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The Country Games
Season II
Broadcast from 17 November 2017 (2017-11-17) – present
Judges
Host(s) New every week
Broadcaster SBS
Finals venue Melbourne[1]
Winner
TBA
Chronology
  • Country Games II

The Country Games II is an international television music competition to determine the most beautiful countries across the globe. The second series began airing on 3 November 2017 and finished later that month. TBA presented the series of the main show and TBA presented spin-off show The Xtra Factor.

Australia, Mexico, Ethiopia, and Germany were chosen as the judging countries meaning they were ineligible to participate this edition. With these countries chosen from each continent, professional juries and televote from the countries would vote in early rounds to decide who to put through.

This edition saw drastic changes as any countries who were involved in the previous edition were not allowed to participate due to the rule, meaning that any participating countries or judging countries last edition could not be involved this edition (with an exception for host country Australia as a judge). Additionally, it was decided that due to the Canadian controversy from the previous edition there would be an "indication of failure"; though it was not revealed how. Some other changes were also stated to be revealed later on in the series.

Although the show was originally planned to start airing on 3 November 2017, it was delayed by SBS by two weeks due to "issues within the management". However, on 9 November 2017, the CCU announced that they would delay the contest "by a number of weeks" to "undergo major format changes."

On 28 November 2017, the CCU announced that there would no longer be 4 continents competing but 3. These would be Afro-Asia-Pacific, America and Europe, with each continent holding 5 countries. The CCU stated that the reasoning for it was due to the lack of interest and success from Africa, as the continent had the by-far lowest ratings and 2 of its countries eliminated in week 1-with the third in week 3 and last in week 5.

Nonetheless, the competing countries were revealed on 1 December 2017 with once again 16 countries participating, despite the initial 15 confirmed. With America and Europe achieving the highest ratings, they competed as a single continent. Africa, Asia and Oceania were merged into one, but as compensation, were allowed to select 6 countries instead of 4. Three countries came from Asia, one from Oceania and two from Africa. New Zealand had been eliminated in a pre-qualifying round, but was assured participation in a future edition.

  • Afro-Asia-Pacific: 83,474,989 km2
    • Africa: 30,370,000 km2
    • Asia: 44,579,000 km2
    • Oceania: 8,525,989 km2
  • America: 42,549,000 km2
  • Europe: 10,180,000 km2

Hong Kong Philippines Singapore Fiji Mauritius Nigeria Venezuela Mexico Jamaica Guatemala Puerto Rico Ukraine Greece Norway Hungary Luxembourg

Judges, presenters and other personnel[]

Finalists[]

Key:

  †  – Winner
  ‡  – Runner-up
  §  – Third place
Continent Countries
Afro-Asia-P. Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Flag of Philippines Philippines Flag of Singapore Singapore Flag of Fiji Fiji Flag of Mauritius Mauritius Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
America Flag of Venezuela Venezuela Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Jamaica Jamaica Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Europe Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Flag of Greece Greece Flag of Norway Norway Flag of Hungary Hungary Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg

Live shows[]

Results summary[]

Colour key
     – Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to perform again in the sing-off
     – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off)
     – Contestant received the most public votes
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
Saturday Sunday
Flag of Greece Greece Safe Safe
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Safe Safe
Flag of Hungary Hungary Safe Safe
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Safe Safe
Flag of Mexico Mexico Safe Safe
Flag of Norway Norway Safe Safe
Flag of Philippines Philippines Safe Safe
Flag of Singapore Singapore Safe Safe
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Safe Safe
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela Safe Safe
Flag of Mauritius Mauritius Safe Bottom four
Eliminated
(week 2)
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Safe Bottom four
Eliminated
(week 2)
Flag of Fiji Fiji Bottom four
Eliminated
(week 1)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Bottom four
Eliminated
(week 1)
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica Bottom four
Eliminated
(week 1)
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria Bottom four
Eliminated
(week 1)
Sing-off No nation-off or nations' votes: results were based on public votes alone
#AUS's vote
to eliminate
#COL's vote
to eliminate
#DEU's vote
to eliminate
#IND's vote
to eliminate
Eliminated

Week 1 (1/2 December)[]

  • Theme: Capital City
  • National guests: Australia ("Welcome to Australia - Thank You for Voting!")

This week featured a four-country elimination, to "progress the competition in the early rounds." 1 elimination came from America with Jamaica, and a controversial 3 went from Afro-Asia-P., with half of its 6 countries being eliminated; 1 of Asia's countries (Hong Kong) were eliminated, the only Oceania country Fiji and 1 of 2 Africa countries (Nigeria). At this stage, Europe once again has a head start from all other continents.

Countries' performances on first live show
Nation Order City Result
Nation-off details
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 1 Abuja Eliminated
Flag of Hungary Hungary 2 Budapest Safe
Flag of Mexico Mexico 3 Mexico City Safe
Flag of Philippines Philippines 4 Manila Safe
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 5 Guatemala City Safe
Flag of Mauritius Mauritius 6 Port Louis Safe
Flag of Singapore Singapore 7 Singapore Safe
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 8 Luxembourg City Safe
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 9 Caracas Safe
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 10 Kiev Safe
Flag of Greece Greece 11 Athens Safe
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 12 Kingston Eliminated
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 13 San Juan Safe
Flag of Fiji Fiji 14 Suva Safe
Flag of Norway Norway 15 Oslo Safe
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 16 Victoria City Eliminated
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Australia: TBA – no reason
  • Colombia: TBA – no reason
  • Germany: TBA – no reason
  • India: TBA – no reason

Week 2 (1/2 December)[]

  • Theme: Impress Yourselves
  • National guests: Australia ("Visit Sydney")

This week featured the elimination of 2 countries, compared to the 4 last week. One came from America (Puerto Rico) and another from Afro-Asia-P. (Mauritius) with Africa being eliminated and also leaving the continent with the most countries now with only 2 (from Asia). Meanwhile, Europe managed to retain all 5 of its acts, despite odds closing in on Luxembourg being eliminated.

Countries' performances on second live show
Nation Order City Result
Nation-off details
Flag of Hungary Hungary 1 Debrecen Safe
Flag of Mexico Mexico 2 Guadalajara Safe
Flag of Philippines Philippines 3 Quezon City Safe
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 4 Antigua Safe
Flag of Mauritius Mauritius 5 Mahébourg Eliminated
Flag of Singapore Singapore 6 Kampong Glam Eliminated
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 7 Esch-sur-Sure Safe
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 8 Valencia Safe
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 9 Lviv Safe
Flag of Greece Greece 10 Thessaloniki Safe
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 11 Ponce Safe
Flag of Norway Norway 12 Trondheim Safe
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Australia: TBA – no reason
  • Colombia: TBA – no reason
  • Germany: TBA – no reason
  • India: TBA – no reason

Controversies[]

See also[]

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