AVSC 2021



The Afrovision Song Contest continued in 2021, in Matola, Mozambique - following the win of Ammara Brown and her entry "Tichichema". The third edition of the contest was held in the September of 2021, as the third major contest of the year, suceeding AsiaVision and preceeding AmericaVision.

In this edition, 3 countries debuted, 2 returned and 17 countries withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. Due to a decrease in number of participants, this edition consisted of only one final, with every country vying for the win in a 29-country race for first place. This edition introduced new borrowing rules and limits, and without a semi-final, scrapped the second chance system.

Location


The third edition of the AfroVision Song Contest was held in Matola, Mozambique - a city on the outskirts of Maputo. The stadium was located in the residential sector Machava, as evident by its name. Estádio da Machava was an open aired stadium, with no roof - however the size compensated for the lack of roof and inspired creativity to inovate a staging incorporating the lack of roofing. With a capacity of up to 60 000 people, a lot of space was utilised, with the main stage being on the field itself. As Mozambique lacked a proper venue to host, Matola offered a bid which ultimately won against the smaller venues' proposals.

Televisão de Moçambique accepted the bid from Matola under the condition that they could provide a proper staging and audience room, which made the venue the most expensive venue to prepare to this day.

Participants
Canary Islands, Kerguelen Islands and Madeira not shown, Canary Islands debuted while the latter two withdrew.



In this edition of AfroVision, countries were allowed to borrow from neighbouring countries, due to the inconsistent borders made by European colonisers and the African tribes that transcends borders. However, only the ten countries with the lowest population could do this.

Main article: AfroVision Countries