WorldMusic Song Contest 4

The WorldMusic Song Contest 4 was the fourth edition of the WorldMusic Song Contest. The host country was Australia, because they won the previous edition, with the song Together. This was the second time that Australia hosted this contest. This edition took place in Gold Coast.

Molly Sandén won this edition, for Sweden. It was their first victory in the contest. The UK finished at the second place while France ended at the third place.

A total of twenty-one countries will take part in the contest, the maximum number of participating nations in this contest. Kazakhstan decided to take part for the very first time in the contest. Colombia however withdrew from the competition. This makes it the first nation in the history who withdrew.

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

Australia chose the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. It can host 6.000 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. To date, there is a limit of 21 participating countries.

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.

Returning artists
The contest featured one representative who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same country.

Voting
https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/501649/worldmusic-song-contest-4

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

Debuting countries

 * Kazakhstan.jpg Kazakhstan - This country was at the official list of participating countries.

Withdrawing countries

 * Colombia.jpg Colombia - The broadcastser announced to withdraw because the lack of interesting artists to represent the nation.