Fantasia Contest 27
| Fantasia Contest 27 | |
|---|---|
| Heat Hearts Up | |
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| Host | |
| Venue | Osthill Arena, Osthill, Glacea |
| Presenter(s) | Charli XCX Vicky Kaya |
| Directed by | Lefteris Flop |
| Executive supervisor | Kevin Kern |
| Executive producer | Dylan Ó Gríofa |
| Host broadcaster |  GLTV |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 51 |
| Debuting countries |  Khamatin |
| Returning countries |  Alkyria  Loutreniye  Neocastria  Sylvan |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each 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 |  Demacia"Play" |
The Fantasia Contest 27 was the twenty-seventh edition of the Fantasia Contest. It took place in Osthill, Glacea, the winning country of Fantasia Contest 26.
Fifty-one countries participated in 27th edition, Khamatin debuted and Alkyria, Loutreniye, Neocastria and Sylvan all returned.
For the first time since their debut, Fyor qualified for the grand final, while Loutreniye failed to qualify. For the first time, since Fantasia Contest 21, Namimori and Vradiazi failed to qualify, while Scandavia and US Eldance qualified. Since Fantasia Contest 22, Llort and Lidonia qualified, while Glaiola failed to qualify. Both Kuwiang and Ulikana, who debuted in Fantasia Contest 24, continued to fail to qualify, debuting country Khamatin also failed to qualify.
The winner of 27th edition is Alewya with song "Play" from Demacia with 437 points, with a margin of 76 points. This was the country's second win in Fantasia contest, first being in eleventh edition. Second place went to Katsyria, third place went to Llort, fourth place went to Suuher and fifth place went to Taslana. Katsyria, Llort and Suuher archieved their best results. Llort and Taslana gained their second automatic qualifications for the grand final of twenty-eighth edition, while Katsyria and Suuher gained their first automatic qualifications for the grand final.
Of members of "Big 5", despite once again finishing higher than other countries, Flírskmasto broke 5-editions automatic qualification streak by finishing 9th, the host country Glacea finished 12th, making the first time since twentieth edition that the host country finished on the left side of scoreboard, Dýria finished 20th, Ninelie and Fordia finished in the bottom two, finishing 25th and last respectively.
The 27th edition of Fantasia Contest was the last edition, where two sets voting system (jury and televote) was used.
Format[edit]
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.
Participating countries[edit]
Semi-final 1[edit]
Dýria also voted in this semi final.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Jarea
|
GRACEY | "What A Waste" | 10 | 102 |
| 02 |  The White Havens
|
Thorsteinn Einarsson | "Bridges Burn" | 16 | 47 |
| 03 |  Lidonia
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CHVRCHES | "Killer" | 7 | 131 |
| 04 |  Sincuerello
|
Perfume Genius | "On The Floor" | 12 | 99 |
| 05 |  Sirenforest
|
BAD OMENS | "The Death of Peace of Mind" | 8 | 122 |
| 06 | Alkyria
|
pins.ku | "Alien" | 13 | 96 |
| 07 | Neocastria
|
KALIKA | "L'été est mort" | 9 | 104 |
| 08 |  Achróa
|
Alice Phoebe Lou | "Witches" | 5 | 150 |
| 09 |  Llort
|
Priya Ragu | "Kamali" | 2 | 206 |
| 10 |  Pohunskia
|
Cecile Believe | "Bitch Bites Dog" | 3 | 192 |
| 11 |  Kazkya
|
Donna Missal | "(to me) your face is love" | 1 | 226 |
| 12 |  Kuwiang
|
Avery Fos | "Child" | 15 | 51 |
| 13 |  Ximbala
|
Taichu | "Tic Tac" | 6 | 141 |
| 14 |  Juliana
|
Injury Reserve | "Superman That" | 14 | 95 |
| 15 |  Zylofonija
|
Shelley FKA DRAM, H.E.R. & WATT | "The Lay Down" | 11 | 101 |
| 16 |  Torlova
|
lunace | "Illusion" | 4 | 167 |
Semi-final 2[edit]
Flírskmasto and Glacea also voted in this semi final.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demacia
|
Alewya | "Play" | 2 | 192 |
| 02 |  Glaiola
|
Jarina De Marco feat. Dylan Brady | "Ilegales" | 9 | 135 |
| 03 |  Scandavia
|
Tusks | "Mind" | 7 | 148 |
| 04 |  Danskanksova
|
Eivør | "Gullspunnin" | 5 | 153 |
| 05 |  Moly-Boronia
|
Isak Danielson | "Almost Heaven" | 14 | 69 |
| 06 |  Aquia
|
Judeline | "marisucia · noche" | 3 | 175 |
| 07 |  Boninbourg
|
Jane Jang, GIANTPINK, PERC%NT | "Dumb Dumb" | 10 | 126 |
| 08 |  Suuher
|
Ruusut | "ᐸ3 ᐸ3" | 1 | 210 |
| 09 |  Qasentria
|
Nada | "Spicy" | 12 | 104 |
| 10 |  Alchten
|
Jazmin Bean | "B4 the Flight" | 6 | 150 |
| 11 |  Ermy
|
JINJ | "Cheat Code" | 8 | 143 |
| 12 | Sylvan
|
N-Tone | "Wave" | 15 | 67 |
| 13 |  United States of Eldance
|
BUZZ | "FTN" | 4 | 162 |
| 14 |  Lanovina
|
Fishbach | "Masque d'or" | 11 | 120 |
| 15 | Khamatin
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Kitt Philippa | "Human" | 13 | 76 |
Semi-final 3[edit]
Fordia and 
Ninelie also voted in this semi final.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Fyor
|
Sam Austins & Sir Chloe | "Joy for Youth" | 7 | 131 |
| 02 |  Lakadamia
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Angèle feat. Damso | "Démons" | 13 | 97 |
| 03 |  Namimori
|
Shim Gyu-Seon | "Pale Blue Dot" | 10 | 107 |
| 04 |  Niolskiaj
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Cautious Clay | "Wildfire" | 3 | 192 |
| 05 |  Evergreen
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Death Grips | "I've Seen Footage" | 12 | 99 |
| 06 |  Katsyria
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Hatchie | "This Enchanted" | 4 | 189 |
| 07 | Loutreniye
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LiHer | "Zulo Bat Gehiago" | 11 | 103 |
| 08 |  Shkeera
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Harvey Causon | "Tenfold" | 2 | 201 |
| 09 |  Vradiazi
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Lolo Zouaï | "Galipette" | 9 | 107 |
| 10 |  Ka'a and Kehbe
|
Boys Noize & Kelsey Lu | "Love & Validation" | 1 | 207 |
| 11 |  Taslana
|
Madison Rose | "Iconic" | 5 | 169 |
| 12 |  Ulikana
|
India Shawn | "Don't Play With My Heart" | 8 | 117 |
| 13 |  Wedse
|
Stefflon Don & Ms Banks | "Dip" | 14 | 87 |
| 14 |  Ruyjin Republic
|
Halsey | "You asked for this" | 15 | 81 |
| 15 |  Kingdovania
|
Linn Koch-Emmery | "Hologram Love" | 6 | 143 |
Finalists[edit]
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Shkeera
|
"Tenfold" | 14 | 221 | |
| 02 | Scandavia
|
"Mind" | 23 | 129 | |
| 03 | Fyor
|
"Joy for Youth" | 24 | 109 | |
| 04 | Suuher
|
"ᐸ3 ᐸ3" | 4 | 332 | |
| 05 | Torlova
|
"Illusion" | 22 | 130 | |
| 06 | Katsyria
|
"This Enchanted" | 2 | 361 | |
| 07 | Ka'a and Kehbe
|
"Love & Validation" | 7 | 313 | |
| 08 | Taslana
|
"Iconic" | 5 | 331 | |
| 09 | Kazkya
|
"(to me) your face is love" | 15 | 218 | |
| 10 | Fordia
|
"Zaklinaniye" | 26 | 85 | |
| 11 | Flírskmasto
|
"Kill Me" | 9 | 287 | |
| 12 | Glacea
|
"Perra" | 12 | 242 | |
| 13 | Achróa
|
"Witches" | 10 | 286 | |
| 14 | Ximbala
|
"Tic Tac" | 18 | 168 | |
| 15 | Ninelie
|
"Ninelie" | 25 | 96 | |
| 16 | United States of Eldance
|
"FTN" | 11 | 246 | |
| 17 | Lidonia
|
"Killer" | 21 | 131 | |
| 18 | Llort
|
"Kamali" | 3 | 333 | |
| 19 | Alchten
|
"B4 the Flight" | 19 | 155 | |
| 20 | Aquia
|
"marisucia · noche" | 6 | 323 | |
| 21 | Pohunskia
|
"Bitch Bites Dog" | 13 | 236 | |
| 22 | Demacia
|
"Play" | 1 | 437 | |
| 23 | Danskanksova
|
"Gullspunnin" | 16 | 200 | |
| 24 | Niolskiaj
|
"Wildfire" | 8 | 291 | |
| 25 | Dýria
|
"Glad He's Gone" | 20 | 139 | |
| 26 | Kingdovania
|
"Hologram Love" | 17 | 171 |
Other countries[edit]
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.