Edition 31

The thirty-first edition of DVSC is hosted in Närke, Sweden. A total of 61 countries competed. The winner was Scotland with 325 points. There was a Pre-Qualification round, with 15 songs (6 qualifiers), and 2 semi-finals, each with 23 songs. The top 10 highest scoring songs in each Semi-Final qualified to the grand final. The top 6 highest-scoring participants from the thirtieth edition were able to claim a new country that automatically qualified for the final. The automatic finalists were: Sweden, South Korea, North Korea, Scotland, England & San Marino.