Stop The Count (DC Decides)

STOP THE COUNT (DC Decides) was the first edition of the contest taking place in District of Columbia for the national selection for the Own USAvision Song Contest 5.

Location
Further information on the country: District of Columbia

Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. It has been largely considered to be a commercial success and is regarded as one of the driving catalysts of the revitalization of Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood.[8]

Owned and operated by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, it is the home arena of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the Georgetown University men's basketball team. It was also home to the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1998 to 2018 until they moved to the St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena in southeast Washington for the 2019 season.

Voting
States/ territories and the rest of the world are invited to submit their votes for the edition. This is achieved by ranking the songs from 0 votes to 10,000 votes individually. There is no limit to how many votes that can differ. At the end of the voting, the points will be counted and the song with the most votes will be the winner.

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.