Broken Hill 2074

**Oceanivision Broken Hill 2074** was the 3rd annual edition held in Broken Hill, New Kanangri following New Kanangri's victory in Melbourne the previous year. {This was the frist 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 2074. \*indicates an automatic qualifier

### Official Rankings

1. **The Marshall Islands**
2. Queensland/Pacifica Islands\*
3. -
4. New Zealand
5. Kiribati/New Kanangri
6. -
7. New Guinea\*
8. Tonga
9. Timor\*
10. Victoria\*

## Withdrawing/Uncertain

* East African Islands - RTV-EAI confirmed on 01 September 2073 that the East African Islands would not debut in 2074. They are allowed to debut because even though they aren't in Oceania, they are a member of the OBU.
* Fiji - FJT confirmed on {} that Fiji would not debut for 2074.
* Indonesia - INDT confirmed on {} that Indonesia would not debut for 2074. They are allowed to debut because even though they aren't in Oceania, they are a member of the OBU.
* Kalimari - KAMTV confirmed on {} that Kalimari would not debut for 2074.
* Micronesia - RTMC confirmed on {} that Micronesia would not debut for 2074. RTMC has shown interest in participating next year, even with the current financial crisis in the country.
* Northern Desert - NDDRT confirmed on {} that Northern Desert would not debut for 2074.
* Solomon Islands - SmIsT confirmed on {} that Solomon Islands would not debut for 2074.
* South Mesa - SMERT confirmed on {} that South Mesa would not debut for 2074.
* Tasmania - Ycomm confirmed on {} that Tasmania would not debut for 2074.
* Tuvalu - TuvaluRTV confirmed on {} that Tuvalu would not debut for 2074.
* Vanuatu - VATV/VARC confirmed on {} that Vanuatu would not debut for 2074.

## Other Countries

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

## Trivia

* This was the first year that other countries outside of Oceania, but part of the OBU were eligible to debut in Oceanivision, by invitation of course.
	+ Invitation was later abolished in the late 2080's
* For 26 years the records gave the incorrect amount of points and placement to Pacifica Islands
	+ Pacifica Islands was recorded to have 30 points, putting them in 3rd place
	+ The country's real amount of points should've been 31 points, tying them with Queensland for 2nd place