Outernatia Song Contest 9
| Outernatia Song Contest 9 من خلال الحب الأشواك تصبح زهو Through love, thorns became roses | |
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| Host | |
| Host city |  Rhea, Gandhara
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| Presenter(s) | |
| Host broadcaster | RTG |
| Opening act | "Atlah" performed by Oumayma Taleb and Myriam Fares |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 21 (to date) |
| Debuting |  Fierce Kimmystan Republica Libera Tikata (guest) Timivar Waticania
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| Returning |  Xara Khanate
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| Withdrawing |  Monteverde
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Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | 10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points by all participants. |
| Outernatia Song Contest | |
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The Outernatia Song Contest 9 will be the 9th edition of the Outernatia Song Contest. The contest will take place in Gandhara, winner of the seventh edition.
Location
On 31 March 2015, Gandhari public broadcaster RTG announced that it had chosen Rhea as the host city for the contest. The contest will be held at the Minna Theater, which hosted several editions of the Gandhari national preselection Nights of Gandhara. It has an overall capacity of approximately 17,000 people.[1]
Bidding phase
Two other cities, Manas and Kazmi, were also considered as possible host city of the contest. RTG requested proposals from the three cities concerning how they plan to organise the contest. Manas offered to host the contest in the International Convention Center, while Kazmi offered the Javeria Theater as a potential venue for the contest. The bid from Kazmi came together with plans to expand and upgrade the facility and surrounding infrastructure to meet the requirements set by host broadcaster RTG. The bids from Manas and Kazmi, together with the bid from Rhea to host the contest in the Minna Theater, were accepted. RTG ultimately chose the Minna Theater as the venue to stage the contest.
Participants
Six countries will debut this edition, the highest number of debutants since the first edition. Returning to the contest is Xara Khanate, who did not compete the previous edition. Monteverde withdrew from the contest. The deadline to apply to participate was on 2 May 2015.[2]
Invitation of Tikata
On 2 April 2015, RTG announced that it had invited Tikata to take part in the contest, represented by A+ channel, an Associate Member of the OBU.[3] Although Tikata is officially not eligible to enter, as only Outernatian countries can take part, the OBU accepted the participation of Tikata as a one-off event in honour of the strong ties between Tikata and Outernatia.[4]
Entries
| Draw | Country | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
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| 01 |  Polland
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Ich Troje | "Dokąd idziesz Polsko" | ||
| 02 |  Zeme Kūku
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MIKA | "Last Party" | ||
| 03 | Waticania
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We Are the In Crowd | "Reflections" | ||
| 04 | Xara Khanate
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Gülşen | "Bangır Bangır" | ||
| 05 |  RC Laranjeiras
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Denise Rosenthal | "Fiesta" | ||
| 06 |  Ponásikwa
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Evermore | "Follow The Sun" | ||
| 07 |  Gandhara (host)
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Samira Said | "Mazal" | ||
| 08 |  Victoria
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Margaux Avril | "L'Air De Rien" | ||
| 09 | Kimmystan
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Carina Dahl | "If That's The Only Way" | ||
| 10 |  Noxus
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Lilit Hovhannisyan | "De El Mi" | ||
| 11 | Republica Libera
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Tove Styrke | "White Light Moment" | ||
| 12 | Tikata
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Woodkid | "The Great Escape" | ||
| 13 |  V
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Vaults | "Vultures" | ||
| 14 | Timivar
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Yvonne Catterfeld | "Pendel" | ||
| 15 |  Dulcet Ebullience
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Maia Hirasawa | "Lights Are Out" | ||
| 16 |  Gebze
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Safiye | "Come Come" | ||
| 17 |  Thorway
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Melissa Horn | "Du är nog den" | ||
| 18 |  Lettuce
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Galymzhan Zholdasbaj | "Kök Zhötel" | ||
| 19 |  Rascia
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Ana Stanić | "Nostalgija" | ||
| 20 | Fierce
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Indiana | "Heart On Fire" | ||
| 21 |  Auspikitan
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Halsey | "Hurricane" |
References
- ^ "Rhea chosen as the host city for OSC 9". 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Deadline to apply for Outernatia Song Contest 9 revealed". 30 April 2015.
- ^ "RTG invites Tikata to take part in OSC". 2 April 2015.
- ^ "OBU accepts Tikata's participation". 3 April 2015.