Borealis Song Contest 2

Borealis Song Contest 2, often referred as BSC 2, was the second edition of the Borealis Song Contest. The edition was held in Bergen, Norway. The norwegian broadcaster NRK selected the Grieg Hall as venue for the edition. The event was hosted by Agnete.

Twenty-eight countries participated in the second edition, fourteen of them being debutants. In order to participate, these fourteen countries have been approved to be full members of the Borealis Broadcasting Union. Additionally, again fourteen other countries, the so-called "Non-BBU-Members" of this edition, had to vote in all the shows as well.

The winner of the edition was The Netherlands with the song "Lange Vinnen" performed by Eefje de Visser, which scored 316 points, only seven points over the runner-up, Lithuania. On the third place finished Sweden's Molly Hammar with 305 points.

Location
For further information see Bergen

Bergen is a city and municipality in Vestland on the west coast of Norway. At the end of 2019, the municipality's population was 283,929, and the Bergen metropolitan region has about 420,000 inhabitants. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers 465 square kilometres and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the 'city of seven mountains'. Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland and consists of eight boroughs.

Participating countries
Twenty-eight countries have been full members of the Borealis Broadcasting Union in the second edition of the contest and therefore were eligible to submit an entry. Fourteen other countries had to vote in this edition. They haven't been full members of the BBU at this time and couldn't submit an entry. Table key

Qualification 1
Fourteen countries participated in the first qualification. All 42 BBU-Members and Non-BBU-Members of this edition had to vote. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Qualification 2
Fourteen countries participated in the second qualification. All 42 BBU-Members and Non-BBU-Members of this edition had to vote. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Final
Twenty countries participated in the final. All 42 BBU-Members and Non-BBU-Members of this edition had to vote.