Asankon in the Outernatia Song Contest

Asankon
Member station	Asankon Radio and Television Corporation (ARTVC)
National selection events	Internal Selection OSC 37 OSC 40 - National Final OSC 38-39
Participation summary
Appearances	3
First appearance	OSC 37
Best result	4th OSC 37
Worst result	18th OSC 38

Asankon made their Outernatia Song Contest debut in the 37th edition with the song "Attention", performed by Charlie Puth which placed 4th.

History

Asankon made their debut by performing in the second semi final of the 37th edition of the Outernatia Song Contest and placed 6th in the semi final. They improved on this score in the final by getting 4th place with 117 points making them the most successful debut nation of the edition.

For the 38th edition, Asankon had held a national final, The Asankoni Song in which 6 songs competed to represent the country at the contest in Kaministiquia. In late August, it was announced Rudimental featuring James Arthur's song "Sun Comes Up" came out victorious. The song qualified from the First Semi Final and will once again perform in 17th in the final and finished in 19th place in the final with 68 points.

The national final was revamped and renamed GASCA for the Outernatia Song Contest 39. After a landslide victory, it was announced former ESC participant Alyosha would represent Asankon with her song "Kalina" making her the first female to represent Asankon in the contest. She later qualified for the final where she finished in 13th place with 69 points.

It was announced on 29 August 2017, Asankon would scrap the national final and revert back to internal selection for OSC 40 citing lack of interest and funds as reasons . The song 'Power' by Little Mix featuring Stormzy was one of the first songs confirmed for the contest. ARTVC have left the possibility of GASCA returning in a future edition.

Contestants

Table key

  Winner   Second place   Third place   Last place   Disqualified   Jury qualifier   Did not compete

Edition	Artist	Title	Language	Place	Points	Semi	Points
37th	Charlie Puth	"Attention"	English	4	117	6	71
38th	Rudimental	"Sun Comes Up" (ft. James Arthur)	English	18	68	8	66
39th	Alyosha	"Kalina"	Ukrainian	13	69	9	56
40th	Little Mix	"Power" (ft. Stormzy)	English
41st	Naïka	"Call Me Marilyn"	English

Voting History

As of OSC 39, Asankon's voting history is as follows. Votes as part of International Jury are not included and ties were broken using normal ESC rules. If they did not break the tie, the country who gave or received the highest amount of points in the latest edition received a higher place on the ranking:

Most points given in the grand finals only
Rank	Country	Points
1	Bartlett	16
2	Spinachia	16
3	Gaulia	14
4	Akráku	14
5	Auspikitan	12

Most points received in the grand finals only
Rank	Country	Points
1	Kernow	17
2	Bartlett	15
3	Auspikitan	12
4	Folkloria	12
5	Polland	12

Most points given in the semis and finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Spinachia	36
2	Bartlett	34
3	Daǔlska	32
4	Kimmystan	30
5	Auspikitan	22

Most points received in the semis and finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Bartlett	32
2	Kimmystan	31
3	Kernow	29
4	Spinachia	27
5	Symphony Isles	24

Participation History

Participations	Country	Editions
2	United Kingdom	38th, 40th
	United States	37th, 41st
1	Ukraine	39th

Participations	Language	Editions
3	English	37th, 38th, 40th 41st
1	Ukrainian	39th

Other Contests

Asankon have participated in other contests in Internatia and Outernatia in the past but are not at the present moment. Below is a summary of the results attained in those.

Contest	Edition	Artist	Title	Language	Place	Points
ITC	1st	The Chainsmokers	#SELFIE	English	8	58
JISC	31st	Ruel	"Don't Tell Me"	English	12	47

Asankon did intend to participate in future editions of jISC and ITC but after the broadcaster suffered from internal strife, future participation has been removed from the broadcaster's plans for the near future.