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First edition of African Contest took place in Accra, Ghana. 20 countries took part in the first edition, marked green on the map.



Zambia won the first edition, scoring 124 points. They were represented by Emeli Sandè with her song "Hurts". Tanzania and Tunisia joined Zambia in this edition's top 3.

Host city
Ghana was selected as the host of the first edition, as the contest founder @esc.gravity was their head of delegation. They've chosen Accra, Ghana's capital city, to host the first edition of the contest.

Format
The first edition consisted of only one show, a final with 20 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. Burkina Faso and South Africa failed to vote, therefore being disqualified from the contest.

Final
The final took place on 2 November 2017. Twenty countries participated, two of which got disqualified for not voting (Burkina Faso and South Africa). Zambia won with a total of 124 points, followed by Tanzania and Tunisia that also reached the top 3. You can see full rankings in the table below.