Mearthvision Song Contest 220

Participation map

The **Mearthvision Song Contest 220** is set to be the 21st edition of the Mearthvision Song Contest. It is scheduled to take place in Las Puertas, Noda, following the country's victory at the 219 contest with the song "Magia" by Angelina Moon. Organised by the International Broadcasting Union (IBU) and host broadcaster Diamond, the contest will be held at the Maplewood Forum, and will consist of two semi-finals on 7 and 9 May, and a final on 11 May 219. It will be the second time that Noda has hosted the contest, having last done so in Noda City in 205.

Thirty-six countries will participate in the contest, with Belorenovo debuting, while Fernit will not participate due to a lack of interest and participation costs.

## Location

The 220 contest will take place in Las Puertas, Noda, following the country's victory at the 219 edition with the song "Magia", performed by Angelina Moon. It will be the second time Noda hosts the contest, having previously done so in 205. The selected venue is the 19,000-seat Maplewood Forum, known for sponsorship reasons as the Flicker Energy Arena, a multi-purpose indoor arena which serves as a venue for concerts, basketball matches, ice hockey matches and other events.

### Bidding phase

Location of cities that have expressed interest in bidding
 Amarillo
 Forcansas City
 Harston
 Las Puertas
 New Joleo
 New Vanesse
 Noda City
 Simurgh
 Vancina
 Winity
 Watsonville

Immediately after Noda's win in the 219 contest, representatives from New Joleo, Noda City and Las Puertas, three of the four largest cities in Noda, confirmed their interest in hosting the contest. In the following days, a number of other cities also voiced their intentions to bid, namely Forcansas City, Watsonville, Allensife and Harston and Vancina.

On 31 May, Diamond declared the bidding stage officially open, setting a deadline of 15 June 219 for cities to declare their interest. Subsequently, Winity, Amarillo, New Vanesse and Simurgh expressed their intentions to bid. Las Puertas and Vancina officially announced their bids on 7 June, New Joleo on 8 June, Harston and Noda City on 9 June, and Allensife and Forcansas City on 12 June. Winity's council decided not to bid on 9 June, supporting nearby Vancina's bid instead. Amarillo withdrew on 10 June when it was reported that the NC&T Arena, its intended venue, would be booked for Stamto's Stone Cold Tour, and Watsonville withdrew the same day due to a lack of interest from its municipal council. It was not reported whether New Vanesse or Simurgh had submitted a bid. Diamond announced on 16 June 219 that seven cities had submitted a bid. This announcement did not include New Vanesse or Simurgh, and it was clarified on 28 June that the cities had not submitted a bid. It was announced on 1 July that Las Puertas, New Joleo and Vancina had been shortlisted; although Noda City met the bidding criteria, it was not shortlisted because Diamond wanted the event to be held outside the capital. On 7 July, the IBU and Diamond announced Las Puertas as the host city.

**Key:**

 †  Host city
 \*  Shortlisted
 ^  Submitted a bid

## Provisional list of participating countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Mearthvision Song Contest*

Eligibility for participation in the Mearthvision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active IBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Mearthvision network and broadcasting it live nationwide, except for those who accept the "independence present", granting them participation in the contest for two editions as associate members.

On 6 December 219, the IBU announced that 36 countries would participate in the contest. Belorenovo will make its debut, having gained active IBU membership in September 219, while Fernit opted not to participate for financial reasons and lack of interest. This contest will also mark the first time that Aimol, Brumund, Chepulisk, Kumeretsia, Levocia, Novomkia, Roznikia, Warelern and Yurod will take part as active members following the expiry of the two-year "independence present" period.

### Other countries

* Fernit – On 8 June 219, the IBU announced that they were discussing Fernit's eligibility to participate in the contest since it is not a sovereign state. Although Fernit has participated in the contest since 215 through LBC Fernit, a subsidiary of active member LBC, it is an overseas dependency of Lincly and not a member of the UN. Its head of delegation Barbara Canters also confirmed that there was not a considerable market for the contest in Fernit to justify the amount the broadcaster spends every year on the contest and arranging their national selection, especially considering its typically low placements, so the country was considering withdrawal. The country did not ultimately appear on the list of participants.

## Production

The Mearthvision Song Contest 2024 will be produced by the Nodan national broadcaster Diamond. The core team will consist of John Douglas as chief executive producer, Ralph Rodgers as deputy executive producer, Rebecca Whistler as executive producer in charge of communications, Tobias Bergstrom as executive in charge of production, Quentin Patterson as executive line producer. Olivia Grey-Gadson as contest producer, and Vivian Lakes as TV producer. Additional production personnel will include head of production Keith Client head of legal Elizabeth Stearns, head of media Alecia McDonald, and executive assistant Angeline Dixon. Bergstrom, Patterson, Lakes and Grey-Gadson has been largely involved in the Nodavision Song Contest, the Nodan national final for Mearthvision.

Las Puertas County will contribute $4.5 million to the budget of the contest.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals will take place on 30 January 220 at 19:00 NT. The semi-finalists are divided over a number of pots, based on historical voting patterns, with the purpose of reducing the chance of bloc voting and to increase suspense in the semi-finals. The draw also determines which semi-final each of the six best-performing countries from the previous edition who automatically qualify as part of the "Big Six" – Canadina, Jolivan, Lincon, Noda, Sluvica and Yelsiva – will vote in and be required to broadcast. The ceremony will be hosted by Markus Briggs and Chloe Domingo and is expected to include the passing of the host city insignia from the mayor (or equivalent role) of previous host city Poler to the one of Las Puertas.

## Broadcasts

All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. While they must broadcast at least the semi-final they are voting in and the final, most broadcasters air all three shows with different programming plans. In addition, some non-participating broadcasters air the contest. The Mearthvision Song Contest YouTube and Vuzu channels provide international live streams with no commentary of all shows.

The following are the broadcasters that have confirmed in whole or in part their broadcasting plans:

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