Pejem Song Contest 15

This was the fifteenth edition of PSC.

Hosting
The host was internally selected as Kiev.

Participants
Due to the past edition being hosted in the United States, a lot of countries from other continents decided to join the contest. 5 new countries appeared, including the country which wanted to debut ever since PSC 6 - Netherlands. Another founding father, Finland, returned to the contest this edition as well.

Because of the massive amount of participants, this edition had the Big 3 introduced. The top 3 of last edition would AQ to the Grand Final. This edition, the 3 AQs were Ukraine, Czech Republic and Mexico.

This time the Wildcard was also introduced, which would be picked from the 7th-12th places in each semi, getting the final to 19 participants in total.

Semi-Final 1
The first semi-final was held in Kiev with 13 participants, of which 8 qualified to the Grand Final.

Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final was held in Kiev with 13 participants, of which 8 qualified to the Grand Final.

Grand Final
The Grand Final was held in Kiev with 19 participants.