Mystical Song Contest 25

The Mystical Song Contest #25 (also known as MSC 25) was the twenty-fifth edition of the Mystical Song Contest. It took place in Busan, 🇰🇷 South Korea after Everglow won in Constanta, 🇷🇴 Romania.

The 25th edition was a special edition where contestants (if they wanted) had to send an entry that was overused (which means a song that competed in at least more than 3 other contests).

It was confirmed that 48 countries participated in the 25th edition. Bosnia & Herzegovina debuted while 🇹🇷 Turkey withdrew.

The top 6 of last edition 🇰🇷 South Korea, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇳🇿 New Zealand, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic and 🇦🇺 Australia were automatically pre qualified for the Grand Final of this edition. The 42 other countries that participated were split into 2 semi finals.

The running orders were made by the supervisor of the contest ESC Thømås.

Busan
Busan ( Korean pronunciation: [pusan]), formerly romanized as Pusan and now officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second most-populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.5 million inhabitants. It is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port—Korea's busiest and the fifth-busiest in the world —only about 190 kilometers (120 mi) from the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu. The surrounding Southeast Economic Zone (including Ulsan and South Gyeongsang) is South Korea's largest industrial area.

Busan is divided into 15 major administrative districts and a single county, together housing a population of approximately 3.6 million. The full metropolitan area, the Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region, has a population of approximately 8 million. The most densely built-up areas of the city are situated in a number of narrow valleys between the Nakdong and the Suyeong Rivers, with mountains separating most of the districts. The Nakdong is Korea's longest river and Busan's Haeundae Beach is also the country's largest.

Busan is a center for international conventions, hosting APEC in 2005. It is also a center for sports tournaments in Korea, having hosted the 2002 Asian Games and FIFA World Cup. It is home to the world's largest department store, the Shinsegae Centum City. Busan was added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Film in December 2014.

The name Busan is the Revised Romanization of the city's Korean name since the late 15th century. It officially replaced the earlier McCune-Reischauer romanization Pusan in 2000. The name 釜山 (now written 부산 using the hangul syllabary) is Sino-Korean for Cauldron Mountain, believed to be a former name of Mt Hwangryeong (황령산, 荒嶺山, Hwangryeong-san) west of the city center. The area's ancient state Mt Geochil (거칠산국, 居柒山國, Geochilsan-guk, Rough-Mountain Land) is similarly thought to refer to the same mountain, which towers over the town's harbor on the Suyeong. (The later Silla district of Geochilsan-gun was renamed Dongnae in 757.)

Hosts of the show
On September 13, 2019 it was announced that JooE & Sunmi were the hosts of Mystical Song Contest 25. Joo E (주이) is a South Korean singer and rapper under MLD Entertainment. She is a member of the girl group MOMOLAND.

In February 2018, she graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School, majored in Practical Music Department.

In 2016, she became a contestant on Mnet's reality survival show Finding Momoland. She finished the competition in fifth place, thus becoming a member of the girl group MOMOLAND. The group officially debuted on November 10, 2016 with their first mini album Welcome to Momoland.

In 2017, she became viral on the internet due to her enthusiast dance to the group's song Wonderful Love (EDM Ver.), which led her to be invinted to star in Tropicana Sparkling's commercial. After her appearance on the commercial, she became known as Tropicana girl.

In 2018, Joo E's landed another colorful commercial deal with the mobile game Friends Marble, where she sings along to a cute synth-pop song while showing off her now signature dance moves. She also became the new face of the makeup brand Baker 7.

She confirmed that she had done rhinoplasty in high school prior to joining Duble Kick Entertainment, and then a month afterwards Finding Momoland began.

Lee Sun-mi (born Sun Mi on May 2, 1992), known mononymously as Sunmi, is a South Korean singer. She debuted in 2007 as a member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls and left the group in January 2010 to pursue an academic career. After a three-year long hiatus from the music scene, Sunmi resumed her career as a soloist in August 2013 with her debut extended play Full Moon, which spawned the number two singles 24 Hours and Full Moon on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart.

In 2015, Sunmi was announced to be resuming promotion with the Wonder Girls until their disbandment in 2017. She subsequently left JYP Entertainment and joined Makeus Entertainment. Her second extended play Warning was released in 2018 and produced the hit singles Gashina, Heroine and Siren.

Sun Mi was born on May 2, 1992 in Iksan, North Jeolla, South Korea. She attended Hwangnam Elementary School, Chungdam Middle School and Chungdam High School and currently attends Dongguk University, majoring in musical theater. She adopted her stepfather's surname, Lee, while in university and merged her original given name and surname, becoming Lee Sun-mi.

In May 2006, Sunmi was revealed as a fourth member of Wonder Girls, a girl group managed by JYP Entertainment. The group debuted with the single Irony, on MBC's ''Show! Music Core'' on February 10, 2007.[citation needed] The group quickly rose to stardom with their hits Tell Me, So Hot and Nobody within two years of debuting.[citation needed] In January 2010, JYP announced that Sunmi would be postponing her musical career to pursue her academic career, but would continue until February in order to complete scheduled events. On January 13, 2012, A JYP representative stated, Sunmi has remained within the company and continues to sharpen her musical talents. JYP Entertainment later stated that there are no plans for her to return and comeback as a member of Wonder Girls.

In August 2013, Sunmi was announced to be returning to her music career, debuting as a solo artist. she made her official debut stage on August 22, on Mnet's M! Countdown. Her debut single, 24 Hours, was released on August 26, 2013; and subsequently achieved an all-kill on music charts. Subsequently, her debut extended play (EP) Full Moon was released on February 17, 2014. The lead single peaked at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart and at number three on Billboard 's K-pop Hot 100. Full Moon was praised for being innovative, and she was said to have delivered a classy rendition of sexy.

On June 24, 2015, JYP Entertainment announced that she would be re-joining Wonder Girls, after withdrawing in 2010, for their comeback after the group's two-year hiatus. The group returned with a band concept, with Sunmi playing the bass. In August, the group's album Reboot was released, with Sunmi co-writing and co-producing three of its tracks. In 2016, Sunmi once again received songwriting and producing credits for a Wonder Girls release, this time for two songs present on the band's single album Why So Lonely, including the title track of the same name.

Debuting/Withdrawing
On September 13, 2019 it was announced that 1 country withdrew in the 25th edition.


 * 🇹🇷 Turkey : TRT decided to withdraw because Turkish music isn't appreciated at the right value in the contest and gave only non qualifications to Turkey. The last participation of the country was in the 24th edition.

It was also announced that 1 country finally debuted in the contest replacing Turkey :


 * Bosnia & Herzegovina : The Bosnian HoD stated that Bosnia & Herzegovina was finally invited to debut.

Returning Artists
Here is the list of the returning artists for the 25th edition.

Semi Finals
On September 17, 2019 the supervisor of the contest ESC Thømås revealed the running order of both semi finals.

The big 6 members were assigned to a semi final where they had to vote.

A total of 21 countries competed in each semi final and 10 countries qualified in both.

Semi Final 1
In this semi final 🇳🇿 New Zealand, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic and 🇦🇺 Australia had to vote.

Semi Final 2
In this semi final 🇰🇷 South Korea, 🇸🇮 Slovenia and 🇩🇰 Denmark had to vote.

Grand Final
On September 27, 2019 the supervisor of the contest ESC Thømås revealed the running order of the grand final.