Gabangers Festival 3
Information
Gabangers Festival 3 was started by user toniaczka on January 28th, 2024 as a continuation of the Gabangers Festival series, which were first hosted in Legacy Melodia. Eight artists with 6 songs took part this edition, they were - by the running order - a trio consisting of debuting artists: Pablito Traducteur, La Santi Lova and Zixx Mojo, a French-Gabonese debutant Anais Cardot, returning artist Emma'a (3rd place in GF 2), another young debutant Uriel Mbela, last-edition-second-place-winner Evy and returning Pamela Badjogo with their respective songs. It was the first edition of the show that featured votes from cities all around Gabon and neighbouring countries (idea was taken from MNEXT with Ren's approval). This tactic attracted a whooping 14 voters which was 10 more than last edition and made history by being the highest number of voters in Melodia ever. The show was held in Franceville, one of the most important manganese mining hotspots of the world.
Cities and Voting
A total of 14 cities took part in voting in this edition of Gabangers. Every city had 20 points to give to the artists according to their citizens' will. It's important to say that Libreville and Franceville as the capital and the host city gave away 25 points. 2 of the cities were foreign guest judges, this edition they were Bata in Equatorial Guinea and Kinshasa of the DRC. The cities were as follows:
| City | Voting Manager |  Libreville
|
TNG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franceville
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dajciemispokoj. | |||||
| Port-Gentil
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jackqulen | |||||
| Lambaréne
|
chromaghazt | |||||
| Oyem
|
ctys0n | |||||
| Mouila
|
eternal2 | |||||
| Tchibanga
|
sanderNL | |||||
| Makokou
|
blueythesharkie | |||||
| Owendo
|
boeunsdefender | |||||
| Koulamoutou
|
kasvi004 | |||||
| Owendo
|
wipeoutfan14 | |||||
| Owendo
|
ampyamps | |||||
| Owendo
|
wither2706 | |||||
| Guest Voters |  Bata
|
suppacoo | ||||
 Kinshasa
|
littleduckiie | |||||
Grand Final
placeholder On the night of the show, faulty votes were Jeune VILI ft. Diane Dddd scored an impressive 31 points, taking first place with their song "ADESANYA" and winning the right to fly the Gabonese flag at MSC Reimagined 1. EVY followed them in second place with a less incredible but still remarkable 18 points with her song "Fucking Love." Emma'a with her entry "Serré" placed third with only one point less and Pamela Badjogo ended the competition with 11 points on the fourth place, thus securing her the only place left for the next edition of the show.
Eventually, Jeune VILI ft. Diane Dddd's "ADESANYA" would go on to finish fifth at MSC Reimagined 1, scoring a total of 70 points from fourteen different countries, the same making the first top 5 finish for toniaczka.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jeune Vili ft. Diane Dddd | "ADESANYA" | English, French | 1 | 31 |
| 02 | EVY | "Fucking Love" | French | 2 | 18 |
| 03 | Emma'a | "Serré" | French | 3 | 17 |
| 04 | Sabi, Nova | "Les wes" | French | 6 | 1 |
| 05 | Sly'A | "Trahison" | French, Punu | 5 | 2 |
| 06 | Pamela Badjogo | "LETONDO" | Kaningi, French | 4 | 11 |