Outernatia Song Contest 17

Outernatia Song Contest 17; freedom.
Dates
Semi-final date	January 8 2016
Final date	January 19 2016
Host
Host city	Nordfjord, Kimmystan
Presenter(s)	TBA
Host broadcaster	KTV
Participants
Number of entries	34 (to date)
Debuting	Kitlantis ; Ruthsina (guest)
Returning	Dalmadria; Dulcet Ebullience; Hanzyuki; Polland; RC Laranjeiras; Zephyrus;
Vote
Voting system	Each country's 10 favourite songs are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through to 1 points based on the votes of the population of each country. All participating countries in the semi-finals and final will have the right to cast points in the final.
Outernatia Song Contest
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The Outernatia Song Contest 17 will be the 17th edition of the Outernatia Song Contest. The contest take place in Kimmystan and will be hosted by the national broadcaster KimmiTV

Location

Nordfjord

Location of the host city in Kimmystan.

On 6 December 2015, Kimmystani public broadcaster KimmiTV announced that it had chosen Nordfjord as the host city for the contest. The contest will be held held at the Nordfjordske Arena, which hosted several editions of the Kimmystani national preselection Kimmystan NF. It has an overall capacity of approximately 18,500 people.

Format

The rules for the contest were released in December 2015, they state if more than 30 countries apply to join this edition there will be Semi Finals. The allocation draw will take place in Nordfjord the day after the deadline to submit an entry, on the same day there will be a draw for the running order. The host (Kimmystan) will be directly qualified to the Final.

Graphic design

On 8 December 2015, KimmiTV (with help from LBC Resources) released the logo for the Outernatia Song Contest 17, together with the slogan.^[1] The logo features a snowflake, a sun and a dove which represents the peaceful nation which Kimmystan is. The slogan was revealed to be "freedom." and for each nation there was made a snowflake with their national colors. The snowflakes represent that each nation in both Internatia and Outernatia are unique and different, but together we live in peace and harmony.

Participants

So far 32 countries confirmed their participation, including the returns of Dalmadria (after a 12-editions break), Dulcet Ebullience, Hanzyuki, Polland, RC Laranjeiras and Zephyrus. Kitlantis will debut in the contest, while Rutshina will be invited as this edition's guest nation from Internatia.

Semifinalists

Country	Artist	Song
Alteus	Mr Little Jeans	"Oh Sailor"
Aurävaan
Dalmadria	New Politics	"Lovers In a Song"
Darkria	KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Kat B	"Turn The Music Louder (Rumble)"
DimkaRUS	Dima Bilan	"Ne Molchi"
DPR Jindalea
Dulcet Ebullience
Easterosia
Folkloria	Ardak Balazhanova	"Zhelsiz tunde zharyk ai”
Frostfall	Reece Mastin	"Girls (All Around The World)"
Gandhara	Funda Arar	"Yoksun"
Grolskira	Magic Man	"Paris"
Hanzyuki	Zhana Bergendorff	"Nevazmozhni Sme Sami"
Irlandia
Land of Jhe Freeh	Marjet van der Brand	"Over en Uit"
Kitlantis	Grimes	"Fresh Without Blood"
Lettuce	Tamila	"Zolim"
Lost Islands	Teräsbetoni	"Taivas lyö tulta"
Noxus
Polland	Paulla & Garou	"Tyle słów na wiatr - Du Vent des Mots"
Ponásikwa	Andrew Huang	"Sylvia"
Pönö	Sigma & Rita Ora	"Coming Home"
Porielana	Tiffany Desrosiers	"Fearless"
RC Laranjeiras	Florent Mothe & Camille Lou	"Quelque chose de Magique"
Raingate	Troye Sivan	"YOUTH"
Republica Libera	Zara Larsson	"Lush Life"
Ruthsina
Thorway	Sys Bjerre	"Alle Mine Veninder"
Trešlend
V	Illaria	"Verbovaya doschechka"
Victoria	Rachel Platten	"Stand By You"
Waticania	Of Monsters and Men	"Dirty Paws"
Zephyrus