EuroAsia Song Contest 30th Wiki

(THIS IS A FAN MADE CONTEST! PLEASE DO NOT TAKE DOWN) EuroAsia Song Contest 30th Edition is an Asian European song contest for People from Europe, Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa. The competition is organized by the host broadcaster IPBC And the European Public Broadcasting Association. The contest will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel after winning EuroAsia Song Contest. the contest will be held between april 22 - april 24 with 29 Participating countries, this is the hights number of Participating countries since the 26th edition. a decision of delaying the contest to july will only be made if the coronavirus pendamic is preventing the contest from taking place at it's intended plan.

 Contest's Format 

For the first time since the 22nd edition, the EPBA and IPBC plan to have audince in the arena and bring all artists to israel, a decision of delaying the contest to july will only be made if the coronavirus pendamic is preventing the contest from taking place at it's intended plan. For the first time since the 26th edition, the semi finals will return to the contest. this decison was made due to the fact the current format was not supported by some of the participating countries. the voting system for all the events is televoting only, 5 countries from each semi final will qualify to the grand final, while 1 non qualifer from each semi final will get a wildcard from the contest's producers to the grand final, the full semi final results will be reveled after the grand final ends. the grand final will have 1 auromatic qualifer, the hosting country, and 11 semi final qualifers & wildcards, after all songs has been performed the voting will be opend and announced in an ESC system by a spokeperson from each country. the song with the most points wins and preperations for the next contest begins.

 Participation Requirments: 

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

2: A country wishes to take part in the contest has until april febuary 16, 2021 to officially submit the participation at the EPBA.

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

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

5: A particepating 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.

6: all countries must submit their songs to the EPBA by april 11, 2021 at 23:55 PM israeli time. national finals can take place until apri 11, 2021. there is an exception for non live national finals and artist or song reveles that Are due to be broadcast Until april 15, 2021. not submiting an entry will cause a disqualification and a ban from the next editions.

Participating countries
Semi-finalists  Semi Final 1: April 22, 2021 


 * = Qualifed by special juris.

 Semi Final 2: April 23, 2021 

. = Qualifed by special juris.  Grand Final: April 24, 2021 

other countries
Czechia: Czech TV has announced that they will broadcast all live events, and added that they have started requesting people to be a part of the Czech EuroAsia Team. no possible return to the next edition has been mentiond, but it's highly likely the Czechia will return in the next edition.

Iceland: RUV stated that as the vaccination rate is going up, the HoD and the EuroAsia Iceland team will hold a meeting discussing the possibility of return. but on february 10th, it was announced by the icelandic HoD that iceland won't return this edition.

Lebanon: when the lebanese head of delegation was asked when will lebanon return he said "we will definitely not return this edition due to high tensions with the hosting country (israel), but we will try return the next edition if possible." he also added that he and his team tried bringing leabanon to the comptition in the 28th, and 29th editions but failedto do so due to budget problems and the humenitrain crisis.

Turkey: Turkey's EuroAsia Team has been silent about the contest since the last edition in kazakhstan, Turkey has missed the deadline to confirm their participation. no reason was given, but it's believe they withdrew  from the contest due to complicated realtions between Turkey And Israel.

The Netherlands: NPO has joined the EPBA back in December 2020, and now they have announced that they will broadcast live all the live shows and has announced that they will debut in the 31st edition. NPO tried joining the EPBA Back in the 4th and 20th editions but was they witdrawn their submision due to priority on other projects.

incidents
 Cancelation of the albanian national selection:  despite the fact RTSH has opened submissions window for songs to compete in the albanian national selection, several weeks later RTSH has announced the national selection will be canceled due to the worseing pendemic in albania and will insted select their repersentitive interally.

 Latvia Cancels Complex National Selection Format 

LTV Has announced after a board meeting to replace the complex national final format with a selection format similar to other countries selection formats. this decision came due to a lot of cons and missing details in the format.

 

Process for selecting representatives/Announcement Shows
Albania: Internal selection

Armenia: Internal selection

Azerbaijan: Azərbaycan: Siz qərar verin!

Australia: EuroAsia Song Contest: Australia Decides

Belgium: Internal selection

Estonia: Internal selection

Finland: EuroAasia laulukilpailu Suomi

France: Destination: EuroAsia Song Contest

Germany: Internal selection

Greece: Internal selection

Israel: Kdam EuroAsia: Going Double!

Italy: Internal selection

Japan: Internal selection

Kazakhstan: Әндер фестивалі: Еуразия ән байқауы (Festival of Songs: Euroasia Song Contest)

Kyrgyzstan: Internal selection

Latvia: Latvija: Jūs izvēlaties!

Lithuania: Internal selection

Mongolia: Internal selection

Norway: Internal selection

Romania: Internal selection

Russia: национальный финал (natsional'nyy final)

Serbia: Internal selection

Spain: Internal selection

Sweden: Musikfestivalen: EuroAsia Song Contest

South Korea: EuroAsia Song Contest Korea : 대표자는 누구입니까? (Artist Announcement Show)

Thailand: TBD

Ukraine: Internal selection

Uzbekistan: TBD

United Kingdom: It's Time To Decide! 



