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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

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.