Tubevision Contest 18

Tubevision Contest 18, often referred to as TVC 18, was the eighteenth edition of the Tubevision Contest.

Information
The edition was held in Birmingham, United Kingdom after the victory of the country in the seventeenth edition with the song "Call My Name" by Cheryl Cole. Denmark won the edition with "Sleepless" by Anna Noa marking the first victory for the country. It was also the third Nordic country to win after Sweden and Finland.

Participants
The submissions opened right when the seventeenth edition started. Twenty-six countries confirmed participation with Ecuador, Greenland, Laos and Liechtenstein making their debut appearances.

Location
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside London with 1,085,400 residents (2012 est.), and its population increase of 88,400 residents between the 2001 and 2011 censuses was greater than that of any other British local authority. The city lies within the West Midlands Built-up Area, the third most populous built-up area in the United Kingdom with 2,440,986 residents (2011 census), and its metropolitan area is the United Kingdom's second most populous with 3,701,107 residents (2012 est.).

Today Birmingham's economy is dominated by the service sector. The city is a major international commercial centre, ranked as a beta− world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network; and an important transport, retail, events and conference hub. Its metropolitan economy is the second largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $114.3bn (2012 est., PPP), and its six universities make it the largest centre of higher education in the country outside London. Birmingham's major cultural institutions – including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Library of Birmingham and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts – enjoy international reputations, and the city has vibrant and influential grassroots art, music, literary and culinary scenes.

Returning artists

 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands Elize has previously represented Netherlands once.
 * 🇬🇷 Greece Eleftheria Eleftheriou has previously represented Cyprus twice.
 * 🇺🇸 United States Meg & Dia have previously represented South Korea twice.
 * 🇳🇴 Norway Eric Saade has previously represented Sweden once and Lebanon twice.
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador Christina Aguilera has previously represented United States once.

Voting
The first and second semi-finals were published on 11 and 14 July 2012 respectively with their results being published on 14 and 17 July. The final started the same day and the result was published three days later, on 20 July 2012. Anna Noa with the song "Sleepless" was the winner marking the first victory for Denmark.