Redditvision Song Contest 5

Redditvision Song Contest 5 was the fifth edition of the Redditvision Song Contest. It was hosted by u/TheDutchDen in Montréal, Canada following their win in Lyon the previous edition with the song "Oublie-moi", performed by Cœur de Pirate. This was the first time the contest was held in the Americas, and the first time outside of Europe.

A total of thirty-three delegations participated in the contest, an increase of eight from edition #4. With the increased amount of participants, it was decided that semi-finals would be introduced to the contest. The top six from the previous edition would automatically qualify to the final, while the remaining countries would have to qualify from one of the two semi-finals. Each delegate voted in their own semi-final, with three AQ delegates voting in each semi-final. Eight countries then qualified to the final from each semi-final. Originally, Morocco was slated to partake but failed to submit an entry. Djibouti and New Zealand were unable to vote during the semi-finals, and Scotland during the grand final. As a result, the users from these delegations were disqualified from the next edition.

The live show began on 11 April 2017. After three days of voting, on 14 April 2017, the winner of the contest was revealed to be delegate u/DeannaDeesse and England with their song "Foreign Hands", written and performed by George Ogilvie.

Participants
Seven users debuted this edition: u/_xSyracuse, u/AwesomeJoshua, u/bunbun74, u/LF1MUBRSneedtank, u/SaltyPopcorn02, u/Survivorlover52 and u/therealmatthewlam. It also saw the return of two users, u/blandwhiteguy and u/RealPhali. One user withdrew (u/rita_ho), and would not be seen again until the tenth edition.

Albania, Belarus, Djibouti, Netherlands, North Korea, Panama, San Marino, South Korea, Switzerland and Turkey all made their first Redditvision appearance. Estonia, Morocco and Slovakia returned after a hiatus. Armenia, Haiti, Malaysia, Niue, Northern Ireland, Romania, Scotland and Spain were not claimed this edition.

Semi-final 1
Finland, France and Sweden voted in this semi-final. Djibouti and New Zealand, both represented by Lemon Demon, failed to vote and were subsequently disqualified. All votes cast towards them were reallocated. It was later revealed that New Zealand had received a total of 65 points prior to their disqualification, and would have qualified in 6th place. Djibouti would have been ranked last with 8 points. Because of the disqualifications, North Korea got to qualify to the final.

Semi-final 2
Canada, Hungary and Israel voted in this semi. Morocco were drawn to perform in this semi-final, but did not submit an entry.

Grand final
Scotland, who had been eliminated in the semi-finals, failed to vote in the final. u/blandwhiteguy was therefore barred from participating the next edition. England and u/DeannaDeesse won the grand final with 131 points, 11 points ahead of host u/TheDutchDen in second.

12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country:

12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country:

12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country: