Sentile Song Contest 10

The Sentile Song Contest 10 will be the tenth edition of the Sentile Song Contest and will be hosted in the winning country of the Sentile Song Contest 9. won with the song "Zenit" performed by Onuka. This was the first time that the country had won the contest. The song achieved a score of 137 points and get 1 more point than the runner-up from. , and  finished on the 3rd, 4th and 5th place, which means that they are the Pre-Qualifield countries in this edition. This edition is a bit different then the other: overused and esc artists are allowed and overused song are also allowed.

Participating Countries
completed the contest for the first time. and decided to return after one edition break. ,, , , , , , , and  failed to submit thier votes in the previous edition and they're banned from this edition. changed thier name and they continue the participating as

Venue
On 21st of M?arch, Xilanian Radio and Television decided that the city of Vyctoryja will serve as the host city of the 10th edition. The contest will be held in the Ehvan's National Arena. The stadium was opened in 1999 with a capacity of 27,000 people.



Hosts

 * Dotter, Melanie Martinez and Theo James are the hosts of the 10th edition.



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.