Gozitania

Gozitania (Gozitan: Gożitanja) is a nation that lies in the Southern continent. First, Gozitania was a microstate nation but on February 2, 2008, Gozitania and the other microstates, were promoted to full nations. This nation started participating in the Nation Song Contest from NSC 13. Gozitania was nominated for the Best Microstate award in the NSC Awards 2007.
Gozitania's currency is the Euro (€) and it has a democractic system of government. Its first and current president is Marina Lizorkina. She was elected on 8 February, 2008, in the first Gozitan presidential election.
== Geography ==
Gozitania is a nation situated in the Sudjour of the NSC World. It has a population of about 700,000 people. Its capital city is Epiktya, the country's economic, cultural and political centre. Amongst the most important cities there are Gaulos, Maltiania, Victria and Gaulitania. The language of Gozitania is the Gozitan with also some dialects diffused in the villages.
Gozitania is bordered by Sunland to the west, Zechonia to the south, and to the Angel Sea.
== Culture ==
=== Landmarks ===
For the national final for NSC 14, in Epiktya was built the Silver Stage. This multi-use indoor arena nowadays is used for sport, cultural events and other events that are held in Gozitania. Its name originated from the Russian group Serebro, the first entrants in NSC for Gozitania, where their actual name means Silver. It has a capacity of around 25,000 people.
=== Media ===
The Gozitania Radio & Television (GRTV), which started in January 2008, serves as the nation's public broadcaster. Besides the broadcast of regular programs, it is in charge of broadcasting the major cultural activities, including the national finals and the Nation Song Contest shows.
== Participation in NSC ==
Gozitania made its debut in the thirteenth edition of NSC and their best result arrived in NSC 54 thanks to American alternative rock band The Pretty Reckless's first released single "Make Me Wanna Die". They finished 4th with a record 142 points.
=== NSC 13 ===
NSC 13 marked the debut for Gozitania in NSC. An internal selection decided for Russian group Serebro with the song "What's Your Problem?" to make them the debutants for the Gozitania. Being a microstate, they competed in the respective qualifiers but it wasn't quite a success as they didn't qualify for the semifinals finishing 6th with a total of 152 points.
=== NSC 14 ===
For the first time, in its second participation, Gozitania opted for a National Final to choose the NSC 14 entry. A total of 7 voters casted their votes under the positional voting system of 10, 7, 4, 1, with 10 points being to the favourite song. This was the list of contestants for the national final:
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Link	Place	Points
1 	t.A.T.u 	Friend or Foe	Link	4 	31
2 	Kate Ryan 	Only If I 	Link	3 	37
3 	Vanilla Ninja 	Liar 	Link	2 	40
4 	Hanna Pakarinen	Go, Go 	Link	1 	49
After an intense final were both Vanilla Ninja and Hanna Pakarinen were level on points, the Finnish singer triumphed to represent Gozitania in NSC 14. In the microstates' qualifiers, Gozitania finished 3rd with a total of 120 points, guaranteeing a place in the semi-final for the very first time. In the semi-final, Gozitania acquired the best ever result in a competition when it finished 2nd, behind Alinta, with 200 points. In the final, Gozitania didn't manage to vote and so suffered a 75% penalisation. So, Gozitania finished in the 24th position with a total of 39 points (if Gozitania had voted, it could have finished as high as 4th with 156 points).
=== NSC 15 ===
For the second time running, Gozitania chose its NSC 15 entry from a national final consisting of four songs.
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Link	Place	Points
1 	Motorcycle 	As The Rush Comes 	Link	4 	34
2 	Cheb Mami feat. Elissa	Halili 	Link	1 	70
3 	Maria Isabel 	De Que Vas 	Link	2 	67
4 	Linkin Park 	Shadows Of The Day	Link	3 	49
With the winner "Halili", Gozitania didn't manage to make it to the semis for the second consecutive time, stumbling in the microstate qualifiers, finishing 6th with a remarkable 115 points.Microstate qualifiers NSC 15
=== NSC 16 ===
This was the fourth participation of Gozitania and the national final system was again adopted. In this edition Gozitania listed five songs which competed together for the win and also a new voting system with votes being given at 10, 8, 6, 3, 1 points. This was the list of contestants for the national final:
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Link	Place	Points
1 	4 Strings 	Take Me Away 	Link	2 	50
2 	Blank And Jones feat. Elles	Mind Of The Wonderful	Link	3 	49
3 	Agnelli And Nelson 	Holding Onto Nothing 	Link	4 	47
4 	Jam And Spoon 	Right In The Night 	Link	5 	27
5 	Sarah Brightman 	Deliver Me 	Link	1 	79
Again, Gozitania failed to be part of the semi-final as it finished 7th from eleven microstates participating, only five points from the sixth place that could have awarded Gozitania a place in the semis. Gozitania gained a total of 147 points which are 32 points more from the NSC 15 microstate pre-qualifiers edition.
=== NSC 17 ===
This is the fifth try of Gozitania and the national final was again present. In this edition there was a difference from the preceding national finals, as this time, Gozitania had already chosen the singer and in the national final presented four songs from the artist's repertoire. The artist chosen was Groove Coverage and there was a record number of 20 voters which cast their votes voted under the 10, 7, 4, 1 points system. This was the list of contestants for the national final:
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Link	Place	Points
1 	Groove Coverage	7 Years & 50 Days	Link	1 	125
2 	Groove Coverage	God Is A Girl 	Link	2 	113
3 	Groove Coverage	The End 	Link	3 	110
4 	Groove Coverage	Runaway 	Link	4 	92
Gozitania reached to qualify for the first time, since NSC 14, to the semi-final when they passed from the microstates' pre-qualifiers hurdle. In the semi-final they did reasonably well as they gained a spot in the final with the 4th position (gaining 134 points). In the final, Gozitania finished 9th with a total of 105 points, as 18 nations voted for this entry.
=== NSC 18 ===
Gozitania decided to hault the run of national finals, and make an internal selection. The song chosen was Lindsay Lohan's "Rumors". This was the first time that Gozitania competed in the semi-final as all microstates were promoted to full nations. However, this wasn't to be a good start as they failed to qualify receiving the 13th place from 21 nations. They failed to gain a spot in the final by five points.
=== NSC 19 ===
After the disappointing start as a full nation, Gozitania selected another song, again with internal selection. This time, it was the turn for Madonna which with the song "Frozen" represent Gozitania in NSC 19. They reached to qualify from the semi-final and gained a place in the final finishing in the 20th place.
=== NSC 20 ===
After an absence of two editions, the national final system was reinstated. There was a total of four songs contending for the representation of Gozitania in the 20th edition of NSC:
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Link	Place	Points
1 	Mandy Moore	Only Hope 	Link	4 	108
2 	Paramore 	Misery Business	Link	2 	108
3 	Sugababes 	Round, Round 	Link	1 	114
4 	DHT 	I Miss You 	Link	3 	66
With Sugababes, Gozitania didn't reach to make it to the final and gaining 58 points in the second semi-final, and sharing the 14th position with Prasia.
=== NSC 21 ===
For the first time in Gozitania's history, the artist chosen had already represented this nation in the preceding editions. It was the Finnish Hanna Pakarinen which with the song "Black Ice" finished just 15th in the semi-final round.
=== NSC 23 ===
Missing the NSC 22 edition, Gozitania returned back with Kylie Minogue's hit single "In My Arms" for the 23rd edition of NSC, but unfortunately didn't reach to vote and so finished to be ineligible to qualify.
=== NSC 39 ===
After a halt of fifteen editions, Gozitania returned back into this contest. The song chosen was by Romanian singer Inna with "Hot". In the second semi-final, Gozitania reached to make it through finishing third with 95 points. In the final show hosted in Bokia, Inna ended 9th with 123 points, equalling the country's best result in the final.
=== NSC 40 ===
For the 40th edition of the festival, Gozitania chose another Romanian artist, this time being Andreea Bănică with her catch "Le Li Ra" song. Allocated in the first semi-final, Bănică didn't manage to equal the success of her compatriot, and Gozitania had to bow in the semi-final as they finished 13th with 67 points, two points behind the last qualified country.
=== Overall participation ===
Edition	Artist 	Song 	Video	MPQ 	SF 	F
NSC 13 	Serebro 	What's Your Problem? 	Link 	06 (152)	 	
NSC 14 	Hanna Pakarinen 	Go, Go 	Link 	03 (120)	02 (200) 	24 (39)
NSC 15 	Cheb Mami feat. Elissa 	Halili 	Link 	06 (115)	 	
NSC 16 	Sarah Brightman 	Deliver Me 	Link 	07 (147)	 	
NSC 17 	Groove Coverage 	7 Years & 50 Days 	Link 	02 (—) 	04 (134) 	09 (105)
NSC 18 	Lindsay Lohan 	Rumors 	Link 	 	13 (59) 	
NSC 19 	Madonna 	Frozen 	Link 	 	08 (77) 	20 (70)
NSC 20 	Sugababes 	Round, Round 	Link 	 	14 (58) 	
NSC 21 	Hanna Pakarinen 	Black Ice 	Link 	 	14 (49) 	
NSC 23 	Kylie Mingoue 	In My Arms 	Link 	 	22 (19) 	
NSC 39 	Inna 	Hot 	Link 	 	03 (95) 	09 (123)
NSC 40 	Andreea Bănică 	Le Ri Ra 	Link 	 	13 (67) 	
NSC 41 	Basement Jaxx 	Raindrops 	Link 	 	16 (56) 	
NSC 42 	Pitbull 	I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)	Link 	 	08 (70) 	13 (117)
NSC 43 	Madonna 	Celebration 	Link 	 	20 (20.5)	
NSC 45 	Taio Cruz 	Break Your Heart 	Link 	 	07 (84) 	20 (96)
NSC 46 	Meisa Kuroki 	Shock: Unmei 	Link 	 	19 (50) 	
NSC 47 	AlexUnder Base 	Privacy 	Link 	 	21 (18) 	
NSC 48 	The Veronicas 	I Can't Stay Away 	Link 	 	02 (96) 	17 (96)
NSC 49 	Kelly Clarkson 	Long Shot 	Link 	 	05 (75) 	17 (71)
NSC 50 	Gramophonedzie 	Why Don't You 	Link 	 	15 (49) 	
NSC 52 	30 Seconds To Mars 	Kings and Queens 	Link 	 	18 (45) 	11 (105)
NSC 53 	Aggro Santos ft. Kimberly Wyatt 	Candy 	Link 	 	05 (77) 	11 (112)
NSC 54 	The Pretty Reckless 	Make Me Wanna Die 	Link 	 	03 (94) 	04 (142)
NSC 55 	Diana Vickers 	The Boy Who Murdered Love 	Link 	 	 	14 (108)
NSC 56 	Nadia Ali 	Fantasy 	Link 	 	12 (56) 	
NSC 57 	Fake Blood 	I Think I Like It 	Link 	 	05 (97) 	09 (136)
NSC 58 	Roll Deep 	Green Light 	Link 	 	18 (41) 	
NSC 59 	Enrique Iglesias ft. Nicole Scherzinger	Heartbeat 	Link 	 	05 (83) 	13 (110)
NSC 61 	Erika Jayne 	Pretty Mess 	Link 	 	20 (44) 	
NSC 62 	OneRepublic 	Good Life 	Link 	 	21 (46) 	
NSC 63 	The Pretty Reckless 	Just Tonight 	Link 	 	02 (99) 	06 (147)
NSC 64 	McFly ft. Taio Cruz 	Shine A Light 	Link 	 	 	27 (35)
NSC 65 	Jodie Connor ft. Tinchy Stryder 	Bring It 	Link 	 	13 (61) 	
The numbers in brackets represent the total of points gained.
==Spin-off participation==
Edition 	Entry 	Link	Place	Points
Anthem Spin-off 	Maltese National Anthem 	Link	23 	31
Nonsense Spin-off 	The Hippo Song 	Link	15 	48
Christmas Spin-off	Do They Know It's Christmas Time? (Band Aid 20)	Link	10 	68
AATW Montenegro 	Odlazim (Ivana Popovic) 	Link	6 	62
Mystery Spin-off 	Quiero Mis Quinces (Kudai) 	Link	16 	55
AATW Italy 	Diventari Una Star (Finley) 	Link	3 	90
NSC ESC 2009 	Illusion (Krasimir Avramov) 	Link	30 	23
90's Spin-off 	Smells like teen spirit (Nirvana) 	Link	19 	50
Christmas 3.0 	Christmas Is Creepy (FЯED) 	Link	26 	22
==Points distribution==
:Main article: Points distribution for Gozitania
== References ==
==External links==
*Universal thread
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