50 is a number that matters. First of all, when the World Song Contest started, noone could predict it would last more than one year. Not only it did, but it also reached the symbol that this number represent. So for the 50th edition of the World Song Contest, we had 57 songs from 57 countries from all over the world. For this special moment in the history of the contest, a special request was asked to the players: no ESC related artists, no International Big Stars, and even no Pop Idol participants... Most of the players gave a positive answer to this request, but some ignored it. So once again, and as usual, we had all this names we are familiar to. But hey, except for the USA, and Green Day, none of them really managed to achieve a good result. Was it a sign ? For once some countries we've hardly seen in a final, when semi finals were organized, did qualify. FYR of Macedonia, for instance, or Montenegro, or Saint Kitts & Nevis. This showed that when you have the song, you can really do something. And this is what Montenegro did. Not only they reached their best result in WSC, but they managed to win their heat in the semi finals and found a place in the top 5 of the final. The winner of this 50th edition had to be decided between four songs, from Iceland, with the hit "Jungle Drum", to Brazil, and the two representatives of Oceania, Australia and New Zealand. It is the first time that Brazil collected most of its points from several of our Brazilian players to reach the top (66 points out of 117) but it was not enough against Iceland, which took the second place with a total of 22 votes received (the record of this edition) with the same amount of points. The victory surprisingly went to New Zealand, with the song "Her Hairagami Set" performed by The Brunettes. This was New Zealand's second victory in WSC. >> Your Comments
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>> Semi Finals >> Scoreboard
| 1 |
| New Zealand | The Brunettes: Her Hairagami Set | 121 pts |
| 2 |
| Iceland | Emilíana Torrini: Jungle Drum | 117 pts |
| 3 |
| Brazil | Thiago Iorc: Scared | 117 pts |
| 4 |
| Australia | Empire of the Sun: We Are The People | 114 pts |
| 5 |
| Montenegro | Jovana Mustur: San | 108 pts |
| 6 |
| United States of America | Green Day: Know Your Enemy | 103 pts |
| 7 |
| Portugal | Rita Redshoes: Choose Love | 98 pts |
| 8 |
| Serbia | Vasilisa: Oblak | 95 pts |
| 9 |
| Mexico | Diego González: Millón de Años | 90 pts |
| 10 |
| Israel | Harel Skaat: Muvan Li Achshav | 86 pts |
| 11 |
| Andorra | Antònia Font: Wa Yeah! | 86 pts |
| 12 |
| Sweden | Mando Diao: Dance With Somebody | 79 pts |
| 13 |
| Liechtenstein | Fotos: Du Fehlst Mir | 78 pts |
| 14 |
| Monaco | Alister: Qu'est-ce Qu'on Va Faire de Toi ? | 77 pts |
| 15 |
| Switzerland | Sophie Hunger: Walzer für Niemand | 75 pts |
| 16 |
| The Philippines | M.Y.M.P.: Tibok Ng Puso | 74 pts |
| 17 |
| France | Sébastien Schuller: Open Organ | 69 pts |
| 18 |
| United Kingdom | Noisettes: Don't Upset The Rhythm | 68 pts |
| 19 |
| Spain | Pastora: Circuitos de Lujo | 68 pts |
| 20 |
| Albania | Mariza Ikonomi: Për Ty | 60 pts |
| 21 |
| Belgium | Daan: Icon | 57 pts |
| 22 |
| F.Y.R. of Macedonia | Miyatta: Nema Da Pomine | 57 pts |
| 23 |
| The Netherlands | Mala Vita: Balkanize | 57 pts |
| 24 |
| Turkey | Yalın: Herşey Sensin | 54 pts |
| 25 |
| Italy | Arisa: Io Sono | 54 pts |
| 26 |
| Quebec | Catherine Major: Dans l'Eau-Delà | 53 pts |
| 27 |
| Norway | Leaves' Eyes: Ankomst | 50 pts |
| 28 |
| Uruguay | Eli-u: Flash | 50 pts |
| 29 |
| Japan | Maaya Sakamoto: Bike | 49 pts |
| 30 |
| Poland | Natalia Lesz: Sexuality | 46 pts |
| 31 |
| Greenland | Angu: Front Row Girl | 43 pts |
| 32 |
| India | Smita: Varaanae Vaaraanae | 41 pts |
| 33 |
| Russia | Polina Gagarina & Irina Dubcova: Komu, Zachem? | 38 pts |
| 34 |
| Vatican City | Gianna Nannini: Attimo | 37 pts |
| 35 |
| Argentina | Kevin Johansen + The Nada feat. Ileana Cabra: Logo | 36 pts |
| 36 |
| Cuba | Joe & Omara Portuondo: Libertad (Desde Mi Tierra) | 29 pts |
| 37 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | Joan Armatrading: D.N.A | 18 pts |
| 38 |
| Indonesia | Agnes Monica: Matahariku | DSQ |
| 39 |
| Estonia | Sõpruse Puiestee: Ma Olen Õnnelik, Et Inimesed On Nii Ilusad Ja Head | DSQ |
| 40 |
| Romania | Keo: Falling High | DNQ |
| 41 |
| Canada | Raine Maida: Yellow Brick Road | DNQ |
| 42 |
| South Korea | Sheean: The Stellar Song | DNQ |
| 43 |
| Belarus | Rokash: Vosen' | DNQ |
| 44 |
| Venezuela | Héctor Montaner: Amor del Bueno | DNQ |
| 45 |
| Azerbaijan | Elnarə: Ay Qız, Oyan! | DNQ |
| 46 |
| Hungary | Magdi Rúzsa: Hip-Hop | DNQ |
| 47 |
| Finland | Irina: Pokka | DNQ |
| 48 |
| South Africa | Gazelle: Chic Afrique | DNQ |
| 49 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Nermin Puškar: Novi Svijet | DNQ |
| 50 |
| Greece | Natassa Bofiliou: Me Tsigara Varia | DNQ |
| 51 |
| Cape Verde | Carlos Silva feat. Nelson Freitas & Q-Plus: Cré Sabe | DNQ |
| 52 |
| Luxembourg | Marc Lavoine: Je Me Sens Si Seul | DNQ |
| 53 |
| Ireland | John Spillane feat Juliet Turner: Will We Be Brilliant Or What? | DSQ |
| 54 |
| Croatia | Igor Ivanović: Uzmi Me | DNQ |
| 55 |
| Armenia | Marianna Hovhannisyan: Marianna | DNQ |
| 56 |
| China | Soler: Kui | DNQ |
| 57 |
| Czech Republic | Trollech: Ve Stínu Starých Dubů | DNQ |