Cydoni-Gibberia in the Nation Song Contest

Cydoni-Gibberia has participated in NSC 35 times, and plans to continue competing. This article is a detailed overview of Cydoni-Gibberia's history in NSC.
== NSC 20 ==
For the Cydu debut entry, CyGiTV held an internal selection. The Utah Saints were chosen to represent Cydoni-Gibberia with the song Something Good 08. The song came last in the semi, with just 22 points.
== NSC 21 ==
After the failure of The Utah Saints in NSC 20, CyGiTV has organised a national final for NSC 21, called 'The Pulse Of Music'. Minor controversy arose around the NF, after Song 1, 'Heaven', was discovered to have been used in NSC in the past in microstate qualifications. You & Me was eventually sent to NSC 21, where it qualified, becoming the first Cydu NSC entry to get to the final. The song ended in 9th place, becoming the most successful Cydu NSC entry and gaining 5 sets of 12 points. However, Uniting Nations did not secure a place in the Top 6, and so Cydoni-Gibberia will again have to qualify from the semi-finals for NSC 22.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	DJ Sammy 	Heaven 	1 	139 	TBA
2 	Uniting Nations 	You & Me 	2 	132 	TBA
3 	Fatboy Slim 	Right Here, Right Now 	7 	85 	TBA
4 	The Klaxons 	It's Not Over Yet 	3 	110 	TBA
5 	My Chemical Romance 	Welcome To The Black Parade	6 	86 	TBA
6 	Hard-Fi 	Cash Machine 	4 	109 	TBA
7 	Hot Chip 	Ready For The Floor 	5 	91 	TBA
8 	Taio Cruz ft. Luciana	Come On Girl 	8 	65 	TBA
== NSC 22 ==
The Pulse Of Music returns for NSC 22, to be held in Jastistia. Four songs were chosen by CyGiTV in the hope that Cydoni-Gibberia could reach the final once again, which they did with Pigloo's song 'Moi J'Aime Skier', and was seen by some nations (notably Tohru and Reym-L-Dneurb) as a shock qualifier.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Keane 	Is It Any Wonder?	1 	48 	Video
2 	Pigloo 	Moi J'aime Skier 	2 	35 	Video
3 	Thomas Falke 	High Again 	4 	32 	Video
4 	Yo! Gabba Gabba	Party In My Tummy	2 	35 	Video
== NSC 23 ==
The Pulse Of Music returned for it's 3rd edition, and contained 10 songs, the largest NF for Cydoni-Gibberia ever. Keane, Hot Chip and previous NSC entrants Uniting Nations (responsible for the best result for Cydoni-Gibberia) returned for another shot at glory. The Verve won, and were hotly tipped to win the overall competition, however left the competition early, finishing 12th with 58 points, failing to qualify.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
01 	Metallica 	I Disappear 	09 	70 	Video
02 	The Verve 	Bittersweet Symphony 	01 	133 	Video
03 	Ferry Corsten 	Rock Your Body Rock 	08 	71 	Video
04 	Keane 	Is It Any Wonder? 	04 	107 	Video
05 	Uniting Nations 	Do It Yourself 	10 	69 	Video
06 	Chicane ft. Bryan Adams	Don't Give Up 	06 	82 	Video
07 	Paradise 	See The Light 	03 	116 	Video
08 	Hot Chip 	One Pure Thought 	07 	75 	Video
09 	Linkin Park 	Shadow Of The Day 	05 	88 	Video
10 	Scooter 	The Question Is What Is The Question	02 	117 	Video
== NSC 24 ==
After failing to qualify to the final in NSC 23, Cydoni-Gibberia will have to pass through the semi-finals again. CyGiTV internally selected InnerPartySystem to represent the island in Maccha-Brugia, with the 'original' song "Don't Stop". Cydoni-Gibberia returned to the final of NSC this edition, with the help of the juries from Semi 1, and finished 18th in the final, Cydoni-Gibberia's 2nd best ever result.
== NSC 25 ==
The Pulse Of Music returned for NSC 25, with eight acts hoping to represent the nation in Vorhota. Hi_Tack won the NF, with one-third of the 12 points given to them, however, failed to qualify to the final of NSC, gaining 56 points uinin the 2nd semi and ending 13th.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Mint Royale 	Singin' In The Rain 	3 	98 	Video
2 	The Feeling 	I Thought It Was Over 	2 	101 	Video
3 	Filo & Peri 	Anthem 	5 	75 	Video
4 	The Fratellis 	Mistress Mabel 	6 	62 	Video
5 	Bloc Party 	Flux 	8 	48 	Video
6 	We Are Scientists	Chick Lit 	7 	61 	Video
7 	Hi_Tack 	Say Say Say 	1 	117 	Video
8 	Infadels 	Free Things For Poor People	4 	83 	Video
Recap by eurouk3434
== NSC 26 ==
CyGiTV made their 3rd internal selection for NSC 26, and New Order were chosen to represent the island in Belvist, with the rock song "Crystal". They openened the second semi-final, and finished 18th with 43 points, leaving Cydoni-Gibberia out of the final for the 2nd time in a row.
== NSC 27 ==
CyGiTV held The Pulse Of Music for the 5th time this edition. Head Automatica won with 150 points and represented Cydoni-Gibberia in Swelatie, placing 24th out of 28 in the final.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	The Killers 	Smile Like You Mean It 	3 	127 	Video
2 	Chris Brown 	Forever 	8 	117 	Video
3 	Mystery Jets 	Two Doors Down 	9 	106 	Video
4 	Jason Nevins ft. Holly James	I'm In Heaven 	7 	119 	Video
5 	Andrew WK 	Party Hard 	10 	93 	Video
6 	Head Automatica 	Beating Hearts Baby 	1 	150 	Video
7 	The Teenagers 	Make It Happen 	5 	126 	Video
8 	Sunset Strippers 	Falling Stars 	4 	127 	Video
9 	Denise Lopez 	Don't You Wanna Be Mine	6 	124 	Video
10 	Kids In Glass Houses 	Saturday 	2 	129 	Video
Recap by eurouk3434
== NSC 28 ==
For the 9th entry, CyGiTV held another internal selection, selecting Milk Inc. to represent the island with 'Forever'. Milk Inc. previously represented Sunland in NSC 22, placing 6th. Can they repeat their previous success?
== NSC 29 ==
NSC 29 was a celebration for CyGiTV as it was Cydoni-Gibberia's 10th entry. Because of this, they invited InnerPartySystem back to perform the nation's entry in Noizeland. Unfirtunately, the song (Die Tonight, Live Forever) failed to impress and came 22nd in the semi-final, equaling the place of Utah Saints, a whole ten years before.
== NSC 30 ==
CyGiTV once again chose internally, selecting the unusual music stylings of the group Friendly Fires, who performed "Paris" in Scorpionia for the special 30th NSC. Unfortunately, they finished 24th in the semi-final, above three nations, two of which didn't vote and recieved a reduced score. This was Cydoni-Gibberia's worst result by placing but Friendly Fires were very satisfied at not finishing last.
== NSC 31 ==
CyGiTV decided to end the three-year streak of internal selections and brought The Pulse Of Music back for its sixth running. 5 songs competed to hopefully bring the island's first win in the contest. Röyksopp won the NF with the Thin White Duke Remix of What Else Is There? and qualified to the final of the main contest, and finished 11th, the 2nd best result for the country and only 4 points off being the best points result. On a related note, The Killers with Human were sent by Alinta and only just missed out on a win at the contest.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
01 	Paramore 	Decode 	2 	89 	Video
02 	Kings Of Leon	Use Somebody 	5 	59 	Video
03 	Keane 	Spiralling 	3 	80 	Video
04 	Röyksopp 	What Else Is There? (Thin White Duke Remix)	1 	116 	Video
05 	The Killers 	Human 	4 	76 	Video
Recap by eurouk3434
== NSC 32 ==
Due to Röyksopp's great result in the previous edition, CyGiTV decided to take a risk and send Dionysos to St. Lotus with the french song Coccinelle. The song did not qualify but did better than expected, finishing 16th with 46 points.
== NSC 33 ==
After a return to being stuck in the semis, the country sent two-time NF entrants Hot Chip to NSC 33, with Ready For The Floor. Despite being seen as likely qualifiers, they disappointingly came 20th in the semis with 40 points.
== NSC 34 ==
CyGiTV were originally going to select their 15th NSC entry internally but took the decision to run The Pulse Of Music 7 after not being able to decide on an entry. Tommy Sparks was chosen to be the 15th entrant and first ever soloist for the island, but in the main contest was not predicted to qualify. However, he was the only act that managed to qualify against the odds in the second semi-final, and came 23rd in the final.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Tommy Sparks 	I'm A Rope 	1 	53 	Video
2 	Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne	Let It Rock	2 	43 	Video
3 	Passion Pit 	Sleepyhead 	3 	39 	Video
== NSC 35 ==
After a surprising result, SugaRush Beat Company were chosen to go to Qele and were hoped to qualify by CyGiTV. However, they did not manage this, as they came 16th with 50 points for their song Love Breed.
== NSC 36 ==
After a fairly dissapointing result in Qele, CyGiTV held another internal selection and invited Röyksopp back to perform for the island with their song Happy Up Here in Tír an Abhainn and Adamsburg, after they came in a great 11th place 5 years earlier. Röyksopp managed to equal and even better the last result, coming in at a fantastic 7th place in the final, the first Top 10 for the island since way back in NSC 21. Unfortunately, they just fell short of prequalifying the country for the next final.
== NSC 37 ==
Thanks to the fantastic result the previous year cyGiTV went risky and sent Passion Pit with their song Sleepyhead. It did not qualify, but won the B Final, meaning that the B Final for NSC 38 would be held in Cydoni-Gibberia! Thanks!
== NSC 38 ==
CyGiTV sent Yuksek to the show in Reym-L-Dneurb, stating to make a 'special effort' due to the close ties with the host country. The song came joint second in the semi and did not dissapoint in the final, reaching a fantastic 5th place, and prequalifying the nation for their 20th edition into the final. Thanks Yuksek!
== NSC 39 ==
Due to being in the final automatically there was no fear of a bad result, so CyGiTV held a NF. Enter Shikari, a previous Zombiran entrant, won, and Juggernauts represented the nation in the final. It did better than expected by CyGiTV, coming joint 23rd with Gabriel's entry, notably their last entry ever. This meant Cydoni-Gibberia had to return to the semis for the next edition.
== NSC 40 ==
Paul Oakenfold and Pharrell were both chosen to represent the nation in Canedonia with their song Sex N Money. It was expected to qualify to the final, but could only muster up a 17th place in the semi, thus leaving the island from the final show.
== NSC 41 ==
For the 22nd entry in Comino, CyGiTV decided to send Simian Mobile Disco with their song Audacity of Huge. The song managed to qualify to the surprise of some, and was predicted to come 21st in the final, however the song maganed to finish 8th with 123 points, most notably also being involved in an unexpected 12-swap with Zombira. With the 3rd Top 10 in just 6 editions, things were looking up for the island. Thanks SMD!
Later in NSC history, the song represented the island in Congratulations 5. The song led the voting for a long time until it was dethroned by Adamsburg and Lukeland. The song still achieved 3rd place with 182, the most points one song has ever achieved for Cydoni-Gibberia.
== NSC 42 ==
For the 42nd contest in Vorhota CyGiTV selected Dutch trance DJ Tiësto with his song "I Will Be Here", with vocals provided by Australian group Sneaky Sound System. The song was 12th in the semi final and would start a reputation for Cydoni-Gibberia of often missing out on the final by a few points.
== NSC 43 ==
Cydoni-Gibberia had a large edition of The Pulse Of Music, consisting of 3 semi-finals: one with songs from previous TPOMs, one with songs from artists who have previously represented Cydoni-Gibberia in the contest, and one with songs from new artists. The Top 2 from each semi-final qualified for the final.
=== Semi-Final 1 ===
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Scooter 	The Question Is What is The Question?	1 	56 	Video
2 	Paramore 	Decode 	4 	24 	Video
3 	Bombay Bicycle Club	Always Like This 	3 	40 	Video
4 	Klaxons 	It's Not Over Yet 	2 	48 	Video
=== Semi-Final 2 ===
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Passion Pit 	The Reeling 	1 	32 	Video
2 	Tommy Sparks 	She's Got Me Dancing	1 	32 	Video
3 	Friendly Fires	Kiss Of Life 	4 	24 	Video
4 	Yuksek 	Tonight 	1 	32 	Video
In this semi-final, there was a three way tie, so both qualifiers were decided based on the Cydu televote.
=== Semi-Final 3 ===
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Team Waterpolo 	Letting Go 	3 	16 	Video
2 	The Temper Trap	Sweet Disposition	2 	32 	Video
3 	Bloc Party 	Signs 	1 	36 	Video
4 	Wild Beasts 	Hooting & Howling	4 	12 	Video
=== Final ===
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Scooter 	The Question Is What Is The Question?	5 	22 	Video
2 	Klaxons 	It's Not Over Yet 	3 	24 	Video
3 	Passion Pit 	The Reeling 	1 	36 	Video
4 	Yuksek 	Tonight 	6 	20 	Video
5 	The Temper Trap	Sweet Disposition 	3 	24 	Video
6 	Bloc Party 	Signs 	2 	34 	Video
Passion Pit were chosen and finished 11th in the semi-final, with their song "The Reeling".
== NSC 44 ==
Achieving relative success in the previous edition, Cydoni-Gibberia held the second Pulse of Music in a row, but this time with only 5 songs and a single final. Safri Duo won the national selection and ended up achieving a 7th place, the joint second best result that Cydoni-Gibberia had achieved at this point. Unfortunately, Safri Duo were only one point away from prequalifying the nation for the next final, and so the nation would have to compete in the semi-finals once again in NSC 45.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
01 	Skindred 	Stand For Something	3 	62 	Video
02 	Beck 	Timebomb 	5 	51 	Video
03 	TV On The Radio 	Golden Age 	4 	55 	Video
04 	Safri Duo 	Played A Live 	1 	113 	Video
05 	DJ Fresh & Stamina MC	Hypercaine 	2 	83 	Video
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== NSC 51 ==
For Cydoni-Gibberia's 32nd entry, CyGiTV organised The Pulse Of Music 11, after a long absence of a NF. A record 13 songs competed, incorporating various styles including acoustic, trance, electro, indie, RnB and rock. The voting system included 17 and 15 pointers and InnerPartySystem won and represented the island for the third time. They came 11th in the semi-final.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Vampire Weekend 	Giving Up The Gun 	3 	113 	Video
2 	Fenech-Soler 	The Fight 	3 	113 	Video
3 	Onova 	Platitude 	6 	106 	Video
4 	Röyksopp 	It's What I Want 	9 	92 	Video
5 	Battles 	Atlas 	13 	76 	Video
6 	Tom McRae 	Set The Story Straight	12 	82 	Video
7 	Dillinger Escape Plan	Black Bubblegum 	5 	108 	Video
8 	Two-Door Cinema Club 	Undercover Martyn 	2 	129 	Video
9 	Friendly Fires 	Skeleton Boy 	8 	99 	Video
10 	Glasvegas 	Geraldine 	7 	104 	Video
11 	InnerPartySystem 	Heart Of Fire 	1 	158 	Video
12 	Kid Sister 	Daydreaming 	10 	86 	Video
13 	Memory Tapes 	Bicycle 	11 	84 	Video
Recap by Sean
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== NSC 65 ==
For the island's return to Ugaly - the nation that hosted Cydoni-Gibberia's first contest - CyGiTV decided to invite back one of the nation's most popular participants, Fear Of Tigers. Sparking off a new selection method, Cygovision, 5 songs competed:
No.	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	I Can Make The Pain Disappear	2 	97 	Video
2 	Please Don't Leave 	4 	58 	Video
3 	Friday Night At Geek Club 	4 	58 	Video
4 	Sirkka 	1 	99 	Video
5 	Calling Your Name 	3 	94 	Video
Sirkka went on to finish 20th in the final, gathering 42 points, considerably worse than the last time Fear of Tigers went to the contest. It was the 11th non-qualification in a row, but things were about to change...
== NSC 66 ==
After 11 consecutive non-qualifications CyGiTV decided to seek out 10 world-class acts who had already achieved big success in Cydoni-Gibberia. Amongst these 10 were Bloc Party, who previously went to NSC for the island in NSC 47.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Cage The Elephant 	Shake Me Down 	3 	92 	Video
2 	The Bloody Beetroots 	Butter 	5 	87 	Video
3 	The Chemical Brothers	Swoon 	6 	86 	Video
4 	Thunderheist 	Nothing 2 Step 2 	6 	86 	Video
5 	Maximum Balloon 	Tiger 	10 	75 	Video
6 	The Naked And Famous 	Punching In a Dream	1 	153 	Video
7 	Late Of The Pier 	Space & The Woods 	2 	95 	Video
8 	Bloc Party 	I Still Remember 	3 	92 	Video
9 	Foals 	This Orient 	8 	83 	Video
10 	The Virgins 	One Week Of Danger 	9 	79 	Video
With one of the largest points margins in global national final history, The Naked And Famous romped to victory and represented Cydoni-Gibberia at the contest, which was jointly hosted by Perryfornia and Zaprya. The group were drawn to open the second semi-final and ended up winning the semi, only the second Cydu act to achieve this feat. With another early draw in the final The Naked And Famous were hotly tipped to win the whole contest, and in a close-fought race with The Sound Of Arrows, representing Zoidiac, Cydoni-Gibberia went on to win their first ever contest, setting a record for the longest wait for the first wait, which is yet to be broken. Because of this, the contest would be making it's way to the island and CyGiTV would finally get to host the event.
== NSC 67 ==
With not far to travel and the contest being held in the island's capital city, Vardychinov, CyGiTV internally selected Fuck Buttons, who had been waiting on the sidelines to be chosen in a prequalification case for many years. Their song, Surf Solar, ended up coming 27th out of 28 in the final with 59 points, and a surprising 12 from Ugaly.
Also organised this edition was a concert held in the streets of Vardychinov in the run up to the contest. Various acts were invited to perform, including home grown talents like Hot Chip and Friendly Fires, as well as international acts like Jónsi, The Sound Of Arrows and Grum. The Naked And Famous also performed their contest winner to a crowd of thousands of fans.
CyGiTV had made the 67th contest a highlight in the island's history, but as Fuck Buttons came 2nd last it was back to Cydoni-Gibberia's usual territory for the next edition - the semi-finals.
== NSC 68 ==
For the 68th edition of the contest, the broadcaster returned to the Cygovision national final. 10 artists competed once again, including NSC 46 representative Breakfast. The Count & Sinden won the national final and will represent Cydoni-Gibberia at the contest in Zaprya.
No.	Artist 	Song 	Rank in NF	Points in NF	YT Link
1 	Breakfast 	Remember 	4 	51 	Video
2 	Skrillex 	Slats Slats Slats 	4 	51 	Video
3 	Edwin van Cleef 	I Want You 	10 	23 	Video
4 	The Count & Sinden 	After Dark 	1 	70 	Video
5 	OK Go 	White Knuckles 	2 	61 	Video
6 	Unicorn Kid 	Dreamcatcher 	8 	35 	Video
7 	Mille 	Ghost Dancer 	9 	33 	Video
8 	Body Language 	Huffy Ten Speed 	7 	36 	Video
9 	Animal Collective 	Water Curses 	3 	56 	Video
10 	Black Moth Super Rainbow	Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise	6 	48 	Video
== NSC 69 ==
For this edition it is very likely that CyGiTV will be unable to participate due to the station going through some intensive maintenance, meaning that it would be unfeasible for the contest to be broadcast live. However, it is expected that the channel will be able to broadcast the final live, and the semi-finals on a time delay. This will be the first edition since NSC 19 that a Cydu representative will not be sent to the contest, but would also be the 50th edition since the island debuted in the competition.
== NSC 70 ==
Unless the maintenance continues into this edition, it is expected that Cydoni-Gibberia will return to the contest for its landmark 70th edition. It will also be the 50th entry that CyGiTV will have sent to the contest.
== Future ==
CyGiTV has aimed to enter every NSC in the future unless technical/financial circumstances crop up.
== Controversies ==
* In the NF for NSC 21, Heaven was banned from entering NSC, as it had already failed microstate qualification. You & Me went on to the competition, as it came 2nd.
* In the NF for NSC 22, Is It Any Wonder? was banned from entering NSC, as Keane had already been confirmed by Effiland. Furthermore, two of the songs came 2nd. Pigloo eventually won though, winning the tie-break round as it recieved the least 1 points of the two songs.
* In the NF for NSC 31, Human by The Killers was banned from entering NSC as Alinta had already confirmed the song. They did not win the NF, however in the contest they came 2nd. Had they represented Cydoni-Gibberia, they would have easily been the best result for the island.
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