Fantasia Contest 9

The Fantasia Contest 9 will be the ninth edition of the Fantasia Contest. It will take place in Danskanksova, following their win in the previous edition with Jenni Vartiainen and the song "Turvasana". The contest consisted of three semi-finals and the grand final. The shows were hosted by Anke Engelke, Francois Sagat, FKA Twigs and Alexander Wang.

Fifty-four countries sent their entries to Söndje], three more than the previous edition. [[Glaray returned to the contest after not participating for one edition. Inotyol, Juliana and Llort debuted; meanwhile, Amelia withdrew from the contest.

Aquia reigned victorious in the contest, after a tense voting process, with Eva Simons and the song "Guaya". Aquia scored 460 points, 7 more than the runner-up, Lanovina. Glaray also achieved their best result to date, placing 3rd with 421 points and Dýria was the only automatic qualifier to make the top 5, placing 4th. Scandavia rounded out the top 5.

Of the automatic qualifiers, Dýria placed in the top 5, as previously mentioned; host country Danskanksova placed 6th, Evergreen placed 12th, Demacia placed 20th, and Jarea placed last.

Format
The competition consisted of three semi-finals and a final. The countries with the highest score in each semi-final qualified to participate in the final, alongside the big five, the countries that were in the top 5 in the previous edition.

Semi-final allocation draw
The six pots were as follows:

Results
It was confirmed that fifty countries would perform in Söndje. One semi-final contained 17 participants, the other two contained 16.

Semi-final 1
and also voted in this semi final.

Semi-final 2
also voted in this semi final.

Semi-final 3
and also voted in this semi final.

Other countries
To be eligible to participate in the Fantasia Contest, a country is required to be an active member of the Fantasia Broadcasting Association (FBA). The FBA issued an invitation to all active members of the FBA to participate in the contest.

Active FBA members

 * : The Amelian national broadcaster decided to withdraw from the edition due to Amelia's recent failures to qualify.