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World Empire Song Contest 2016
Believe
Dates
Semi-final 1	24 June 2016
Semi-final 2	25 June 2016
Final	26 June 2016
Host
Venue	Mexico City Arena, Mexico City, Mexico
Presenter(s)	Sargis Bislamyan
Executive supervisor	William Down
Host broadcaster	TVMexico
Participants
Number of entries	45
Vote
Winning song	TBA

The World Empire Song Contest 2016 will be the first edition of the World Empire Song Contest, organised by the Middle East Broadcasting Union.

Participating countries

Semi-final 1

20 countries took part in the first semi-final. Armenia, France and Mexico voted in this semi-final. The ten songs in places 1 to 10 qualified for the final and are marked in orange.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01
02
03		English	Dilnaz Akhmadieva	"Let's go, Let's go"	-	3	120
04	Serbia	Serbian	Marija Serifovic	"Moy dukhovni zhivot"	My spiritual life	17	16
05	Uzbekistan	Uzbek	Durdona Guruhi	"Siz yolg'iz emasmiz"	You are not alone	6	103
06	Morocco	Arabic, Spanish	Hakim	"Bailar, Bailar"	Dancing, Dancing	12	54
07	Malta	Maltese	Kurt Calleja	"Jien gwerriera"	I'm Warrior	9	72
08	Turkey	Turkish	Harun Tekin	"Kendinize inanın"	Believe in Yourself	14	46
09	Finland	English	Topi Latukka	"Paradise"	-	4	113
10	Croatia	Croatian	Daria Kinzer	"Tvoja sudbina"	Your destiny	1	146
11	Ukraine	Ukrainian	Ivan Dorn	"Tilki dlya nyogo"	Only for him	16	34
12	India	Hindi	Mandakini	"Meeree sapanee"	My dream	15	40
13	Ethiopia	English	Vahe Tilbian	"Motherland"	-	8	90
14	Belarus	Russian	Yuri Navrotsky	"O More, More"	O sea, sea	7	95
15	Russia	English	Elton Ibrahimov	"Believe Me"	-	2	126
16	China	English	EXO	"Cinderella"	-	13	52
17	Romania	Romanian	Smiley	"Să începem din nou"	Let's start again	11	56
18	Georgia	English	Nina Sublatti	"Georgian Wine"	-	5	107

Semi-final 2

19 countries took part in this semi-final. Chile, Iceland and UK voted in this semi-final. The ten songs in places 1 to 10 qualified for the final and are marked in orange.

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Libya	Italian	Anna Al-Ahmed	"Ondata di mare"	Wave of Sea	8	81
02	Lithuania	English	Donny Montell	"Time"	-	5	113
03	Moldova	Romanian	Aliona Moon	"Aceeași inimă"	Same Heart	11	63
04	Palestine	Arabic, Hebrew	Dalal Abu Amned	"Milim"	Words	18	23
05	Slovakia	English	Marcin Mroziński & Kristína Peláková	"The Legend"	-	3	126
06	Greece	English	Athena Manoukian	"Heroes"	-	15	36
07	Iran	Armenian	Ququş	"Inchu"	Why	14	44
08	Latvia	Latvian	Dons	"Ļaujiet man"	Allow me	13	51
09	Tunisia	Arabic	Latifa El Arfaoui	"Alrrihlat alty lm taktamil"	Unfinished flight	10	71
10	Nagorno Karabakh	Armenian	Vladimir Arzumanyan	"Linenq Miasin"	Let's be together	9	74
11	Albania	Albanian	Ardian Bujupi	"Luftërat për asgjë"	Wars for Nothing	16	34
12	Kuwait	Arabic	Emma Shah	"Nahn alfayizin"	We Are Winners	12	56
13	Cyprus	Greek	Marios Tofi	"O adelfós mou stratióti"	My brother Soldier	1	151
14	Macedonia	Macedonian	Vlatko Lozanoski	"Moyata lyubov za tebe"	My love for you	2	131
15	France	English	Twem	"Lonely Planet"	-	17	30
16	Assyria	Assyrian	Sarkis Bashir	"Makhbannokh"	I love you	7	91
17	Sweden	Swedish, English	Julia Kedhammar	"Kom ihåg-You are my"	Remember	6	101
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Sanja Maletic	"Moj svijet"	My world	4	117

Final

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	Lithuania	English	Donny Montell	"Time"	-	9	134
02	Slovakia	English	Marcin Mroziński & Kristína Peláková	"The Legend"	-	8	156
03	Ethiopia	English	Vahe Tilbian	"Motherland"	-	19	67
04	UAE	English	Khadija Al-Bashar	"Take It All"	-	17	83
05	Libya	Italian	Anna Al-Ahmed	"Ondata di mare"	Wave of Sea	23	51
06	Macedonia	Macedonian	Vlatko Lozanoski	"Moyata lyubov za tebe"	My love for you	1	231
07	Tunisia	Arabic	Latifa El Arfaoui	"Alrrihlat alty lm taktamil"	Unfinished flight	22	56
08	Oman	Arabic	Asma Al-Belushi	"Bessama"	Poison	20	62
09	Georgia	English	Nina Sublatti	"Georgian Wine"	-	11	116
10	Russia	English	Elton Ibrahimov	"Believe Me"	-	4	207
11	Uzbekistan	Uzbek	Durdona Guruhi	"Siz yolg'iz emasmiz"	You are not alone	15	91
12	Lebanon	French	Mika	"L'espoir ne meurt jamais"	Hope Never Dies	16	85
13	Cyprus	Greek	Marios Tofi	"O adelfós mou stratióti"	My brother Soldier	3	211
14	Armenia	Armenian	Lilu	"Lernayin Hayastan"	Mountainous Armenia	18	82
15	Assyria	Assyrian	Sarkis Bashir	"Makhbannokh"	I love you	24	47
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Sanja Maletic	"Moj svijet"	My world	13	102
17	Kazakhstan	English	Dilnaz Akhmadieva	"Let's go, Let's go"	-	6	175
18	Turkmenistan (host)	English	Aygosel Sagatova	"We Are One"	-	5	182
19	Nagorno Karabakh	Armenian	Vladimir Arzumanyan	"Linenq Miasin"	Let's be together	21	57
20	Sweden	Swedish, English	Julia Kedhammar	"Kom ihåg-You are my"	Remember	10	124
21	Belarus	Russian	Yuri Navrotsky	"O More, More"	O sea, sea	25	36
22	Malta	Maltese	Kurt Calleja	"Jien gwerriera"	I'm Warrior	26	35
23	Syria	Armenian	Garineh Babadjyan	"Zinvor"	Soldier	12	107
24	Croatia	Croatian	Daria Kinzer	"Tvoja sudbina"	Your destiny	2	226
25	Finland	English	Topi Latukka	"Paradise"	-	7	167
26	Egypt	Arabic	Tamer Ashor	"Laysat wahida"	Not Alone	14	92

Voting

Points awarded to Armenia

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Greece
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Spain	Macedonia