Worldvision Festival 1

Worldvision Festival 1, often referred to as WVF 1 is be the 1st edition of the Worldvision Festival. It will be held in Oslo, Norway. NRK chose Telenor Arena to serve as the host venue while Margaret Berger was selected as the presenter.

Location

 * For further information see Oslo

Oslo is the capital of Norway and most populous city in Norway. Oslo constitutes a county and a municipality.

Oslo is the economic and governmental center of Norway. The city is also a hub of Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. It is an important centre for maritime industries and maritime trade in Europe. The city is home to many companies within the maritime sector, some of which are among the world's largest shipping companies, shipbrokers and maritime insurance brokers. Oslo is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission intercultural cities programme.

Format
Each delegation was required to rank their top ten songs of the show, excluding their own country. The voting results from all delegations were calculated to produce an overall result. The song which scored the most points from each country received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked received 1 point. In the event of no votes being received from a country, the HoD would get a strike and would be forced to withdraw for one edition. The show took place on 16 April 2016, while the results were presented on 1 May 2016.

Theme art
The theme art was revealed on 3 April 2016. TBA

Presenter
On 13 March 2016, it was revealed that Alexander Rybak would host the contest. Rybak is an singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, actor and presenter. When NRK revealed the Norwegian entry, which was featuring Alexander Rybak, he got replaced by Margaret Berger.

Allocation draw
The Exectutive producer would choose the draw positions for the twenty countries with the aim of making the shows more exciting and ensuring that all contestants had a chance to stand out, preventing entries that are too similar cancelling each other out.

The draw that deteminded the final allocation was held on 3 April 2016 in Oslo. The host country was first drawn to determine at which place Norway would perform. The rest of the twenty countries were dived into five pots to see which country would perform in the first and second half.

The Belgian and Slovakian delegate did not submit their entry thus were forced to withdraw from the contest. Both countries were included in the pot.

The five pots were the following:

Finalists
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Scoreboard
Scoreboard