Country Games II

The Country Games II is an international television music competition to determine the most beautiful countries across the globe. The second series began airing on 3 November 2017 and finished later that month. TBA presented the series of the main show and TBA presented spin-off show The Xtra Factor. 
Australia, Mexico, Ethiopia, and Germany were chosen as the judging countries meaning they were ineligible to participate this edition. With these countries chosen from each continent, professional juries and televote from the countries would vote in early rounds to decide who to put through.
This edition saw drastic changes as any countries who were involved in the previous edition were not allowed to participate due to the rule, meaning that any participating countries or judging countries last edition could not be involved this edition (with an exception for host country Australia as a judge). Additionally, it was decided that due to the Canadian controversy from the previous edition there would be an "indication of failure"; though it was not revealed how. Some other changes were also stated to be revealed later on in the series.
Although the show was originally planned to start airing on 3 November 2017, it was delayed by SBS by two weeks due to "issues within the management". However, on 9 November 2017, the CCU announced that they would delay the contest "by a number of weeks" to "undergo major format changes."
On 28 November 2017, the CCU announced that there would no longer be 4 continents competing but 3. These would be Afro-Asia-Pacific, America and Europe, with each continent holding 5 countries. The CCU stated that the reasoning for it was due to the lack of interest and success from Africa, as the continent had the by-far lowest ratings and 2 of its countries eliminated in week 1-with the third in week 3 and last in week 5.
Nonetheless, the competing countries were revealed on 1 December 2017 with once again 16 countries participating, despite the initial 15 confirmed. With America and Europe achieving the highest ratings, they competed as a single continent. Africa, Asia and Oceania were merged into one, but as compensation, were allowed to select 6 countries instead of 4. Three countries came from Asia, one from Oceania and two from Africa. New Zealand had been eliminated in a pre-qualifying round, but was assured participation in a future edition.
*Afro-Asia-Pacific: 83,474,989 km2
**Africa: 30,370,000 km2
**Asia: 44,579,000 km2
**Oceania: 8,525,989 km2
*America: 42,549,000 km2
*Europe: 10,180,000 km2
Hong Kong
Philippines
Singapore
Fiji
Mauritius
Nigeria
Venezuela
Mexico
Jamaica
Guatemala
Puerto Rico
Ukraine
Greece
Norway
Hungary
Luxembourg
==Judges, presenters and other personnel==
==Finalists==
Key:
: – Winner
: – Runner-up
: – Third place
Continent 	Countries	Countries	Countries	Countries	Countries	Countries
Afro-Asia-P.	 	 	 	 	 	
America 	 	 	 	 	 	
Europe 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Live shows ==
===Results summary===
;Colour key
 –	Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to perform again in the sing-off
 –	Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off)
 –	Contestant received the most public votes
 Weekly results per contestant
Contestant 	Week 1 	Week 2 	Week 3 	Week 4 	Week 5 	Week 6 	Week 7 	Week 8 	Week 8 	
Contestant 	Week 1 	Week 2 	Week 3 	Week 4 	Week 5 	Week 6 	Week 7 	Saturday 	Sunday 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Safe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Safe 	Bottom four 	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2)
 	Safe 	Bottom four 	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2)	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2)
 	Bottom four	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1) 	Eliminated(week 1) 	
 	Bottom four	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1) 	Eliminated(week 1) 	
 	Bottom four	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1) 	Eliminated(week 1) 	
 	Bottom four	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1)	Eliminated(week 1) 	Eliminated(week 1) 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sing-off 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	
#AUS's vote to eliminate	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	
#COL's vote to eliminate	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	
#DEU's vote to eliminate	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	
#IND's vote to eliminate	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone	
Eliminated 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eliminated 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Week 1 (1/2 December)===
*Theme: Capital City
*National guests: Australia ("Welcome to Australia - Thank You for Voting!")
This week featured a four-country elimination, to "progress the competition in the early rounds." 1 elimination came from America with Jamaica, and a controversial 3 went from Afro-Asia-P., with half of its 6 countries being eliminated; 1 of Asia's countries (Hong Kong) were eliminated, the only Oceania country Fiji and 1 of 2 Africa countries (Nigeria). At this stage, Europe once again has a head start from all other continents.
 Countries' performances on first live show
Nation 	Order 	City 	Result
Nation-off details	Nation-off details	Nation-off details	Nation-off details
 	1 	Abuja 	Eliminated
 	2 	Budapest 	Safe
 	3 	Mexico City 	Safe
 	4 	Manila 	Safe
 	5 	Guatemala City 	Safe
 	6 	Port Louis 	Safe
 	7 	Singapore 	Safe
 	8 	Luxembourg City 	Safe
 	9 	Caracas 	Safe
 	10 	Kiev 	Safe
 	11 	Athens 	Safe
 	12 	Kingston 	Eliminated
 	13 	San Juan 	Safe
 	14 	Suva 	Safe
 	15 	Oslo 	Safe
 	16 	Victoria City 	Eliminated
;Judges' vote to eliminate
* Australia: TBA – no reason
* Colombia: TBA – no reason
* Germany: TBA – no reason
* India: TBA – no reason
===Week 2 (1/2 December)===
*Theme: Impress Yourselves
*National guests: Australia ("Visit Sydney")
This week featured the elimination of 2 countries, compared to the 4 last week. One came from America (Puerto Rico) and another from Afro-Asia-P. (Mauritius) with Africa being eliminated and also leaving the continent with the most countries now with only 2 (from Asia). Meanwhile, Europe managed to retain all 5 of its acts, despite odds closing in on Luxembourg being eliminated. 
 Countries' performances on second live show
Nation 	Order 	City 	Result
Nation-off details	Nation-off details	Nation-off details	Nation-off details
 	1 	Debrecen 	Safe
 	2 	Guadalajara 	Safe
 	3 	Quezon City 	Safe
 	4 	Antigua 	Safe
 	5 	Mahébourg 	Eliminated
 	6 	Kampong Glam 	Eliminated
 	7 	Esch-sur-Sure 	Safe
 	8 	Valencia 	Safe
 	9 	Lviv 	Safe
 	10 	Thessaloniki 	Safe
 	11 	Ponce 	Safe
 	12 	Trondheim 	Safe
;Judges' vote to eliminate
* Australia: TBA – no reason
* Colombia: TBA – no reason
* Germany: TBA – no reason
* India: TBA – no reason
==Controversies==
==See also==