Redditvision Song Contest 43

Redditvision Song Contest 43 was the forty-third ordinary and forty-seventh overall edition of the Redditvision Song Contest. The edition took place in Ngerulmud, Palau, after their win on home turf in the previous edition, with the song "Darkest Hour" by Sevdaliza. This is the third time that Palau and u/qyzxf is hosting the contest.

The winner was Australia with the song "Confessions" by Sudan Archives.

Visual design
The design was created by the host, u/qyzxf. In this edition, the general design was inspired by cyberpunk and sci-fi. The logo features a blue and purple electronic dislay. The slogan, "Break Through The Barrier", can be seen in front of the screen, appearing to have just broken through it. For the background icons of the logo, u/qyzxf drew inspiration from various designs seen in the video games Splatoon and Valorant. These include, clockwise from the top right: a royal crown; a pink jellyfish; a blue dog in profile; a set of headphones; an Internet globe symbol; a disco ball; a yellow jellyfish; and a pair of red and green arrows pointing in opposite directions. The jellyfish icons reference the logo of edition 29, the first time that u/qyzxf hosted. The traditional "Redditvision" logo was also changed for the edition, being presented in a pixel art-styled font instead. This theme of pixel art ran through the entire edition, in the recaps as well as the qualifier sheets. These were also made by u/qyzxf.

Participants
For the third edition in a row, the number of participants reached the maximum amount of 66.

The edition saw four new users make their debut: u/tehhammerz, u/zorkle22, u/newSomberMan and u/TallTales4SmallMales.

National finals

 * See also: National Finals in Redditvision Song Contest 43

Automatic qualifiers
A YouTube playlist can be found here, a Spotify playlist can be found here, and a recap can be found here.

Semi-final 1
Palau and Jordan voted in this semi-final.

A YouTube playlist can be found here, a spotify playlist can be found here, and a recap can be found here.

A sorter can also be found here.

Semi-final 2
Latvia and Georgia voted in this semi-final.

A YouTube playlist can be found here, a spotify playlist can be found here, and a recap can be found here.

A sorter can also be found here.

Semi-final 3
Mali and Moldova voted in this semi-final.

A YouTube playlist can be found here, a spotify playlist can be found here, and a recap can be found here.

A sorter can also be found here.

Grand final
Finalists Turkey and Moldova were disqualified, as well as Norway. Curaçao and Belarus withdrew. With 28 songs left in the final, this was the smallest final since edition 12, the edition before the new final of 30 songs had been introduced.

A YouTube playlist can be found here, a spotify playlist can be found here, and a recap can be found here.

A sorter can also be found here.