Kwitzka in the Eurovision Song Contest

Kwitzka has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in 1989. The country did not perform before 1989 despite KT joining the EBU 6 years prior in 1983.
Kwitzka's debut in the contest in 1989 remains one of its highest placements to date, with Jön Thlyj finishing 7th. It is one of the only four top ten results in the contest, with the other ones being 9th place by Ola Lëqqa in 1998, 4th place by Telnäq, and 7th place in 2019.
Despite the country's poor performance in the contest, Eurovision remains by a large margain the most popular show in Kwitzka, with over 70% of the country's residents admitting to tuning in to the contest at least once every 2 years for at least a brief moment.
== History ==
The country has expressed its desire to join the contest as early as 1987, but Kwitzka Telewiziönen has at that time lacked the resources to host a national preselection. In 1989, Kwitzka Radiöën collaborated with KT in order to host the national preselection for the song contest, marking its first appearance.
Jön Thlyj was chosen to be the first person to represent Kwitzka during the contest with his song "1, 2, 3". During the final, he recieved 79 points and finished up on 7th place. 
The show had been largely successful within the audience, which attracted advertisers attention and together with increased funding from the government helped fund the country's appearance in next year's competition.
The country's representative in 1990 was not as successful as the previous year's singer, scoring only 31 points. This poor result however did not deter the audience's attention to the contest, which became the most watched TV programme in the country 10 years later.
Kwitzka scored its highest placement in the contest in 2014, finishing 4th with Telnäq's song "Fly away".
== Participation overview ==
Year	Artist 	Song 	Language 	Final (Points) 	Semi (Points)
1989	Jön Thlyj 	"1, 2, 3" 	Kwnat 	7 (79) 	No semi-finals
1990	Qälqö 	"Inszä jëdën raz"	Kwnat 	15 (31) 	No semi-finals
... 	... 	... 	... 	... 	...
2014	Telnäq 	"Fly away" 	English 	4 (194) 	2 (144)
2015	JSW 	"Mtlöt" 	Kwnat 	19 (27) 	10 (63)
2016	The Weekday 	"Day after day" 	English 	Did not qualify 	11 (121)
2017	Muzh ëva 	"Nöcnyj vöwd" 	Kwnat, Iòso 	Did not qualify 	15 (76)
2018	The Natural 	"Júsä rëqqla" 	Kwnat 	13 (178) 	7 (178)
2019	Atyra 	"Gëlqnöm mupem" 	Kwnat 	7 (321) 	7 (215)
2020	Qhärqqen 	"With you" 	English 	Contest cancelled	Contest cancelled
2021	Qhärqqen 	"Constantly" 	English 	20 (70) 	10 (115)
2022	Leif öq Billy	"Nëiglúpyj" 	Kwnat, English	18 (69) 	10 (110)
2023	Dwä czäsy 	"Rözqlëknët" 	Kwnat 	Did not qualify 	12 (22)
2024	Plausible 	"Vöjna zk mnem" 	Kwnat 	17 (60) 	8 (60)
== Broadcasting ==
Eurovision Song Contest is broadcast on the TV channel KT1, and additionally the audio broadcast from KT1 is transmitted on 3-Radiöën owned by KR. During the 2023 ESC, 91% of surveyed people who watched that year's Eurovision live did so on KT1, 5% listened to it on 3-Radiöën and 3% watched the official Youtube livestream.