AwlaVision Song Contest 27

AwlaVision Song Contest 27, often referred to as ASC#27, was the twenty-seventh edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in Moscow, Russia. The edition started the 01st February 2018, and ended the 24th February 2018.

44 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. No one withdrew from ASC. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Slovakia returned to the competition. Faouzia from Morocco won the contest with the song "My heart's grave" receiving a total of 353 points, 44 point ahead the runner-up, United Kingdom. France finished in third place with 261 points. The host country, Russia achieved a 19th place with 22 points. The last place was for Serbia, that got 1 points.

Organisation
After Russia's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 26, C1R and ABU had to decide where to organize the contest this time. C1R organised a public competition for choosing the host city between all applicant cities. Several cities presented their applications and the organisation had to decide which one was the best. Finally, C1R and ABU chose Moscow as the host city of ASC27.

C1R decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally Polina Gagarina and Sergey Lazarev were selected.

Olimpiski Stadium
The Olimpiski Stadium is an indoor arena, located in Moscow, Russia. It was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics and, divided into two separated halls, hosted the basketball and boxing events. A part of the "Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex", it makes up one architectural ensemble with another venue, constructed at the same time, the Swimming Pool. Its capacity is 35,000 people for concert and televised events.

In May 2014, the Government of Moscow auctioned 65% of shares in the stadium that it previously controlled. Oil company ZAO Neftegazprod won the auction, paying ₽4,672 billion rubles (approximately €100 million euros). The venue is often used for live music as well as sporting events. Artists to have played there include Pink Floyd, Kylie Minogue, Paul McCartney and Madonna. Sporting events held at the stadium have included the Davis Cup finals and the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament. It was the world's first indoor bandy arena, and has hosted the Bandy World Championships in 1989 (the first bandy world championship held indoors) and 2008. When smaller indoor sports are held at the venue, such as tennis or basketball, only a quarter of the floor space is used. Capacity in this configuration can vary between 10,000 and 16,000 people.

The arena hosted the 1999 FIBA EuroStars game and the 2005 Euroleague Final Four. The arena hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, the first time Russia hosted the competition. The 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in the stadium between 17–23 April 2013. On September 15, 2018, the stadium will host the first ever UFC event in Russia.

Moscow
Moscow is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 12.5 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area. Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, and scientific centre of Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as the largest city entirely on the European continent. By broader definitions Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the 14th largest metro area, the 18th largest agglomeration, the 14th largest urban area, and the 11th largest by population within city limits worldwide. According to Forbes 2013, Moscow has been ranked as the ninth most expensive city in the world by Mercer and has one of the world's largest urban economies, being ranked as an alpha global city according to the Globalisation and World Cities Research Network, and is also one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world according to the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.

The city is served by a transit network, which includes four international airports, nine railway terminals, numerous trams, a monorail system and one of the deepest underground rapid transit systems in the world, the Moscow Metro, the fourth-largest in the world and largest outside Asia in terms of passenger numbers, and the busiest in Europe. It is recognised as one of the city's landmarks due to the rich architecture of its 200 stations.

Moscow has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) with long, cold (although average by Russian standards) winters usually lasting from mid-November through the end of March, and warm summers. Weather can fluctuate widely with temperatures ranging from −25 °C (−13 °F) in the city and −30 °C (−22 °F) in suburbs to above 5 °C (41 °F) in the winter, and from 10 to 35 °C (50 to 95 °F) in the summer.

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

Participants
44 countries took part in the edition.

Returning countries
Bellow a list of all withdrawing countries:

First Semifinal
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Second Semifinal
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