Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 5

Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 5
#WeAreTheMediterranean
Dates
Semi-final 1	23 October 2018
Semi-final 2	17 November 2018
Final	TBA November/December 2018
Host
Venue	Asllan Rusi Sports Palace, Tirana, Albania
Presenter(s)	Inis Neziri Lorela Sejdini
Broadcaster	Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH)
Participants
Entries	32
Debuting	None
Returning	None
Withdrawing	Austria Jordan Libya Tunisia
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in #5
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.
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The Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 5 will be the fifth edition of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest. The contest will take place in Tirana, Albania, following Inis Neziri's win in the previous edition. 32 countries will participate. Austria, Jordan, Libya and Tunisia withdrew.

Location

The contest will take place in Albania, the winning country of the previous edition.

Bidding phase

On the 20 September 2018, a bidding phase was started in order to select the host city of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 5. Below are the 3 cities and their bids:

Key:     Host venue

City	Venue	Capacity
Tirana	Asllan Rusi Sports Palace	4,000
	Palace Of Congress	2,100
Korce	Tamara Nikolla Sports Palace	2,400
Elbasan	Tomorr Sinani Sports Palace	2,200

Elbasan

Korce

Tirana

Locations of the candidate cities. The chosen city is marked in red.

About the host city

Tirana is the capital and most populous city of Albania. The city is also the capital of the surrounding county of Tirana, one of 12 constituent counties of the country. By air, it is 501 kilometres (311 miles) north of Athens, 613 kilometres (381 miles) southeast of Rome, 153 kilometres (95 miles) southwest of Skopje and 131 kilometres (81 miles) south of Podgorica.

Tirana was founded as a city in 1614, but the region that today corresponds to the city territory has been continuously inhabited since the Bronze Age. As most of Albania, the area was populated by several Illyrian tribes, but had no importance within Illyria. Indeed, it was annexed by Rome and became an integral part of the Roman Empire following the Illyrian Wars. The heritage of that period is still evident and represented by the Mosaics of Tirana. Further later in the 5th and 6th century, a Paleo Christian basilica was built around this site.

When the Roman Empire divided into east and west, its successor the Byzantine Empire took control and included the construction of the Petrelë Castle, under the reign of Justinian I. Until the 20th century, the city did not attain much significance, when the Congress of Lushnjë proclaimed it as the country's capital, after the country's declaration of independence in 1912.

Tirana is located in the center of the country surrounded by mountains and hills, with Dajt on the east and a slight valley opening on the northwest, overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. Due to its location within the Tirana plain and the close proximity to the Adriatic Sea, the city is influenced by a mediterranean seasonal climate. It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe, with 2,544 hours of sun per year.

Being a primate city, Tirana is considered the economic and cultural hub of Albania, due to its significant location and importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education, service, research and healthcare. All of the country's largest companies, media and scientific institutions have their headquarters in the city. Tirana is also the seat of power of the Government of Albania, the residences for work of the President and Prime Minister of Albania.

 Format

Contest

The contest will consist of 2 semi-finals and a final.

Visual design

The theme for the contest, "#WeAreTheMediterranean", was unveiled on the 22 September 2018 on the contest's Google+ Community.

Presenters

Inis Neziri and Lorela Sejdini were chosen to be the presenters of the contest on the 19 September 2018, just after Albania won the previous edition.

Running order

The running order for the semi-finals was made randomly and the reveal took place on the 10 October 2018 on the contest's Google+ Community. The Grand Final running order will also be made randomly, and it will be revealed after semi-final 2.

Participating Countries

File:Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 5 Semi Final Map.svg

     Countries in the first semi-final
     Countries voting in the first semi-final
     Countries in the second semi-final
     Countries voting in the second semi-final

Returning artists

Elvana Gjata - represented Kosovo in the first edition.

INNA - represented Romania in the third edition along with Dannic.

Mona Haydar - represented Syria in the first and third editions.

Opitz Barbi - represented Hungary in the fourth edition along with Herceg and Missh.

Semi-final 1

Albania, Greece, and Serbia will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Morocco	Loreen	"Hate The Way I Love You"
02	Hungary	Opitz Barbi	"Végem"
03	Israel	Daniel Yafe	"Im Zu Ahava"
04	FYR Macedonia	Lozano	"JAKO JAKO"
05	Croatia	Domenica	"Vidi Se Iz Aviona"
06	Liechtenstein	Beyond The Black	"Million Lightyears"
07	San Marino	Chanty	"Ritornerai"
08	Bulgaria	Yoana	"Issa Game"
09	Spain	Anael	"Glow"
10	Malta	Brooke Borg	"Heart Of Gold"
11	Syria	Mona Haydar	"Barbarian"
12	Vatican City	Alessia Cara	"Growing Pains"
13	France	Paradis	"Toi Et Moi"

Semi-final 2

Andorra, Egypt, and Portugal will also vote in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Monaco	Jain	"Alright"
02	Lebanon	Brigit Yaghi	"Alby W Omry"
03	Montenegro	Šako Polumenta & Lexington	"Stranac"
04	Kosovo	Elvana Gjata	"Ku Vajti"
05	Slovenia	Ines Erbus	"Ti I Ja"
06	Turkey	Eves Karydas	"There For You"
07	Romania	INNA	"No Help"
08	Algeria	Balti feat. Hamouda	"Ya Lili"
09	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira	"Caramela"
10	Italy	LP	"Lost On You"
11	Switzerland	Rykka	"Movies"
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maya Sar feat. Marijan Brkic Brk	"O Meni Nikom Ne Pričaj"
13	Gibraltar	Aura Dione	"I Will Love You Monday (365)"

Finalists

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Greece	Demy	"Too Late"
02	Malta	Brooke Borg	"Heart Of Gold"
03	Hungary	Opitz Barbi	"Végem"
04	Serbia	Andreana Čekić & Emir Đulović	"Cipele"
05	Portugal	April Ivy	"Be Ok"
06	Algeria	Balti feat. Hamouda	"Ya Lili"
07	Syria	Mona Haydar	"Barbarian"
08	Montenegro	Šako Polumenta & Lexington	"Stranac"
09	Slovenia	Ines Erbus	"Ti I Ja"
10	Spain	Anael	"Glow"
11	Liechtenstein	Beyond The Black	"Million Lightyears"
12	Israel	Daniel Yafe	"Im Zu Ahava"
13	Andorra	Reyko	"Hierba Mala"
14	Albania	Enca	"Rendez Vous"
15	Kosovo	Elvana Gjata	"Ku Vajti"
16	Egypt	Mekahal	"Saheer Layaly"
17	Turkey	Eves Karydas	"There For You"
18	Romania	INNA	"No Help"
19	Vatican City	Alessia Cara	"Growing Pains"
20	Morocco	Loreen	"Hate The Way I Love You"
21	Switzerland	Rykka	"Movies"
22	Italy	LP	"Lost On You"
23	Monaco	Jain	"Alright"
24	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira	"Caramela"
25	France	Paradis	"Toi Et Moi"
26	San Marino	Chanty	"Ritornerai"

Scoreboard

Semi-final 1

Split jury-online voting results
Place	Jury	Points	Online Voting	Points
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Semi-final 2

Split jury-online voting results
Place	Jury	Points	Online Voting	Points
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Final

Split jury-online voting results
Place	Jury	Points	Online Voting	Points
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Other countries

Austria - The Austrian broadcaster, ORF, gave no reasons as to why they did not participate.

Jordan - Despite initially confirming participation, JRTV announced on the 25 September 2018 that they had made no decision regarding whether they would participate or not. Jordan was not on the final list of participants released by the MBU on the 28 September 2018.

Libya - Despite initially confirming participation, LNC announced on the 25 September 2018 that they had not decided whether they would be in Tirana or not. Libya was not on the final list of participants released by the MBU on the 28 September 2018.

Tunisia - The Tunisian broadcaster, RTTT, confirmed on the 28 September 2018 that they would not participate due to financial issues.

Spokespersons

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

1. Malta - Ira Losco (Winner of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 3 for Malta)
2. Bulgaria - Mihaela Fileva
3. Montenegro - Nina Petković
4. Monaco - Lea Castel
5. Spain - Barei (Host of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 3, represented Spain at the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 4)
6. FYR Macedonia - TBA
7. Turkey - TBA
8. Andorra - alvaro soler
9. Lebanon - Mia Khalifa
10. Hungary - Freddie
11. Vatican City - Betta Lemme
12. Portugal - Luísa Sobral
13. San Marino - Valentina Monetta (Represented San Marino along with Joshua de Cadenex at the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 3)
14. Algeria - TBA
15. Kosovo - Mimoza
16. Greece - Helena Paparizou (Winner of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 1 for Greece, represented Cyprus at the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 2)
17. Slovenia - TBA
18. Israel - TBA
19. Switzerland - Kat Graham
20. Romania - Serena
21. Bosnia and Herzegovina - TBA
22. Syria - TBA
23. Italy - Marco Mengoni
24. Egypt - TBA
25. Gibraltar - Amy Macdonald (Represented Gibraltar at the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 2)
26. Serbia - Miljana Kulić
27. Cyprus - TBA
28. France - TBA
29. Liechtenstein - TBA
30. Croatia - Franka Batelić
31. Morocco - TBA
32. Albania - Kejsi Tola (Runner-up in Kënge Shqiptarë, the Albanian national selection)