Begonia

Begonia (/bɪˈgɔʊ̯nɪə/, endonym: Nanime /ˈnæ̀naɪ̯mɛ/) is a country currently on the Waiting List of the Nation Song Contest.
== Etymology ==
Before first entering NSC in its fifth edition the nation was planned to be called Brucia. However, due to this name's close similarity to another then active nation Brugia, it had been renamed to Begonia. Nobody exactly knows how this alternative name has come about, except that it is not in any way related to the equally named flowering plants.
== History ==
Begonia first entered NSC in its fifth edtion hosted in Hibernia with famous Moldovan ESC artists Zdob și Zdub and achieved its first top 10 finish on its debut, granting them a PQ spot for NSC 6.
The nation had achieved victory in NSC 32 with Finnish pop-rock artist Lauri Tähka and his song Pauhaava Sydän.
After taking part in 43 editions and failing to vote in the first semifinal of NSC 48, Begonia's main channel BTV withdrew from NSC. However, after a hiatus of nearly four years, private channel HÁTM signed up Begonia for the waiting list to make a return.
== Statistics ==
=== Entries (NSC 5-48) ===
Contest	
Host	
Artist	
Song Title	
Place [Final]	
Points	
Place [Semi]	
Points
NSC 5	
Hibernia	
Zdob şi Zdub	
"Miorita"	
10/24	
60	
X	
X
NSC 6	
Bokia	
Saša Lendero	
"Ne Grem Na Kolena"	
9/22	
105	
X	
X
NSC 7	
Spila	
Metallica	
"Nothing Else Matters"	
23/26	
50	
X	
X
NSC 8	
Gabriel	
Leo & Selma Bajrami	
"To Vodu Ne Pije"	
X	
X	
20/26	
52
NSC 9	
Astoria	
3 Doors Down	
"Here Without You"	
10/24	
96	
4/23	
137
NSC 10	
Alinta	
The Rasmus	
"In The Shadows"	
16/28	
76	
X	
X
NSC 11	
Mooseland	
Vesna Pisarović	
"Spremna Sam"	
26/28	
21	
X	
X
NSC 12	
Spila	
Melanie C	
"First Day Of My Life"	
X	
X	
17/28	
81
NSC 13	
Vorhota	
Phil Collins	
"Can't Hurry Love"	
12/28	
96	
13/28	
100
NSC 14	
Belvist	
La Oreja de Van Gogh	
"Muñeca de Trapo"	
26/28	
37	
X	
X
NSC 15	
Arjastan	
Jimmy Eat World	
"The Middle"	
X	
X	
15/28	
93
NSC 16	
Prasia	
Die Fantastischen Vier	
"Ernten Was Wir Säen"	
X	
X	
22/28	
47
NSC 17	
Giggshood	
The Calling	
"Wherever You Will Go"	
2/28	
131	
2/28	
174
NSC 18	
Eurora	
Jessica Folcker	
"How Will I Know?"	
4/28	
130	
X	
X
NSC 19	
Maccha-Brugia	
Kasia Cerekwicka	
"S.O.S."	
18/28	
76	
X	
X
NSC 20	
Ugaly	
Rita Redshoes	
"Dream On Girl"	
X	
X	
20/22	
36
NSC 21	
Alinta	
L'Âme Immortelle	
"Phoenix"	
X	
X	
21/24	
33
NSC 22	
Jastistia	
Van Gogh	
"Kolo (Ludo Luda)"	
5/28	
131	
3/23	
105
NSC 23	
Maccha-Brugia	
Feel	
"No Pokaż Na Co Cię Stać"	
23/28	
65	
X	
X
NSC 24	
Maccha-Brugia	
Cristal Snow	
"Cristal Clear"	
18/28	
91	
=10/24	
70
NSC 25	
Vorhota	
Toploader	
"Dancing In The Moonlight"	
18/28	
85	
7/24	
85
NSC 26	
Belvist	
Ash	
"Polaris"	
X	
X	
17/23	
45
NSC 27	
Swelatie	
Mew	
"Special"	
X	
X	
14/25	
57
NSC 28	
Prasia	
The Hives	
"Won't Be Long"	
7/28	
147	
5/25	
77
NSC 29	
Noizeland	
Access	
"Doubt & Trust"	
19/28	
103	
14/26	
57
NSC 30	
Scorpionia	
Mondscheiner	
"Penelope"	
X	
X	
21/27	
30
NSC 31	
Shamitri	
Para	
"Domo Dobre"	
X	
X	
23/25	
37
NSC 32	
St. Lotus	
Lauri Tähkä	
"Pauhava Sydään"	
1/28	
167	
10/22	
66
NSC 33	
Begonia	
Carpark North	
"More"	
20/28	
87	
X	
X
NSC 34	
Vorhota	
Mando Diao	
"Dance With Somebody"	
3/28	
161	
1/25	
113
NSC 35	
Qele	
Of Montreal	
"Alter Eagle"	
26/28	
50	
X	
X
NSC 36	
Adamsburg / Tír an Abhainn	
Madsen	
"Du Schreibst Geschichte"	
X	
X	
14/26	
65
NSC 37	
Vorhota	
Parov Stelar	
"Love"	
20/28	
83	
6/23	
78
NSC 38	
Reym-L-Dneurb	
Cilekes	
"Kendimden Geriye"	
X	
X	
13/24	
59
NSC 39	
Bokia	
VETO	
"Built To Fail"	
X	
X	
20/24	
46
NSC 40	
Canedonia	
Rinôcérose	
"Time Machine"	
X	
X	
17/24	
53
NSC 41	
Comino	
Poets Of The Fall	
"Carnival Of Rust"	
15/28	
103	
6/23	
87
NSC 42	
Vorhota	
Nephew	
"Va Fangool!"	
16/28	
106	
8/26	
75
NSC 43	
Vegetaria	
Fever Ray	
"When I Grow Up"	
X	
X	
14/25	
51
NSC 44	
Scorpionia	
Björk	
"Declare Independence!"	
20/28	
94	
16/24	
49
NSC 46	
Fervorosia	
Ida Maria	
"I Like You So Better When You're Naked"	
24/28	
79	
7/24	
71
NSC 47	
Reignland	
The Gaslight Anthem	
"Great Expectations"	
26/28	
61	
10/22	
67
NSC 48	
Lukeland	
Mumford & Sons	
"The Cave"	
X	
X	
25/25	
15**
=== ===
=== Entries (WLSC 56 +) ===
Contest	
Host	
Artist	
Song Title	
Place [Final]	
Points
WLSC 56	
The White Lands	
Cold War Kids	
"Miracle Mile"	
14/17	
60
WLSC 57	
Belvist	
The Head And The Heart	
"Down In The Valley"	
5/18	
92
WLSC 58	
Luzinia	
Hesian	
"Guregatik"	
14/17	
49
WLSC 59	
Trollheimr / Vylkuzeme	
twenty one pilots	
"Guns For Hands"	
7/18	
82
WLSC 60	
Irinatie	
Kaukázus	
"Ciprus"	
12/15	
50
WLSC 61	
Suvonia	
Yellow Ostrich	
"Whale"	
17/18	
44
WLSC 62	
Luxona	
Vetusta Morla	
"La Deriva"	
14/17	
49
WLSC 63	
Vylkuzeme	
The Wombats	
"Your Body is a Weapon"	
14/16	
45
WLSC 64	
Sakuralia	
The Beards	
"Got Me A Beard"	
6/12	
70
WLSC 65	
Luxona	
Magashegyi Underground	
"Árnyékok"	
6/16	
78
WLSC 66	
Glimmering	
Hladno Pivo	
"Može"	
1/10	
80
WLSC 67	
Begonia	
Fairwater	
"Make It Home"		
=== Voting (NSC 104 +) ===
=== Voting (WLSC 56 +) ===
=== Voting Winners (WLSC 56 +, NSC 104 +) ===
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