Saint Eva & Lepland in the Internatia Song Contest 21

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Internatia Song Contest 21
Country  Saint Eva & Lepland
National selection
Selection process ISC 21 NF (cancelled)
Internal selection
Selected entrant Tangerine Kitty
Selected song "Dumb Ways to Die"
Finals performance
Semi-final result 17th, 50 points
Final result 8th, 120 points
Saint Eva & Lepland in the Internatia Song Contest
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Background

After Saint Eva & Lepland's failure to qualify to the final of ISC 19, rumours began to circulate that SealTV would withdraw from ISC 21. Saint Eva & Lepland had failed to qualify seven times, and never placed higher than 20th since its victory in ISC 7.

A spokesperson for SealTV's entertainment department was quoted as saying, "Participation in the Internatia Song Contest is a relatively inexpensive project for SealTV. However, that being said, viewing rates for the Internatia Song Contest in Saint Eva & Lepland have been at an all-time low. It may not be feasible to continue participating if interest does not increase, but we have not made a decision yet."

After receiving increased funding, Saint Eva & Lepland ended up participating, and staging a national final (that was eventually cancelled).

Cancelled National Final

Initially SealTV had announced that the duel system would return for ISC 21, but the national final ended up more closely resembling that of ISC 20. The national final was eventually cancelled due to "lack of interest" (although six countries voted before the announcement). SealTV apologised to all of the participating artists, and the results at the time of cancellation were eventually announced some time later.

An employee of SealTV tweeted from SealTV's official Twitter account that "The national final was cancelled because the songs were too good for ISC, and would probably fail to qualify." The employee was fired, but defended his tweet as being a flippant joke.

Results (at time of cancellation)

ISC 21 NF | 4 February - 19 February 2014 (Cancelled)
Draw Artist Song Porielana Nicolas' Neighbour Alexandria Kosma Tonallán Tikata Total Place
1 Kate Miller-Heidke "Caught in the Crowd" 4 3 2 2 4 1 16 1
2 Hollie Smith "The World I Know" 1 1 4 3 1 3 13 4
3 Charmaine "Tokyo" 2 2 1 4 3 4 16 2
4 Gregorian & Amelia Brightman "Heaven" 3 4 3 1 2 2 15 3

ISCC

All of the songs from the national final have competed in the Internatia Second Chance Contest. Gregorian & Amelia Brightman's song "Heaven" won ISCC 11.

Edition Artist Song Place Points
ISCC 8 Saint Eva & Lepland Kate Miller-Heidke "Caught in the Crowd" 9 56
ISCC 11 Saint Eva & Lepland Gregorian feat. Amelia Brightman "Heaven" 1 95
ISCC 17 Saint Eva & Lepland Hollie Smith "The World I Know" 10 51
ISCC 18 Saint Eva & Lepland Charmaine "Tokyo" 3 69

At the ISC

Saint Eva & Lepland qualified through the international jury pick, and reached its best placing since its victory in ISC 7.

Points Awarded

From Saint Eva & Lepland

Final

12 points  Anselmsuusonia
10 points  Alexandria
8 points  Irdminia
7 points  Sunetti
6 points  DPR Jindalea
5 points  Chruno
4 points  Yazminia
3 points  Keohretcha
2 points  DimkaRUS
1 point  Kaledonii
11th  Spirevo
12th  Zephyrus
13th  Tonallán
14th  Tashkveny
15th  Tikata
16th  Ova Anova
17th  Haven
18th  Monteverde
19th  Fierce
20th  Hanzyuki
21st  Yutuland
22nd  Eriod
23rd  Kosma
24th  Lacrea
25th  Dvipantara
26th  Pebbleland