Zandoli 29

The 29th season of Zandoli took place in Kathmandu, Nepal, following the country's win in Season 28 with HOLYCHILD and their song "Raining Romance". The semi finals took place on the 2nd December 2020, and the final was 7 days later, on the 9th December 2020.

41 countries took part in the contest. 7 of those countries were making the debut in Zandoli: Cambodia, Costa Rica, Guernsey, Haiti, Mauritius, Nicaragua and United Arab Emirates. A further 16 countries made their return to the contest, and 24 countries withdrew. This season was a non-Eurovision season, and it had no special theme. The format remained the same from the previous season: 12 songs qualifying from each semi final with no wildcard.

Due to personal reasons, Ireland withdrew from the contest while the semi-final was ongoing.

The winning song this season came from Mauritius. Mauritius were represented by Salt Ashes and their song "Cut You With A Kiss", and they scored 151 points. Mauritius finished 13 points ahead of the runner up: Canada. Canada were represented by Alice Glass and their song "Forgiveness", receiving 138 points. The winning jury was Ri, while the 2nd place jury was Vlad.

The voting system was the same as last season; no televote instead in the semi, a 50-50 split between the juries and internal televoters (non-juries who are in the server and juries from the opposite semi) and in the final, a 50-50 split between the juries who qualified for the final (finalists' vote) and again internal televoters (non-juries who are in the server and non-qualifying juries).

Returning Artists
This season had 11 returning artists:

Tsar B represented Belgium in Season 16, with the song "Escalate". She finished in 17th place that season.

So Below represented New Zealand in Season 17, with the song "Clear". She finished in 20th place. She is an uncredited vocalist in Space Above which is fronted by Aaron Short who was in Season 10 as part of The Naked And Famous for Laos and they finished in 31st place.

Alice Glass returned to the contest after non-qualifying in 31st place in Season 19 with the song "Sad Eyes". She represented Canada as part of Crystal Castles.

ORKA represented Faroe Islands in Season 16, with the song "Aldan Reyð". They non-qualified in 38th place that season.

Kaytranada represented Colombia in Season 27, with the song "10%". He finished in 41st place.

JFDR represented Iceland in Season 18 as part of Gangly, with the song "Drowning". They finished in 4th place that season.

Miley Cyrus represented Austria in Season 25 as a featured artist with Mark Ronson, with the song "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart". They finished in 31st place.

Santigold returned to the contest after non-qualifying in 33rd place in Season 8 with the song "Fame". She represented Nigeria.

Marnie represented Bulgaria in Season 16 as part of Ladytron, with the song "The Island". They finished in 15th place that season.

Lana Del Rey represented Ireland and Wales in Season 25, with her songs "Summertime Sadness" and "West Coast". She finished in 8th and 7th place respectively.

Semi Final 1
20 countries competed in Semi Final 1, and those countries, all voted in this semi final except for Ireland, who withdrew for personal reasons

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in Semi Final 1.

Semi Final 2
21 countries competed in Semi Final 2, and those countries, all voted in this semi final.

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in Semi Final 2.

Grand Final
''24 countries competed in the Grand Final, and all 24 countries were allowed to vote. Mauritius won Season 29 by 13 points.''

The songs which finished 2nd-6th have qualified for the first edition of Zandoli All Stars.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in the Grand Final.

Non Voters
The following countries did not vote in the Final & Semi-Final and were therefore disqualified:


 * Flag_of_Ireland.svg Ireland
 * Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg St. Vincent & the Grenadines