The Universe Song Contest 1

The Universe Song Contest 1, often referred as TUSC 1, will be the debut edition of The Universe Song Contest. The edition will be held in São Paulo, Brazil as it will be the host's country.

Thirty-seven countries will be participating in the first edition, all of them being debutants as it will be the first edition. In order to participate, the countries will have to be firstly approved to be members of the Universal Broadcasting Union.

Location

 * For further information see São Paulo

São Paulo is a municipality located in the southeast region of Brazil. The metropolis is an alpha global city and is the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, and the Southern Hemisphere. The municipality is also Earth's 12th largest city proper by population. The city is the capital of the homonymous state of São Paulo, Brazil's most populous and wealthiest state. It exerts strong international influence in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The name of the city honors Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area of Greater São Paulo ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 11th most populous on Earth.

São Paulo has matured into a culturally diverse city, powerful economically and politically. It continues to be the most important city in Brazil for business and industry, and lately has been discovering itself culturally and artistically as well. It has always been on the cutting edge of art and literature and continues to be home to many artists and writers. It is an important city for music as well, as many popular musicians are from there. The people of São Paulo are proud of their multicultural roots: the immigrants who populated the city and worked in its factories are gone, but their descendants have kept their traditions and São Paulo is a very diverse city.

Semi-final 1
Canada, Finland and Portugal vote here.

Semi-final 2
Albania, Brazil and New Zealand vote here.

French entry
Despite being a cover, the French entry was still allowed to take part at the contest.

United Kingdom participation
The United Kingdom had officially confirmed participation in the first edition of the contest. However, an entry wasn't announced before the deadline. Therefore, they were officially disqualified from the edition by the UBU.