Guyana Finale!

Guyana Finale! is a special music show held by Guyana to determine its entry for Own Americavision Song Contest 16. Guyana used to be among the countries that never missed the final. However, since the twelfth edition, they have not been qualifying for four editions in a row, and even risked being in the quarter-final twice. The fact that Guyana, from being the best, become the worst of the Guianas is also widely criticized as well. This incredibly questioned and fumed all the Guyanese audience, and lead into the massive protest against the delegation, the broadcaster and the contest itself.

Opinions in the public is not really ambivalent, but rather spontaneous. There are huge demands from the audience ranging from stop participating, completely change the team, to even terminate Guyana's OABA membership. The head of Guyanese delegation, Kinoshitash Akiraj has stated that terminating OABA membership is not an option. Guyana still has to be in the union for the general broadcast's sake. The funder Fiona Singh herself released a statement on her social media platforms to express her understanding on both the public and the delegation side. Fiona mentioned that the team is now focusing on promoting Guyana's musical artists rather than taking the country's participation in a competitive way as in the past. Therefore, she suggested the delegation to use this opportunity to host a new program that can involve interested artists, or simply say, to host a national final.

Fourteen artists from both inside and outside Guyana were invited to participate in the show, and they all agreed to represent the country in case they win.

Format
The competition featured nine songs internally selected from submissions. The artists were responsible for organizing and directing the performance. In the final, the winning song was determined by the votes from a combination of an international jury panel and for the first time, alongside with public voting via Twitter trending.

The international jury pane accounted for majority parts of voting. The televoting panel which was determined and mathematically calculated, accounted as one set of votes.

Final
The final was taken place on February 27, 2023 at Kaieteur Falls in Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana. The show was hosted by British-Guyanese singer and sensation Leona Lewis.