Vha Mehlodhivestoile 2018

Vha Mehlodhivestoile 2018
Dates
Semi Final 1	3 March 2018
Semi Final 2	10 March 2018
Semi Final 3	17 March 2018
Battle Stage	24 March 2018
Grand Final	7 April 2018
Host
Presenters	Evangeline Hope, Santiago Carillion
Participants
Number of Participants	25
Number of Participants (GF)	10
Vote
Winning Song	"Cy Ecouto Teuten Vokse" by Taron Woods
Runner Up	"Junterapten" by KAYLEY
Recent Editions
← 2017 • Vha Mehlodhivestoile • 2019 →

Vha Mehlodhivestoile 2018 (also known as MEHVEH 2018, VMV2018) the third edition of the music contest, which selected the Britonish act for the 64th WorldVision Song Contest, which was being held in Varea, the capital city of Nekoni. The competition was organised by Brityunik Vefecosoin Cairkovoin (BVC), Britonisea's public broadcaster which focused on home-grown shows rather than international ones. The competition took place in four weeks, raging between the 3rd March 2018 and 7th April 2018.

With the exception of Dean Boyst's wildcard entry to the final due to him coming 3rd in Vha Mehlodhivestoile 2017, 24 songs were picked from a list by music professionals at BVC, BITC and record companies that regularly contribute to the WorldVision Song Contest or World Hit Festival. Unlike 2017, international submissions were not accepted, and it was required that at least the singer (or 1/2+ of the singers in a group are Britonish). Everybody participating in Vha Mehlodhivestoile 2018 is Britonish. Similarly to Vha Mehlodhivestoile 2016 and 2017, the competition will consist of 5 stages; three Semi Final shows, a Battle Stage and finally, the Grand Final. Unlike 2017, songs were not categorised in terms of gender and were only categorised based on the types of songs in each Semi Final. The songs to each of the Semi Finals were announced between 25th February 2018 to 27th February 2018 and you can find them here. The voting split in the Semi Finals will remain being 50:50, with the first 50% being from Britonish Juries (25% overall say) and Britonish Televote (25% Overall say). The remaining 50% will come directly from voting nations. Unlike 2017, nations will only be allowed to vote once. The scoring system for the Semi Finals is as follows [10-8-6-5-4-3-2-0]. The number of points that Britonisea will give out depends on how many nations vote in each Semi Final a la 2016. The results will then be revealed, and unlike 2017 (and reminiscent of 2016), only two acts will qualify straight to the final. The full results of the Semi Final will be revealed during the show, which means the audience will know who is 1st, 2nd, 3rd to 8th. The acts that come 3rd and 4th will go through to the battle stage. With the exception of Dean Boyst, that means 6 acts will have qualified straight to the Grand Final of Vha Mehlodhivestoile 2018. As there are 3 Semi Finals, 6 acts will go straight to the Battle Stage, which is seen as a second chance to get to the finals. Thanks to a random draw, the 6 acts will be put in to three different pairs. The winner of the first pair will be decided by jurors from Antahbrantahstan, while the winner of the third pair being decided by jurors from Izmedu. During the second pair, the Britonish public will be able to vote for them. The winners of each round will not reprise their song. In the Grand Final, 9 songs will have qualified from the Semi Finals, and Dean Boyst will join them creating a total of 10 acts. In the Grand Final, it is split between Britonisea and the International Juries. The scoring system for the Grand Final follows the WorldVision Scoring System [12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1]. Regardless of how many international juries there are, Britonisea's votes will be 100% televote. North, West, East, South and Central Britonisea will give out their votes using the WorldVision Scoring Systems after the International Juries voted. The winner will become apparent after Britonisea has voted. The winner will win the right to represent Britonisea at WorldVision Song Contest 64 (and win £150,000 BPS if they take that offer to represent Britonisea). Second place will win the right to represent Britonisea at World Hit Festival 39 (and win £50,000 BPS if they take that offer to represent Britonisea). Third place will be not get any money, but will be considered to represent Britonisea at a later World Hit Festival. They will also receive a pass to the Grand Final of Vha Mehlodhivestoile 2019.

This edition, for the first time, there were two hosts in the form of Evangeline Hope and Santiago Carillion. The winner of the contest would go on to represent Britonisea at the 64th WorldVision Song Contest, in Nekoni and would perform in the first half, performing 5th.

Format

[1] The stadium sizes were all reduced to around 14,000 for the Semi Finals, to make the Grand Final seem larger.

Semi Final

Semi Final 1

• Opening Act: Santiago Carillion & Evangeline Hope - No Doubting Yourself
• Interval Act: Evangeline Hope - Omnibenevolent

Semi Final 2

• Opening Act: Frida Grover - Pyro
• Interval Act: Luka Brekalo & Tatjana - A Way Out

Semi Final 3

• Opening Act: The Retribution - Sorry, Goodbye
• Interval Act: Wildcard: Dean Boyst - Restore

Battle Stages

• Opening Act: Mello Cinde - Vindication
• Interval Act: Estreľa - Ragažë

Grand Final

• Opening Act: Mehkl Maddox-Ajax - I'll Be There
• Interval Act:

WorldVision Song Contest 64

main article: WorldVision Song Contest 64

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