As both their eyes were on the stage, the host then said: "Without further adieu, we will begin the competition.
"Dadkan waxay fahmeen aayahooda, waxayna dhaheen shir kale ma geli karno inaga oo aan wada heshiin, markaan nabad cariga ka dhigno aan shirka maamulka lagu sameynayo qabsanno, shirka si wanaagsan ayuu u furmay, waxaana rajeynaynaa in wax badan ay is bedalaan" ayuu yiri Hareeri Xasan Barre.