World Song Contest

55 countries took part in the last edition of 2007, which started in November to end in December. Once again so many kinds of music were represented. Something for every taste we could say. With so many songs, the results of the semi finals led to some disappointments. Even songs which received several 12 points didn't manage to qualify. Votes went, once again, in all directions.

The situation repeated itself in the final. If we except the winner, which received 77 votes more than the runner-up, only a few points decided which songs could reach the top 10. And the results of the semi finals were once again far from the results some songs achieved in the final. The Philippines came second in their heat but didn't reach the top 20 of the final. San Marino won its heat but couldn't do better than the 16th position in the final. On the other hand, Germany, which was used to do well in semi finals but not in final, received enough vote for a 5th position in the final, after a 3rd position in its heat.

The last winner of 2007 came from the United Kingdom. Despite sending songs from some of their biggest artists, the UK never managed to win the contest. It's finally a new talent which helped them to win the title. The song "Bleeding Love" took an early lead and, as the votes went on, there was no doubt it would be the final winner. USA took the second position, and took the first position in the Nations League Table as the best country of the World Song Contest, in term of top 10 positions. France completed the podium.

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THE WINNER

Country: United Kingdom
Artist(s): Leona Lewis
Song: Bleeding Love

A striking young woman with a strong vocal resemblance to the young Whitney Houston and a large mop of blonde corkscrew curls, Leona Lewis won the third series of the British reality talent show The X Factor in a landslide. Born and raised in the Islington section of north London, Lewis won a talent show at the age of 13 and devoted herself to music thereafter, eventually graduating from the prestigious BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. While working as a receptionist and pizza waitress and writing her own material, Lewis auditioned for The X Factor in the summer of 2006 and won the third series competition in December of that year. Lewis' debut single, a soulful cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" (Clarkson's own debut American Idol showcase single), was the number one single in the U.K. at the turn of the year, including the coveted "Christmas number one." Along with her TV-driven U.K. success, Lewis signed an American recording deal with Clive Davis' J Records in February 2007. By the end of the year, she had launched her debut album, Spirit, in England, and watched it go to the top of the charts (along with the single "Bleeding Love"). The American release followed in 2008, and with similar success; it reached the top of the Billboard 200 and received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Album. Echo, Lewis' follow-up, was issued in 2009, featuring collaborations with Ryan Tedder, Xenomania, and Timbaland.