World Forum Song Contest 09.16
| World Forum Song Contest 09.16 Music Is Your Shadow | |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 8 September 2016 |
| Host city |  Beirut, Lebanon
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 15 |
| Returning |  Argentina File:Flag of Cameroon.png Cameroon File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala  India File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal  New Zealand File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea  South Africa  South Korea |
| Withdrawing |  Brazil  El Salvador  Iran  Japan File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos Lebanon  Lesotho  Mauritius File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | 10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all participants. |
| Winning song | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia "Houdou On (Calm)" |
| World Forum Song Contest | |
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The World Forum Song Contest 09.16 is the 145th edition of the World Forum Song Contest, which was held in Beirut, Lebanon thanks to Sona Mashrou' Leila's victory with the song 'Asnam'.
Participants
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | Rich Chigga | "Dat $tick" | 14 | 39 |
| 2 |  China
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Chadamu National Orchestra | "Amazing Horse" | 7 | 67 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea | RIA | "Knocking" | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | South Africa
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Zebra & Giraffe | "It's All The Same" | 11 | 44 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | The Author x Astha | "Where Have You Been" | 5 | 70 |
| 6 | New Zealand
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Broods | "Heartlines" | 10 | 46 |
| 7 | South Korea
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Hyukoh | "wi ing wi ing" | 12 | 41 |
| 8 | India
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Thaikkudam Bridge | "One" | 3 | 72 |
| 9 |  United States
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Night Club | "Another One" | 15 | 22 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia | Domog | "Govi Nutag" | 9 | 48 |
| 11 | Argentina
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Paloma del Cerro | "Eternamente" | 4 | 72 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | Emel Mathlouthi | "Houdou On (Calm)" | 1 | 90 |
| 13 | File:Flag of Cameroon.png Cameroon | Irma | "Hear Me Out" | 2 | 86 |
| 14 | File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala | Carmen Maria Vega | "On sen fout" | 8 | 62 |
| 15 | File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia | Stellar Dreams | "Parallel" | 6 | 69 |