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Own Africavision Song Contest 1
Dates
Semi-final30 May 2020
Final10 June 2020
Host
VenueStade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa, DR Congo
Presenter(s)Jessy Matador
Host broadcasterRadio-Télévision nationale congolaise
Participants
Number of entries42
Debuting countriesAll the participants
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song Burkina Faso
"Hme ye"
Own Africavision Song Contest

Own Africavision Song Contest 1, often refered to as OAfSC #1, is the first edition of the Own Africavision Song Contest. The contest took place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is the first time the DR Congo hosted the contest.

Forty-two countries participated in the first edition. Gabon announced their debut and was supposed to participate with Nathalie and her song "I Won't Forget". However, as the song was released in 2009, it was disqualified by the council. Mali had originally confirmed their participation but had failed to submit a song before the deadline, while Mauritania decided to postpone their debut for a later edition. The participating countries competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Burkina Faso with the song "Hme ye" by Hawa Boussim which scored 198 points, winning by a margin of 23 points in front of Uganda. The podium was rounded out with Liberia. DR Congo, the host nation, placed 24th.

Location[edit]

For more details on the host country, see Democratic Republic of the Congo

Host City[edit]

AzazeltiT (Titlezaza)/sandbox/OAfSC1 is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
Kinshasa
Location of the host city.

Kinshasa, formerly Léopoldville, is the capital and largest city of the DR Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages, Kinshasa is now a megacity with an estimated population of more than 11 million. It faces Brazzaville, the capital of the neighbouring Republic of the Congo, which can be seen in the distance across the wide Congo River, making them the world's second-closest pair of capital cities after Rome and Vatican City. Kinshasa is Africa's third-largest urban area after Cairo and Lagos. It is also the world's largest Francophone urban area (surpassing Paris in population), with French being the language of government, schools, newspapers, public services, and high-end commerce in the city, while Lingala is used as a lingua franca in the street. The city's most notable claim to fame is the 1974 hosting of the iconic boxing match between undefeated George Foreman against Muhammad Ali, known coloquially as The Rumble In The Jungle.

Host Venue[edit]

Stade Tata Raphaël is a multi-purpose stadium in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Originally known as Stade Roi Baudouin (King Baudouin Stadium) when it was inaugurated in 1952 and Stade du 20 Mai (20 May Stadium) in 1967, it was used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 80,000 people. The stadium's most famous event was The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman for the Undisputed WBC/WBA Heavyweight Championship that took place on October 30, 1974. 60,000 people attended the boxing match. The associated music festival, Zaire 74, that took place at the stadium six weeks prior to the boxing match, included such stars as James Brown and B.B. King.

Format[edit]

Semi-final Allocation Draw[edit]

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place on 27 April 2020. The draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Twenty-one countries participated in the first semi, and twenty in the second. From each semi-final, thirteen countries joined the host in the final, where a total of twenty-seven countries participated.

The forty-one semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place and cultural similarities. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Participating countries[edit]

Semi-final 1[edit]

Twenty-one countries participated in the first semi-final. DR Congo also voted in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  Malawi Temwa "Hangover" English, Chewa 10 66
02  Tanzania Renaida "Loco Notion" English 16 42
03  Somalia Faarow "Burn" English 11 62
04  Zambia El Mukuka feat. Kayla Jacobs "Bottle of Loneliness" (Filatov & Karas Remix) English 9 68
05  Sudan Gaidaa "I Like Trouble" English 14 48
06  Equatorial Guinea Brigitte Emaga "La clave" Spanish 19 13
07  Zimbabwe YouNotUs & Kelvin Jones "Seventeen" English 4 94
08  Burkina Faso Hawa Boussim "Hme ye" Bissa 1 124
09  Gambia Nabiha "Animals" English 3 110
10  Togo Millé "Minimal Love" English 13 56
11  Eswatini DJ Qness feat. Amanda Mo "Amen" Swazi 18 23
12  Mauritius Jane Constance "À travers tes yeux" French 5 94
13  Uganda Sabina Ddumba "I Cry" English 2 113
14  Libya Hassan El Shafei feat. Bahjat "Galbek ween" (قلبك وين) Arabic 8 87
15  Angola Rui Orlando & Matias Damásio "Peço perdão" Portuguese 21 3
16  Seychelles Sandra feat. Richie B "Sorti ale" Seychellois Creole 20 10
17  Ghana Bree Runway "All Night" English 15 47
18  Senegal Viviane Chidid "Do dara" Wolof 17 32
19  Ivory Coast Romy Rose "Pyromane" French 7 88
20  Kenya Muthoni Drummer Queen "Power" English, Swahili[a] 12 61
21  Liberia Isaac Dunbar "Scorton's Creek" English 6 93
  1. ^ Specifically Sheng, a Swahili and English-based cant.

Semi-final 2[edit]

Twenty countries participated in the second semi-final. DR Congo also voted in this semi-final.

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  Chad Arlo Parks "Eugene" English 11 53
02  Cape Verde Jennifer Dias feat. Elji Beatzkilla "Loco" Cape Verdean Creole, English[a] 4 95
03  Ethiopia Eden "When It Comes to You" English 13 47
04  Burundi Natacha "Mubibona gute?" Kirundi 7 78
05  São Tomé and Príncipe Calema "Dá-me dá-me" Portuguese 19 24
06  Botswana Amantle Brown "Black Mampatile" English, Setswana 10 56
07  Nigeria Tolani feat. Reekado Banks "Ba mi lo" English, Yoruba 14 47
08  South Africa Yanga feat. Soweto Gospel Choir & Amanda Black "Promised Land" Xhosa, English 3 112
09  Congo Kolinga feat. Gaël Faye "Kongo" French 16 37
10  Rwanda Rita Ange Kagaju "Ntibikongere ukundi" Kinyarwanda, English 17 30
11  Tunisia Nawel Ben Kraïem "Neuf moi" French 15 44
12  Mozambique Mariza "Quem me dera" Portuguese 18 29
13  Central African Republic Tenny feat. Maska "Like a Maniac" French[b] 9 64
14  Sierra Leone Patrice "Burning Bridges" English 2 119
15  Eritrea Senhit "Dark Room" Italian 5 87
16  South Sudan Queen Zee "Kabara" (كاتارا) Juba Arabic, English 6 80
17  Benin Yemi Alade & Angelique Kidjo "Shekere" Yoruba, English, Fon 8 67
18  Namibia Riana Nel "Hou die hemel oop" Afrikaans 1 134
19  Madagascar Ayna "Finalement" French 12 51
20  Cameroon Rosy Swag "Touch My Body" English 20 22
  1. ^ Contains some lines in French.
  2. ^ Contains one repeated phase in English.

Final[edit]

Twenty-seven countries participated in the final, with all 42 participating countries eligible to vote.

Draw Country Artist Song Language Place Points
01  Namibia Riana Nel "Hou die hemel oop" Afrikaans 8 122
02  Libya Hassan El Shafei feat. Bahjat "Galbek ween" (قلبك وين) Arabic 5 132
03  Ivory Coast Romy Rose "Pyromane" French 7 124
04  Kenya Muthoni Drummer Queen "Power" English, Swahili[a] 15 73
05  Madagascar Ayna "Finalement" French 25 36
06  Burundi Natacha "Mubibona gute?" Kirundi 17 64
07  DR Congo Gims "Le prix à payer" French 24 36
08  Benin Yemi Alade & Angelique Kidjo "Shekere" Yoruba, English, Fon 22 50
09  Ethiopia Eden "When It Comes to You" English 26 30
10  Zimbabwe YouNotUs & Kelvin Jones "Seventeen" English 6 132
11  Zambia El Mukuka feat. Kayla Jacobs "Bottle of Loneliness" (Filatov & Karas Remix) English 14 77
12  Chad Arlo Parks "Eugene" English 19 58
13  Liberia Isaac Dunbar "Scorton's Creek" English 3 166
14  Cape Verde Jennifer Dias feat. Elji Beatzkilla "Loco" Cape Verdean Creole, English[b] 13 91
15  Togo Millé "Minimal Love" English 11 96
16  Central African Republic Tenny feat. Maska "Like a Maniac" French[c] 20 54
17  Uganda Sabina Ddumba "I Cry" English 2 175
18  Sierra Leone Patrice "Burning Bridges" English 12 94
19  Malawi Temwa "Hangover" English, Chewa 23 42
20  Somalia Faarow "Burn" English 27 27
21  Burkina Faso Hawa Boussim "Hme ye" Bissa 1 198
22  Botswana Amantle Brown "Black Mampatile" English, Setswana 18 64
23  Eritrea Senhit "Dark Room" Italian 10 97
24  Gambia Nabiha "Animals" English 4 159
25  South Africa Yanga feat. Soweto Gospel Choir & Amanda Black "Promised Land" Xhosa, English 16 72
26  South Sudan Queen Zee "Kabara" (كاتارا) Juba Arabic, English 21 54
27  Mauritius Jane Constance "À travers tes yeux" French 9 113
  1. ^ Specifically Sheng, a Swahili and English-based cant.
  2. ^ Contains some lines in French.
  3. ^ Contains one repeated phase in English.

Other Countries[edit]

Eligibility for potential participation in the Own Americavision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active OABU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members has been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not.

  •  Gabon: Gabon announced their debut and was supposed to participate with Nathalie and her song "I Won't Forget". However, as the song was released in 2009, it was disqualified by the council. The broadcaster was not able to submit a new entry as the deadline already passed.
  •  Mali: Mali had originally confirmed their participation in the contest. However, the OAUB announced that the delegation had failed to submit a song before the deadline, thus being forced to withdraw.
  •  Mauritania: The broadcaster confirmed country's participation, however, the head of delegation decided to step down from his position. A debut in the next edition was not ruled out after a new head of delegation showed interest in taking over.

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