OMSC 36

Online Music Song Contest 36, often referred to as OMSC 36, was the thirty-sixth edition of Online Music Song Contest, held in Salzburg, after Austria won the previous edition of the contest.

The Pre-Qualification Round of OMSC 36 occured on the 5ᵗʰ February 2023, the Semi-Finals on the 12ᵗʰ February 2023 while the Final occured on the 19ᵗʰ February 2023. Fifty countries participated in the thirty-sixth contest, under the slogan “???”.

Location
After it’s victory in the previous edition, the broadcaster ORF chose to host the contest in the fourth-largest city in Austria, Salzburg, which has a population of almost 155,000 inhabitants.

Participants
Fifty countries participated in the thirty-sixth edition of the contest: fifteen European countries (Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Crimea, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Ukraine), twelve Asian countries (British Indian Ocean Territories, China, Honk Kong, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan), nine American countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Martinique, Mexico, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States of America), three Oceanian countries (Australia, Fiji, New Zealand) and seven African countries (Algeria, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal).

In this edition São Tomé and Príncipe participated for the first time.