Olympiad Song Contest 59

Final dates
 Venue
 Presenter(s)
 Director
 Executive supervisor
 Host
 Number of entries
 Voting system
 Winning song

**The Olympiad Song Contest** welcomes the world to the  Morocco for the **59th** Edition.

The **Olympiad Song Contest #59** will be the **59th** edition of the annual Olympiad Song Contest. It will take place in the **Salle Mohammed V**, located in **Casablanca**,  Morocco, following the country's victory at the **58th** edition with Faouzia performing **Hero**. This will be the **1st** time the country hosts the contest.

The contest is scheduled to consist of a grand final, with official date being the **November 2021**.

As of **29th November 2021**, **26** confirmed countries participated in the contest. **03** country has made their debut. **07** countries returned to the contest after absences, while **14** countries withdrew.  Norway had confirmed participation but later withdrew due to scheduling issues with HoD. This edition will also be the first edition that  Sweden will not be competing.

## Location

It will take place in the **Salle Mohammed V**, located in **Casablanca**,  Morocco, following the country's victory at the **58th** edition with Faouzia performing **"Hero"**.

### **Venue**

The **Salle Mohammed V** in **Casablanca**, which has a capacity of approximately **12,000** attendees, was announced as the host venue on **TBA 2021**. This will be the Arena's first time hosting the contest.

### **Bidding phase and host city selection**

Following **Morocco's** triumph, the Olympiad Broadcasting Union (OBU)'s Executive Supervisor for the Olympiad Song Contest, issued the hosting invitation to **SNRT** during the winner's press conference.

**SNRT**, announced on **TBA 2021** that with the contest being held in  **Morocco** that any city, town or arena that would like to host the contest would had four days to apply to the broadcaster with their interest.

The following selection criteria were outlined for the selection of the host city:-

* The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 1,000 but ideally up to 10,000 attendees.
* An international press centre must be able to accommodate no less than 1,550 journalists.
* Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 3,000 attendees.
* The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
* The host city must provide a social program alongside their bid, showcasing the hospitality, originality, cultural values and identity of both the city and country.

     **Host City**

## Format

### **Visual Design**

The theme for the contest, **Arise**, was unveiled on **15th November 2021** in a press conference. Its visual design features a **Starred Sun** logo that alludes to the ideas to XX. The contest's Executive Supervisor remarked that the theme and logos "resonate with OSC's core values, including diversity, very well.

### **Presenters**

On **TBA 2021**, **SNRT** announced that the contest would be hosted by **Samira Said**.

**Spokesperson 1**:- **Samira Said**

Samira Abdul Razzaq Bensaïd (born 10 January 1958), professionally known as Samira Said, is a Moroccan-Egyptian singer.

Samira Said was born in 1958 in Rabat, in Morocco, to a father from Rabat and a mother from Fez. She sang her first original song "I love noodles" at the age of nine, and was discovered on the music program, Mawaheb, broadcast on Moroccan TV, she then moved to Egypt where her fame around the Arab world began. She has dual nationality of Morocco and Egypt; her resident home as she moved to Cairo in 1977.

Samira is the only artist to compete the most in the Olympiad song contest, competing 14 times.

### **Voting**

Each participating country had their own national jury/HoD. Each member of a respective nation's jury is required to rank every song, except that of their own country, to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1 point.

## Participating Countries

As of **29th November 2021**, **26** confirmed countries participated in the contest. **03** country has made their debut. **07** countries returned to the contest after absences, while **14** countries withdrew.  Norway had confirmed participation but later withdrew due to scheduling issues with HoD. This edition will also be the first edition that  Sweden will not be competing.

### **Returning Artists**

We welcome back some artists who have previous joined us in OSC.

* Austria KTEE (Prev. #45)
* Germany Kim Petras (Prev. #40, #48)
* Greece Eleni Foureira (Prev. #18, #35, #43)
* Malta Brooke Borg (Prev. #36)
* The Netherlands Maan (Prev. #28)
* Spain Lola Indigo (Prev. #44)

## Scoring

### **12points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Grand final:

## National Selections

Here is a list of all the national selections held this edition.