Tubevision Contest 28

Tubevision Contest 28, often referred to as TVC 28, was the twenty-eighth edition of the Tubevision Contest.

Information
The edition was held in Seoul, South Korea after the victory of the country in the twenty-seventh edition with the song "I'll Show You" Ailee. Armenia won the edition with "PreGomesh" by Sirusho marking the first victory of the country.

Participants
The submissions opened right when the twenty-seventh edition started. Twenty-eight countries confirmed their participation with no countries making their debut appearance. It was the second edition to not have any debuting countries, the first being the twenty-fourth edition.

Location
Seoul — officially the Seoul Special City — is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. The Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, is the world's third largest metropolitan area with over 25.6 million people, home to over half of South Koreans along with 632,000 international residents.

Today, Seoul is considered a leading and rising global city, resulting from an economic boom called the Miracle on the Han River which transformed it from the ashes of the Korean War to the world's 4th largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of US$774 billion in 2012 after Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. A world leading technology hub centered around Gangnam and Digital Media City, it boasts the world's sixth largest number of Fortune Global 500 multinationals such as Samsung, the world's largest technology company, as well as LG and Hyundai-Kia. In 2012, the city's GDP per capita (PPP) of $39,448 was comparable to that of Germany and Sweden. Ranked sixth in the Global Power City Index and seventh in the Global Financial Centres Index, the metropolis exerts a major influence in global affairs as one of the five leading hosts of global conferences.

Returning artists

 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus Ivi Adamou has previously represented Cyprus five times.

Voting
The first and second semi-finals were published on 13 and 17 January 2013 respectively with their results being published on 17 and 20 January. The final started on 20 January 2013 and the result was published four days later, on 24 January 2013. Armenia was the winner of the edition with Sirusho and the song "PreGomesh". This marked the first victory of the country.