World Forum Song Contest 01.18
| World Forum Song Contest Januray 2018 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 6 January 2018 |
| Host city |  Tokyo, Japan
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Returning |  Argentina  Colombia  Cuba  East Timor  Egypt  French Polynesia  Kazakhstan  Lebanon File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines  Siberia File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia |
| Withdrawing |  Canada  China File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic  DR Congo  Guinea-Bissau File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong  Jamaica File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia  New Zealand File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg 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 |
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| 1 | Kazakhstan
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Ardak Balazhanova | "Zhelsiz tunde zharyk ay" | 19 | 74 |
| 2 | Brazil
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Nina Fernandes | "Cruel" | 1 | 92 |
| 3 | Japan
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GARNiDELiA | "Yakusoku" | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Siberia
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Carmen Rizzo & Huun Huur Tu | "Mother Taiga" | 7 | 55 |
| 5 | Colombia
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Populous feat. Ela Minus | "Azul oro" | 8 | 55 |
| 6 |  South Africa
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Lira | "Wa Mpaleha" | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | Nytha | "Dou dou" | 12 | 48 |
| 8 | French Polynesia
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Vaiteani | "That´s how they call it" | 2 | 88 |
| 9 | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | Mariza | "Cavaleiro Monge" | 14 | 42 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | La Signore ft. Umara | "Kessata Kos Eta" | 17 | 28 |
| 11 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | X0809 | "-30" | 15 | 41 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | Rozalla | "You never love the same way twice" | 3 | 70 |
| 13 | East Timor
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Sandra Pires | "Poderosamente vivo" | 4 | 64 |
| 14 | Lebanon
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Mashrou´Leila | "Marrikh" | 5 | 63 |
| 15 |  United States
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Hercules & Love Affair ft. Sharon van Etten | "Omnion" | 18 | 26 |
| 16 | Argentina
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Kaleema | "Ritual" | 10 | 50 |
| 17 | Cuba
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Malu Tevejo | "Luna llena" | 13 | 47 |
| 18 | File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | Autotelic | "Languyin" | 6 | 59 |
| 19 | Egypt
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Sharyhan | "The Day Is Lonely" | 9 | 53 |