1st Fanvision Song Contest

1st Fanvision Song Contest is the first edition of the Fanvision Song Contest.

It took place in Frankfurt, Germany on between May-June 2019.

14 countries, all as debuting, have participated. Those countries were Germany, United Kingdom, South Korea, Brazil, Spain, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Scotland, Italy and United States.

The winner is Ireland with the song "Bellyache" performed by Billie Eilish.

Canada came 2nd with the song "Feel It Still" performed by Portugal. The Man.

Australia came 3rd with the song "Let It Happen" performed by Tame Impala.

Location
Due to this edition being the first, it was decided that the country whom their head of delegation is the executive producer will host the first ever edition of the contest.

The first ever edition of the contest is hosted in Frankfurt, Germany.

Contest
This edition consisted of a Grand Final.

Visual design
In this edition, the slogan is selected by the executive producer. "Get Together!" is the slogan for 1st edition.

Running Order
The running order is determined by a random draw.

South Korea will open the show while Switzerland is closing it.

Rules
See this page for rules.

Dates
The contest had begun on 12 May 2019 with the opening of the voting lines.

The contest had ended on 11 June 2019 with the reveal of results.

Copyright claims
It was planned to publish a video that features all 14 entries fully on YouTube. Due to copyright claims on the video, it was blocked worldwide. Still there is no access to that video from any platforms. Worldwide block of the video is caused by half of the entries that are submitted.

As a solution, a recap version of the video has been created. In that video, every song was featured for 30 seconds. Recap video is also copyrighted and blocked worldwide. Only one entry caused the video to be blocked. In 22nd May, it was seen that worldwide block has been removed and video is accessible. By this time, almost all of the participants have voted for the songs by listening them on Spotify or Youtube list of the Grand Final.

Late reveal of votes
It was planned that votes will be revealed 1 week after voting lines open. The plan was to reveal the votes with a scoreboard video. Due participants late voting, organization issues, and technical difficulties results reveal was postponed to 26th May 2019.

Due time constraints of executive producer, results reveal was postponed to 11th June 2019.

Brazil's votes
Due to an urgent personal matter, Head of Delegation of Brazil did not voted. Brazil's votes are decided by a random draw.

Scoreboard mistake
Italy and Sweden have tied and after the applicatino of tie breaker rules Italy was 5th and Sweden was 6th. But in the results reveal video Italy and Sweden were seen as switched places.

Participants
14 countries have participated.

Grand Final
Results were revealed on YouTube with a video that features custom made scoreboard.

14 entries have competed in the Grand Final of 1st Fanvision Song Contest.