Edition 28

The twenty-eighth edition of DVSC is hosted in Freetown, Sierra Leone. A total of 58 countries competed. The winner was Sweden with 242 points. There was a Pre-Qualification round, with 12 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, along with the top 6 highest scoring songs from the twenty-seventh edition (Sierra Leone, Sweden, Mexico, North Korea, Argentina & Aland Islands).