Alexandria in the Internatia Song Contest

Alexandria
Member station	TRA
National selection events	Interfest/Internal
Participation summary
Appearances	5
First appearance	ISC 9
Best result	3rd: ISC 12
Worst result	19th in semi: ISC 9
External links
TRA page

Alexandria made their debut in the 9th Edition of the Internatia Song Contest.

Results

Edition	Artist	Title	Place	Points	Semi	Points
9th	Natalie Imbruglia	"That Day"	X	X	19	28
10th	The Pierces	"Secret"	4	112	Q	Q
11th	Pink	"Sober"	X	X	15	48
12th	Evanescence	"Bring Me To Life"	3	142	7	81
13th	Robert Bilbilov & Viktorija Loba	"Ti si vinovna"	X	X	13	46
14th	Marco Mengoni	"Pronto a correre"
15th	TBD	TBD
16th	Ana Alcaide	'"El Pozo Amargo"
17th	TBD	TBD
18th	Värttinä	"Kivutar"
19th	Texas	"The Conversation"
20th	Florence + The Machine	"Shake It Out"

Voting History

Last update: ISC 12

Alexandria has given the most points to (in the finals only)...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Lost Islands	22
2	Dulcet Ebullience	20
3	Carpathia	14
5	Novatlantida	12
5	Spirevo	12

History

ISC 10

On the 19th of Februaray 2013, TRA announced that The Pierces will represent the country on ISC. 10 days later, on the 1st of March 2013, a special show called The Pierces for Pixopolis was held. The Pierces sang 5 songs and in 15 minutes opened televote the Alexandrian viewers and juries in 6 international countries decided the winner. The winning song was "Secret".

The songs

Draw	Title	Place	Points
1	"Secret"	1	48
2	"Love You More"	3	42
3	"Sticks & Stones"	4	38
4	"It Will Not Be Forgotten"	2	48
5	"Glorious"	5	34

ISC 11

TRA used the same format for ISC 11. It was announced on the 27th of March 2013 that P!nk will represent the country on the 11th edition of the contest. A special show P!nk for Amor was held on the 6th of April 2013. P!nk sang 4 songs and in 15 minutes opened televote the Alexandrian viewers and juries in 6 international countries decided the winner. The winning song was "Sober".

The songs

Draw	Title	Place	Points
1	"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"	4	18
2	"Who Knew"	3	60
3	"Try"	2	62
4	"Sober"	1	70

ISC 12

TRA invited 8 artists to submit a songs for the first edition of Interfest. On the 7th of April, one day after country's national final for ISC 11, TRA confirmed the 5 artist who will fight to represent the country on ISC: Oh Land, Evanescence, Timoteij, Baklava and Maroon 5. Due to unknown reasons, the band Maroon 5 later withdrawed. Their spot took the Danish indie-rock duo The Raveonettes. The national final was held in the Symphony Hall in Alexopolis on the 1st of May 2013.

Draw	Artist	Title	Place	Points
1	Evanescence	"Lithium"	1	89
2	Oh Land	"White Nights"	4	39
3	Timoteij	"Faller"	3	41
4	Baklava	"Adio Kerida"	5	37
5	The Raveonettes	"Suicide"	2	53

Two weeks later, TRA and Evanescence came with a statement that they found better song and "Lithium" will be replaced. The new song, "Bring Me To Life" was presented in the TRA's music show "PLAY" on the 17th of May 2013.

ISC 13

This time Interfest contained two semi finals with seven songs in each. Three songs from both semi finals and one wild card qualified to the final. 1st semi final was held on 26th of May, the 2nd semi final was held on 2nd of June and the final was held on the 14th of June 2013.

Semi-Final 1

Draw	Artist	Title	Place	Points
1	Mark Brown ft. Sarah Cracknell	"The Journey Continues"	Q	Q
2	Lena Cortes	"Que Calor"	5	27
3	Plastiscines	"I Am Down"	7	13
4	Pink ft. Nate Ruess	"Just Give Me A Reason"	4	41
5	Just Jack	"Embers"	Q	Q
6	Andrea Bocelli & Jennifer Lopez	"Quizas Quizas Quizas"	6	26
7	Texas	"The Conversation"	Q	Q

Semi-Final 2

Draw	Artist	Title	Place	Points
1	Sia	"Soon We'll Be Found"	6	39
2	Foolish Green	"Sun Is Gone"	5	40
3	Lauren Amaris	"In The Air"	7	30
4	Dainel Powter	"Crazy All My Life"	4	46
5	Severina	"Tridesete"	Q	Q
6	Darko Ilievski & Magdalena Cvetkovska	"Pepel"	Q	Q
7	Robert Bilbilov & Viktorija Loba	"Ti si vinovna"	Q	Q

The wild card recived Lauren Amaris with the song "In The Air"

The Final

Draw	Artist	Title	Place	Points
1	Robert Bilbilov & Viktorija Loba	"Ti si vinovna"	1	57
2	Texas	"The Conversation"	2	55
3	Lauren Amaris	"In The Air"	6	30
4	Just Jack	"Embers"	7	23
5	Severina	"Tridesete"	4	35
6	Mark Brown ft. Sarah Cracknell	"The Journey Continues"	3	36
7	Darko Ilievski & Magdalena Cvetkovska	"Pepel"	5	31

Alexandria in the Internatia Second Chance Contest

Alexandria participates in the Internatia Second Chance Contest from the first edition. Alexandria was also the first winner of the contest with The Pierces winning for Alexandria with the song "It Will Not Be Forgotten" in Surme, Tikata. Country hosted the second edition of the contest in the Alexandrian city of Perla.

Results

Edition	Artist	Title	National final	Place	Points
1st	The Pierces	"It Will Not Be Forgotten"	2nd (ISC 10)	1	82
2nd	Baklava	"Adio Kerida"	5th (ISC 12)	9	52
3rd	Severina	"Tridesete"	4th (ISC 13)

Hostings

Edition	Location	Venue	Presenters
2nd	Perla	Passage Music Hall	Nora Yohiu & Oliv Bidan