AwlaVision Song Contest 57

AwlaVision Song Contest 57, often referred to as ASC#57, was the fifty-seventh edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Tirana, Albania. The edition started the 03rd May 2021, and ended the 29th May 2021.

35 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. Andorra, Croatia, France, Lithuania, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden and Turkey withdrew from ASC. Czech Republic returned to the competition. Destiny Chukunyere from Malta won the contest with the song "Je me casse" receiving a total of 286 points, 4 points ahead the runner-up, Switzerland. Italy finished in third place with 233 points. The host country, Albania achieved a 18th place with 20 points. The last place was for Czech Republic, that got 1 point.

Organisation
After Albania's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 56, 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 Tirana as the host city of ASC57.

The RTSH decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally Eva Murati and Baris Arduc were selected.

Pallati i Kongreseve
The Pallati i Kongreseve was built by the Labor Party for the organization of congresses, but also festivals. The works for its construction began in 1982 and ended four years later in 1986. It was built by the best companies in the country. The modernity of the building seen from the outside is extended to the inside. Within its facilities it became a multifunctional palace and everything that is there is adapted to the event that is going to take place. The functionality of the conference center persists until today 20 years later.

The main environment is the large hall of 2100 seats composed to meet the functional, artistic and acoustic requirements for the development of congresses, conferences and concerts. Equipped with air conditioning, necessary lighting, sound equipment, television, translation in several languages, which would serve for various activities from congresses to concerts. The Palace of Congresses was designed so that the conversion of the hall from the meeting environment to the concert environment could be easily projected. For different activities were designed three halls with capacities of 150, 280 and 300 seats as well as many working environments, services and technical. Attention was paid to the treatment of the halls on the three floors, which were intended to function for services, leisure, exhibitions and various activities.

Due to the world COVID19 situation and its regulations in the European Union and Albania, this was the seventh edition that was held with public attendance limitations to all of the shows and without present press and media.

Tirana
Tirana is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. Due to its location at the Plain of Tirana and the close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, the city is particularly influenced by a Mediterranean seasonal climate. It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe, with 2,544 hours of sun per year.

After the Roman Empire split into East and West in the 4th century, its successor the Byzantine Empire took control over most of Albania, and built the Petrelë Castle in the reign of Justinian I. The city was fairly unimportant until the 20th century, when the Congress of Lushnjë proclaimed it as Albania's capital, after the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912. Classified as a gamma-world-city, Tirana is the most important economic, financial, political and trade centre in Albania due to its significant location in the centre of the country and its modern air, maritime, rail and road transportation. It is the seat of power of the Government of Albania, with the official residences of the President and Prime Minister of Albania, and the Parliament of Albania. The city was announced as the European Youth Capital for 2022.

Tirana is defined by the Köppen climate classification as Cfa, nevertheless it enjoys a Humid subtropical climate and receives a commensurable amount of precipitation, during summer, to avoid the Mediterranean climate classification, since every summer month receives more than 40 millimetres of rainfall, with hot and moderately dry summers and cool and wet winters. The city lies on the boundary between Zone 7 and Zone 9 in terms of the hardiness zone.

This is the first time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in Albania. The country was chosen since the ABU wanted a territory with low COVID19 incidence to host the competition.

Participants
35 countries took part in the edition.

Withdrawing countries
Bellow a list of all withdrawing countries:

Returning countries
Bellow a list of all returning countries:

First Semifinal
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Second Semifinal
Jury
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