B 4

B4, often referred to as B, is the 4th edition of B. The contest took place in Burkina Faso. Organised by the host broadcaster Radio Television du Burkina Faso, the contest was held in TBA, and consisted of one 4 quarter finals, two semi finals and one grand final. This national selection was to determine Burkina Faso’s entry for the Own Africavision Song Contest 11, in Senegal.

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.

Emy won the first edition with "Inconvenient”, and placed 13th in the final. B was axed for one edition due to the costs involving the continuation of the contest. However, once Alicia Awa placed 6th in the Own Africavision Song Contest 7, a return of B was likely due to Burkina Faso earning an automatic spot in the final of Own Africavision Song Contest 8. On the 6th of August 2021, RTB confirmed that B would return, with a new refreshed logo and design.

Location
Further information on the country: Burkina Faso

Format
The competition will consist of 4 heats, two semi finals, and one grand final. In all of these, there will be 2 entries competing per duel, and whoever gets the least amount of TikTok votes, will be eliminated from the competition. This will take place all the way to the grand final where 2 songs will remain. And again, fans vote and whichever song receives the most amount of votes will be the winner of the 4th edition of B and represent Burkina Faso at the 11th Own Africavision Song Contest.

Voting
The format for B changed from this edition onwards. Due to the complete shift from country voting to fan voting, all the voting takes place on the TikTok app. Fans will have the option to vote for their favourite out of the two in each individual duel. This will continue until the grand final, where one song per duel gets eliminated each round. Whoever gets the most votes is the winner of the 4th edition of B.