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Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 1
Ride Your Wave!
Dates
Final	25 January 2018
Host
Venue	Kalamata Dance Megaron, Kalamata, Greece
Presenter(s)	Sakis Rouvas
Broadcaster	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)
Participants
Entries	15
Debuting	Albania Croatia Cyprus France Greece Italy Kosovo Lebanon Malta Morocco Portugal Romania San Marino Spain Syria
Returning	None
Withdrawing	None
Participation map      Participating countries
Vote
System	Each country's professional jury award 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs. International viewers vote for their songs, and votes are converted to points by proportional representation.
Nul points	None
Winner	Greece "An Me Deis Na Klaío"
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The Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 1 was the first edition of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest. It took place in Kalamata, Greece, on the 25 January 2018. 15 countries participated: Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Spain, and Syria.

The winner was the host country, Greece with the song "An Me Deis Na Klaío" performed by Helena Paparizou featuring Anastasios Rammos. Italy came 2nd and Portugal came 3rd.

Location

Kalamata

Location of Kalamata in Greece, which hosted the inaugural contest.

Kalamata Dance Megaron, the host venue of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 1.

The contest was hosted in Kalamata, Greece, following a decision made by the contest's creator.

Venue

The contest took place at the Kalamata Dance Megaron. To date, this venue remains the smallest host venue of a Mediterraneanvision event, having a total capacity of just 675.

About the host city

Kalamata (Greek: Καλαμάτα Kalamáta) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. The capital and chief port of the Messenia regional unit, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf.

The 2011 census recorded 69,849 inhabitants for the wider Kalamata Municipality, of which 62,409 in the municipal unit of Kalamata proper. Kalamata is renowned as the land of the Kalamatianos dance and Kalamata olives.

The second-oldest Chamber of Commerce in the Mediterranean, after that of Marseille, exists in Kalamata. The traditional product of the era are the well known black Kalamata olives.

Plus, the factories of the Karelia Tobacco Company have been operating in Kalamata since 1888.

Format

Visual design

The theme for the contest, Ride Your Wave!, was unveiled on the 29 December 2017 on the contest's Google+ Community.

Contest

The contest consisted of a Final on the 25 January 2018.

Running order

Countries performed in alphabetical order.

Participating countries

On the 30 December 2017, the MBU announced that 15 countries would take part in the contest.

Participants

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Albania	Lorela Sejdini	"Pritëm Edhe Pak"	6	120
02	Croatia	Nina Kraljić	"Vir"	13	66
03	Cyprus	Christiana Loizu	"Edno v edno"	11	83
04	France	Aya Nakamura	"Angela"	10	85
05	Greece	Helena Paparizou feat. Anastasios Rammos	"An Me Deis Na Klaío"	1	295
06	Italy	Laura Pausini	"Colpevole"	2	194
07	Kosovo	Elvana Gjata	"Forever Is Over"	12	82
08	Lebanon	Yasmine Hamdan	"Balad"	14	53
09	Malta	Karen DeBattista	"Minn Wara l-Ħasira"	15	15
10	Morocco	Maria Nadim	"Wanna Be Free"	9	94
11	Portugal	Leonor Andrade	"Já Conheci"	3	146
12	Romania	Lora	"Ramas Bun"	4	144
13	San Marino	Benji & Fede feat. Annalisa	"Tutto per una ragione"	5	131
14	Spain	Brequette	"No Enemy"	8	114
15	Syria	Mona Haydar	"Hijabi (Wrap my Hijab)"	7	118

Scoreboard

Jury

Split jury/online voting results
Place	Jury	Points	Online voting	Points
1	Greece	138	Greece	157
2	Portugal	105	Italy	118
3	Spain	99	Albania	98
4	Romania	77	Syria	82
5	Italy	76	Romania	67
6	San Marino	69	San Marino	62
7	Morocco	48	Cyprus	56
8	Kosovo	46	Morocco	46
9	Croatia	40	France	46
10	France	39	Portugal	41
11	Lebanon	38	Kosovo	36
12	Syria	36	Croatia	26
13	Cyprus	27	Spain	15
14	Albania	22	Lebanon	15
15	Malta	10	Malta	5

		Results
		Total score	Online voting	Albania	Croatia	Cyprus	France	Greece	Italy	Kosovo	Lebanon	Malta	Morocco	Portugal	Romania	San Marino	Spain	Syria
Contestants	Albania	120	98			7				1	2		3			1	7	1
	Croatia	66	26	2		2	2	5	5	6				5	5	2	2	4
	Cyprus	83	56					6		7		2	4		4	4
	France	85	46	1	1	5			1	4	1			12		3	4	7
	Greece	295	157	12	10	6	12		10	10	8	12	10	10	12	6	8	12
	Italy	194	118	7	7	1	7	12			6	10		3	8	5	5	5
	Kosovo	82	36	4	3		5	1	4		3	4	1		1	12		8
	Lebanon	53	15		2	8	1	7				8	7	1	3		1
	Malta	15	5			3				3			2	2
	Morocco	94	46	3	4	10	3		8		4			4			10	2
	Portugal	146	41	10	12		8	4	7	5	10	1	8		10	8	12	10
	Romania	144	67	6	8	12	4	3	6			3	12	7		7	6	3
	San Marino	131	62	5	5		6	2	2	12	5	6	5	6	6		3	6
	Spain	114	15	8	6	4	10	8	12	8	7	5	6	8	7	10
	Syria	118	82					10	3	2	12	7			2

12 points

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 5 Greece Albania France Malta Romania Syria 2 Portugal Croatia Spain Romania Cyprus Morocco

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points 1 France Portugal Italy Greece Kosovo San Marino San Marino Kosovo Spain Italy Syria Lebanon

Other countries

Further information: List of countries in the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest

Eligibility for potential participation in the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active MBU membership that will be able to broadcast the contest. The MBU had issued an invitation of participation in the contest to all active members.

Active MBU members

• Bulgaria – BNT was originally going to debut in the first edition but later decided not to participate without clearing any specific reasons.

Spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:

Albania – TBD Croatia – TBD Cyprus – TBD France – TBD Greece – Demy (Greek representative in #5; co-presenter of the 2nd edition) Italy – TBD Kosovo – TBD

Lebanon – TBD Malta – TBD Morocco – TBD Portugal – TBD Romania – TBD San Marino – TBD Spain – TBD Syria – TBD

Incidents

Incorrect amount of online voting points

After the voting, it became clear that the total amount of online voting points was different from the total amount of jury points, being 192 points less. The MBU later fixed the issue, resulting in Spain coming 8th instead of 6th, Albania coming 6th instead of 8th, Kosovo coming 12th instead of 11th, and Cyprus coming 11th instead of 12th. The MBU made certain that this issue would never happen again in future editions.

Official album

Mediterraneanvision Song Contest: Kalamata #1
Compilation album by Mediterraneanvision Song Contest
Released	1 November 2020
Genre	Pop
Length	51:23
Mediterraneanvision Song Contest chronology
Mediterraneanvision Song Contest: Kalamata #1 (#1) Mediterraneanvision Song Contest: Athens #2 (#2)

Mediterraneanvision Song Contest: Kalamata #1 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the Mediterranean Broadcasting Union and released on 1 November 2020. The album features all 15 entries.