OMSC 30

Online Music Song Contest 30, often referred to as OMSC 30 or OMSC XXX, was the thirtieth edition of Online Music Song Contest, held in Kampala, after Uganda won the previous edition of the contest. This was a special edition of the contest, which allowed only non-English songs to be performed. It was permissible for a song to contain only repeated words or short verses in English.

The Pre-Qualification Round of OMSC 30 occured on the 14ᵗʰ August 2022, the Semi-Finals on the 21ˢᵗ August 2022 while the Final occured on the 28ᵗʰ August 2022. Fifty-five countries participated in the thirtieth contest, under the slogan “Free Your Emotions!”.

Participants
Fifty countries participated in the thirtieth edition of the contest: fifteen European countries (Belarus, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine), fifteen Asian countries (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Pakistan, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam), eleven American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Greenland, Mexico, Peru, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela), two Oceanian countries (Australia, Samoa) and seven African countries (Angola, Burkina Faso, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda).

In this edition Scotland participated for the first time.

Withdrawing Countries
These countries confirmed their non-participation in the thirtieth edition of the contest:

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