Kaledonii in the Internatia Song Contest

Kaledonii
Member station	Radio Television Kaledonii (RTK)
National selection events	Kaledonii Song Festival (12, 15, 18, 20, 22) East Internatia Cup (23-)
Participation summary
Appearances	12
First appearance	ISC 11th
Best result	1st (18)
Worst result	SF 23th (14, 16)

Kaledonii has participated in the Internatia Song Contest since ISC 11. While the nation managed to place fifth with their debut entry, it generally failed to make a major impact in the Internatia rankings for the next few editions. In the 18th edition of the Internatia Song Contest, Kaledonii won with The Piano Guys' song "Khushnuma" (sung by Shweta Subram).

In the first semi-final of ISC 16, Kaledonii made history by becoming the first country to receive nul points without being disqualified.

Entries

Edition	Artist	Language	Song	Place	Points	Semi	Points	Int. Jury	Points
11th	Eva & the Heartmaker	English	"Traces of You" (2012)	5	89	6	67	13	11
12th	Diandra	Finnish	"Prinsessalle" (2012)	—	—	15	47	N/A
13th	Lisa Gerrard	Glossolalia	"Now We Are Free" (2000)	22	53	11	56	18	13
14th	Aphrodite's Child	English	"Spring, Summer, Winter & Fall" (1970)	—	—	23	11	N/A
15th	Kejsi Tola	Albanian	"Perendeshe e Fantazise" (2012)	—	—	15	51	15	51
16th	Elán	Slovak	"Od Tatier k Dunaju" (1989)	—	—	23	0	18	25
17th	Céline Dion	English	"Loved Me Back To Life" (2013)	9	108	14	52	5	55
18th	The Piano Guys (feat. Shweta Subram)	Hindi, Sanskrit	"Khushnuma" (2013)	1	163	1	85	6	49
19th	Adriiana	English	"Made Your Heart Break" (2013)	—	—	20	38	21	16
20th	Palbasha Siddique	Bengali	"Praan" (2008)	24	70	Pre-Qualified
21st	John Martin	English	"Anywhere For You" (2014)	17	105	6	76	4	60
22nd	The Fray	English	"Love Don't Die" (2013)	23	76	10	62	11	30
23rd	Zséda	Hungarian	"Legyen Úgy!" (2012)	23	76	11	49	20	5
24th	John Williams	Instrumental	"Across The Stars" (2002)	N/A
25th	Linnea Hendriksson	Swedish	"Halmstad" (2014)	N/A

History

Internatia Song Contest 11

Kambriite-duo Eva & the Heartmaker was internally selected by Radio Television Kaledonii to represent the nation in Marvelia. Their song Traces Of You qualified to the final where they came 5th– the best result for Kaledonii to date.

Internatia Song Contest 12

Metsaema singer Diandra Flores was chosen to represent Kaledonii after winning the inagural edition of the Kaledonii Song Festival in a landslide. Unfortunately for Flores, the Internatian voters were not charmed by her performance and she ended up 15th in her semi-final.

Kaledonii Song Festival 01

Draw	Region	Language	Artist	Song					Int. Jury (Total)	(Televote)	Place	Points
1	Kaledonii	Slovak	Miroslav Žbirka	Atlantída	60	40	30	30	160	118	3	278
2	Kāra	English	Lenka	Everything At Once	50	10	60	60	180	168	2	348
3	Karonii	English	Priyanka Chopra (feat. will.i.am)	In My City	10	30	10	20	70	159	5	229
4	Konficor	Estonian	Code One	Vikerkaar	20	50	40	10	120	34	6	154
5	Kambrii	English	Mew	The Zookeeper's Boy	30	20	20	40	110	151	4	261
6	Metsaema	Finnish	Diandra	Prinsessalle	40	60	50	50	200	210	1	410

Kaledonii Televote

Draw	Region	Artist	Song	Votes	Percentage	Points
1	Kaledonii	Miroslav Žbirka	Atlantída	26,180	14	118
2	Kāra	Lenka	Everything At Once	37,400	20	168
3	Karonii	Priyanka Chopra (feat. will.i.am)	In My City	35,530	19	159
4	Konficor	Code One	Vikerkaar	7,480	4	34
5	Kambrii	Mew	The Zookeeper's Boy	33,660	18	151
6	Metsaema	Diandra	Prinsessalle	46,750	25	210

Internatia Song Contest 13

Konficor artist Lisa Gerrard was internally selected by Radio Television Kaledonii to represent the nation at the 13th Internatia Song Contest in Spirevo with the song Now We Are Free. Despite Kaledonii press stating that she was one of the front-runners for victory, Gerrard only barely managed to qualify to the final; placing 22nd in a field of 25.

Internatia Song Contest 14

Following a long meeting, the Cultural Division of RTK chose the Karonii group Aphrodite's Child to represent Kaledonii at the 14th Internatia Song Contest in Luzze. Aphrodite's Child crashed and burned in the semifinal; they escaped last place only due to the last-minute disqualification of Canedonia.

Internatia Song Contest 15

Kejsi Tola performing "Perendeshe e Fantazise" at ISC in Tramandi, Tikata.

RTK held the second edition of the Kaledonii Song Festival to choose the entrant for the 15th edition of the Internatia Song Contest. Kejsi Tola won the right to represent the nation in Tramandi, Tikata. Unfortunately, she failed to qualify, placing 15th in a field of 27.

Kaledonii Song Festival 02

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Place	Total
1	Shinedown	"Second Chance"	26	30	4	56
2	Missy Higgins	"Where I Stood"	26	10	6	36
3	Lights	"February Air"	16	—	7	16
4	Taylor Swift	"I Knew You Were Trouble"	22	40	3	62
5	Passion Pit	"Take A Walk"	40	50	2	90
6	Smallpools	"No Story Time"	28	20	5	48
7	Kejsi Tola	"Perendeshe e Fantazise"	52	60	1	112

International Jury Votes

Draw	Artist	Song						Place	Total
1	Shinedown	"Second Chance"	4	6	8	8	—	5	26
2	Missy Higgins	"Where I Stood"	—	8	12	—	6	4	36
3	Lights	"February Air"	10	2	—	2	2	7	16
4	Taylor Swift	"I Knew You Were Trouble"	2	—	4	6	10	6	22
5	Passion Pit	"Take A Walk"	8	10	10	4	8	2	40
6	Smallpools	"No Story Time"	6	4	2	12	4	3	28
7	Kejsi Tola	"Perendeshe e Fantazise"	12	12	6	10	12	1	52

Kaledonii Televote

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Place	Percentage
1	Shinedown	"Second Chance"	29,077	4	14.22%
2	Missy Higgins	"Where I Stood"	9,692	6	4.74%
3	Lights	"February Air"	7,856	7	3.84%
4	Taylor Swift	"I Knew You Were Trouble"	38,769	3	18.96%
5	Passion Pit	"Take A Walk"	48,462	2	23.71%
6	Smallpools	"No Story Time"	19,386	5	9.48%
7	Kejsi Tola	"Perendeshe e Fantazise"	51,197	1	25.04%

Internatia Song Contest 16

Slovak rock band Elán was chosen to represent Kaledonii at the Internatia Song Contest 16 in Pensa, Anselmsuusonia with their song, "Od Tatier k Dunaju".

Unfortunately, the song failed to impress voters from the rest of the countries in the semi-final; Kaledonii did not receive a single point from these nations. This occurrence was the first such time that a nation in the Internatia Song Contest had failed to receive a single point (other than disqualified nations who automatically lose all their points). While the nation did not receive any points, Kaledonii did not place last in its semi-final; Volnytaria's failure to vote in the semi-final resulted in its disqualification—Kaledonii, therefore, placed 23rd out of 24 nations.

Internatia Song Contest 17

Céline Dion was the original Kaledonii representative for the Internatia Song Contest 16 in Pensa, Anselmsuusonia. However, scheduling conflicts due to the imminent release of her new album, Loved Me Back To Life, resulted in her participation being delayed until the Internatia Song Contest 17 due to be held in Liechgrado, Yazminia.

On 1 November 2013, Dion was drawn to sing her song, "Loved Me Back To Life", third in the first semi-final of the 17th Internatia Song Contest. She, along with 25 other nations, is competing for one of 13 qualification spots from the semi-final. Despite placing 14th, Céline Dion was chosen as the "13th qualifier" due to her fifth placing in the International Jury vote.

In the final, Dion wowed viewers from her 22nd draw and she placed 9th in a field of 27; her 108 points were the highest points Kaledonii has received in an Internatia Song Contest final at the time.

Internatia Song Contest 18

Following disappointing results in the Internatia Song Contest 16, RTK decided to hold a six-song Kaledonii Song Festival. The winner of this festival, The Piano Guys (feat. Shweta Subram), will be the Kaledonii representative at the Internatia Song Contest 18 which will be held in Astrée, Kosma during December 2013.

Kaledonii Song Festival 03

Artist Information:				Elimination Rounds			Grand Final
Draw	Place	Artist	Song	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Int. Juries	Kaledonii Televote	Total
06	01	The Piano Guys (feat. Shweta Subram)	"Khushnuma"	16	16	18	12	12	24
04	02	Lee Ann Womack	"I Hope You Dance"	6	8	10	4	8	12
02	03	Adriiana	"Made Your Heart Break"	12	12	13	8	4	12
05	04	Daniel Adams-Ray	"Precis Som Jag"	7	7	9	N/A
03	05	Elvin's Tales	"Winds Are Silent"	6	7	N/A
01	06	Capital Cities	"Safe And Sound"	2	N/A

Internatia Song Contest 19

Following Kaledonii's victory in the Internatia Song Contest 18, RTK announced that they would be conducting an internal selection to choose the representative for the 19th edition of the contest.

This decision was done in order to allow the broadcaster to allocate the maximum amount of resources to hosting the 20th edition of the contest in Śanti, Kaledonii.

Soon after announcing the lack of a national final, RTK came forward with the Kaledonii entrant at ISC 19, Adriiana—the third-placed entrant at the Kaledonii Song Festival 03. Her song, "Made Your Heart Break" was chosen to compete in Rosetown, Pebbleland.

Unfortunately for Kaledonii, there was a sound system failure roughly 20 seconds into Adriiana's performance. Despite being granted a reprise at the end of the semi-final, Adriiana was unable to deal with the stress, and consequently did not perform as well as she could have.

Kaledonii finished 20th in the semi-final with only 38 points. High points were received from Ova Anova and Aonach.

Internatia Song Contest 20

Kaledonii Song Festival 04

For the host entry to the Internatia Song Contest 20, RTK decided to host the fourth edition of the Kaledoni Song Festival to choose the nation's representative.

Not content with the "hugeness" and rather non-intimate nature of the previous editions, RTK reduced the previously six or seven artist competition into to a much smaller two artist event.

Each international juries voting had one vote to give to their favorite act; the Kaledoni televote had five votes. By reducing the size of the KSF, RTK hoped to increase international as well as domestic interest and participation in the song festival.

The two acts in this edition of the song festival were Palbasha Siddique with her Bengali song "Praan" and Violina feat. Birgit Õigemeel with their entry "Sea of Life".

Just as RTK had hoped, the smaller festival increased both international, and domestic interest in the Internatia Song Contest. The eventual voting for the competition were 10 votes for Palbasha Siddique to 3 votes for Violina feat. Birgit Õigemeel. Unfortunately, RTK's broadcast of the competition was corrupted in the broadcaster's archives, and the complete voting breakdown is unknown. However, it is known that the Kaledonii televote went to Palbasha Siddique, and that the Irdminian international jury voted for Violina feat. Birgit Õigemeel.

Since Kaledonii was hosting the Internatia Song Contest 20, Palbasha Siddique was pre-qualified to the Grand Final. In the final, despite receiving much acclaim from the Kaledonii audience, Siddique was unable to completely convince Internatian voters, and placed 24th with 70 points.

Kaledonii Song Festival 05

Following the conclusion of the Kaledonii Song Festival 04 to choose the Kaledonii entrant to ISC 20, RTK decided to hold the fifth edition of the Kaledonii Song Festival to choose the entrant to the 21st Internatia Song Contest under a similar format.

The two entrants in this edition of the festival were Ben Rector and his song, "Beautiful", and Lee Scott with his song, "Net 'n Bietjie Meer Tyd". Eventually, Ben Rector emerged victorious among the International Juries, and won the fifth edition of the Kaledonii Song Festival.

Similarly to the previous edition of the festival, the RTK broadcast was corrupted in the RTK Archives and the voting breakdown of the competition is unknown.

After the results of the festival were announced, RTK made the decision to initially push Ben Rector's entry to the Internatia Song Contest from the 21st edition, to the 23rd edition, before eventually putting his entry to ISC "on-hold". It is unknown if his entry will ever be present in the song contest.

Internatia Song Contest 21

Following its hosting of the Internatia Song Contest 20, RTK decided to hold another internal selection to choose their entry for the Internatia Song Contest 21.

Singer John Martin, who had previously provided the vocals for Kaledonii's victorious entry in ISC 18, was chosen to represent the nation in Monteverde.

Despite placing sixth in the semi-final, and fourth in the International Jury vote, Martin was unable to replicate his semi-final success, placing 17th in the Grand Final with 105 points.

Internatia Song Contest 22

Kaledonii Song Festival 06

RTK chose to hold the Kaledonii Song Festival 06 in order to choose the nation's entry to the Internatia Song Contest 22 in Tuscan City, Beige. As a result of the broadcaster's disappointment with the format of the previous two Kaledonii Song Festivals, RTK chose to revert to a format similar to the Kaledonii Song Festival 02, which was used to choose the Kaledonii entry to ISC 15.

This edition of the KSF was the most watched edition ever, roughly 449,000 Kaledonii citizens voted in the competition and roughly 500,000 more watched the festival. Both the International Juries and the Kaledonii televote had decisive winners; the International Juries strongly favored The Fray and their song, "Love Don't Die" whereas the Kaledonii televote favored Marina Maximilian's entry, "Two Pigs". In the end, these two songs tied with 104 points each after the International Juries and the Kaledonii televote had been added together. Following KSF rules, the votes of the International Juries prevailed, and The Fray were chosen to represent Kaledonii at the Internatia Song Contest 22.

Marina Maximilian ironically placed both first, and last in the Kaledonii televote with her two entries.

Results

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Place	Total
1	Marina Maximilian	"Tango"	50	8	6	58
2	The Fray	"Love Don't Die"	72	32	1	104
3	Jacqueline Fuentes	"Amo La Vida"	48	24	5	72
4	Marina Maximilian	"Two Pigs"	56	48	2	104
5	Kahaberi & Khanums	"Gandagana N2"	52	40	3	92
6	Magic Man	"Paris"	58	16	4	74

International Jury Votes

Draw	Artist	Song									Place	Total
1	Marina Maximilian	"Tango"	4	12	4	2	8	12	6	2	5	50
2	The Fray	"Love Don't Die"	12	8	12	12	10	10	4	4	1	72
3	Jacqueline Fuentes	"Amo La Vida"	6	2	10	10	4	2	8	6	6	48
4	Marina Maximilian	"Two Pigs"	8	10	2	6	12	4	2	12	3	56
5	Kahaberi & Khanums	"Gandagana N2"	2	6	8	8	2	6	12	8	4	52
6	Magic Man	"Paris"	10	4	6	4	6	8	10	10	2	58

Kaledonii Televote

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Place	Percentage
1	Marina Maximilian	"Tango"	8,162	6	1.82%
2	The Fray	"Love Don't Die"	96,837	3	21.58%
3	Jacqueline Fuentes	"Amo La Vida"	59,853	4	13.34%
4	Marina Maximilian	"Two Pigs"	148,245	1	33.03%
5	Kahaberi & Khanums	"Gandagana N2"	119,526	2	26.63%
6	Magic Man	"Paris"	16,202	5	3.61%

Voting History

As of ISC 17, Kaledonii's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in finals only
Rank	Country	Points
1	Sunetti	33
2	Aonach	30
3	Luzze	21
4	Kosma	15
5	Nicolas' Neighbour	14

Most points given in the semis and finals
Rank	Country	Points
1	Sunetti	64
2	Aonach	57
3	Symphony Isles	40
4	Pebbleland	33
5	Nicolas' Neighbour	28