Nation Song Contest 49

Nation Song Contest 49 was the 49th edition of the Nation Song Contest and was hosted by both the winner of the previous edition, Ecclestonia, and the 3rd placer from NSC 48, Belvist. The winner was Bokia, who led for most of the voting. The contest was the smallest since the introduction of dual semifinals, with Begonia, Doklea, Kuki-Q, Lafronia, Mylenium Islands, Mysticland, Saint Joe & Southgulfia, United Islands and Zechonia all failing to qualify in the previous edition, and then failing to vote in the final, resulting in disqualification in this edition. In addition, Balearica Island, Celeja, Scorpionia and Vedatistan took a break from the contest this edition. Aleksandrija, Gematria, Nightwishia and Swelatie also sent their last entries this edition.
 
== Semi-Final 1 ==
Draw	Nation 	Artist 	Song 	YouTube	Place	Points
01 	Blondania 	Blake Lewis 	Heartbreak On Vinyl	YT Link	3 	91
02 	Ametan 	SuG 	gr8 story 	YT Link	17 	32
03 	Zoran's Islands 	DJ BoBo 	Superstar 	YT Link	14 	45
04 	Fervorosia 	Donkeyboy 	Ambitions 	YT Link	2 	104
05 	Adamsburg 	Hej Matematik 	Party I Provinsen 	YT Link	8 	75
06 	Arjastan 	Deborah Cox 	Easy As Life 	YT Link	13 	47
07 	Kostanovia 	Sia 	You've Changed 	YT Link	11* 	59
08 	Nightwishia 	Raúl 	Sueño Su Boca 	YT Link	16 	37
09 	Spila 	Marina & the Diamonds 	Hollywood 	YT Link	6 	80
10 	Tír an Abhainn 	Caravan Palace 	Suzy 	YT Link	4 	90
11 	Reym-L-Dneurb 	Flaming Lips 	I Can Be A Frog 	YT Link	14 	45
12 	Akkåville 	Zemlja Gruva 	Da Bi Nam 	YT Link	9 	60
13 	Aleksandrija 	Daniel Merriweather & Wale	Change 	YT Link	19 	14
14 	Sillycone Valley	DJ Sammy 	Boys Of Summer 	YT Link	18 	17
15 	Cydoni-Gibberia 	Delphic 	Doubt 	YT Link	7 	76
16 	Comino 	Calvin Harris 	You Used To Hold Me	YT Link	10 	59
17 	Zombira 	Russ Landau 	Ancient Voices 	YT Link	12 	50
18 	Dalisska 	Jena Lee 	Je Me Perds 	YT Link	5 	87
19 	Saksjaowie 	Cassette Kids 	Lying Around 	YT Link	1 	109
* - tie broken due to qualification rules
== Semi-Final 2 ==
Draw	Nation 	Artist 	Song 	YouTube	Place	Points
01 	Qele 	Kent 	Ingenting 	YT Link	15 	47
02 	Zoidiac 	Electric Lady Lab 	It's Over Now 	YT Link	4 	76
03 	Effiland 	Black Eyed Peas 	Meet Me Halfway 	YT Link	11 	54
04 	Alinta 	Adam Lambert 	Whataya Want From Me? 	YT Link	3 	80
05 	Pigeon Island 	Cascada 	Pyromania 	YT Link	9 	65
06 	Yaponesia 	Hồ Ngọc Hà ft. Suboi 	Xin Hãy Thứ Tha (My Apology)	YT Link	10 	56
07 	Bokia 	Cheryl Cole 	Parachute 	YT Link	1 	142
08 	Mooseland 	Jade Ewen 	I Had Him First 	YT Link	7 	73
09 	Somborian Republic	Pixie Lott 	Cry Me Out 	YT Link	8 	67
10 	Viola Per Sempre 	Within Temptation & Chris Jones	Utopia 	YT Link	6 	74
11 	Swelatie 	Elena Risteska 	Dosta 	YT Link	14 	48
12 	Gematria 	Tiësto ft. Tegan & Sara 	Feel It In My Bones 	YT Link	19 	17
13 	Gozitania 	Kelly Clarkson 	Long Shot 	YT Link	5 	75
14 	Lukeland 	Alien Beat Club 	Oxygen 	YT Link	17 	38
15 	Reignland 	Big Bang 	Gara Gara Go 	YT Link	16 	44
16 	Calypso 	Julie Maria 	Evelyn 	YT Link	2 	82
17 	Halito 	My Robot Friend 	Robot High School 	YT Link	13 	50
18 	QuiénDQ 	Beyoncé 	Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix)	YT Link	18 	27
19 	Celinas 	Wahero ft. Valerie 	Doble Vida 	YT Link	12 	53
== Final ==
Draw	Nation 	Artist 	Song 	YouTube	Place	Points
01 	Tír an Abhainn 	Caravan Palace 	Suzy 	YT Link	2 	149
02 	Viola Per Sempre 	Within Temptation & Chris Jones	Utopia 	YT Link	14 	79
03 	Ugaly 	Lapp-Lisa 	Barnatro 	YT Link	28 	38
04 	Mooseland 	Jade Ewen 	I Had Him First 	YT Link	25 	64
05 	Comino 	Calvin Harris 	You Used To Hold Me 	YT Link	11 	89
06 	Akkåville 	Zemlja Gruva 	Da Bi Nam 	YT Link	17 	71
07 	Pigeon Island 	Cascada 	Pyromania 	YT Link	17 	71
08 	Calypso 	Julie Maria 	Evelyn 	YT Link	3 	115
09 	Cydoni-Gibberia 	Delphic 	Doubt 	YT Link	21 	70
10 	Alinta 	Adam Lambert 	Whataya Want From Me? 	YT Link	8 	93
11 	Zaprya 	Colonia ft. Slavonia Band 	Gukni Golube 	YT Link	13 	81
12 	10 Regions of Mobius	April March 	Chick Habit 	YT Link	26 	60
13 	Saksjaowie 	Cassette Kids 	Lying Around 	YT Link	16 	72
14 	Bokia 	Cheryl Cole 	Parachute 	YT Link	1 	188
15 	Ecclestonia 	Timbaland ft. Katy Perry 	If We Ever Meet Again 	YT Link	17 	71
16 	Dalisska 	Jena Lee 	Je Me Perds 	YT Link	12 	82
17 	Somborian Republic 	Pixie Lott 	Cry Me Out 	YT Link	27 	59
18 	Belvist 	DJ Project ft. Giulia 	Nu 	YT Link	15 	74
19 	Zoidiac 	Electric Lady Lab 	It's Over Now 	YT Link	7 	94
20 	Fervorosia 	Donkeyboy 	Ambitions 	YT Link	6 	98
21 	Blondania 	Blake Lewis 	Heartbreak On Vinyl 	YT Link	23 	67
22 	Kostanovia 	Sia 	You've Changed 	YT Link	22 	68
23 	Yaponesia 	Hồ Ngọc Hà ft. Suboi 	Xin Hãy Thứ Tha (My Apology)	YT Link	9 	92
24 	Adamsburg 	Hej Matematik 	Party I Provinsen 	YT Link	4 	103
25 	Gozitania 	Kelly Clarkson 	Long Shot 	YT Link	17 	71
26 	Noizeland 	Kalafina 	Storia 	YT Link	24 	65
27 	Qele 	Kent 	Ingenting 	YT Link	9 	92
28 	Spila 	Marina & the Diamonds 	Hollywood 	YT Link	5 	102
=== Controversy ===
The 7th place in the final was contested between Alinta and Zoidiac, due to some ambiguity in the tie-breaking of the Waiting List Jury's votes. The tie, between Fervorosia, Alinta and Yaponesia was unsolvable by usual means, due to it being numerically completely equal (a single 12-pointer each).
Several solutions had been discussed in the past, though never completely agreed on. Thus, in the case of NSC 49, the votes-collector (Barish, of Effiland) was not informed on how to resolve such a tie. As a result, the tie was broken randomly by scorewiz (in this case, alphabetically).
The previously discussed solutions were
* Break the tie by the WL-collector's preference
* Break the tie statistically by final rank prior to the WL votes being added. (observed in NSC 47)
The results would differ depending on the method:
Random (Alphabetical) Method
Nation 	WL Jury points	Final Points	# of 10s	Final rank
Fervorosia	2 	97 	 	6
Alinta 	3 	94 	2 	7
Zoidiac 	 	94 	0 	8
Yaponesia 	1 	92 	 	9
Preference Method
Nation 	Effish Votes	WL Jury points	Final Points	# of 10s	Final rank
Fervorosia	0 	1 	96 	 	6
Alinta 	4 	3 	94 	2 	7
Zoidiac 	 	 	94 	0 	8
Yaponesia 	3 	2 	93 	 	9
Statistical Method
Nation 	Prior rank	WL Jury points	Final Points	Final rank
Fervorosia	6 	3 	98 	6
Alinta 	9 	2 	93 	8
Zoidiac 	7 	 	94 	7
Yaponesia 	10 	1 	92 	9
As 7th place was due to prequalify in NSC 50 and this debate was unsolved, both Alinta and Zoidiac were granted prequalification. The solution for unsolvable ties was eventually in agreement with the "Statistical Method".
== Winning Song ==
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