Ugandan Music Festival (OMSC 10)

Ugandan Music Festival (OMSC 10) was the 1ˢᵗ edition of the Ugandan music competition Ugandan Music Festival and was held between the 22ⁿᵈ and the 27ᵗʰ February 2021. Six artists participated in this edition of the contest hoping to represent their country, Uganda, at the OMSC 10. The slogan of the very first edition was “Connect Through Diversity!”.

The winner of the contest was Sabina Ddumba with the song "Time", sung in English. She represented Uganda, that in OMSC 10 in Heraklion, Greece, was one of the three automatic qualifiers. She placed last in the final, achieving the 26ᵗʰ place with 37 points.

Format
Ugandan Music Festival (OMSC 10), organised by Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), was the first edition of the contest to determine the Ugandan representative/s for OMSC 10. The qualification round took place between the 22ⁿᵈ and the 26ᵗʰ February 2021, when the qualifiers were announced; the final was held on the 27ᵗʰ February 2021. They were both held in the capital of Uganda, Kampala. The two favourite entries from the qualification round advanced to the final.

Voting
The televote influenced the results at 100%, as the voting consisted uniquely in public votes.

After the artists' performances, the televoting was opened and after votes were casted, it was closed and the qualifiers, during the semi-finals, and the winner, during the final, were announced.

Competing Entries
The ten competing entries were announced to the public on the 21ˢᵗ February 2021.

Qualification Round
The qualification round took place on the 26ᵗʰ February 2021 in Kampala.

Final
The final took place on the 27ᵗʰ February 2021 also in Kampala.