Redditvision Song Contest 21

Redditvision Song Contest 21 was the twenty-first ordinary and twenty-third overall edition of the Redditvision Song Contest. It was hosted by u/Dugly_Uckling in Nice, France after the previous edition's host and winner u/Bowman3058, and runner up u/j_tennant, both turned down hosting. This is the first time the rights for hosting was given to the third-placed delegate of the previous edition rather than the winner or runner-up.

A total of 59 entries were submitted, a small decrease from the 62 entries submitted in edition 20.

Participants
Some users announced their withdrawal before the contest: u/SaltyPopcorn02, who had participated in the eighteen preceding editions, winning edition 8 with a then-record number of points. u/JOEMOMO had participated in 4 editions, with a semi-final win and a 21st place as their best result.

Several countries made their debut. This includes Antigua and Barbuda, who were due to make a debut in second special edition but ultimately didn't send an entry. Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uruguay also debuted. Burkina Faso achieved an automatic qualification spot on its debut, interestingly.

60 users signed up during country claiming, and 59 of them submitted an entry. Tanzania did not submit an entry in time. u/-MaxK-, u/ChocolateDonut1, u/Tiko_Yates and u/TonyCannelloni made their Redditvision debuts.

National finals

 * ''See also: National Finals in Redditvision Song Contest 21

Semi-final 1
Iceland and Malaysia voted in this semi final. Belgium failed to vote in time; it was revealed they would not have qualified regardless.

Semi-final 2
Australia and Israel voted in this semi final.

Semi-final 3
Ethiopia and France voted in this semi final.

Grand final
Australia, Ethiopia, France, Iceland, Israel and Malaysia were all directly qualified to the final following their delegates top 6 finish in edition 20.

Bolivia, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and South Sudan were disqualified for not voting in time. Kazakhstan withdrew. Since South Sudan was in the grand final the points they had acquired were reallocated. It was announced that South Sudan would have ended up 28th with 65 points.