Namimori Live!

"Namimori Live!" (Koran: 싱깅맨 7 회, Namimorish: シングマン 7 挿話) is the special musical event held to celebrate the traditional artistic legends of Holy City of Sasamori. It is used to select Namimori's entry to the Fantasia Contest 29.

Namimori Live!
File:Namimori Live.png
Dates
Final	Grand Final: 7 July 2022 Super Final: 16 July 2022
Host
Venue	Holy square of Sasamori, Sasamori
Presenter(s)	Hirate Yurina
Executive supervisor	Sasamori Hisato
Executive producer	Hanzaki Yoshito
Host broadcaster	nmtv°
Participants
Number of entries	14
Vote
Voting system	Televiewers vote for their favorite songs up to seven songs
Winning song	"Summer Again" by Ayumi Hamasaki

On 30 June 2022, the temporary withdrawal of the Qasentrian delegation from Singing Man stayed for one more edition. However, on 7 July 2022, the Namimorish ministers of Art and Culture, Tenma Sumeragi and Tsuzuru Minagi has confirmed that the country will still select Namimori’s entry for the upcoming event via national selection. The winning artist will compete for Namimori at the Fantasia Contest 29 which will be expectedly held in Flírskmasto.

The format of the competition consisted of one final show consisting of 14 participants. Initial 14 entries were selected for the competition through one method : an open call for song submissions separately held by each broadcasting company.

Format

Namimori Live!, organised by Namimorish Television (nmtv°) will be a temporary replacement for Singing Man, which the competition will take place in Sasamori city. The delegation team had received the amount of 432 submissions which 14 of them will compete in the grand final show.

Entry selection

Entries for the competition were selected through two methods:

• 10 entries by debutants were chosen by a selection panel from submissions received by nmtv° through an open call for songs.
• 4 entries by returning artists were chosen by special invitations from nmtv°: Hatsukoi, Special Seat, Anck Sa Namum and Rush

Namimorish Television opened the submission line that accepted entries between 1 and 25 July 2021 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 citizenship or permanent residency. The choice of language is free.

Following the conclusion of the submission periods, nmtv° received 562 entries. The delegation team created a shortlist of entries from the received submissions and formed a selection panel that will be tasked to select 14 entries for the competition.

Presenters

At a press conference held in Sasamori on 7 July 2022, the producer team will introduce the host presenters who is announced to be the country's living legend Saba Anglana.

Final

Fourteen acts were competing in the final event held in Sasamori.

Draw	Artist	Song	Languages	Songwriter(s)	Votes		Place
					Total	Percentage
1	Hikaru Utada	"Hatsukoi (初恋)" (First love)	Namimorish	Hikaru Utada		54.5%	1
2	Taichi Mukai	"Special Seat"	Namimorish, Everish	Konquest, Noizewave, Taichi Mukai		36.4%	7
3	Yuyan	"Who"	Taewonese (Amelian), Everish	Lu Zhongxun		45.5%	4
4	Giriboy	"Issu du feu" (Out of the fire)	Koran, Everish	Giriboy		36.4%	7
5	Vivid Bad Squad feat. Kagamine Rin & Kagamine Len	"Rettou joutou (劣等上等)" (Inferiority, Superiority)	Namimorish, Everish	Giga, Reol		36.4%	7
6	Xiao Bing Chih	"Burn It Down (不留活口)"	Taewonese (Amelian), Everish	Xiao Bing Chih		27.3%	11
7	Bvndit	"Venom"	Koran, Everish	B.O., Bayside Pablo, Kim Taeyeong, KZ		54.5%	1
8	Kodokulove feat. Rosu	"Shinigami buyou (死神舞踊)" (Reaper dance)	Namimorish	Kodokulove		54.5%	1
9	Ayumi Hamasaki	"Summer Again"	Namimorish, Everish	Ayumi Hamazaki, Hajime Kato		45.5%	4
10	Higuchi Ai	"Akuma no ko (悪魔の子)" (Devil's child)	Namimorish	Higuchi Ai		36.4%	7
11	Yezi	"Anck Su Namum"	Koran, Everish	Yezi		27.3%	11
12	Uni5	"Nói dối cả thế giới vì em" (Do not be afraid to do this)	Hailiniese	Luc Quang Huy		18.2%	14
13	Wani Kayrie	"Jangan terlepas pandang" (Don't overlook)	Malyiese, Everish	Asyraf Nasir, Brendan Lim Senh Meng, Seow Senh Tack, Wani Kayrie, Wee Zhen Yong		27.3%	11
14	Hiroyuki Sawano	"Rush"	Everish	Benjamin, Hiroyuki Sawano, Mpi		45.5%	4

Super Final

Six acts with highest percentages of votes will be competing in the super final event.

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes				Place
			Votes	Place	Average	Place
1	Hikaru Utada	"Hatsukoi (初恋)" (First love)	4	3	1.50	1	2
3	Yuyan	"Who"	5	2	2.40	6	5
7	Bvndit	"Venom"	4	3	1.75	2	3
8	Kodokulove feat. Rosu	"Shinigami buyou (死神舞踊)" (Reaper dance)	4	3	2.00	3	4
9	Ayumi Hamasaki	"Summer Again"	7	1	2.00	3	1
14	Hiroyuki Sawano	"Rush"	3	6	2.33	5	6

Notes

• Hikaru Utada participated in Singing Man Namisentria 4 before with the song "One Last Kiss". She would represent Sincuerello in Themed Fantasia Contest 2 with the song "Sanctuary".
• Hiroyuki Sawano participated before twice in Singing Man 2 and Singing Man Namisentria 2 with the songs "&Z" and "Cry".
• Taichi Mukai participated in Singing Man Namisentria once with the song "Reset".
• Yezi participated once in Singing Man 4 with the song "Home".