Perth 2099

**Oceanivision Perth 2099** was the 28th annual edition held in Perth, Kalimari following Kalimari's victory in Haarumou the previous year. This was the first time Kalimari won the contest, bringing the total amount of winning countries to 18, only 2 years after Fiji brought it to 17. Victoria and the Solomon Islands are still the only two countries to win more than twice. With Kalimari 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?

Sixteen cities were in contention to host this year; they were narrowed down to 8: Ardyaloon, Dundas, Esperance, Karratha, Mandurah, Orana Albani, the capital Perth, and Telfer. These were further narrowed down to just 4: Esperance, Karratha, Perth, and Telfer, then between Esperance, Perth, and Telfer. Esperance and Perth were left after another elimination round, with Perth ultimately being chosen as 2099's host city.

Polynesia debuted this year after being an OBU member for \_ years, {their decision was made early in the confirmation period}. Celebes and The Philippines returned to the contest after a 1-year absence, ready to beat their previous records; this makes 2099 the year with the most participating countries, 30, along with having every country possible competing. This year was the last of the century, so it was only right to have every participating country compete this year!

Celebes achieved its 1st victory, immediately replacing Kalimari as the newest winner, with the song "Sunny Day (Opposite)". The country gathered 110 points from the song, the new second-highest number of points ever recorded. Tonga achieved their best placement this year, beating out their 2 previous 3rd places, a great placement to end the century. Tasmanija ended in 3rd, with their last top-10 placement in Galiwin'ku 2092. Sri Lanka and Palau tied for 4th, with Sri Lanka winning the tie-breaker, achieving a 5th top-10 placement in the 10 years since their debut; Palau also built on their recent success with this 5th place. The newest participating country, Polynesia, tied with The Philippines for 18th, but lost the tie-breaker ending in 19th.

## Participants

The following countries have confirmed their participation for 2099 as of 01 January 2099:

* Brunei - Saya Gila
* Celebes - Sunny Day (Opposite)
* Fiji - Nyt
* Indonesia - Kereta Kosong
* Kalimari - Srce Pereca
* Kiribati - Chains
* Malaysia - Falling Sun
* The Maldives - Blutt
* The Marshall Islands - Strawberries
* Micronesia - Poesi for Ingen
* New Guinea\* - I happen to like balloons
* New Kanangri - La Victoire
* New Zealand - Purple People Eaters - Kyjackal
* Northern Desert - Paiement Secret
* Pacifica Islands\* - Sov For Alltid
* Palau - All That Shines - Buddyboyb
* The Philippines - Dan - Sunporpoise
* Polynesia - Not Your Dolls
* Queensland - Obviously
* Siam - Spole
* Singapore - Mimpi
* Solomon Islands - Hattball - Ninjalamby
* South Mesa - Conquest
* Sri Lanka - A World So Beautiful
* Tasmanija - Stjel Sjelene Våre
* Timor\* - Still Works (of art)
* Tonga - Armageddon, oh no!
* Tuvalu - Geldzakken
* Vanuatu - Lullabies
* Victoria\* - Yesterday, in August

### 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 2099. \*indicates an automatic qualifier

### Official Rankings

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

## Withdrawing/Uncertain

* Bengal - *BNRT* confirmed on **01 October 2098** that Bengal will not debut in 2099.
* 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.
* East African Islands - *RTV-EAI* confirmed on **14 September 2098** that the East African Islands will not debut in 2099.
* Japan - *JPBC* confirmed on **01 October 2098** that Japan will not debut in 2099.

## 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.

* Namibia started broadcasting the event

## Trivia

* This year's contest was held on 07 April, 2023
* 2099 used a physical draw to determine the placements in the Grand Final
* 2099 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 01-30; points were checked every 10 delegations to make sure everything was up-to-date
* Celebes, Polynesia, Sri Lanka, Tasmanija, Tonga, and Vanuatu obtained the most amount of points than they ever have
	+ Celebes and Tonga achieved their best placements
	+ Malaysia achieved its best non-top 3 placements, while South Mesa and Sri Lanka tied their previous best records
	+ Fiji, Kalimari, Micronesia, Northern Desert, Siam, Singapore, and Solomon Islands all obtained their worst placements, while Indonesia tied its worst placement
* There were many ties this year, all 5 were 2-country ties
* The maximum number of countries that could perform were present at this contest. 30 out of the maximum 30 countries confirmed their participation.
	+ This is the most ever in a single year, as of 2099
* Celebes continued an old trend of withdrawing for a year, then returning to win that contest for the first time; Vanuatu and Queensland have previously done this in 2081 and 2083 respectively.