B 2

B2 was the second edition of B, Burkina Baso’s national selection for the Own Africavision Song Contest 8.

Obscene Plastic Dickheads was crowned the winner, followed by Alicia Awa in 2nd place, Kady Diarra in 3rd place, Kandy Guira ft. Alif Naaba in 4th place and in last place was Floby. Obscene Plastic Dickheads scored a total of 203 points, making it a new record for the highest scoring entry in the history of B (Despite there being only 2 editions as of then).

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

Host City
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 903,887 (as of 2019); it is the second largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula".

The local Bobo-speaking population (related to the Mande) refers to the city simply as Sia. There are two distinct dialects spoken of Jula, based on the origins of different peoples who speak this language. The city is situated in the southwest of the country, in the Houet Province, some 350 km (220 mi) from Ouagadougou. Bobo-Dioulasso is significant both economically (agricultural trade, textile industry) and culturally, as it is a major center of culture and music.

Venue
The Stade Général Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana is a multi-use stadium in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, used mostly for football matches. The stadium hosted several matches during the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 30,000 people.

Voting
The voting for B is relatively straightforward in terms of points. All nations in the Own African Union of Broadcasting are invited to cast their votes in order to create a result for the artists who are in contention to represent Burkina Faso in the Own Africavision Song Contest. Depending on the number of participants each edition, the scores will change slightly - but the main principles remain the same. Likewise to OAfSC, the 12 points from the jury will go to the juries favourite act of the night, followed by 10 for 2nd place, 8 for 3rd and so on until there is no points left to give (the minimum points will vary depending on the number of acts, for example in B1 the lowest possible score a jury could give was 7 since there was 4 participants, whereas in B2 the lowest score possible was 6 since there was 5 participants in the edition.) After the votes have been given, RTB will add the scores up in the form of a scoreboard and this shall decide the winner of the contest.

Visual design
As usual, the design for the second edition of B was designed by RTB to reflect on the letter B. However this time a few concepts were created instead of one simple logo, as seen in the first edition. The main logo was a plain black letter B with the Own Africavision Logo with the flag of Burkina Faso inside the heart. This generic logo was to be used as the overall generic logo for future editions, however this ended up not happening (as the logo for B3 did not reflect on this generic logo.

A second style on the grand final night was constructed, which had the same font as the previous logo, yet a neon green pain explosion also bursted out of the letter, after revealing the OAfSC logo. This design was praised by several OAUB countries and the budget was extended to also have this logo constructed as the stage design in the actual contest airing.

Presenter
On the 6th of August, whilst simultaneously announcing the return of the second edition of B, RTB announced that Hawa Boussim, would yet again host the second edition of B. Hawa hosted the first edition of B and was well received by the viewers, as so, she was invited back again. Hawa won the first ever Own Africavision Song Contest and also placed second in the fourth edition, with the songs "Hme ye" and "Dolada".

Final
The final took place on the 13th of August 2021, in which 5 acts will perform their entries and the international African juries will vote by giving 12, 10 and 8, 7 and 6 points to their favourite acts. The winner would be crowned and submitted as the Burkinabé representative for the Own Africavision Song Contest 8.

Scoreboard
20 countries across Africa plus the "Rest of the World" voted in the selection, massively beating the record of countries voting in the selection, which was 13 in the first edition. Voting was decided by countries giving 6,7,8,10 and 12 points to the respective entries, and added up at the end to give the overall result. Obscene Plastic Dickheads managed to collect the most 12 points on the night of the contest, a total of 11 sets of 12 points were given to them out of a possible 21.

After all 6 regions had voted, Obscene Plastic Dickheads was crowned the winner, followed by Alicia Awa in 2nd place, Kady Diarra in 3rd place, Kandy Guira ft. Alif Naaba in 4th place and in last place was Floby. Obscene Plastic Dickheads scored a total of 203 points, making it a new record for the highest scoring entry in the history of B (Despite there being only 2 editions as of then).