Globalvision Season 19

The 18th season of the Globalvision Song Contest, expected to kick off on the 11th of April 2021. The official announcement of the beginning of the season was made on the 22nd of March, it didn't mention the exact start date of the season, but it revealed the theme and teased a few surprises. On the 5th of April, the date of start of the season was confirmed along with the modified country selection process, which included a pre-save date to determine the running order of choosing countries for the opening day of the contest.

The reveal of songs started on the 18th of April with all 37 initial entries being split into 4 groups meant to be revealed in different dates.

Theme
It was revealed on the 22nd of March that the theme of this season would be about fashion and boutique world as can be seen in the logo that was revealed on the first announcement of the season.

Location
The location chosen to host the contest was the KSPO Dome in Seoul, capital city of South Korea. The decision was made by the previous winner, @Dutch, and it was announced on the same day of the theme reveal for this season. The venue has a capacity of 15,000 attendants and has served as a concert venue for big international artists including past globalvision participants like the south korean girl group BLACKPINK. It is the first indoor arena to host the contest.

Returning artists
Blaya was meant to participate in season 9 but her participation was cancelled due to the lack of votes from the participant that chose her to represent Portugal then.

The first real returning act was Hooverphonic, the belgian group already participated before in season 12 and also in the first season of the Globalvision spin off, All Stars. Milica Pavlović represented Serbia also in season 12.

Kerli was initially meant to appear in season 4 with the first attempt of a debut for Estonia, but in the end was disqualified due to the lack of votes from the participant that chose her. Aitana returned to the contest after previously participating in season 13.

Jolin Tsai and Namie Amuro returned together after representing Taiwan and Japan in seasons 12 and 14 respectively. Their collaboration is the first entry to unite two previous globalvision participants, not counting entries submitted for spin-offs.

Eleni Foureira made an historic 4th participation in the game (5th counting her All Stars participation), but this time for a different country as she previously represented Greece in the past (and almost Cyprus once). Her previous appearance was in season 11.

Uniqueness Award
For the full list of recipients of the award, see Uniqueness Award