SynthsVision

History
The first edition of the contest was announced on 3rd of November 2020.

There have also been quite a few themed seasons. Each of these seasons also had their own individual theme.

The first All Stars edition of the contest was All Stars 1, and there have now been 1 edition of All Stars in total.

Application
To apply, a jury must have 4 countries ready that they want to compete with and they must be listed in order of preference. Here's an example of a typical application:

Songs
Traditionally, in a non-themed season, SynthsVision will consist of 30 songs. A jury will receive a country he or she applied for and will then send a song from that country. There are a lot of rules to follow to make sure a song is eligible to compete:


 * 1) The chosen song must not exceed 50 million views.
 * 2) The chosen video must be shorter than 7 minutes.
 * 3) The chosen artist must have some relation to the country you have applied for.
 * 4) Covers are not allowed.
 * 5) There are no restrictions on what year the song was released.

Juries
Once picked, there are also a lot of rules the juries must follow:


 * 1) The juries must not reveal any of their votes or rankings.
 * 2) Random voting is not accepted.
 * 3) Juries cannot reveal their points, otherwise they will be immediately disqualified.
 * 4) Juries can pick any country as they wish, without any restrictions.
 * 5) Juries were not allowed to reveal their countries/songs. (this rule was applied in anonymous editions only.)

Voting
Once the final videos have been uploaded, the vote will then be opened. The time allowed to vote is usually 2 days. Any jury who does not vote within that allowed timeframe will be disqualified.

The voting system is the same as the one that is used in the Eurovision Song Contest. Juries will give 12 points to their favourite song, 10 points to their 2nd favourite, 8 points to their 3rd favourite etc, and they are not allowed to vote for themselves. Here's an example:

Semi Finals, Grand Final and Wildcard
Semi Finals In every edition, there have been 2 semi finals. One semi final will have one less song, and the host country will be allocated to also vote the smaller semi final. Therefore, half of the juries will vote in one semi and half in the other. 12 songs qualify from each semi final.

Wildcard The songs which finish 13th and 14th in their respective semi finals will be up for the wildcard. The wildcard is the last spot in the final, and the vote reopens for another 24 hours. The song with the most votes of the 4 will qualify for the Grand Final.

Grand Final Usually, 26 songs will compete in the Grand Final, the 24 qualifiers, the host country and the wildcard. All juries have to vote, whether they have qualified or not. The vote is always a 100% juries. The song with the most points is then declared as the winner of the edition.

Contests
Here are all the contests that have taken place so far.

All Stars
All Stars contests bring back the songs which finished in 2nd-6th place to compete against each other again.

Winning Songs
There have been 8 winners in the history of SynthsVision. Here is a list of them all.