Athas Song Contest 9

## Participation

### Debuting Countries

 Panama  Dominican Republic  Tunisia  Rwanda  Nigeria  Fiji  Kurdistan  Tajikistan  Botswana  Gabon  Sri Lanka  Lithuania  Peru  Kyrgyzstan

### Withdrawing Countries

 Estonia  Honduras  Finland  Mexico  Hungary  Libya  Slovakia  Colombia  Netherlands  Venezuela  South Sudan  Samoa  Sweden  Singapore  Croatia  Morocco  Georgia  Brazil

## Dates

### Grand Final Date

July TBA

The Ninth edition of athas will be hosted in  Egypt after they won with total of 362 points which is the most points collected in Athas Final ever! They are also the first african country to win any of the admins contest. More Details are set to be announced soon. Contest is set to start in either End of Jury or Start of August 2021.

In 7th of July Alexandria was announced to host the edition in egypt.

## Alexandria

**Alexandria** is the third-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and Giza, the seventh-largest city in Africa, and a major economic centre. With a total population of 5,381,000, Alexandria is the largest city on the Mediterranean – also called the "Bride of the Mediterranean" by locals – the fourth-largest city in the Arab world and the ninth-largest urban area in Africa. The city extends about 40 km (25 mi) at the northern coast of Egypt along the Mediterranean Sea. Alexandria is a popular tourist destination, and also an important industrial centre because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez.

Alexandria was founded in c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great, king of Macedon and leader of the Greek League of Corinth, during his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire. An Egyptian village named Rhacotis existed at the location and grew into the Egyptian quarter of Alexandria. Alexandria grew rapidly to become an important centre of Hellenistic civilization and remained the capital of Ptolemaic Egypt and Roman and Byzantine Egypt for almost 1,000 years, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, when a new capital was founded at Fustat (later absorbed into Cairo). Hellenistic Alexandria was best known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (*Pharos*), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; its Great Library (the largest in the ancient world); and the Necropolis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. Alexandria was the intellectual and cultural centre of the ancient Mediterranean world for much of the Hellenistic age and late antiquity. It was at one time the largest city in the ancient world before being eventually overtaken by Rome. The city was a major centre of early Christianity and was the centre of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, which was one of the major centres of Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire. In the modern world, the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria both lay claim to this ancient heritage. By the time of the Arab conquest of Egypt in 641 AD, the city had already been largely plundered and lost its significance before re-emerging in the modern era. From the late 18th century, Alexandria became a major centre of the international shipping industry and one of the most important trading centres in the world, both because it profited from the easy overland connection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and the lucrative trade in Egyptian cotton.

## Voting System

Voting happens same as Eurovision, Juries send their votes with eurovision style 12,10 8-1 points and televoting will happen in the same style of voting. Country with the most points will win the contest. If a tiebreaker happens it will be looked first who received more support from the public and if they get the same amount of public votes then the country who received more 12points from the juries will be the winner

## Other Countries

 Finland: In 5th of july YLE confirmed that Finland would be missing out the 9th edition due to receving the last place and they thought that having a break would do its job.

 Brazil: In 2nd of july Brazilian broadcaster Rede Tupi confirmed that Brazil would not participate in the 9th edition due to finiancial issues and lack of interest.

 Sweden: SVT confirmed in 4th of july that Sweden would not be taking part in the 9th edition due to poor results and lack of interest to participate in the contest but they are trying to return in the 10th edition.