Sentile Song Contest 4

The Sentile Song Contest 4 is the fourth edition of the Sentile Song Contest and will be hosted in the winning country of the Sentile Song Contest 3, who won with the song Broken performed by Tommy Tassev and Polina. This was the first time that the country had won the contest. The song achieved a score of 103 points, 17 more points than the runner-up from and than the 3rd from. and finished on the 4th and 5th place. They're prequalifield to the grand final. Totally 38 countries accepted thier participating. The countries, , , , , , , , , and  debuted in this contest. ,, and  are return in the contest, but  and  want to withdraw. failed to submit an entry.

Venue
On 10th of February, DTV decided that the city of Alyyio will serve as the host city of the 3rd edition. The contest will be held in the Alyyio Arena. The stadium was opened in 1985 with a capacity of 9,999 people.



Hosts
Aubrey O’Day and Shannon Bex are the host of SSC4.
 * Aubrey Morgan O'Day (born February 11, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, member of the duo Dumblonde, reality television personality, and a member of the girl group Danity Kane. Following discord among Danity Kane and with her mentor at the time, P. Diddy, O'Day was fired from the group in 2008, but reunited with them in 2013 before a second disbandment. Danity Kane reunited in 2018 as a trio.
 * Shannon Rae Bex (born March 22, 1980) is an American singer, reality show personality, professional dancer, and a member of the girl group Danity Kane.



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 1 rounds before it can return to the competition.
 * If an artist has participated more than once, it must wait at least 3 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 FBU.

The following pots are updated after the 4th edition:

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


 * would have been in Pot B.
 * would have been in Pot C.
 * would have been in Pot D.
 * and would both have been in Pot E.

Other Countries

 * announced on 14th of February that they will not debut in this edition.
 * Eurovision Republic announced on 16th of February that they will not return in this edition.
 * Holy Britannian Empire announced on 16th of February that they will not return in this edition.

Withdrawing Countries

 * failed to submit an entry. They can return only in the sixth edition.
 * announced on 16th of February that they will not be competing in this edition. They said it before the deadline, but after the allocation draw. They were in the first semi final. They can return in the fifth edition.
 * announced on 11th of February that they will not be competing in this edition. They have a lot of works. They will return in the future.