WideVision

The first edition of the WideVision Song Contest was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The show was held in the Volkswagen Arena. 33 countries expressed their interest in participating, all of them debuting.

The contest was won by the Cayman Islands who was represented by Transviolet with their song "Pretty Head". They scored a total of 237 points beating the runner up Sweden, who was represented by Skott with her song "Mermaid", by 24 points

Additions

 * All counties had to qualify to the final by being top 10 in their semi-final.
 * The only automatic qualifier was Turkey - the host country.
 * Åland Islands can borrow from Finland or Sweden.
 * Monaco can borrow from France.
 * The top 5 in this edition would become the 'Big 5' for Season 2.
 * Malta can borrow from the United Kingdom.

Countries
Season 1 had a total of 33 countries take part, due to it being the first season - all of the countries debuted
 * The debuting countries were: Åland Islands, Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Grenada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Japan, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United States
 * No countries returned to the contest
 * No countries withdrew from the contest

Semi-Final 1
This is the first semi-final of WideVision Season 1. Ireland was disqualified due to the jury leaving the server, and Italy's points were halved because the jury did not vote.

Semi-Final 2
This is the second semi-final of WideVision Season 1. Israel and Finland's points were halved because the juries did not vote.

WideVision Song Contest
The WideVision Song Contest (often shortened to WVSC or WideVision) was a song contest based upon the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest had been running since August 2019 and currently has had 15 complete seasons with a planned 16th edition, which was cancelled.

Each country's Head of Department picks a song for their country. They can internally choose or host a national selection which is voted by the other Heads of Department. The countries then vote for the shows (Semi-Final and Finals) to determine who qualifies and wins.

Here you can find the list of countries in the contest

Here you can find the results of some participants in the contest

History
The contest started on with Season 1 on where the first semi-final premiered on the 6th of August. The first winner was the Cayman Islands who was represented by Transviolet with their song "Pretty Head". The country that won the previous edition gets the chance to host the next edition of WideVision.

Slogans
Slogans have been used with the theme art since the first edition of WideVision.