Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 3

The Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 3 was the third edition of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest. The contest took place in Barcelona, Spain, following the country's victory at the with the song "Good Girls Don't Lie", performed by Ruth Lorenzo. Organised by the Mediterranean Broadcasting Union (MBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), the contest was held at the Palau Sant Jordi and consisted of a final on 11 June 2018. The show was presented by Barei.

Twenty-four countries participated in the contest, with Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Serbia and Vatican City all making their debut. Croatia and Morocco both returned after a one-edition absence. Despite initially confirming participation, Albania withdrew due to the unexpected resignation of their head of delegation at the time.

The winner was Malta with the song "We Are the Soldiers", performed by Ira Losco. This was Malta's first victory in the contest. Romania, Gibraltar, Spain, France and Liechtenstein rounded out the top six and would go on to become members of the "Big 6" in the next edition.

Location
The third edition was held in Barcelona, Spain, following the country's victory at the second edition with the song "Good Girls Don't Lie", performed by Ruth Lorenzo. The selected venue was the Palau Sant Jordi.

Preparations for the third edition began on 18 March 2018, immediately after Spain won the second edition in Athens, Greece. The Mediterranean Broadcasting Union (MBU) handed RTVE, the Spanish participating broadcaster, a stack of documents and a USB drive with tools to begin the work needed to host the next edition.

Bidding phase
On 20 March 2018, it was confirmed by RTVE that 5 cities had submitted bids to host the contest. The hosting broadcaster reviewed the bids and on 23 March 2018, Barcelona was announced as the host city, overcoming the bids from A Coruña, Madrid, Málaga and Vitoria-Gasteiz. Below are the 5 cities and their bids:

Key: Host venue

Visual design
The contest's slogan, "Touch The Music!", as well as the official logo and branding were revealed on 12 April 2018.

Presenters
On 7 April 2018, it was announced that Barei would host the third edition.

Postcards
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Participating countries
0n 7 April 2018, the MBU announced that 25 countries would take part in the contest, with Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Serbia and Vatican City all making their debut. Croatia and Morocco would return after a one-edition absence. A day later on 8 April 2018, Albania announced their withdrawal due to the unexpected resignation of their head of delegation at the time, thus bringing the number of participating countries down to 24.

Participants
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Scoreboard
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12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received from each country's professional juries.

Spokespersons
The spokespersons announced the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:


 * 1)  – Maher Zain (Syrian representative in )
 * 2)  – IROL (Sammarinese representative in )
 * 3)  – Nina Kraljić (Croatian representative in )
 * 4)  – Khaled
 * 5)  – Paula Seling
 * 6)  – Cristina Scuccia
 * 7)  – Ferman Akgül
 * 8)  – Amy Macdonald (Gibraltarian representative in )
 * 9)  – Vanja Radovanovic
 * 10)  – Ermal Meta
 * 11)  – Eleni Foureira (Co-presenter of the ; Cypriot representative in and )
 * 12)  – Brequette (Spanish representative in )
 * 13)  – Maya Sar (Bosnian representative in  with Marijan Brkic Brk)
 * 14)  – Sofi Marinova
 * 15)  – Willy William
 * 16)  – Nora Istrefi
 * 17)  – Ofer Nachshon
 * 18)  – Bojan Trajkovski and Marija Ivanovska
 * 19)  – Demy (Co-presenter of the ; Greek representative in )
 * 20)  – Leonor Andrade (Portuguese representative in and )
 * 21)  – Sandra Schleret
 * 22)  – Moira Delia (Presenter of the )
 * 23)  – Samira Said (Moroccan representative in )
 * 24)  – Željko Joksimović

Other countries
Eligibility for potential participation in the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active MBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. The MBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members.

Active MBU members

 * – Albanian broadcaster RTSH had originally confirmed their participation in the third edition, however, they subsequently withdrew on 8 April 2018 due to the unexpected resignation of their head of delegation at the time.


 * – On 30 March 2018, Lebanese broadcaster Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) confirmed that Lebanon would not be making a return to the contest following their absence from the second edition. They gave no reasons as to why they did not return.

Official album
Mediterraneanvision Song Contest: Barcelona #3 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the Mediterranean Broadcasting Union and released on 1 November 2020. The album features all 24 entries.