Internatia Song Contest 53

Internatia Song Contest 53
Make ISC Great Again
Dates
Semi-final	1 November 2016
Final	November 2016
Host
Venue	Yas Arena, Batanýa, Chruno
Presenter(s)	Pepe The Frog
Host broadcaster	ChTV
Participants
Number of entries	53
Withdrawing	H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug Ruthsina
Vote
Voting system	Each country's 10 favourite songs are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through to 1 points based on the votes of the population of each country. All participating countries in the semi-finals and final will have the right to cast points in the final.

The Internatia Song Contest 53 will be the 53rd monthly edition of Internatia Song Contest. The contest will be held in Batanýa, Chruno, after their victory in Internatia Song Contest 51 with the song "Home" performed by 王詩安 Diana Wang.

Pots

The current pots were calculated by the Alteus' broadcaster BovineTV and are as following:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Bitland Eriod Lacrea Lost Islands Luzze Men̈́sa Monteverde Territrius Timivar Valdron	Alma Livre Caprika Grolskira Hanzyuki Keohretcha Kosma Land of Jhe Freeh Saint Eva & Lepland Tashkveny Tikata Tonallán	Bubblique H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug Huania Noxus Ova Anova Pönö Porielana Rata Sum Trešlend Victoria Zephyrus	Aonach Aurävaan Chruno Gandhara Kaledonii Kimmystan Nicolas' Neighbour Ponásikwa Raingate Spitzenbergen Thorway	Alteus Amsteris Auspikitan Fierce Haven Kaministiquia Leshia Pen Island Percheron Sunetti Trolofloppia

Location

For more details on this topic, see Batanýa and the host city.

Batanýa

Costalis

Yottobán

Locations of the candidate cities (Unsuccessful cities are marked with blue dots).

On 4 October 2016, Batanýa was announced as host city of ISC 26. It is the third biggest city in the country and the capital of Chruno's northern region. The airport "Batanýa Int" is not from the centre and Chrunotto Airlines, state-owned airline company, connects this northern part of the country with the rest of the continent as well as Yottobán, Chruno's capital. The Yas arena was finished last year and is now ready to host the biggest music contest. There's also enough accommodation and the nightlife has received good reviews as well. The Batanýa's Tourist Agency (ChBTA) hopes for the city to gain more popularity in general thanks to the contest. When it comes to financial support, the Republic of Chruno will join the project with 40% of full costs as the Ministry of Finance confirmed, the City of Batanýa will finance the other 30%, and the left 30% will be financed by ChTV (in cooperation with ticket sellers, participating countries' fees, as well as regional cTV and hTV). The approximate costs are €25 000 000-, all together.

Bidding phase

On 3 October 2016 ChTV announced that the deadline for applications was over, but only the next day was it announced that Batanýa, Costalis and the capital city of Yottobán submitted their application.

Yas Arena, Batanýa

Presenter(s)

On 31 October 2016 ChTV officially presented the host and presenter of the edition - Pepe The Frog. In spirit of the theme "Make ISC Great Again" Pepe will be joining thousands of people in Yas Arena in Batanýa as well as viewers from the entire continent on their screens broadcasting live from Chruno.

Pepe The Frog, presenter

Participants

Semifinal 1

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Kaledonii	Alina Eremia	"A fost o nebunie"
2	Trolofloppia	i-La	"Hungry"
3	Porielana	Norma Jean Martine	"No Gold"
4	Pönö	PVVMSK	"Ylikersantti Kuivalainen"
5	Men̈́sa	Jekabs Jančevskis	"Atsalums"
6	Caprika	Caroline Campbell, Liza Batiashvili, Gvantsa Buniatishvili	"Por una cabeza"
7	Ponásikwa	MOLLY	"Ya prosto lyublyu tebya"
8	Saint Eva & Lepland	Pearl Jozefzoon	"Clocks"
9	Monteverde	Dawid Podsiadło	"Pastempomat"
10	Tikata	Agnieszka Chylińska	"Królowa Łez"
11	Tashkveny	Barbara Opsomer	"Je sors ce soir"
12	Nicolas' Neighbour	The Naked and Famous	"Higher"
13	Amsteris	I Am Karate	"Elevate"
14	Lacrea	Les Friction	"Sunday"
15	Lost Islands	Ray Stevens	"Mr. Businessman"
16	Kosma	Franziska Wiese	"Ich bin frei"
17	Ova Anova	Anna Kendrick	"Cups (When I'm Gone)"
18	Percheron	Róisín Murphy	"Ramalama (Bang Bang)"
19	Timivar	We Lost the Sea	"A Gallant Gentleman"
20	Haven	Alessia Cara	"Scars to Your Beautiful"
21	Keohretcha	The Kelly Family	"Who'll Come With Me (David's Song)"
22	Trešlend	Diskoteka Avariya	"Aram Zam Zam"
23	Aurävaan	Wagakki Band	"Senbonzakura"
24	Huania	Stellar	"Vibrato"
25	Raingate	Nádine	"Skildery"
26	Fierce	The Shires	"My Universe"

Semifinal 2

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Kaministiquia	Cascada	"Everytime We Touch"
2	Territrius	Christopher Tin	"Sogno di Volare"
3	Alma Livre	A Himitsu ft. Madi Larson	"Easier to Fade"
4	Bubblique	M83 ft. Mai Lan	"Go!"
5	Thorway	Bjørnskov	"Venner for evigt"
6	Alteus	Kállay Saunders Band	"Joy"
7	Valdron	Exitmusic	"Passage"
8	Land of Jhe Freeh	KeKe Wyatt	"Lie Under You"
9	Spitzenbergen	Danny Saucedo	"Hör vad du säger men jag har glömt vad du sa"
10	Eriod	Cairokee	"Marboot Be Astek"
11	Grolskira	Lena Fayre	"This World"
12	Kimmystan	Lina Mayer	"Nothing"
13	Victoria	Delta Goodrem	"Dear Life"
14	Gandhara	G.E.M.	"Away"
15	Sunetti	Robot Koch & Savannah Jo Lack ft. Delhia De France	"Heart as a River"
16	Luzze	Jelena Radan	"Kad nas ne bude"
17	Hanzyuki	Elisa	"No Hero"
18	Rata Sum	David Guetta and Afrojack ft. Timbaland and DEV	"I Just Wanna F"
19	Leshia	Theia	"Roam"
20	Bitland	Jerobeam Fenderson	"Khrậng"
21	Noxus	Lady Gaga	"Dancin' in Circles"
22	Aonach	Kygo ft. Julia Michaels	"Carry Me"
23	Auspikitan	Ida Hallquist	"Hideout"
24	Pen Island	Monika Lewczuk	"Ty i ja"
25	Tonallán	Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser	"Soy el Hit"
26	Zephyrus	TINI	"Born to Shine"

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
	Chruno	Ja'mie King	"Learning To Be Me"

Returning Artists

Artist	Country	Previous edition	Previous country represented
Agnieszka Chylińska	Tikata	ISC 29 (as Chylińska)	Irdminia
Alessia Cara	Haven	ISC 48	Aonach
Bjørnskov	Thorway	ISC 18 (with Kato & Safri Duo)	Fierce
Cascada	Kaministiquia	ISC 46	Republica Libera
Christopher Tin	Territrius	ISC 22 (with Soweto Gospel Choir), ISC 36 (with Lia, Aoi Tada & Kaori Omura)	Territrius, Sunetti
David Guetta (with Afrojack, Timbaland & DEV)	Rata Sum	ISC 50 (with Zara Larsson)	Laranjeiras
Delta Goodrem	Victoria	ISC 16, ISC 22, ISC 47	Spirevo, Fierce, Hanzyuki
Elisa	Hanzyuki	ISC 19	Fierce
Kállay Saunders Band	Alteus	ISC 44	Ova Anova
Kygo (with Julia Michaels)	Aonach	ISC 47 (with Kodaline)	Rata Sum
Lady Gaga	Noxus	ISC 7, ISC 18	Dinokratys & Shrikidai, Edoriada
Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser	Tonallán	ISC 13	Tonallán
M83 (with Mai Lan)	Bubblique	ISC 32, ISC 47 (with Susanne Sundfør), ISC 50	Aonach, Sunetti
MOLLY	Ponásikwa	ISC 14, ISC 40 (both times as part of Serebro)	Keohretcha, Noxus
Stellar	Huania	ISC 43	Huania
Wagakki Band	Aurävaan	ISC 23 (with Suzuhana Yuko)	Yutuland