Kaledonii in the Internatia Song Contest 12

Internatia Song Contest 12
Country	Kaledonii
National selection
Selection process	Kaledonii Song Festival 01
Selection date(s)	16 May 2013
Selected entrant	Diandra Flores
Selected song	"Prinsesalle"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	15th, 47 points
Kaledonii in the Internatia Song Contest
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Kaledonii participated for the second time in the Internatia Song Contest 12, held in Platonia, Novatlantida. Unlike the previous edition, the decision was made by RTK to hold a national pre-selection, called the "Kaledonii Song Festival" to choose the nation's entrant to this edition of ISC. The winner of the Kaledonii Song Festival 01, Diandra Flores sang her famous cover of Johanna Kurkela's song "Prinssesalle", but ultimately failed to qualify, placing 15th in the semi-final.

Background

In the run-up to the Internatia Song Contest 11, RTK held an open call for songs, with a professional jury consisting of members of RTK's Cultural Department going on to choose potential entries for a national final. However, as this call for songs extended very late into the submission period for ISC 11, the decision was made to simply select one song in an internal selection for ISC 11, and to leave the remaining high quality songs for a national final for the 12th edition.

Ultimately, RTK's Cultural Division shortlisted six artists from the submissions they received, and promoted them to perform in the televised Kaledonii Song Festival 01, held on 20 April the national capital Kāra. The singers chosen were: Code One, Diandra Flores, Lenka , Mew, Miroslav Žbirka, and Priyanka Chopra feat. will.i.am. In a televised draw for the running order for the Kaledonii Song Festival, Miroslav Žbirka was chosen to perform first and Diandra Flores last.

Kaledonii Song Festival 01

Draw	Artist	Language	Song					Int. Jury (Total)	(Televote)	Place	Points
1	Miroslav Žbirka	Slovak	Atlantída	60	40	30	30	160	118	3	278
2	Lenka	English	Everything At Once	50	10	60	60	180	168	2	348
3	Priyanka Chopra (feat. will.i.am)	English	In My City	10	30	10	20	70	159	5	229
4	Code One	Estonian	Vikerkaar	20	50	40	10	120	34	6	154
5	Mew	English	The Zookeeper's Boy	30	20	20	40	110	151	4	261
6	Diandra	Finnish	Prinsessalle	40	60	50	50	200	210	1	410

Kaledonii Televote

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Percentage	Points
1	Miroslav Žbirka	Atlantída	26,180	14	118
2	Lenka	Everything At Once	37,400	20	168
3	Priyanka Chopra (feat. will.i.am)	In My City	35,530	19	159
4	Code One	Vikerkaar	7,480	4	34
5	Mew	The Zookeeper's Boy	33,660	18	151
6	Diandra	Prinsessalle	46,750	25	210

At ISC

Similar to Eva & the Heartmaker in the ISC 11 final, Diandra Flores was drawn to perform eighth in the first semi-final of the Internatia Song Contest. While "Prinssesalle" had reached number one in the Kaledonii charts, the rest of Internatia was not as supportive of the song. Kaledonii received 10 points from Harlequenia and 8 points from Aonach, with low points coming from various other countries. In the end, Diandra received just 47 points, and placed 15th in the semi-final.

Points Awarded

Semi-Final 2

12 points	Aonach
10 points	Carpathia
8 points	Eriod
7 points	Sunetti
6 points	Tashkveny
5 points	Lacrea
4 points	Tikata
3 points	Dulcet Ebullience
2 points	Monteverde
1 point	Sockistan

Final

12 points	Aonach
10 points	Sunetti
8 points	Carpathia
7 points	Irdminia
6 points	Dulcet Ebullience
5 points	Sibinia
4 points	Monteverde
3 points	Spitzenbergen
2 points	Eriod
1 point	Tikata