Visionary Music Festival 2

The Visionary Music Festival 2 was the second edition of the Visionary Music Festival. It took place in the, located in , , following Canada's second place in the first edition. Although Belgium won the first edition, the nation was unable to host due to the resignation of the current delegation; not finding an eligible delegation in time, thus also withdrew. The contest took place on 13 February 2016, with the results presented on 6 November 2016; shows being presented by Canadian singer.

The contest consisted of a show, which took place on 13 February 2016. Twenty-eight countries participated in the contest, nine which made their debut entry. Six countries also withdrew due to various reasons; they are Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Turkmenistan.

Location
The contest was originally set to take place in Belgium, however its delegation was not active and after given many reminders, the nations hosting position was revoked. As a result, the runner-up of Visionary Music Festival 1, Canada, was chosen as the new host country for the edition.

After becoming the host, CBC revealed that the contest would take place in Vancouver. The city opened submissions for venues interested in hosting the contest, which are below:

Format
The contest took place on 13 February 2016, with twenty-eight countries participating; two more than the last edition. The results were revealed on 6 November 2016.

Returning artists
Stefanie Heinzmann, who represented Switzerland last edition, will be representing the nation again with her song "On Fire"; thus making her the first artist make a return to the competition and even participate in two consecutive editions.

Results
The following countries will participate in the contest:

News

 * – The country originally confirmed it's participation, however the head of delegation later decided to represent Finland instead, thus not making a debut possible.
 * – The original Belgian delegation was forced to withdraw, despite previously confirming participation, due to inactivity. No other delegations were interested in substituting the countries participation, thus the country is unable to defend its title.
 * – The nations broadcaster decided to withdraw, but stated that France would return in future editions.
 * – The nation withdrew due to the head of delegation resigning.
 * – The country withdrew from the contest for reorganization to take place for Turkish broadcaster TRT.
 * – The nation's delegation swapped to Philippines, thus was forced to withdraw.
 * – The country withdrew due to its head of delegation taking a break with the broadcaster.
 * – The country withdrew, but stated that a comeback in the third edition was possible.

Belgium hosting
Belgium originally confirmed its participation on 20 September 2015, being one of the first to do so. However, the head of delegation has not been active since 6 October 2015. With the deadline being set to 29 November 2015, it is highly unlikely that the user will participate.

On 21 November 2015, it was revealed that if the delegation wouldn't be back by then, users interested in temporarily representing the country could do so. If more then one user would be interested, a draw would take place to determine the delegation. In the case that no one would be interested, Canada would be granted as the host.

Later, on 26 November 2015, it was revealed that the Belgian delegation would most likely not participate. The submissions for substituting the nations participation were also opened to delegations. The deadline was set to Saturday.

Turkish withdrawal
On 22 September 2015, TRT confirmed Turkey's participation in the contest. Later, on 21 October, the winner of the Turkish national final had been revealed. However, on 16 November 2015, the nation withdrew for reorganization to take place at TRT.

Entry changes
Several countries decided to change its entry before the deadline closed, and after the deadline closed.

Voting and spokespersons
This edition, instead of the spokespeople announcing their country's votes, they announced the places of the countries. The first eighteen countries were ordered by draw, while the remaining 10 were randomized.

Places 28 to 19 announced 🇯🇵 Namie Amuro 🇫🇮 Anna Easteden 🇩🇰 Simone 🇩🇪 Grace Capristo  Elisabeth Andreassen 🇹🇭 Bird Thongchai 🇦🇹 Andreas Gabalier 🇺🇦 Aida Nikolaychuk 🇮🇹 Gigi D'Agostino</li> 🇭🇺 Barbara Palvin</li> </ol>

Places 18 to 10 announced 🇵🇭 Pia Wurtzbach</li>  Vincent Gross</li> 🇨🇦 Tatiana Maslany</li> 🇮🇪 Louis Walsh1</li> 🇹🇼 Jolin Tsai</li> 🇸🇪 Tove Styrke</li> 🇦🇺 Troye Sivan</li> 🇭🇷 Leona Paraminski</li> 🇵🇱 Natalia Szroeder</li> </ol>

Places 9 to 1 announced 🇳🇱 Sharon Doorson</li> 🇮🇱 Shiri Maimon</li> 🇸🇰 Celeste Buckingham</li> 🇷🇺 Varvara</li> 🇬🇧 Julian Morris</li> <li>🇰🇷 Kai</li> <li>🇲🇽 Ludwika Paleta</li> <li>🇺🇸 Sasha Pieterse</li> <li>🇨🇦 Celine Dion2</li>

Official album
Visionary Music Festival 2: Vancouver 2 is the official compilation album of the second edition, which was put together by the Visionary Music Festival on December 2015. The album features all twenty-eight songs that entered the competition.