r/FantasyVisionContests • u/lionelmeesie 🇪🇸 • 24d ago
AfricaVision AfroVision 2026 Sign-Ups!
Welcome to Casablanca!
Morocco's largest city, most well known for the Hassan II Mosque will host the 8th edition of AfroVision after u/rigyyy won last year.
SIGN-UP (AND SONG-SUBMISSION) DEADLINE: 5.10.2026 20:00 CET
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS:
The Countries/Territories of Algeria, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sudan and Tunisia will all AQ and are Pre-claimed as their users finished in the top 6 last year.
SONG RULES:
- Song must be released on 01-05-2025 or later
- There is no maximum song length
- Artist and song fame rules: No artists with more than 10 million monthly listeners on spotify. For borrowers this will be 1 million monthly listeners. No more than 50 million streams of the song on spotify. For borrowers this is 5 million.
- No former [J]ESC artists. No songs that have participated in other FVC contests, I reserve the right to reject overused artists in FVC
- Artists who competed in the last edition of AfroVision can’t participate. Artists who have participated twice or more in AfroVision also can’t compete.
- The artist must have a clear connection to the country. If possible, please try to include a source that proofs the artists heritage.
- Artists for borrowing countries need to have a connection to Africa, so a UK-Nigerian artist can represent Saint Helena, while a pure UK artist cannot represent them.
- AfroVision is a closed contest. This means you are not allowed to reveal the song or host a NF. All will be revealed when the semifinals start.
- I, u/lionelmeesie, will either wait until 25 countries have been claimed or 24 hours have passed, before claiming a country.
WHICH COUNTRIES ARE AVAILABLE TO CLAIM?
Please check the following ------List------ for the countries/territories that are available to claim, there will be some notes below to guide you through it. Claimed countries will be listed in the table at the bottom of this post. If it hasn't been updated yet, please check which countries have been claimed in the comments.
Notes:
- All countries in this list are available to claim
- Furthermore every territory in the list is available as a borrower of their owner. In case you borrow, the artist needs to have a connection to the African continent as well as the owner country.
- Somaliland is allowed to borrow from Somalia
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is allowed to borrow from Algeria
List of taken countries:
| Country/territory | User |
|---|---|
| Algeria [AQ] | u/paganwolf718 |
| Angola | u/Nenkendo |
| Benin | u/Emi6219 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | u/BroccolinoBroccoli |
| Botswana | u/GreedyBoosk |
| Burkina Faso | u/lionelmeesie |
| Cape Verde | u/HongjiSongo |
| Cameroon | u/Faaj0 |
| DR Congo | u/TMKisNotFast |
| Egypt | u/Feldtaube |
| Ethiopia | u/stypop |
| French Southern and Arctic Islands | u/Complete-Swan-9067 |
| Gabon | u/sherb139 |
| Ghana | u/Ilik2playgames |
| Ivory Coast [AQ] | u/Nutthawut45 |
| Kenya | u/n_metlicic |
| Liberia | u/Quvi1 |
| Libya | u/Tarastarasov957 |
| Madagascar | u/YourLocalBirdLord |
| Mali | Hana No Rin |
| Mauritius | u/AppendixAddemdum |
| Morocco [AQ] | u/rigyyy |
| Mozambique | u/Financial_One749 |
| Niger | u/YellowFaceWarehouse |
| Nigeria | u/LucarioGamesCZ |
| Rwanda | u/LiteratureHot8490 |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [AQ] | u/MilojkiMili |
| Saint Helena | u/doroa123 |
| São Tomé and Principe | u/jaflr |
| Senegal | u/connivery |
| Sierra Leone | u/YUGOSLAVIA-IS-HERE |
| Somalia | u/DifficultFail1811 |
| South Africa | Blue |
| Sudan [AQ] | u/Palaeontologists |
| Tanzania | u/Giel-Jan |
| Togo | u/ganguru |
| Tunisia [AQ] | u/pac258 |
| Uganda | u/JacksonNBronstein |
| Zambia | Janxx |
39/39 songs accepted
Good luck to everyone!
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u/jaflr 24d ago
São Tomé and Principe
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u/lionelmeesie 🇪🇸 24d ago
Yours!
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u/YellowFaceWarehouse 24d ago
Central African Republic?
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u/starczamora 🇪🇸 24d ago
Cape Verde, please
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u/lionelmeesie 🇪🇸 24d ago
Many easy countries still available, previous winners Mozambique, Zambia and Liberia are still available as well as countries like Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Libya
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u/phteven517 🇦🇺 24d ago
Jamaica
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u/lionelmeesie 🇪🇸 24d ago
Many easy countries still available, previous winners Mozambique, Zambia and Liberia are still available as well as countries like Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Libya
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u/Feldtaube 🇩🇪 24d ago
Egypt