Redditvision Song Contest SE1

Redditvision Song Contest Special Edition 1 was the inaugural edition of the special edition of the Redditvision Song Contest. It was hosted in Berlin, Germany as they hosted the first edition of the Redditvision Song Contest.

This edition consisted of two semi-finals and one grand final. Each delegate voted in their own semi-final, the edition had no AQ's due to it being the first special edition. Every country then voted in the grand final.

The live show begun on September 25th, 2017. On September 27th, 2017, the winner of the contest was revealed to be DR Congo with the song "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?", written and performed by Maître Gims.

Theme
The first edition was hosted by the mods. On the 26th of August 2017 the first special edition was announced as well as a theme ballot was posted on the subreddit. Users could submit three ideas each. On the 30th of August 2017, the ballot closed and the moderators selected potential themes for the edition. The theme was then randomly selected using Wheel Decide. 30 suggestions were put on the wheel and the theme that won was Non-English.

Each user had to send a song that contained no English. Songs in 28 different languages were submitted.

Participants
Thirty-seven countries participated in the edition. Czech Republic was unable to vote within the given timeframe during the semi-finals, and Chile was unable to vote within the given timeframe during the grand final.

National finals

 * See also: National Finals in Redditvision Song Contest SE1

Grand final
Chile did not vote in the final, and u/Lordie_Staven was therefore disqualified from participating in the second special edition

Winner u/geogaymer did not participate in the second special edition, causing 7th-placed u/Azzbestos to automatically qualify for the SE2's final.