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| name = Fantasia Contest
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| winner = {{flagicon|Danskanksova}} "Turvasana" by [[Jenni Vartiainen]]
| vote = 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
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==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. The shows were hosted by Eddie Redmayne, Hannah Reid, and Julie Van Den Steen.
Fifty-one countries sent their entrants to [[Capitalia]], one less than the previous edition. [[Kerwan returned]]; meanwhile [[Glaray]] and [[The White Havens]] announced their withdrawal from the contest.
The winner was [[Danskanksova]] with the song "Turvasana", performed by [[Jenni Vartiainen]] and written by her and Jurek. Danskanksova scored 359 points, 29 points above the second placing country, [[Dýria]], which received 330. [[Demacia]], [[Jarea]] and [[Evergreen]] rounded out the top 5, placing 3rd, 4th and 5th, and receiving 325, 310 and 300 points respectively.
Of the automatic qualifiers, the [[US Eldance]] placed the highest, 10th. [[Alkyria]] placed 13th and the rest of the automatic qualifiers placed in the bottom 5, with [[Trivania]] placing 23rd, [[Fordia]] placing 24th and the hosts, Beklium placing last.
=== Semi-final allocation draw ===
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===Active FBA members===
* {{fc|Demonica}}: Demonica failed to state their intention regarding their participation of the seventh edition within the filing deadline
* {{fc|Glaray}}: Glaray withdrew from the contest, citing "a combination of four consecutive non-qualifications and bad results, poor viewing figures and a decreased interest of the show within the public" as its reasons.
* {{fc|Simjangdae}}: Simjangdae did not take part in the contest as a statement against the malfunctioning scandal regarding the voting counter during the [[Fantasia Contest 6|sixth edition]]
* {{fc|The White Havens}}: The White Havens had submitted a provisional application to participate in the 8th edition, whilst they determined how to select their entry. On 11 June 2017, the broadcaster was force to withdrawn their application to participate at the forthcoming contest because of broadcaster not submitting an entry in time.
===Associate FBA members===
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