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'''Aobour Fest''' is a joint national final that is used to select the representatives of both the nations of [[Aonach]] and [[Nicolas' Neighbour]] at the '''[[Internatia Song Contest]]'''. It was organised by the broadcasters of both nations, the '''Aonachian broadcaster [[RTVRA]]''' and the '''Neighbourian broadcaster [[BNN]]''', to select their representatives due to the close cultural and political ties between the two nations, as well as to improve their results at the contest.

Aobour Fest has been hosted twice so far, selecting representatives for the [[Internatia Song Contest 26]] and  [[Internatia Song Contest 29]]. Both finals generated high viewing figures in their respective nations, and the national final is credited with the rising viewing figures in [[Aonach]], where interest in ISC was said to be at an all-time low before the [[Internatia Song Contest 26]].


==Origin of the contest==

Due to poor results achieved by the Aonachian broadcaster [[RTVRA]], it was decided by members of the [[Internatia Song Contest]] to change the selection of the Aonachian entrant. Internal selections of well-known Aonachian artists was not a formula for success at the contest since the 18th edition. Therefore, RTVRA approached the broadcaster from Nicolas' Neighbour, [[BNN]], to come together and produce a high-quality national selection that would select both nations' entrants at the contest. Both nations have very close cultural and political ties, as well as the fact that singers from both nations being popular in the other nation.

==Hosting==

It was decided that the contest would not be used for every [[Internatia Song Contest]], but for every third contest. The contest would be hosted in [[Láirge]], [[Aonach]] for the inaugural edition. The second contest was hosted in the capital city of [[Nicolas' Neighbour]], [[Baus-Ia]]. It was therefore decided to rotate the hosting of the contest i.e. Aonach will host the 3rd contest.

==Voting==

The current voting format is a [[Wikipedia:positional voting system|positional voting system]] similar to that used at the [[Internatia Song Contest]]. [[Wikipedia:Televoting|Televoting]] is held in both nations for the national final. Each nation awards 12, 10, 8 & 7 points to the other nation's songs. Each nation cannot give points to its own songs, but both nations allow the televoters to vote for their own songs to see which song is the televoting favourite of each nation.

Regional juries from each of the [[List of countries in the Internatia Song Contest|nations competing at the Internatia Song Contest]] are invited to vote in the national final, and they must rank the songs from 1st to 8th place, using the same positional voting system. The song with the most points at the end is declared the overall winner. The song that came first for each nation is the song that will go to the Internatia Song Contest.

==Contests==

===Aobour Fest 1===

'''Aobour Fest 1''' was the inaugural edition of the Aobour Fest format, a joint National Final between [[Aonach]] and [[Nicolas' Neighbour]]. It was hosted by [[RTVRA]] and hosted in the capital city of Aonach, [[Láirge]], in the Palais de Musique, which also hosted the [[Internatia Second Chance Contest 11]].

Four songs were chosen by each broadcaster and competed against each other. 10 juries from 10 [[List of countries in the Internatia Song Contest|nations competing at the Internatia Song Contest]] voted in the national final, alongside [[Wikipedia:Televoting|Televoting]] from both Aonach and Nicolas' Neighbour.

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|+ style="font-size: bigger;" | '''Aobour Fest 1'''
|-
! Order
! Participant
! Song
! Language
! Placing
! Points
|-
| 1
| {{flagicon|Nicolas' Neighbour}} Linnea Henriksson
| "Min Stad"
| Swedish
| 7th
| 68
|-
| 2
| {{flagicon|Aonach}} Elena Gheorghe
| "De Neinlocuit"
| Romanian
| 5th
| 72
|- bgcolor="orange"
| 3
| {{flagicon|Nicolas' Neighbour}} The Common Linnets 
| "Lovers And Liars"
| English
| 3rd
| 85
|-
| 4
| {{flagicon|Aonach}} Molly Sandén
| "Spread A Little Light"
| English
| 6th
| 69
|-
| 5
| {{flagicon|Nicolas' Neighbour}}  Árstíðir 
| " Ljóð Í Sand"
| Icelandic
| 4th
| 75
|-
| 6
| {{flagicon|Aonach}}  Anna Tsuchiya
| "Rose"
| English
| 8th
| 62
|- bgcolor="silver"
| 7
| {{flagicon|Nicolas' Neighbour}}  Andru Donalds &  Evgenia Vlasova
| "Wind Of Hope"
| English
| 2nd
| 93
|- bgcolor="gold"
| 8
| {{flagicon|Aonach}}  Laura Jansen &  Tom Chaplin
| "Same Heart"
| English
| 1st
| 100
|}