Internatia Song Contest 26

Internatia Song Contest 26
"Glamorous Life"
Dates
Semi-final	August 2014
Final	August 2014
Host
Host broadcaster	ChTV
Participants
Number of entries	53
Debuting	Alteus
Returning	St Olaf
Withdrawing	Canedonia Eriod Green Apple
Participation map
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.

The Internatia Song Contest 26 will be the 26th monthly edition of Internatia Song Contest. The contest will take place in Chruno, following the victory of First Aid Kit in the 24 contest with their song "My Silver Lining".

Fifty-three countries confirmed their participation, with Eriod announcing their withdrawal.

Location

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

Batanýa

Costalis

Yottobán

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

On 2 July 2014, Yottobán was announced as host city of ISC 26. It is the biggest city in the country and residence of many international charities and embassies. The airport "Savannah Chikrunki" lies 15km away from the centre and Chrunotto Airlines, state-owned airline company, connects Chruno with the rest of the continent. The city owns the biggest arena in the country, built in 2006, and renewed and rebuilt in 2014. Yottobán is one of the safest cities in Internatia. The criminal rate is extremly low and therefore Yottobán's residents enjoy a high quality of life. On the referendum held half a year ago about racism and homophobia and citizens' opinion on immigrants and same-sex couples, it was shown that Yottobán is an open-minded city ready to accept everyone.

Bidding phase

On 1 July 2014 ChTV announced that the deadline for applications for hosting the 26th edition of Internatia Song Contest was over. 3 cities have submitted themselves - Batanýa, Costalis and the capital city of Yottobán.

Participants

Alteus and St Olaf both entered the contest for the first time.

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 2 August 2014 at the Yottobán City Hall. All of the participating countries excluding debuting countries were split into five pots, based on the voting history of those countries in previous years. From these pots, half (or as close to half as was possible) competed in the first semi-final. The other half in that particular pot competed in the second semi-final.

As hosts, Chruno were exempt from the allocation draw. Alteus and St Olaf made their debut this edition and were therefore placed in a separate pot.

The pots were calculated by the Sunettian broadcaster CSI and were as followed:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Eriod Evergreen Lands Grolskira Lacrea Men̈́sa Pebbleland Sockistan Territrius Tikata Tjärsklanjska Valdron	Caprika Carpathia Huania Kosma Lost Islands Luzze Spirevo Tonallán Yazminia Yutuland	Amsteris Anselmsuusonia Bubblique DimkaRUS DPR Jindalea Hanzyuki Leshia Ova Anova Rata Sum Stylé Tashkveny	Alexandria Atsoumpalia Dvipantara H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug Irdminia Keohretcha Nicolas' Neighbour Porielana Saint Eva & Lepland Zephyrus	Aonach Chruno Edoriada Haven Kaeros Islands Kaledonii Kaministiquia Pen Island Spitzenbergen Sunetti Volnytaria

Results

Semi-Final 1

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Kaledonii	Marina Maximilian	"Hurricane"
2	Hanzyuki	Stefanie Heinzmann	"Diggin' In The Dirt"
3	Nicolas' Neighbour	Eugenia Vlasova	"Wind Of Hope"
4	Luzze	Claire Diterzi	"Tableau De Chasse"
5	Men̈́sa	Susumu Hirasawa	"Parade"
6	Caprika	Joyce Jonathan	"Un peu d'espoir"
7	DPR Jindalea	Elizma Theron	"My Hart Bloei Vir Jou"
8	St Olaf	Luca Vasta	"Sometimes You're Right"
9	Haven	Bobby Bazini	"Heavy Love"
10	Lost Islands	Dolly Parton	"Jolene (At 33 RPM)"
11	Keohretcha	Within Temptation	"Running Up That Hill"
12	DimkaRUS	Connell Cruise	"Not Just Friends"
13	Tikata	Grzegorz Hyży & TABB	"Na chwilę"
14	Yazminia	Papa Topo	"Lo Que Me Gusta Del Verano Es Poder Tomar Helado"
15	Pebbleland	Yui	"Again"
16	Spirevo	77 Bombay Street	"Follow The Rain"
17	Sockistan	Renzo feat. Maddie	"Belgium"
18	Dvipantara	Orange Caramel	"Lipstick"
19	Zephyrus	Belle Perez & Voice Male	"Hijo de la Luna"
20	Irdminia	Ewelina Lisowska	"We mgle"
21	Kaministiquia	Nikki Yanofsky	"Necessary Evil"
22	Bubblique	Indila	"Tourner dans le vide"
23	Volnytaria	Captain Capa	"Arsenic"
24	Lacrea	Mürfila	"Azul y gris"
25	Amsteris	Jenia Lubich	"Russian Girl"
26	Aonach	Laura Jansen feat. Tom Chaplin	"Same Heart"

Semi-Final 2

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Pen Island	Kendji Girac	"Color Gitano"
2	H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug	Shahzoda	"Qaynona"
3	Anselmsuusonia
4	Territrius
5	Kaeros Islands	Tove Lo	"Out Of Mind"
6	Spitzenbergen
7	Kosma
8	Evergreen Lands	Goldfrapp	"Annabel"
9	Alteus
10	Rata Sum
11	Ova Anova
12	Saint Eva & Lepland	Robert Wittmer feat. Christian Antonius Müller & Chiara Dubey	"Melody of Dance"
13	Valdron	The Gaslamp Killer	"Nissim"
14	Atsoumpalia	Mono Town	"Peacemaker"
15	Edoriada
16	Tjärsklanjska
17	Tonallán
18	Huania	La Quinta Estación	"Tu peor error"
19	Grolskira	Sara Bareilles	"Love Song"
20	Porielana	Petra Marklund	"Händerna Mot Himlen"
21	Sunetti	Lana del Rey	"Dark Paradise"
22	Stylé
23	Yutuland
24	Carpathia
25	Leshia	Lana Jurčević	"Majica"
26	Alexandria	Mozella	"Freezing"

Final

Country	Artist	Song
Chruno (Host)	The Saturdays

Other countries

• Eriod – On 2 July 2014 TABLE, national broadcaster of Eriod, announced that they would not be able to participate due busy schedule.
• Tashkveny – TBC announced on 13 May 2014 that Tashkveny would withdraw from 24th contest citing busy schedule. Return in 27th or 28th edition is possible.

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous edition	Previous country represented
Sara Bareilles	Grolskira	ISC 18	Amsteris
Indila	Bubblique	ISC 20	Amsteris