Internatia Song Contest 17

Internatia Song Contest 17
Dates
Semi-final	November 2013
Final	November 2013
Host
Venue	People's Palace
Host broadcaster	YRTV
Participants
Number of entries	38 (So far)
Debuting	Haven Pen Island Rata Sum
Returning	Amsteris Carpathia Chruno Spitzenbergen
Withdrawing	Harlequenia Irlandia Marvelia
Participation map
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.

The Internatia Song Contest 17 will be the 17th monthly edition of Internatia Song Contest. The contest will take place in Liechgrado, Yazminia, hosted by national broadcaster YRTV, following Czesław Śpiewa's win in the 15th contest with the song "Pożegnanie małego wojownika".

Haven, Pen Island and Rata Sum will debut in this edition, and Amsteris, Carpathia, Chruno and Spitzenbergen will return after a brief absence.

Location

On 17 October, Yazminian President and YRTV head held a press conference where they announced the election of People's Palace, the venue which most capacity of the country, located in the country's capital, Liechgrado, as the hosting venue for ISC 17.

Due to Yazminian being located between the sea and a mountain chain and Yazmianian history of wars and expansion against neighbour countries, land access is difficult. Liechgrado can be accessible by highway and high speed train from Grolskira and Dimkarus, and by national trains and national and regional roads from different points along the Yazminian border. Liechgrado also has an international airport.

Controversies

Venue

Bidding direct decision by Yazminian goverment caused controversy, especially among authorities and people from other big cities and regions, which demanded a public process for the election of the venue. Opposition parties declared the process as "contrary to Yazminian and revolutionary values", but Yazminian President downplayed the issue labeling ISC as "just an event of many that are held in different parts of the nation" and declared that Yazminia must show their best face to the rest of Internatia and that it won't affect the revolution, on the contrary, putting Yazminia as example for the rest of Internatia and the World could lead to more revolutionary processes in other countries.

Marvelian participation

On 14 October, Marvelia announced their withdraw from ISC, with no official reasons given by ITV or Marvelian authorities. It's suspected by many political analysts that the reasons of Marvelian withdraw are due to the contest being held in Yazminia, following the late political tensions among both countries.

Confirmed countries

Country	Artist	Song
Alexandria	Ellie Goulding	"Figure 8"
Amsteris	Inga & Anush	"Hay Hay"
Aonach
Canedonia	Zvonko Bogdan	"Evo banke cigane moj"
Carpathia
Chruno	SWING	"La Goutte"
DimkaRUS
DPR Jindalea	Dong Fang Hong Yan	"Beautiful Legend"
Edoriada	Diva Plavalaguna	Il Dolce Suono (The Diva Dance)
Eriod	iamyank feat. Dori Hegyi	"Aurora"
Fierce	Jula	"Za Każdym Razem"
Grolskira	Miss Montreal	"Wish I Could"
Hanzyuki	Astrid Smeplass	"Shattered"
Haven	Alex Nevsky	"On leur a fait croire"
H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug	Sandu Ciorba	"Pe Cimpoi"
Irdminia	Delain	"April Rain"
Kaledonii	Céline Dion	"Loved Me Back To Life"
Kosma	Fanny Bloom	"Shit"
L.M Lažovi	Betty Who	"Somebody Loves You"
Lacrea	Laura Marling	"My Manic And I"
Lost Islands	Shakespeare's Sister	"Stay"
Luzze	Rachel Zeffira	"Break The Spell"
Monteverde	Ifi Ude	"My Baby Gone"
Nicolas' Neighbour	Kalafina	"Aria"
Novatlantida	Fefe Dobson	"Ghost"
Ova Anova	Blue Café	"DENDIX"
Pebbleland	The Storm	"Lost in the Fire"
Puntíkov	Avril Lavigne	"My Happy Ending"
Saint Eva & Lepland	Elvenking	"Heaven is a Place on Earth"
San Monique	Electric Lady Lab	"Open Doors"
Sibinia	Blestyashie ft. Arash	"Vostochnie Skazki"
Spirevo	Fialta	"Cars"
Spitzenbergen	Sarah-Stephanie	"Herz übernimmt Kommando"
Stylé	He Jing	"Malah Yisah"
Sunetti	Johanna Kurkela	"Kaikki askeleet"
Tashkveny	Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton	"Freedom"
Territrius	Daan	"La crise"
Tikata	Akon	"Chammak Challo"
Tonallán	Madame Récamier	"Quiero"
Volnytaria	Billy Lloyd	"Normal"
Yazminia (Host)