World Forum Song Contest 10.18
| World Forum Song Contest 10.18 October 2018 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 26 October 2018 |
| Host city |  Al Ahmadi, Kuwait
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 14 |
| Returning |  Brazil  China  Costa Rica  Ethiopia  Iran  Japan  Kazakhstan Kuwait  New Zealand  Niue  Uzbekistan  Vietnam |
| Withdrawing |  Angola  Bangladesh  Cayman Islands  Dominica  Egypt  Lebanon  Mexico  Sint Maarten  South Sudan  Tunisia  Uruguay |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | 10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all participants. |
| Winning song |  Maldives"Together We Go" |
| World Forum Song Contest | |
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The World Forum Song Contest 10.18 is the 171st edition of the World Forum Song Contest, which was held in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait thanks to Tamara Qaddoumi's victory with the song 'Flowers Will Rot.'
Participants
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 1 | Maldives
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Mirah Ally | "Together We Go" | 1 | 104 |
| 2 |  Cambodia
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Laura Mam | "Madizone Tmey" | 3 | 74 |
| 3 |  Jamaica
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Grace Jones | "I Need A Man" | 8 | 58 |
| 4 | Lebanon
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Fairuz | "Ana la habibi" | 11 | 49 |
| 5 |  Guatemala
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Bohemia Suburbana | "Pero Nadie" | 10 | 50 |
| 6 | New Zealand
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Yumi Zouma | "In Camera" | 13 | 40 |
| 7 |  Ivory Coast
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Dobet Gnahoré | "Djoli" | 7 | 59 |
| 8 |  Honduras
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Empress Of | "How Do You Do It" | 6 | 59 |
| 9 |  Cuba
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Ibeyi | "Rise Up Wise Up Eyes Up" | 5 | 59 |
| 10 |  Belize
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Paul Nabor | "Naguya Ne (I Am Moving On)" | 9 | 51 |
| 11 |  Saudi Arabia
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Majed Alesa | "Eidayn" | 4 | 63 |
| 12 |  Taiwan
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Valen Hsu | "Freyja" | 2 | 76 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan
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Jah Khalib | "Medina" | 12 | 42 |
| 14 |  North Korea
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Morobong Band | "Forward! Socialism!" | 14 | 35 |