Dili 2104

**Oceanivision Dili 2104** is set to be the 33rd annual edition held in Dili, Timor following Timor's victory in Himeji the previous year. This was Timor's first time winning the contest, 32 years after debuting in the first contest, becoming the twenty-second country to win, only 1 year after Japan became the 21st. Victoria and the Solomon Islands are still the only two countries to win more than twice. With Timor winning, the chance for a country to win **again** is still more likely than ever, so will the 20 previous winning countries participating this year be able to achieve a 2nd, 3rd, or 6th victory? :D

Eighteen cities, in company with Timor's capital, were in contention to host this year, with the bid deadline and the start of the confirmation period still being 01 October. Timor followed in the footsteps of Kiribati, in terms of choosing a host city that is, as they were quite swift in the decision, while also having a different number of city bids. The 19 cities were longlisted to just 10 on 20 October; the 10 cities were [the capital] Dili, Djerusu, Kefamenanu, Kupang, Lospalos, Pala Biqueli, Pante Macassar, Sakir, Saumlakki, and Uailaha. After a lengthy decision process, 10 cities were shortlisted to just 4 on 10 November for a final shortlist of Dili, Djerusu, Sakir, and Saumlakki. Dili was ultimately chosen as 2104's host city on 30 November, following South Tarawa as being another capital city host city.

30 countries participated this year, tying the record set in Perth 2099, 28 of which participated the previous year. No new countries debuted for this year's contest, but Micronesia and Sri Lanka returned after being absent for 4 and 2 years respectfully! Vanuatu continued to stay out of the contest citing more internal broadcaster problems as their reason for withdrawal; their last participation was in South Tarawa 2102. Brunei withdrew from this year's contest citing a slight lack of interest and lack of sponsors for competing; the country's last participation was last year in Himeji 2103. Southern Korea and Taiwan both applied for OBU memberships, which were granted, letting them debut in 2107 at the earliest.

One new artist entered the ring this year, that being Soaperior. *A record-breaking amount of artists participated in this contest, beating the previous record of 4 with 7. With the introduction of these new artists, the competition will hopefully become even more competitive. Along with the increase in artists came an increase in songs with lyrics; 6 out of 7 of these artists chose to write their own songs this year, possibly creating a trend for the future?*

*Timor achieved its 1st victory, the **twenty-second** country to do so, with the song "Jangan tidur di tiang" (Don't sleep at the pole). This win took Timor 32 years and 32 participations to achieve, beating out the previous record holder, Khalimarī, by 13 participations! The country gathered a total of 95 points from the song, with second place, host country, and defending champion, Japan, trailing by only six points. Japan achieved their first runner-up position, following in Tasmanija's footsteps with a win followed by a 2nd place. New Zealand achieved its second 3rd place, beating fourth place by only a single point. Tuvalu finally got their first 4th place, narrowly losing to New Zealand. Queensland placed 5th for the second time, still their best non-top 3 placement; this brought the country back into the top 10, with the last time being in 2099. Although they didn't make the top 5, The Philippines finally broke their record of not placing within the top 10 after 12 years and 11 participations; the country, represented by Sunporpoise, placed 6th. Other notable top-10 placings include: Malaysia achieving a third 8th place and Siam breaching the top 10 for the third time in 6 years and participations. Tasmanija placed last for the first time; this was surprising because of their streak of top 3 placements only a couple years prior.*

## Participants

The following countries have confirmed their participation for 2104 as of 01 April 2104:

* Celebes - *EBT* - **Lethal Crushes**
* Fiji - *FJT* - **The Day I Randomly Combusted** - Goose Raticus
* Guam Republic - *GARRC* - **Constantly Parched**
* Indonesia - *INDT* - **Asal**
* Japan - *JPBC* - **Depresivní Král Krab** - The Devil
* Khalimarī - *KAMTV* - **Questing**
* Kiribati - *KIBT* - **Wake up, the siren calls**
* Malaysia - *MalayTV* - **Rejan klasik... batuk**
* The Maldives - *MV-RTV* - **Häerzlech Téi**
* The Marshall Islands - *MIRTV* - **Bubbles** - Soaperior
* Micronesia - *RTMC* - **er dette en sommerfugl** - Buddyboyb
* New Guinea\* - *NGT* - **Français Microwave** - Kirbee
* New Kanangri - *NKTV/NKRC* - **Écoutez mon Plaidoyer**
* New Zealand - *NZBC* - **Grrr rawr** - Kyjackal
* Northern Desert - *NDDRT* - **Next Day Delivery** - OblivionPeryite
* Pacifica Islands\* - *PICT* - **Esforço Valente**
* Palau - *PLU-RTV* - **For Eternity**
* The Philippines - *PPRTV* - **Designer Baby** - Sunporpoise
* Polynesia - *PYNR/PYTV* - **Adjacent with Disdain**
* Queensland - *QRT* - **Cherry Pie** - Plebillian
* Siam - *BCSiam* - **Folikel Pena**
* Singapore - *RTVSing* - **Jam Delima**
* Solomon Islands - *SmIsT* - **Drukner i Lyd** - Ninjalamby
* South Mesa - *SMERT* - **Was I?**
* Sri Lanka - *LankaCT* - **Allotement vun Air**
* Tasmanija - *T-TM* - **Kosttilskudd**
* Timor\* - *LesteComm/RTVLeste* - **Beban**
* Tonga - *TOT* - **Det Brutte Prismet**
* Tuvalu - *TuvaluRTV* - **Sterfte**
* Victoria\* - *VITE* - **Angre Frelseren**

Undecided: - N/A

#### Languages

* *17 Awan di Langit is the first song in Oceanivision to have a number in its title*
* *As Ilhas is the first song title to be in Portuguese*
* *tytytyt is the first song in Oceanivision to contain lyrics in an imaginary language; the imaginary language in question is Mandarin*

### Allocation Draw

Each country randomly draws a number, that number being their performing placement. The host draws their placement first, then the automatic qualifiers draw their placements, finally, every other country draws theirs.

### Grand Final

All countries voted. The final took place on \_ August 2104. \*indicates an automatic qualifier

### Official Rankings

1. **Celebes**
2. The Maldives
3. New Guinea\*
4. Queensland
5. Tonga (Tie-5th)
6. Fiji (Tie-5th)
7. Victoria\*
8. Pacifica Islands\*
9. Malaysia (Tie-9th)
10. Japan (Tie-9th)
11. Polynesia (Tie-9th)
12. The Philippines
13. Siam
14. Micronesia
15. Timor\*
16. New Kanangri
17. Northern Desert
18. Singapore
19. Khalimarī
20. Guam Republic (Tie-20th)
21. Kiribati (Tie-20th)
22. Indonesia (Tie-20th)
23. Solomon Islands (Tie-20th)
24. Tasmanija
25. Sri Lanka
26. Palau
27. New Zealand
28. Tuvalu
29. The Marshall Islands
30. South Mesa

## Withdrawing/Uncertain

* Bangladesh - *BL-RTV/BL-Comm* - confirmed on **15 October 2103** that Bangladesh will not debut in 2104.
* Bengal - *BNRT* - confirmed on **01 November 2103** that Bengal will not debut in 2104.
* Brunei - *BUITT* confirmed on **01 October 2103** that Brunei will not participate in 2104.
* East African Islands - *RTV-EAI* confirmed on **01 October 2103** that East African Islands will not debut in 2104.
* Manchuria - *MUiRCT* - confirmed on **01 December 2103** that Manchuria will not debut in 2104.
* North Maluku - North Maluku and *nqNRTV* are not eligible to debut until **2105** due to the 2-Year Independence Rule.
* Southern Korea - *ssKPT* - applied for an OBU membership on **14 February 2104**, which was accepted on **16 March 2104** making them eligible to debut in **2107** if they so wish.
* Taiwan - *TWTE/TWRC* - both applied for an OBU membership on **14 February 2104**, which were both accepted on **16 March 2104** making them eligible to debut in **2107** if they so wish.
* Vanuatu - *VATV/VARC* - confirmed on **01 December 2103** that Vanuatu will continue to not participate in 2104 due to internal broadcaster conflict. VATV and VARC have disbanded.
* Vanuatu - *CataVA* - With the disbanding of Vanuatu's previous main broadcasters, the new broadcaster will represent the country indefinitely.

## Other Countries

These countries aren't part of the OBU but are still in association with them. All new broadcasting countries and countries that stopped broadcasting will be added here, with the others on a separate page. 6 countries started broadcasting Oceanivision for the first time!

* Chad started broadcasting the event
* Germany started broadcasting the event
* Libya started broadcasting the event
* Minnesota started broadcasting the event
* Portugal started broadcasting the event
* San Marino started broadcasting the event

## Trivia

* This year's contest was held on **19 January 2024**
* Applications to for this year's contest were sent at **3:14PM/15:14 EST** on **08 December 2023**
* *Micronesia now holds the record of non-participations with 8 as of 2103*
	+ *As of 2103, Micronesia holds the record for the longest streak of non-participations with 4 in a row*
* 2104 continued to use the **new** physical draw to determine the placements in the Grand Final on 03 January 2024
	+ This bag system will hopefully be fairer and reduce top-of-the-stack bias
	+ Modifications will be made to optimize equality amongst the draws
* *2103 continued to use computer-based randomization for voting, although country names would not be added; instead just a simple "Every Country" took each country's place*
	+ *Randomizations were kept somewhat anonymous to prevent pre-contest spoiling*
* *The order of revealing points was the normal 01-29; points were somewhat checked every 9-10 delegations to make sure everything was up-to-date*
* *Guam Republic and Timor obtained the most amount of points than they ever had*
	+ *Timor (1st) achieved their best placement; Guam Republic (16th) placed for the first time :))*
	+ *The Philippines (8th) and Guam Republic (16th) achieved their best non-top 5 placement; Malaysia (8th) tied their best*
	+ *Polynesia (27th) and Tasmanija (29th) managed to obtain their worst placement; New Guinea (28th) tied their worst*
		- *This was also Tasmanija's first-last place*
* *There were 5 ties this year; 4 2-country ties and 1 3-country tie*
	+ *This is most likely because the difference between many of the placements was often only a few points*
* *The maximum number of countries that could perform was absent at this contest. 29 out of the maximum 32 countries confirmed their participation*
	+ *This was the second time in a row that specific amount of countries participated in a single year, the first being in 2100*
* This marked the 30th year of participation for Indonesia, Queensland, and Tonga!
	+ This also marked the 20th year of participation for Palau!
* *This is the first year since 2091 that The Philippines cracked the top 10, breaking a 12 year and 11 participation streak!*
* *This is the second time Kiribati opened the show and Northern Desert closed the show*
* *{For the third year in a row, Vanuatu and The Philippines' final placements were adjacent to each other*
	+ *The difference this year was The Philippines placed better than Vanuatu*
* *With Indonesia placing 3rd, they became the first country to achieve every placement in the top 10; 1st to 10th}*