Entry 18BIRH

"Birthday" is a song performed by Federico Mecozzi. It was suggested by diffident on 18.11.2018 and it entered South European Chart representing Italy. The song was received somewhat positive, with most of 9 players that have scored it giving it a 50+ score. After 70 days, it managed to qualify for the January 2019 Finals, where it finished as #12.
== Music Video ==
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== Chart Rankings ==
"Birthday" entered South European Chart on 24.11.2018 as #36 and was retired on 01.02.2019 as #14 due to qualifying for the finals.
Rank	Change	Date From 	Date To 	Total Days
36 	NEW 	2018-11-24	2018-11-28	4
33 	+3 	2018-11-28	2018-11-30	2
2 	+31 	2018-11-30	2018-12-08	8
1 	+1 	2018-12-08	2018-12-16	8
26 	-25 	2018-12-16	2018-12-23	7
27 	-1 	2018-12-23	2018-12-29	6
29 	-2 	2018-12-29	2019-01-05	7
21 	+8 	2019-01-05	2019-01-13	8
23 	-2 	2019-01-13	2019-01-27	14
20 	+3 	2019-01-27	2019-02-01	5
14 	+6 	2019-02-01	2019-02-01	0
== Scores ==
A total of 9 players scored "Birthday". diffident rated it the highest with a 89.00 score, while Kimmy rated it the lowest with a 34.00 score.
Date 	Player 	Score	Note
2018-11-18	diffident 	89.00	Initial suggestion.
2018-11-25	Crolik 	80.00	
2018-11-30	lucas 	88.00	
2018-11-30	Aak 	73.00	
2018-12-10	Kimmy 	34.00	
2018-12-16	Julio 	80.00	
2019-01-20	Drationi 	73.50	
2019-02-01	_Michael_ 	88.00	
2019-02-09	Eurovision NL	69.00	Scored in the finals.
== November 2018 Qualifications ==
With a total of 18 nomination points, this entry has failed to qualify during the November 2018 Qualifications , and it was ranked as #3 from Italy.
Player 	Points
lucas 	10
diffident	8
== December 2018 Qualifications ==
With a total of 25 nomination points, this entry has failed to qualify during the December 2018 Qualifications , and it was ranked as #2 from Italy.
Player 	Points
Julio 	5
lucas 	12
diffident	8
== January 2019 Qualifications ==
With a total of 41 nomination points, this entry has qualified during the January 2019 Qualifications as slot #1 from Southern Europe. Due to its successful qualifications, it has provided diffident with 4 parliament seats in Italy.
Player 	Points
Julio 	7
lucas 	12
_Michael_	10
diffident	12
== January 2019 Finals ==
There were 10 players voting in the January 2019 Finals. 4 of them awarded "Birthday" with a total of 28 points, without any of them giving it their top points. Additionally, "Birthday" received 10 points in the finals based on an average score of 74.94. In the end, it was ranked as #12 in the finals with a total of 38 points.
Player 	Points
Julio 	5
_Michael_	8
jimijoop 	8
diffident	7
Average 	10
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