Golden Contest 2

Golden Contest 2
Golden Contest 2 was held in Sevastopol (Ukraine), because Anna Trincher won the first edition. It was the first edition with semifinals and with one curiosity. Ellie Goulding represented UK and Scotland. After the second the edition the rule was invented that an artist could only represent one country in the contest.

Participants
A huge amount of 34 participants took part in the second edition. Eleven participants more than in the first edition

Debuting countries

 * Algeria
 * Puerto Rico
 * Australia
 * Estonia
 * Albania
 * Lithuania
 * Russia
 * France
 * Latvia
 * UK
 * Belarus
 * Hungary
 * Italy

Withdrawing countries

 * Switzerland
 * Chile

Semifinals
In the first semifinal 16 countries participated, in semifinal 2 17 countries participated. The host and winner from last edition Ukraine was qualified automatically. The best 11 countries qualified.

Final
23 countries partcipated in the Grand Final. The draw of the running order was completely random. After a few votes it was clear that only 2 countries could win, Germany and UK, but in the end UK recieved more votes and won the competition. Back to Menu