I present to you the winner!
(click the picture to watch the video)
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Congratulations South Korea on winning for the first time!
The full results are on the edition's official wikia page.
Now, in other news, we have two big changes to the rules (one of them noted in the video): Relegation and Annual Contests.
From the 9th edition onward, the bottom 5 of the previous edition will be ineligible for selection. This means that these countries will not be listed in the OP for said edition.
Also from the 9th edition onward, we will have 1 contest a year every April; with the Christmas editions happening every December.