Olympiad Song Contest 57

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

**The Olympiad Song Contest** welcomes the world to  Canada for the **57th** Edition.

The **Olympiad Song Contest #57** will be the **57th** edition of the annual Olympiad Song Contest. It will take place in the **Bell Arena**, located in **Montreal**,  Canada, following the country's victory at the **56th** edition with Charlotte Cardin performing **Meaningless**. This will be the **01st** time the country hosts the contest.

The contest is scheduled to consist of **02** semi finals and finally the grand final, with official dates for the semi finals being **8th June 2021 and 14th June 2021**. The grand final official date being the **28th June 2021**. All three live shows were hosted by **Pokimane, Rachelle Lefèvre, Cobie Smulders and Nina Dobrev**

As of **6th June 2021**, **32** confirmed countries participated in the contest. **1** country has made their debut. **8** countries returned to the contest after absences, while **18** countries withdrew.

## Location

It will take place in the **Bell Arena**, located in **Montreal**,  Canada, following the country's victory at the **56th** edition with Charlotte Cardin performing **"Meaningless"**.

### **Venue**

The **Bell Centre** in **Montreal**, which has a capacity of approximately **15,000** attendees, was announced as the host venue on **26th May 2021**. This will be the Arena's first time hosting the contest.

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

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

**CBC**, announced on **26th May 2021** that with the contest being held in  **Canada** 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, **my Life | My Rules**, was unveiled on **26th May** in a press conference. Its visual design features a **Maple leaf** 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 **26th May 2021**, **CBC** announced that the contest would be hosted by **Pokimane, Rachelle Lefèvre, Nina Dobrev and Cobie Smulders**.

**Spokesperson 1**:- **Pokimane**

Imane Anys (born 14 May 1996), better known as **Pokimane**, is a Moroccan-Canadian Internet personality. She is best known for her live streams on Twitch, broadcasting video game content, most notably in *League of Legends* and *Fortnite*. She is a member and co-founder of OfflineTV, an online social entertainment group of content creators.

**Spokesperson 2**:- **Rachelle Lefèvre**

Rachelle Marie Lefèvre is a Canadian actress. She has starred in the television series Big Wolf on Campus and had recurring roles in What About Brian, Boston Legal, and Swingtown. She played the vampire Victoria in the first two films of the Twilight saga.

**Spokesperson 3**:- **Nina Dobrev**

Nikolina Kamenova Dobreva, known professionally as Nina Dobrev, is a Canadian actress. Her first acting role was as Mia Jones in the CTV drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation. She later became known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries.

**Spokesperson 4**:- **Cobie Smulders**

Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and as S.H.I.E.L.D.

### **Voting**

The competition will consist of **02** semi-finals and a final. The **10** countries with the highest scores in each semi-final will qualify to the grand final where they will join the top 6 countries from the previous edition  **China,  Denmark,  Germany,  The Netherlands,  Uzbekistan and the host nation  Canada**.

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

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As of **6th June 2021**, **32** confirmed countries participated in the contest. **1** country has made their debut. **8** countries returned to the contest after absences, while **18** countries withdrew.

### **Semi-final allocation draw**

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on **26th May 2021**. The **26** semi-finalists had been allocated into **5** pots, based on the geographical locations of the nations. Drawing from different pots helps to increase suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determined which semi-final would be broadcast and voted by each of the six automatic finalist countries ( **China,  Denmark,  Germany,  The Netherlands,  Uzbekistan and the host nation  Canada**).

* Indonesia
* Macau
* North Korea
* Taiwan
* United States
* Croatia
* Georgia
* Serbia
* Ukraine
* France
* Liechtenstein
* Spain
* United Kingdom
* Belarus
* Iraq
* Turkey
* Zambia
* Finland
* Ireland
* Norway
* Sweden

### **Returning Artists**

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

* Canada Charlotte Cardin [Prev. #56]
* Croatia Tijana Bogicevic [Prev.  Serbia #36]
* Croatia Damir Kedzo [Prev. #38]
* Denmark Stine Bramsen [Prev. #12, #20, #47]
* Faroe Islands Eivør [Prev. #14, #40]
* Finland Erika Vikman [Prev. #51]
* The Netherlands Within Temptation [Prev. #26, #42, #55]
* Spain Ruth Lorenzo [Prev. #13, #48,  Andorra #02]
* Uzbekistan Munisa Rizayeva [Prev. #35]
* Zambia Mampi [Prev.  Portugal #20]

## Finals

### **Semi Final 1**

**13 Countries** are participating in this Semi Final with  China,  Denmark and  Uzbekistan voting as 3 of the 6 automatic qualifiers of this edition. The top 10 countries that score the highest number of points will qualify to the grand final. This is to balance out the number of participants in each semi final to give each country a fair and equal chance of qualifying

     Qualified

### **Semi Final 2**

**13 Countries** are participating in this Semi Final with  Canada,  Germany and  The Netherlands voting as 3 of the 6 automatic qualifiers of this edition. The top 10 countries that score the highest number of points will qualify to the grand final. This is to balance out the number of participants in each semi final to give each country a fair and equal chance of qualifying

     Qualified

## Scoring

### **12points**

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

### **Scoreboards**

#### This is how the votes were scored in each Semi Final.

     Voter was replaced
     Qualified

## National Selections

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

 Uzbekistan |  | Bir Nema De  Munisa Rizayeva  | 5