Nights of Gandhara

Nights of Gandhara (Arabic: لَيَالِي من غانذارا, Layālī min Gāndhāra) is a music competition organised by the Gandhari public broadcaster Radio and Television of Gandhara (RTG). It determines the country's representatives for the Outernatia Song Contest and the Internatia Song Contest, and has been staged almost every edition since the Outernatia Song Contest 3. The competition is among the most popular television programmes in Gandhara, and it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. Nights of Gandhara has been used to select entries for the Internatia Second Chance Contest as well.
The festival has produced a winner and three top-five placings for Gandhara at the Outernatia Song Contest, as well as two winners for Gandhara at the Internatia Second Chance Contest.
==Hosting==
Almost all editions of Nights of Gandhara were held at the Minna Theater in Rhea. Only the seventh and eighth edition were held at the International Convention Center in Manas.
The plan is to rotate the hosting of the competition between cities throughout Gandhara in the future. It might even be possible to host an edition in a different country. The idea behind it is to draw more attention for the contest nationwide and on an international level.
Edition 	Location	Venue
1st–6th9th–15th	Rhea 	Minna Theater
7th–8th 	Manas 	International Convention Center
==Voting==
Points are given by juries from different countries. Since the start of the contest, one voting system has been used. Each jury awards 12, 10, and 8 points to their top three songs. The jury from Gandhara only votes when less than six international juries are present to give their votes.
Since the ninth edition, the tie-break rules of the Internatia Song Contest are followed. This means that in case of a tie a count will be made of the numbers of countries who awarded points to each of the tied songs, and the one who received points from the most countries will be placed above the other song(s). If two or more songs are still tied, the sets of maximum points (12 points) each song received will be counted. If there is still a tie, the numbers of 10-point scores awarded are compared, and then the numbers of 8-point scores, all the way down the list. In the unlikely event that there is still a tie between two or more songs, the song that performed earliest in the running order will be placed above the other tied songs. 
==Winners==
Edition	Artist 	Language	Title 	Host 	Contest	Place 	Points	Semi 	Points
1st 	Carole Samaha 	Arabic 	"Sahranine" (سهرانين) 	Rita Hayek 	OSC 3 	4 	75 	colspan="2" rowspan="10" data-sort-value="99999"	
2nd 	Amal Maher 	Arabic 	"A'raf Mneen" (أعرف منين) 	Marcel Ghanem 	OSC 4 	6 	52 	 	
3rd 	Mohamed Hamaki 	Arabic 	"Haga Mestakhabeya" (حاجة مستخبية)	Rima Maktabi 	OSC 5 	10 	48 	 	
4th 	Fady Harb 	Arabic 	"Shu Baki" (شو باكي) 	Nadine Hani 	OSC 6 	12 	34 	 	
5th 	Myriam Fares 	Arabic 	"Aman" (آمان) 	Nadine Njeim 	OSC 7 	1 	80 	 	
6th 	Ragheb Alama 	Arabic 	"Betfell" (بتفل) 	Yara Khoury Mikhael 	OSC 8 	10 	45 	 	
7th 	Samira Said 	Arabic 	"Mazal" (مازال) 	Myriam Fares & Neshan	OSC 9 	16 	35 	 	
8th 	Sandy 	Arabic 	"Roho Ololo" (روحو قولوله) 	Marcel Ghanem 	OSC 10 	15 	47 	 	
9th 	Sherine 	Arabic 	"Hatrooh" (هتروح) 	George Kordahi 	OSC 11 	21 	35 	 	
10th 	Yasmine Ammari 	Arabic 	"Nkhaf Nabghik" (نخاف نبغيك) 	Rima Maktabi 	OSC 12 	27 	22 	 	
11th 	Zaed Naes 	Arabic 	"Shattiet" (شتيت) 	Taim Hasan 	OSC 13 	colspan="2"	16 	23 	
12th 	Shiraz 	Arabic 	"Amout Wansak" (اموت وانساك) 	Mona Abou Hamze 	OSC 14 	22 	43 	colspan="2" data-sort-value="99999" 	
13th 	Mähri Pirgulyýewa	Turkmen 	"Aýterek Günterek" 	Fares Karam 	OSC 15 	4 	104 	16 	37
14th 	Gülyaru 	Uyghur 	"Shirinjan" 	Myriam Fares 	OSC 16 	colspan="2"	10 	33 	
15th 	Funda Arar 	Turkish 	"Yoksun" 	Mona Abou Hamze 	ISC 43 	25 	82 	1 	94
==International juries==
International juries from twenty-nine different countries voted in Nights of Gandhara. A Gandhari jury always voted, but these votes were only used if less than six international juries participated, which happened on seven occasions. The Lettucian jury voted in every edition.
Country	Total	Editions
 	15 	1st–15th
 	11 	3rd–4th, 10th, 12th, 14th
 	8 	1st–8th, 7th–10th, 12th, 15th
 	7 	4th–6th, 8th–9th, 11th, 13th
 	6 	4th–9th
 	5 	9th, 12th–15th
 	5 	11th–15th
 	4 	7th, 10th, 11th–12th
 	3 	10th, 13th–14th
 	3 	1st, 8th, 15th
 	2 	1st–2nd
 	2 	1st–2nd
 	2 	1st, 3rd
 	2 	1st, 4th
 	2 	3rd, 7th
 	2 	14th–15th
 	2 	14th–15th
 	1 	1st
 	1 	1st
 	1 	2nd
 	1 	2nd
 	1 	3rd
 	1 	7th
 	1 	7th
 	1 	9th
 	1 	10th
 	1 	10th
 	1 	10th
 	1 	13th
 	1 	14th
==See also==
* Gandhara in the Outernatia Song Contest
* Gandhara in the Internatia Song Contest
* Gandhara in the Internatia Second Chance Contest
==References==
Category:Gandhara
Category:Outernatia Song Contest selection events
Category:Gandhara in the Outernatia Song Contest
Category:National finals