EuroAsia Song Contest 36th Edition Wiki

**Welcome to the EuroAsia Song Contest 36th Edition Wiki!**

Grand Final: January 6th, 2024

### Returning countries

Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Kazakhstan, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Mexico, Romania, Morocco

### Non-returning countries

Azerbaijan, Australia, Latvia, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Germany

EuroAsia Song Contest 35th Edition is a worldwide song contest for Countries All over the world. The competition is organized by the host broadcaster BCC And the European Public Broadcasting Association. The contest will take place in The United Kingdom After Winning The 35th edition. the contest's format will remain the same. this is the Third time The UK would host the contst. The Contest's Host City Would be announced in mid July.

## Location

As for July 1st, This are the cites Bidding To Host.

## Participation Requirments

1: A country wishes to take part must be from europe, north africa, oceania, whole of asia or the whole of americas to be a member of the EPBA.

2: A country's representative must be aged from 16 to 50.

3: A country's song cannot be longer than 4:40 minutes

4: The Maximum amount of Participating countries is 45.

5: A country wishes to take part in the contest has until September 30, 2023 to officially submit the participation at the EPBA.

6: A Participating country cannot withdraw from the contest after it has officially confirmed its participation unless it has a justified reason. random withdrawal after the list has been closed can cause a ban from the next editions

7: all countries must submit their songs to the EPBA by January 3rd, 2024 at 23:55 PM Central European time. national finals can take place until January 3rd . not submiting an entry may cause a disqualification and a ban from the next editions.

## Participating countries

**Semi-Final 1**

**Semi-Final 2**

**Grand Final**

## Contest's Rules

The Contest's Are as followed. 10 Countries from each semi final that got the most televote points will qualify for the grand final. while 1 country from each semi will get a wildcard qualification into the grand final by a special group of juries. making it 11 qualifers in total from each semi.

during the grand final after all songs has been performed the televoting lines would open. 15 minuets after they would close. right after the voting sequence would start, every country participating in the contest would stary announceing their points, and that's includes and the non-participating countries which have provided FULL LIVE coverage of all the contest's events.

the results of the grand final conssists 50% Jury Votes And 50% Televoting Votes.

## Other Countries

Azerbaijan: ITV Has stated that the reason azerbaijan would not take part in the 36th edition is due to management changes within the broadcaster, which forced the broadcaster to delay all 2024 mega projects, including the 36th edition.

Australia: ABC Australia Has decided not to take part in the upcoming 36th edition in order to Focus on other projects, however they have not ruled out future comeback.

Croatia: After Not participating since the 17th edition the Croatian broadcaster broadcated the 35th edition, which had 29.87% rating. HRT Had stated that because of the broadcast success they will consider returing. On September 30, 2023 HRT announced that Croatia Would not return in the 36th edition.

Kazakhstan: Khabar TV has not taken any decision on their participation yet, stating that Khabar TV is interested in competing in the upcoming contest in belfast but before any decision would be taken on the matter they would have to consult on a variety of things, such as the public intrest, approching singers or bands to repersent the country, and other technical things. a decision on the matter would be announced to the public in september. on september 17th it wwas announced that the country would return.

Hong Kong: The Head Of Delgation Has Stated That due tight schedule the Broadcaster would be forced to withdraw.

Thailand: NBT has decided not take part in the 36th edition in Belfast, no further reason was given.

Latvia - LTV Has Announced That due to disappointing results the country would not take part in the 36th edition.

Lebanon: the lebanese head of delegation has announced Lebanon would not take part in the 36th edition due to the fact that the participation fee has risen.

Germany: NDR Has Stated They will not take part in the upcoming edition due to tight schedule. but has stated they will come back next edition if possible.

Slovenia: Although Slovenia's RTVSLO initially announced their return to the contest, 2 days later the broadcaster have withdrawn their participation due to a management problem that blocked Slovenia from taking part.

**Non participating countries broadcasting and covering the Contest**

## National Finals

Albania: Festivali i Melodisë: EuroAsia Song Contest

Belgium: EuroAsia Song Contest Belgium

France: Destination: Victoire

United Kingdom: UK: It's Time To Decide!