Our Eurovision 8

The eighth season of Our Eurovision took place in Lyon, France, following the country's convincing win in Season 7 with Maëlle and her song "Toutes Les Machines Ont Un Cœur". The semi finals took place on the 5th October 2019, and the final was 5 days later, on the 10th October 2019.

As usual, 50 countries took part in the contest. 3 of those countries were making the debut in Our Eurovision: Alaska, Nepal and Trinidad & Tobago. A further 15 countries made their return to the contest, all of which after competing in Season 4. 18 countries withdrew.

This was another non-Eurovision season. This season was quite unique because there were no rules. All restrictions were lifted for this season, and juries could send any song they wanted. Songs could also be from any country. Once all were chosen, they were then split into 2 semi finals, and 12 songs would qualify from each.

The winning song this season came from The Netherlands. The Netherlands sent Blackbriar and their song "Arms Of The Ocean", and they scored 352 points. "Arms Of The Ocean" still holds the record for the largest winning margin of any song in Our Eurovision history. The Netherlands finished 99 points ahead of the runner up: Spain. Spain were represented by Fuel Fandango and their song "Salvaje", receiving 253 points. The winning jury was ESC Portugal (becoming the first jury to win twice), while the 2nd place jury was A Cat Wearing A Top Hat.

The vote was, as always, a 50-50 split between the juries and the televote. The Netherlands took a dominant win in the jury vote, but would fail to reach top 3 with televoters. Debuting country Alaska, and Season 2 winner Australia received the same score and would both win the televote.

Returning Artists
This season had 5 returning artists. 2 of those artists finished in the top 10 in Season 3:

Khrystyna Soloviy represented Ukraine and finished in 5th place with her song "Fortepiano". Sigrid, who finished in 6th with her song "Don't Feel Like Crying", returned for Norway.

Stromae represented Belgium in Season 7 with the song "Je Cours", finishing in 24th place.

2 of the returning artists had competed in Eurovision seasons. Marija Šerifović represented Serbia in Season 1 with the song "Molitva", finishing in 17th place. She would return this season with the same song; the first time this happened in Our Eurovision. Valentina Monetta competed for San Marino in Season 5 with her song "Maybe".

Semi Final 1
25 countries competed in Semi Final 1, and those countries all voted in this semi final.

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

{{legend|#EEDC82|These countries advanced to the wildcard vote.}} {{legend|#CDB8D8|This country was disqualified due to non-voting jury.}}

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in Semi Final 1.

Non Voters
The following country did not vote in the semi final and was therefore disqualified:


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Semi Final 2
''24 countries competed in Semi Final 2. Those countries, plus the host country, France, voted in this semi final.''

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

{{legend|#EEDC82|These countries advanced to the wildcard vote.}}

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in Semi Final 2.

Wildcard
''The wildcard vote took place on the 9th October 2019, and featured the 4 songs who placed 13th and 14th in the semi finals; Germany, Kosovo, New Zealand and Wales.

Wales won the vote, therefore qualifying for the Grand Final.

Grand Final
''26 countries competed in the Grand Final, and all 50 countries were eligible to vote. The Netherlands would go on to win Season 8 by nearly 100 points.''

''The songs which finished 2nd-11th qualified for the second edition of All Stars. (Season 14)''

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in the Grand Final.