Nicolas' Neighbour in the Internatia Song Contest

Nicolas' Neigbour
Participation summary
Appearances	12
First appearance	ISC 1st
Best result	3rd: ISC 7
Worst result	16th SF: ISC 15 SF

Nicolas' Neigbour is one of eight countries that participate in very first edition of Internatia Song Contest Due to Internal strugles the country withdrew from 2nd edition, only to fall into a Civil War. After the War and due to San Monique's perisistence to make NN rejoin, the country decided to return in 7th edition. It has taken part ever since. Since the Semi's NN has qualified twice for the final, were it ended in 12th place both times.

Contestants

Edition	Artist	Title	Place	Points	Semi	Points
1st	Keri Hilson	"Pretty Girl Rock"	7	29
7th	Kokia	"Follow The Nightingale"	3	98
8th	Despina Vandi	"Girismata"	X	X	12	47
9th	CHVRCHES	"The Mother We Share"	12	80	6	70
10th	Sa Dingding	"快乐节"	12	76	Q	Q
11th	Imelda May	"Mayhem"	22	44	8	63
12th	Laura Jansen	"Queen Of Elba"	18	96	8	70
13th	The Killers	"Runaways	18	85	11	60
14th	Mads Langer	"Overgir Mig Langsomt"	24	56	9	75
15th	Besa Kokedhima	Kalorësi i natës"	X	X	16	49
16th	Eva & The Heartmaker	"Signals"	21	72	5	84
17th	Kalafina	"Aria"
18th

History

Internatia Song Contest 1

Kokia, ISC 7

CHVRCHES, ISC 9

Sa Ding Ding, ISC 10

Nicolas' Neighbour joined the very first ISC ever held. The song was internally chosen by the broadcaster, who at that time was under stricht control of the Government. The Government decided that the song must represent a feeling of superiority and unity, in line with a far bigger proppaganda program. The Song "Pretty Girl Rock", by Keri Hislon, was chosen. It was made into NN's national anthem, especially beacuse of the sentence: "Dont hate me because I'm Beautiful", which had a double meaning. It intented to tell the people of NN how pretty they were, and at the same time other countries to not judge the political system in NN. After the Revolution the Song was abandoned, and Keri became anonymous. NN takes pride in the fact that they attended the first ISC edition, however.

Internatia Song Contest 7

After ISC 1 NN descended into civil war and did not participate for a long time in ISC. It was San Monique that convinced the Reborn country to take part. Non other then Kokia, national Legend, opted to go for NN and BNN, Broadcaster of NN did not doubt for a second. Kokia had been at the top of the Music industry for over a decade, but her fame even became bigger after the fall of the Regime. It was announced that she would represent NN with her song "Follow The Nightingale

Internatia Song Contest 8

For ISC 8, BNN selected Despina Vandi internally. Despina comes from the southern province of Azubiwa, known for its folk music, where she is a big star. Despina wants to have a National breakthrough and hopes ISC will bring her that. The song selected is called "Girismata".

Internatia Song Contest 9

After the failure at ISC 8 BNN decided to take a different approach and selected young electro band CHVRCHES to participate in the ISC. Again the song was internally chosen as well, and turned out to be "The Mother We Share"

Internatia Song Contest 10

For ISC 10 Sa DingDing was chosen with the song "Xi Carnival". This is actually and old folk song, which has been around for ages and comes from the city of Xi. The city of Xi is the oldest city in NN and has a very big and old cultural history. Biggest Event every year is the Xi Carnival, a festival which last 6 days and which is celebrated trhoughout the country. "Xi carnival" represnts traditional NN music at its best.

Voting History

Nicolas' Neighbour has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Spirevo	41
2	Symphony Isles	36
3	San Monique	35
4	Sunetti	33
5	Tikata	31

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in ISC finals since ISC 7, and not the semi-finals since 8th edition.