Internatia Song Contest 17

Internatia Song Contest 17
Dates
Semi-final	November 2013
Final	November 2013
Host
Venue	People's Palace
Host broadcaster	YRTV
Participants
Number of entries	52
Debuting	Haven Pen Island Rata Sum
Returning	Amsteris Carpathia Chruno Nouvelle-Acadie Spitzenbergen
Withdrawing	Harlequenia Irlandia Marvelia San Remo Sibinia
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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 17 will be the 17th monthly edition of Internatia Song Contest. The contest will take place in Liechgrado, Yazminia, hosted by national broadcaster YRTV, following Czesław Śpiewa's win in the 15th contest with the song "Pożegnanie małego wojownika".

Haven, Pen Island and Rata Sum will debut in this edition, and Amsteris, Carpathia, Chruno and Spitzenbergen will return after a brief absence.

Location

Liechgrado

Location of the host city in Yazminia.

On 17 October, Yazminian President and YRTV head held a press conference where they announced the election of People's Palace, the venue which most capacity of the country, located in the country's capital, Liechgrado, as the hosting venue for ISC 17.

Due to Yazminian being located between the sea and a mountain chain and Yazmianian history of wars and expansion against neighbour countries, land access is difficult. Liechgrado can be accessible by highway and high speed train from Grolskira and Dimkarus, and by national trains and national and regional roads from different points along the Yazminian border. Liechgrado also has an international airport.

Controversies

Venue

Bidding direct decision by Yazminian goverment caused controversy, especially among authorities and people from other big cities and regions, which demanded a public process for the election of the venue. Opposition parties declared the process as "contrary to Yazminian and revolutionary values", but Yazminian President downplayed the issue labeling ISC as "just an event of many that are held in different parts of the nation" and declared that Yazminia must show their best face to the rest of Internatia and that it won't affect the revolution, on the contrary, putting Yazminia as example for the rest of Internatia and the World could lead to more revolutionary processes in other countries.

Marvelian participation

On 14 October, Marvelia announced their withdraw from ISC, with no official reasons given by ITV or Marvelian authorities. It's suspected by many political analysts that the reasons of Marvelian withdraw are due to the contest being held in Yazminia, following the late political tensions among both countries.

Participants

  Countries in the first semi-final

  Countries in the second semi-final

  Host

On 1 November 2013 YRTV published official list of participating nations. 52 countries confirmed participation in Internatia Song Contest 17. Haven, Pen Island and Rata Sum debuted in the contest, Amsteris, Carpathia, Chruno, Nouvelle-Acadie and Spitzenbergen returned, while Harlequenia, Irlandia, Marvelia, San Remo and Sibinia decided to withdraw. Its a first time in history of Internatia Song Contest that more than 50 countries participate in one edition. Number of participants is higher than 50 for the second time in history (first being ISC 15).

Results

Semi-final 1

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Territrius	Daan	"La crise"
2	Spirevo	Fialta	"Cars"	20	38
3	Kaledonii	Céline Dion	"Loved Me Back To Life"
4	L.M Lažovi	Icona Pop	"Girlfriend"	26	37
5	Eriod	iamyank feat. Dori Hegyi	"Aurora"	22	23
6	Rata Sum	Jeannie Hsieh	"Sister"	16	45
7	Luzze	Rachel Zeffira	"Break The Spell"
8	Irdminia	Delain	"April Rain"
9	Carpathia	Can Bonomo	"Abla"	18	42
10	Lost Islands	Shakespeare's Sister	"Stay"	19	40
11	Pebbleland	The Storm	"Lost in the Fire"
12	Saint Eva & Lepland	Elvenking	"Heaven is a Place on Earth"
13	Novatlantida	Fefe Dobson	"Ghost"
14	Tonallán	Madame Récamier	"Quiero"	13	52
15	Angellandia	fun.	"Some Nights"	25	47
16	Tashkveny	Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton	"Freedom"	15	47
17	Caprika	Madonna	"This Used To Be My Playground"	23	6
18	DPR Jindalea	Dong Fang Hong Yan	"Beautiful Legend"
19	Volnytaria	Billy Lloyd	"Normal"	24	3
20	Chruno	SWING	"La Goutte"
21	Sockistan	Detektivbryan	"E18"
22	Sunetti	Johanna Kurkela	"Kaikki askeleet"
23	Alexandria	Ellie Goulding	"Figure 8"	16	45
24	Haven	Alex Nevsky	"On leur a fait croire"
25	Symphony Isles	Faun	"Diese kalte nacht"
26	Nouvelle-Acadie	Clara Sofie	"Gennem Himlen"	21	37

Semi-final 2

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Edoriada	Diva Plavalaguna	"Il Dolce Suono (The Diva Dance)"
2	Beige	Hozier	"Take Me To Church"
3	Aonach	Tone Damli	"Winner Of A Losing Game"
4	DimkaRUS	Guru Groove Foundation	"Moscow"
5	H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug	Sandu Ciorba	"Pe Cimpoi"	13	53
6	Kosma	Fanny Bloom	"Shit"	20	40
7	Grolskira	Miss Montreal	"Wish I Could"
8	Amsteris	Inga & Anush	"Hay Hay"
9	Keohretcha	Fabienne Bergmans	"Magic Everywhere"	18	43
10	Canedonia	Zvonko Bogdan	"Evo banke cigane moj"	23	28
11	Hanzyuki	Astrid Smeplass	"Shattered"	20	40
12	Spitzenbergen	Sarah-Stephanie	"Herz übernimmt Kommando"	23	28
13	Ova Anova	Blue Café	"DENDIX"
14	Anselmsuusonia	Metropolin	"Ein Li Makom"
15	Lacrea	Laura Marling	"My Manic And I"
16	Fierce	Jula	"Za Każdym Razem"	16	48
17	Nicolas' Neighbour	Kalafina	"Aria"
18	Stylé	He Jing	"Malah Yisah"	14	52
19	San Monique	Electric Lady Lab	"Open Doors"
20	Tjärsklanjska	Purity Ring	"Amenamy"
21	Puntíkov	Avril Lavigne	"My Happy Ending"	25	58
22	Pen Island	Katy Perry	"Unconditionally"
23	Yutuland	Los Amigos Invisibles	"La que me gusta"	17	45
24	Tikata	Akon	"Chammak Challo"	19	41
25	Monteverde	Ifi Ude	"My Baby Gone"	15	49

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Sunetti	Johanna Kurkela	"Kaikki askeleet"
2	Sockistan	Detektivbryan	"E18"
3	Pen Island	Katy Perry	"Unconditionally"
4	Edoriada	Diva Plavalaguna	"Il Dolce Suono (The Diva Dance)"
5	Ova Anova	Blue Café	"DENDIX"
6	Aonach	Tone Damli	"Winner Of A Losing Game"
7	Territrius	Daan	"La crise"
8	Novatlantida	Fefe Dobson	"Ghost"
9	Lacrea	Laura Marling	"My Manic And I"
10	Chruno	SWING	"La Goutte"
11	Pebbleland	The Storm	"Lost in the Fire"
12	Beige	Hozier	"Take Me To Church"
13	Luzze	Rachel Zeffira	"Break The Spell"
14	Irdminia	Delain	"April Rain"
15	San Monique	Electric Lady Lab	"Open Doors"
16	DPR Jindalea	Dong Fang Hong Yan	"Beautiful Legend"
17	Amsteris	Inga & Anush	"Hay Hay"
18	Grolskira	Miss Montreal	"Wish I Could"
19	Saint Eva & Lepland	Elvenking	"Heaven is a Place on Earth"
20	Anselmsuusonia	Metropolin	"Ein Li Makom"
21	Nicolas' Neighbour	Kalafina	"Aria"
22	Kaledonii	Céline Dion	"Loved Me Back To Life"
23	Tjärsklanjska	Purity Ring	"Amenamy"
24	Haven	Alex Nevsky	"On leur a fait croire"
25	Yazminia	The Cure	"Lovesong"
26	Symphony Isles	Faun	"Diese kalte nacht"
27	DimkaRUS	Guru Groove Foundation	"Moscow"

Returning artists

Artist	Country	Previous edition	Previous country represented
Electric Lady Lab	San Monique	ISC 3	San Monique
Céline Dion	Kaledonii	ISC 5	Kosma
Katy Perry	Pen Island	ISC 5	Irlandia
Kalafina	Nicolas' Neigbour	ISC 8	Oalia

Recaps

Recaps
Semi-final 1	Link
Semi-final 2	Link
Final	[Pending]