AwlaVision Song Contest 28

AwlaVision Song Contest 28, often referred to as ASC#28, was the twenty-eighth edition of AwlaVision Song Contest, held in London, United Kingdom. The edition started the 01st March 2018, and ended the 31st March 2018.

44 countries took part in this edition. No one debuted in this edition. No one withdrew from ASC. No one returned to the competition. Hildur from Iceland won the contest with the song "Water" receiving a total of 392 points, 100 point ahead the runner-up, Spain. Serbia finished in third place with 273 points. The last winning country, Morocco achieved a 23rd place with 10 points. The last place was for Sweden, that got 2 points.

Organisation
After Morocco's victory in AwlaVision Song Contest 27, SNRT 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. SNRT 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, SNRT and ABU chose London as the host city of ASC28.

SNRT decided to use popular and professionals people as presenters. Finally Bouchra and Tom Holland were selected.

The O2 Arena
The The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the centre of The O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in south east London. The arena was built under the former Millennium Dome, a large dome shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as the dome shaped structure still stands over the arena, The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue. The arena, as well as the total O2 complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2.

The O2 Arena has the second highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, but took the crown of the world's busiest music arena from New York City's Madison Square Garden in 2008. The closest underground station to the venue is the North Greenwich station on the Jubilee line.

Construction of the arena started in 2003, and finished in 2007. After the interior of the dome had been largely cleared and before building work inside began, in December 2004, the dome was used as the main venue for the annual Crisis Open Christmas organised by the London based homelessness charity Crisis. Owing to the impossibility of using cranes inside the dome structure, the arena's roof was constructed on the ground within the dome and then lifted; the arena building's structure was then built around the roof. The arena building, which houses the arena and the arena concourse, is independent from all other buildings in the O2 and houses all the arena's facilities. The arena building itself takes up 40% of the total dome structure.

London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. It was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) medieval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire, which today largely makes up Greater London, a region governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.

London is a leading global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transportation. It is the world's largest financial centre and has the fifth or sixth largest metropolitan area GDP in the world. London is often regarded as a world cultural capital. It is the world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the world's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic. It is the world's leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. London's universities form the largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

London has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb), similar to all of southern England. Despite its reputation as being a rainy city, London receives less precipitation in a year than Rome, Bordeaux, Lisbon, Naples, Sydney and New York City. Temperature extremes for all sites in the London area range from 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) at Kew during August 2003 down to −16.1 °C (3.0 °F) at Northolt during January 1962.

This is the first time in the contest that AwlaVision Song Contest is held in United Kingdom, although England hosted twice and Scotland once when participated.

Participants
44 countries took part in the edition.

First Semifinal
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Second Semifinal
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