AwlaVision Song Contest 50

AwlaVision Song Contest 50, often referred to as ASC#50, was the fiftieth edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in various locations in Denmark. The edition started the 01st July 2020, and ended the 25th July 2020.

45 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. No one withdrew from ASC. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, Morocco, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey returned to the competition. Melis from Czech Republic won the contest with the song "Waves" receiving a total of 299 points, 5 points ahead the runner-up, Italy. Finland finished in third place with 225 points. The last winning country, Bulgaria achieved a 9th place with 116 points. The last place was for Lithuania, that got 7 points.

Organisation
After Bulgaria's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 49, the BNT and ABU had to decide where to organise the contest this time. Due to the COVID19 regulations, BNT decided to let the Danish broadcaster DR to organise the contest again with audience limitations (divide the possible attending crowd on a fifty-percent). Finally, DR and ABU chose Herning, Aalborg and Copenhagen as the host cities of ASC50.

DR decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally Ulla Essendrop and Pilou Asbæk were selected.

Host arenas
For the first semifinal, the Jyske Bank Boxen is an indoor arena, located in Herning, Denmark, that is part of the Messecenter Herning. It has a capacity of 12,500. It hosts concerts, ice hockey, basketball, volleyball, team handball and gymnastics competitions. It has hosted the 2010 European Women's Handball Championships, the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship, and the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. It will host the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.

For the second semifinal, the Gigantium in Aalborg, Denmark, is a large, rentable faire building, which hosts a large variety of concerts, markets and exhibitions, among other things. It has a capacity of 5,000 people. For concerts, the capacity is 8,500 people. The main use of the arena is sport, and it is home to the Danish Handball League club Aalborg Håndbold and the elite Ice Hockey team Aalborg Pirates. The ice hockey club AaB Ishockey also play their matches in an ice arena connected to the original Gigantium arena. AaB Ishockey is the amateur club having the license for professional ice hockey being used by Aalborg Pirates.

For the final, the Royal Arena is a multi-use indoor arena in Ørestad Syd, a new development in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. The ground was broken for construction on 26 June 2013 and the arena opened in February 2017. It has a capacity of 13,000 for sporting events and up to 16,000 (either sitting or standing) for concerts. The project was presented at a press conference at Bella Sky Hotel on 23 September 2011. The design of the arena was presented on 7 June 2012. The winning design team consists of 3XN, HKS, Inc., Arup, ME Engineers and Planit. The arena will have a distinctly Nordic design. It is sponsored by the Danish brewery Royal Unibrew.

Host cities
For the first semifinal, Herning is a Danish city in Region Midtjylland, on the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,332 (1 January 2020) including the suburbs of Tjørring, Snejbjerg, Lind, Birk, Hammerum and Gjellerup, making Herning the 11th most populous urban area in Denmark.

For the second semifinal, Aalborg is Denmark's fourth largest city with an urban population of 140,897. With a population of 217,075 (as of 2019), the Municipality of Aalborg is the third most populous in the country after Copenhagen and Aarhus. By road Aalborg is 64 kilometres southwest of Frederikshavn, and 118 kilometres north of Aarhus. The distance to Copenhagen is 412 kilometres if travelling by road and not using ferries.

For the final, Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark. As of 1 January 2020, the city had a population of 794,128 with 632,340 in Copenhagen Municipality, 104,305 in Frederiksberg Municipality, 42,989 in Tårnby Municipality, and 14,494 in Dragør Municipality. It forms the core of the wider urban area of Copenhagen (population 1,330,993) and the Copenhagen metropolitan area (population 2,057,142). Copenhagen is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand; another small portion of the city is located on Amager, and it is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.

This is the second time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in Denmark in a row. The country was chosen since they could not have the full experience of hosting in last edition due to the COVID19 regulations, and they had better infrastructure than the actual winner of the last edition.

Participants
45 countries took part in the edition.

Returning countries
Bellow a list of all returning countries:

First Semifinal
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Second Semifinal
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