Misstar

Misstar is a song competition organized by Mississippian public broadcaster Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB). It determines the state's representative for the Own USAvision Song Contest. The first edition took place on 29 August 2020 to select the Mississippian entry for Own USAvision Song Contest 1.

Format
Misstar consists of 1 final with 6 songs. After all songs have performed the voting commences, the Mississippian and interstate juries award their 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 points to all the songs, non-participation states and other countries are invited to vote as part of "Rest of the World". The song with the most votes wins and gets the opportunity to represent Mississippi at Own USAvision Song Contest.

Location
The Mississippian state selection is held at the BancorpSouth Arena, formerly Tupelo Coliseum, and BancorpSouth Center, until December 2006, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, near downtown Tupelo, Mississippi, named for the locally based BancorpSouth, a large multi-state commercial banking company.

It was the home of the Tupelo FireAnts and Mississippi MudCats arena football and the Tupelo T-Rex ice hockey teams. It was also the home of the Mississippi Hound Dogs of the Ultimate Indoor Football League.

The $16 million, 32,000 square foot (3,000 m²) facility was built in 1993, and is one of the more modern arenas, serving a small market in the Mid-south. Its lot was previously occupied by a shopping mall called Downtown Mall. When the mall closed in 1990 the arena was retrofitted from the old building.

The arena also seats 8,000 for sports events, ranging from basketball to rodeos.

Misstar 1
The first edition took placed on 29 August 2020. It was used to select the Mississippian entry for Own USAvision Song Contest 1 held in Los Angeles, California. The broadcaster had internally selected Ruelle to be the first representative. The winning song was "Live Like Legends".