AwlaVision Song Contest 51

AwlaVision Song Contest 51, often referred to as ASC#51, was the fifty-first edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Budapest, Hungary. The edition started the 03rd August 2020, and ended the 29th August 2020.

45 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. No one withdrew from ASC. No one returned to the competition. Colours In The Street from France won the contest with the song "Aux étoiles" receiving a total of 370 points, 39 points ahead the runner-up, Ukraine. Slovenia finished in third place with 319 points. The last winning country, Czech Republic achieved a 23rd place with 20 points. The last place was for Poland, that got 12 points.

Organisation
After Czech Republic's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 50, the ČT and 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 (divide the possible attending crowd on a fifty-percent). Finally, the ABU chose Budapest as the host city of ASC51.

MTV decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally Boglárka Csemer and Attila Toth were selected.

Budapest Sportaréna
The Budapest Sportaréna  is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary. It is the biggest sports complex in the country and it is named after Hungarian boxer László Papp. The venue can hold up to 12,500 people in its largest concert configuration, up to 11,390 for boxing and 9,479 for ice hockey. It was built as a replacement for the Budapest Sports Hall (Hungarian: Budapest Sportcsarnok, or BS for short) which stood in the same place and was destroyed in a fire in December 1999. A long distance bus station is situated under the building.

Construction of the arena began on 30 June 2001, after the original Budapest Sportcsarnok, built in 1982, burnt to the ground on 15 December 1999. The sports hall was finished within a year and a half and the opening ceremony was held on 13 March 2003. Since 28 May 2004 the arena wears the name of Hungarian boxing great László Papp and is officially known as Papp László Budapest Sports Arena.

The building is protected by several fire safety systems. One of these is the protection alarm system, which in the event of a fire gives off the alarm within three seconds. The Budapest Sports Arena is also equipped with a fire hydrant system that, in the case of a catastrophe, can be used at more than sixty positions in the building. Every point of the arena can be reached with the help of the fire hoses. As a unique feature in Hungary, the building also contains three high-output water cannons. All three are positioned in the auditorium protecting the area that caused the destruction of the arena's predecessor. The Arena also has numerous fire doors that automatically lock in the case of a fire, so preventing the further spreading of a fire.

Budapest
Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33% of the population of Hungary.

The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the region entered a new age of prosperity, with Pest-Buda becoming a global city after the unification of Buda, Óbuda, and Pest on 17 November 1873, with the name 'Budapest' given to the new capital. Budapest also became the co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great power that dissolved in 1918, following World War I. The city was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Battle of Budapest in 1945, and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Budapest has a humid continental climate, with relatively cold winters and warm summers according to the 1971–2000 climatological norm when the 0 °C isotherm is used. Winter (November until early March) can be cold and the city receives little sunshine. Snowfall is fairly frequent in most years, and nighttime temperatures of −10 °C are not uncommon between mid-December and mid-February. The spring months (March and April) see variable conditions, with a rapid increase in the average temperature.

This is the first time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in Hungary. The country was chosen since the ABU wanted a central-European country to host the competition due to the COVID19 regulations.

Participants
45 countries took part in the edition.

First Semifinal
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Second Semifinal
Jury
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