Nights of Gandhara
Nights of Gandhara (Arabic: لَيَالِي من غانذارا, Layālī min Gāndhāra) is a music competition organised by the Gandhari public broadcaster Radio and Television of Gandhara (RTG). It determines the country's representative for the Outernatia Song Contest, and has been staged almost every edition since the third edition of the contest. The competition is among the most popular television programmes in Gandhara, and it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. Nights of Gandhara has also been used to select entries for the Internatia Song Contest and the Internatia Second Chance Contest.
The festival has produced a winner and three top-five placings for Gandgara at the Outernatia Song Contest, as well as two winners for Gandhara at the Internatia Second Chance Contest.
Contestants
| Edition | Artist | Title | Selection Process | Host | Place | Points | Semi | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hiba Tawaji | "Libertango" (تانغو الحرية) | Internal selection by RTG committee | No national final | 10 | 57 | No semi-finals | |
| 2nd | Yara | "Ma Baaref" (ما بعرف) | Internal selection by RTG committee | 11 | 39 | |||
| 3rd | Carole Samaha | "Sahranine" (سهرانين) | Won Nights of Gandhara 1 | Rita Hayek | 4 | 75 | ||
| 4th | Amal Maher | "A'raf Mneen" (أعرف منين) | Won Nights of Gandhara 2 | Marcel Ghanem | 6 | 52 | ||
| 5th | Mohamed Hamaki | "Haga Mestakhabeya" (حاجة مستخبية) | Won Nights of Gandhara 3 | Rima Maktabi | 10 | 48 | ||
| 6th | Fady Harb | "Shu Baki" (شو باكي) | Won Nights of Gandhara 4 | Nadine Hani | 12 | 34 | ||
| 7th | Myriam Fares | "Aman" (آمان) | Won Nights of Gandhara 5 | Nadine Njeim | 1 | 80 | ||
| 8th | Ragheb Alama | "Betfell" (بتفل) | Won Nights of Gandhara 6 | Yara Khoury Mikhael | 10 | 45 | ||
| 9th | Samira Said | "Mazal" (مازال) | Won Nights of Gandhara 7 | Myriam Fares & Neshan | 16 | 35 | ||
| 10th | Sandy | "Roho Ololo" (روحو قولوله) | Won Nights of Gandhara 8 | Marcel Ghanem | 15 | 47 | ||
| 11th | Sherine | "Hatrooh" (هتروح) | Won Nights of Gandhara 9 | George Kordahi | 21 | 35 | ||
| 12th | Yasmine Ammari | "Nkhaf Nabghik" (نخاف نبغيك) | Won Nights of Gandhara 10 | Rima Maktabi | 27 | 22 | ||
| 13th | Zaed Naes | "Shattiet" (شتيت) | Won Nights of Gandhara 11 | Taim Hasan | Failed to qualify | 16 | 23 | |
| 14th | Shiraz | "Amout Wansak" (اموت وانساك) | Won Nights of Gandhara 12 | Mona Abou Hamze | 22 | 43 | No semi-finals | |
| 15th | Mähri Pirgulyýewa | "Aýterek Günterek" | Won Nights of Gandhara 13 | Fares Karam | 4 | 104 | 16 | 37 |
| 16th | Gülyaru | "Shirinjan" | Won Nights of Gandhara 14 | Myriam Fares | Failed to qualify | 10 | 33 | |