Own Americavision Song Contest 5

Own Americavision Song Contest 5
Dates
Semi-finals date	15 March 2019
Final date	27 March 2019
Host
Venue	Truman Bodden Sports Complex George Town, Cayman Islands
Broadcaster	CITN
Participants
Entries	33
Debuting	British Virgin Islands
Returning	Bahamas Dominican Republic Greenland Peru Uruguay
Withdrawing	Aruba Brazil Cuba French Guiana Guadeloupe Jamaica Mexico Saint Lucia
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
Voting
System	Each country awards 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winner	El Salvador "Wild Heart"
Own Americavision Song Contest
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Own Americavision Song Contest 5, often referred to as OAmSC #5, is the 5th edition of Own Americavision Song Contest. The contest took place in George Town, Cayman Islands, following the country's victory in the 4th edition with the song "Pretty Head", performed by Transviolet. The contest was held at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex, and consisted of two semi-finals and the final. This is the first time that the country hosted the contest.

Thirty-three countries participated in the fifth edition. The contest saw the return of Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Greenland, Peru and Uruguay. British Virgin Islands also made their debut appearance this edition. Unfortunately, Aruba, Brazil, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mexico and Saint Lucia have withdrawn from the competition. Despite originally confirming, Cuba was forced to withdraw due to not submitting an entry before the deadline.

The winner was El Salvador with the song "Wild Heart" performed by Sabi. This was country's first ever top five placement, also the first Central American country to win the competition. Canada placed second for the second time in their participation, and the podium was completed by Argentina, which achieved their best result. Guatemala and Suriname, who placed fourth and fifth respectively also achieved their best result, alongside Saint Kitts and Nevis, Curaçao and Bermuda who placed inside the top 10. Nicaragua achieved their first qualification and placed sixteenth overall. For the first time since the introduction of the semi-finals, Uruguay and Venezuela failed to qualify for the final.

Location

For more details on the host country, see Cayman Islands.

Host City

George Town

Location of the host city.

George Town is a city situated on Grand Cayman island of the Cayman Islands. It serves as the capital of the Cayman Islands, in the British West Indies. As of 2007, the city had a population of 28,836, making it the second largest city (by population) of all the British Overseas Territories. George Town is the heart of the Cayman Islands financial services industry (there are close to 600 Bank and Trust companies in the Cayman Islands). The Caymanian government offices are located in the city. According to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network in 2016, George Town is classed as a 'gamma + city'.

Venue

Truman Bodden Sports Complex is a multi-use complex in George Town, Cayman Islands. It is named after Truman Bodden. The complex is separated into an outdoor, 6 lane 25 metre swimming pool, full purpose track and field and basketball/netball courts. The field surrounded by the track is used for football matches as well as other field sports.

The track stadium holds 3,000 people comfortably.

In 2008 construction commenced on a 10 lane 50 metre pool, completed with its own stadium that holds hold 2,000 people. The stadium also includes changing rooms and restrooms for both athletes and spectators. There is also a multimedia centre built as use for offices, conference rooms and a full gym. The centre was built where the existing offices and changing room are located.

Format

Semi-final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on 14 February 2019. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big Six would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Thirteen countries will participate in in the first semi-final and fourteen in the second semi-final. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.

The twenty-seven semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place and cultural similarities. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Bahamas Bermuda Dominican Republic Greenland Puerto Rico	British Virgin Islands Costa Rica El Salvador Nicaragua United States Virgin Islands	Argentina Bolivia Chile Paraguay Uruguay
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Ecuador Peru Suriname Venezuela	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis	Barbados Curaçao Grenada Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Participating countries

Semi-final 1

Thirteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Canada, Colombia and United States also voted in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Puerto Rico	Sofia Reyes feat. Jason Derulo & De La Ghetto	"1, 2, 3"	3	88
02	Uruguay	Alfonsina	"Juego con fuego"	12	59
03	British Virgin Islands	Luna feat. Iyaz	"Run This Town"	5	82
04	Peru	Renata Flores	"Mirando la misma luna"	7	80
05	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Problem Child	"Love de Road"	13	15
06	Ecuador	Paola Navarrete	"Éramos"	8	75
07	Curaçao	Trobi feat. Junglebae	"In the Studio"	6	80
08	United States Virgin Islands	Vanessa Daou	"Trouble Comes"	10	73
09	Argentina	Evaluna Montaner	"Me liberé"	1	109
10	Anguilla	Natty Axa	"Dumb"	9	74
11	Costa Rica	Fátima Pinto	"Tic Tic Tac"	2	97
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Corinne Bailey Rae	"The Skies Will Break"	4	86
13	Dominican Republic	Juan Magan feat. Luciana	"Baila conmigo"	11	68

Semi-final 2

Fourteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Cayman Islands, Guatemala and Guyana also voted in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Bolivia	Michelle Andrade	"Hasta la vista"	7	85
02	El Salvador	Sabi	"Wild Heart"	1	124
03	Chile	K-Bust	"Torn"	2	120
04	Suriname	Tally	"My Reflection"	8	79
05	Greenland	Nanook	"Aarnuaq"	9	67
06	Grenada	Shystie	"Wake Up"	10	60
07	Bermuda	Chelsea Amber	"Someone's Precious Girl"	6	86
08	Paraguay	Fabu	"Call My Name"	11	57
09	Antigua and Barbuda	Au/Ra	"Outlaws"	5	90
10	Barbados	Naomi Pilgrim	"Sink Like a Stone"	3	94
11	Venezuela	Mariana Vega	"La marea"	12	47
12	Dominica	Kojo Funds feat. Raye	"Check"	13	26
13	Bahamas	Brettina	"Serafina"	14	18
14	Nicaragua	Yamir	"Acelera"	4	91

Final

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 33 participating countries eligible to vote.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Argentina	Evaluna Montaner	"Me liberé"	3	105
02	Antigua and Barbuda	Au/Ra	"Outlaws"	21	48
03	Greenland	Nanook	"Aarnuaq"	15	73
04	Guyana	Sandhja	"Blue Paradise"	17	71
05	Barbados	Naomi Pilgrim	"Sink Like a Stone"	6	88
06	Anguilla	Natty Axa	"Dumb"	23	46
07	Costa Rica	Fátima Pinto	"Tic Tic Tac"	18	63
08	Chile	K-Bust	"Torn"	11	79
09	Nicaragua	Yamir	"Acelera"	16	72
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Corinne Bailey Rae	"The Skies Will Break"	7	87
11	Guatemala	School of Seven Bells	"Ablaze"	4	98
12	United States	Jack River	"Fault Line"	13	74
13	British Virgin Islands	Luna feat. Iyaz	"Run This Town"	19	61
14	Colombia	Morat	"Cuando nadie ve"	24	38
15	Bermuda	Chelsea Amber	"Someone's Precious Girl"	9	84
16	El Salvador	Sabi	"Wild Heart"	1	122
17	Peru	Renata Flores	"Mirando la misma luna"	14	74
18	Grenada	Shystie	"Wake Up"	26	34
19	Cayman Islands	Maeve	"Eden"	20	58
20	Bolivia	Michelle Andrade	"Hasta la vista"	10	79
21	Ecuador	Paola Navarrete	"Éramos"	22	48
22	Suriname	Tally	"My Reflection"	5	98
23	Canada	Cœur de pirate	"Combustible"	2	116
24	Curaçao	Trobi feat. Junglebae	"In the Studio"	8	86
25	United States Virgin Islands	Vanessa Daou	"Trouble Comes"	25	35
26	Puerto Rico	Sofia Reyes feat. Jason Derulo & De La Ghetto	"1, 2, 3"	12	77

Other countries

Further information: List of countries in the Own Americavision Song Contest

Eligibility for potential participation in the Own Americavision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active OABA membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

• Aruba: It was confirmed that the country would not participate in the 5th edition.
• Belize: It was announced that the country won't be returning to the contest.
• Brazil: The broadcaster missed the deadline for confirmations, thus being forced to withdraw.
• Cuba: Despite initially confirming, the country failed to present their entry within the deadline.
• French Guiana: It was announced that the country will be withdrawing.
• Guadeloupe: It was confirmed that the country would not participate in the 5th edition.
• Haiti: It was confirmed that the country would not return in the 5th edition.
• Honduras: It was announced that the country will not return.
• Jamaica: It was confirmed that the country would not participate in the 5th edition.
• Mexico: The broadcaster withdrew after the previous head of the delegation resigned.
• Panama: Panama will not return due lack of interest among the artists and lack of funding. Participation in the future isn't ruled out.
• Saint Lucia: It was confirmed that the country would not participate in the 5th edition.
• Trinidad and Tobago: The country will not return due to lack of time.

See also

• Own Asiavision Song Contest
• Own Eurovision Song Contest