Gandhara in the Outernatia Song Contest

Gandhara
Member station	Radio and Television of Gandhara (RTG)
National selection events	Internal Selection OSC 1–2 ; OSC 17–19 ; OSC 31–43 ; National Final Nights of Gandhara ; OSC 3–16 ; OSC 21–22 ; OSC 24 ; OSC 27–30 ; Unity Fest ; OSC 20 ; OSC 26 ; Friendship Fest ; OSC 23 ; Heritage Music Festival ; OSC 25 ;
Participation summary
Appearances	43
First appearance	OSC 1
Best result	1st: OSC 7, OSC 27
Worst result	Last: OSC 13 SF
External links
	Gandhara's page at Escforum.net

Gandhara has participated in every Outernatia Song Contest since its debut at the first contest with the song "Libertango", performed by Hiba Tawaji in the Arabic language. The country has won twice, in the 7th edition, with the song "Aman" by Myriam Fares, and in the 27th edition, with the song "Alive" by Dami Im. Gandhara is only one of the two countries that participated in every edition of the contest, the other being Auspikitan.

The first fourteen entries have been performed in the Arabic language. For the 15th edition of the contest, the Gandhari public broadcaster Radio and Television of Gandhara abandoned the rule that songs must be performed in Arabic, and Mähri Pirgulyýewa got the right to represent Gandhara with her Turkmen song "Aýterek Günterek". During the final, Mähri Pirgulyýewa received 104 points and a fourth-place finish. It was the country's best result at the time, since Myriam Fares' win in the 7th edition, and the first time Gandhara scored over 100 points. Gandhara also finished second in the 24th edition, with the song "Snowstorm" by Jess Lee.

Since the introduction of semi-finals, Gandhara missed the final on four occasions: in the 13th, 16th, 32nd, and 43rd edition. Gandhara has won their semi-final five times and finished as runner-up on seven occasions.

Contestants

Table key

Winner

Second place

Third place

Last place

Disqualified

Jury qualifier

Did not compete

Edition	Artist	Language	Title	Place	Points	Semi	Points
1st	Hiba Tawaji	Arabic	"Libertango" (تانغو الحرية)	10	57	No semi-finals
2nd	Yara	Arabic	"Ma Baaref" (ما بعرف)	11	39
3rd	Carole Samaha	Arabic	"Sahranine" (سهرانين)	4	75
4th	Amal Maher	Arabic	"A'raf Mneen" (أعرف منين)	6	52
5th	Mohamed Hamaki	Arabic	"Haga Mestakhabeya" (حاجة مستخبية)	10	48
6th	Fady Harb	Arabic	"Shu Baki" (شو باكي)	12	34
7th	Myriam Fares	Arabic	"Aman" (آمان)	1	80
8th	Ragheb Alama	Arabic	"Betfell" (بتفل)	10	45
9th	Samira Said	Arabic	"Mazal" (مازال)	16	35
10th	Sandy	Arabic	"Roho Ololo" (روحو قولوله)	15	47
11th	Sherine	Arabic	"Hatrooh" (هتروح)	21	35
12th	Yasmine Ammari	Arabic	"Nkhaf Nabghik" (نخاف نبغيك)	27	22
13th	Zaed Naes	Arabic	"Shattiet" (شتيت)	Failed to qualify		16	23
14th	Shiraz	Arabic	"Amout Wansak" (اموت وانساك)	22	43	No semi-finals
15th	Mähri Pirgulyýewa	Turkmen	"Aýterek Günterek"	4	104	16	37
16th	Gülyaru	Uyghur	"Shirinjan"	Failed to qualify		10	33
17th	Jiidesh İdirisova	Kyrgyz	"Kim Bilet" (ким билет)	19	73	8	57
18th	Indira Edilbaeva	Kazakh	"Zharygym" (Жарығым)	9	62	No semi-finals
19th	Summer	Chinese	"Colorful Black"	5	91	2	82
20th	Kiwi	Mongolian	"Namriin Boroond Bi Gomdson"	10	89	6	61
21st	Jane Zhang	English	"Dream It Possible"	7	77	1	84
22nd	The5	Arabic	"Bel Gharam" (بالغرام)	16	72	1	102
23rd	Zhanar Dugalova	Kazakh	"Ayta Bersin" (Айта берсін)	10	103	7	62
24th	Jess Lee	Chinese	"Snowstorm"	2	109	2	66
25th	Ailee	Korean, English	"Heaven"	7	98	2	66
26th	Princess Ai & A-Lin	Chinese	"Wo Bu Li kai" (我不離開)	15	69	1	98
27th	Dami Im	English	"Alive"	1	139	2	89
28th	GARNiDELiA	Japanese	"Yakusoku" (約束)	7	96	1	87
29th	BLACKPINK	Korean, English	"Playing with Fire"	4	98	Host country
30th	Tan Weiwei	Chinese	"Na Shi De Guang" (那時的光)	16	49	2	74
31st	Nik Qistina	English	"Young Hearts"	13	60	4	88
32nd	Diana Wang	Chinese, English	"I Don't Know"	Failed to qualify		11	56
33rd	AOA	Korean	"Excuse Me"	17	40	7	63
34th	Gayle Nerva	English	"Echoes"	9	70	2	79
35th	Taeyeon	Korean	"Fine"	13	60	No semi-finals
36th	Alan Dawa Dolma	Chinese	"Chàng Gěi Tiānkōng Tīng" (唱给天空听)	13	56	6	50
37th	Oonagh & Safri Duo	German	"Zeit der Sommernächte"	5	106	2	81
38th	Amre	Kazakh	"Aitshy Zhauabyn" (Айтшы жауабын)	5	113	1	100
39th	The5	Arabic	"La Bezzaf" (لا بزاف)	4	112	5	74
40th	Lucy	English	"Best Of Me"	6	87	7	63
41st	Helly Luv	English	"Risk It All"	6	119	9	53
42nd	A-Lin	Chinese	"Go" (一直走)	21	56	7	54
43rd	Priscilla Abby	Chinese, English	"I Love the Sky"	Failed to qualify		14	40

Voting history

As of the 26th edition, Gandhara's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in the grand finals only
Rank	Country	Points
1	Lettuce	150
2	Kimmystan	120
3	Dulcet Ebullience	92
4	Noxus	74
5	Auspikitan	66

Most points received in the grand finals only
Rank	Country	Points
1	Lettuce	144
2	Kimmystan	94
3	Dulcet Ebullience	87
4	Ponásikwa	84
5	Noxus	68

Most points given in the semis and finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Lettuce	202
2	Kimmystan	157
3	Dulcet Ebullience	129
4	Ponásikwa	92
5	Victoria	91

Most points received in the semis and finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Lettuce	197
2	Ponásikwa	148
3	Kimmystan	118
4	Dulcet Ebullience	113
5	Raingate	80

Hostings

Edition	Location	Venue	Presenters
9th	Rhea	Minna Theater	Rita Hayek and Malek Maktabi
29th	Rhea	International Exhibition Center	Dami Im and Said Karmouz

OSC Congratulations

To celebrate 25 editions of the Outernatia Song Contest, Victoria and Laranjeiras hosted a special one-off contest on behalf of the Outernatian Broadcasting Union (OBU) named OSC Congratulations: 25 Editions of the Outernatia Song Contest, to find the favourite entry of the first 25 editions. Jess Lee, who came 2nd in the 24th edition with her song "Snowstorm", represented Gandhara. She received an 8th place with 66 points.