Singing Man Namisentria

"Singing Man Namisentria"  (Koran: 싱깅맨 나미센트리아, Namimorish: シングマン並川鳥杏) is the fifth edition and also the special of the Namimorish music festival, Singing Man, to selected Namimori's and its neighbor Qasentria's entries to the Fantasia Contest 23.

The winning song from each country will compete for their respective nation at the Fantasia Contest 23 to be expectedly held in Evergreen.

The format of the competition will consist of three shows: two semi-final rounds and a final. An initial 24 entries were selected for the competition through one method : an open call for song submissions separately held by each broadcasting company. The 24 competing entries are randomly divided into two semi-finals, with twelve compositions in each. From each semi-final, the songs that place within the top six qualify directly to the final, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12. The show will be hosted by Sunmi in Namimori and by Otsuka Ai in Qasentria.

Format
Singing Man Namisentria, organised by Namimorish Television (nmtv°) together with a cooperation with Qasentrian Broadcasting Agency (QBA), will be 5th edition of the contest in which the competition will take place in capitals across the South Serican region of Namisentria. The final will be held at the temporary open arena located between Takeuchi, Namimori and Marianne, Qasentria. 24 entries will compete in the semi-finals, with twelve entries taking part in each show. The top six entries from each semi-final advance directly to the final, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12.

Entry selection
Entries for the competition were selected through two methods:
 * 8 Namimorish and 12 Qasentrian entries were chosen by a selection panel from submissions received by nmtv° and QBA correspondingly through an open call for songs.
 * 4 Namimorish entries were chosen by special invitations from nmtv°

Namimorish Television and Qasentrian Broadcasting Agency opened two submission contests that accepted entries between 1 and 23 September 2020 for interested artists and songwriters to submit their proposals for the competition. Entries submitted for the competition were required to be released after 2012 and with singer/band that holds Namimorish/Qasentrian citizenship or permanent residency. The choice of language was free.

Following the conclusion of the submission periods, nmtv° and QBA received 1284 entries. The delegation teams created a shortlist of entries from the received submissions and formed a selection panel that will be tasked to select 24 entries for the competition.

Presenters
At a press conference held in Chikara City on 12 October 2020, Namimorish representative in Fantasia Contest 20 Sunmi and Qasentrian star Otsuka Ai were announced as the host the shows of Singing Man Namisentria.

Competing entries
Information regarding the selected songs will be published shortly before the semi-finals will start.

Semi-finals
Singing Man will commence with two semi-finals, which will determine the twelve entries that will advance directly to the final.

Final
Seven Qasentrian and five Namimorish qualifiers from the semifinals are competing in the final event held in the Namimori-Qasentria Friendship Water Arena.