Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club Game 3

The 3rd edition of Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club Game was organised in Harpa Concert Hall in Reykiavík, Iceland, following the country's victory in 2nd edition of the contest in Skopje with the song "Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men.

It was the first contest held by an Icelandic broadcast. The whole show consisted of two Semi-finals and Grand Final and all of them was hosted by Greta Salóme and Jónsi, who represented Iceland in Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku with the song "Never Forget".

The winner of the contest was Georgia with the song "The Flood" performed by Katie Melua, which she got 167 points for, breaking a previous record of 152 by Kaliopi.

Format
The structure of the contest didn't change, it remained the same as the two previous editions; two Semi-finals, with 15 qualifiers coming from each to the Grand Final. Countries from both geographical and historical Europe, with only one special guest(in this edition - Japan). Same voting system; each country had a set of points from 1-8, 10 and 12 to give. The songs chosen could be original, found and selected by players themselves, as well as the ones, which previously had taken part in Eurovision Song Contest. The running order was revealed after randomization personally held by a creator of the contest.

Participating Countries
In the third edition of Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club Game, 46 countries submitted their applications for participation in the contest.

Returning Artists
Five artists returned after having previously participated in the contest. Kaliopi, who represented North Macedonia in two previous editions of the contest, winning the first one with the song "Crno i belo" and ending 16th in second edition with the song "Poželi". Era Istrefi returned after representing Albania in the second edition of the contest with the song "BonBon", failing to qualify. Helena Paparizou represented Greece in the 1st edition of the contest with the song "Otan Aggeli Klene", finishing 17th with 84 points. Ira Losco represented Malta, also in the 1st edition of the contest, with the song "That's Why I Love You", failing to qualify. Sertab Erener represented Turkey in 1st edition with the song "Everyway That I Can", however ending up disqualified.

Semi-final 1
Twenty-three countries participated in the first semi-final. Fifteen highlighted countries qualified for the Grand Final.

Semi-final 2
Twenty-three countries participated in the first semi-final. Fifteen highlighted countries qualified for the Grand Final.

The Grand Final
30 countries participated in the final, with all 46 participating countries eligible to vote.