Olympiad Song Contest 61

Final dates
 Venue
 Presenter(s)
 Director
 Executive supervisor
 Host
 Number of entries
 Voting system
 Winning song

**The Olympiad Song Contest** welcomes the world to the  Belarus for the **61st** Edition.

The **Olympiad Song Contest #60** will be the **61st** edition of the annual Olympiad Song Contest. It will take place in the **Čyžoŭka-Arena**, located in **Minsk**,  Belarus, following the country's victory at the **60th** edition with Takaya performing **Vbyla myloho**. This will be the **1st** time the country hosts the contest.

The contest is scheduled to consist of a grand final, with official date being the **3rd April 2022.**

As of **3rd April 2022**, **28** confirmed countries participated in the contest. **2** countries has made their debut. **6** countries returned to the contest after absences, while **9** countries withdrew.  Canada had originally confirmed participation on March 2nd but did not reveal an entry in time for the competition to begin.

## Location

It will take place in the **Čyžoŭka-Arena**, located in **Minsk**,  Belarus, following the country's victory at the **60th** edition with Takaya performing **"Vbyla myloho"**.

### **Venue**

The **Čyžoŭka-Arena** in **Minsk**, which has a capacity of approximately **8,000** attendees, was announced as the host venue on **19th March 2022**. This will be the Arena's first time hosting the contest.

### **Bidding phase and host city selection**

Following **Belarus** triumph, the Olympiad Broadcasting Union (OBU)'s Executive Supervisor for the Olympiad Song Contest, issued the hosting invitation to **Belarus-1** during the winner's press conference.

**Belarus-1**, announced on **TBA 2022** that with the contest being held in  **Belarus** that any city, town or arena that would like to host the contest would had four days to apply to the broadcaster with their interest.

The following selection criteria were outlined for the selection of the host city:-

* The venue must be covered with a capacity of at least 1,000 but ideally up to 10,000 attendees.
* An international press centre must be able to accommodate no less than 1,550 journalists.
* Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 3,000 attendees.
* The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
* The host city must provide a social program alongside their bid, showcasing the hospitality, originality, cultural values and identity of both the city and country.

     **Host City**

## Format

### **Visual Design**

The theme for the contest, **Interconnecting**, was unveiled on **19th March 2022** in a press conference. Its visual design features a **linking 5 circles** logo that alludes to the ideas to XX. The contest's Executive Supervisor remarked that the theme and logos "resonate with OSC's core values, including diversity, very well.

### **Presenters**

On **3rd April 2022**, **Belarus-1** announced that the contest would be hosted by **Tanya Dyagileva** & **Zhenya Katava**

**Spokesperson 1**:- **Tanya Dyagileva**
Tatiana Dyagileva, (Belarusian: Таццяна (Таня) Дзягілева, Russian: Татьяна (Таня) Дягилева; born 4 June 1991) is a Belarusian model, artist, fashion designer, stylist, and fashion photographer.

Dziahileva was born in 1991 in Vitebsk. Currently, she lives and works in Paris, France, where she has BA degree in fashion design at the Istituto Marangoni, a private Italian school for fashion and design. She has already completed the "Fashion Style and Image" and "Fashion Business Intensive" programs.

**Spokesperson 2**:- **Zhenya Katava**
Primarily a runway model, she has walked the catwalk for some of the biggest names in fashion from Giorgio Armani to Dolce & Gabbana. She has also dabbled in print work, appearing in magazines like Elle Italia and Interview Russia.

### **Voting**

Each participating country had their own national jury/HoD. Each member of a respective nation's jury is required to rank every song, except that of their own country, to produce an overall ranking from first to last place. The song which scored the highest overall rank received 12 points, while the tenth-best ranked song received 1 point.

## Participating Countries

As of **3rd April 2022**, **28** confirmed countries participated in the contest. **2** countries has made their debut. **6** countries returned to the contest after absences, while **9** countries withdrew.  Canada had originally confirmed participation on March 2nd but did not reveal an entry in time for the competition to begin.

### **Returning Artists**

We welcome back some artists who have previous joined us in OSC.

* Azerbaijan Safura (Prev. #29)
* Bahrain Hala Alturk (Prev. Junior #7,#8)
* Belarus UZARI (Prev. #57)
* France Shy'm (Prev. #41, #60)
* Malaysia DOLLA (Prev. #53, #54)
* Norway KEiiNO (Prev. #48)
* Spain Belén Aguilera (Prev.  Andorra#46,#47,#48)
* United Kingdom Sigala (Prev. #35,#39)

## Scoring

### **12points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the Grand final:

## National Selections

Here is a list of all the national selections held this edition.

 Kazakhstan | Nur-Sultan Minskige Dayin | I Love You Alina Gerc | 3 votes (3.33%)