AwlaVision Song Contest 6

AwlaVision Song Contest 6, often referred to as ASC#6, was the sixth edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Dublin, Ireland. The edition started the 8th May 2016, and ended the 25th May 2016.

24 countries participated in this edition. Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Netherlands, Serbia and Ukraine debuted in this edition. Kazakhstan decided to withdraw from ASC. Evelina ft. JVG from Finland won the contest with the song "Sushi" receiving a total of 166 points, 17 points ahead the runner-up, England. Scotland finished in third place with 139 points. The host country, Ireland achieved a 20th place with 20 points. The last place was for Iceland, that got only 6 point.

Organisation
After Ireland's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 5, RTÉ had to decide where to organise the contest this time. The main projects were from Dublin (3Arena) and Millstreet (Green Glens Arena). Finally, RTÉ and ABU chose Dublin as the host city of ASC6.

RTÉ decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally Patrick Sheehy and Sorcha Durham were selected.

3Arena
The 3Arena (originally The O2) is an indoor amphitheatre located at North Wall Quay in the Dublin Docklands in Dublin, Ireland. The venue opened on 16 December 2008. The venue was re-branded on 4 September 2014 due to the takeover of O2 Ireland by Three Ireland. The venue is owned by Apollo Leisure Group Ltd. In 2011, the venue was named as the fifth busiest music arena in the world with ticket sales of 670,000 putting it behind The O2 Arena in London, the Manchester Arena, Antwerp's Sportpaleis and Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena.

The furthest seat is 60 metres from the stage, 20 metres closer than in The Point. This was achieved by arranging the seats around the stage in a gigantic "fan" formation which the architects likened to the Colosseum of Rome. There are no corporate boxes inside the venue. The backstage area has a "substantial" loading bay for trucks. Alcohol is available in a high-security area of the venue in an effort to curb under-age drinking. Prior to re-development, the seating capacity was 6,300 or 8,500 standing.

Patrons are advised to use public transport to get to the venue. Parking services for the nearby Point Village are suggested. In addition to the ferry services and shuttle buses noted on the venue's web site, Dublin Bus number 151 provides a scheduled public service to the venue. A Luas light rail extension from the Red Line to the square in front of the venue opened on 8 December 2009, and links the DART train services at Connolly Station to the venue. It coincided with a performance by Lily Allen. The Luas stop is called The Point.

Dublin
Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland. Dublin is located in the province of Leinster on the east coast of Ireland, at the mouth of the River Liffey and bordered on the South by the Wicklow Mountains. The city has an urban area population of 1,173,179. The population of the Dublin Region, as of 2016, was 1,347,359 people, and the population of the Greater Dublin area was 1,904,806. As of 2010, Dublin was listed by the Globalisation and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city, with a ranking of "Alpha-", which places it amongst the top thirty cities in the world. It is a historical and contemporary centre for education, the arts, administration, economy and industry.

The name Dublin comes from the Irish word Dubhlinn, early Classical Irish Dubhlind/Duibhlind, from dubh meaning "black, dark", and lind "pool", referring to a dark tidal pool. This tidal pool was located where the River Poddle entered the Liffey, on the site of the castle gardens at the rear of Dublin Castle. In Modern Irish the name is Duibhlinn, and Irish rhymes from Dublin County show that in Dublin Leinster Irish it was pronounced Duílinn. Other localities in Ireland also bear the name Duibhlinn, variously anglicized as Devlin, Divlin and Difflin. Variations on the name are also found in traditionally Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland (Gàidhealtachd, cognate with Irish Gaeltachta), such as An Linne Dhubh ("the black pool"), which is part of Loch Linnhe.

Similar to much of the rest of northwestern Europe, Dublin experiences a maritime climate with mild-warm summers, cool winters, and a lack of temperature extremes. The average maximum January temperature is 8.8 °C, while the average maximum July temperature is 20.2 °C. On average, the sunniest months are May and June, while the wettest month is October with 76 mm of rain, and the driest month is February with 46 mm. Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year.

This is the first time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in Ireland.

Participants
24 countries participated in the edition.

Debuting countries
Bellow a list of all debuting countries:

Withdrawing countries
Bellow a list of all returning countries: