Fantasia Contest 15

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Fantasia Contest 15
Face Your Destiny
Host
VenueArena Estambla, Estambla, Torlova
Presenter(s)Gülşen
Ece Seçkin
Kerimcan Durmaz
Executive supervisorMarika Wolfe
Executive producerAlper Sametoğlu
Host broadcasterTorlova TVT
Participants
Number of entries50
Debuting countries Drevona
 Sincuerello
 Yster
Returning countries Glaray
 Wyvernbourne
Withdrawing countries Ermy
 Foxtavia
 Lab Rador
 Pacifica
 Te Ao
 United States of Eldance
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting
Winning song Alkyria
"Gush"

The Fantasia Contest 15 was the fifteenth edition of the Fantasia Contest. It took place in Torlova, following their win in the previous edition with Est-Her and the song "Last Minute Wedding".

Fifty countries participated in fifteenth edition. Drevona, Sincuerello and Yster debuted, Glaray and Wyvernbourne returned, Ermy, Foxtavia, Lab Rador, Pacifica, Te Ao and US Eldance withdrew.

The winner was Shygirl with song "Gush" from Alkyria with 413 points, with a margin of 7 points. This was Alkyria's second win, the first being in fourth edition. Second place went to Achróa, who archieved their best result, third place went to Yster, who became the recent country to gain automatic qualification for the next edition on their debut, fourth place went to Danskanksova, fifth place went to Zylofonija. The televote runner-up Atlandia missed automatic qualification by only two points.

Of members of "Big 5", Demacia finished higher at 7th, the host country Torlova finished 17th, Pashlanahuy finished 23rd, Frootania finished 24th, archieving their worst result in the grand final until seventeenth edition, Scandavia finished 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:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Results

It was confirmed that fifty countries would perform in Estambla. Each semi final contained 15 semi finalists.

Semi-final 1

 Demacia and  Pashlanahuy also voted in this semi final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points


01  Jarea Gugudan "Not That Type" 10 119


02  Ruyjin Republic Hatchie "Without a Blush" 11 110


03  Trivania Röyksopp "What Else Is There?" 13 107


04  Aquia Conan Osíris "Titanique" 1 211


05  Evergreen Oyinda "Never Enough" 4 155


06  Corzazjan Bazart feat. Eefje de Visser "Onder Ons" 7 125


07  Lakadamia Cœur de pirate "Somnambule" 8 125


08  Vradiazi NDS feat. Evangeline "Fantasize" 3 170


09  Juliana Declan McKenna "Why Do You Feel so Down?" 5 155


10  Wyvernbourne Slayyyter "Alone" 9 125


11  Yster Kashiwa Daisuke "Roar" 2 208


12  Moly-Boronia Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra "Adagio for Strings" 15 68


13  Vikyirie Sundara Karma "Flame" 6 144


14  Taslana Liphemra "Feel Nothing" 14 98


15  Equaland BLOW "You Killed Me on the Moon" 12 110

Semi-final 2

 Scandavia also voted in this semi final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points


01  Shinkoyu Fever "Ghost World" 11 83


02  Lidonia Georgia "Move Systems" 6 134


03  Glacea Maya B "Selenas" 8 127


04  Lanovina Ida Kudo "Wolf" 7 127


05  Onduria Raffaella "Bruce Willis" 10 96


06  Niolskiaj Kumi Koda "W Face" 9 119


07  Ainigma The Galactic Effect "Wings of the Pariah" 13 74


08  Glaray Steven Price "Gravity" 12 81


09  Zylofonija Isador "Jungle" 2 221


10  Achróa Anna von Hausswolff "The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra" 1 240


11  Golden Land Tayla Parx "Me vs. Us" 14 71


12  Sirenforest Little Mix "A Different Beat" 15 46


13  Fordia Ekat Bork "Zhivago" 5 144


14  Alkyria Shygirl "Gush" 3 186


15  Sincuerello Steven Wilson feat. Ninet Tayeb "Pariah" 4 165

Semi-final 3

 Frootania and  Torlova also voted in this semi final.

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points


01  Dýria Samaris "Góða tungl" 7 151


02  Levalle JUTRØ & Linda "Travva" 10 102


03  Ninelie Ólafur Arnalds "Only the Winds" 6 158


04  Hwaesonna Wednesday Campanella "The Bamboo Princess" 11 101


05  Flírskmasto Dzivia "Dziekuje Palavańnie" 3 195


06  Maronesia July Jones "Jump in the Water" 12 101


07  Decoria Kimbra "Human" 5 167


08  Ka'a and Kehbe God Colony feat. Flohio "Fights" 9 106


09  Drevona viah "Gloria" 13 93


10  Llort Anoushka Shankar & Alev Lenz "Land of Gold" 14 78


11  De Vremdspongeln Akine "No Gold" 9 113


12  Pohunskia Guy Burns feat. YSKA "Two" 15 68


13  Danskanksova Sufjan Stevens "Fourth of July" 2 204


14  Kingdovania Say Lou Lou "Ana" 1 206


15  Atlandia machineheart "Overgrown" 4 187


Final

Draw Country Artist Song Place Points


01  Corzazjan "Onder Ons" 22 166


02  Alkyria "Gush" 1 413


03  Ninelie "Only the Winds" 13 215


04  Vradiazi "Fantasize" 15 196


05  Dýria "Góða tungl" 19 174


06  Demacia "Land of All" 7 270


07  Zylofonija "Jungle" 5 301


08  Flírskmasto "Dziekuje Palavańnie" 11 246


09  Lidonia "Move Systems" 25 115


10  Aquia "Titanique" 8 265


11  Kingdovania "Ana" 9 254


12  Yster "Roar" 3 315


13  Glacea "Selenas" 14 203


14  Danskanksova "Fourth of July" 4 308


15  Scandavia "Timebomb" 26 96


16  Vikyirie "Flame" 10 249


17  Torlova "Filth" 17 187


18  Sincuerello "Pariah" 21 166


19  Atlandia "Overgrown" 6 299


20  Pashlanahuy "Serdenko" 23 130


21  Juliana "Why Do You Feel so Down?" 12 238


22  Fordia "Zhivago" 18 175


23  Frootania "Two Men in Love" 24 116


24  Achróa "The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra" 2 406


25  Decoria "Human" 20 167


26  Evergreen "Never Enough" 16 188

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

  •  Ermy: Despite originally confirming their presence as well as their artist, after the FBA placed sanctions on Ermy, they were forced to withdraw.
  •  Foxtavia: Foxtavia was forced to withdraw due to FBA sanctions.
  •  Pacifica: Due to governmental intrusion in the broadcasting and voting process in the previous edition, the FBA placed sanctions on Pacifica, forcing them to withdraw from the edition.
  •  United States of Eldance: The United States of Eldance were forced to withdraw due to FBA sanctions.

Associate FBA members

  •  Florea: On 6 January 2019, the country's broadcaster FBN announced that it was exploring a return to the contest for the fifteenth edition.
  •  Inotyol: The Inotyolese broadcaster was degraded to associate broadcaster status and thus will be unable to participate.
  •  Prunia: Prunia TV announced that the country would not be returning for the 15th edition, nor in the near future.

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