Internatia Song Contest 44

Internatia Song Contest 44
The Rhythm Awakens
Dates
Final	February 2016
Host
Host broadcaster	ZZTV
Participants
Number of entries	54
Debuting	Land of Jhe Freeh
Returning	Irdminia Kaministiquia
Withdrawing	Xara Khanate
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.

The Internatia Song Contest 44 will be the 44th annual edition of Internatia Song Contest. The contest will take place in Lovendalen, Luzze. The event will be hosted by the national broadcaster ZZTV after their victory in 42nd edition of Internatia Song Contest with the song "Tequila" performed by Paula Vesala.

Results

Semi-final 1

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Ponásikwa	Sindy	"S'envoler"
2	Noxus	League of Legends	"Demacia Rising"
3	Pönö	Anssi Kela	"Ikävä"
4	Pebbleland	Eivør	"Morning Song"
5	Territrius	Nightwish	"Turn Loose the Mermaids"
6	Saint Eva & Lepland	Bill Douglas & Ars Nova Singers	"The Cloud"
7	Háttųka	Donkeyboy	"Lost"
8	Timivar	EXGF	"We Are the Hearts"
9	Land of Jhe Freeh	Maria Hamer-Jensen	"Make You Stay"
10	Huania	Theory of a Deadman	"Angel"
11	Keohretcha	Elton John	"Circle of Life"
12	Grolskira	Zella Day	"High"
13	Tikata	Milky Wishlake	"Wait For Us"
14	Chruno	Maja Francis	"Come Companion"
15	Porielana	Olga Romanovskaya	"Derzhi menya krepche"
16	Spitzenbergen	Beyoncé	"Halo"
17	Alteus	Antonia	"Dream About My Face"
18	Edoriada	Mando	"Dos Mou Logo Na Soth"
19	Gandhara	Angel Grant	"Lil' Red Boa"
20	Men̈́sa	Oki Dub Ainu Band	"Sakhalin Rock"
21	Amsteris	Maya	"Toli"
22	Irdminia	Loreen	"Under Ytan"
23	Lacrea	Eva & Manu	"Empty"
24	Kaledonii	Darin	"Lagom"
25	Rata Sum	Hyoseong	"Good-Night Kiss"
26	Monteverde	Emma Louise	"Jungle"
27	Aonach	Gavin James	"Bitter Pill"

Semi-final 2

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Pen Island	MORTEN ft. Frida Sundemo	"Beautiful Heartbeat"
2	Haven	Vita Bandet ft. Niello	"Inga hinder"
3	Thorway	Guðrun Jacobsen	"Tú dregur meg sum ein magnetur"
4	Auspikitan	Ida LaFontaine	"Go Again"
5	Fierce	Loboda	"40 Gradusov"
6	Ova Anova	Kállay Saunders Band	"Victory"
7	Kimmystan	Alan Walker	"Faded"
8	H Kim Jong Il's AD Hangug	Jar Jar Binks	"How Rude"
9	Zephyrus	Victoria Duffield	"Break My Heart"
10	Victoria	Nielson & Miss Montreal	"Hoe"
11	Eriod	Merja Soria	"Aamulla Varhain"
12	Hanzyuki	Within Temptation	"Shot in the Dark"
13	Ruthsina	Yisa Yu	"Ask the Moonlight"
14	Caprika	Saara Aalto	"You Had My Heart"
15	Valdron	Bat For Lashes	"The Haunted Man"
16	Leshia	Chairlift	"Moth to the Flame"
17	Alma Livre	Dumblonde	"Dreamsicle"
18	Kaministiquia	Lea Rue	"Sleep"
19	Tonallán	Jaguares	"La vida no es igual"
20	Bubblique	Taylor Swift	"Out of the Woods"
21	Kosma	Amanda Jenssen	"When We Dig For Gold in the USA"
22	Tashkveny	Lim Kim	"Awoo"
23	Bitland	A Love Like Pi	"Wide Awake"
24	Sunetti	Ivan Torrent ft. Roger Berruezot	"Remember Me"
25	Nicolas' Neighbour	Kate Boy	"Midnight Sun"
26	RC Laranjeiras	Mylène Farmer ft. Sting	"Stolen Car"

Final

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
	Luzze (Host)	David Bowie	"Space Oddity"

Returning Artists

Artist	Country	Previous edition	Previous country represented
Anette Olzon (part of Nightwish)	Territrius	ISC 2, ISC 8, ISC 23, ISC 35 (all 4 - part of Nightwish)	Sibinia, Sunetti, Edoriada, Lost Islands
Donkeyboy	Háttųka	ISC 32	Pebbleland
Lim Kim	Tashkveny	ISC 24 (with Swings), ISC 36	Rata Sum
Nightwish	Territrius	ISC 2, ISC 8, ISC 11, ISC 23, ISC 35	Sibinia, Sunetti, Lost Islands, Edoriada
Saara Aalto	Caprika	ISC 9	Luzze
Tuomas Holopainen (part of Nightwish)	Territrius	ISC 2, ISC 8, ISC 11 (all 3 - part of Nightwish), ISC 22 (with Johanna Kurkela), ISC 23, ISC 35 (both part of Nightwish)	Sibinia, Sunetti, Lost Islands, Yazminia, Edoriada
Zella Day	Grolskira	ISC 23, ISC 29	Sunetti