Aonach in the Internatia Song Contest

Aonach
Member station	RTVRA
National selection events	AonachFest
Participation summary
Appearances	17
First appearance	ISC 12
Best result	4th: ISC 12
Worst result	19th SF: ISC 22

Aonach has participated in the Internatia Song Contest 15 times since making its debut at the 12th contest.

Aonach's first top ten result at the contest came in the 12th edition, its debuting entry, when Sylwia Grzeszczak finished fourth. This would be the first of three top ten results in six contests. Shy'm was fourth in the 15th edition and Tone Damli Aaberge was seventh in the 17th edition. Since then, Aonach has failed to reach the top ten.

Since it debuted in the 12th edition, Aonach has failed to reach the final on five occasions. The nation made the final six consecutive times; from ISC 12 until ISC 17. Since then, the contest has qualified just three times, and finished very poorly in each, including a last place in ISC 20.

The Aonachian representative in the Internatia Song Contest has been selected through a national final called AonachFest (organised by RTVRA) on three occasions. The other selections have been internal selections, as well as three joint national finals with other competing nations.

History of Aonach at the Interatia Song Contest

Aonach's debut in the Internatia Song Contest was a successful one, coming 4th with the internally selected 'Karuzela' performed by Polish singer Sylwia Grzeszczak. Entrants for the 13th, 14th and 16th contest were chosen using a national final called 'AonachFest'. Despite the spike of interest in the contest due to the popularity of these national finals, the results achieved by the entrants were rather mediocre. A return to the internal selection method for the 15th and 17th contest brought two top 10 results, as well as huge public interest in the contest.

However, since this, Aonach's results dramatically slipped. The nation achieved its first non-qualification in the 18th contest after a joint national final selection method with Grolskira was used. The results that followed were even more dismal, including a last position in the 20th contest and two successive non-qualifications in the next two contests saw viewing figures for the contest drop dramatically. A qualification for the 23rd contest brought viewers some hope that Aonach's fortunes were revived, but the 19th position that was achieved did not help stop the slide in interest in the contest.

Results since the 23rd edition have continued to be very poor including two successive non-qualifications and a disappointing 22nd place in the 26th contest. There have been calls for the broadcaster to withdraw from the contest, with media circles citing it as a waste of time and the TV licence payer's money.

Results

Table key

  Winner

  Second place

  Third place

  Last place

  Disqualified

  Jury qualifier

  Did not compete

Edition	Artist	Title	Language	Place	Points	Semi	Points
12th	Sylwia Grzeszczak	"Karuzela"	Polish	4	141	3	103
13th	Tamar Kaprelian	"New Day"	English	19	85	7	74
14th	Anna Abreu	"Stereo"	English	12	102	8	59
15th	Shy'm	"Prendre L'Air"	French	9	116	1	108
16th	Rennata	"Please Stay"	English	20	80	11	56
17th	Tone Damli Aaberge	"Winner Of A Losing Game"	English	7	134	4	80
18th	Katya Savelyeva	"Raskololos Nadvoe"	Russian	Failed to qualify		18	45
19th	Laura	"2020"	Estonian	26	63	5	86
20th	Elhaida Dani	"Baciami E Basta"	Italian	27	36	5	75
21st	Lucie Vondráčková	"Zombie"	Czech	Failed to qualify		14	52
22nd	The Coronas	"Closer To You"	English	Failed to qualify		19	44
23rd	Carpark North feat. Stine Bramsen	"32"	English	19	91	10	54
24th	Saša Kovačević & Emina Jahović	"Jos Si Te Nadam"	Serbian	Failed to qualify		14	54
25th	Sara Markoska	"Posle Nego"	Macedonian	Failed to qualify		14	50
26th	Laura Jansen & Tom Chaplin	"Same Heart"	English	22	92	10	60
27th	Dana Lapidot (דנה לפידות)	"Halo Adon, Shalom Gvirti" (הלו אדון שלום גברתי)	Hebrew	Failed to qualify		15	52
28th	Elena	"De Neinlocuit"	Romanian

Aonach in the Internatia Second Chance Contest

Main article: Aonach in the Internatia Second Chance Contest

Aonach in the Junior Internatia Song Contest

Main article: Aonach in the Junior Internatia Song Contest

Voting

Most points given in Grand Finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Irdminia	62
2	Sunetti	49
3	Kaledonii	45
4	Ova Anova	41
5	Chruno	36

Most points received in Grand Finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Amsteris	53
2	Irdminia	49
3	Kaledonii	46
4	Nicolas' Neighbour	40
5	Sunetti	36

Most points given in Grand Finals and Semi-finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Irdminia	91
2	Kaledonii	81
3	Sunetti	77
4	Ova Anova	68
5	Spitzenbergen	56
	Saint Eva & Lepland	56

Most points received in Grand Finals and Semi-finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Irdminia	87
2	Kaledonii	86
3	Amsteris	84
4	Nicolas' Neighbour	71
5	DimkaRUS	65