Antarctic Song Contest 2020

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Countries Not Participating/Yet to Participate

 * CandviaFlag.png Candvia - Due to financial problems, Candvia announced that it will be pulling out of the 2020 contest. The country, however, will be preparing to rejoin the contest in the future once their situation improves. Candvia is the first country that has won a contest to withdraw from a contest ever -- winning during their debut in 2017. They are also the first country that has hosted a contest to withdraw.
 * MAI.png Margate - After Margate dropped to the bottom 3 the year prior, Margate announced that there was a decrease in interest in joining the contest in 2020.
 * West Pengolia New Flag.png West Pengolia - West Pengolia made the decision to drop the contest after just one year. When Penghis Khan was approached to tell why, he just threw a fish at the reporters stating "NO ANTARCTIC SONG CONTEST, PENGHIS KHAN WON'T ALLOW IT -- NOT NOW NOT EVER!"
 * SandilaFlag.png Sandila - Sandila, last participating in the contest in 2015, announced it will not be returning this year due to major boycotts againest the competition, which was initiated since 2016.
 * Amataria Flag.png Amataria - The Amatarian population, after finding about the contest's success, shows intrest in the country participating. A governmental bill proposed by the Amatarian National Brodcasting (ANB) to join the contest is still pending.
 * Dorkugal Flag.png Dorkugal - The ABU has given the country permission to participate in 2019, but the country withdrew after low interest amongst its population. The country released a statement: "We will not join the contest in the foreseeable future, but we are still open to joining."
 * GeekEmpireFlag.png Geek Empire - The announcement to join the contest in 2020 has been retracted after the Geek Empire calls off plans to join the contest. There are no interest by the general public to join the contest, according to the Geek brodcaster Geek Empire Brodcasting Corperation (GEBC). Despite this, Geek Empire-1 has plans to broadcast the contest for the country.