MRTvision Screenshot Contest 8

MRTvision Screenshot Contest 8
MRTvision Screenshot Contest 8 logo
Host
Venue	Covina Ellipse Theater, Covina
Presenter	MinecraftYoshi26
Producers	MinecraftYoshi26
Official broadcaster	MBS
Slogan	"Paint the World"
Dates
Joining period(s)	February 25, 2021 - March 7, 2021
Submission period	February 28, 2021 - March 13, 2021
Voting period(s)	March 13, 2021 - March 19, 2021 (semi-finals) March 20, 2021 - March 25, 2021 (final)
Semi-final	March 20, 2021
Final	March 27, 2021
Participants
Number of entries	39
Debuting cities	Ardaman Armada Barshat Abtalit Beachview Cape Cambridge Caravaca Cardinal Bay Chillington Encinitas Frikandel Lanatam Macapa Millville Niwen Winterside Winterville
Returning cities	Carnoustie Lapis Bay Storalia
Non-returning cities	Aprix Arcadia Castilion Courtbush Dand Deadbush East Mesa Eastlake Hendon Moramoa Oparia Pixl Richville Santa Abeja Segville Spruce Valley Tranquil Forest Waverly Wenyanga West Calbar Whiteley
Vote
Voting system	Semi-finals: Each city awards a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite screenshots, respectively Final: Each qualifying city and willing members of the public award a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite screenshots, respectively
Vote weight	Semi-finals: 100% participants Final: 50% qualifiers, 50% public
Nul points	Millville (in Semi-final 2)
Winning screenshot	Wazamawazi "Before Closing" - autobus22
Contest chronology
Preceded by	MRTvision Screenshot Contest 7
Followed by	MRTvision Screenshot Contest 9

The MRTvision Screenshot Contest 8 is the eighth edition of the MRTvision Screenshot Contest. The contest is a server-wide screenshot competition with Eurovision-style voting and representation.

The ceremony took place in Covina, following _Kastle's win at the seventh contest with the screenshot "Like a Shooting Star, I Will Go the Distance". The contest debuted with a soft opening on February 25, 2021, and an official opening on February 27, 2021. The contest's slogan was "Paint The World". The winner was revealed on March 27, 2021, at 8 p.m. UTC at the Covina Ellipse Theater without a live audience. There was an MBS prerecorded broadcast for both the semi-final and final ceremonies instead of the normal ceremonies due to scheduling conflicts.

This contest was the first MRTvision Screenshot Contest to not hold a live event to reveal the results and the first to be held after Modgate.

39 cities participated in the contest. The winner was Wazamawazi with the screenshot "Before Closing", taken by autobus22. With this win, autobus22 became the third person to win the MRTvision Screenshot Contest two times.

Production

The contest was first teased on February 14, 2021, by MinecraftYoshi26 posting "screenshot contest soon? 👍 or 👎" in the #event-announcements channel in the MRT Discord. The message garnered 31 thumbs-up reactions from other members and the contest was confirmed on the MRT Wiki later that day. The host city was announced as Covina on February 18, 2021.

For the first time, the contest's semi-final ceremony was changed from a live broadcast with a live audience to a private, pre-recorded prerecorded broadcast.

The non-qualifiers' placements and point totals in the semi-finals were released on March 25, 2021, following voting being completed for the final.

Venue

The venue of the contest, the Covina Ellipse Theater, underneath a train station in northern Covina

The contest's results ceremonies took place for the first time in Covina, following Covina's victory in the previous edition with the screenshot "Like a Shooting Star, I Will Go the Distance", taken by _Kastle. The host venue was announced on February 27, 2021.

The contest took place at Covina's 270-seat theater, the Covina Ellipse Theater, which was renovated in 2021 for the contest. The theater had no official name until the renovations were complete for the contest by MinecraftYoshi26. The entrance to the theater is located inside a train station, which was originally constructed in Wampanoag by bryce_am. To get to the entrance from the station, an underground tunnel was created to give access to the theater from the train station platform. Located on the north side of the town, it is the only venue of its kind in Covina. The closest transit to the theater is the RaiLinQ and Fred Rail trains at the stations outside of the entrance. ATC-1 is also right outside of the station.

Visual design

The contest's slogan and logo were announced on February 24, 2021. The contest's logo is an original work created by RacCort, designed by MinecraftYoshi26.

The logo was created with a focus on using a paint-like style in mind.

The intros to the MBS broadcasts featured a paint-style depiction of Earth with hearts dancing. The outro to the broadcast for the final ceremony featured hearts with the flags of previous host cities, previous broadcast intros, and previous winners, with a new Wazamawazi heart and the contest's winning screenshot joining the lineup.

Format

Similarly to the previous contests, the contest featured members representing cities, each submitting a screenshot to be voted on by the participants and the willing public. Each city and willing non-participants award a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite screenshots, respectively. Each participant is required to vote. Failing to vote or voting strategically can result in the participant facing disqualification or a possible ban from participating in future contests. Similarly to most of the previous contests, there was no theme.

The deadline to join was announced as March 7, 2021. The deadline to send in a screenshot was announced as March 20, 2021. After the semi-final ceremony, the draw order was selected for the final, and voting opened for the final near the end of the ceremony. The winner is able to influence the slogan for the next contest, choose the next host city, and receive $3,000. Second place received $2,000. Third place received $1,000. All competitors received $15 as a participatory stipend for voting. The top 10 were featured on the MRT website.

Semi-final allocation draw

On February 27, 2021, it was confirmed that there would be two semi-finals. As the prior winner, Covina would automatically qualify for the final and vote in both semi-finals. The top 10 screenshots from each semi-final advance to the final.

For the fourth time, there were pots created for semi-final allocation drawings. The 44 semi-finalists were allocated into 7 pots, based on aggregate rankings by participant, not by city, from prior contest data. Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of lopsided semi-finals by predicted placement from prior contests. The semi-final allocations were made on March 7, 2021. Covina's draw number for the final was also selected.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6	Pot 7
Bahia Malosa Murrville Redwood Secunda Wazamawazi	Arbatskaya Moscow City-State of Kitania Lacledic Republic Peripotamia Sansvikk Spruce Valley	Bawktown Nymphic Union Shenghua Storalia Totem Beach West Calbar	Barshat Abtalit Carnoustie Foresne New Amsterdam Pixl Titsensaki	Armada Encinitas Hendon Lapis Bay San Dzobiak Wenyanga	Beachview Cardinal Bay Frikandel Lanatam Macapa Niwen Winterville	Ardaman Cape Cambridge Caravaca Chillington Cypress Millville Winterside

Participating cities

autobus22, representing Wazamawazi, won with the screenshot "Before Closing".

All of the screenshots are viewable together on a public Google Folder.

_Kastle was given permission to participate under the city he formerly owned, Covina, by MinecraftYoshi26.

Semi-final 1

The semi-final ceremony broadcasted by MBS on YouTube

19 cities participated in the first semi-final. As the prior winner, Covina voted in both semi-finals. The highlighted cities qualified for the final. The results were revealed on March 20, 2020, at 7 p.m. UTC.

Cypress, Spruce Valley, and Wenyanga were originally allocated to participate in the first semi-final but withdrew.

Draw	City	Photographer	Screenshot	City photographed	Points	Place
01	Totem Beach	crimsonf0x	"A Sunday Morning's Tram Ride"	Monte Isola	140	1
02	Cape Cambridge	PaintedBlue	"A City in Motion"	Cape Cambridge	20	18
03	Malosa	ArizTrad	"The Widower"	Stormhold Bay	94	4
04	Titsensaki	frogggggg	"The Journey's Over"	Pretoria	34	15
05	Encinitas	kyyl_	"Sibley Never Sleeps"	Biwabik	74	8
06	Caravaca	Freskooo	"350 years of Holy Wonders"	Caravaca	86	5
07	Cardinal Bay	notshort925	"Under The Lights"	Cardinal Bay	61	9
08	Lacledic Republic	Valkorion314	"Victory and Death"	Central City	78	7
09	Shenghua	mi_aquamarine	"To the trains!"	Kevtropolis	24	17
10	Bawktown	Foote_Chicken	"Travelling the MRT"	None	40	13
11	Murrville	RacCort	"Games Continued"	Sesby	101	3
12	Peripotamia	Cookie46910	"Will I see you tonight on a downtown train?"	Arcadia	86	6
13	Carnoustie	CaptainObi	"The Morning Before"	Sunshine Coast	32	16
14	Ardaman	_cosmon	"Concrete Scope"	Larkspur	36	14
15	Secunda	_Mossie	"The Architect's Sketch"	Secunda	55	10
16	Winterville	_fwis	"Remote Commute"	Aquamarine Bay	42	12
17	Niwen	DNAmaster10	"Morning Yoga"	Niwen	43	11
18	Armada	PtldKnight	"am(rt)ong us"	Central City	1	19
19	Foresne	__7d	"Castle on the Hill"	Norloch	113	2

Semi-final 2

19 cities participated in the second semi-final. As the prior winner, Covina voted in both semi-finals. The highlighted cities qualified for the final. The results were revealed on March 20, 2020, at 7 p.m. UTC.

Hendon, Pixl, and West Calbar were originally allocated to participate in the second semi-final but withdrew.

Draw	City	Photographer	Screenshot	City photographed	Points	Place
01	Bahia	Echohue	"Sunset Over Manumanu"	Itokani	109	3
02	Millville	Sasha9076	"Morning run on the A Line"	Millville	0	19
03	Lapis Bay	AlphaDS	"Civilization"	Chansee	51	10
04	City-State of Kitania	KittyCat11231	"Inclement Weather"	Secunda	106	4
05	New Amsterdam	Red_Ray	"Praying by the shore"	Achowalogen Takachsin	8	17
06	Frikandel	Aegledis	"Guiding Light"	Frikandel	56	9
07	Sansvikk	SansNotLuigi	"Time Flies"	Redwood	85	7
08	Storalia	Vulpicula	"The Smell of Spring"	None	51	11
09	Winterside	Needn_NL	"Up early for the bus"	Augusta	27	15
10	Nymphic Union	Melecie	"mountain paradise"	Lumia	29	14
11	Chillington	CyAmethyst	"A Snow Arctic Learning Environment"	Chillington	1	18
12	San Dzobiak	time2makemymove	"With The World Behind You"	San Dzobiak	98	6
13	Barshat Abtalit	Wipeout111	"Together"	Barshat Abtalit	100	5
14	Beachview	DintyB	"Early Morning Stroll"	Secunda	38	13
15	Redwood	MC_Protocol	"Rural Suburbia"	Redwood	123	2
16	Macapa	Noahrebl_	"The Colour Above The Darkness"	Macapa	10	16
17	Wazamawazi	autobus22	"Before Closing"	Wazamawazi	140	1
18	Arbatskaya Moscow	MikeRoma	"Here Comes the Sun"	Redwood	80	8
19	Lanatam	MPolo455	"Night Shift"	Lanatam	48	12

Final

The final ceremony broadcasted by MBS on YouTube

21 cities participated in the final, with all qualifying cities required to vote. Covina automatically qualified for the final as the prior winner. The results were revealed on March 27, 2021, at 8 p.m. UTC. The top 10 cities had their screenshots featured on the MRT website.

     Winner

     Second place

     Third place

Draw	City	Photographer	Screenshot	City photographed	Points	Place
01	Sansvikk	SansNotLuigi	"Time Flies"	Redwood	115	13
02	Totem Beach	crimsonf0x	"A Sunday Morning's Tram Ride"	Monte Isola	162	4
03	Arbatskaya Moscow	MikeRoma	"Here Comes the Sun"	Redwood	118	12
04	City-State of Kitania	KittyCat11231	"Inclement Weather"	Secunda	176	3
05	Redwood	MC_Protocol	"Rural Suburbia"	Redwood	188	2
06	Murrville	RacCort	"Games Continued"	Sesby	130	9
07	Covina	_Kastle	"Out of the sea, Wish I could be, Part of that world"	Gray Cloud	151	5
08	Barshat Abtalit	Wipeout111	"Together"	Barshat Abtalit	132	7
09	Encinitas	kyyl_	"Sibley Never Sleeps"	Biwabik	57	18
10	Malosa	ArizTrad	"The Widower"	Stormhold Bay	68	17
11	Lacledic Republic	Valkorion314	"Victory and Death"	Central City	34	21
12	Frikandel	Aegledis	"Guiding Light"	Frikandel	52	19
13	Bahia	Echohue	"Sunset Over Manumanu"	Itokani	129	11
14	Foresne	__7d	"Castle on the Hill"	Norloch	130	8
15	Secunda	_Mossie	"The Architect's Sketch"	Secunda	83	16
16	San Dzobiak	time2makemymove	"With The World Behind You"	San Dzobiak	135	6
17	Caravaca	Freskooo	"350 years of Holy Wonders"	Caravaca	93	14
18	Cardinal Bay	notshort925	"Under The Lights"	Cardinal Bay	49	20
19	Peripotamia	Cookie46910	"Will I see you tonight on a downtown train?"	Arcadia	85	15
20	Wazamawazi	autobus22	"Before Closing"	Wazamawazi	220	1
21	Lapis Bay	AlphaDS	"Civilization"	Chansee	129	10

Voting

Semi-final 1

		Total score	Participant vote
			Totem Beach	Cape Cambridge	Malosa	Titsensaki	Encinitas	Caravaca	Cardinal Bay	Lacledic Republic	Shenghua	Bawktown	Murrville	Peripotamia	Carnoustie	Ardaman	Secunda	Winterville	Niwen	Armada	Foresne	Covina
Participants	Totem Beach	140		12	8	3	12	10		3	6	3	6	10		10	10	6	12	5	12	12
	Cape Cambridge	20				5		4	2			2		3						3		1
	Malosa	94	3			6	7	2	10	8		7		8	5	7		12	6	4	2	7
	Titsensaki	34	2	5					5		8		10								4
	Encinitas	74			6	7		5	12	7	7	4	8	7	1	1	1	4				4
	Caravaca	86	12			10			3			1	3	12	4	3	5	5	10		10	8
	Cardinal Bay	61		2				7		12	10	5	7	4				8	5	1
	Lacledic Republic	78			7	8	1		6				12	5		12		10		12		5
	Shenghua	24				2									6	8				7	1
	Bawktown	40			1	12					5						2	3	4	6	7
	Murrville	101	10	6	10		6		1			12		6	12	5	7	7	3	10		6
	Peripotamia	86	7	4	5		10	8	7	6	4		5		7		8		2	8	3	2
	Carnoustie	32		8	3		8			5	3		2				3
	Ardaman	36	5	3		4		6	4	1					2		4	1			6
	Secunda	55					2	12		2	1	10			10	6			7		5
	Winterville	42	4	1	4		5	3		4	2		4	1	3	2	6		1	2
	Niwen	43	8	10	2		4	1				6	1								8	3
	Armada	1	1
	Foresne	113	6	7	12	1	3		8	10	12	8		2	8	4	12	2	8			10

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each city:

No.	City	Cities giving 12 points
5	Totem Beach	Cape Cambridge, Covina, Encinitas, Foresne, Niwen
3	Foresne	Malosa, Secunda, Shenghua
	Lacledic Republic	Ardaman, Armada, Murrville
2	Caravaca	Peripotamia, Totem Beach
	Murrville	Bawktown, Carnoustie
1	Bawktown	Titsensaki
	Cardinal Bay	Lacledic Republic
	Encinitas	Cardinal Bay
	Malosa	Winterville
	Secunda	Caravaca

Semi-final 2

		Total score	Participant vote
			Bahia	Millville	Lapis Bay	City-State of Kitania	New Amsterdam	Frikandel	Sansvikk	Storalia	Winterside	Nymphic Union	Chillington	San Dzobiak	Barshat Abtalit	Beachview	Redwood	Macapa	Wazamawazi	Arbatskaya Moscow	Lanatam	Covina
Participants	Bahia	109		4		12	8	10	10	8		12	5			10	5	12	5	3		5
	Millville	0
	Lapis Bay	51		8		1		1		2		6	8	2	4	5		1	4	5		4
	City-State of Kitania	106	7		4		2	7	12	12			12	6	12	12	7		1	2	4	6
	New Amsterdam	8														4	1		3
	Frikandel	56	1	5	5	2	10		2	3	1		6			1	4	10			6
	Sansvikk	85	5	3	1	3	12			5	10	5		12	6		10		6	6		1
	Storalia	51	2		6			8			7	3	7	3	1	2		8		1		3
	Winterside	27		1					3					4	3			4	2		10
	Nymphic Union	29			3		1			1	3		4	5			2	3		4	3
	Chillington	1																			1
	San Dzobiak	98	4	12	7	7			8		6	4			7		6	6	12	7		12
	Barshat Abtalit	100	6	10	8	8		5	7	6		1		7		3		5	10	10	7	7
	Beachview	38	3	2		6	7	4	1		5			1	2			2			5
	Redwood	123	12	6	12	4	4	6	5	7	4	8		10	10	6			7	12	8	2
	Macapa	10											10
	Wazamawazi	140	10	7	10	5	5	2	6	10	12	10	1	8	8	8	8			8	12	10
	Arbatskaya Moscow	80	8			10	6	3	4		2	2	3		5	7	12		8		2	8
	Lanatam	48			2		3	12		4	8	7	2				3	7

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each city:

No.	City	Cities giving 12 points
5	City-State of Kitania	Barshat Abtalit, Beachview, Chillington, Sansvikk, Storalia
4	Redwood	Arbatskaya Moscow, Bahia, Lapis Bay, Millville
3	Bahia	City-State of Kitania, Macapa, Nymphic Union
2	San Dzobiak	Covina, Wazamawazi
	Sansvikk	New Amsterdam, San Dzobiak
	Wazamawazi	Lanatam, Winterside
1	Arbatskaya Moscow	Redwood
	Lanatam	Frikandel

Final

Split results of the final

Place	Combined		Qualifiers		Public
	City	Points	City	Points	City	Points
1	Wazamawazi	220	Redwood	126	Wazamawazi	111
2	Redwood	188	Wazamawazi	109	Totem Beach	100
3	City-State of Kitania	176	City-State of Kitania	95	Lapis Bay	90
4	Totem Beach	162	Arbatskaya Moscow	78	City-State of Kitania	81
5	Covina	151	Covina	77	Covina	74
6	San Dzobiak	135	Sansvikk	72	Murrville	70
7	Barshat Abtalit	132	Bahia	72	Barshat Abtalit	70
8	Foresne	130	San Dzobiak	71	San Dzobiak	64
9	Murrville	130	Foresne	69	Redwood	62
10	Lapis Bay	129	Barshat Abtalit	62	Foresne	61
11	Bahia	129	Totem Beach	62	Bahia	57
12	Arbatskaya Moscow	118	Murrville	60	Peripotamia	47
13	Sansvikk	115	Caravaca	48	Caravaca	45
14	Caravaca	93	Secunda	40	Encinitas	44
15	Peripotamia	85	Lapis Bay	39	Secunda	43
16	Secunda	83	Peripotamia	38	Sansvikk	43
17	Malosa	68	Malosa	34	Arbatskaya Moscow	40
18	Encinitas	57	Frikandel	22	Malosa	34
19	Frikandel	52	Cardinal Bay	21	Frikandel	30
20	Cardinal Bay	49	Encinitas	13	Cardinal Bay	28
21	Lacledic Republic	34	Lacledic Republic	10	Lacledic Republic	24

		Total score	Public score	Qualifier vote
				Sansvikk	Totem Beach	Arbatskaya Moscow	City-State of Kitania	Redwood	Murrville	Covina	Barshat Abtalit	Encinitas	Malosa	Lacledic Republic	Frikandel	Bahia	Foresne	Secunda	San Dzobiak	Caravaca	Cardinal Bay	Peripotamia	Wazamawazi	Lapis Bay
Qualifiers	Sansvikk	115	43		7		1	12			7		3			1	2		10	6	7	7	8	1
	Totem Beach	162	100			3				10		10					7	7		8	3	6	6	2
	Arbatskaya Moscow	118	40	5	3		10	2	1	8		7	12	8	3	5	10					4
	City-State of Kitania	176	81	12	10			1	2		8	8		12	6	3		12	8		8	5
	Redwood	188	62	7	12	12	3		7	4	12	4	4	3	7	12	1	8	12		5		3	10
	Murrville	130	70	8		10	8	6		5			8			8		2	2					3
	Covina	151	74	1		5		7	4		1		6	10						5	12	2	12	12
	Barshat Abtalit	132	70	6		2	7		3	6		3				4	12	6	3				5	5
	Encinitas	57	44																		10	3
	Malosa	68	34					10		7		2		7	1				7
	Lacledic Republic	34	24						8	2
	Frikandel	52	30						12				1							2				7
	Bahia	129	57	10	6	8	12		10				7	5			6	1	6			1
	Foresne	130	61			6	5	8			6		10	6	10			10	5	1			2
	Secunda	83	43					5			5				8					12			10
	San Dzobiak	135	64	3	1		6	4	6	12	4		5	2		2	8	5		3	2		4	4
	Caravaca	93	45		8	4				3		1			12	6	3	3				8
	Cardinal Bay	49	28								2			1	4				4	4				6
	Peripotamia	85	47	2	2		2			1		6				7				7	4		7
	Wazamawazi	220	111	4	5	7	4	3	5		10	12		4	2	10	4	4	1	10	6	10		8
	Lapis Bay	129	90		4	1					3	5	2		5		5				1	12	1

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each city and public (in italics):

No.	City	Cities giving 12 points
6	City-State of Kitania	Lacledic Republic, Sansvikk, Secunda, Public (3)
	Redwood	Arbatskaya Moscow, Bahia, Barshat Abtalit, San Dzobiak, Totem Beach, Public (1)
4	Covina	Cardinal Bay, Lapis Bay, Wazamawazi, Public (1)
3	Bahia	City-State of Kitania, Public (2)
	Lapis Bay	Peripotamia, Public (2)
	Murrville	Public (3)
	Secunda	Caravaca, Public (2)
	Totem Beach	Public (3)
2	Barshat Abtalit	Foresne, Public (1)
	Frikandel	Murrville, Public (1)
	San Dzobiak	Covina, Public (1)
	Wazamawazi	Encinitas, Public (1)
1	Arbatskaya Moscow	Malosa
	Caravaca	Frikandel
	Sansvikk	Redwood

Other cities

Eligibility for participation in the MRTvision Screenshot Contest requires that the city be ranked and have a flag.

Prior participants

• Arcadia – On February 12, 2021, lil_shadow59 transferred Arcadia to MC_Protocol. On March 4, 2021, MC_Protocol officially declared his participation under Redwood. Thus, there was no representative for Arcadia. Arcadia last participated in the seventh contest.
• East Mesa – On February 26, 2021, 0x10 noted that he was not planning to participate after being asked. East Mesa last participated in the seventh contest.
• Hendon – On March 7, 2021, LondonThameslink officially declared participation; however, on March 10, 2021, he stated that he was withdrawing as his computer did not support shaders and had a lack of time to participate. Hendon was allocated to semi-final 2. Hendon last participated in the seventh contest.
• Moramoa – On March 2, 2021, megascatterbomb stated that he was not planning to participate due to a lack of free time. Moramoa last participated in the seventh contest.
• Oparia – On February 25, 2021, kyyl_ officially declared his participation under Encinitas. Thus, there was no representative for Oparia. Oparia last participated in the seventh contest.
• Pixl – On March 7, 2021, Seshpenguin officially declared participation; however, on March 12, 2021, when asked about submitting a screenshot, he withdrew. Pixl was allocated to semi-final 2. Pixl last participated in the seventh contest.
• Richville – On October 11, 2020, woorich999 was banned and transferred Richville to Cookie46910. On February 25, 2021, Cookie46910 officially declared his participation under Peripotamia. Thus, there was no representative for Richville. Richville last participated in the seventh contest.
• Segville – On February 26, 2021, godzilltrain noted that he was not planning to participate after being asked. Segville last participated in the seventh contest.
• Spruce Valley – On February 25, 2021, Johngi officially declared participation; however, on March 11, 2021, he withdrew. Spruce Valley was allocated to semi-final 1. Spruce Valley last participated in the seventh contest.
• Wenyanga – On February 28, 2021, Airplaneguy9 declared his participation officially. He failed to submit his screenshot by the deadline and thus was automatically withdrawn from the contest. Wenyanga was allocated to semi-final 1.
• West Calbar – On March 5, 2021, sesese9 officially declared participation; however, on March 12, 2021, when asked about submitting a screenshot, he withdrew. West Calbar was allocated to semi-final 2. West Calbar last participated in the seventh contest.

The following cities participated in the previous contest, but did not make any statement about the contest and did not confirm provisional participation by the deadline:

• Aprix
• Castilion

• Courtbush
• Dand

• Deadbush
• Eastlake

• Santa Abeja
• Tranquil Forest

• Waverly
• Whiteley

New participants

• Cypress – On February 27, 2021, Avaneesh2008 officially declared participation; however, on March 12, 2021, when asked about submitting a screenshot, he withdrew. Cypress was allocated to semi-final 2.