SynthsVision 18

Edition 18 of SynthsVision took place in Hat Yai, Thailand. Thailand won the contest the previous edition, Edition 17 with Somebody's Child and their song "Jungle".

53 countries competed in this edition, decided by the staff team to keep only 50 entries as the standard unless it's an edition with a special theme. 7 countries made their debut: Basque Country,  Botswana,  Cocos Islands,  Curaçao,  Papua New Guinea,  St. Kitts & Nevis, and  Saint Lucia. 16 countries made a comeback into this edition and 19 countries withdrew. This edition was a themed edition: participants received a individual theme, with a total of 27 themes, a pair of 2 members (beside Faroe Islands) received the same theme. The assigned themes we're randomized, unless the Big 5 members or predictions winner decided to pick a theme before hand. 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.

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

The winning country this edition was Bulgaria. Bulgaria were represented by Victoria with her song "Imaginary Friend" scoring 213 points. Norway was the runner-up, and were represented by Aurora and her song "The Seed" scoring 186 points. Aurora also finished as runner up in Edition 10, losing for just 1 point with her song "Conqueror". China won the jury vote, but finishing only 17th in Televote. On the other side Bulgaria won the televote by a landslide while being only 10th after jury vote. The winning jury this edition was Exca, and the 2nd place jury was Bamse.

Semi Final 1
26 countries competed in Semi Final 1, 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 1.

Semi Final 2
''26 countries competed in Semi Final 2. Those countries, plus the host country, Curaçao, voted in this semi final.''

These countries advanced to the grand final.

These countries advanced to the wildcard vote.

This country was disqualified.

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

Wildcard
The wildcard vote took place on the 29th November 2021 and, featured the 4 songs which finished 13th, 14th in the semi finals: Andorra, England, Faroe Islands and United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates 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. Bulgaria won Edition 18 by 27 points.''

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

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

Non Voters
The following countries did not vote in the final and were therefore disqualified:


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