Tubevision Contest 26

Tubevision Contest 26, often referred to as TVC 26, was the twenty-sixth edition of the Tubevision Contest.

Information
The edition was held in Odense, Denmark after the victory of the country in the twenty-fifth edition with the song "Gider Dig Ikke Mer" by Rasmus Thude. Tunisia won the edition with "Avec toi" by Axel Tony and Tunisiano marking the first victory for the country.

Participants
The submissions opened right when the twenty-fifth edition started. Twenty-six countries confirmed participation with Algeria, Bhutan, Ghana, Iraq and Pakistan making their debut appearance.

Location
Odense is the third largest city in Denmark. It has a population of 172,512 (as of 1 January 2014) and is the main city of the island of Funen. The city is the seat of Odense Municipality, with a population of 195,797 (as of 1 January 2014), and was the seat of Odense County until 1970, and Funen County from 1970 until 1 January 2007, when Funen County became part of the Region of Southern Denmark.

Odense's main railway station Odense station lies on the line between Copenhagen and Jutland, the peninsular mainland. International trains connect the town with Sweden and mainland Europe, i.e. Stockholm. SJ has a direct X2000 train to Stockholm daily, taking 7 hours to the capital city of Sweden. Local and regional trains link Odense to the rest of Denmark. A separate passenger railway (Svendborgbanen) operates between Odense and Svendborg. Odense is served by Odense Airport, which operates regular flights only during the summer months.

Returning artists

 * 🇦🇽 Åland Islands Alina Devecerski has previously represented Sweden once.
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea BoA has previously represented South Korea once.
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine Max Barskih has previously represented Ukraine twice.
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan Nadia Ali has previously represented Denmark once.

Voting
The first and second semi-finals were published on 4 and 7 November 2012 respectively with their results being published on 7 and 11 November. The final started the same day and the result was published four days later, on 15 November 2012. Axel Tony and Tunisiano with the song "Avec toi" were the winners marking the first victory for Tunisia.