Internatia Song Contest 53

Internatia Song Contest 53
Make ISC Great Again
Dates
Semi-final	November 2016
Final	November 2016
Host
Venue	Yas Arena, Batanýa, Chruno
Presenter(s)	Pepe The Frog
Host broadcaster	ChTV
Participants
Number of entries	24 (so far)
Withdrawing	Ruthsina
Vote
Voting system	Each country's 10 favourite 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 53 will be the 53rd monthly edition of Internatia Song Contest. The contest will be held in Batanýa, Chruno, after their victory in Internatia Song Contest 51 with the song "Home" performed by 王詩安 Diana Wang.

Location

For more details on this topic, see Batanýa and the host city.

Batanýa

Costalis

Yottobán

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

On 4 October 2016, Batanýa was announced as host city of ISC 26. It is the third biggest city in the country and the capital of Chruno's northern region. The airport "Batanýa Int" is not from the centre and Chrunotto Airlines, state-owned airline company, connects this northern part of the country with the rest of the continent as well as Yottobán, Chruno's capital. The Yas arena was finished last year and is now ready to host the biggest music contest. There's also enough accommodation and the nightlife has received good reviews as well. The Batanýa's Tourist Agency (ChBTA) hopes for the city to gain more popularity in general thanks to the contest. When it comes to financial support, the Republic of Chruno will join the project with 40% of full costs as the Ministry of Finance confirmed, the City of Batanýa will finance the other 30%, and the left 30% will be financed by ChTV (in cooperation with ticket sellers, participating countries' fees, as well as regional cTV and hTV). The approximate costs are €25 000 000-, all together.

Bidding phase

On 3 October 2016 ChTV announced that the deadline for applications was over, but only the next day was it announced that Batanýa, Costalis and the capital city of Yottobán submitted their application.

Yas Arena, Batanýa

Presenter(s)

On 31 October 2016 ChTV officially presented the host and presenter of the edition - Pepe The Frog. In spirit of the theme "Make ISC Great Again" Pepe will be joining thousands of people in Yas Arena in Batanýa as well as viewers from the entire continent on their screens broadcasting live from Chruno.

Pepe The Frog, presenter

Participants

Confirmed participants

Country	Artist	Song
Alteus	Kállay Saunders Band	"Joy"
Amsteris	I Am Karate	"Elevate"
Aonach
Aurävaan
Auspikitan	Ida Hallquist	"Hideout"
Bitland	Jerobeam Fenderson	"Khrậng"
Chruno (host)
Grolskira
Haven
Huania
Kaledonii
Kaministiquia	Cascada	"Everytime We Touch"
Kimmystan	Lina Mayer	"Nothing"
Lost Islands
Nicolas' Neighbour
Ponásikwa	Molly	"Ya Prosto Lyublyu Tebya"
Pönö	PVVMSK	"Ylikersantti Kuivalainen"
Raingate	Nádine	"Skildery"
Rata Sum	David Guetta & Afrojack ft. Timbaland & DEV	"I Just Wanna F"
Saint Eva & Lepland
Sunetti	Aquilo	"Silhouette"
Tashkveny
Tonallán
Trolofloppia

Returning Artists

Artist	Country	Previous edition	Previous country represented
?	Huania		Huania
David Guetta (with Afrojack, Timbaland & DEV)	Rata Sum	ISC 50 (with Zara Larsson)	Laranjeiras