Mystical Song Contest 14

The Mystical Song Contest #14 (also known as MSC 14) was the fourteenth edition of the Mystical Song Contest. It took place in Brasilia, 🇧🇷 Brazil after FTampa ft. Kamatos won in Stockholm, 🇸🇪 Sweden.

It was confirmed that 42 countries will participate in the 14th edition. No one debuted or returned while 🇨🇿 Czech Republic and 🇨🇭 Switzerland withdrew.

The top 6 of last edition 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇱 Israel and 🇮🇹 Italy were automatically pre qualified for the Grand Final of this edition. The 36 others participating countries were split into 2 semi finals.

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

Brasilia
Brasília (/brəˈzɪliə/, Portuguese: [bɾaˈziljɐ]) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located atop the Brazilian highlands in the country's center-western region. It was founded on April 21, 1960, to serve as the new national capital. Brasília is estimated to be Brazil's third-most populous city. Among major Latin American cities, it has the highest GDP per capita.

Brasília was planned and developed by Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, and Joaquim Cardozo in 1956 in a scheme to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a more central location. The landscape architect was Roberto Burle Marx. The city's design divides it into numbered blocks as well as sectors for specified activities, such as the Hotel Sector, the Banking Sector, and the Embassy Sector. Brasília was chosen as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its modernist architecture and uniquely artistic urban planning. It was named "City of Design" by UNESCO in October 2017 and has been part of the Creative Cities Network since then.

All three branches of Brazil's federal government are centered in the city: executive, legislative, and judiciary. Brasília also hosts 124 foreign embassies. The city's international airport connects it to all other major Brazilian cities and some international destinations, and it is the third-busiest airport in Brazil. Brasília is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city. It was one of the main host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and hosted some of the football matches during the 2016 Summer Olympics; it also hosted the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.

The city has a unique status in Brazil, as it is an administrative division rather than a legal municipality like other cities in Brazil. Although Brasília is used as a synonym for the Federal District through synecdoche, the Federal District is composed of 31 administrative regions, only one of which is the area of the originally planned city, also called Plano Piloto. The rest of the Federal District is considered by IBGE to make up Brasília's metro area.

Rio de Janeiro was Brazil's capital from 1763 until 1960. During this period, resources tended to be centered in Brazil's southeast region, and most of the country's population was concentrated near its Atlantic coast. Brasília's geographically central location fostered a more regionally neutral federal capital. An article of the country's first republican constitution, dated 1891, states that the capital should be moved from Rio de Janeiro to a place close to the country's center.

The plan was conceived in 1827 by José Bonifácio, an advisor to Emperor Pedro I. He presented a plan to the General Assembly of Brazil for a new city called Brasília, with the idea of moving the capital westward from the heavily populated southeastern corridor. The bill was not enacted because Pedro I dissolved the Assembly.

According to legend, Italian saint Don Bosco in 1883 had a dream in which he described a futuristic city that roughly fitted Brasília's location. In Brasília today, many references to Bosco, who founded the Salesian order, are found throughout the city and one church parish in the city bears his name.

Host of the show
On February 2, 2019 it was announced that Manu Gavassi will be the host of the Mystical Song Contest 14.

Manoela Latini Gavassi Francisco (born January 4, 1993), better known as Manu Gavassi, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, writer, directress and screenwriter.

Born and raised in São Paulo, she is the daughter of broadcaster and presenter Zé Luiz and psychologist and artist Daniela Gavassi and sister of fashion student Catarina Gavassi. At age 12, she learned from her father how to play the guitar by writing her first song at age 13. At 19, she left her parents' house to live alone in an apartment and took interpretation courses in the state capital.

She began her career in 2009 through Capricho magazine, participating in Galera Capricho, modeling in fashion editorials and being part of behavioral articles for the magazine. Karol Pinheiro, one of Capricho's reporters at the time, found out that Manu was singing and requested the singer's video for him on the magazine's website. With a repercussion of the video, Manu went on to cover songs by singers Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift and publicized his past songs through his own YouTube channel. Until her father, broadcaster Zé Luiz, sent some videos of her singing her copyright songs to producer Rick Bonadio, who found the material interesting and invited the singer to be part of her record label Midas Music and record her first studio album.

Manu then began work on his self-titled album, which was recorded in just two months and released on August 31, 2010. His first single "Garoto Errado" was released a week before the album's release. The singer's first show took place on September 18th through the event NoCapricho 2010. In February 2011, released as single "Planos Impossíveis". In 2011, his song "Garoto Errado" was on the soundtrack of the soap opera Rebelde on Record. The singles "Garoto Errado" e "Planos Impossíveis" received gold record by Pro-Música Brasil. In November was released the last single from their album, "Odeio". The music video was released exclusively through the painting Garagem do Faustão, shown on the program Domingão do Faustão. In the same month made her debut as an actress, making a cameo in the series Julie e os Fantasmas as Debora.

In February 2012, Gavassi released the single Você Já Deveria Saber. In June, she recorded the songs "O Céu Eu Vou Tocar" and "Ao Ar Livre", for the soundtrack of the movie Brave, as a lull for the adventures of brave princess Marilda. In September, "Conto de Fadas", was released, the first single from their second album. The song was among the top ten on iTunes. In April 2013 released the second single, "Clichê Adolescente", track that gives the name of the album, and in November the third and last, "Segredo", with the participation of former boyfriend Chay Suede. The album was released on November 29th and featured a mini documentary published through its Youtube channel. In January 2014, she was invited by the Mexican singer Dulce María to do a duet in Portuguese of the song "Antes Que Ver El Sol", the song being released in August.

In February, made her debut in the soap opera in the soap opera Em Familia playing the singer Paulinha. In December, she played villain Vicki in the Twenty-second season of Malhação. Manu was only going to make a part in the plot, but due to the repercussion and success of her character, at the request of the fans, she returned and remained until the end of the teen series. In December, he released his new single, "Esse Amor Tão Errado", which featured a music video recorded in Los Angeles and was featured in the Young Afternoon compilation.

Debuting/Withdrawing
On February 2, 2019 it was announced that 2 countries won't participate in the 14th edition.


 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic : The Czech public isn't interested by the contest anymore so Czech Republic withdrew. The last participation of the country was in the 13th edition.
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland : Due to financial problems, Switzerland had to withdraw. The last participation of the country was in the 13th edition.

Returning Artists
Here is the list of the returning artists for the 14th edition.

Semi Finals
On February 8, 2019 the supervisor of the contest ESC Thømås had 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 18 countries competed in each semi final and 10 countries qualified in both.

Semi Final 1
In this semi final 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇪🇪 Estonia and 🇮🇹 Italy had to vote.

Semi Final 2
In this semi final 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇫🇷 France and 🇮🇱 Israel had to vote.

Grand Final
On February 18, 2019 the supervisor of the contest ESC Thømås had revealed the running order of the grand final.