Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged

: For the upcoming edition see Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 40
: For the last edition see Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 39
The Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged, often abbreviated as ESCT, is a song contest held between countries which was created in the website of Tengaged since May 7th 2014. The contest is produced by Alejandro Ramírez.
It is inspired by Eurovision Song Contest and was created for European countries which participated at least once in the ESC and are active TBU members, who must submit an original song to be performed on live television and radio. They also cast votes which are translated into points which are then awarded to the most popular songs from each country. The winner is the country with the most points at the end of voting, who also win the right to host the next edition.
As of #5, countries must qualify from one or two semi-finals. Hosting nations automatically qualify to the grand final, as well as the other four highest scoring entries in the previous contest.
==Rules==
#To be part of the contest you must to submit the casting.
#The participants may only represent one available country.
#The participants must send a song from any singer and sang in any language.
#The songs that appeared in previous editions can not be selected.
#Eurovision songs are not allowed to participate.
#The same singer can represent any country unlimited times.
#Covers songs can not participate in the competition.
#Voting takes place in the system of the Eurovision Song Contest. [12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point.]
#Voting for own country is not allowed.
#If a person does not send its results within the allowed time, its final results will be divided by 2.
#The winner will be the one who achieve the most points received from other countries.
#The country winner will host next edition and must decide the host city.
#Entries with the official videoclip with more than 50.000.000 of views are not permitted.
#Since Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 6 until Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 15 a new rule about the procedence of the singer was set. All eligible countries to participate were divided into twelve groups because of cultural or language reasons. A singer could represent a country if he/she was born or have lived in any of the countries from a same group.
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#However, due to the numerous complains and the disloyal competitiveness, a public poll was opened to determinate if the "groups rule" should be changed. With 68,2% of the public votes, the option YES won and since Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 16 onwards, all the countries must choose singers from their own country. Despite this rule, some exceptions were set among several countries due to political, linguistic and cultural reasons.
Once every three editions
* Cyprus from Greece
* Moldova from Romania
* Montenegro from Serbia
* Albania from Serbia (Only from Kosovo)
Every edition
Some little countries without their own singers can borrow artists from the neighbours:
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== Format ==
The contest's format has been changing during several editions. It was only kept the same for the first three edition, letting only 26 participants to compete in the contest, although in the first edition only 20 countries competed. Since the fourth edition, more than 26 participants were allowed to compete and for this reason the very first semifinal was held where 21 finalists out of 26, qualified for the grand final. In the fourth edition, there was also a big 3 who scored the three highest votes from the previous edition and were automatic qualifiers; Ireland, Poland and Ukraine. However, for the next editions, the big 3 would change to big 5 and the top 5 from each edition will be a part of the big 5. It was the only season holding a unique semifinal while the rest editions have kept two semifinals. The top ten scored countries from each semi-final advanced to the final.
Since the very first edition the winning country of each edition is automatically chosen to be the host of the next edition. The first host country was dediced internally according to some public polls and some facilities for organizating the contest. As the host broadcaster, the heads of delegation can decide how and when they want to host the competition, present the logo, make a slogan theme and other things. However if a broadcaster cannot decide the host city or doesn't want to host the competition in its winning country, the runner-up will be able to host the competition.
===The "Big 5" finalists===
In the fourth edition, the very first "Big 3" was introduced and it was composed by the top 3 countries from the previous edition. However, in the fifth edition because of the increasion of the amount of countries and the appeareance of the two semifinals, it was decided to change the "Big 3" to the "Big 5" to finally make a grand final of 25 countries, formed by the "Big 5" and the top ten scored countries from each semi-final. Due to some countries from the "Big 5" withdrew in several editions, a new rule was established which it consists that if a country from the "Big 5" withdraw, the sixth placed country of the previous edition would replace it. During the tenth edition, it was rumored that the "Big 5" would be changed to a "Big 6" where an additional country, the winning country of OOESCT will take part in the contest every edition. The TBC said that the idea was being considerated and that a definitive decision was not taken yet.
Members of the Big 5 through the editions have been several, but the countries with more appearances were Greece, Iceland, Sweden and Ukraine, holding the record of being in the "Big 5" three times. Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Monaco, Morocco, Russia have been in the Big 5 for at least two editions. Greece also holds the record for being a member of the Big 5 for three editions in a row.
==Competition history==
Edition	Final date 	City 	Countries	Winner	Points
1st 	31 May 2014 	Berlin 	20 	 	123
2nd 	16 September 2014	Seville 	26 	 	101
3rd 	22 October 2014 	Warsaw 	26 	 	129
4th 	22 November 2014 	Krakow 	29 	 	155
5th 	21 December 2014 	Copenhagen 	34 	 	141
6th 	20 January 2015 	Vienna 	35 	 	142
7th 	16 February 2015 	Zurich 	35 	 	181
8th 	15 March 2015 	Paris 	36 	 	212
9th 	14 April 2015 	Sofia 	40 	 	155
10th 	11 May 2015 	Athens 	40 	 	167
11th 	11 June 2015 	Andorra La Vella	42 	 	167
12th 	11 July 2015 	Nicosia 	47 	 	172
13th 	22 September 2015	London 	42 	 	234
14th 	21 October 2015 	Helsinki 	42 	 	188
15th 	19 November 2015 	Kiev 	45 	 	186
16th 	26 December 2015 	Vilnius 	48 	 	192
17th 	28 February 2016 	San Marino 	42 	 	198
18th 	3 April 2016 	Liège 	43 	 	248
19th 	8 May 2016 	Warsaw 	44 	 	224
20th 	12 June 2016 	Oslo 	47 	 	216
21st 	26 July 2016 	Marseille 	40 	 	220
22nd 	12 October 2016 	Norrköping 	42 	 	182
23rd 	21 November 2016 	Limassol 	49 	 	230
24th 	9 January 2017 	Bruges 	47 	 	199
25th 	6 March 2017 	Jerusalem 	48 	 	224
26th 	14 May 2017 	Prague 	49 	 	196
27th 	8 October 2017 	Donetsk 	47 	 	238
28th 	29 December 2017 	Luxembourg 	48 	 	214
29th 	4 March 2018 	Barcelona 	46 	 	207
30th 	18 May 2018 	Casablanca 	43 	 	140
31st 	6 August 2018 	Zagreb 	48 	 	169
32nd 	18 November 2018 	Bergen 	43 	 	196
33rd 	17 February 2019 	Turku 	45 	 	156
34th 	26 May 2019 	Bucharest 	47 	 	251
35th 	29 December 2019 	Rotterdam 	47 	 	236
36th 	1 April 2020 	Ghent 	46 	 	187
37th 	20 June 2020 	Reykjavík 	47 	 	186
38th 	31 October 2020 	Copenhagen 	47 	 	180
39th 	24 January 2021 	Tbilisi 	49 	 	211
40th 	24 April 2021 	Thessaloniki 	46 	 	184
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==Winners==
: Further information: List of Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged winners
The contest has so far twenty-six different winning countries with most of them being Western countries (Andorra, France, Spain, United Kingdom...). The only country winning two editions in a row has been Poland in the second and third editions. Most of the winners have so far been female artists except from the winners of the second, seventh, twenty-third and thirty-seventh editions who has been a male artist, while in the tenth edition which has been a a female-male duet.
United Kingdom is the country with the most second places so far, with five silver medals. In the third edition, Poland won the edition setting a new record for the host country's place. Netherlands's winning entry currently holds the record for the highest scoring winner with 251 points. Poland also became the first country to win three times.
Ed.	Winner	Artist 	Song 	Points	Margin	Runner-Up	Third Place
#01	 	Pastora Soler 	Quédate conmigo 	123 	9 	 	
#02	 	John Legend 	All of me 	101 	4 	 	
#03	 	Sia 	Chandelier 	129 	22 	 	
#04	 	P!nk 	Try 	155 	12 	 	
#05	 	Conchita Wurst 	Heroes 	141 	4 	 	
#06	 	Anna Rossinelli 	Shine in the light 	142 	22 	 	
#07	 	Kendji Girac 	Andalouse 	181 	17 	 	
#08	 	Oonagh 	Oromë 	212 	59 	 	
#09	 	Eleni Foureira 	Ase Me 	155 	21 	 	
#10	 	Ruth Lorenzo &Miguel Poveda	Rey de Corazones 	167 	35 	 	
#11	 	Athena Manoukian 	XO 	167 	2 	 	
#12	UK 	Natasha Bedingfield 	Unwritten 	172 	22 	 	
#13	 	Krista Seigfrids 	On and Off 	234 	66 	 	
#14	 	Elen Levon 	WIld Child 	188 	34 	 	
#15	 	GJan 	One More Drink 	186 	28 	UK 	
#16	 	Francesca Michielin 	L'amore Esiste 	192 	5 	 	UK
#17	 	Selah Sue 	Fear Nothing 	198 	44 	 	
#18	 	Margaret 	Cool Me Down 	248 	76 	UK 	
#19	 	Miia 	Dynasty 	224 	59 	 	
#20	 	Marina Kaye 	Freeze You Out 	216 	27 	 	UK
#21	 	Zara Larsson &David Guetta 	This One's For You 	220 	69 	UK 	
#22	 	Christiana Loizu 	Phoenix 	182 	6 	 	
#23	 	Loïc Nottet 	Million Eyes 	230 	4 	UK 	
#24	 	Tal 	Are We Awake 	199 	1 	 	
#25	 	Lenny 	Hell.o 	224 	24 	 	
#26	 	Tayanna 	I Love You 	196 	8 	 	
#27	 	Alice Merton 	No Roots 	238 	50 	 	
#28	 	Ruth Lorenzo 	 	214 	39 	 	
#29	 	Faouzia 	My Heart's Grave 	207 	29 	 	
#30	 	Zsa Zsa 	Pruži Mi Ruku 	140 	7 	 	
#31	 	Sigrid 	Strangers 	169 	11 	 	
#32	 	Lxandra 	Dig Deep 	196 	35 	 	UK
#33	 	Minelli 	My Heart 	156 	11 	UK 	
#34	 	Davina Michelle 	Skyward 	251 	1 	 	
#35	 	Lea Rue 	Watching You 	236 	69 	 	
#36	 	 	Wild Roses 	187 	26 	 	
#37	 	MATTIS 	Fade Into Myself 	186 	4 	 	
#38	 	Yaseniya 	Lyubov-Karusel 	180 	16 	 	
#39	 	Evangelia 	Fotiá 	211 	25 	 	
#40	 	Marta Sango 	¿Qué Más Quieres De Mí?	184 	8 	 	
==Participation==
Fifty countries have participated at least once in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged.
===Participants===
The following table lists the countries that have participated in the contest. It shows how many times the country has participated in the contest and the number of top ten placing.
Country	Entries	Wins	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Top 10's	Points
 	36 	0 	2 	1 	2 	2 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	10 	63
 	39 	1 	0 	2 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	8 	46
 	32 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	1 	1 	2 	1 	8 	29
 	38 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	2 	0 	1 	0 	1 	8 	49
 	31 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	2 	6
 	34 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	3
 	39 	3 	0 	1 	3 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	9 	67
 	32 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1 	4 	16
 	35 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	5 	27
 	31 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	3 	15
 	35 	2 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	7 	50
 	24 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	27
 	39 	2 	1 	1 	3 	1 	2 	3 	1 	2 	1 	17 	94
 	31 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0 	5 	24
 	38 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2 	0 	2 	1 	1 	0 	10 	61
 	39 	2 	1 	2 	1 	1 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2 	14 	80
 	27 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	3 	18
 	37 	0 	0 	2 	2 	2 	2 	2 	2 	0 	3 	15 	69
 	40 	2 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	2 	2 	1 	12 	69
 	39 	0 	1 	0 	2 	1 	3 	2 	1 	1 	1 	12 	57
 	39 	1 	0 	1 	2 	0 	2 	1 	1 	1 	1 	10 	52
 	40 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	2 	0 	2 	1 	1 	9 	42
 	35 	1 	0 	3 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	2 	9 	53
 	37 	0 	0 	3 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	3 	2 	10 	43
 	26 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	3
 	28 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	3 	25
 	33 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2 	1 	2 	2 	2 	11 	42
 	36 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	5 	22
 	33 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	3 	0 	5 	17
 	35 	0 	1 	0 	0 	3 	2 	2 	0 	2 	2 	12 	51
 	18 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	3 	17
 	31 	1 	0 	1 	3 	1 	0 	2 	0 	1 	2 	11 	57
 	38 	1 	3 	1 	1 	0 	0 	2 	3 	3 	2 	16 	77
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	30 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	3 	22
 	39 	2 	3 	1 	1 	2 	1 	1 	2 	1 	1 	15 	92
 	36 	3 	1 	0 	0 	3 	2 	1 	1 	0 	1 	12 	75
 	39 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1 	4 	17
 	37 	1 	0 	2 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	6 	37
 	40 	0 	1 	1 	0 	3 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	7 	40
 	33 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	1 	1 	5 	26
 	31 	0 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	5 	27
 	29 	0 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	4 	24
 	27 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	4 	19
 	38 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	1 	2 	2 	0 	0 	11 	75
 	39 	1 	3 	0 	3 	4 	3 	0 	3 	0 	0 	18 	109
 	36 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	2 	1 	1 	1 	2 	11 	56
 	31 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	2 	5
 	37 	2 	1 	3 	4 	1 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0 	15 	97
UK 	38 	1 	5 	3 	1 	0 	3 	1 	0 	1 	1 	16 	108
Notes
: 1.The country was disqualified for breaking the rules in ESCT #15.
==Spin-offs==
A number of spin-offs and imitators of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged have been produced, some national and other international.
Similar competitions that were once held, include:
* EspañaVision (2015–2017), for Spanish provinces.
* Asiavision Song Contest Tengaged (2017–2017), for Asian and Oceanian countries.
== See also ==
* ESCT Second Chance Contest