Internatia Song Contest 8

Internatia Song Contest 8
"Where every neighbor is a friend"
Dates
Semi-final	28 January 2013
Final	14 February 2013
Host
Venue	Coliseum
Presenter(s)	Anderson Cooper and Ellen DeGeneres
Host broadcaster	SRT
Participants
Number of entries	35
Debuting	Canedonia Carpathia Kwonia Lacrea Marvelia Puntíkov San Remo
Returning	Luzze Swelatie
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. All participating countries in the semi-finals and final will have the right to cast points in the final.
Winning song	"Love Letter to Japan"

The Internatia Song Contest 8 will be annual edition of Internatia Song Contest. The contest will take place in Violetta, Symphony Isles, following Magazin's win in the 6th Contest with the song "Sijamski blizanci". Due big number of participants it will be the first edition of ISC with two semi finals. Winner of this edition will host 10th edition of contest.

Location

Violetta

Location of the host city in Symphony Isles.

Symphony Isles first Internatia appearance was in 2nd edition, and the nation has participated in the contest every edition since. On 16 December 2012, Symphony Isles won the 6th contest with "Sijamski blizanci" song by Magazin, bringing the hosting of the contest to the island nation of Symphony Isles, and its city Violetta.

Violetta is the capital and largest city of Symphony Isles, as well as one of the largest cities on the West Cordvernian Sea. It is located in West part of the Symph Island on Symphony Channel.

On 19 January 2013 it was announced that Anderson Cooper and Ellen DeGeneres will host the show and Coliseum will be the contest venue.

Participants

  Countries in the first semi-final

  Countries in the second semi-final

  Host

On 18 January 2013, the IBU announced that record number of thirty-five countries would take part in the 8th edition. Contents saw the return of Swelatie and Luzze, also a debut of 7 countries: Canedonia, Carpathia, Kwonia, Lacrea, Marvelia, Puntíkov, San Remo which is the biggest number of debuting nations since 2nd edition. All nations that participated in previous edition decided to participate in this edition as well. Draw and Semi allocations was also decided on 18 January 2013.

Results

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Lacrea	Bandana	"Guapas"	16	23
2	Tonallán	Jesse & Joy	"¿Con quién se queda el perro?"	5	70
3	Bitland	The Bird and the Bee	"Love Letter to Japan"	3	83
4	Kwonia	AOA	"Elvis"	14	43
5	Spirevo	Myahri	"Öňe, Diňe Öňe"	8	56
6	Rötenrod	Savage Garden	"To The Moon and Back"	4	71
7	Puntíkov	Natalia Oreiro	"Cambio dolor"	2	94
8	DimkaRUS	Vanilla Ninja	"Don't Go Too Fast"	7	57
9	Swelatie	Renan Luce	"La Lettre"	13	44
10	Territrius	Hooverphonic	"Vinegar & Salt"	1	97
11	Dulcet Ebullience	Nianell	"Wense"	13	43
12	Canedonia	Area	"Frekfencija na Ljubovta"	11	48
13	Nicolas' Neighbour	Despina Vandi	"Girismata"	12	47
14	Sibinia	Fox Lima	"Livre"	15	39
15	Anselmsuusonia	Cœur De Pirate	"Golden Baby"	6	68
16	Volnytaria	Rob Thomas	"Diamonds"	9	55
17	San Monique	Zara Larsson	"Uncover"	10	48

Semi-Final 2

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Tikata	Ewa Farna	"Ewakuacja"	2	76
2	Tashkveny	Mànran	"Oran na Cloiche"	3	75
3	Kosma	La Oreja de Van Gogh	"Cuídate"	10	54
4	Carpathia	Anúna	"Heia Viri"	5	65
5	Sunetti	Nightwish	"Meadows of Heaven"	9	57
6	Luzze	Honey	"Sabotaż"	7	64
7	Irlandia	The Pearls	You Came, You Saw, You Conquered	11	43
8	Yazminia	Rozalla	"Are You Ready to Fly?"	13	41
9	Grolskira	Vlatko Lozanoski	"Nema Den, Nema Nokj"	14	40
10	San Remo	Beth	"La Luz"	16	33
11	Oalia	Kalafina	"Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa"	3	74
12	Irdminia	Kelly Sweet	"Ready For Love"	4	69
13	DPR Jindalea	Malena Ernman	"Sempre Libera"	1	95
14	Dinokratys & Shrikidai	Alina Orlova	"Vaiduokliai"	6	64
15	Saint Eva & Lepland	Sieneke	"Amore fantastico"	12	41
16	Marvelia	Dido	"Everything To Lose"	15	35
17	Novatlantida	Utada Hikaru	"Passion"	8	60

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Puntíkov	Natalia Oreiro	"Cambio dolor"	9	96
2	Tikata	Ewa Farna	"Ewakuacja"	11	85
3	Tonallán	Jesse & Joy	"¿Con quién se queda el perro?"	10	93
4	Anselmsuusonia	Cœur De Pirate	"Golden Baby"	12	83
5	Dinokratys & Shrikidai	Alina Orlova	"Vaiduokliai"	8	99
6	Spirevo	Myahri	"Öňe, Diňe Öňe"	4	113
7	Carpathia	Anúna	"Heia Viri"	13	78
8	San Monique	Zara Larsson	"Uncover"	7	102
9	Bitland	The Bird and the Bee	"Love Letter to Japan"	1	177
10	Symphony Isles	Mumford & Sons	"Broken Crown"	2	135
11	DimkaRUS	Vanilla Ninja	"Don't Go Too Fast"	15	75
12	Rötenrod	Savage Garden	"To The Moon and Back"	20	53
13	Irdminia	Kelly Sweet	"Ready For Love"	17	64
14	Oalia	Kalafina	"Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa"	6	104
15	Territrius	Hooverphonic	"Vinegar & Salt"	3	130
16	Luzze	Honey	"Sabotaż"	18	63
17	Sunetti	Nightwish	"Meadows of Heaven"	21	48
18	Novatlantida	Utada Hikaru	"Passion"	19	58
19	Kosma	La Oreja de Van Gogh	"Cuídate"	16	71
20	DPR Jindalea	Malena Ernman	"Sempre Libera"	5	111
21	Volnytaria	Rob Thomas	"Diamonds"	14	76

Final Scoreboard

		Results
	Puntíkov	96		8		10	3					1		12			3				7	7		5	8			12	8				10		2
	Tikata	85	5				5	12					5	6	7	10	4	5		2					3	3		3	1	2		12
	Tonallán	93	7			5	6		3		7	4	1			7	2	2			12						8	2		6	6		6	4	5
	Anselmsuusonia	83	1		2			4	6	3	10	5	7								2	1	8		10	6						1	12	5
	Dinokratys & Shrikidai	99		10	6				12	5	12				2		6			12	3			12				7					2	10
	Spirevo	113		12		12	2		10	12	2	10		1	3	1			3			12			7	5		10	10		1
	Carpathia	78		7				10			5		2				8	6		5		3		8				5	5	4				3	7
	San Monique	102				3	7		7			6	4	7	8	2			10				12		6				7	10		8	3		1
	Bitland	177	8		10	8	12	8	8			7	8		1			10	2	3	10	8	7	2	5	12	12	6	4	7	2	5	5	8
	Symphony Isles	135	10	1	8		1	5		8	8					8	10	8	5	10	8		1	10		4	2			12				6	10
	DimkaRUS	75	6			7	4	2	4			3		4	4		1		12		5		6						3	3	5	2			4
	Rötenrod	53			3					6	1		10		10	3			4				10		4	2
	Irdminia	64					8			2						12				8	4	4	5				6				12	3
	Oalia	104	2	3	4		10	1		4	4	2	3					3	7	7	6	10		4	2		7		6		10		7	2
	Territrius	130		2	7	2		3	1			12	12					4	1	6		2	3	7		10		8	12	5		7	8	12	6
	Luzze	63	3		1	4		6						5		5			8	4	1	6	2				4			1		10			3
	Sunetti	48	4											8	5		12	7						1			1		2		8
	Novatlantida	58		4						7	6				12		7							6		8	3				4			1
	Kosma	71		6	12	1			2					3			5	1				5	4		1		5	1				6	4	7	8
	DPR Jindalea	111			5			7	5	1	3	8		10	6	4		12	6					3		7	10	4			7		1		12
	Volnytaria	76	12	5		6				10			6	2		6				1					12	1				8	3	4

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final:

N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4	Dinokratys & Shrikidai	Bitland, Carpathia, Lacrea, Novatlantida
	Sprirevo	Anselmsuusonia, DPR Jindalea, San Monique, Tikata
	Territrius	DimkaRUS, Nicolas' Neighbour, Sockistan, Symphony Isles
3	Bitland	Dinokratys & Shrikidai, Dulcet Ebullience, Swelatie
2	DPR Jindalea	Luzze, Thorway
	Irdminia	Oalia, Saint Eva & Lepland
	Puntíkov	Canedonia, Rötenrod
	Tikata	Chruno, Spirevo
	Volnytaria	Kwonia, Puntíkov
1	Anselmsuusonia	Pebbleland
	DimkaRUS	Sunetti
	Kosma	Tonallán
	Novatlantida	Irdminia
	San Monique	Volnytaria
	Sunetti	Territrius
	Symphony Isles	Grolskira
	Tonallán	Kosma

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous edition	Previous country represented
Cœur de Pirate	Anselmsuusonia	ISC 4	Tashkveny
Nightwish	Sunetti	ISC 2	Sibinia