SynthsVision 23

Edition 23 of SynthsVision took place in Prague, Czech Republic. Czech Republic won the contest the previous edition, Edition 22 with Aly & Aj and their song "Attack of Panic".

51 countries competed in this edition, 6 countries made their debut: Afghanistan,  The Bahamas,  Crimea,  Eritrea,  Sardinia, and  Tanzania. 25 countries made a comeback into this edition and 29 countries withdrew. The usual format is back: 12 songs qualifying from each semi final, with the inclusion of the wildcard: the four songs that finish 13th and 14th of each semi final.

This edition had a special theme: Eurovision Edition.

The rules applied for this themed edition were:


 * Eurovision and national final artists are allowed.''


 * Eurovision songs are not allowed but national final songs are valid.''


 * Artists that are competing this year (2022) in Eurovision will be denied, as well as national final artists.''

The vote was, as always, a 100% jury vote. Non qualifiers voting was displayed as televote.

The winning country this edition was Afghanistan. Afghanistan were represented by Loreen with her song "Statements" scoring 263 points. Loreen originally represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest held in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2012 winning that year, later returned to Melodifestivalen in 2017 with her song "Statements" but not making into the final.

Lithuania was the runner-up, and were represented by Go_A and their song "Kalyna" scoring 176 points. Go_A won the Ukrainian national final Vidbir in 2020 with "Solovey" but the contest was cancelled due to Covid-19, one year later Go_A was pre-selected to represent Ukraine in Rotterdam, The Netherlands since they won the selection in the previous year, this time with "Shum" finishing 5th place that year.

Afghanistan won both the jury and televote. Lithuania finished 6th in the televote and 3rd in the jury vote. The winning jury this edition was EP, and the 2nd place jury was Vitalik.

Competing Artists
51 artists competed in Edition 23, here's when they originally competed in Eurovision or National Final.

Semi Final 1
''25 countries competed in Semi Final 1. Those countries, plus the host jury, Lithuania, voted in this semi final.''

These countries advanced to the grand final.

These countries advanced to the wildcard vote.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in Semi Final 1.

Semi Final 2
25 countries competed in Semi Final 2, and those countries all voted in this semi final.

These countries advanced to the grand final.

These countries advanced to the wildcard vote.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in Semi Final 2.

Wildcard
The wildcard vote took place on the 11th April 2022 and, featured the 4 songs which finished 13th, 14th in the semi finals: Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates.

Italy won the vote, therefore qualifying for the Grand Final.

Grand Final
''26 countries competed in the Grand Final, and all countries were allowed to vote. Afghanistan won Edition 23 by 87 points.''

The songs which finished 2nd-6th have qualified for the fifth edition of All Stars.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in the Grand Final.