Gandhara in the Outernatia Song Contest

Gandhara
Member station	Radio and Television of Gandhara (RTG)
National selection events	Internal Selection OSC 1–2 ; OSC 17–19 ; OSC 31–94 ; National Final Nights of Gandhara ; OSC 3–16 ; OSC 21–22 ; OSC 24 ; OSC 27–30 ; Unity Fest ; OSC 20 ; OSC 26 ; Friendship Fest ; OSC 23 ; Heritage Music Festival ; OSC 25 ;
Participation summary
Appearances	94
First appearance	OSC 1
Best result	1st: OSC 7, 27, 78, 80, 87, 89
Worst result	Last: OSC 13 SF, 57
External links
	Gandhara's page at Escforum.net

Gandhara has participated in every Outernatia Song Contest since its debut at the first contest with the song "Libertango", performed by Hiba Tawaji in the Arabic language. The country has won five times, in the 7th edition, with the song "Aman" by Myriam Fares, in the 27th edition, with the song "Alive" by Dami Im, in the 78th edition, with the song "Ma Ata Rotze" by Ella Lee, in the 80th edition, with the song "Hypnotized" by Purple Disco Machine and Sophie and the Giants, in the 87th edition, with the song "Levitating" by Dua Lipa and DaBaby, and in the 89th edition with the song "Weino" by Dana Salah. Therefore it got the right to host the 9th, 29th, 80th, 82nd, 89th, and 91st edition of the contest. Gandhara is the only country that participated in every edition of the contest.

The first fourteen entries have been performed in the Arabic language, as it was the mandatory language for songs to represent Gandhara in the contest. For the 15th edition of the contest, the Gandhari public broadcaster Radio and Television of Gandhara abandoned the rule that songs must be performed in Arabic, and Mähri Pirgulyýewa got the right to represent Gandhara with her Turkmen song "Aýterek Günterek". During the final, Mähri Pirgulyýewa received 104 points and a fourth-place finish. It was the country's best result at the time, since Myriam Fares' win in the 7th edition, and the first time Gandhara scored over 100 points.

Gandhara finished as runner-up five times (OSC 24, OSC 54, OSC 64, OSC 67, and OSC 76), and reached the third place on three occasions (OSC 50, OSC 65, and OSC 74). After the introduction of semi-finals in the 13th edition, Gandhara failed to qualify for the final twelve times. It also won its semi-final nine times, finished as runner-up eleven times, and became third on four occasions. The country qualified three times for the final as jury qualifier.

Contestants

Table key

Winner

Second place

Third place

Last place

Disqualified

Jury qualifier

Did not compete

Ed.	Artist	Language	Title	Place	Pts.	Semi	Pts.
1st	Hiba Tawaji	Arabic	"Libertango" (تانغو الحرية)	10	57	No semi-finals
2nd	Yara	Arabic	"Ma Baaref" (ما بعرف)	11	39
3rd	Carole Samaha	Arabic	"Sahranine" (سهرانين)	4	75
4th	Amal Maher	Arabic	"A'raf Mneen" (أعرف منين)	6	52
5th	Mohamed Hamaki	Arabic	"Haga Mestakhabeya" (حاجة مستخبية)	10	48
6th	Fady Harb	Arabic	"Shu Baki" (شو باكي)	12	34
7th	Myriam Fares	Arabic	"Aman" (آمان)	1	80
8th	Ragheb Alama	Arabic	"Betfell" (بتفل)	10	45
9th	Samira Said	Arabic	"Mazal" (مازال)	16	35
10th	Sandy	Arabic	"Roho Ololo" (روحو قولوله)	15	47
11th	Sherine	Arabic	"Hatrooh" (هتروح)	21	35
12th	Yasmine Ammari	Arabic	"Nkhaf Nabghik" (نخاف نبغيك)	27	22
13th	Zaed Naes	Arabic	"Shattiet" (شتيت)	Failed to qualify		16	23
14th	Shiraz	Arabic	"Amout Wansak" (اموت وانساك)	22	43	No semi-finals
15th	Mähri Pirgulyýewa	Turkmen	"Aýterek Günterek"	4	104	16	37
16th	Gülyaru	Uyghur	"Shirinjan"	Failed to qualify		10	33
17th	Jiidesh İdirisova	Kyrgyz	"Kim Bilet" (ким билет)	19	73	8	57
18th	Indira Edilbaeva	Kazakh	"Zharygym" (Жарығым)	9	62	No semi-finals
19th	Summer	Chinese	"Colorful Black"	5	91	2	82
20th	Kiwi	Mongolian	"Namriin Boroond Bi Gomdson"	10	89	6	61
21st	Jane Zhang	English	"Dream It Possible"	7	77	1	84
22nd	The5	Arabic	"Bel Gharam" (بالغرام)	16	72	1	102
23rd	Zhanar Dugalova	Kazakh	"Ayta Bersin" (Айта берсін)	10	103	7	62
24th	Jess Lee	Chinese	"Snowstorm"	2	109	2	66
25th	Ailee	Korean, English	"Heaven"	7	98	2	66
26th	Princess Ai & A-Lin	Chinese	"Wo Bu Li kai" (我不離開)	15	69	1	98
27th	Dami Im	English	"Alive"	1	139	2	89
28th	GARNiDELiA	Japanese	"Yakusoku" (約束)	7	96	1	87
29th	BLACKPINK	Korean^[a]	"Playing with Fire"	4	98	Host country
30th	Tan Weiwei	Chinese	"Na Shi De Guang" (那時的光)	16	49	2	74
31st	Nik Qistina	English	"Young Hearts"	13	60	4	88
32nd	Diana Wang	Chinese, English	"I Don't Know"	Failed to qualify		11	56
33rd	AOA	Korean	"Excuse Me"	17	40	7	63
34th	Gayle Nerva	English	"Echoes"	9	70	2	79
35th	Taeyeon	Korean	"Fine"	13	60	No semi-finals
36th	Alan Dawa Dolma	Chinese	"Chàng Gěi Tiānkōng Tīng" (唱给天空听)	13	56	6	50
37th	Oonagh & Safri Duo	German	"Zeit der Sommernächte"	5	106	2	81
38th	Amre	Kazakh	"Aitshy Zhauabyn" (Айтшы жауабын)	5	113	1	100
39th	The5	Arabic	"La Bezzaf" (لا بزاف)	4	112	5	74
40th	Lucy	English	"Best Of Me"	6	87	7	63
41st	Helly Luv	English	"Risk It All"	6	119	9	53
42nd	A-Lin	Chinese	"Go" (一直走)	21	56	7	54
43rd	Priscilla Abby	Chinese, English	"I Love the Sky"	Failed to qualify		14	40
44th	Iveta Mukuchyan	Armenian	"Hayastan Jan" (Հայաստան ջան)	Failed to qualify		13	52
45th	Samra	English	"Hypnotized"	6	76	8	64
46th	SEVENTEEN	Korean	"Thanks" (고맙다)	16	73	6	60
47th	Far East Movement ft. Tiffany & King Chain	English	"Don't Speak"	20	61	7	63
48th	Demy	Greek	"Orio Kanena" (Όριο Κανένα)	Failed to qualify		11	49
49th	(G)I-DLE	Korean	"Latata"	11	84	4	68
50th	Alizée	French	"Moi... Lolita"	3	137	1	116
51st	Sandra	English	"Everlasting Love"	Failed to qualify		14	34
52nd	Kygo ft. Conrad Sewell	English	"Firestone"	18	69	6	60
53rd	100%	Korean	"Heart" (맘)	Failed to qualify		16	26
54th	Moldir Auyelbekova	Kazakh	"Tugan el" (Tyғaн eл)	2	161	1	94
55th	Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj	English	"Woman Like Me"	7	101	6	69
56th	Erika	Chinese	"Swan Story"	15	81	9	58
57th	MAMAMOO	Korean, English	"Décalcomanie"	21	58	3	70
58th	Nina Sublatti	English	"My Dear Friend"	Failed to qualify		15	42
59th	Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc	English	"SOS"	17	60	8	55
60th	Chung Ha	Korean	"Gotta Go" (벌써 12시)	5	110	2	92
61st	BoA	Korean	"CAMO"	10	90	5	64
62nd	LOONA	Korean	"Butterfly"	Failed to qualify		15	29
63rd	Saad Lamjarred	French	"Casablanca"	Failed to qualify		11	51
64th	Khaled	Algerian Arabic, French	"C'est La Vie"	2	136	1	91
65th	Abdulkarim & Sogdiana	Russian	"Koltso" (Кольцо)	3	106	5	71
66th	Hisham Kharma ft. Mirelle Mokhtar	Arabic	"Haleq Maa'y" (حلق معي)	12	74	12	48
67th	Gryffin & Zohara	English	"Remember"	2	143	2	96
68th	Divanessa	Instrumental^[b]	"Libanesa"	10	95	8	54
69th	Hyoyeon ft. Ummet Ozcan	Korean^[a]	"Sober"	13	83	5	67
70th	Alicia Keys	English	"Underdog"	4	73	No semi-finals
71st	Taylor Dayne	English	"Tell It to My Heart"	4	99	3	71
72nd	Jackson Wang	English	"100 Ways"	9	94	1	100
73rd	Jane Zhang	Chinese	"Exeed"	17	65	4	69
74th	Faouzia	English	"Tears of Gold"	3	104	2	72
75th	BTS	English	"Dynamite"	10	93	11	48
76th	BLACKSWAN	Korean, English	"Tonight"	2	124	3	72
77th	Ella Lee	Hebrew	"Zot Ani" (זוט עני)	9	94	4	74
78th	Ella Lee	Hebrew	"Ma Ata Rotze" (מה אתה רוצה)	1	146	3	74
79th	Diana Ankudinova	Russian	"V nebo" (В небо)	Failed to qualify		14	38
80th	Purple Disco Machine, Sophie and the Giants	English	"Hypnotized"	1	145	Host country
81st	Polina Gagarina	Russian	"Lyubov tebya naydet" (Любовь тебя найдёт)	25	39	No semi-finals
82nd	Purple Disco Machine ft. Moss Kena & The Knocks	Russian	"Fireworks"	6	75
83rd	Ziliya Bahtieva & ZAINETDIN	Bashkir	"Halkyma" (Халкыма)	7	77
84th	Jasmine Sokko	English	"Medusa"	21	36
85th	Hasmik & DerHova	Armenian	"Ooshatsatze" (Ուշացածը)	11	64
86th	NiziU	Japanese, English	"Take a Picture"	23	38
87th	Dua Lipa ft. DaBaby	English	"Levitating"	1	126	2	93
88th	Crowded House	English	"Don't Dream It's Over"	14	60	No semi-finals
89th	Dana Salah	Arabic	"Weino" (وينو)	1	96
90th	Saif Nabeel	Arabic	"Ah Yani" (اه ياني)	12	64
91st	Elyanna	Arabic	"Al Kawn Janni Maak" (الكون جنه معاك)	19	43
92nd	Dana Hourani	Arabic	"Enti Ana" (إنت أنا)	13	56
93rd	Raikhana Mukhlis	Russian	"Proshche" (Проще)	8	70
94th	Nina Pušlar	Slovene	"Nina, Nina, Nina"	13	57
95th	Magnet Brain	English	"Sunmandana"	27	39
96th	ITZY	Korean	"Sneakers"	19	43
97th	Ali Zafar ft. Gul Panra & Fortitude Pukhtoon Core	Pashto	"Larsha Pekhawar" (توره پنځلسمه)	20	39
98th	Alexia	Romanian	"Pentru Tine"	4	90
99th	Vremya i Steklo	Russian	"Navernopotomuchto" (Навернопотомучто)	9	68

Hostings

Edition	Location	Venue	Presenters
9th	Rhea	Minna Theater	Rita Hayek and Malek Maktabi
29th	Rhea	International Exhibition Center	Dami Im and Said Karmouz
80th	Manas	GanArts Theater	Ella Lee and Khaled
82nd	Kazmi	Nuran Conference Center	Jessica Azar and Jennifer Azar
89th	Rhea	Rhea Expo Dome	Carmen Soliman and Nicolas Mouawad
91st	Zaytunah	International Sapphire Hall	Valerie Abou Chacra and Mohamad Kaiss

Congratulations

To celebrate every 25 editions of the Outernatia Song Contest, a Congratulations contest is organised on behalf of the Outernatian Broadcasting Union (OBU).

Editions	Artist	Language	Title	Place	Points	Semi	Points	Original edition	Final	Points
25	Jess Lee	Chinese	"Snowstorm"	8	66	No semi-finals		24th	2	109
50	The5	Arabic	"La Bezzaf" (لا بزاف)	7	88	5	76	39th	4	112
75	Khaled	Algerian Arabic, French	"C'est La Vie"	1	105	No semi-finals		64th	2	136

25 Editions

OSC Congratulations: 25 Editions of the Outernatia Song Contest was held in commemoration of the first 25 editions of the contest. Almarania and Gandhara planned to place a joint bid to host the contest, but eventually they withdrew their bid.^[1] Victoria received the right to host the first OSC Congratulations, which they did with assistance from the Laranjeiran broadcaster EEL.

Raingate won the edition with the song "Throne", performed by the English rock band Bring Me The Horizon. Jess Lee, who came 2nd in the 24th edition with her song "Snowstorm", represented Gandhara. She finished 8th in a field of 21 participants with 66 points.

50 Editions

OSC Congratulations: 50 Editions of the Outernatia Song Contest was held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Outernatia Song Contest. Lettuce and Gandhara submitted a joint bid to host the contest.^[2] The bid from Lettuce and Gandhara with the slogan Back to BASICS was announced as winning bid on 14 August 2018.^[3] The contest consisted of two semi-finals in the Lettucian cities of Konami and Hugo Chávez City, the nation's capital, and a final in Gandhara's capital Rhea.

Bartlett won the edition with the song "New Rules", performed by Dua Lipa. The5, who finished 4th in the 39th edition with the song "La Bezzaf", represented Gandhara. They qualified to the final, where they finished 7th in a field of 26 finalists with 88 points.

75 Editions

OSC Congratulations: 75 Editions of the Outernatia Song Contest was held to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Outernatia Song Contest. After hosting the previous contest, Lettuce and Gandhara again submitted a joint bid to host the contest, this time with the slogan Take the crown!.^[4] The bid from Levië with the slogan Universe of Music received the most votes, giving Levië the right to host the contest.

Khaled, who finished 2nd in the 64th edition with the song "C'est La Vie", represented Gandhara. He went on to win the edition with 105 points, finishing first in a field of 20 participants.