Sentile Song Contest 9

The Sentile Song Contest 9 will be the ninth edition of the Sentile Song Contest and will be hosted in the winning country of the Sentile Song Contest 8.

Format

 * All competing countries submit an entry chosen either internal. The entry has to follow the rules given by SSC. The council have the right to decline the entry if they feel that the entry chosen do not fulfil the rules of the contest.
 * The contest will consist of a grand final, and in the case when there are more participants than can reasonably compete in one show, semi-finals will be introduced. The winning country will host the next edition and therefore be pre-qualified to the final as the hosts. In those cases where a country decline to host the contest, they can become pre-qualified as the winning country along with the host of that respective edition.
 * The number of competing countries will decide the number of semi-finals, automatic finalists and qualifiers from each semi-final according to the rules of the contest.
 * There are no limits to how many times an artist can participate in the contest. But there are limitations when it comes to how often an artist can participate in the contest.
 * If an artist has participated once, it must wait at least 2 rounds before it can return to the competition.
 * If an artist has participated more than once, it must wait at least 4 rounds before it can return to the competition.

Semi Final Allocation Draw
The participating countries have been split into six pots based on their voting similarity at previous editions of the contest. The voting similarity and pots were calculated by the SBU.

The following pots are updated after the 6th edition:

Automatic Qualifiers
Although these countries are automatic qualifiers for this edition, each country has still been assigned a pot.

Active Members

 * failed to vote at the previous edition so they are banned from this edition. They can return in edition 10.
 * failed to vote at the previous edition so they are banned from this edition. They can return in edition 10.

Inactive Members

 * 's broadcaster INTV announced a return after a two-edition break in the contest.