The fourth edition of the World Song Contest was launched on June 15th. For the first time, more than 30 countries took part and semi finals were created to limit the final to 24 countries. A selection that was finally easy to do as several countries didn't vote for the semi finals and were disqualified. Some countries participated for the first time: Austria, Mexico, Monaco, Moldova, Iran and the Philippines while Denmark, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary and Turkey made their come back to raise the number of participants to 32. It has to be said that only Africa hasn't been represented yet. It was previously noticed that international hits were not really succesful in the World Song Contest. Another evidence with Moldova's entry sung by O-Zone who scored a international summer hit in 2004 but didn't reach the top 10 here. Big stars weren't more succesful as Dannii Minogue qualified for the final thanks to the disqualification of other countries and finished last of the final for Australia. In the WSC bettings, which tries to predict the winner of the World Song Contest, Moldova appeared as a top favourite, mainly because it was a number 1 hit already known by almost every participants. Bulgaria came second of the prediction, followed by Romania and the Philippines who shared the third position. Only Romania was really in the top 3. Denmark, with the song Revelations day performed by Twoface, became the fourth winner of the World Song Contest while Greece finished second for the second time. >> Your Comments
| THE WINNER
Country: Denmark
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>> Semi Finals >> Scoreboard
| 1 |
| Denmark | Twoface: Revelations Day | 115 pts |
| 2 |
| Greece | Alkistis Protopsalti: O Aggelos Mou | 104 pts |
| 3 |
| Romania | Akcent: Dragoste De Inchiriat | 103 pts |
| 4 |
| Poland | Smolik feat. Mika Urbaniak: Om | 86 pts |
| 5 |
| The Philippines | Piolo Pascual: Kailangan Kita | 86 pts |
| 6 |
| Cyprus | Michalis Hatziyannis: Pou 'Ne I Agapi | 82 pts |
| 7 |
| Iran | Arash: Boro Boro | 78 pts |
| 8 |
| Hungary | Nox: Csak Jatssz! | 68 pts |
| 9 |
| Estonia | Vanilla Ninja: Why | 66 pts |
| 10 |
| Serbia & Montenegro | Ivana Jordan: Svetlo Koje Trazim | 64 pts |
| 11 |
| Sweden | Darin: Why Does It Rain | 63 pts |
| 12 |
| Moldova | O-Zone: Dragostea Din Tei | 60 pts |
| 13 |
| United States of America | Kelly Clarkson: Behind These Hazel Eyes | 53 pts |
| 14 |
| Monaco | Laura Presgurvic: Nous N' Sommes Pas | 52 pts |
| 15 |
| Bulgaria | Rushi Vidinliev: Il Ritmo Del Mio Cuore | 48 pts |
| 16 |
| Turkey | Tarkan: Dudu | 46 pts |
| 17 |
| Iceland | Írafár: Leyndarmál | 37 pts |
| 18 |
| Belgium | Vincent Venet: Piments De Lune | 34 pts |
| 19 |
| Germany | Die Ärzte: Unrockbar | 33 pts |
| 20 |
| Portugal | Mariza: Feira de Castro | 33 pts |
| 21 |
| Russia | Smash!!: The Real Thing | 33 pts |
| 22 |
| Mexico | Thalia: No Me Enseñaste | 32 pts |
| 23 |
| The Netherlands | Jan Smit: Sta Op (En Dans Met Mij) | 29 pts |
| 24 |
| Australia | Dannii Minogue: You Won't Forget About Me | 19 pts |
| 25 |
| France | Eve Angeli: Viens | DSQ |
| 26 |
| Croatia | Colonia: 1001 Noc | DSQ |
| 27 |
| F.Y.R. of Macedonia | Synthesis feat. Tose Proeski: Oj Devojce, Devojce | DSQ |
| 28 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Dino Merlin & Nina Badric: Ti Si Mene | DSQ |
| 29 |
| Austria | Die Falschen Freunde: Wien | DNQ |
| 30 |
| United Kingdom | Beverley Knight: Keep This Fire Burning | DSQ |
| 31 |
| Lithuania | Marijonas Mikutavicius: Pasveikinkit Vieni Kitus | DNQ |
| 32 |
| Canada | Isabelle Boulay: Tout Un Jour | DNQ |