AwlaVision Winners Edition 2

AwlaVision Winners Edition 2, often referred to as AWE#2, was the first edition of AwlaVision Winners Edition, held in Minsk, Belarus. The edition started the 2nd June 2018, and ended the 06th June 2018.

14 countries took part in this edition with 15 songs in total. Hildur from Iceland won the contest with the song "Water" receving a total of 93 points, 13 points ahead the runner-up, Ukraine with Vremya & Steklo. Russia with Sonya finished in third place with 69 points. The last place was for Sweden with Janice, that got 8 points.

Organization
After Germany's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 30, ABU decided to keep organising some winner editions every fifteen edition to look for the more popular winning song of the competition. The countries that could host the contest were who ended second or third in the previous contests. Finally, ABU chose Minsk as the host city of AWE2. BTRC, the Belarussian national broadcasting company, decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally Ksienija Žuk and Rita Dakota were selected.

Minsk Arena
The Minsk Arena is a multi-use indoor arena in Minsk, Belarus. The Minsk-Arena Complex is unique in its complexity and functionality not only in Belarus but also in Europe. It includes a multi-sports and entertainment arena for 15,000 spectators (making it the largest full-time arena in use by a Kontinental Hockey League team), a stadium for speed skating as well as for bandy for up to 3,000 spectators and a velodrome at 2,000 spectators.

It was also the venue for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010, which took place on 20 November 2010. Shakira performed to a sold out crowd during her The Sun Comes Out World Tour. Jennifer Lopez performed to a sold out crowd during her Dance Again World Tour on 25 September 2012. Armin Van Buuren performed in the facility on 7 March 2013 as part of a celebration to commemorate 600 episodes of A State of Trance. Depeche Mode performed at the stadium on 29 July 2013 and on 28 February 2014 during their Delta Machine Tour, in front of a total sold out crowd of 24,523 people. They will perform again for their Global Spirit Tour. The French singer Mylène Farmer performed on 27 October 2013. On 18 March 2018, it was confirmed as the host venue for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which will be held on 25 November.

One of the primary uses of the facility is ice hockey, as the building is the home rink of HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. The arena's official opening was held on 30 January 2010 when the 2nd Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game was held there. The first match in the facility, however, had already been played by Dinamo Minsk on 14 January 2010 against Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Two more KHL regular-season games were scheduled in January before the official opening: against Avtomobilist on 16 January and against Traktor on 18 January. It was one of two main venues for the 2014 IIHF World Championship. The Belarusian Bandy Federation is working towards creating a professional team that would play in the Russian Bandy Super League, with home matches in Minsk-Arena. Minsk was a candidate for a while to host the 2015 Bandy World Championship. For a while there were also speculations about the 2018 Bandy World Championship.

Minsk
Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislach and the Nyamiha Rivers. As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk raion (district). In 2013, it had a population of 2,002,600. Minsk is the administrative capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and seat of the Executive Secretary.

The earliest historical references to Minsk date to the 11th century (1067), when it was noted as a provincial city within the Principality of Polotsk. From 1569, it was a capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. From 1919 to 1991, after the Russian Revolution, Minsk was the capital of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. Minsk will host the 2019 European Games.

Minsk has a warm summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), owing to its location between the strong influence of the moist air of the Atlantic Ocean and the dry air of the Eurasian landmass. Its weather is unstable and tends to change often. The average January temperature is −4.5 °C (23.9 °F), while the average July temperature is 18.5 °C (65.3 °F). This results in frequent fogs, common in the autumn and spring. Minsk receives annual precipitation of 690 millimetres. Throughout the year, most winds are westerly and northwesterly, bringing cool and moist air from the Atlantic.

Participants
15 songs took part in the edition.

Results
Jury