CBA Song Festival

The CBA Song Festival is an international song competition organised annually by the Central Broadcasting Alliance for the countries of the continents of Andoladia, Eurapolia, and Alparia. The contest, held since 1982, is modelled off the similarly popular Tapavision Song Contest, organised by the Tapanthian Broadcasting Union. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the CBA network, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner.
The CBA Song Festival was first held in 1982, and has since been used to promote unity amongst the central-continent nations. In recent years it has taken a more different path than the Tapavision Song Contest, with indie and less well-known genres faring better at the CBA Song Festival. The contest has also caused political division; the success of Blostia, the country with the most wins as of 2023, has caused outcry from its political rivals.
==Origins and history==
===Creation and early years===
The idea of the CBA Song Festival goes back to 1970 with the victory of Bobrock at the Tapavision Song Contest. This inspired the CBA, the equivalent to the TBU in Eurapolia and Andoladia, to launch a local variant for the organisation's member broadcasters.
Starting this was not easy; some countries were unwilling to compete in an international song festival in the situation an enemy of theirs is hosting. To relax the fears, the CBA Song Festival made sure to set the rules carefully so as to prevent situations in which a country would be unwilling to compete. As well as this, a CBA representative from Gallitonia was sent to observe the Tapavision Song Contest 1977 in Nettingsby, Jetzeburg. The name of the contest was inspired by the CBA Film Festival, a televised film festival broadcast by CBA members, although unlike the Song Festival, the Film Festival is not a competition-style event.
Plans for the contest were finalised in 1980. The first contest was held in 1982 in Amstague, Gallitonia. Blostia was the winner of the first contest, sparking immediate outcry from Hebreland, Quwalia, and Reuland, who announced their non-participation at the 1983 contest, though Reuland later backtracked on this. Hebreland would end up not participating at the CBA Song Festival every time it was hosted in Blostia, while Quwalia did not return to the contest until 1997.
==Participating countries==
Active members (as opposed to associate members) of the Central Broadcasting Alliance are eligible to participate; active members are those who are located in states that fall within the CBA's broadcasting area, or are a member of the Central Continents Union.
As of 2023, 42 countries have competed at some rendition of the CBA Song Festival. The first contest, held in Amstague, Gallitonia, included 14 countries. The most recent, in 2023, included 39. Twelve countries have participated at every edition.
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==Editions and winners==
There have been fourty-one winners of the CBA Song Festival since it was first held in 1982. The 2020 contest was aired without an audience due to the risk of COVID-19 pandemic, unlike the Tapavision Song Contest which cancelled their 2020 edition. The 2021 contest had similar restrictions due to the state of the pandemic in the host country of Brant.
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