AwlaVision Song Contest 53

AwlaVision Song Contest 53, often referred to as ASC#53, was the fifty-third edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Tallinn, Estonia. The edition started the 02nd November 2020, and ended the 28th November 2020.

44 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. Egypt withdrew from ASC. No one returned to the competition. Kler from Ukraine won the contest with the song "Nestrymna" receiving a total of 364 points, 29 points ahead the runner-up, Finland. Malta finished in third place with 269 points. The last winning country, United Kingdom achieved a 22nd place with 13 points. The last place was for Portugal, that got 3 points.

Organisation
After United Kingdom's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 52, the BBC and the ABU had to decide where to organise the contest this time. Due to the COVID19 regulations, the ABU decided to organise the contest in a pre-selected venue before the last winning country was selected and again, having it with audience limitations. Finally, the ABU chose Tallinn as the host city of ASC53.

The EER decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally Karmen Pedaru and Tiiu Kuik were selected.

Tondiraba Ice Hall
The Tondiraba Ice Hall (Estonian: Tondiraba jäähall), is a multi-purpose indoor arena complex in Tallinn, Estonia. It was opened on 1 August 2014 and is owned by the City of Tallinn. It has a current capacity of 7,700 spectators. It can host among other things basketball games, ice hockey games, curling and concerts.

Tondiraba Ice Rink was opened in August 2014 as the first large building of the Tondiraba Sports Complex. It has a main arena, two practice rinks and a curling rink. The main arena can be used for sports including figure skating, ice hockey, short track speed skating, volleyball, handball, gymnastics and also concerts. The ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2015, held from 2 March to 8 March that year, claimed to be the first championship held in the complex. However, the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships logically deserves this title as despite concluding on the same date, it began several days earlier on 28 February. One Finnish SM-Liiga hockey match has been played in the Tondiraba Ice Hall between HPK and Pelicans, on 27 January 2018. HPK won the game 3–4 after the shootout. 2018 European Curling Championships are held in Tondiraba from 16–24 November.

Due to the world COVID19 situation and its regulations in the European Union and Estonia, this was the third edition that was held without public attending to any of the shows and without present press and media.

Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital, primate and the most populous city of Estonia. Located in the northern part of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of 437,619 in 2020. Administratively a part of Harju County, Tallinn is the main financial, industrial and cultural centre of Estonia; the second largest city, Tartu, is located in the southern part of Estonia, 187.2 kilometres southeast of Tallinn.

Tallinn, first mentioned in 1219, received city rights in 1248, but the earliest human settlements date back 5,000 years. The first recorded claim over the land was laid by Denmark in 1219, after a successful raid of Lyndanisse led by King Valdemar II, followed by a period of alternating Scandinavian and Teutonic rulers. Due to its strategic location, the city became a major trade hub, especially from the 14th to the 16th century, when it grew in importance as part of the Hanseatic League. Tallinn's Old Town in Kesklinn is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Tallinn has a humid continental climate with warm, mild summers and cold, snowy winters. Winters are cold but mild for its latitude, owing to its coastal location. The average temperature in February, the coldest month, is −4.3 °C. During the winter months, temperatures tend to hover close to the freezing mark but mild spells of weather can push temperatures above 0 °C, occasionally reaching above 5 °C while cold air masses can push temperatures below −18 °C an average of 6 days a year. Snowfall is common during the winter months. Winters are cloudy and are characterised by low amounts of sunshine, ranging from only 0.5 hours of sunshine per day in December to 4.1 hours in March. At the winter solstice daylight lasts for only 6 hours.

This is the first time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in Estonia, and thus the first time that it is held in Tallinn. The country was chosen since the ABU wanted a country that had never organised anything to debut as a host, due to the COVID19 regulations.

Participants
44 countries took part in the edition.

Withdrawing countries
Bellow a list of all withdrawing countries:

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Second Semifinal
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