Alternative Eurovision Song Contest 21

**Grand Final:** Konqistador and Medusa Tn performing "Eden, Woman's War" and Dhafer Youssef performing "Soupir Eternel"

## Participants

### Withdrawing countries

 Argentina
 Australia
 Bosnia & Herzegovina
 Brazil
 China
 Egypt
 Estonia
 India
 Japan
 Jordan
 New Zealand
 North Macedonia
 Montenegro
 South Africa
 South Korea

## Vote

### Voting system

Each country awardes 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs

### Label

◄ 20 •  22►

The **Alternative** **Eurovision Song Contest 21** was the 22nd edition of the Alternative Eurovision Song Contest. The edition took place in  **Tunisia**, after **Konqistador** and **Medusa Tn** won with the song *"Eden, Woman's War"* during the edition in
**Rome**. It's the first time when  **Tunisia** hosts the contest. The three live shows will be hosted by Dorra Zarrouk, Hanaa Ben Abdesslem and Khaoula Slimani.

Fifty four countries participated in Edition 21. Estonia and Egypt were the only ones from pernament countries who winthdrew from the competition.

## Venue - Hammadi Agrebi Olympic Stadium

    **Hammadi Agrebi Olympic Stadium**, formerly known as **Rades Olympic Stadium** and **7 November Stadium**, is a multi-purpose stadium in Radès, Tunisia about 10 kilometers south-east of downtown Tunis, in the center of the Olympic City. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium has a capacity of up to 60,000 spectators and was built in 2001 for the 2001 Mediterranean Games and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa.

## Presenters

**Dorra Ibrahim Zarrouk** is a Tunisian actress. She was born in Tunis, her father was Ibrahim Zarrouk and her maternal grandfather, Ali Zouaoui, was an economist and politician. Dorra had a Bachelor of Law at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Tunis in 2001,[8] then she had a Master of Advanced Studies in Political Science from the Saint Joseph University in Lebanon in 2003.

**Hanaa Ben Abdesslem** (born October 18, 1990) is a Tunisian model. She has worked with such designers as Jean Paul Gautier, Vivienne Westwood, Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, and Anna Sui. She is the first Arab model to be featured in the Pirelli calendar as well as the first Muslim spokesmodel for the French perfume and cosmetic house Lancôme.

**Khaoula Slimani**, is a Tunisian actress, a columnist, a model and a fitness coach. She began her career at the age of 18, played the role of Lolita in the Tunisian sitcom School. She has also appeared in Sami Fehri's Awled Moufida (2015) TV Drama Series, She also played a major supporting role of Sandra in Denya Okhra (2016). Khaoula Slimani is a columnist in Omour Jedia (2016) and the host of the Autoplus TV Show.

## Participing Countries

**Soufee** who is representing Georgia this edition, also represented this country in Edition 18 and 20 of the competition. In both with same song, in her debut, she managed to win the fifth place. Unfortunately, 2 editions later she did not manage to reach the finals. Also the Swedish band **Normandie** is representing Sweden for the third time. Previous ones were in Edition 5 and 20. With song "White flag" they managed to score 23rd and 19th place.

## Other Countries

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### Active ABU Members

* Bosnia & Herzegovina - BHRT decided to temporarily leave the competition due to budget problems. The head of the delegation said that no plans to return any time soon

* Estonia - ERR decided to take a short break from the competition due to weak results and lsmall interest from Estonian viewers. A return to the 22 edition is possible.

* Egypt - ERTU, after a long deliberation of the Egyptian Broadcasting Union, decided to temporarily leave the competition due to the low budget and temporary problems in the country. Returning in the 22nd edition is not a priority, so it is not known when the country will return to the competition.

* Jordan - JRTV announced its departure from the competition for state reasons. The country does not have the money and time to join the competition because of the situation in the region and the lack of interest. The country has no plans to return in the near future

* Montenegro - RTCG resigned from participation in the 21st edition for no specific reason

* North Macedonia - MRT announced its absent in the 21st edition, but returning to Edition 22 is under consideration