AwlaVision Song Contest 36

AwlaVision Song Contest 36, often referred to as ASC#36, was the thirty-sixth edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The edition started the 04th February 2019, and ended the 23rd February 2019.

45 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. Algeria withdrew from ASC. No one returned to the competition. Re:public from Latvia won the contest with the song "Pūga pūga, jenga jenga" receiving a total of 315 points, 18 points ahead the runner-up, Portugal. United Kingdom finished in third place with 244 points. The last winning country, Armenia achieved a 26th place with 0 points, becoming the first country that after winning finishes in last position.

Organisation
After Armenia's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 35, AMRTV and ABU had to decide where to organise the contest this time. Due to the remoteness of the country to the European continent, it couldn't host de contest. AMRTV organised a public competition for choosing the host city between all applicant cities from the rest of Big6 countries. Several cities presented their applications and the organisation had to decide which one was the best. Finally, AMRTV and ABU chose Ostrava as the host city of ASC36.

AMRTV decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally Gohar Gasparyan and Leoš Mareš were selected.

Ostravar Aréna
The Ostravar Aréna is an indoor arena used mainly for ice hockey matches, in Vítkovice, Ostrava, Czech Republic. It opened in 1986, and underwent a €23.3 million renovation in 2003–2004. It is the home of ice hockey club HC Vítkovice. The capacity of the arena is 9,779, plus 16 skyboxes, making it the fourth-largest hockey venue in the Czech Republic. The rink can be converted into seating for concerts, increasing the capacity to 12,500.

In November 2003, the arena was given the name ČEZ Aréna, from July 2015 its name was Ostrava Aréna. It was renamed to Ostravar Aréna in 2016. In May 2011, Ostrava's Deputy Mayor for Investment, Jiří Srba, announced a plan to invest 10 million CZK in the stadium in the same year. The arena has hosted numerous international sporting events in its history. In ice hockey, it was the main venue for the 1994 World Junior Championships and the secondary venue for the 2004 and 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships with Prague's O2 Arena. In 2020, it will again be the main venue for the World Junior Championships, co-hosting with Třinec's Werk Arena. Events in other sports include the 1986 FIVB Women's World Championship, the 2005 UEFA Futsal Championship, group stage matches of the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships. In 2010, the arena hosted the Table Tennis European Championships and the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women. The Czech Republic Davis Cup team has also played at the arena.

Ostrava
Ostrava is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and is the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It is 15 km from the border with Poland, at the meeting point of four rivers: the Odra, Opava, Ostravice and Lučina. In terms of both population and area Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, the second largest city in Moravia, and the largest city in Czech Silesia. It straddles the border of the two historic provinces of Moravia and Silesia. The population was around 300,000 in 2013. The wider conurbation is home to about 500,000 people, making it the largest urban area in the Czech Republic apart from the capital, Prague.

Ostrava grew in importance due to its position at the heart of a major coalfield, becoming an important industrial centre. It was previously known as the country's "steel heart" thanks to its status as a coal-mining and metallurgical centre, but since the Velvet Revolution (the fall of communism in 1989) it has undergone radical and far-reaching changes to its economic base. Industries have been thoroughly restructured, and the last coal was mined in the city in 1994. However, remnants of the city's industrial past are visible in the Lower Vítkovice area, a former coal-mining, coke production and ironworks complex in the city centre which retains its historic industrial architecture. Lower Vítkovice has applied for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The city has an oceanic or humid continental climate, according with the isoterm 0 °C/-3°C, the second most common in the Europe (the average temperature in month most cold is -1 °C). The climate features hot, humid summers and relatively mild winters, with an average annual temperature of 10.2 °C (January: -1.2 °C, July: 23.5 °C) and average annual precipitation of 580 mm. Ostrava is 20.5 km across from north to south (Antošovice–Nová Bělá), and 20.1 km across from east to west (Bartovice–Krásné Pole). The total length of the city's road network is 828 km.

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

Participants
45 countries took part in the edition.

Withdrawing countries
Bellow a list of all withdrawing countries:

First Semifinal
Jury
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Second Semifinal
Jury
 * (Host)
 * (Finalist)
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