Globalvision Season 8

The 8th season of the Globalvision Song Contest that strated on August 24th 2018, with the final celebrated on September 21st. This was the first season to introduce the Uniqueness Award, an idea proposed by @Dutch.

The final number of participants was 23, with two new participants that appeared in this edition, @DeluluSwine who brought back Norway to game, and @TheAlpha who represented the United Kingdom, another returning country. Initially there were 24 participants, but @datlastfam got disqualified before the final. No new country debuted in this season.

The winner was @DeluluSwine, being this the third time that a debutant won the contest. He represented Norway with Sigrid and her song "Strangers".

Theme
The main theme used for this season was Pop Art. The main visuals looked like if they were taken from an old style comic.

Returning artists
Irina Rimes, Tamta, Luca Hänni and Sigrid, having appeared the first two in seasons 3 and 4 respectivelly, while the remaining ones did it in season 7.

Final
The final took place on September 21st, around 8PM CEST.

Uniqueness award
For the full list of recipients of the award, see Uniqueness Award This was the first time that the Uniqueness Award was introduced to the contest. It was an idea proposed by @Dutch, who wanted to bring more diversity to the game by encouraging the rest of participants to get more risky with their choices. The winner of the first award was @TheAlpha and his chosen artist Viktoria Modesta with her song "Fever" that represented the United Kingdom.

Other participants

 * @datlastfam was going to return in this season representing once again Malaysia, but got disqualified for not sending his votes on time. He had chosen the artist Dato Siti Nurhaliza with her song "Purnama Merindu" to represent the country.


 * @DiegoMonster and @Bazaar both withdrew after participating in the previous two seasons.


 * @Maic returned to the contest after being absent for one season.