Nedas' and Rob's Earthvision Song Contest 04

The Nedas' and Rob's Earthvision Song Contest 04, often referred as NRESC 04, is scheduled to be the fourth edition of Nedas' and Rob's Earthvision Song Contest. The edition will take place in Japan, following lqvr's win with Japan in South Korea, with "" by Mitski. The contest will be held at Nippon Gaishi Hall, the city's general gymnasium; the show will consist of two semi-finals on 8 and 15 January, and the final on 22 January 2022.

Thirty-six countries will take part in the contest, a decrease from 3 countries in the previous edition.

City
Nagoya (名古屋市) is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3 million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast on central Honshu, it is the capital and the most populous city of Aichi Prefecture, and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, and Chiba. The principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11 million in 2020. Nagoya was announced as the host city on the 22nd of October.

Venue
Nippon Gaishi Hall is an indoor sports arena located in Nagoya, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 people, and the venue hosted some of the group games for the 2006 and 2010 editions of the official Women's Volleyball World Championship.

Bidding phase and host city selection
After Japan won the third contest, information regarding potential venues was slowly gathered in order to help decide on an appropriate venue. Over the month of October, an official presentation of possible venues was developed, shortlisting 7 venues in 6 Japanese cities.

The cities Chiba, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Saitama, Sendai, and the capital Tokyo, were revealed as the official candidates for hosting the contest. Tokyo had two bids, the Nippon Budokan as well as the Tokyo Dome. Each city, and its venue, were assessed in a variety of capacities in order to determine which would be deemed as a viable host. Some basis for assessment included:


 * The size of the venue, ideally approximately 10,000 capacity
 * In a relatively established city, that people know and are familiar with
 * The difficulty in construction of a virtual venue

Visual design
The contest's slogan, "Prevail", was unveiled on 21 November 2021, while the official theme design is yet to be released to the public.

Entries
According to the rules: More entry rules are available to find.
 * The act(s) must have a feasible connection to the country, e.g. born there, have roots there, currently live there. Therefore, they should have at least 25% connection to the chosen country (this includes both solo artists and bands).
 * Songs must be approved by a 5 member song council before their release.
 * Originality for songs is highly recommended, but not required. Acts that are ‘extremely unoriginal’ are most likely to get denied by the song council team (e.g. LYRA, Dreamcatcher, MARUV, OONAGH, Betta Lemme, Faouzia etc.).
 * Mainstream songs are not allowed and therefore, the maximum view limit for all entries must be 120 million from the time you sent it for approval, unless if you are using some of the borrowing rules, where the view count is considerably less. Artists that are deemed ‘world chart’ currently, for example BTS, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry, will not be approved.
 * Songs must be released after the 1st of January 2015.
 * The maximum song length is 4:30, the minimum is 1:30. A few seconds after the maximum limit is permitted, as long it's not around 15 seconds.

Participating countries
Nedas and Rob initially announced on the 10th of October 2021 the 36 countries that would participate in the contest, a decrease of 3 from the previous edition. Nine countries made their debut, with seven returning from an absence during the previous edition(s). 16 countries withdrew.

Returning artists
The contest featured two representatives who also previously performed as a lead vocalist for the same or for another country.

Entries that were originally sent
The edition featured six entries who were originally sent before the delegations had changed their entries.

England's head of delegation change
About 2 weeks after the list of countries was announced, the head of delegation for England chose to step down from their position. Duunowwutimean was selected as a replacement due to them being at the top of the waiting list.

Broadcasters and commentators
All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing an insight about the show and voting information to their local audience. While they must broadcast at least the semi-final they are voting in and the final, most broadcasters air all three shows with different programming plans. Similarly, some non-participating broadcasters may still want to air the contest. These are the broadcasters that have confirmed their broadcasting plans and/or their commentators:

Active broadcaster members

 * india.png India - The Head of Delegation, Kawaiiliqxe, had originally claimed India, but later changed to philippinesflag.png Philippines and sent "Care" by Beabadoobee. It was later confirmed by Kawaiiliqxe that NISHA was going to represent India in Japan with her song "Figures" before the country's withdrawal.

National finals

 * australia.png Australia - Australia Decides
 * china.png China - Stage Boom
 * fiji.png Fiji - FIJI^6
 * greenland.png Greenland - Nuuk To Nagoya
 * scotland.png Scotland - Dylan Innit
 * southafrica.png South Africa - Queen of the Babies
 * southkorea.png South Korea - South Korean Star 04
 * usvirginislands.png U.S. Virgin Islands - Virginresc
 * ukraine.png Ukraine - Unearthly Rebirth
 * uzbekistan.png Uzbekistan - O'zbekiston keyingi yulduz
 * vietnam.png Vietnam - Shining Lotus
 * wales.png Wales - Wales Decides