Deloraine 2101

**Oceanivision Deloraine 2101** was the 30th annual edition held in Deloraine, Tasmanija, following Tasmanija's victory in Montfaoué the previous year. This was the first time Tasmanija won the contest, bringing the total amount of winning countries to 20, only a year after Celebes got it to 19; Tasmanija is also the first country whose name begins with a "T" to win. Victoria and the Solomon Islands are still the only two countries to win more than twice. With Tasmanija 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? Manifesting a 2nd win for a country this year!

Sixteen cities were in contention to host this year, with the host deadline and the start of the confirmation period being moved to 01 October 2100; they were narrowed down to 8: Cygnet, Deloraine, Hobart, Leeka, [the capital] Nubeena, Ouse, Recherche, and Wynyard. These were further narrowed down to just 4: Deloraine, Leeka, Nubeena, and Recherche, then between Deloraine, Leeka, and Recherche. Deloraine and Recherche were left after another elimination round, with Deloraine ultimately being chosen as 2101's host city; the first host city to begin with the letter D.

28 countries participated this year, continuing the trend of being less than the previous year. Fiji returned to the contest after a year's absence, with this being their first time participating this century. Brunei and New Zealand withdrew from the contest citing \_\_\_ and \_\_\_ respectively. Micronesia has continued to not participate due to \_\_\_; the country's last participation was in Perth 2099.

Kiribati achieved its 2nd victory, only the fourth country to do so, with the song "Peurs les Plus Sombres". The country gathered 114 points from the song, the new highest number of points ever recorded. Tasmanija finished with a third runner's-up position, one of the best placements for a defending champion and the first time a country other than the winner garnered at least 100 points. Victoria ended in 3rd for the second time, last achieving the placement all the way back in Melbourne 2073. Northern Desert returned to the top 10 with another 4th place, last placing within the top 10 back in Haarumou 2098. Kalimari had a similar situation as Northern Desert, not getting a top 10 placement since their win, also in 2098; the country placed 5th for a second time.

## Participants

The following countries have confirmed their participation for 2101 as of 01 February 2101:

* Celebes - The Trumpet
* Fiji - Forklare
* Indonesia - Kenaikan!
* Japan - S přízvukem
* Kalimari - Let Me Beach
* Kiribati - Peurs les Plus Sombres
* Malaysia - Just Can't Stop - Buddyboyb
* The Maldives - Wéi geet et dir?
* The Marshall Islands - Beating the Bush
* New Guinea\* - Apple Swan
* New Kanangri - One Black Rose
* Northern Desert - Understand, I'm Tired
* Pacifica Islands\* - De Ser
* Palau - African Plums
* The Philippines - Tree Rat - Sunporpoise
* Polynesia - Kokice od Škampa
* Queensland - Don't throw stones (on it)
* Siam - Menggosok Gelembung
* Singapore - Love Cramp - Kyjackal
* Solomon Islands - Grønn Diaré - Ninjalamby
* South Mesa - Putting it Through the Verre
* Sri Lanka - Mysteries Arise
* Tasmanija - Sverdkamp
* Timor\* - A table filled with kids
* Tonga - Brown Sugar
* Tuvalu - Het Water Stijgt
* Vanuatu - Mini Pain
* Victoria\* - Her kommer øyet

#### Languages

* African Plums is the first song in Oceanivision to contain lyrics in Swahili
* One Black Rose contains only 1 line in French, the least ever for a Kanangrian entry

### 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 18 August 2101. \*indicates an automatic qualifier

### Official Rankings

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

## 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 November 2100** that Bengal will not debut in 2101.
* 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.
* Brunei - *BUITT* confirmed on **01 January 2101** that Brunei will not participate in 2101.
* East African Islands - *RTV-EAI* confirmed on **01 October 2100** that the East African Islands will not debut in 2101.
* Guam Republic - Guam Republic and *GARRC* are not eligible to debut until **2103** due to the 2-Year Independence Rule.
* Manchuria - *MUiRCT* applied for an OBU membership on **02 February 2101**, which was accepted on **02 March 2101** making them eligible to debut in **2104** if they so wish.
* Micronesia - *RTMC* confirmed on **01 October 2100** that Micronesia will not return for 2101.
* New Zealand - *NZBC* confirmed on **01 December 2100** that New Zealand will not participate in 2101.

## 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.

* Estonia started broadcasting the event
* Latvia started broadcasting the event
* Lithuania started broadcasting the event
* Malta started broadcasting the event
* Tunisia started broadcasting the event
* Uruguay started broadcasting the event

## Trivia

* This year's contest was held on **18 July 2023**
* The initial date to confirm participation was moved from 14 September to 01 October, thus the last date to confirm was moved from 31 December to 31 January
* Micronesia beat the previous record of non-participations with 6 as of 2101
	+ The record was jointly held between Kalimari and Tasmanija, each with 5 non-participations
* 2101 used a **new** physical draw to determine the placements in the Grand Final on 02 July 2023
	+ This bag system will hopefully be fairer and reduce top-of-the-stack bias
	+ Modifications will be made to optimize equality amongst the draws
* 2101 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 01-28; points were somewhat checked every 9-10 delegations to make sure everything was up-to-date
* Japan, Kiribati, and Tasmanija obtained the most amount of points than they ever have
	+ Tasmanija is the first country since the introduction of the 12-point system to beat their winning point value, but not win with the new, higher point value
		- This also marks the third year in a row that Tasmanija has beaten their highest point value
	+ Japan achieved their best placement, while Kiribati tied their best
	+ Japan (12th), The Maldives (9th), and Tuvalu (6th) achieved their best non-top 5 placement
	+ Polynesia (26th), South Mesa (28th), and Sri Lanka (27th) managed to obtain their worst placement
		- This was also South Mesa's first-last place
* There were only 2 ties this year, an uncommon amount in recent years; 2 2-country ties
	+ This is made even more interesting since the difference between many of the placements was often only 1 point
* The maximum number of countries that could perform was absent at this contest. 28 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 marked the 30th year of participation for New Guinea, Pacifica Islands, and Timor!
* Kalimari opened the show for a record-breaking 4 times
* This is the third year in a row where Northern Desert placed one spot higher than Kalimari
	+ It is also the second year in a row where Vanuatu placed one position better than The Philippines