Outernatia Song Contest 48
| Outernatia Song Contest 41 Stargazing | |
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| Host | |
| Host city |  Jokkmokk, Kimmystan
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| Presenter(s) | Cody |
| Venue | Jokkmokk Teater |
| Host broadcaster | KTV |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 41 |
| Debuting |  Ladoga  Mergina
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| Returning |  Equatoria  Hanzyuki
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| Withdrawing |  Kernow  Nickymania  Republica Libera
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | 10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all participants. |
| Outernatia Song Contest | |
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The Outernatia Song Contest 41 was the 41st edition of the Outernatia Song Contest. The contest took place in Jokkmokk, Kimmystan, following Avicii and Sandro Cavazza's win in the 39th edition with the song "Without You". This is the first time that Jokkmokk hosted the contest, and it is the eigth time the contest took place in the Kimmystan.
Hosting Information
Location
On 6 April 2016, Kimmystanian Broadcaster announced that it had chosen Nordfjord as the host city for the contest. The contest will be held held at the Nordfjord Opera House, which hosted several editions of the Kimmystanian national preselection Kimmystan NF. It has an overall capacity of approximately 18,500 people.
Nordfjord
Nordfjord is the capital city of Kimmystan and is located in the Fjorden-region in the northern part of Kimmystan. Nordfjord is an important global city and financial centre with an urban population of 2.1 million. Most of the country's embassies can be found in this city. Both the region and the city is known for it's beautiful fjords and breathtaking landscape, and in the city you can eat traditional Kimmystanian food like bacalao, fish & chips and whale meat, of which the latter is a real Kimmystanian delicatesse.
This is the second time that the city is hosting the Outernatia Song Contest, but it has previously hosted the Junior Internatia Song Contest 18 and the Outernatia Song Contest 17.
Presenters
On 9 April 2016, the Kimmystanian Broadcaster announced that Josef Salvat and Sergey Lazarev would be the hosts of the contest. Both Josef and Sergey has competed for Kimmystan in previous editions of OSC, finishing 2nd in the 18th edition and 20th edition respectively. This is the first time there will be only male hosts when Kimmystan is hosting the contest.
Preliminary list of participating countries
| Country | Artist | Song |
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 Alteus
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Alison Wonderland | Church |
| Kimmystan
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Carina Dahl | NTLO (Not Like The Others) |
 Mărium
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David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj | Turn Me On |
Returning artists
| Artist | Country | Previous edition | Previous country represented |
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| Carina Dahl | Kimmystan
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OSC 9 | Kimmystan
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| David Guetta (with Nicki Minaj) | Mărium
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OSC 42 (with Martin Garrix ft. Jamie Scott & Romy Dya) | Kimmystan
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