Edition 1 - Aikoshu, Yoshido

Edition 1 was hosted in Komorebo Stadium in the coastal capital city of Yoshido, Aikoshu.

The logo is simplistic with the main focus being on a giant egg, representing the beginning of the Yoshi's lives, hatching from an egg. This links to the slogan (a new beginning) as it is the first edition of the contest.

36 countries on the planet confirmed their participation for the first edition. They all had to send a song by a North American singer (Canada,USA or Mexico)

Due to large participation numbers, the Yoshido broadcaster organised pre-qualification rounds where the top 10 would qualify from each of the 2 groups. The top 20 would then compete in the main contest with 15 advancing to round 2 and 8 advancing to the final.

All songs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9XsUxG5cxC_WnpsTaX6ZYavmHj5yILHF

Pre-Qualification Group A
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nUS9_GZtNCv5jVRIV4ytBdalaXqH1qW5

Pre-Qualification Group B
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wyxH62d2Xq2VjJ3u5sZp5BK3a-Sa5TKC Results: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dLKkEM4vvOluEhdcRpKfLgTQSiY3lE0

The Final
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ndPuxlDzq0ZM8LAh0i7E73AOjAPLu4lI

Round 3: (The Final)
Results: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13yBAxoKcd40KgY4Zlmbv6zu5d8zeu9mY