Chruno in the Internatia Song Contest

Chruno made its debut in the 9th Edition of the Internatia Song Contest.

Results

Edition	Artist	Title	F place	F points	SF place	SF points	Genre	Link
9th	Mylène Farmer	"Lonely Lisa"	19	60	8	66	Musique concrète	1
10th	Havana Brown	"We Run The Night"	X	X	17	38	Pop-dance	2
11th	Iyeoka Okoawo	"Simply Falling"	6	84	10	53	World/Jazz	3
12th	Nicole Scherzinger	"Poison"	11	115	4	96	Pop-dance	4
13th	Irish Stew of Sindidun	"Lady of New Tomorrow"	4	127	3	78	Celtic folk	5
14th	Nolwenn Leroy	"La Jument De Michao"	2	156	2	99	Medieval folk	6
15th	Enej	"Skrzydlate Ręce"	2	154	2	119	Ska	7
17th	SWING	"La Goutte"	2	189	1	155	Néo trad	8
18th	Cécile Corbel	"Sweet Amaryllis"	7	120	3	77	Folk-ballad	9
19th	Anne Etchegoyen & Le Choeur Aizkoa	"Hegoak (Les ailes)"	3	161	5	76	Basque folk	10
20th	Natalia Kills	"Mirrors"	X	X	14	62	Dark pop	11
22th	Rebecca & Fiona	TBA						[12]

Chruno
Member station	ChTV
Participation summary
Appearances	11
First appearance	ISC 9
Best result	2nd F: ISC 14, ISC 15, ISC 17
Worst result	17th SF: ISC 10

The first Chruno's representative was Mylène Farmer, a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author. "Lonely Lisa", the song Chruno entered, hit the top of the charts worldwide. She has sold more than 30 million records and is among the most successful recording artists of all time in France. She holds the record for the most number one hits in the French charts, with thirteen to date - eight of which were consecutive.

The second Chruno's representative was Havana Brown, an Australian DJ, singer and dancer. She has been touring with international artists, including Britney Spears, Rihanna, the Pussycat Dolls, Chris Brown and Enrique Iglesias. She's very popular in Chruno and hits the top of the charts with every single she relases. The single "We Run the Night" reached number five on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and was certified triple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), for selling over 210.000 copies. Unfortunately, she didn't manage to qualify to the final, having finished 17th in the semi.

The third Chruno's representative was a young Nigerian American poet, recording artist, singer, activist, educator and TEDGlobal Fellow, Iyeoka Okoawo. Her music includes elements from soul, R&B, rock, hip hop, and jazz. Single "Simply Falling" was the first single released from her album SAY YES. The song was described as a mixture of uniqueness, amazing voice and performance by a great artist. Iyeoka reached the 6th place in the final, bringing Chruno a big celebration. To date, she's had the highest placed entry ChTV submitted.

The fourth Chruno's representative was a worldwide popular American singer Nicole Scherzinger, the lead vocal of Pussycat Dolls. Since the beginning of her career in 1999, Scherzinger has sold 80 million records worldwide. Released from October 25, 2010, "Poison" is the first single from the album. It was produced by RedOne, BeatGeek and Jimmy Joker, and is distinctively different to Scherzinger's previous attempts at releasing solo material. "Poison" is backed with powerful synthesizers and a pulsing dance-pop beat. An accompanying music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, sees Scherzinger take on the role of a female superhero and switches between a good-girl and bad-girl persona. The song has reached big popularity in Chruno over the years, finally taking the step of being entered to ISC in the 12th edition.

The fifth Chruno's represantitives were Irish Stew of Sindidun (often referred to as Irish Stew only), a Celtic rock band from Belgrade, Serbia. While initially playing Irish folk music, the band later made a shift towards light punk rock, inspired by Irish folk music and other genres. Beside their own songs, the band performs covers of Irish traditional songs and songs by The Pogues. On July 1, 2010 the band celebrated their seventh anniversary with a concert held at the Lađa barge in Belgrade. In August, 2011, the band released the single "Lady of New Tomorrow", available for free download from the band's official website, announcing their third studio album. The album New Tomorrow, recorded with new violinist, Ana Milanović, was released on October 6, available both on CD, released by One Records, and in a form of multimedia application, also available for free download from the their official website. The video for the song "Lady of New Tomorrow", which wass representing Chruno, is being filmed and will be released shortly.

The sixth Chruno's representative was Nolwenn Leroy, born 28 September 1982 in Saint-Renan, France, a French singer and songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the second series of the French television reality show, Star Academy. She has since recorded four studio albums and scored two number one singles, "Cassé" and "Nolwenn Ohwo!", on the French charts. In 2012, her album, Bretonne, was certified two times diamond for sales exceeding one million copies. The song La Jument De Michao came from an album Bretonne, released on 6 December 2010. Cover versions of traditional celtic songs such as "Mná na h-Éireann", and contemporary songs such as Christophe Miossec's "Brest" were included on the album. Most of the songs related to Brittany, the singer's birthplace, four sung in Breton. Leroy collaborated with Jon Kelly for the musical arrangements. The album topped the French album charts for 7 weeks. The album was re-released in November 2011 as a Deluxe Edition which added 7 English language tracks, including "Amazing Grace", "Scarborough Fair" and two Mike Oldfield tracks, "Moonlight Shadow" and "To France".

The seventh Chruno's represantitives were Enej. The group was established in 2002 in Olsztyn by brothers Peter and Paul Sołoduchów and their friend Luke Kojrysa (current manager of the team). Band name comes from the name of the main character Ivan Kotlarewskiego Aeneid. This song is one of the most important works of Ukrainian literature and Enej is a cheerful cossack traveling around the world. Interest in international folk music, especially Ukrainian, as well as roots of the members and traditional music played on folk instruments dominated the first period of the history of the band. In the meantime, there have been many changes of staff, appeared new musicians, the nature of the music performed, the team was getting closer to the image of the publicaly famous. In the summer of 2013, Enej had dozens of concerts across Poland, energy and joy flowing from the scene appearing in every corner of the country. They finished 2nd in ISC with their song "Skrzydlate Ręce", bringing Chruno its second second place in a row, much higher than local expectations.

Due to the financial problems of a small island-country, ChTV decided it would not take part in the 16th edition of ISC. However, both semifinals and the final were broadcasted live and Chrunians were able to submit their votes. Soon afterwards, it was announced Chruno would be back in the 17th edition.

The eighth Chruno's represantitives were SWING. Contrarily to what the name could seem to suggest, its sound is not inspired by swing music, only Franco-Ontarian folklore, which is adapted with techno music. The name comes from the Quebec French term Swinger, meaning in this context to dance, and the phrase Swing la bacaisse dans le fond d'la boîte à bois!, a classic, almost cliché expression used in Quebec folk music parties. Singer and musician, Michel Bénac is a Franco-Ontarian and the main singer for Swing. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario and still lives in the same city. Michel’s mother is Louise, is father is Michel Bénac and he also has a brother named Christian Bénac and a sister Jocelynne Bénac. The other musician and singer for Swing is Jean-Philippe Goulet. He was born in Rimouski, Québec. He is the violinist and mandolin player for the group, as well as a singer. He also currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario. His mother’s name is Jean, his father is André Goulet and he has 2 sisters, Isabelle and Marie-Claude Goulet. In 2008, Swing received a nomination from the Canadian Folk Music Awards in the category of French Album of the Year and earlier before had already gotten 9 awards. The song "La Goutte" came from the album Tradarnac, released in 2007.

Born in Pont-Croix, in Finistère in Western France, Cécile Corbel has the red hair and gaelic carnation that attest to her belonging to the Celtic world. This singer-songwriter plays the harp since she was 15 and takes her inspiration from the Arthurian world. Sensitive to ancient tales where any journey is a rite of passage, this true-to-life fairy performed everywhere in France and all over the world with her musicians before she was contacted by the Ghibli studios to create the soundtrack for "Arrietty", the latest film of the Hiromasa Yonebayashi, writed by Hayao Miyazaki, director of My Neighbour Totoro and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. "Sweet Amaryllis" is one of her most popular songs. Gold record in Japan and awarded Best Original Soundtrack of the year for The Secret World of Arrietty, this magician who refuses harsh boundaries between musical styles combines Celtic folk and medieval Turkish songs, baroque madrigals and Irish marches, with the ease and the charm of a gifted artist.

Don't let a cute face fool you. Behind innocent eyes, Natalia Kills hides a guilty mind. Her unique high-impact pop songs knock hard with hip hop rhythms stomping through riot grrrl yells, all whilst calmly confessing to being a teenage-tragedy-turned-trouble-maker. Kills (real name Natalia Cappuccini) was born in Bradford, an unglamorous industrial town in the north of England that she describes as "The town that God forgot about…". Raised by a Jamaican father and Uruguayan mother, the family was constantly moving from city to city, often shifting enigmatically between their luxury homes in England, Jamaica and Spain. Though her childhood seemed like a dream, it was warped by danger and luxury at a price. And when it comes to inspiration, Kills looks to music that’s both confessional and bold. “I don’t listen to music to let go,” she reveals. “I listen to dive in,” listing H***, Marilyn Manson, and Eminem among her favorite artists to whom she grew up listening. "Mirrors" is Natalia's first single and the most successfull song in her career so far.

Voting History

Most given points in finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Tikata	46
2	Lost Islands	34
3	Aonach	31
4	Pebbleland	27
5	Symphony Isles	23

Most recieved points in finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Kosma	64
2	Lost Islands	56
3	Yazminia	54
4	DPR Jindalea	48
5	Alexandria	46