Outernatia Song Contest 17

Outernatia Song Contest 17 freedom.
Dates
Semi-final date	January 8 2016
Final date	January 19 2016
Host
Host city	Nordfjord, Kimmystan
Presenter(s)	Khadja Nin Nicole Sabouné
Host broadcaster	KTV
Opening act	"Lifetime" performed by Nicole Sabouné
Participants
Number of entries	35
Debuting	Kitlantis Ruthsina (guest)
Returning	Dalmadria Dulcet Ebullience Hanzyuki Polland RC Laranjeiras Zephyrus
Withdrawing	Cytrus DPR Jindalea Irlandia Pen Island Rascia Sofós Sunetti
Participation map      Participating countries     Non-qualifying countries     Non-participants that have entered in the past
Vote
Voting system	10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all participants.
Outernatia Song Contest
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The Outernatia Song Contest 17 is the 17th and current edition of the Outernatia Song Contest. The contest take place in Nordfjord, Kimmystan, following Nicole Sabouné win in the 15th edition with the song "Lifetime". The contest's Semi Finals will be held on January 8 2016 and the Final on January 19 2015 at the Nordfjord Opera House, and will be presented by Khadja Nin and Nicole Sabouné.

This edition 35 countries will participate, including the returns of Dalmadria (after a 12-editions break), Dulcet Ebullience, Hanzyuki, Polland, RC Laranjeiras and Zephyrus. Kitlantis will debut in the contest, while Rutshina will be invited as this edition's guest nation from Internatia.

Hosting Information

Location

Nordfjord

Location of the host city in Kimmystan.

On 6 December 2015, Kimmystanian Broadcaster announced that it had chosen Nordfjord as the host city for the contest. The contest will be held held at the Nordfjord Opera House, which hosted several editions of the Kimmystanian national preselection Kimmystan NF. It has an overall capacity of approximately 18,500 people.

The Nordfjord Opera House

Nordfjord

Nordfjord is the capital city of Kimmystan and is located in the Fjorden-region in the northern part of Kimmystan. Nordfjord is an important global city and financial centre with an urban population of 2.1 million. Most of the country's embassies can be found in this city. Both the region and the city is known for it's beautiful fjords and breathtaking landscape, and in the city you can eat traditional Kimmystanian food like bacalao, fish & chips and whale meat, of which the latter is a real Kimmystanian delicatesse.

This is the first time that the city is hosting the Outernatia Song Contest, but it has previously hosted the Junior Internatia Song Contest 18.

Bidding phase

Two other cities, Huttiheita and Fettevika, were also considered as possible host city of the contest. KimmiTV requested proposals from the three cities concerning how they plan to organise the contest. Huttiheita offered to host the contest in the Huttieheita Culture Center, while Fettevika offered the Fettevika Arena as a potential venue for the contest. The bid from Fettevika came together with plans to expand and upgrade the facility and surrounding infrastructure to meet the requirements set by host broadcaster KTV. The bids from Huttiheita and Fettevika, together with the bid from Nordford to host the contest in the Nordfjord Opera House, were accepted. KTV chose the Nordfjord as the venue to stage the contest because they wanted the contest to be held in the capital city.

Presenters

The presenters Khadja Nin and Nicole Sabouné.

On 26 December 2015, KTV announced that Khadja Nin and Nicole Sabouné would be the hosts of the contest. Khadja Nin came 6th in the 13th edition while Nicole Sabouné won the 15th edition. Both presenters speak fluently English and French.

Nicole Sabouné will not only be hosting the contest, but she will also open the show with her winning hit "Lifetime" and she will also perform some other songs in the interval act of the Final. Khadja Nin will also perform her touching song "Mama" in the Semi-final 1, while KimmiTV has asked Claire de Lune to perform her beautiful entry "Skipping Stones" in the Semi-final 2.

Graphic design

On 8 December 2015, KimmiTV (with help from LBC Resources) released the logo for the Outernatia Song Contest 17, together with the slogan. The logo features a snowflake, a sun and a dove which represents the peaceful nation which Kimmystan is. The slogan was revealed to be "freedom." and for each nation there was made a snowflake with their national colors. The snowflakes represent that each nation in both Internatia and Outernatia are unique and different, but together we live in peace and harmony.

Participants

This edition 35 countries confirmed their participation, including the returns of Dalmadria (after a 12-editions break), Dulcet Ebullience, Hanzyuki, Polland, RC Laranjeiras and Zephyrus. Kitlantis will debut in the contest, while Rutshina will be invited as this edition's guest nation from Internatia, while Cytrus, DPR Jindalea, Irlandia, Pen Island, Rascia, Sofós and Sunetti withdrew from this edition.

Invitation of Ruthsina

Kimmy TV announced that it had invited Ruthsina to participate in the contest. Although Ruthsina is officially not eligible to enter, as only Outernatian countries can take part, the Kimmystani broadcaster proposed the participation of Ruthsina as a one-off event in honour of the strong ties between Ruthsina and Outernatia.

First Semi-final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Noxus	Ariana Grande	"All My Love" (ft. Major Lazer)
02	Dulcet Ebullience	Cirq du Soleil	"Alegría"
03	Darkria	KDA	"Turn The Music Louder" (ft. Tinie Tempah & Kat B)	12	50
04	Ruthsina	12 Girls' Band	"Reel Around The Sun"
05	Waticania	Of Monsters and Men	"Dirty Paws"	11	53
06	Alteus	Mr Little Jeans	"Oh Sailor"
07	Aurävaan	Gnesa	"Wilder"	14	47
08	Ponásikwa	Andrew Huang	"Sylvia"	15	27
09	Dalmadria	New Politics	"Lovers In a Song"	17	42
10	Huania	Amaranthe	"Digital World"
11	V	Illaria	"Verbovaya doschechka"
12	Lost Islands	Teräsbetoni	"Taivas lyö tulta"
13	Gandhara	Jiidesh İdirisova	"Kim Bilet"
14	Frostfall	Reece Mastin	"Girls (All Around The World)"	16	17
15	Victoria	Rachel Platten	"Stand By You"
16	Thorway	Sys Bjerre	"Alle Mine Veninder"
17	Folkloria	Ardak Balazhanova	"Zhelsiz tunde zharyk ai”	13	48

Second Semi-final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Republica Libera	Zara Larsson	"Lush Life"
02	Kitlantis	Grimes	"Fresh Without Blood"	11	50
03	Hanzyuki	Zhana Bergendorff	"Nevazmozhni Sme Sami"
04	Easterosia	Alt-J	"Matilda"	17	11
05	Raingate	Troye Sivan	"YOUTH"	10	52
06	DimkaRUS	Dima Bilan	"Ne Molchi"	14	33
07	Timivar	Dustin Tebbutt	"The Breach"	16	29
08	Grolskira	Aquilo	"Good Girl"
09	RC Laranjeiras	Florent Mothe & Camille Lou	"Quelque chose de Magique"
10	Polland	Paulla & Garou	"Tyle słów na wiatr - Du Vent des Mots"	13	34
11	Lettuce	Tamila	"Zolim"
12	Trešlend	Stella Mwangi	"Lookie Lookie"	15	30
13	Jhe Freeh	Marjet van der Brand	"Over en Uit"
14	Zephyrus	Zaz	"Je Veux"
15	Porielana	Tiffany Desrosiers	"Fearless"
16	Pönö	Sigma & Rita Ora	"Coming Home"
17	Auspikitan	The Hope Arsenal	"Wake Your Soul"

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Victoria	Rachel Platten	"Stand By You"
02	RC Laranjeiras	Florent Mothe & Camille Lou	"Quelque chose de Magique"
03	Gandhara	Jiidesh İdirisova	"Kim Bilet"
04	Porielana	Tiffany Desrosiers	"Fearless"
05	Pönö	Sigma & Rita Ora	"Coming Home"
06	Huania	Amaranthe	"Digital World"
07	Republica Libera	Zara Larsson	"Lush Life"
08	Zephyrus	Zaz	"Je Veux"
09	Noxus	Ariana Grande	"All My Love" (ft. Major Lazer)
10	Auspikitan	The Hope Arsenal	"Wake Your Soul"
11	Ruthsina	12 Girls' Band	"Reel Around The Sun"
12	Thorway	Sys Bjerre	"Alle Mine Veninder"
13	Dulcet Ebullience	Cirq du Soleil	"Alegría"
14	V	Illaria	"Verbovaya doschechka"
15	Hanzyuki	Zhana Bergendorff	"Nevazmozhni Sme Sami"
16	Jhe Freeh	Marjet van der Brand	"Over en Uit"
17	Grolskira	Aquilo	"Good Girl"
18	Lost Islands	Teräsbetoni	"Taivas lyö tulta"
19	Kimmystan	Jesse & Joy	"Ecos de Amor"
20	Lettuce	Tamila	"Zolim"
21	Alteus	Mr Little Jeans	"Oh Sailor"

B-Final

This is the 2nd time there will be arranged a B-Final in Outernatia Song Contest, previously it was held one in Outernatia Song Contest 13. That one was won by Thorway, but as they declined the rights to host, KimmiTV kindly asked the broadcaster from Jhe Freeh to step in and host it.

Draw	Country	Song	Artist	Place	Points
1	Trešlend	Lookie Lookie	Stella Mwangi	-
2	Timivar	The Breach	Dustin Tebbutt	-
3	Raingate	YOUTH	Troye Sivan	-
4	Aurävaan	Wilder	Gnesa	-
5	Darkria	Turn The Music Louder (ft. Tinie Tempah & Kat B)	KDA	-
6	Easterosia	Matilda	Alt-J	-
7	Dalmadria	Lovers In a Song	New Politics	-
8	Kitlantis	Fresh Without Blood	Grimes	-
9	Ponásikwa	Sylvia	Andrew Huang	-
10	Folkloria	"Zhelsiz tunde zharyk ai”	Ardak Balazhanova	-
11	DimkaRUS	Ne Molchi	Dima Bilan	-
12	Waticania	Dirty Paws	Of Monsters and Men	-
13	Polland	Tyle słów na wiatr - Du Vent des Mots	Paulla & Garou	-
14	Frostfall	Girls (All Around The World)	Reece Mastin	-