Irdminia made its debut at the Internatia Song Contest at ISC 7 in Lördsberg, San Monique and haven't missed any edition since then. Despite rather bad results, public interest is still high and the country is one of the most active one in terms of creating NF's and making an impact in regional press.
Following a series of rather mediocre results since it's debut and non-qualification of some of the biggest stars in the country, Irdminian broadcaster decided to create a special group of musicians and journalists to decide it's next entries and possible national finals. It paid off quickly, as Delerium - the representatives on the ISC 16 in Anselmsuusonia scored a great 7th place. The next group, Delain, scored even better, achieving a 6th place in the next edition held in Yazminia. However, the biggest success of a country came in the ISC 18 in Kosma, when early fan favourites to win - Sinine together with Sandra Nurmsalu performing the song "Sel Teel" - scored the 2nd place, loosing after a very tight race only to the winner, Kaledonii. After that, another top 10 result was achieved, this time in Pebbleland by Lilit Hovhannisyan. Now, because of the four top 10 results in a row, the interest about ISC in the country is massive again, even bigger than before.
Internatia Song Contest 20-24
After a non-qualification of LaFee in Kaledonii and a rather poor result achieved by Akira Yamaoka in Monteverde another strike of amazing results came. That includes two 4th places by "Nouveau Parfum" performed by Boggie in Beige and "Faster" by Within Temptation in Alexandria acquired in ISC 22 and ISC 23 consecutively. However a top 3 result was achieved by Oonagh with her song "Orome" in ISC 24 in Territrius, which scored 3rd place with 159, being second best result in the contest and the biggest amount of points received by Irdminia.
Internatia Song Contest 25-29
However, another line of bad and mediocre results came after that, as in ISC 25 held in Leshia, Kathleen Reiter with her ballad "Colourful" scored only 19th in the final and the next edition held in Chruno, a national star Ewelina Lisowska failed to qualify and actually scored the worst place to that date for Irdminia. This resulted in a dramatically low number of voters in a final, which was the main reason of not submitting Irdminian televotes in the ISC 26 grand final, but instead of that, points from the national jury were awarded. Next edition, Rocío Rivas qualified for the final in Pen Island and scored a decent 16th place. Probably the biggest dissapointment came in the 28th edition, when band maNga got 73 points and ended up on 24th place in the final, which is the worst final place Irdminia ever got - causing many discussions about potential Irdminian participation in the future. Even more opinions about Irdminian existence in the contest came out after achieving it's worst results ever at the ISC 29 in Kosma where Chylińsa with her song "Winna" scored only 30 points and came 2nd last in semi-final.
1 The 28th edition was co-hosted by Bubblique with semi-final 1 being held in Burbuja, Bubblique.
Gallery
Artists representing Irdminia in the Internatia Song Contest
Schiller & Anggun.
Schiller & Anggun.
Kelly Sweet.
Kelly Sweet.
Archive.
Archive.
Elliot Minor.
Elliot Minor.
Lidia Kopania.
Lidia Kopania.
Jenni Vartiainen.
Jenni Vartiainen.
Hollywood Undead.
Hollywood Undead.
Edyta Górniak.
Edyta Górniak.
GloZell Green.
GloZell Green.
Delerium.
Delerium.
Delain.
Delain.
Sinine & Sandra Nurmsalu.
Sinine & Sandra Nurmsalu.
Lilit Hovhannisyan.
Lilit Hovhannisyan.
LaFee.
LaFee.
Akira Yamaoka.
Akira Yamaoka.
Boggie.
Boggie.
Within Temptation.
Within Temptation.
Oonagh.
Oonagh.
Kathleen Reiter.
Kathleen Reiter.
Ewelina Lisowska.
Ewelina Lisowska.
Rocío Rivas.
Rocío Rivas.
maNga.
maNga.
Agnieszka Chylińska.
Agnieszka Chylińska.
Stina Girs.
Stina Girs.
Lorde.
Lorde.
Billy Boyd.
Billy Boyd.
Kas Dunn.
Kas Dunn.
Eluveitie.
Eluveitie.
Amy Macdonald.
Amy Macdonald.
The Veronicas.
The Veronicas.
SVĒ.
SVĒ.
M83 & HAIM.
M83 & HAIM.
Niyaz.
Niyaz.
Margaret Berger.
Margaret Berger.
Black M.
Black M.
Digital Daggers.
Digital Daggers.
Loreen.
Loreen.
Kristina Maria.
Kristina Maria.
Voting History
As of 43rd edition, Irdminia's voting history is as follows:
Most points given in the grand finals only
Rank
Country
Points
1
Sunetti
102
2
Aonach
94
3
Zephyrus
77
4
Lost Islands
75
5
Ova Anova
71
Most points received in the grand finals only
Rank
Country
Points
1
Saint Eva & Lepland
149
2
Aonach
115
3
Alma Livre
107
4
Lost Islands
105
5
Monteverde
84
Most points given in the semis and finals
Rank
Country
Points
1
Aonach
264
2
Sunetti
234
3
Lost Islands
203
4
Ova Anova
198
5
Edoriada
194
Most points received in the semis and finals
Rank
Country
Points
1
Saint Eva & Lepland
304
2
Aonach
229
3
Lost Islands
228
4
Alma Livre
192
5
H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug
189
NOTE1: The totals in the above "semis and finals" tables include points in the International Juries and Waitilng List Juries, except ISC 22.
NOTE2: Received and given points from Novatlantida and Alma Livre are counted together as one set and are shown in the tables under a name Alma Livre.
12 Points
Table key
Winner – Irdminia gave 12 points to a winning song / Irdminia won the contest.
Second place – Irdminia gave 12 points to a runner-up song / Irdminia was runner-up in the contest.
Third place – Irdminia gave 12 points to a third place song / Irdminia came third in the contest.
Qualified – Irdminia gave 12 points to a song that qualified to the Grand Finals / Irdminia qualified to the Grand Finals.
Jury Qualifier – Irdminia gave 12 points to a song that qualified to the Grand Finals thanks to International Jury / Irdminia qualified to the Grand Finals thanks to International Jury.
Non-qualified – Irdminia gave 12 points to a song that did not qualify to the Grand Finals / Irdminia did not qualify to the Grand Finals.
Italics – Irdminia voted as part of the International Jury.
Lördsberg
Violetta
Woodchester
Pixopolis
Amor
Platonia
Siegeslinde
Lovendalen
Tramandi
Pensa
Liechgrado
Astrée
Rosetown
Śānti
Stettino
Tuscan City
Dalistra
Aquaticia
Leshkent
Yottobán
Lumturi
Bulle
Sanggumdang
Dramaskus
Ción
Tlahuilco
Esonáth
Ithist
Capucarnaisa
Nolvena
Baus-Ia
Ankhesenamun
Saint Eva & Lepland
Novatlantida
Oalia
Irlandia
Yazminia
Lacrea
Mukaltin
Dulcet Ebullience
Kwonia
San Remo
Lost Islands
DPR Jindalea
Alexandria
Volnytaria
Spitzenbergen
Territrius
Edoriada
DimkaRUS
Monteverde
Fierce
Angellandia
H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug
Anselmsuusonia
Aonach
Haven
Keohretcha
Stylé
Tonallán
Chruno
Rata Sum
Zephyrus
Tikata
Sunetti
Grolskira
Ova Anova
Amsteris
Tashkveny
Spirevo
Porielana
Kaledonii
Bubblique
Yutuland
Kaeros Islands
Pen Island
Nicolas' Neigbour
Alteus
Leshia
Valdron
Evergreen Lands
Tjärsklanjska
Men̈́sa
Pebbleland
Noxus
Auspikitan
Gandhara
Háttųka
Alma Livre
Ponásikwa
Saimanabad
Öö
Sonâtaf
Láirge
Madevra
Endehó
Mariapolo
Manas
Skårsvik
Nakatonka
Invertulloch
Llanfairngultrumlocus
Huttiheita