E10

Tenth edition of African Contest took place in Freetown, Sierra Leone, after Mabel and Not3s won back in Brazzaville.

42 countries took part in this edition, marked green (qualifiers) and red (non-qualifiers) on the map. Benin, Eswatini, Guinea-Bissau and Niger made their first appearance in the contest.



Tunisia won this edition, scoring 246 points. They were represented by Cheraze and Tunisiano with their song "Promets pas la lune". Liberia and Cape Verde joined Tunisia in this edition's top 3.

Host city
The contest was held in Sierra Leone, after their victory in Congo the previous edition. Their head of delegation decided to host the show in Sierra Leone's capital city, Freetown.

Format
The tenth edition had the same number of participants as edition nine, and therefore used the same format. From each semi final, 10 countries qualified directly to the final, and 2 qualified to the wildcard round. The only countries prequalified to the final were the ones delegated by team members, previous edition's winner and the logo creator. In each semi final, all of it's participants were obligated to vote. Two automatic qualifiers were also obligated to vote in one of the semi finals.

In the wildcard round, 2 out of 4 countries advanced to the grand final. All participants of the edition, except the 4 WC participants themselves were able to vote.

The final would then include 26 participants.

Automatic qualifiers

 * - logo creator
 * - team member
 * - winner of E9
 * - team member

Semi Final 1
The first semi final took place on 28 September 2018. Nineteen countries participated in this semi final. Gambia and Sierra Leone also voted in this semi final. Guinea-Bissau was disqualified for not voting on time. The results were announced on 5 October. Highlighted countries qualified for the final (orange=DTF, yellow=WC).

Semi Final 2
The second semi final took place on 5 October 2018. Nineteen countries participated in this semi final. Ghana and Tunisia also voted in this semi final. The results were announced on 11 October. Highlighted countries qualified for the final (orange=DTF, yellow=WC).

Wildcard Round
The wildcard round took place on 11 October 2018. All participants of this edition apart from the ones competing in WC themselves were allowed to vote. Highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Grand Final
The final took place on 13 October 2018. Twenty-six countries participated. Tunisia won with a total of 246 points, followed by Liberia and Cape Verde that also reached the top 3. You can see full rankings in the table below.