Mount Hagen 2072

**Oceanivision Mount Hagen 2072** was the inaugural edition of Oceanivision held in Mount Hagen, New Guinea since New Guinea was the country to propose the idea of this type of contest in and around Oceania. {This was the first time that Northern Desert won the contest, being the 15th new country to win the contest and the 4th in a row. Victoria and the Solomon Islands are still the only two countries to win more than once, this year could (hopefully) change it though.}

{Sixteen cities were in contention to host this year; they were narrowed down to 8: Galiwin'ku, Mataranka, Milyakburra, Minjilang, Pellew, Quoin, Tiwi, and Yulara. These were further narrowed down to just 4: Galiwin'ku, Minjilang, Quoin, and Tiwi, then finally between Galiwin'ku and Minjilang with Galiwin'ku ultimately being chosen to host after Northern Desert's first win.}

{24 countries participated, tying the record amount, but still not the maximum possible.}

{Victoria achieved its 4th victory with the song Soldiers of Love. The country gathered 74 points from the song, although they weren't the only ones to garner this amount of points; Fiji, Kalimari, and Sri Lanka all tied for first with Victoria, but all lost since Victoria had the most countries (15) give them points. With that, Fiji came in 2nd, a second time. Kalimari came third, losing to Fiji by 1 12-point, Sri Lanka ended up in 4th, although they would've won with the old tie-breaker system, and Tuvalu and Northern Desert tied for 5th, with Tuvalu ultimately taking the higher placement.}

## Participants

### 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 2072. \*indicates an automatic qualifier

 **02** |  New Guinea\*
 **03** |  Victoria\*
 **04** |  Timor\*

### Official Rankings

1. **Victoria**\*
2. New Guinea\*/Timor\*
3. -
4. Pacifica Islands\*

## Withdrawing/Uncertain

* Fiji - FJT confirmed on {} that Fiji would not debut for 2072.
* Kalimari - KAMTV confirmed on {} that Kalimari would not debut for 2072.
* Kiribati - KIBT confirmed on {} that Kiribati would not debut for 2072.
* The Marshall Islands - MIRTV is not eligible to debut until 2073 due to the 2-Year Independence Rule.
* Micronesia - RTMC confirmed on {} that Micronesia would not debut for 2072.
* New Kanangri - NKTV/NKRC confirmed on {} that New Kanangri would not debut for 2072.
* New Zealand - NZBC confirmed on {} that New Zealand would not debut for 2072.
* Northern Desert - NDDRT confirmed on {} that Northern Desert would not debut for 2072.
* Queensland - QRT confirmed on {} that Queensland would not debut for 2072.
* Solomon Islands - SmIsT confirmed on {} that Solomon Islands would not debut for 2072.
* South Mesa - SMERT confirmed on 23 November 2071 that South Mesa would not debut for 2072.
* Tasmania - Ycomm confirmed on 02 September 2071 that Tasmania would not debut for 2072.
* Tonga - TOT confirmed on {} that Tonga would not debut for 2072.
* Tuvalu - TuvaluRTV confirmed on {} that Tuvalu would not debut for 2072.
* Vanuatu - VATV/VARC confirmed on {} that Vanuatu would not debut for 2072.

## Other Countries

These are countries that aren't part of the OBU but are still in association with them.

* East African Islands
* Indonesia