World Forum Song Contest 01.18

World Forum Song Contest Januray 2018
Dates
Final date	6 January 2018
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Participants
Number of entries	19
Returning	Argentina Colombia Cuba East Timor Egypt French Polynesia Kazakhstan Lebanon Madagascar Mozambique Philippines Siberia Sri Lanka Thailand Zambia
Withdrawing	Canada China Dominican Republic DR Congo Guinea-Bissau Hong Kong Jamaica Mongolia New Zealand Pakistan Taiwan Tajikistan Turkey Uruguay Uzbekistan
Vote
Voting system	10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all participants.
Winning song	Brazil "Cruel "
World Forum Song Contest
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The World Forum Song Contest 01.18 is the 162nd edition of the World Forum Song Contest, which was held in Tokyo, Japan thanks to Kuricorder Quartet & Shione Yukawa's victory with the song "Tameiki no Hashi"

Participants

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Kazakhstan	Ardak Balazhanova	"Zhelsiz tunde zharyk ay"	19	74
2	Brazil	Nina Fernandes	"Cruel"	1	92
3	Japan	GARNiDELiA	"Yakusoku"	11	49
4	Siberia	Carmen Rizzo & Huun Huur Tu	"Mother Taiga"	7	55
5	Colombia	Populous feat. Ela Minus	"Azul oro"	8	55
6	South Africa	Lira	"Wa Mpaleha"	16	41
7	Madagascar	Nytha	"Dou dou"	12	48
8	French Polynesia	Vaiteani	"That´s how they call it"	2	88
9	Mozambique	Mariza	"Cavaleiro Monge"	14	42
10	Sri Lanka	La Signore ft. Umara	"Kessata Kos Eta"	17	28
11	Thailand	X0809	"-30"	15	41
12	Zambia	Rozalla	"You never love the same way twice"	3	70
13	East Timor	Sandra Pires	"Poderosamente vivo"	4	64
14	Lebanon	Mashrou´Leila	"Marrikh"	5	63
15	United States	Hercules & Love Affair ft. Sharon van Etten	"Omnion"	18	26
16	Argentina	Kaleema	"Ritual"	10	50
17	Cuba	Malu Tevejo	"Luna llena"	13	47
18	Philippines	Autotelic	"Languyin"	6	59
19	Egypt	Sharyhan	"The Day Is Lonely"	9	53