Lowitava 2082

**Oceanivision 2082** was the 11th annual edition held in Lowitava, Vanuatu following Vanuatu's victory in Melbourne the previous year. {This was the first time Celebes won the contest, bringing the total amount of winning countries to 19, only a year after Kalimari brought it to 18. Victoria and the Solomon Islands are still the only two countries to win more than twice. With Celebes 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.}

## Participants

The following countries have confirmed their participation for 2082 as of 01 January 2082:

* Brunei -
* Indonesia -
* Kiribati -
* The Marshall Islands -
* New Guinea\* -
* New Kanangri -
* New Zealand -
* Pacifica Islands\* -
* Solomon Islands -
* Timor\* -
* Tonga -
* Tuvalu -
* Vanuatu -
* Victoria\* -

### 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. **New Guinea**\*
2. New Kanangri
3. Kiribati/Tonga
4. -
5. Tuvalu
6. Pacifica Islands\*
7. Indonesia
8. Victoria\*/New Zealand/Timor\*
9. -
10. -
11. Vanuatu
12. Brunei
13. Solomon Islands
14. The Marshall Islands

## Withdrawing/Uncertain

* East African Islands - *RTV-EAI* confirmed on **01 September 2081** that the East African Islands will not debut in 2082.
* Fiji - *FJT* confirmed on **- 2081** that Fiji will not participate in 2082.
* Kalimari - *KAMTV* confirmed on **-** **2081** that Kalimari would not return for 2082, citing that it is possible for them to return if and only if enough countries participate to initiate the 12-point voting system.
* Micronesia - *RTMC* confirmed on **- 2081** that Micronesia will not participate in 2082.
* Northern Desert - *NDDRT* confirmed on **- 2081** that Northern Desert would not debut for 2082.
* Palau - Palau and *PLU-RTV* are not eligible to debut until **2084** due to the 2-Year Independence Rule.
* Queensland - *QRT* confirmed on **- 2081** that Micronesia will not participate in 2082, citing bad placements.
* South Mesa - *SMERT* confirmed on **23 November 2081** that South Mesa would not debut for 2082.
* Tasmania - *Ycomm* confirmed on **-** **2081** that Tasmania would not return for 2082, citing its return is only possible if every other country returns and if there is a 20th country to debut.

## 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.

* - started broadcasting the event

## Trivia

* This year's contest was held on TBA May 2023
* 2100 used a physical draw to determine the placements in the Grand Final
	+ It has been rumored that the draw wasn't entirely fair as both Japan and Polynesia were drawn first and second, respectively, after Celebes and the first 4, since those countries are the newest to the contest
* 2100 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 01-29; points were checked every 9 delegations to make sure everything was up-to-date}
* {Kalimari, New Guinea, and Siam obtained the most amount of points than they ever have, while New Zealand tied its best for the 3rd time}
	+ {Kalimari and Siam achieved their best placements}
	+ {The Philippines achieved its best non-top 3 placements, while Micronesia tied its best record}
* {There were some ties this year, one of them was for second place; 4 2-country ties}
* {The maximum number of countries that could perform was absent at this contest. 27 out of the maximum 29 countries confirmed their participation.}
	+ {This tied the most ever in a single year}
* {This was the first time the Solomon Islands placed in the top-3 excluding 1st place}
* This was the first time Victoria opened the show and the second year in a row Brunei closed the show; both are at the end and beginning, respectively, alphabetically of the countries that participated this year