E4

Fourth edition of African Contest took place in Saint-Denis, Réunion, after Tess won back in Harare.

25 countries took part in this edition, marked green on the map. Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Liberia, Mozambique and Somalia made their first appearance in the contest. Congo and Zimbabwe are back to the contest after one edition of absence and Madagascar is back to the contest after two editions of absence.



Egypt won this edition, scoring 138 points. They were represented by Malak with her song "Rule the World". Madagascar and Congo joined Egypt in this edition's top 3.

Host city
The contest was held in Réunion, after their victory in Zimbabwe the previous edition. Their head of delegation decided to host the show in Réunion's capital city, Saint-Denis.

Format
The fourth edition used the same format used in the first three editions. It consisted of only one show, a final with 25 participants. Each participant had to vote, awarding 1-8, 10, 12 points to 10 of their favorite songs, in order to determine the winner of the edition. Algeria, Libya and Namibia failed to vote, therefore being disqualified from the contest.

Final
The final took place on 2 January 2018. Twenty-five countries participated, three of which got disqualified for not voting (Algeria, Libya and Namibia). Egypt won with a total of 138 points, followed by Madagascar and Congo that also reached the top 3. You can see full rankings in the table below.