World Song Contest

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59 songs competed for a place in the WSC .47 final. It seems the decision was hard to take as for the last qualification spot in Heat A and B, it was a really close race. Saint Kitts & Nevis failed to qualify as, with the same score, the song received 20 votes, one less than Italy. In the same heat, Croatia also missed the final for one point, just like the Netherlands in heat B. Things were a little bit easier in Heat C as Monaco had an advance of 10 points over Vietnam.

On a possible maximum score of 360 points, Canada received 182 points, so a little bit more than 50%. Enough to win these semi finals. Despite a score of 210 points, Portugal came second while Argentina, which came first in heat A, only finished 7th, all heats mixed. United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden and even Brazil, which came 4th in Heat C, did better.

It appears in the scoreboard that Romania didn't vote, but in fact, there was a mistake in the votes. Romania couldn't correct this in time as the mail to warn about that was sent on the last day of the voting period. That's why Romania was allowed to go to the final, but that the votes were not counted in the semi finals results. On the other hand, Cyprus didn't vote at all, and was then disqualified. The jury decided that Estonia had to take the available spot. The jury also decided to give a chance to Venezuela (Heat A), Morocco (Heat B) and San Marino (Heat C).