Zone Song Contest 5

Zone Song Contest 5, often referred as ZSC 5, is the fifth edition of the Zone Song Contest. This edition is located in United Kingdom as the host's country. BBC is the TV station chosen by the English delegation to televise and organize such important event of this dimensions for all Europe and the world after their victory in the fourth edition with the group Larkins and the song "Not Enough Love" with 437 points. It was the second time that the United Kingdom achieves a victory in the Zone Song Contest.

BBC selected on April 19th the two presenters of the edition: Holly Willoughby and Dermot O'Leary, hosting as the tradition, each one a Semi-Final and both the Grand Final.

Location
United Kingdom is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland and consists of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. It was a member of the European Union (EU) and its predecessor, the European Economic Community (EEC) for 47 years, between 1 January 1973 and withdrawal on 31 January 2020.

Bidding phase
The head of the public chain BBC declared that 3 cities declared interest in hosting the show. They advanced that at the beginning of May the final decision by the directive on where it will be organized would be known.

These 3 cities were:

Key Host venue

Semi-Final 1
Voting Countries:

Semi-Final 2
Voting Countries:

Other Countries

 * SMRTV will not return this edition. Without clear specifications it seems that the microstate is not interested in returning for the moment.


 * 2MTV announced the 21st of April that they will not return to the contest at the moment.