Own Americavision Song Contest 2

Own Americavision Song Contest 2
Dates
Semi-finals date	27 October 2017
Final date	23 November 2017
Host
Venue	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Presenter(s)	June Ambrose
Broadcaster	ABS
Participants
Entries	38
Debuting	Aruba Bahamas Bermuda Cayman Islands Curaçao Guadeloupe
Withdrawing	Ecuador French Guiana Mexico Saint Lucia Suriname
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
Voting
System	Each country awards 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winner	United States "Speak to Me"
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Own Americavision Song Contest 2, often referred to as OAmSC #2, is the second edition of Own Americavision Song Contest. The contest took place in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, following country's victory in the 1st edition with Au/Ra and her song "Kicks". This is the first time that Antigua and Barbuda hosted the contest.

Thirty-eight countries participated in the second edition. Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Curaçao and Guadeloupe made their debut appearance. However, Ecuador, French Guiana, Saint Lucia and Suriname have withdrawn from the competition. Despite originally confirming, Mexico was forced to withdraw due to not submitting an entry before the deadline.

The winner was United States with the song "Speak to Me", performed by Amy Lee which scored 196 points, winning by a margin of 26 points in front of Canada. The podium was completed by Greenland, which finished on the third place. Antigua and Barbuda, the host country placed twenty-third.

Location

For more details on the host country, see Antigua and Barbuda.

Host City

St. John's

Location of the host city.

St. John's is the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda, a country located in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 22,193, St. John's is the commercial centre of the nation and the chief port of the island of Antigua.

St. John's is one of the most developed and cosmopolitan municipalities in the Lesser Antilles. The city is famous for its various shopping malls as well as boutiques throughout the city, selling designer jewellery and haute-couture clothing.

Venue

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a stadium in North Sound, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. It was built for use in the 2007 Cricket World Cup where it hosted Super 8 matches. The stadium usually caters for 10,000 people, but temporary seating doubled its capacity for the 2007 World Cup. The stadium is named after former West Indies cricket captain Viv Richards. The stadium is about 10–20 minutes' drive from the capital city, St. John's, and the country's international airport.

Format

Semi-final Allocation Draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place took place on 22 September 2017. The semi-finalists have been split into six pots, based on voting patterns from the previous editions. The pots were calculated and are as follows:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Bermuda Canada Cayman Islands Greenland United States	Belize El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Bahamas Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica	Barbados Dominica Guadeloupe Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Aruba Colombia Curaçao Grenada Venezuela

Participating countries

Semi-final 1

Sixteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana and Uruguay also voted in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Greenland	Nina	"Maalia"	5	100
02	Colombia	Widy	"Yahabibi"	6	87
03	Dominican Republic	Faydee feat. Kat Deluna & Leftside	"Nobody"	13	45
04	El Salvador	Natalia Segura	"Fist in the Air"	11	54
05	Paraguay	Nahuel	"Aqui estoy"	16	14
06	Cuba	King	"Promise"	1	129
07	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Marlon Roudette	"When the Beat Drops Out"	7	80
08	Nicaragua	Gustavo Bucardo	"Sonidos de libertad"	14	23
09	Grenada	Zhavea	"Shut It Down"	9	69
10	Guatemala	Lorena Pinot	"La vida es una sola"	10	63
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Laura Mvula	"That's Alright"	8	72
12	Argentina	Tei Shi	"Keep Running"	2	127
13	Guadeloupe	Jocelyne, Cheela, Jacob & Passi	"Laisse parler les gens"	15	16
14	Bahamas	Fourever1	"All About Tonight"	4	109
15	United States	Amy Lee	"Speak to Me"	3	125
16	Peru	La Tigresa del Oriente	"Barata y techera"	12	47

Semi-final 2

Sixteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago also voted in this semi-final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Honduras	Dabin feat. Daniela Andrade	"Hold"	8	81
02	Panama	Putzgrilla feat. Lorna	"Pégate"	9	74
03	Jamaica	Lianne La Havas	"Tokyo"	10	54
04	Bermuda	Twanée feat. Kidd Kidd	"Mission Statement"	13	37
05	Barbados	Amelia Payne	"Down"	1	144
06	Dominica	Carlyn XP	"Like Home"	14	26
07	Venezuela	Gaby Noya feat. Corina Smith & Vanessa Suarez	"V.I.P"	3	114
08	Curaçao	Shermanology	"Sweet Surrender"	7	84
09	Belize	Verge of Umbra	"Darkest of Days"	16	7
10	Bolivia	Sara Salinas	"The Beat Is in My Head"	12	40
11	Canada	Lights	"New Fears"	2	134
12	Haiti	Ayiiti	"Schizo"	4	113
13	Chile	Barbara Muñoz	"Para olvidarte bien"	6	91
14	Cayman Islands	Natasha Kozaily	"Who We Be"	11	49
15	Aruba	Jeon feat. Ataniro	"Dushi bida"	15	17
16	Brazil	Tiê	"Mexeu comigo"	5	95

Final

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 38 participating countries eligible to vote.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Marlon Roudette	"When the Beat Drops Out"	4	123
02	Guatemala	Lorena Pinot	"La vida es una sola"	17	61
03	Bahamas	Fourever1	"All About Tonight"	14	83
04	Barbados	Amelia Payne	"Down"	6	110
05	Grenada	Zhavea	"Shut It Down"	25	25
06	Trinidad and Tobago	Rochelle Chedz	"No Talking"	26	13
07	Brazil	Tiê	"Mexeu comigo"	22	53
08	Canada	Lights	"New Fears"	2	170
09	Costa Rica	Passiflora	"Chanson a moi"	20	55
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Laura Mvula	"That's Alright"	24	38
11	Greenland	Nina	"Maalia"	3	154
12	Honduras	Dabin feat. Daniela Andrade	"Hold"	16	73
13	Panama	Putzgrilla feat. Lorna	"Pégate"	13	85
14	United States	Amy Lee	"Speak to Me"	1	196
15	Venezuela	Gaby Noya feat. Corina Smith & Vanessa Suarez	"V.I.P"	12	85
16	Argentina	Tei Shi	"Keep Running"	10	87
17	Haiti	Ayiiti	"Schizo"	7	109
18	Chile	Barbara Muñoz	"Para olvidarte bien"	18	60
19	Puerto Rico	Raquel Sofía	"Ron de azúcar"	21	54
20	Uruguay	Harvest	"Thanatos"	15	76
21	Cuba	King	"Promise"	5	115
22	Colombia	Widy	"Yahabibi"	8	96
23	Antigua and Barbuda	Sweetbox	"#Z21"	23	47
24	Curaçao	Shermanology	"Sweet Surrender"	9	94
25	Jamaica	Lianne La Havas	"Tokyo"	19	56
26	Guyana	Alyssa Reid feat. P. Reign	"Alone Again"	11	86

Other countries

Further information: List of countries in the Own Americavision Song Contest

Eligibility for potential participation in the Own Americavision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active OABA membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

• Ecuador: The head of the delegation announced a break for this edition.
• French Guiana: It was confirmed that the country would withdraw in the 2nd edition.
• Mexico: Despite being pre-qualified, the broadcaster missed the deadline for confirmations, thus being forced to withdraw.
• Saint Lucia: The broadcaster announced one more edition break due to the departure of the old delegation of the country.
• Suriname: It was confirmed that the country would withdraw in the 2nd edition.

See also

• Own Asiavision Song Contest
• Own Eurovision Song Contest