Nicolas' Neighbour in the Internatia Song Contest

Nicolas' Neighbour
Participation summary
Appearances	17
First appearance	ISC 1st
Best result	3rd: ISC 7, ISC 23
Worst result	22nd SF: ISC 18 SF, ISC 21 SF,

'Nicolas' Neighbour is one of eight countries that participated in the very first edition of the Internatia Song Contest Due to internal strugles the country withdrew from 2nd edition, and fall into a Civil War soon after. After the War and due to San Monique's perisistence to make NN rejoin, the country decided to return to the 7th edition. It has taken part ever since. After a very succesful return in ISC 7 , were it achieved a third place, Nicolas Neighbour's has seen mixed results. It qualified 8 out of 12 times for the Final time, but had to settle for a place at the lower part of the table most of the time. It wasn't until 17th edition, 10 editions later, that the country managed to reach the final again. Interest in the contest, from both broadcaster and public however, remains unexpectedly high, with very stable viewing figures.

Contestants

Table key

     Winner

     Second place

     Third place

     Last place

     Automatically qualified to the final

     Did not qualify for the final

     Did not compete

Edition	Artist	Title	Language	Place	Points	Semi	Points
1st	Keri Hilson	"Pretty Girl Rock"	English	7	29	No Semi-Finals
2nd	Did Not Compete
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th	KOKIA	"Follow The Nightingale"	Japanese	3	98
8th	Despina Vandi	"Girismata"	Greek	Failed to qualify		12	47
9th	CHVRCHES	"The Mother We Share"	English	12	80	6	70
10th	Sa Dingding	"快乐节"	Chinese	12	76	Qualified1
11th	Imelda May	"Mayhem"	English	22	44	8	63
12th	Laura Jansen	"Queen Of Elba"	English	18	96	8	70
13th	The Killers	"Runaways	English	18	85	11	60
14th	Mads Langer	"Overgir Mig Langsomt"	Danish	24	56	9	75
15th	Besa Kokedhima	"Kalorësi i natës"	Albanian	Failed to qualify		16	49
16th	Eva & The Heartmaker	"Signals"	English	21	72	5	84
17th	Kalafina	"Aria"	Japanese	8	123	2	102
18th	Mø	"Pilgrim"	English	Failed to qualify		22	41
19th	Ilse Delange	"Just Kids"	English	Failed to qualify		17	38
20th	Did Not Compete
21st	Young Wonder	"To You"	English	Failed to qualify		22	39
22nd	Janna	"Sä Et Ole Hullu"	Finnish	Failed to qualify		14	52
23rd	Highasakite	"Leaving No Traces"	English	3	142	2	92

¹ The results of SF of ISC 10 are unknown to date.

History

Internatia Song Contest 1

KOKIA, ISC 7 & 20

Sa Ding Ding, ISC 10

Kalafina, ISC 17

Nicolas' Neighbour joined the very first ISC ever held. The song was internally chosen by the broadcaster, who at that time was under strict control of the Government. The Government decided that the song must represent a feeling of superiority and unity, in line with a far bigger proppaganda program. The Song "Pretty Girl Rock", by Keri Hilson, was chosen. It was made into NN's national anthem, especially beacuse of the sentence: "Dont hate me because I'm Beautiful", which had a double meaning. It intented to tell the people of NN how pretty they were, and at the same time other countries to not judge the political system in NN. After the Revolution the Song was abandoned, and Keri became anonymous. NN takes pride in the fact that they attended the first ISC edition, however.

Internatia Song Contest 7

After ISC 1 NN descended into civil war and did not participate for a long time in ISC. It was San Monique that convinced the reborn country to take part. Non other then Kokia, national Legend, opted to go for NN and BNN, Broadcaster of NN did not doubt for a second. Kokia had been at the top of the Music industry for over a decade, but her fame even became bigger after the fall of the Regime. It was announced that she would represent NN with her song "Follow The Nightingale

===Internatia Song Contests 8 & 9

For ISC 8, BNN selected Despina Vandi internally. Despina comes from the southern province of Azubiwa, known for its folk music, where she is a big star. The song selected is called "Girismata". She did not manage to qualify. After the failure at ISC 8 BNN decided to take a different approach and selected young electro band CHVRCHES to participate in the ISC. Again the song was internally chosen as well, and turned out to be "The Mother We Share"

Internatia Song Contest 10

For ISC 10 Sa DingDing was chosen with the song "Xi Carnival". This is actually and old folk song, which has been around for ages and comes from the city of Xi. The city of Xi is the oldest city in NN and has a very big and old cultural history. Biggest Event every year is the Xi Carnival, a festival which last 6 days and which is celebrated trhoughout the country. "Xi carnival" represnts traditional NN music at its best.

Internatia Song Contest 11-19

After the huge expectations for Sa DingDing her 12th place was a bit of a letdown, and BNN decided to not send huge stars again to the ISC. A variety of artists where sent, and NN managed to qualify 4 more times in a row to qualify for the final. Subsequently the entry ended at the bottom of the scoreboard, to the broadcasters' disapointment. It wasnt until ISC 17, when the the broadcaster picked the classy Kalafina trio to represent the country, that succes was finally achieved again. After 10 editions the country was back in the top 10 again. This succes was not for long though, as the country ended 22th and 17th in the next two contests, its worst placings yet.

Internatia Song Contest 20

To much of the country's surprise and joy, Legendary superstar Kokia revealed that she again, would be sent to ISC to represent Nicolas Neighbour'. This in order to celebrate both the 20th anniversary of the contest as well as NN 15th entry at the contest. Kokia stated that she still feels honoured to represent her country and will do everything in her power to get the much desired victory for NN.

Internatia Song Contest 21

After the announcement of Kokia BNN imedeately announcend that the contestant for ISC 21 will be decided via a National Final.

Voting History

Nicolas' Neighbour has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Sunetti	59
2	Spirevo	57
3	Symphony Isles	49
4	San Monique	47
5	Aonach	38

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in ISC finals since ISC 7, and not the semi-finals since 8th edition.