World Song Festival 2023 is ready to start. Like 2022 we will have eight preselections with the independent nations of the world, then four preselections with non-sovereign areas. After that there will be a “second chance” preselection for the non-sovereign and we will end with a last preselection where the best non-qualifiers get a “second chance” altogether. After these 14 preselections the final will start with the 100 songs that qualified.

The top 10 from each of the eight preselections with independent nations will qualify for the final, with the songs placing 11th to 14th getting a “second chance”.
The winner of each of the four preselections of non-sovereign areas will qualify directly to the final. The songs ending 2nd to 12th in these preselections will go to the “second chance” for non-sovereign areas (preselection 13).
From this preselection the top 2 will qualify for the final, while the songs placing 3rd to 12th will get another “second chance” with the independent countries. From the “second chance” (the 14th 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 20.00 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

PRESELECTIONS 2023

PRESELECTION 1 – 8th of January to 18th of January

Participants:
Aruba, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Cape Verde, Chile, Comoros, Denmark, Estonia, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Ireland, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Myanmar, Nigeria, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Somalia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu and Uruguay.

QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Chile, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Palestine, Romania, Russia and Turkmenistan.

QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Aruba, Cape Verde, Denmark, Ghana and Guyana.

PRESELECTION 2 – 18th of January to 29th of January

Participants:
Belize, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, France, Indonesia, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Tunisia, Uganda and Vanuatu.

QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Eritrea, France, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malta, Philippines, South Korea, Spain and Tunisia.

QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Portugal, Puerto Rico and South Africa.

PRESELECTION 3 – 29th of January to 8th of February

Participants:
Angola, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, Croatia, Georgia, Grenada, India, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Montenegro, Nauru, Niue, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago and Ukraine.

QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Belgium, Colombia, Croatia, Georgia, India, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Tajikistan, Tanzania and Ukraine.

QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Angola, Bahrain, Cambodia and Taiwan.

PRESELECTION 4 – 8th of February to 19th of February

Participants:
Algeria, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei-Darussalam, DR Congo, Hungary, Iceland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Malaysia, Moldova, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, North Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Sudan, Syria, Tonga and Zambia.

QUALIFIED FOR FINAL:
Algeria, Iceland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Moldova, Namibia, Paraguay, Serbia and Zambia.

QUALIFIED FOR "SECOND CHANCE":
Brazil, Brunei-Darussalam, Malaysia and Poland.

PRESELECTION 5 – 19th of February to 1st of March

Participants:
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica, Ecuador, Finland, Gambia, Jordan, Laos, Mali, Micronesia, Monaco, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sint Maarten, Sweden, Timor-Leste, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Vietnam.

PRESELECTIONS 6 – 1st of March to 12th of March

Participants:
Albania, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Germany, Guinea, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Pakistan, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tomé & Principe, Slovakia, Thailand, USA and Uzbekistan.

PRESELECTION 7 – 12th of March to 23rd of March

Participants:
Andorra, Australia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Netherlands, Niger, Norway, Palau, Panama, Switzerland, Venezuela, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

PRESELECTION 8 – 23rd of March to 2nd of April

Participants:
Afghanistan, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Gabon, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, Saint Lucia, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka and Vatican City.

PRESELECTION 9 – 2nd of April to 16th of April

Participants:
Non-sovereign areas.

PRESELECTION 10 – 16th of April to 30th of April

Participants:
Non-sovereign areas.

PRESELECTION 11 – 30th of April to 14th of May

Participants:
Non-sovereign areas.

PRESELECTION 12 – 14th of May to 28th of May

Participants:
Non-sovereign areas.

PRESELECTION 13 “non-sovereign second chance” – 28th of May to 7th of June

Participants:
Best non-qualifiers from preselections 9, 10, 11 and 12.

PRESELECTION 14 “second chance” – 7th of June to 18th of June

Participants:
Best non-qualifiers from the previous 13 preselections.

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