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| Zendari Song Contest 16 "Come Outside" | ||||
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| Host | ||||
| Host city |  Diamantique, Violía
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| Venue | Arène Découverte | |||
| Presenter(s) | Saara Aalto Aurora Aksnes Lucia Keskin Auntie Mabel | |||
| Host broadcaster | Diamantique Television (DTV)
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| Opening act | Semi Final 1: Sophie Anderson performing "Driving For Dick" with Katy Perry and Britney Spears Semi Final 2: Rachel Lester performing a medley of her songs "Strut" and "OOOHH (Look At The Door)" with Ariel Burdett, Mary Roach and Debbie Stevens Grand Final: M.I.A. performing a medley of her songs "Bad Girls", "Borders" and Paper Planes" | |||
| Interval act | Semi Final 1: Auntie Mabel performing "Come Outside" Semi Final 2: AURORA and Saara Aalto performing a medley of "Animal" and "Monsters" Grand Final: I AM DIA performing "Potion" with Chi With A C | |||
| Participants | ||||
| Number of entries | 43 | |||
| Debuting countries |  Frendakia Leguya Xo'jhayli | |||
| Returning countries |  Purple Country Wallica | |||
| Withdrawing countries |  Alirie Jiouji Sangviland Sutru
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| Vote | ||||
| Voting system | Each country awards 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points to their 10 favorite songs. | |||
| Winning song |  Yakolira"UNA VITA IN CAPSLOCK" | |||
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Zendari Song Contest 16 is the sixteenth edition of Zendari Song Contest. It was hosted in Diamantique, Violía, the winning country of the previous edition. The contest consisted of two semi-finals and a final.
On the 3rd October 2019, it was revealed that Yakolira had won the contest for the first time, with the song "UNA VITA IN CAPSLOCK" by M¥SS KETA. They received 165 points.
43 countries participated in this edition, with 3 countries competing for the first time, 2 countries returning and a 4 countries withdrawing from Zendari Song Contest.
Location
A list of venues interested in hosting the fourteenth edition of Zendari Song Contest was revealed. 2 venues have been announced to have shown interest in hosting the contest. The ZBA announced the conditions under which cities and venues could announce their interest in hosting the contest.
- The host city has to be near a major airport.
- The venue must have good connections to public transport.
- 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.
Host venue
| City | Venue | Capacity | Notes |
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| Diamantique | Arène Découverte
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20,000 | Violía's main venue which has hosted the first edition of La Chanson Violaise. Mainly used for live concerts alongside the below venue, though more suitable due to the bigger capacity. |
| Arène Violaise | 15,000 | This venue is mainly used for live concerts alongside the above venue, though less suitable due to the smaller capacity. | |
| Amórese | Salle Concert Musicale | 25,000 | This venue mainly hosts opera events. |
| Preszantè | Arène Voix | 10,000 | This venue hosted the second edition of La Chanson Violaise. |
Participating countries
Semi Final 1
Aquazia, Sosij and Xaliqtyva were randomly drawn to vote in this semi-final.
Playlist can be found [TBA here]. Recap can be found [TBA here].
* Note 1 - Haña received the highest amount of points amongst the international jurors and was picked as the 11th qualifier.
Semi Final 2
Violía and Vovaltik were randomly drawn to vote in this semi-final.
Playlist can be found [TBA here]. Recap can be found [TBA here].
* Note 1 - Epral received the highest amount of points amongst the international jurors and was picked as the 11th qualifier.
Grand Final
Other countries
Eligibility for potential participation in Zendari Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with an active ZBA membership that is be able to broadcast the contest. All countries with an active ZBA membership have been given an invitation to join this edition.
Active ZBA countries
Jiouji - On the 10 August, Jiouji announced it's withdrawal from this edition. With no reasoning given.
Rhosỳna - On the 5 August, Rhosỳna's broadcaster; DTR, announced that it was unsure about it's continued participation in the Zendari Song Contest. On the 9 August, A spokesperson for DTR confirmed that a decision will be made after the results of the Semi Finals in the previous edition.
Xaliqtyva - On the 5 August, a spokesperson for XMV stated that Xaliqtyva's participation in the 16th edition of the Zendari Song Contest was "unlikely" as a result of financial issues.
Üsmile - On the 5th August, a spokesperson from ÜTV, Marjorie Dawes, announced that Üsmilar participation for the 16th edition, due to "budget cuts and scheduling conflicts". However, she did state that, if they were going to participate they would retract their national final, Smileyfestivalë because of budget cuts and the lack of interest from juries. They included that, they are planning to take a slant with their entries to adapt with the tastes of other delegations or base it from the attitudes from the delegation about the contest.
Yuvia - On the 5 August, Yuvia's public broadcaster; ITR, stated via facebook that participation regarding the 16th edition "would be possible, but extremely unlikely", due to internal struggles with ITR and competing broadcasters. Also, a notable drop in ratings and views on the Zendari Song Contest show is another culprit for their expected withdrawal.
Alirie - On the 7 August, Alirie's head of delegation, Tiffany Pollard stated that Alirie will be withdrawing from the Zendari Song Contest after hosting as they need to put more funding into their military. She also stated that she believes the song contest has run it's course.
Inactive ZBA countries
Orontonia - On the 22 August, Television of Orontonia (TOO) was invited to join the contest, however later declined the invitation with no reason.
See also
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