Season 17

Participation
After won in Bern, Switzerland with POLNALYUBVI's "Isochnik", the seventeenth and final season of the GiraVision Song Contest was held in St. Petersburg, Russia. A total of 59 countries signed up to compete in the contest.

Changes

 * Season 17 was the last GiraVision contest to ever be held, so it was decided that every country that has competed in the GiraVision Song Contest would compete. This resulted in a prequalification round to be held, consisting of the returning countries and the lowest-scoring countries from Season 16's semi-finals. Four countries would qualify to the semi-finals from that round.

Countries
A total of 59 countries chose to participate in the seventeenth GiraVision contest. Ten countries made their return this season.


 * No country debuted this season.
 * The returning countries were Argentina, Belarus, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Slovakia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
 * No country withdrew this season.

Returning Artists
Here are the artists that are participating in Season 17 that have participated before:

Prequalification Round
The prequalification round premiered on July 31, 2021.

Semi-Final 1
The first semi-final premiered on August 6, 2021. ,, and had to vote in this semi-final.

Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final premiered on August 6, 2021. , the, and the had to vote in this semi-final. The juries of and  did not vote; therefore, half of their points were taken off.

Grand Final
The Grand Final premiered on August 12, 2021.