Patagonian National Music Festival 2021

The Patagonian National Music Festival 2021 was the 61st edition of the annual Patagonian National Music Festival. The competition was organized by Public Radio and Television of Patagonia and took place from February 7 to March 14. The competition took place at the NXUS Convention Centre in New Dartmouth, Chubut, which was given authority by the Patagonian government to operate at 80% capacity.

The contest was won by band Power Up! with the song "I'm a Gamer", before winning 3rd place at the Amerivision Song Festival 2021 in Cincinnati, United States with 410 points.

Rules
The format of the competition consists of 6 shows: 4 semi-finals, a wildcard round and the grand final. An initial 32 entries would be selected for the competition through three methods: an open call for song submissions, direct invitations to specific artists and songwriters, and a wildcard given to one of the artists that participated in The Masked Singer Patagonia.

The 32 competing entries would then be divided into four heats, with eight compositions in each. From each heat, the songs that earned first and second place qualify directly to the final, while the songs that placed third and fourth proceed to the wildcard round. The bottom three songs in each heat would be eliminated from the competition. An additional four entries would qualify from the wildcard round to the final, bringing the total number of competing entries in the final to 12.