States Kesha Praying 1 251
22 Monaco Monaco M. Pokora On danse 27 71
23 Australia Australia The Veronicas In My Blood 9 146
24 Serbia Serbia Milan Stanković feat. Jala Brat & Buba Corelli Ego 24 91
25 Bulgaria Bulgaria Kristian Kostov You Got Me Girl 7 167
26 Poland Poland Carmell Faces 15 124
27 F.Y.R. Macedonia North Macedonia Magdalena Cvetkoska ENA Placat i najsilni 13 132
28 Norway Norway Astrid S Hurts So Good 4 200