Redditvision Song Contest 50

Redditvision Song Contest 50 was the fiftieth ordinary and fifty-fourth overall edition of the Redditvision Song Contest. It was hosted by u/BFerdinand_ in St. Helier, Jersey after their win in the previous edition, with the song "The King" by Sarah Kinsley.

Rest of the World Voting
ROTW was introduced in edition 47, trialing a scaling system for the grand final. The vote-scaling element was removed in this edition, meaning that all users would account for 13% of the final scores, assuming every user on the waiting list sends in their votes, along with all participants voting internally.

Country claim announcement
Edition 50 onwards, hosts will be obliged to public announce a timeframe, within which they will post the sign-ups for the edition.

"A new system of announcing in advance a timeframe for when the sign-ups are happening will be implemented starting next edition. In the past, those were posted at the discretion of the host without any notice for the members of the contest. It will be compulsory for the host to announce on Reddit now a timeframe as to when they are happening. This window of time will be of a maximum of four hours but hosts will be allowed to lower it down to their liking."

New territories
For the first time since special edition 3, new territories were added to the existing pool of countries, which could be claimed in an edition. The following countries were added:


 * The five American unincorporated regions of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands;
 * The French overseas territories of New Caledonia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna;
 * The "British" overseas territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands;
 * The Chinese special administrative regions of Macao and Hong Kong;
 * The Finnish autonomous region of Åland;
 * The New Zealander dependent region of Tokelau.

Of these, seven (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Northern Mariana Islands, Pitcairn Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands) were left undebuted.

Theme and visual design
In this edition, the enchantment of a masquerade ball took center stage. The main logo featured two masquerade masks, positioned behind a golden curtain and in front of a vibrant turquoise backdrop. The accompanying slogan, "Unveil the Secrets," captured the allure of the masquerade ball, evoking the excitement of discovering hidden truths and the anticipation that comes with removing one's mask to reveal the true self. The recaps carried this theme by "unveiling" the participating countries by translating their name in their original language to English. For example, ኤርትራ was translated into Eritrea. Furthermore, the qualifiers embraced the theme by showcasing hand-drawn masks inspired by the participating countries. Each mask was intricately designed to reflect the unique characteristics and cultural motifs of the respective nation.

The recaps were made by u/AwesomeJoshua.

Participants
66 users signed up for the edition, and 9 users were on the waiting list. However, all users submitted songs on time, meaning on users on the waiting list made it in the edition.

Several users returned from long hiatuses: This edition also saw the return the users of u/theGarden530, u/Opha23, u/icedkar1m, u/j_tennant, u/rrealKatie, u/george_kaito, u/justlyra, u/golden665, u/-Stanley_yelnats- and u/Spooky_Squid who return after missing out on an edition, along with u/Watermelon_Milk_Tea, u/NonBinaryLandlord and u/stardust112 who were last seen in edition 43, edition 46 edition 47 respectively.

Along with that, u/gyesok and u/Viktor-02 made their debuts this edition.

National finals

 * See also: National Finals in Redditvision Song Contest 50

Automatic qualifiers
A YouTube playlist can be found here and a spotify playlist can be found here.

Semi-final 1
Morocco and South Africa 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
Jersey and New Caledonia 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
Mexico and American Samoa 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
A total of eight waitlisted users voted, thus securing their spot for edition 51. These were: u/estoniass, u/getdeezcookies, u/jakub_chyl, u/las_facepalmas, u/DoddyTV, u/DerSaftschubser, u/PercyYates, and u/pishmagma.

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.

12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country: