Edition 36

The thirty-sixth edition of DVSC was hosted in Athens, Greece. A record-breaking total of 69 countries competed. There was a Pre-Qualification Round with 23 participants (8 qualifiers) and 2 semi-finals, each with 24 songs. The top 10 highest scoring songs in each semi-final qualified to the Grand Final, along with the top 6 highest scoring songs from the thirty-fifth edition (Greece, Turkey, Poland, Russia, Northern Ireland, and Malta). The winner was Scotland with 261 points.