World Song Contest
when Music rules the World
The Story Goes On...
 We already had some close victories in the past. Sometimes 1 point was enough to make a winner. But for its 30th edition, the World Song Contest had still some surprises to offer. This edition started in September 2007 with a record of 55 participants from all over the world, including New Zealand, which took part for the first time. It's always hard to say if the quality of an edition was better than an other. But with the results, we can see if it was hard to vote or not. And this time, songs which had more than 70 points didn't reach the top 20, while in some previous edition it was enough for a top 10. So does it gives hints ? Well maybe not. It just show that this edition had so many different kind of songs that people couldn't really have the same way to vote. It's also not that often we have a so "intercontinental" results with three European countries (if we say Turkey is a European country), two Asian countries and one African country in the top 6. So the results were full of surprises. For the first time ever, we had a tie for the first position. Liechtenstein took an early lead during the live coverage but Luxembourg, and then South Africa came back to share the trophy. But we have rules. And rules say the victory go to the country which received votes from the higher number of countries. South Africa received votes from 18 countreis, Luxembourg from 16 countries. So with 109 points, Freshlyground with the song "Doo Bee Doo" took the victory. But as it's always hard to see something like this, both song will be considered as winner. It's only for the statistics that it matters... But WSC is not about statistics, it's about music ! >> Your Comments | THE WINNER Country: South Africa
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A South African Afro-fusion band, Freshlyground came together in Cape Town in 2002. Led by singer Zolani Mahola, and featuring Simon Attwell on flute, mbira and harmonica, Peter Cohen on drums, Kyla Rose Smith on violin, Julio “Gugs” Sigauque on acoustic guitar, Josh Hawks on bass guitar and Seredeal “Shaggy” Scheepers on keyboards and percussion, Freshlyground blended traditional kwela and African folk with jazz, blues and an indie rock sensibility into a distinctive and refreshing style and sound. The group released a debut album, Jika Jika, in 2003, following it with Nomvula in 2004, Ma’ Cheri in 2007, and Radio Africa in 2010.The Results
>> Semi Finals >> Scoreboard
| 1 |
| South Africa | Freshlyground: Doo Be Doo | 109 pts |
| 2 |
| Luxembourg | Sébastien Tellier: La Ritournelle | 109 pts |
| 3 |
| Liechtenstein | Krypteria: Victoriam Speramus | 107 pts |
| 4 |
| Iran | Nazanin: Someday (The Revolution Song) | 104 pts |
| 5 |
| Turkey | Grup Hepsi: Aşk Sakızı | 100 pts |
| 6 |
| China | Han Hong: Tian Lu | 99 pts |
| 7 |
| Serbia | Sanja Ilic & Balkanika: Balkan Vocals | 98 pts |
| 8 |
| Norway | Sandra Lyng Haugen: Døgnvill | 95 pts |
| 9 |
| United States of America | Tori Amos: Big Wheel | 93 pts |
| 10 |
| Ireland | Dolores O'Riordan: Ordinary Day | 92 pts |
| 11 |
| Israel | Maya Buskila: Say That You Will | 86 pts |
| 12 |
| Puerto Rico | Chayanne: Torero | 86 pts |
| 13 |
| Italy | Gigi D'Alessio & Lara Fabian: Un Cuore Malato | 85 pts |
| 14 |
| Poland | Mosqitoo: Celebrate | 84 pts |
| 15 |
| Colombia | Fanny Lú: No Te Pido Flores | 82 pts |
| 16 |
| Iceland | Amiina: Hilli | 81 pts |
| 17 |
| Belgium | Ozark Henry & Martina Topley-Bird: We Were Never Alone | 80 pts |
| 18 |
| United Kingdom | Hard-Fi: Suburban Knights | 79 pts |
| 19 |
| Canada | Conjure One ft. Sinead O'Connor: Tears From The Moon | 77 pts |
| 20 |
| Argentina | Diego Torres & Juan Luis Guerra: Abriendo Caminos | 77 pts |
| 21 |
| Germany | Miss Platnum: Give Me The Food | 73 pts |
| 22 |
| France | Claire Diterzi: Princesse Arabe | 71 pts |
| 23 |
| The Philippines | Lea Salonga: Triumph Of The One | 69 pts |
| 24 |
| Uzbekistan | Sogdiana: Serdce Magnit | 65 pts |
| 25 |
| The Netherlands | After Forever: Energize Me | 59 pts |
| 26 |
| Austria | Bernhard Eder: Cute | 57 pts |
| 27 |
| Denmark | Julie: Every Little Part Of Me | 51 pts |
| 28 |
| Japan | YUI: Good-Bye Days | 50 pts |
| 29 |
| Spain | El Canto Del Loco: Besos | 43 pts |
| 30 |
| Monaco | Emmanuel Moire: Le Sourire | 43 pts |
| 31 |
| Malta | Ira Losco: Arms Of The Ones... | 32 pts |
| 32 |
| Lebanon | Karina Nawaly: Ya Rayt Bshoufak | DNQ |
| 33 |
| Venezuela | Etronica: Cosa Divina | DNQ |
| 34 |
| Sweden | September: Can't Get Over | DNQ |
| 35 |
| Lithuania | Rasa & Jonas: Anoj Pusėj Nemuno | DNQ |
| 36 |
| South Korea | Nemesis: Rose De Versailles | DNQ |
| 37 |
| Andorra | Whiskyn's: Silenci | DNQ |
| 38 |
| Australia | Cosima De Vito: One Night Without You | DNQ |
| 39 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Hari Mata Hari: Zar Je To Jos Od Nas Ostalo | DNQ |
| 40 |
| F.Y.R. of Macedonia | Tose Proeski: Igri Bez Granici | DNQ |
| 41 |
| Portugal | Mané: As I Call You Up | DNQ |
| 42 |
| Mexico | Gloria Trevi: Todos Me Miran | DNQ |
| 43 |
| Greece | Despina Vandi: Gia | DNQ |
| 44 |
| Vatican City | Romina Falconi: Ama | DNQ |
| 45 |
| Russia | Elena Terleeva: Solnce | DNQ |
| 46 |
| Brazil | Adryana & A Rapaziada: Anjo Do Amor | DNQ |
| 47 |
| Hungary | Desperado: Csak Egy Perc... | DNQ |
| 48 |
| New Zealand | Pearl: Fallacy | DNQ |
| 49 |
| Albania | Luiz Ejlli: I Besoj | DNQ |
| 50 |
| Finland | Kalmah: The Groan Of Wind | DNQ |
| 51 |
| San Marino | Gianni Fiorellino: Ricomincerei | DNQ |
| 52 |
| Romania | El Negro: Ploaia | DNQ |
| 53 |
| Slovenia | Atomik Harmonik: Goveja Župca | DNQ |
| 54 |
| Ukraine | Verka Serduchka: Kievskiy Vokzal | DNQ |
| 55 |
| Estonia | Def Räädu & J.O.C. feat. Sofia Rubina: Kuningas Ei Eksi | DNQ |
