Contest 5

Contest 5 was the fifth edition of Contest, hosted in Lagos, Nigeria after Arlo Parks' win with her song "Caroline" in Dijon. For the first time ever there were no changes in participants.

Five countries made their first appearance this edition, being Belgium, Cape Verde, Chad, Greece and Zambia. The other six spots were filled by France who had been participating every edition since their debut in edition 2 by now, host country Nigeria, Australia who had last participated in edition 3, and Japan, New Zealand and Norway who had all last appeared in edition 1. For the first time, all of the submitted songs were at least partially sung in English, despite for the first time ever having no UK territory in the edition.

In the end, Chad won Contest 5 with 55 points with Noraa's song "Lie To Me", only 1 point ahead of runner-up Belgium. The podium was completed by Cape Verde. Japan finished last with 30 points. This is the first time a country that borders the host country had won the contest. The results also had never been closer before, as Nigeria, who occupied fifth place, was only two points away from first place.

Contest
Like usual, 11 countries participated in Contest 5.

10 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 10 points awarded by each country's jury in the Final: