The World Song Festival 2021 is ready to start. Like last year we will have 8 preselections with the independent nations of the world, then 3 preselections with non-sovereign areas and we will end with 1 preselection where the best non-qualifiers get a “second chance”. After these preselections the time has come for the final with 100 songs.
The top 10 from each of the 8 preselections with independent nations will qualify for the final, with the songs placing 11th to 14th getting a “second chance”.
The top 3 from each of the 3 preselections with non-sovereign areas will qualify for the final, while the songs ending 4th to 6th will get a “second chance”.
From the “second chance” (the 12th preselection) the top 10 will qualify for the final.
At the end the organiser will select 4 remaining songs of the ones not qualifying and give them a “wildcard” for the final.
The preselections start on the date given, while voting ends at 18.00 CET at the last day given. Please notice that the first 8 preselections have 10 days to vote, while the last 4 preselections have 14 days to vote.
If you want to vote in the preselections, please contact the organiser on this e-mail: info@worldsongfestival.org
Please note the deadline for voting in each preselection is at 18:00 CET on the day the preselection ends.
PRESELECTION 1 – 17th of January to 27th of January
Participants:
Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Gambia, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malta, Marshall Islands, Nepal, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Timor Leste and Tonga.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Cape Verde, Croatia, Estonia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania and Slovakia.
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Bolivia, Iceland, Malta and Nicaragua.
PRESELECTION 2 – 27th of January to 7th of February
Participants:
Austria, Belarus, Benin, Brunei-Darussalam, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Curacao, Cyprus, Eritrea, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Maldives, Monaco, Nauru, Nigeria, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten and Sweden.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Austria, Belarus, Cyprus, Eritrea, Greece, Guatemala, India, Japan, Nigeria and Sweden.
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Cameroon, Haiti, Seychelles and Sint Maarten.
PRESELECTION 3 – 7th of February to 17th of February
Participants:
Albania, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahrain, Bhutan, Belgium, China, Costa Rica, Fiji, Finland, Guyana, Hungary, Kiribati, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, North Korea, Panama, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Albania, Antigua & Barbuda, Belgium, China, Costa Rica, Finland, Hungary, Mozambique, Netherlands and Slovenia.
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Fiji, Malaysia, Panama and Sri Lanka.
PRESELECTION 4 – 17th of February to 28th of February
Participants:
Afghanistan, Angola, Aruba, Cambodia, Congo, Ethiopia, Germany, Israel, Jamaica, Libya, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Somalia and South Sudan.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Afghanistan, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, Palestine, Paraguay, Poland and Serbia.
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Ethiopia, Moldova, Papua New Guinea and San Marino.
PRESELECTION 5 – 28th of February to 10th of March
Participants:
Armenia, Argentina, Australia, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ghana, Iran, Ireland, Kuwait, Laos, Luxembourg, Myanmar, Niger, Niue, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Togo, Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zambia.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and USA.
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Colombia, Iran, Myanmar and Uzbekistan.
PRESELECTIONS 6 – 10th of March to 21st of March
Participants:
Andorra, Botswana, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Malawi, Mali, Micronesia, Montenegro, Palau, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Thailand, Vatican City, Vietnam and Yemen.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Andorra, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, Rwanda and Vietnam.
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Botswana, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Palau and Thailand.
PRESELECTION 7 – 21st of March to 31st of March
Participants:
Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Comoros, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guinea, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Mauritania, Morocco, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Pakistan, South Korea, Switzerland, Syria, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu and United Arab Emirates.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Denmark, France, New Zealand, North Macedonia, South Korea, Switzerland, Syria and Tunisia.
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Algeria, Azerbaijan, Cuba, El Salvador and Morocco.
PRESELECTION 8 – 31st of March to 11th of April
Participants:
Bangladesh, Belize, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Dominica, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Georgia, Guinea Bissau, Honduras, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Sao Tomé & Principe, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Vanuatu.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Bulgaria, Georgia, Portugal, Russia, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Vanuatu.
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
DR Congo, Eswatini, Philippines and Tajikistan.
PRESELECTION 9 – 11th of April to 25th of April
Participants:
Non-sovereign areas.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Central Andes Mountains and Northern Ireland.
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Hong Kong, Ingushetia, Tatarstan and Zulu South Africa.
PRESELECTION 10 – 25th of April to 9th of May
Participants:
Non-sovereign areas.
Qualified for final:
Afrikaans South Africa and French Guiana
Qualified for "second chance":
Altai, Dagestan, Faroe Islands and Macau
PRESELECTION 11 – 9th of May to 23rd of May
Participants:
Non-sovereign areas.
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Catalonia and Xhosa South Africa
QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Anjouan, Gaelic Ireland, Sabah, Sakha and Sardinia
PRESELECTION 12 “second chance” – 23rd of May to 6th of June
Participants:
Best non-qualifiers from previous 11 preselections
QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Algeria, Altai, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Gaelic Ireland, Hong Kong, Ingushetia, Malta, Sakha and Zulu South Africa.
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