Arjastan in the Nation Song Contest

Arjastan is a country located in the northern continent. It was a founder member of NSC, and hosted the debut contest in Crnovac, the capital city, which has also hosted the 2nd and 4th editions of the contest. The Arjan broadcaster is ATV.
right|thumb|325px|The flag of Arjastan
thumb|120px|Logo of Arjastan in NSC
==Overview==
Edition	Draw	Artist 	Song 	Points	Rank
1 	3 	Belén Arjona 	No Habrá Más Perdón 	40 	1
2 	1 	The Veronicas 	4ever 	47 	11
3 	15 	Tata Young 	Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy 	83 	1
4 	20 	Marie Serneholt 	I Need A House 	67 	9
5 	8 	Savage Garden 	Two Beds And A Coffee Machine 	61 	9
6f 	18 	Oceania 	Kotahitanga 	79 	15
7s 	12 	Aurora 	Summer Son 	98 	8
7f 	23 	Aurora 	Summer Son 	82 	16
8s 	1 	Saving Jane 	Happy 	121 	5
8f 	10 	Saving Jane 	Happy 	87 	11
9f 	2 	Sandy 	Living Without You 	68 	14
10f 	28 	Manca Špik 	Marinero 	79 	14
11f 	3 	Tina Cousins 	Forever 	92 	15
12f 	9 	Lifehouse 	Storm 	56 	20
13s 	19 	Alessia Blue 	I Can't Forget You 	46 	22
14s 	8 	Aurora 	The Day It Rained Forever 	177 	3
14f 	15 	Aurora 	The Day It Rained Forever 	202 	2
15f 	26 	Di-Rect ft Wibi Soerjadi 	Blind For You 	59 	24
16s 	23 	Mikeyla 	Young & Stupid 	116 	12
16f 	10 	Mikeyla 	Young & Stupid 	107 	11
17f 	1 	Jurgen Vries & CMC 	Brave New World 	111 	6
18f 	28 	The Veronicas 	Somebody Wake Me Up 	88 	17
19s2 	8 	Chesney Hawkes 	The One And Only 	47 	14
20s2 	8 	Ellie Campbell 	Don't Want You Back 	89 	5
20f 	13 	Ellie Campbell 	Don't Want You Back 	138 	7
21s1 	3 	Angel City 	Sunrise 	52 	17
22s 	22 	Luca Dirisio 	Calma E Sangue Freddo 	94 	1
22f 	11 	Luca Dirisio 	Calma E Sangue Freddo 	133 	3
23f 	2 	DJ Smash pts Fast Food 	Moscow Never Sleeps 	81 	17
24s2 	18 	Royworld 	Dust 	94 	2
24f 	14 	Royworld 	Dust 	97 	17
25s2 	7 	Wunder 	Was Hält Uns Wach 	74 	9
25f 	8 	Wunder 	Was Hält Uns Wach 	69 	26
26s1 	22 	Flip & Fill ft Kelly Llorenna 	True Love Never Dies 	60 	14
27s1 	22 	Tisuby & Georgina 	Ruleta Del Amor 	88 	3
27f 	23 	Tisuby & Georgina 	Ruleta Del Amor 	123 	8
28s 	5 	Lââm 	Petite Soeur 	70 	11
29s2 	7 	Pay-TV 	Fashion Report 	111 	4
29f 	2 	Pay-TV 	Fashion Report 	180 	2
30f 	12 	Lisa Miskovsky 	Lady Stardust 	85 	23
31s2 	25 	Jody 	Entre L'ombre Et La Lumière 	76 	8
31f 	28 	Jody 	Entre L'ombre Et La Lumière 	102 	18
32s1 	19 	The Rocket Summer 	Never Knew 	58 	12*
32f 	14 	The Rocket Summer 	Never Knew 	108 	13
33s1 	21 	NKD 	What I Believe 	36 	23
34s1 	9 	The Getaway Plan 	Where The City Meets The Sea 	121 	1
34f 	11 	The Getaway Plan 	Where The City Meets The Sea 	117 	13
35s1 	22 	Saving Jane 	Nobody Loves You (Like You Do)	81 	8
35f 	22 	Saving Jane 	Nobody Loves You (Like You Do)	126 	9
36s2 	7 	Aura & Doobie ft Ludmiła Kac & Ivan Busłaj	Nočču Na Kupalle 	82 	5
36f 	20 	Aura & Doobie ft Ludmiła Kac & Ivan Busłaj	Nočču Na Kupalle 	128 	9
37s1 	14 	Lost Witness 	7 Colours 	55 	13
38s1 	5 	Ultrabeat 	Paradise & Dreams (NSC Edit) 	31 	21
38f 	24 	Ultrabeat 	Paradise & Dreams (NSC Edit) 	89 	20
39s2 	22 	Ort 	U Mojim Mislima 	66 	10
39f 	15 	Ort 	U Mojim Mislima 	93 	20
40s1 	23 	Tin Tin Out ft Shelley Nelson 	Sometimes 	53 	14
41s1 	10 	Ameerah 	The Sound Of Missing You 	95 	5
41f 	10 	Ameerah 	The Sound Of Missing You 	111 	14
42s1 	12 	Naimee Coleman 	My Star 	72 	12
43s2 	14 	Nadia Ali 	Love Story 	59 	13
44s1 	14 	Nick Nolan 	Free For All 	 	
==NSC1==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote 	Jury	Total	Place
1 	Lee Ann Womack 	I Hope You Dance 	25,222 (0) 	1 	1 	15
2 	Mikeyla 	Just A Girl 	23,126 (0) 	6 	6 	13
3 	Belén Arjona 	No Habrá Más Perdón 	196,464 (48)	41 	89 	1
4 	Ginie-Line 	Jusqu'à La Tolérance 	30,150 (8) 	6 	27 	6
5 	The Attic 	A Life To Live 	31,259 (12) 	12 	24 	8
6 	Jewel 	Good Day 	4,486 (0) 	8 	8 	12
7 	Milk & Honey 	Habibi (Je T'aime) 	36,238 (16) 	6 	22 	9
8 	Sofia Loell 	Utopia 	12,436 (0) 	4 	4 	14
9 	The Veronicas 	Nobody Wins 	83,634 (28) 	22 	50 	5
10 	Mika 	Relax (Take It Easy) 	88,547 (32) 	19 	51 	4
11 	Ann Winsborn 	La La Love On My Mind	124,426 (40)	30 	70 	2
12 	Sylver 	Lovesong 	19,645 (0) 	9 	9 	11
13 	Groove Coverage	Moonlight Shadow 	27,186 (4) 	13 	17 	10
14 	Maya Buskila 	Say That You Will 	79,351 (24) 	31 	55 	3
15 	Dorina 	Szeretném Az Igazit 	43,132 (20) 	5 	25 	7
In NSC1, 4 foreign jurors voted on the songs in NSC style (1-8, 10 & 12), and an Arjan televote was also held, with the top 10 songs in that getting 4 times a single juror vote.
Belén Arjona went on to win NSC1 with 40 points.
==NSC2==
NSC2 was the first, and to date, only, time that ATV decided to hold an internal selection. 
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Total	Place
01 	The Veronicas 	4ever 	- 	- 	- 	1
02 	Saving Jane 	- 	- 	- 	- 	2
03 	Tina Cousins 	- 	- 	- 	- 	3
04 	Szeifert vs Krash ft Regina Dukai	Rhythm Of Noise	- 	- 	- 	4
05 	Da Buzz 	- 	- 	- 	- 	5
The Veronicas went on to achieve only 11th place at NSC, totalling 47 points.
==NSC3==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Place
01 	Tata Young 	Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy	44.3% 	6 	1
02 	RBD 	Aún Hay Algo 	46.9% 	3 	2
03 	Hikaru Utada	First Love 	8.9% 	0 	3
From now on, Arjan televotes would not affect the results unless there was a case of a draw. The Arjan televote was held purely to indicate what opinions within the country were.
Tata Young went on to win NSC3, receiving 83 points.
==NSC4==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Place
01 	Marie Serneholt	I Need A House 	67.5% 	7 	1
02 	Lifehouse 	Hanging By A Moment 	15.8% 	5 	2
03 	Indo Aminata 	Love Will Be On Your Side	16.7% 	2 	3
Marie Serneholt went on to come 9th at NSC, receiving 67 points.
==NSC5==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Place
01 	Shannon Noll 	Shine 	11.3% 	2 	2
02 	Savage Garden	Two Beds And A Coffee Machine	71.3% 	2 	1
03 	Lââm 	Petite Soeur 	17.5% 	1 	3
For the first time since NSC1, the Arjan televote decided the winner as there was a draw. Savage Garden went on to finish 9th in Hibernia, with 61 points.
==NSC6==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Total	Place
01 	Shaan 	Bhool Ja 	12% 	7% 	19 	3
02 	Shahzoda & Shahriyor	Birinchi Sevgi	5% 	53% 	58 	2
03 	Khajda Nin 	Mama 	7% 	8% 	15 	4
04 	Oceania 	Kotahitanga 	75% 	33% 	108 	1
NSC6 was the first of the "themed selections" for Arjastan, with the theme of "world music".
ATV did not run an open selection for songs but instead contacted artists directly. The 4 entrants in "A Song For NSC6" were from India, Burundi, Uzbekistan and Tuvalu.
Oceania went on to finish 15th in the final.
==NSC7==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Total	Place
01 	Aurora 	Summer Son 	64% 	74% 	138 	1
02 	Ana Johnsson	Days Of Summer 	18% 	0% 	18 	3
03 	Len 	Steal My Sunshine	8% 	20% 	28 	2
04 	Solar Stone 	Seven Cities 	10% 	6% 	16 	4
The theme of the NSC7 preselection was "summer". Aurora went on to qualify for the final, but could only reach 16th place there.
==NSC8==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Total	Place
01 	La Differenza	Che Farò 	25% 	18% 	43 	2
02 	Crystal 	Hajnali Fény	4% 	18% 	22 	3
03 	Saving Jane 	Happy 	71% 	64% 	135 	1
Saving Jane went on to qualify in 5th place to the finals, where they came =11th.
==NSC9==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Total	Place
01 	The Wreckers 	Lay Me Down 	43% 	11% 	54 	2
02 	The Veronicas	When It All Falls Apart	11% 	11% 	22 	3
03 	Sandy 	Living Without You 	46% 	78% 	124 	1
Sandy started in the final, where she came =14th.
==NSC10==
The Arjan national final for NSC 10 took place in two rounds: 10 songs were selected for round 1, which faced a regional vote in Arjastan alone, the top 4 of which went through to an international vote.
Round 1:
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Total	Place
1 	Yvonne Catterfeld 	Sag Mir 	49 	5
2 	Vision 	Nem Kérek Mást 	31 	7
3 	Feeder 	Just A Day 	83 	=1
4 	Sandrine François 	Il Sait 	39 	6
5 	Mor ve Ötesi 	Bir Derdim Var 	26 	8
6 	Lisa 	Oceano 	83 	=1
7 	LOG 	Fan Phur 	19 	10
8 	Eleni Tsaligopoulou	Ego S'agapisa Edo	21 	9
9 	Miri Mesika 	Ba'a Elekhem 	61 	3
10 	Manca Špik 	Marinero 	53 	4
Round 2:
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Total	Place
1 	Manca Špik 	Marinero 	162 	1
2 	Feeder 	Just A Day 	106 	4
3 	Lisa 	Oceano 	150 	2
4 	Miri Mesika	Ba'a Elekhem	122 	3
Manca went on to finish 14th in the final.
==NSC11==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Total	Place
1 	Tina Cousins 	Forever 	- 	1
2 	Stan van Samang	Scars 	- 	2
3 	Laith al-Deen 	Das Weiss Ich	- 	3
ATV chose between a short list of 3 songs, with Tina Cousins emerging the winner. Tina Cousins went on to finish 15th in the final.
==NSC12==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Total	Place
1 	Lifehouse	Broken 	5 	2
2 	Lifehouse	Come Back Down	3 	3
3 	Lifehouse	Storm 	17 	1
ATV again made an internal selection for NSC12, with the NSC8 entrants Saving Jane due to return to the contest, before finally changing their minds and opting for Lifehouse instead. Lifehouse presented 3 songs to the ATV jury, of which "Storm" was chosen. Lifehouse finished 20th in the final, Arjastan's worst result to date.
==NSC13==
ATV internally selected an amateur singer, Alessia Blue, to represent the country in Vorhota with "I Can't Forget You". Despite a good performance, she could only finish 20th in the semi and became the first Arjan representative not to qualify for the final.
==NSC14==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Total	Place
1 	Solid Harmonie 	I'll Be There For You 	62 	3
2 	Thrillseekers & Sheryl Deane	Synaesthesia (Fly Away) 	50 	5
3 	Aurora 	The Day It Rained Forever	94 	1
4 	Varvara 	Tayal Sneg 	56 	4
5 	Club 54 	Ne Felejtsd El 	88 	2
After the disasterous result in NSC14, ATV decided to return to the national final format, directly inviting 3 famous acts and selecting 2 entries from the public call for songs as well. After a close voting, Aurora emerged the winners and therefore became the first ever act to represent Arjastan more than once. Aurora went on to finish 2nd in the final after a very close race with Scorpionia, making it Arjastan's highest ever score and best position since NSC3.
==NSC15==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes	Place	
01 	Foo Fighters 	Best Of You 	3 	3 	
02 	Mighty 44 & Anna Nordell	This Love Ain't Goin' On!	4 	2 	
03 	Di-Rect ft Wibi Soerjadi	Blind For You 	5 	1 	
==NSC16==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Place
01 	Mikeyla 	Young And Stupid 	57% 	53% 	1
02 	Lillix 	It's About Time 	43% 	47% 	2
03 	Saving Jane 	Writing On The Wall	- 	- 	3
04 	Natasha Thomas	Young Hearts 	- 	- 	4
The voting was done in two stages: first to select the top 2, and then to select the winner. The Vorhotan judge was the one who casted the deciding vote, meaning that Mikeyla went forward to represent Arjastan in Prasia. Mikeyla successfully qualified from the semi finals, and ended up in 11th place in the final, thus prequalifying Arjastan for the NSC17 finals.
==NSC17==
Jurgen Vries & CMC (Charlotte Church) were internally selected with their song "Brave New World".
==NSC18==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Place
01 	Fragma 	Say That You're Here	- 	- 	4
02 	Plumb 	Real Life Fairytale 	48% 	45% 	2
03 	Delight 	Divided 	- 	- 	3
04 	The Veronicas	Someone Wake Me Up 	52% 	55% 	1
The Veronicas & Plumb advanced to the second round, where The Veronicas won. The Veronicas went on to finish 18th in the NSC final, returning Arjastan to the semis for NSC19.
==NSC19==
As Arjastan was busy with other things around the time for NSC19, ATV selected an amateur singer from an open call for songs opened at the last minute, sending Chesney Hawkes with "The One & Only" to Maccha-Brugia. Despite a competent performance, Chesney became the second Arjan entrant to date not to make it to the finals, finishing 14th in the semi final.
==NSC20==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Jury	Place
01 	Plumb 	In Your Arms (Bimbo Jones Remix)	- 	- 	3
02 	DJ Tatana 	Words 	17% 	10% 	2
03 	Ellie Campbell	Don't Want You Back 	83% 	90% 	1
04 	Feel 	A Gdy Jest Już Ciemno 	- 	- 	5
05 	Emmie 	More Than This 	- 	- 	4
ATV rejuvinated the Arjan National Final for NSC20, inviting a mixture of up & coming artists and old favourites. In the end, it was an old favourite, Ellie Campbell, that scored a crushing victory and went on to finish 7th in the final after successfully qualifying from the second semi final in 5th place. NSC20 was to mark the beginning of a second era of huge interest in the contest on the part of the Arjan nation.
==NSC21==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Round 1	Round 2	Place
01 	Angel City 	Sunrise 	177 	10 	1
02 	Bif Naked 	Lucky 	118 	- 	5
03 	Évi 	Jégbörtön (Shane 54 Radio Edit)	127 	- 	4
04 	Madasun 	Don't You Worry 	75 	- 	6
05 	Therese 	Time 	135 	- 	3
06 	We Are Scientists	After Hours 	160 	6 	2
The NSC21 NF was the largest field in an Arjan national final since the first one way back in NSC21, with 6 competitors. Originally, ATV selected just 5, but then a wildcard searching for an upcoming new rock band gave We Are Scientists the 6th slot in the final. Angel City and We Are Scientists made it to the head-to-head final round, where Angel City won 10-6. However, Angel City went on to cause a shock to the Arjan viewers after becoming the first Arjan entry selected through a national final not to qualify to the final.
==NSC22==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Place	
01 	Dimitris Korgialas ft Katerina Mutsatsu	Mia Fora 	14% 	2 	
02 	Luca Dirisio 	Calma E Sangue Freddo	72% 	1 	
03 	Edyta Górniak 	Nię Prosze O Wiecej 	7% 	3 	
After the NSC21 debacle, and the increasing difficulty in convincing famous Arjan artists to take part in the contest, ATV decided to revert to the simple 3-song national final that had given the nation such success in the early editions in the competition, including a win in NSC3. Luca Dirisio won convincingly, and ended up winning the first semi final, and wound up 3rd in the final held in Jastistia.
==NSC23==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Televote	Place	
01 	Ascension 	For A Lifetime 	27% 	2 	
02 	DJ Smash pts Fast Food	Moscow Never Sleeps	29% 	1 	
03 	Paffendorf 	Be Cool 	23% 	3 	
04 	Tukan 	Light A Rainbow 	21% 	4 	
In the first in a series of new attempts from ATV to diversify Arjan entries, the handling of the selection of the Arjan entry for NSC23 was handed over to the popular dance magazine 'mixARJ', who co-operated with dance music channel MTV Dance in order to contact famous dance artists to submit a song for the national final. In the closest-run Arjan national final to date, DJ Smash pts Fast Food ended up winning with "Moscow Never Sleeps", and became the first Arjan entry not to reach #1 in the charts, stalling at #2. Ironically enough, all 3 of the other entries did end up being #1 in the Arjan charts at one point or another. The results of the NSC 23 final are currently still to be announced.
==NSC24==
NSC24 saw an internal selection done by popular indie & rock magazine AME. The magazine decided to award the ticket to newcomer band Royworld, with their song "Dust". The song ended 2nd in its semi final in NSC24, but dropped to a lowly 17th in the final after technical problems meant that the link to the Arjan entry actually led to Astique's for most of the voting period of the final.
==NSC25==
NSC25 was originally meant to be an internal selection done by folk & ethnic music magazine FEA, but ATV decided to take the winner of the FEA contest, Alternature, and put it up against 2 more established Arjan acts, Angelzoom and Wunder, and make a small internal selection between the three due to a lower budget than usual for NSC. Wunder ended up winning the internal selection and went forward to Vorhota with "Was Hält Uns Wach". Wunder start as the Arjan entrants with the least interest around them in NSC to date.
==NSC26==
The Arjan entry for NSC26 will be selected in an internal selection due to continuing problems within ATV. The song is an uptempo dance song, with anthemic lyrics.
==NSC27==
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Round 1	Round 2	Place
01 	SMS 	Idi 	56 	- 	5
02 	Nu Pagadi 	Sweetest Poison 	74 	- 	4
03 	Natalia Lesz 	Fall 	82 	36% 	2
04 	Tisuby & Georgina	Ruleta Del Amor 	90 	47% 	1
05 	Twarres 	She Couldn't Laugh	82 	15% 	3
Tisuby & Georgina went on to finish 8th in the final.
==NSC28==
Lââm failed to qualify from the semi final.
==NSC29 to 31==
From NSC29 onwards ATV outsourced the responsibility of the Arjan entry, meaning that less usual entries could be chosen. The commitee first of all decided to send Pay-TV to the contest in Noizeland, where they surprised Arjan media by finishing 2nd in the final with "Fashion Report".
In NSC30 popular singer-songwriter Lisa Miskovsky, who narrowly missed out to Pay-TV when chosing the representative for NSC29, was dispatched to Scorpionia with "Lady Stardust". Although expectations were low, the committee felt that this was a good time to send a relatively chanceless entry as Arjastan was pre-qualified to the final anyway. In the end, Lisa Miskovsky finished 23rd in the final with 85 points, including Arjastan's first ever 12 points from Xanadu.
For NSC31, the panel decided to opt for an unknown artist, Jody, and her song "Entre L'Ombre Et La Lumière". The stated goal was to reach the final, which Jody achieved, and went on to finish 18th in the final.
==NSC32==
The panel couldn't decide on a single entry for NSC32, so put their top 2 towards a traditional-style 3 song Arjan national final, with ATV selecting Zuzana Smatanová as a third option to make the voting more interesting. 
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Votes	Place	
01 	MissMatch 	Breathe In/Breathe Out	 	 	
02 	The Rocket Summer	Never Knew 	 	 	
03 	Zuzana Smatanová 	Entirely Good 	 	 	
==Arjastan In Special Edition Contests==
Arjastan was knocked out in the first round of the first NSC World Cup, but went on to win the whole thing the second time it was held.
Arjastan in the Nation Song Contest: Eurovision Special
Edition	Draw	Artist 	Song 	Points	Rank
1 	6 	Lise Darly 	Tout De Moi 	27 	17
2 	4 	Tommy Nilsson 	En Dag 	19 	19
3 	10 	Natalia Barbu 	Fight 	63 	9
4 	24 	Sandrine François	Il Faut Du Temps 	61 	11
5 	3 	Maryon 	Prenez Soin De Notre Planète	19 	26
6 	 	Fazla 	Sva Bol Svijeta 	 	
Arjastan in the Nation Song Contest National Finals
Edition	Draw	Artist 	Song 	Points	Rank
1 	15 	Sister Sway 	Until You Saved My Life	94 	4
2 	12 	Kerli 	Beautiful Inside 	44 	15
3 	 	Raf van Brussel	Chemistry 	46 	20
4 	 	Offside 	Dreaming About You 	71 	9
Arjastan in other specials:
Edition 	Draw	Artist 	Song 	Points	Rank
Movie 	23 	Kate Winslet 	What If 	66 	9
Language 	17 	Kurt Darren 	Ek Laaik Haar 	62 	12
Anthem 	20 	Kyrgyz Anthem 	Kyrgyz Mamlekettik Gimni 	49 	14
Congratulations 10 	25 	Marie Serneholt 	I Need A House 	94 	2
AATW Norway 	19 	Anneli Drecker 	You Don't Have To Change 	49 	17
Christmas 	13 	Banaroo 	Coming Home For Christmas	92 	5
AATW Montenegro 	6 	Goran Vukošić 	Poljubac Za Kraj 	39 	14
AATW Italy 	 	La Differenza 	Che Farò 	 	
AATW Canada 	18 	Neverending White Lights	The World Is Darker 	58 	13
Countries Spinoff (Lebanon)	9 	Darine 	Aiwa 	51 	10
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