WorldMusic Song Contest 5

The WorldMusic Song Contest 5 was the fifth edition of the WorldMusic Song Contest. The host country was Sweden, because they won the previous edition, with the song Det finaste någon kan få. This was the first time that Sweden hosted this contest. This edition took place in Stockholm.

Australia won this edition. It was their third victory. The UK and Chine completed the top three.

A total of fifteen countries will take part in the contest. This was a decline of no less than six countries, all because of a new rule to reduce the number of countries to 15. The countries having the lowest average scores over the previous four editions relegated. Those countries were: Egypt, Fiji, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Mexico and South Africa. Because the Icelandic broadcaster announced to withdraw from the competition Morocco was able to participate instead of Iceland.

Location
Straight after the victory of Sweden in the previous edition, at the official press conference, the broadcaster said to be proud that the WorldMusic Song Contest would be organised in Sweden.

Sweden choose the Annexet venue in Stockholm. It can host 3.950 people.

Format
In the first edition, 13 countries were invited to participate in the contest. Afterwords, it was clear that all countries over the whole world could sign up to participate. The maximum of participating countries was raised to 21 in the 3rd and 4th edition. To date, there is a limit of 21 participating countries. Because of a new rule to reduce the number of countries to 15 in the fifth edition, the countries having the lowest average scores over the previous four editions relegated.

After that all the participating countries have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The country who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more countries receive the same number of points, the country that got the highest point will rank higher.

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/553078/worldmusic-song-contest

12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

Withdrawing countries

 * Egypt.jpg Egypt
 * Fiji.jpg Fiji
 * Iceland.jpg Iceland
 * Kazakhstan.jpg Kazakhstan
 * Mexico.jpg Mexico
 * South Africa.jpg South Africa