Plastics Song Contest 23

The Plastics Song Contest 23 will be the 23th edition of the Plastics Song Contest. The contest will take place in Kolonjo, Maplar following the country's victory at the 22th edition of the contest in Sumrakovac, Kucura, with the song Five Times performed by SKAAR.

As of the 27th of March, 24 countries will participate in the contest.

The contest is organised by the Plastics Broadcasting Union (PBU) and Maplar's host broadcaster MTV (Maplar Television).

If any new country wishes to join, please contact Timon Vanden Broucke (Messenger, Facebook) But in the meantime, you can create your own country page and flag.

Hosting Information
On 21 March it was announced that Kolonjo will serve as the host city of the Plastics Song Contest 23.

Bidding phase

 * The host city had to be near a major airport.
 * The venue must be available for at least six weeks before the contest and one week after the conclusion of the contest
 * The venue must not be open-air, but an air-conditioned building with a capacity of at least 10,000 and a minimum ceiling height of 15 metres (49 ft), insulated for sound and light.
 * The green room must be located as close to the arena as possible (or within it), with a capacity of 300

Slogan
The slogan for this edition is " Open Your Mind ". The slogan should encourage people to be more open to other ways of life and music styles. In addition, everyone should be open and respectful towards his fellow human beings and helpful in these times of the Corona crisis

National selections

 * Nexus.jpg Nexus: Nexus Song Festival 2

The Grand Final
Here u can find the Spotify playlist



Other countries
Eligibility for potential participation in Plastics Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with an active PBA membership that is be able to broadcast the contest. All countries with an active PBA membership have been given an invitation to join this edition.

Inactive PBA countries

 * - On the 15 March, Studio 100 declared after a meeting with the PBA that the chance of a return was unlikely.

Updates
The countries that are updated previous edition are gonna be first updated than the other countries. They will be ranked in the ranking of nations of average placement and qualifying chance.

Eurovision Republic change name to Korviet Republic
After an meeting to talk about the situation in the country and the coronavirus, they announced that they were changing their country's name. In a press conference, that was stretched of a period of 2 houres due the coronavirus, they announced the news. The Prime Minister says : "'The name change of the country is to show more our identity. After colonisation of the 18th century our country was given the name 'Eurovision Republic'. The change we want to show that act as an oficial idependant country. '"

International broadcasts and voting
The contest was broadcast in over 24 countries.

Spokespersons

 * Flag_Aquatiqa.png Lady Gaga
 * Ariana Grande
 * flag Bobbejaanland.png
 * flag of Callgium.png
 * Flag of Disneyland.png
 * Flag of Haykaland.jpg
 * Korviet.jpg
 * Nexus.jpg
 * flag of Oldlandia.png
 * Korviet.jpg
 * Nexus.jpg
 * flag of Oldlandia.png
 * Nexus.jpg
 * flag of Oldlandia.png
 * Nexus.jpg
 * flag of Oldlandia.png


 * Flag Rote.jpg
 * Flag Scen.png
 * Dotter
 * Justin Bieber
 * Flag TL.png Ng Sze Kai
 * Flag of Vovaltik.png
 * Winterland .jpg

Broadcasters

 * Flag_Aquatiqa.png Aquatique
 * ARIATV
 * flag Bobbejaanland.png
 * flag of Callgium.png VRT
 * Flag of Disneyland.png
 * FTV
 * Flag of Haykaland.jpg Hay TVR
 * IBS
 * Korviet.jpg TVHouse
 * RTK
 * MTV
 * RTM
 * Nexus.jpg NTV
 * flag of Oldlandia.png
 * Nexus.jpg NTV
 * flag of Oldlandia.png


 * Flag Rote.jpg RK RTV
 * Flag Scen.png ST1
 * DSFFN Concord
 * Flag TL.png TRTN
 * Flag of Vovaltik.png
 * Winterland .jpg
 * Winterland .jpg

Editions
Since the first edition, slogans (or themes) have been introduced in the show. The slogan is decided by the host broadcaster and based on the slogan, the theme and the visual design are developed.

Links

 * PBA : Plastics Broadcasting Association ( Confirm your country and broadcaster for memberschip)
 * Rules: Rules of the Plastics Song Contest
 * Businesses : List of Businesses in Plastics ( Make a list of your countries businesses.