Tomodachi's Earthvision Song Contest 01

The Tomodachi's Earthvision Song Contest 01 is the first edition of the revamp of the old Tomodachi Song Contest. The edition will be hosted in São Paulo, Brazil. The edition was won by Slovakia.

Debuting, Returning and Withdrawing Countries
Debuting: Brazil, Canada, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Australia, Spain, Finland, Chile, Mexico, Morocco, North Korea, Slovenia, Slovakia, Panama, Argentina, Guam, Egypt, Japan, Kosovo, Fiji, Jamaica

Returning: N/A

Withdrawing: N/A

Pre-Contest
A Bid Draw was hosted with 7 Cities in 7 Continents. The South American Bid (São Paulo, Brazil) came out victorious and brought the contest to Brazil. A total of 21 Countries confirmed their debuts in the contest. Here is a list of them. All bidding countries (Brazil, Canada, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Australia and Spain) were confirmed from the start. On the same day as the draw, the visual appearance for the contest was revealed. The same day, it was announced that Brazil would qualify automatically as they are the hosts. However, some days later, the organizers announced only a finale including the 21 Participating Countries.

Other Countries

 * Andorra: Andorra confirmed that they wouldn't participate in 01, but a debut in 02 is still possible.
 * Estonia: Estonia confirmed that they wouldn't participate in 01, but Estonian Group GAME OVER (Kosovo 01) are trying to bring the country to the TESC 02.
 * Iceland: Iceland confirmed that they wouldn't participate in 01, but Yoki (Fiji 01) will bring Iceland to 02.