Internatia Song Contest 42

Internatia Song Contest 42
Sing For Me, Songbird
Dates
Semi-final	15th December 2015
Final	30th December 2015
Host
Venue	Glass Dome, Baus-Ia, Nicolas' Neighbour
Host broadcaster	BNN
Participants
Number of entries	49 (to date)
Returning	Aonach Fierce
Withdrawing	Sanlyona
Participation map      Confirmed countries that have selected their song and/or performer     Confirmed countries     Countries that participated in the past
Vote
Voting system	Each country's 10 favorite songs are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through to 1 points based on the votes of the population of each country. All participating countries in the semi-finals and final will have the right to cast points in the final.

The Internatia Song Contest 42 will be the 42nd annual edition of Internatia Song Contest. The contest will take place in Nicolas' Neighbour and will be hosted by the national broadcaster BNN after their victory in 40th edition of Internatia Song Contest with the song "Chasing Twisters", performed by Delta Rae. It is the first time BNN hosts any ISC related contest. The Glass Dome in Baus-Ia, NN's capital, has been chosen as venue by broadcaster BNN. The semi's will be held from the 1st of December till the 14th of December, while the final will run from the 15th till the 27th of December.

Fourty-nine countries have announced their participation in ISC 42 so far.

Location

Glass Dome

BNN announced directly after their win that their first choice as host city would be Baus-Ia. However, other cities were still able to apply. After NN's win in Capucarnaisa, bids had to be sent in quickly, with cities only having two days to decide to apply or not. BNN had discussed hosting options with cities and towns at an earlier date though, informing them of the requirements in case of an unexpected NN win.

4 cities submitted a bid. On the 4th December, BNN announced that the contest would be held in the Glass Dome, in Baus-ia. Baus-ia, as capital of NN, is the country's biggest transport HUB, and has access to a broad bus and train network as well as the country's biggest International Airport. The Glass Dome, finished only in 2012, has a capacity of 12,000. Many national and international Internation stars have performed in the hall, and it also serves for other cultural events, such as expositions, festivals and lectures.

Baus-Ia

Funsan

Xi

Locations of the candidate cities (Unsuccessful cities are marked with blue dots).

City	Venue	Capacity
Baus-Ia	Neighbouria Royal Theatre	3.000
	Glass Dome	12,000
Funsan	Funsan Football Stadium	23,500
Xi	Nightingale Theathre	8,000

Participants

Semi-final allocation draw

The Semi-Final allocation draw will done randomly by BNN on the 1st of December. BNN opted for the quick option, in order to save time and money and to be able to post the Semi's as soon as possible.

The current pots were calculated by the Sunettian broadcaster CSI before the start of ISC 41 and were as followed (minus hosts and withdrawees):

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Bitland Eriod Háttųka Lacrea Luzze Men̈́sa Pebbleland Ruthsina Territrius Tjärsklanjska Valdron	Alma Livre Caprika Grolskira Hanzyuki Keohretcha Kosma Saint Eva & Lepland Tikata Tonallán Xara Khanate Zeme Kūku	Gandhara Dvipantara H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug Huania Irdminia Noxus Ova Anova Rata Sum Tashkveny Thorway Zephyrus	Amsteris Aonach Bubblique Edoriada Fierce Kaledonii Pen Island Porielana RC Laranjeiras Spitzenbergen	Alteus Auspikitan Chruno Gebze Haven Kaeros Islands Kaministiquia Leshia Monteverde Ponásikwa Sunetti

Semifinalists

Country	Artist	Song
Alteus	Birdy & Rhodes	"Let It All Go"
Amsteris	Laurie Darmon	"Rupture"
Aonach	Louana	"Nos Secrets"
Auspikitan
Bitland
Caprika	Jennifer Paige	"Crush"
Bubblique	K3	"10.000 Luchtballonnen"
Dvipantara
Edoriada
Eriod	Patch & The Giant	"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
Fierce	Javiera Mena	"Espada"
Gandhara	Dima Bilan & Nikki Jamal	"Come Into My World"
Gebze
Grolskira	OneRepublic	"Stop and Stare"
Hanzyuki
Háttųka	Sleeping at Last	"Saturn"
Haven	Ariana Grande	"Focus"
Huania	Johanna Kurkela
Irdminia	Digital Daggers	"Still Here"
Kaeros Islands}	Sabrina Starke feat. Ziggi Recado	"Backseat Driver"
Kaledonii	Kátya Tompos	"Magánas Csónak"
Kaministiquia	Halsey	"Ghost"
Keohretcha
Kosma	Frillan & Prillan	"Vi Skall Inte Dö Idag"
Leshia
Luzze
Men̈́sa
Monteverde
Noxus
Ova Anova
Pebbleland
Pen Island
Ponásikwa	Sarah Riani	"Comme Toi"
Porielana	Olya Polyakova	"Russian Style"
Rata Sum	Narsha and Sunny Hill	"Mamma Mia"
RC Laranjeiras	Anouk	"For Bitter Or Worse"
Ruthsina
Saint Eva & Lepland	Liz Longley	"Rescue My Heart"
Spitzenbergen	Maggie Lindemann	"Knocking On Your Love"
Tashkveny	Ellen and the Escapades	"All The Crooked Scenes"
Thorway
Tikata	Anna Wyszkoni	"Biegnij Przed Siebie"
Tjärsklanjska
Tonallán	Khristina Soloviy	"Trimai"
Sunetti	Amber Run	"Noah"
Valdron
Xara Khanate
Zephyrus

Finalist

Country	Artist	Song
Nicolas' Neighbour	The Piano Guys	"Beethoven's 5 Secrets"

Returning Artists

Artist	Country	Previous edition	Previous country represented
Anouk	RC Laranjeiras	ISC 2	Territrius
Ariana Grande	Haven	ISC 15, ISC 24	L.M Lažovi, Haven
Birdy (with Rhodes)	Alteus	ISC 31	Spitzenbergen
Halsey	Kaministiquia	ISC 40	Auspikitan
Johanna Kurkela	Huania	ISC 17, ISC 22 (with Tuomas Holopainen), ISC 25, ISC 32 (part of Live Aid Uusi Lastensairaala 2017), ISC 38	Sunetti, Yazminia, Dvipantara, Kosma, Huania
Olya Polyakova	Porielana	ISC 28	Leshia
OneRepublic	Grolskira	ISC 36	Alma Livre
Piano Guys	Nicolas' Neighbour	ISC 18, ISC 29	Kaledonii, Haven
Sunny Hill (with Narsha)	Rata Sum	ISC 22 (with Hareem)	Tjärsklanjska