Montfaoué 2100

**Oceanivision Montfaoué 2100** was the 29th annual edition held in Montfaoué, Pacifica Islands, on behalf of Celebes, following Celebes' victory in Perth the previous year. This was the first time Celebes won the contest, bringing the total amount of winning countries to 19, only a year after Kalimari brought it to 18. Victoria and the Solomon Islands are still the only two countries to win more than twice. With Celebes winning, the chance for a country to win **again** is still more likely, so will other countries be able to achieve a 2nd, 3rd, or 6th victory?

Nineteen cities were in contention to host this year, 3 of which were the capitals of provinces of Pacifica Islands; they were narrowed down to 9: Canala, Hhaganja (Guam), Kaala-Gomen, [the capital] Montfaoué, Nouméa, Ouvéa, Voh, We, and Yaté. These were further narrowed down to just 4: Canala, Montfaoué, Nouméa, and Ouvéa, then between Montfaoué, Nouméa, and Ouvéa. Montfaoué and Ouvéa were left after another elimination round, with Montfaoué ultimately being chosen as 2100's host city.

Japan debuted this year after being an OBU member since 2093, the first country categorized as "Northern". Fiji and Micronesia withdrew from the contest, Micronesia cited bad placements while Fiji decided on a 1-year break from the contest; this brought the total amount of participating countries in 2100 to 29.

Tasmanija achieved its 1st victory, immediately replacing Celebes as the newest 1st-time winner, with the song "Ode til Akrobatikk"; Tasmanija is the 20th country to obtain a win. The country gathered 91 points from the song, beating their most amount of points only 1 year after. Victoria achieved their first-ever 2nd place after 28 years of competing. Celebes, Polynesia, and Timor all tied for 3rd; Polynesia won the tie-breaker giving the country a top-3 result after only 2 years, Timor came second in the tie-breaker giving them an already record-breaking fifth 4th place, and Celebes took 5th place after losing the tie-breaker giving the country a third top-5 result after only 5 participations. Pacifica Islands placed last for the second time, the first being when the contest started, all the way back in 2072.

## Participants

The following countries have confirmed their participation for 2100 as of 17 December 2099:

* Brunei - Selamatkan Mereka
* Celebes - Fortresses
* Indonesia - Tinggalkan Itu!
* Japan - Má Cesta
* Kalimari - My Honey Dew Melon
* Kiribati - Da Da Da Do
* Malaysia - Super Star
* The Maldives - Batterien
* The Marshall Islands - In Cream
* New Guinea\* - Gratis Donuts
* New Kanangri - L'arbre
* New Zealand - they killed love
* Northern Desert - Falling and Running
* Pacifica Islands\* - More
* Palau - Visionary
* The Philippines - I need assistonce - Sunporpoise
* Polynesia - Krv na tvom šeširu
* Queensland - Fridges
* Siam - Hari Pelatihan
* Singapore - Syair Pujian
* Solomon Islands - Lamz - Ninjalamby
* South Mesa - Bourgeoisie - Buddyboyb
* Sri Lanka - Under the Willow Tree
* Tasmanija - Ode til Akrobatikk
* Timor\* - Sentiments
* Tonga - My Own Style Drift
* Tuvalu - Weefsels
* Vanuatu - White Rose - Kyjackal
* Victoria\* - Hanging

#### Languages

* Krv na tvom šeširu is the first song in Oceanivision to be fully sung in Bosnian
* Má Cesta is the first song in Oceanivision to contain lyrics in Czech; all of the lyrics were in Czech

### 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 2099. \*indicates an automatic qualifier

### Official Rankings

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

## Withdrawing/Uncertain

* Bangladesh - *BL-RTV/BL-Comm* applied for an OBU membership on **01 October 2099**, which was accepted on **01 November 2099** making them eligible to debut in **2102** if they so wish.
* Bengal - *BNRT* confirmed on **01 October 2099** that Bengal will not debut in 2099.
* Bengal/Kashmir - *BNKM-BU* is a joint broadcaster between 2 or more countries, so it cannot participate unless it belongs to only one country. *BNKM-BU* joining as a member allows Kashmir to broadcast the contest, but if Kashmir wants to participate, they must apply with their own separate broadcaster.
* East African Islands - *RTV-EAI* confirmed on **14 September 2099** that the East African Islands will not debut in 2100.
* Fiji - *FJT* confirmed on **26 October 2099** that Fiji will not participate in 2100; Fiji plans to return in 2101.
* Micronesia - *RTMC* confirmed on **01 October 2099** that Micronesia will not participate in 2100, citing bad placements.

## 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.

* Antilles started broadcasting the event
* Ireland started broadcasting the event
* Morocco started broadcasting the event
* Sweden started broadcasting the event
* Wyoming started broadcasting the event

## Trivia

* This year's contest was held on **29 May 2023**
* Tasmanija is first country that starts with the letter T (excluding "the") to win Oceanivision
	+ This took 18 entries to achieve, with the 3 other T countries still taking over 20 entries to attempt a win
* 2100 used a physical draw to determine the placements in the Grand Final
	+ It was rumored that the draw wasn't entirely fair as both Japan and Polynesia were drawn first and second, respectively, after Celebes and the first 4, since those countries were the newest to the contest
* 2100 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 checked every 9-10 delegations to make sure everything was up-to-date
* Japan, Polynesia, Tasmanija, and Timor obtained the most amount of points than they ever have
	+ Japan, Polynesia, and Tasmanija achieved their best placements
	+ Japan (19th) and Solomon Islands (6th) achieved their best non-top 5 placements, while Malaysia (8th) and The Philippines (14th) tied their previous best records
	+ Japan (19th), The Maldives (27th), New Kanangri (28th), Pacifica Islands (29th), Palau (25th), and Tonga (26th) managed to obtain their worst placement
* There were many ties this year, one of them was a 3-way tie for third place; 1 3-country tie, 3 2-country ties
* The maximum number of countries that could perform was absent at this contest. 29 out of the maximum 31 countries confirmed their participation.
	+ This was the first time that specific amount of countries participated in a single year
* This was the first time Victoria achieved a 2nd place after 28 years of competing
* This was the first time Victoria opened the show and the second year in a row Brunei closed the show; both are at the end and beginning, respectively, alphabetically of the countries that participated this year