Tashkveny in the Internatia Song Contest

Tashkveny
Member station	Final TBC (ISC 1 - present) Semi-finals NBC (ISC 8 - 23) TNT (ISC 8 - 23) TBC (ISC 27 - present)
National selection events	TashkenFest ISC 1 - ISC 91, ISC 93 FTF Music Festival ISC 92, ISC 94 - present
Participation summary
Appearances	98
First appearance	ISC 1
Last appearance	present
Best result	1st: ISC 53, ISC 78
Worst result	Last F ISC 7, ISC 19 27th SF: ISC 98
External links
TBC Internatia

Tashkveny is a country that participates in the Internatia Song Contest. Formerly being one of only 5 countries to compete in every Contest, the country took a break after their 8th participation, but returned for Internatia Song Contest 10. Despite mixed fortunes for Tashkveny over the various Contests, interest remains high, and viewing figures are some of the largest that both TBC, NBC and TNT have throughout the year, including a record 59.85 million viewers, or 84.9% viewing share, watching during the 4th Internatia Song Contest, where Tashkveny was beaten into 2nd place, scoring 17 points less than eventual winners, Sibinia.

Tashkveny has also had a few issues with disqualifications, which have plagued its entries ever since their first participation in the Internatia Song Contest. Towards the end of ISC 1, Invertulloch suffered a massive powercut, meaning that Tashken televoters could not vote for their favourite songs, and the backup Jury could not contact Spirevo to present their votes. If disqualification did not occur, Tashkveny would have placed joint 2nd, along with hosts Spirevo. Tashkveny has also been disqualified for three consecutive editions, namely ISC 6, 7 and 8. Tashkveny's disqualification during ISC 8, due to internal mismanagement at TBC, was particularly painful for the Tashken public, as Mànran had placed 3rd in their Semi Final, guaranteeing qualification into the final. Public enquiries were held into why this disqualification occurred, and, as a result, Tashkveny would be absent for ISC 9, held in Saint Eva & Lepland. The 9th contest would be broadcast by TBC, but on speciality broadcaster TBC Showcase. The contest gained its lowest ever rating here, only being viewed by 2.42 million people.

Throughout the years, Tashkveny has been shown to be more successful when using its 2nd and 3rd most spoken languages, French and Scottish Gaelic respectively. "Entries in the English language tend not to be as successful for Tashkveny", Catriona Dodd, head of Entertainment for TBC said, "However, we won't give up on the language, considering it is the most spoken language in the country. We will try harder and harder to find the perfect English language song from a Tashken artist to represent our country."

As of recent, Tashkveny have not been doing as well as its previous participations. This has not gone unnoticed in the Tashken press, with constant calls for Tashkveny to withdraw. Withdrawal is looking less likely for the future, as Internatia (and its semi-finals), are (with the exception of the 9th ISC) are present in the year-end Top 10 television broadcasts in Tashkveny.

With the return of Tashkveny in ISC 27, after a 3 edition absence, TBC took full control of broadcasting the contest, broadcasting both the semi-finals and the final of the competition.

Contestants

Table key

  Winner   Second place   Third place   Last place   Disqualified   Automatically qualified to the final   Jury qualifier   Did not qualify for the final   Did not compete

Contest	Language	Participant	Song	Translation	Place	Points	Semi	Points
1st	English, French	Inna Modja	"French Cancan (Monsieur Sainte Nitouche)"	-	3	40	No Semi-Finals
2nd	French	Mylène Farmer	"Pourvu qu'elles soient douces"	"Let's Hope They Are Soft"	19	41
3th	Scots Gaelic	Capercaillie	"Urnaigh a' Bhan"	"A Wife's Prayer"	6	67
4th	French	Coeur de Pirate	"C'était salement romantique"	"It was badly romantic"	2	87
5th	French	Ariane Moffatt	"Je veux tout"	"I want it all"	18	21
6th	English	Scala & Kolacny Brothers	"Creep"	-	22	16
7th	English	Scissor Sisters	"Laura"	-	26	6
8th	Scots Gaelic	Mànran	"Oran na Cloiche"	"Song of the Stone"	Failed to qualify		3	75
9th	Did Not Compete
10th	English	Queen	"I'm Going Slightly Mad"	-	Failed to qualify		20	19
11th	Scots Gaelic	Capercaillie	"Coisch a Ruin"	"Come on, my love"	Failed to qualify		16	35
12th	English	Paloma Faith	"Never Tear Us Apart"	-	Failed to qualify		23	19
13th	English	Eimear Quinn	"Voice of an Angel"	-	24	43	9	59
14th	English	Amy Macdonald	"Slow It Down"	-	22	73	8	76
15th	English	Janelle Monáe	"Dance Apocalyptic"	-	Failed to qualify		18	43
16th	Scots Gaelic	Julie Fowlis	"'Ille dhuinn, 's toigh leam thu"	"Fair-haired boy, I'm fond of you"	24	56	10	51
17th	English	Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton	"Freedom"	-	Failed to qualify		9	59
18th	English	Groenland	"Our Last Shot"	-	Failed to qualify		13	62
19th	French	Camélia Jordana	"Moi, c'est"	"Me, I am"	27	60	19	29
20th	French	Rokia Traroré	"Mélancolie"	"Melancholy"	Failed to qualify		23	34
21st	English	Röyksopp	"The Girl and the Robot"	-	19	90	12	52
22nd	English	Mini Viva	"Left My Heart In Tokyo"	-	12	114	10	70
23rd	English	RuPaul	"Sissy That Walk"	-	Failed to qualify		5	65
24th	Did Not Compete
25th	Did Not Compete
26th	Did Not Compete
27th	English	Will and the People	"Holiday"	-	Failed to qualify		18	43
28th	French	Calogero	"Un jour au mauvais endroit"	"A day in the wrong place"	Failed to qualify		18	51
29th	English	Kendrick Lamar	"Money Trees (feat. Jay Rock)"	-	Failed to qualify		22	43
30th	French	Marie-Mai	"C.O.B.R.A."	-	Failed to qualify		17	48
31st	English	Alex Gaudino	"Destination Calabria (feat. Crystal Waters)"	-	22	76	8	70
32nd	English	Selena Gomez	"Come & Get It"	-	Failed to qualify		17	49
33rd	Russian	ВИА Гра (VIA Gra)	"Перемирие" ("Peremiriye")	"Truce"	4	133	3	90
34th	German	Laing	"Safari"	-	13	120	8	71
35th	English	Calvin Harris	"Pray to God (feat. HAIM)"	-	Failed to qualify		15	52
36th	English	We Were Evergreen	"Be Like You"	-	Failed to qualify		17	47
37th	English	Tenterhook	"What I Like"	-	Failed to qualify		21	43
38th	English	Junior Senior	"Move Your Feet"	-	18	103	7	76
39th	English	Karen Harding	"Say Something"	-	Failed to qualify		18	53
40th	Turkish	Ayse Hatun Önal	"Çak Bir Selam (Gurcell Style Mix)"	"Strike a formal salute"	10	129	7	65
41st	Scottish Gaelic	Na Seòid	"Mo Chailin Dìleas Donn"	"My Faithful, Brown Haired Maiden"	Failed to qualify		14	55
42nd	English	Ellen and the Escapades	"All The Crooked Scenes"	-	Failed to qualify		14	52
43rd	English	Lukas Graham	"7 Years"	-	5	138	5	77
44th	Korean	Lim Kim	"Awoo"	-	Failed to qualify		24	34
45th	German	Pixie Paris	"Ich lieb dich nicht immer"	"I don't always love you"	7	139	7	71
46th	English	DNCE	"Cake By The Ocean"	-	10	123	7	78
47th	English	Vaults	"Midnight River"	-	10	130	6	68
48th	Instrumental	Mànran	"Scottische"	-	Failed to qualify		20	39
49th	French	Joyce Jonathan	"Caractère"	"Character"	Failed to qualify		18	41
50th	English	Rihanna	"Sledgehammer"	-	19	89	2	97
51st	Scottish Gaelic	Niteworks	"Maraiche"	"Seaman"	18	104	9	70
52nd	English	BETSY	"Lost & Found"	-	6	136	5	81
53rd	French	Barbara Opsomer	"Je sors ce soir"	"I'm going out tonight"	1	212	2	100
54th	English	Allie X	"All the Rage"	-	12	126	11	62
55th	English	Django Django	"Default"	-	23	79	Host nation
56th	English	RAYE	"Shhh"	-	3	152	11	65
57th	English	Gentle Bones	"Sixty Five"	-	9	117	6	75
58th	English	Arcade Fire	"Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"	-	Failed to qualify		17	55
59th	Lithuanian	Karališka Erdvė	"Kupriukas"	"Snakefly"	25	85	22	39
60th	English	Janelle Kroll	"Barricade"	-	Failed to qualify		15	54
61st	French	La Femme	"Sphynx"	-	7	120	3	82
62nd	English	Steps	"Scared of the Dark"	-	7	138	4	78
63rd	English	The Knife	"Marble House (feat. Jay-Jay Johanson)"	-	15	114	14	60
64th	French	Urban Trad	"Devant toi"	"In front of you"	Failed to qualify		20	45
65th	English	Timothy Nelson & The Infidels	"Mary Lou"	-	Failed to qualify		19	46
66th	English	EUZEN	"Phobia"	-	8	130	6	84
67th	English	Blondie	"Fun"	-	Failed to qualify		18	46
68th	French	Polo & Pan	"Cœur croisé"	"Crossed heart"	Failed to qualify		17	54
69th	French	Angèle	"Je veux tes yeux"	"I want your eyes"	Failed to qualify		13	59
70th	Instrumental	Jo Yeong-wook	"My Tamako, My Sookee"	-	2	163	1	88
71st	English	Janelle Monáe	"Make Me Feel"	-	25	76	10	69
72nd	Hebrew	Carakukly (כרקוקלי)	"Kan Veachshav (כאן ועכשיו)"	"Here and Now"	Failed to qualify		15	52
73rd	French	Vii	"Ton goût des garçons"	"Your taste in boys"	Failed to qualify		15	51
74th	English	MARUV & BOOSIN	"Drunk Groove"	-	Failed to qualify		18	46
75th	English	Django Django	"Found You"	-	Failed to qualify		20	31
76th	English	Kylie Minogue	"Confide in Me"	-	Failed to qualify		19	48
77th	Serbian	Ceca (Цеца)	"39.2"	-	Failed to qualify		22	38
78th	English	Mariah Carey	"All I Want for Christmas is You"	-	1	175	3	89
79th	English	Blossom Caldarone	"Life Again"	-	Failed to qualify		24	45
80th	Instrumental	André Rieu	"Highland Cathedral"	-	8	125	Host nation
81st	English	Clementine & The Galaxy	"Paradise"	-	24	95	6	72
82nd	Hebrew	Hamsa (חמסה)	"Chayav Lamut Alay (חייב למות עליי)"	"You must die for me"	Failed to qualify		19	44
83rd	English	Todrick Hall	"Low (feat. RuPaul)"	-	Failed to qualify		26	19
84th	French	Lea Paci	"Adolescente Pirate"	"Teenage pirate"	3	171	1	106
85th	Korean	Orange Caramel	"까탈레나 (Catallena)"	-	10	121	9	71
86th	German	Grossstadtgeflüster	"Feierabend"	"Closing time"	Failed to qualify		16	56
87th	French	Alice et Moi	"J'en ai rien à faire"	"I have nothing to do"	Failed to qualify		16	53
88th	English	TroyBoy	"Do You?"	-	Failed to qualify		23	33
89th	English	Beatrice Eli	"Trust Issues"	-	Failed to qualify		15	51
90th	English	Tsar B	"Brazil"	-	Failed to qualify		25	33
91st	Russian	Natalia Podolskaya (Наталья Подольская)	"Feniks (Феникс)"	"Phoenix"	20	102	7	74
92nd	Finnish, Swedish	Hedningarna	"Räven"	"The fox"	14	116	4	93
93rd	English	Celeste	"Stop This Flame"	-	13	118	5	86
94th	English	Agar Agar	"You're High"	-	Failed to qualify		19	50
95th	French	Soleil Bleu	"Petit Femelle"	"Little woman"	Failed to qualify		18	48
96th	French	Ehla	"Pas d'ici"	"Not from here"	Failed to qualify		18	49
97th	Korean	GAIN	"Paradise Lost"	-	Failed to qualify		18	46
98th	English	Charli XCX	"Vroom Vroom"	-	Failed to qualify		27	22
99th	English	Ayesha Erotica	"Hard"	-	Failed to qualify		18	42
100th	Russian	Ольга Чиповская (Olga Chipovskaya)	"Сафари (Safari)"	"Safari"	16	103	6	69
101st	English	Thundercat	"Them Changes"	-	Failed to qualify		13	50
102nd	Russian	IC3PEAK	"Марш"	"March"	23	95	12	64
103rd	Korean	So Chan Whee	"Tears"	-	15	113	6	86
104th	Slovak	SIMA	"Femina"	-	Failed to qualify		24	25
105th	English	Shygirl	"Uckers"	-	Failed to qualify		20	36
106th

Internatia Song Contest -1

Tashkveny
Member station	TBC (ISC -1 2 - present)
National selection events	Internal selection
Participation summary
Appearances	27
First appearance	ISC -1 #2
Last appearance	ISC -1 #39
Best result	1st: #4, #6, #10, #11
Worst result	23rd: #19
External links
TBC Internatia

Table key

     Winner

     Second place

     Third place

     Last place

     Disqualified

Contest	Language	Participant	Song	Translation	Place	Points
1st	Did Not Compete
2nd	English	Nu Shooz	"I Can't Wait"	-	13	48
3rd	English	The Pointer Sisters	"Jump (For My Love)"	-	10	75
4th	English	Mary Hopkin	"Those Were The Days"	-	1	143
5th	French	France Gall	"Ella, elle l'a"	"Ella, she has it"	3	93
6th	English	The Andrews Sisters	"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"	-	1	93
7th	English	Chaka Khan	"I Feel For You"	-	6	64
8th	English	The Bellamy Brothers	"Let Your Love Flow"	-	8	57
9th	Instrumental	Jerry Goldsmith	"Nicaragua (feat. Pat Metheny)"	-	7	65
10th	English	Eurythmics	"Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"	-	1	119
11th	English	Cilla Black	"Anyone Who Had A Heart"	-	1	88
12th	English	Janet Jackson	"Rhythm Nation"	-	10	53
13th	German	Dschinghis Khan	"Moskau"	"Moscow"	2	94
14th	English	Harry Belafonte	"Day O (The Banana Boat Song)"	-	13	37
15th	Instrumental	Walter Murphy	"A Fifth of Beethoven"	-	15	36
16th	English	Deee-lite	"Groove Is In The Heart"	-	7	68
17th	English	The Proclaimers	"(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles"	-	18	31
18th	English	Blue Swede	"Hooked on a Feeling"	-	10	44
19th	French	Mylène Farmer	"L'instant X"	"Instant X"	23	30
20th	English	Primal Scream	"Movin' On Up"	-	14	35
21st	English	Martha Reeves & The Vandellis	"Dancing In The Streets"	-	7	33
22nd	English	S-Express	"Theme From S-Express"	-	9	50
23rd	English	Olivia Newton-John	"Twist of Fate"	-	6	57
24th	English	Salt-N-Pepa	"Shoop"	-	12	28
25th	Did Not Compete
26th	Did Not Compete
27th	Did Not Compete
28th	Scottish Gaelic	Capercaillie	"Ailean Duinn"	"Dark-haired Allan"	5	70
29th	Did Not Compete
30th	Did Not Compete
31st	English	Paula Abdul	"Straight Up"	-	6	58
32nd	English	Tina Turner	"Nutbush City Limits"	-	14	28
33rd	Did Not Compete
34th	Did Not Compete
35th	Did Not Compete
36th	Did Not Compete
37th	Did Not Compete
38th	Did Not Compete
39th	English	The Three Degrees	"The Runner"	-	2	75
40th	English, Hebrew	Ofra Haza	"Im Nin'alu"	-	4	30
41st	Scots	Lord Rockingham's XI	"Hoots Mon"	-	4	36
42nd	English	M/A/R/R/S	"Pump Up the Volume"	-	15	21

Hostings

Edition	Location	Venue	Capacity
5th	Invertulloch	Tashken Airlines Arena	24,000
7th	Bonaventure	Aréna Bonaventure	17,000
11th	Laomainn	Stèideam na Sruth	18,500
12th	Montrose	Northpoint Arena	19,800

Voting History

Tashkveny has given the most points to... (Updated to ISC 83)

Rank	Country	Points
1	Tonallán	211
2	Ova Anova	194
3	Sunetti	182
4	Chruno	167
5	Luzze	140
6	Eriod	137
7	Noxus	125
8	Territrius	113
8	Fierce	108
10	Lacrea	102

Tashkveny has received the most points from... (Updated to ISC33)

Rank	Country	Points
1	Tonallán	44
2	Saint Eva & Lepland	43
3	Territrius	39
4	Volnytaria	32
5	Anselmsuusonia	31

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include points awarded in only in the final from the second edition onwards, as the voting format was different in the first edition.