Muara 2090

**Oceanivision Muara 2090** was the 19th annual edition held in Muara, Brunei following Brunei's victory in Airai the previous year. This was the frist time that Brunei won the contest, marking the second Southeast Asian country to win since Indonesia in 2079. Victoria and the Solomon Islands are still the only two countries to win more than once, this year could change it though.

Only four cities were in contention to host this year: Bandar Seri Begawan, Muara, Panaga, and Ulu Senukoh. These 4 were narrowed to just Bandar Seri Begawan and Muara, with Muara ultimately being chosen to host the first contest of the decade.

20 countries participated, two of them being brand new additions to the contest. {Micronesia is the only exception due to internal broadcaster problems.}

Malaysia achieved its first (and only) victory with the song Heart Strings. The country gathered 98 points from the song, the third time a country has reached 98 points, and the second highest winning score (as of 2090). Northern Desert came in 2nd, a record-breaking placement for the country. The Philippines came third, an insane placement for a debutant, New Kanangri ended up in 4th with the classic total of 81 points, and New Guinea and The Marshall Islands tied for 5th, with New Guinea officially taking the 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 11 August 2089. \*indicates an automatic qualifier

### Official Rankings

1. Malaysia
2. Northern Desert
3. The Philippines
4. New Kanangri
5. New Guinea\* (Tie-5th)
6. The Marshall Islands (Tie-5th)
7. Tasmanija
8. Kiribati
9. Palau
10. Sri Lanka
11. Indonesia
12. Kalimari
13. Victoria\*
14. Solomon Islands (Tie-14th)
15. Pacifica Islands\* (Tie-14th)
16. Tuvalu (Tie-16th)
17. Queensland (Tie-16th)
18. Brunei
19. Timor\*
20. Singapore

## Withdrawing/Uncertain

* Celebes - EBT is not eligible to debut until 2092 due to the 2-Year Independence Rule.
* East African Islands - RTV-EAI confirmed on 01 September 2089 that the East African Islands would not debut in 2090.
* Fiji - *FJT* confirmed on 14 October 2089 that Fiji will not participate in 2090. This is most likely due to their sudden worst result in Airai 2089.
* The Maldives - MV-RTV confirmed on 01 November 2089 that The Maldives would not debut in 2090.
* Micronesia - RTMC confirmed on 01 December 2089 that Micronesia will not participate in 2090. The broadcaster stated there were multiple internal broadcaster problems since 2088, so they cannot participate until they are fixed. Funding is also low from last year due to the broadcasting problems, but they are hoping to return in 2091.
* New Zealand - NZBC confirmed on 01 October 2089 that New Zealand would not participate in 2090.
* Siam - BCSiam confirmed on 01 December 2089 that Siam would not debut in 2090.
* South Mesa - SMERT confirmed on 23 November 2089 that South Mesa would not debut for 2090.
* Tonga - *TOT* confirmed on 01 November 2089 that Tonga will not participate in 2090. This is most likely due to their sudden worst result 2 years in a row.
* Vanuatu - VATV/VARC confirmed on 19 December 2089 that Vanuatu will not participate in 2090. With its VARC Head of Delegation retiring mere days before the confirmation deadline, Vanuatu cannot find a suitable replacement in time. This may cause future conflicts with sister broadcaster VATV as both need a HoD to confirm its participation.

## Other Countries

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

* Alaska broadcasts the event and has applied to participate in the event (they are very avid fans of the contest), but have been declined by the OBU citing that the country is too distant and may disrupt voting. The OBU mentioned that it's possible for Alaska to join in the future, but only when the contest becomes more solid and the participants increase in number.
* Bangladesh broadcasts the event
* Bengal broadcasts the event
* California broadcasts the event
* Chile broadcasts the event
* Columbia broadcasts the event
* Costa Rica broadcasts the event
* Hawai'i broadcasts the event
* Japan broadcasts the event
* Kamchatka broadcasts the event
* Kolyma Plains broadcasts the event
* Manchuria broadcasts the event
* Mexico broadcasts the event
* Okhotsk broadcasts the event
* Peru broadcasts the event
* Southern Korea broadcasts the event
* Taiwan broadcasts the event

## Trivia

* This year's contest was held on 21 September 2022
* 2090 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
* 2090 used a physical draw to determine the placements in the Grand Final
* The order of revealing points was the normal 01-20, points were checked every 6-7 delegations to make sure everything was up-to-date
* Malaysia, New Guinea, New Kanangri, Northern Desert, The Philippines, and Sri Lanka all obtained the most amount of points than they ever have
	+ Malaysia, Northern Desert, The Philippines, and Sri Lanka all achieved their best placements as well
* This was the first time since the debut of the 12-point system in Oceanivision that there have been some other amount of ties other than just 2
* The maximum amount of countries that could perform was not present at this contest. 20 out of the maximum 25 countries confirmed their entries.

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