Helios Festival 3

Helios Festival 3 is the third edition of the Helios Festival hosted in Alaia and Zenbetsu, and will consist of two semi-finals in which 34 participants will compete, with six entries (from the countries that placed top 6 in the second edition) automatically qualifying to the grand final. These countries include the host country, Alaia and Zenbesu, as well as Sëphir, Machlud, Semula, North Byeolseom, and Pyhävala. The contest is scheduled to be held in the winning country of the second edition.

Bidding phase
The HBS announced the conditions under which cities and venues could announce their interest in hosting the contest.


 * The host city had to be near a major airport.
 * The venue must be available for at least six weeks before the contest and one week after the conclusion of the contest
 * The venue must not be open-air, but an air-conditioned building with a capacity of at least 10,000 and a minimum ceiling height of 15 metres (49 ft), insulated for sound and light.
 * The green room must be located as close to the arena as possible (or within it), with a capacity of 300

As Alaia & Zenbetsu is only home to one venue meeting these criteria, the host venue was announced as CORNUCOPiA in Ma'oha, with a capacity of 10,650.

Organization
The contest will consist of two semi-finals, one with TBA acts and the other with TBA. From each semi, 10 countries will qualify to the 26-song grand final in which all participants will have to vote. Entries can be selected via national final events or internal selection, to the discretion of the national broadcaster for each country. The winning country is the one who has the highest-score in terms of points at the end of voting, with points being allocated from each country in a system of 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs. A country cannot vote for their own entry.

The running order will be decided by firstly drawing the place for the host. Then, the remaining countries would draw either first or second half, and the final running order is then decided from that by the producers of the show alongside approval of the HBS.

Semi-final allocations
On the TBA, the HBS held a semi-final allocation draw in the Yecroan National Stadium. They revealed the 'pots' for this edition, based on broad geographical and geopolitical affinities between competing nations. The draw also determined which semi-final each of the Big 6 countries will have to broadcast and vote in. Despite not being counted as being in any pot, the vote collecting nations are still assigned a pot in spite of having been preemptively allocated to the semi-final they do not collect the votes of. is not included in any pot since they are the host country and are automatically qualified to the final.


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Semi-final 1
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Semi-final 2
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