Plastics Song Contest 22

The Plastics Song Contest 22 will be the 22th edition of the Plastics Song Contest. The contest will take place in Sumrakovac, Kucura, following the country's victory at the 21th edition of the contest in Rocktown, Musiclandia, with the song "Filler" performed by Pænda.

Seventeen countries will participate in the contest. Eurovision Republic, Kerry Republic and Ijslandia will return after their absence of 1 edition., while Campre will withdraw after a participation of 19 editions.

The contest was organised by the Plastics Broadcasting Union (PBU) and host broadcaster RTK ( Radio Televizija Kucura).

Hosting Information
On the 21th February it was announced that Sumrakovac will serve as the host city of the Plastics Song Contest 22.

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



Logo
The logo is a square with a blue background. The maker of the logo Alberto Aguila agreed with the team of RTK that they wanted an abstract logo. Alberto says that the logo stand for everyone that are unique in a ocean of people.

Slogan
The slogan "#underwater" is chosen by the team of RTK." It wants to mean that there is more then what u see. So music is more then what u hear. " ; said Nevena Bozovic, member of the deligation for Kucura.

Hosts
Zeljko Joksimovic is a 47 year-old Kucurian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar and drums. Joksimović is multi-lingual, being fluent in Greek, English, Russian, Polish and French as well as his native Serbian. He represented Kucura before in the Plastics Song Contest 14.

Mika Newton is also a known face in the plastics world. She represented Kucura in the Plastics Song Contest 15. She's a Kucurian singer and actress from the city of Sumrakovic. She's honoured to host this amazing big event in her home city.

National selections

 * : Kucurvision 13
 * Nexus.jpg Nexus: Nexus Song Festival 1

Grand Final
Here u can find the recap of the Grand Final.


 * A (^) indicates that a nation was tied with another nation, but had more 12/10 points than the other, thus placing higher.


 * A (*) indicates that a nation didn't vote during the grand final, and thus stripped off their original placement.



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.

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.

Ariana Kingdoms entry
First ARIATV anounced that they would hold a national final ( Ariana Festival 22). There would perform 10 artists with 10 different songs. Later they anounced 4 songs on their facebook account of 4 different artists.

The songs were voted in an internal process. Here's the result.

But after CXLOE was going to represent Ariana Kingdom, ARIATV announced that Gaja Prestor would represent with the song " VERJAMEM VASE" . PBA is going to talk with ARIATV about this situation that this would happend in the future.
 * 1) CXLOE - DEVIL YOU DON'T
 * 2) Faouzia - Tears Of Gold
 * 3) Ilira - Pay Me Back
 * 4) Alice Chater - Hourglass

International broadcasts and voting
The contest was broadcast in over 22 countries.

Spokespersons

 * Flag_Aquatiqa.png PBA
 * PBA
 * flag Bobbejaanland.png  PBA
 * flag of Callgium.png PBA
 * Flag of Disneyland.png PBA
 * Maluma
 * PBA
 * Flag of Haykaland.jpg PBA
 * PBA
 * PBA
 * PBA
 * PBA
 * PBA
 * Nexus.jpg PBA
 * flag of Oldlandia.png PBA


 * Flag Rote.jpg PBA
 * Flag Scen.png PBA
 * Remco Evenepoel
 * Bono
 * Flag TL.png Gigi Rowe
 * Flag of Vovaltik.png PBA

Broadcasters

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


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

Voting
All votes

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.