B

B (Acronym for Burkina) is an upcoming national selection process for Burkina Faso in the Own Africavision Song Contest. The first edition is taking place in preparation for the Own Africavision Song Contest 6.

History
Radio Télévision du Burkina first announced back in January of 2021 that a national selection would take place to select the artist and song for the Own Africavision Song Contest 6 for Burkina Faso, the format was still unknown at this point as little information was revealed during this announcement.

On 29th March 2021, RTB announced that 4 songs would be participating in the inaugural selection, where international juries will be able to determine the winner of the selection.

On the 30th March 2021, RTB announced the 4 candidates who will be presenting their song for the first edition of B, to potentially represent Burkina Faso at the 6th Own Africavision Song Contest in Mauritius. This was also revealed along side the running order for the competition. Maï Lingani was the first act announced, followed by Sœur Nicole Kaboré, Bil Aka Kora and EMY. RTB announced that they were trying to provide the people of Burkina Faso and beyond a diverse national selection, and to be as original as possible. This comes from complaints made by African countries for internally selecting Burkinabé-Latvian superstar Aminata Savadogo, who eventually ended up flopping in the final, placing 23rd overall. RTB stated the songs as well as the official recap for the show will be revealed within the days after the contestant announcements.

Hawa Boussim, was elected the show’s first ever presenter. Hawa Boussim is familiar with the Own Africavision Song Contest, as she was the first ever winner of it with her song Hme ye, as well as also placing second with Dolada.

The first show aired on the 6th of April, and 13 juries from around Africa casted their votes for the selection. Emy overwhelmingly became the first ever winner of B, taking a massive score of 146 points, over second place Maï Lingani. They represented Burkina Faso at Own Africavision Song Contest 6 with their song Inconvenient. This marked the first ever time that Burkina Faso sent a song in the English language, as previously their songs consisted of lyrics in Bissa, Mòoré and French and Latvian.