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United States in 30 Years of the EuroMusic Song Contest: Let's celebrate!

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The **United States** participated in the celebrate edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. It was the first appearance of the United States at a EuroMusic Song Festival contest since their participation in Sweden in the 19th edition.

## In the EuroMusic Song Contest

The United States participated ten times in the EuroMusic Song Contest, archieving good results. Placing twice first, twice second and three times third, the USA are one of the best competing countries in the contest. Although the country didn't participate after the 19th edition due to lack of the broadcaster. The country made its return to the celebrate edition.

## Selection process

For this celebrate edition the American broadcaster, NBC, decided to held a national final to select their entry. Each country had to send one of the song that represented them before in the contest. The NBC decided to hold a national final with all the ten songs that represented the USA in the contest, competing for the ticket to the celebrate edition.

The selection process existed of two semi-finals and one final. The semi-finals were divided based on the results that the entries archieved on their contests. The two best scoring entries of both semi-finals qualified for the final which was completed with a wildcard selected out of the remaining six semi-finalist.

The participating songs were:

 The best of both worlds

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Due to the high number of participating countries, the organisation first held a qualification round to select 21 semi-finalists. From this semi-final 10 countries will qualify for the final.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.
Russia in My Eurovision Song Contest

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## Broadcasts

The contest has been broadcast irregularly on two different public state channels in Russia, both EBU members: for the 1994 and 1996 it was broadcast on Russia-1 of VGTRK, while in 1995, 1997 and from 1999 to 2007 the contest was broadcast on Channel One. Since 2008, there is an alternation on broadcast and selection, with Russia-1 on even years, and Channel One on odd ones. This however changed after not broadcasting 2017 contest, when Channel One started to do the broadcast and selection on even years, while Russia-1 on odd ones.

## See also

* Russia in My Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Noord-Biran in Province Song Contest

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**Noord-Biran** is a province of Flarkanou. Because of that, they can participate in Province Song Contest. They have never won the contest, to date.

## History

Noord-Biran took part in the first edition, in Flarkanoustad. They finished at the third place. In the next edition, the province of Flarkanou finished at the fifth place with the song "*MaMaSé!*".

## Contestants

  02 | *MaMaSé!* | Dutch
  03 | *Hart verloren* | Dutch
Romania in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Romania** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. Romania decided to debut in the seventeenth edition.

## History

The national broadcaster, TVR, decided to debut in the seventeenth edition in Yerevan, Armenia. They finished at the tenth place. Romania was on the official list of participants of the 18th edition, which would be organised in Belgium. A few days after the official list of participants was published, the EBU announced that it was canceling the 18th edition. Later on, the EBU announced that there were no plans to organise a new edition.
My Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

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The My Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the fourteenth edition of the My Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place in Valletta, Malta. They were chosen by the EBU. It was the second time that Malta hosted the contest. They also hosted the 12th edition in Marsa.

At the end of the show, Israel was declared as winner. They got 267 points with the song *Follow my heart*. Israel was favourite by both national jury and children jury. The country was awarded respectively 133 and 134 points. The Netherlands came second with 226 points. Russia ended at the third place.

## Format

Each country has to send a song in (on of) their national language(s). The song can't be shorter than 2 minutes and 30 seconds and can't be longer than three minutes.

Every participating country awards to sets of 12, 10, 8, 7, ...,1 points to their top-10.

## Voting

https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/201976/jesc-2016

## 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received. Countries in **bold** gave their national jury 12 points to the same country as their children jury 12 points.
Regiovision Song Contest 1

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The Regiovision Song Contest 1 was the first edition of the Regiovision Song Contest. The host country was chosen between one of the participating countries, while there was not previous winner. England won the selection, and decided to host the contest in London.

## Location

Because it was the first edition of the contest, there was no previous winner and the host country was chosen between all particpation regions.

     Choosen region

At the end of the selection it was clear that England won the rights to host this edition. BBC Four announced quite directly that they choosed London as host city. Later on, the Royal Festival Hall was presented as venue. The venue is able to welcome 2.900 spectators.

## Format

Each region sends one song to the contest. The regions can't be independent. They also have to present some ethnical background in their region during their performance. The song can't be longer than five minutes.

After that all the participating regions have sang their song, each single country awards a set of points. The region who gets the most amount of points wins the contest. If two or more regions receive the same number of points, the region that got points from most voting regions, will be ranked higher.

## Voting

https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/273440/regiovision-song-contest-1--england

### 12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

## Other Countries

### Debuting countries

* Åland Islands
* Artsakh
* Azores
* Catalonia
* England
* Faroe Islands
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* Northern Ireland
* Scotland
* South Ossetia
* Wales
Netherlands in EuroMusic Song Contest 6

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The **Netherlands** participated in the sixth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Dutch broadcaster, AVROTROS, was responsible for their act.

## Selection process

For their sixth participation of The Netherlands decided to select their submission internally.Malm

They presented the song: "Million lights" as act in Malmö.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

The Netherlands was drawn to perform eighteenth, and last, following Germany.

Due the bookmakers, The Netherlands had the highest chance to win this edition. During the voting, it was clear that three countries were in the running. The Netherlands, Germany and Ireland. The Netherlands was not able to finish first, but with their 115 points, they came in the third place. It was their second time that they finished third. The previous time was in the second edition.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to The Netherlands and awarded by The Netherlands in the final.

### Points awarded to The Netherlands

* Sweden
* Denmark
* Finland
* Ireland
* Norway
* Turkey
 * France
* Spain
Russia in EuroMusic Dance Contest

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**Russia** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Dance Contest. They were invited by the EBU to participate in the first edition.

## History

They were invited by the EBU to participate in the first edition. This edition took place in Copenhagen. Russia was not able to finish in the top three, so their result is not revealed. Moscow hosted the second edition. However, they were not able to finish in the top three.

They obtained their first success in the third edition by finishing at the third place
Sweden in EuroMusic Song Contest 3

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**Sweden** participated in the third edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Swedish broadcaster, SVT, was responsible for their act.

## Selection process

For their third participation the Swedish broadcaster decided to select their submission internally. For this edition, like the two previous onces, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. Because of this, Sweden had to send a song in the Swedish language.

They announced to send a song in the Swedish language. Later on, they selected "*Du*" as act for the third edition in Nicosia.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Sweden was drawn to perform fifth, following Portugal and preceding Ireland.

They finished sixth with 57 points. It was their highest result so far in the contest.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Sweden and awarded by Sweden in the final.

### Points awarded to Sweden

* Netherlands
* Ireland
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 * Cyprus
* Israel
Poland in EuroMusic Song Celebration

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**Poland** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in the EuroMusic Song Celebration. TVP is responsible for the Polish participation.

## History

The Polish broadcaster, TVP, decided to debuts in the contest for the first edition. In Vienna, the country selected Viki Gabor to represent the nation. They finished at the second place.

## See also

* Poland in EuroMusic Song Contest
* Poland in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest
Serbia in My Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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**Serbia** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in My Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Serbia participated in the fourth edition.

## History

Serbia participated in the fourth edition with a Serbian song called *Učimo strane jezike* finishing 5th.

A few years later the country won the contest in 2010 with the song *Čarobna noć* .

## Contestants

*For contestants prior to 2006, see Serbia and Montenegro in My Junior Eurovision Song Contest.*
Poland in EuroMusic Dance Contest

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**Poland** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Dance Contest. They were invited by the EBU to participate in the first edition.

## History

They were invited by the EBU to participate in the first edition. This edition took place in Copenhagen. Poland became second in the first edition. In the next edition they even did bettr. They finished at the first place.

In the third edition, they could succeed their good results by finishing second again. Poland hosted the fourth edition in Gdańsk. And again, they did very well. They won the contest for the second time. In Sweden they won again. Their worst result they obtained in the sixth edition by finishing third.
New Zealand in WorldMusic Song Contest

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**New Zealand** can participate in WorldMusic Song Contest 1. This country in Oceania debuted in the first edition.

## History

New Zealand was announced as participating country at the first edition. TVNZ was invited to participate and selected Stan Walker to represtent the country. He brought the country at the 8th place. The group Six60 represented the country with a song in the Maori language. They finished at the fourth place. Ben Hazlewood finished in Sydney at the 18th place.

Stan Walker was selected again to represent the country at the fourth edition, hosted in Australia. He finished with his song, performed in both the English and Maori language, at the 14th place. The country finished in the fifth edition at the fourth place. It was decided not to have a new edition. This was due to the ungoing international political deadlock.
Northern Cyprus in Regiovision Song Contest

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**Northern Cyprus** is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in Regiovision Song Contest. Their first participation was in the first edition of the contest. BRT is responsible for the Northern Cypriotic participation.

## History

Bayrak Radio Television Corporation, or shortly BRT, announced to participate in the first edition.

The broadcaster was disappointed with the 9th place. They had the goal to finish in the top 5. However in the next edition they even did worse with a 11th place.

After the disappointing results, the BRT decided to withdraw from the competition. At the end of the seventh edition, Northern Cyprus announced that they would return in the eighth edition. They finished at the last place with only 5 points, who all came from Gagauzia. Because of this result, they took not part in the next edition.
United Kingdom in EuroMusic Song Contest 3

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The **United Kingdom** participated in the third edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Brittish broadcaster, BBC, was responsible for this edition.

## Selection process

This was the third edition that they participated in the contest. The broadcaster announced that they would perform in English.

They selected the song "*Tears*" to represend the UK in Nicosia.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

The United Kingdom was drawn to perform twelfth following France and preceding Belgium.

Due the bookmakers was the United Kingdom one of the countries with the most opportunities to win the show. The voting was very exciting. They won the show, with only two points more then Israel.

It was the first victory of the United Kingdom in the contest.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to the United Kingdom and awarded by the United Kingdom in the final.

### Points awarded to the United Kingdom

* Germany
* Ireland
* Israel
* Sweden
* France
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Switzerland
* Spain
Netherlands in EuroMusic Song Contest 10

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**Netherlands** participated in the tenth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, was responsible for the act of this edition. They hosted this edition in Amsterdan.

## Selection process

For the tenth participation of the RÚV, they decided to select their act with a intern selection for Amsterdam.

AVROTROS announced that they would perform a song in the English language. They selected the song *Ice queen*.

## Hosting

Because Netherlands won the previous edition, they got the rights to host the contest. A bit later, the AVROTROS announced to host the tenth edition.

All Dutch citties could send a bit for hosting the contest. The AVROTROS said that they would like a venue above 7.000 seats. When the deadline was over, it was clear that Amsterdam and Rotterdam sended a bit. The EBU and AVROTROS announced later on, that the Ziggo Dome, in Amsterdam, was chosen as host venue. The venue has a capacity of 17.000 people.

Angela Groothuizen and Cornald Maas were the presenters of this edition.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Because Netherlands finished in the previous edition in the top 11, because they won the contest, they were automatic qualified for the final in Amsterdam.

The Netherlands performed fifth, following Malta and preceding Hungary. They received 3 points, all from Belgium. They were the first host country who finished last in their own organisating edition.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Netherlands and awarded by Netherlands in the final.
Germany in EuroMusic Song Contest 6

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**Germany** participated in the sixth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The German broadcaster, ADR, was responsible for this edition.

## Selection process

For their sixth participation in the contest, the ADR decided to select their submission internally. Germany decided very fast to perform in English. Later on, they presented their song in Berlin. "Wild & free" would be the act in Malmö.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Germany was drawn to perform seventeenth, and pre-last, following Italy and preceding The Netherlands.

Germany was due the bookmakers counted as possible winner, in the beginning of the voting, Germany was on top. Later, Ireland was able to make a gap who was big enough to be sure of a victory. Germany received from the last country, the Netherlands, the twelve points and became so second.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the final.

### Points awarded to Germany

* Ireland
* Netherlands
* Turkey
* Spain
* Norway
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Åland Islands in Regiovision Song Contest

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**Åland Islands** are a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in Regiovision Song Contest. Their first participation was in the first edition of the contest.

## History

Åland Islands debuted in the first edition. They immediately announced to participate with a Swedish song. Later on, they selected the song *Nu eller aldrig*. They won the first edition with 98 points, 6 points more than runner-up Northern Ireland.

TV Åland announced directly after the final of the first edition that the broadcaster will host the second edition. Later on, it was confirmed by the broadcaster that the Wiklöf Holding Arena in Mariehamn would be the venue for the contest.

The region won the third edition of the contest with the song *Det är dit vi ska*. Åland Islands was the first region to win the contest more than once. Because of their victory, the islands hosted the fourth edition. In Jomala, the island region was represented by the song *Du*. The song received 100 points, which resulted in a second place. Åland Islands also finished second in the fifth edition. The island region continued their good results with a fifth and a third place in the next two editions.
Ruthenia in EuroRegion Song Contest

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**Ruthenia**, previously presented in the contest as "The **Rusyns**", are an East Slavic ethnic group in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in EuroRegion Song Contest. They debuted in the fifth edition.

## History

Ruthenia was announced as participating region for the fifth edition, hosted in Kazan in Tatarstan. They selected the group Hrdza with the song "*Štefan*". They received one time the maximum of 12 points, from Gagauzia. Immediately after the final, the broadcaster announced that they would participate in the next edition. This time under the name Ruthenia. In the sixth edition, they finished at the last place. The same happend in the following two editions. In Cottbus, they did better with finishing at the 11th place. In the tenth edition, they obtained the tenth place.
Spain in EuroMusic Dance Contest

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**Spain** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Dance Contest. They were invited by the EBU to participate in the first edition.

## History

They were invited by the EBU to participate in the first edition. This edition took place in Copenhagen. Spain was not able to finish in the top three, so their result is not revealed.
Norway in EuroMusic Song Contest 4

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**Norway** participated in the fourth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Norwegian broadcaster, NRK, was responsible for this edition.

## Selection process

It was the first participation in the contest, NRK. They decided to select their submission internally. They announced to not perform in their national language, Norwegian.

Later on, they announced their first song who would represend Norway in the contest: "*That's how you write a song*".

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Norway was drawn to perform first and preceding Israel.

Due the bookmakers Norway was not counted as possible winner. However, when the voting started it was clear that Norway received a lot of points. They became second with 122 points.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Norway and awarded by Norway in the final.

### Points awarded to Norway

* Ireland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* United Kingdom
* Israel
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 * Malta
* United States
* Greece
Luxembourg in EuroMusic Song Contest 3

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**Luxembourg** participated in the third edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Luxembourgish broadcaster, RTL, was responsible for their act.

## Selection process

For their third participation the Luxembourgish broadcaster decided to select their submission internally. For this edition, like the two previous onces, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. Because of this, Luxembourg is able to select a song in the German, French and Luxembourgish language.

Later on, the French langage song "*Tu te reconnaîtras*" was selected as act for the third edition in Nicosia.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Luxembourg was drawn to perform fifteenth, and last, following Italy.

Luxembourg became 12th with 24 points. It was the highest amounth ever awarded to Luxembourg, however, they didn't reached their best result, what is was tenth.

After this edition, the RTL decided to withraw from the contest due several different reasons. The high financial coast and the disappointing were probably the most important reasons.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Luxembourg and awarded by Luxembourg in the final.

### Points awarded to Luxembourg

* Ireland
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* Switzerland
* Cyprus
Ukraine in EuroMusic Dance Contest

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**Ukraine** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Dance Contest. They were invited by the EBU to participate in the first edition.

## History

They were invited by the EBU to participate in the first edition. This edition took place in Copenhagen. Ukraine was not able to finish in the top three, so their result is not revealed.

The next edition, the broadcaster of Ukraine said that they were not participating if the contest would take place in Russia. When the EBU revealed that Russia became the hosting nation, Ukraine announced to withdraw immediately.

However their intention was to return in the third edition, they were not on the official list of participating countries. They returned in the fourth edition, in Poland. However the high expectations, they were not able to finish in the top three.

In Stockholm they finished at the third place. The sixth edition took place in Ukraine. They won the contest.

## Contestants

  06 | *Siren song* | 1
Denmark in EuroMusic Song Contest 2

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**Denmark** participated in the second edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Danish broadcaster, DR, was responsible for their act.

## Selection process

For their second participation the Danish broadcaster decided to select their submission internally. For this edition, like the two previous onces, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. Because of this, Denmark has to perform an act in the Danish language.

Later on, the Danish langage song "*Pigen er min*" was selected as act for the second edition in Düsseldorf.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Denmark was drawn to perform seventh following Luxembourg and preceding Italy.

Denmark became 12th with 15 points. After this edition, the Danish broadcaster announced to withraw from the competition.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Denmark and awarded by Denmarkin the final.

### Points awarded to Denmark

* Italy
* Netherlands
* United Kingdom
Võru County in EuroRegion Song Contest

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The **Võru County** is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in EuroRegion Song Contest. This county in southern Estonia took part for the first time in the eleventh edition.

## History

The Võru County was announced as participating region for the eleventh edition. This edition was hosted in Scotland. However the low expectations, the region was able to finish at the 8th place.
Wales in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Wales** is a member of the EBU. However, the United Kingdom is responsible for the British particpation in the Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. For the tenth edition, Wales will take part for the first time under the Welsh flag.

## History

Wales debuted in the tenth edition. The broadcaster, S4C, already showed some interests to participate since the seventh edition. This was because the UK decided to withdraw from te contest. They officialy confirmed their particpation for the tenth edition. They said that this was a opportunity to share the Welsh language with the rest of Europe. They finished at the seventh place. In Varna, they finished at the 10th place. They finished at the fifth place at the 12th edition.

Wales finished at the 15th place, out of 16 participating countries. However Wales finished last with zerro points from the national jurys, they received 21 points from the new introduced online voting. In the next edition, Wales didn't select an act to represent the nation.

## See also

* United Kingdom in EuroMusic Song Contest
* United Kingdom in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest
Legion

**Legion** (also known as **Larry Egan**) is a hive mind entity who lives in radio waves and a self-identified prophet of the Apocryph. In 2014, it tricked Jeff Broadchurch into rescuing the Apocryph and bringing it back into the warmth of the Mount Isolation Radio Outpost. Although Jeff managed to stop the Apocryph by freezing it into hibernation, one of Legion's later broadcasts reveals that his efforts have only succeeded in waking the entity from its slumber.

It appears in "Transcripts from the Mount Isolation Radio Outpost."
Netherlands in EuroMusic Song Contest 1

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**Luxembourg** participated in the first edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The EBU invited the Dutch broadcaster, AVROTROS, to compete in this edition.

## Selection process

For their first participation the Dutch broadcaster, AVROTROS, decided to select their submission internally. The AVROTROS decided to not hold a national selection. For this edition, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. Because of this, The Netherlands had only one option: Dutch.

Later on, the Dutch broadcaster presented the Dutch language song: "*Stupid*" to send to Madrid. However, the song had an English title, the song was performed in Dutch.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

The Netherlands was drawn to perform fifth following Italy and preceding Spain.

Due the bookmakers, The Netherlands was counted as possible winner. However, when the voting was over, it was clear that they didn't won, but finished sixth.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to The Netherlands and awarded by The Netherlands in the final.

### Points awarded to The Netherlands

* Sweden
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 * Spain
* Luxembourg
* Switzerland
Morocco in WorldMusic Song Contest

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**Morocco** can participate in the WorldMusic Song Contest. This country located in Africa debuted in the third edition.

## History

Morocco was announced as participating country at the third edition. In the previous editions, South Africa was the only African nation. Saad Lamjarred was selected to represent the country in Sydney. He finished with a song in French language at the 14th place. Hindi Ziadi represented the nation in the next edition. She finished at the ninth edition.

The country finished in the fifth edition at the last place. It was decided not to have a new edition. This was due to the ungoing international political deadlock.

## Contestants

  04 | Hindi Ziadi
  05 | Zouhair Bahaoui
Portugal in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Portugal** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. Portugal decided to debut in the ninth edition.

## History

The national broadcaster, RTP, decided to debut in the ninth edition. They announced that they would send a song in the Portuguese language. They finished at the 14th place. The same happend at the next edition. In Varna, Portugal finished at the 12th place.

Due the bad results in the previous editions, the Portuguese broadcaster announced to withdraw from the twelfth edition.

## Contestants

  10 | Elisa
  11 | Flor-de-Lis
Norway in NordicMusic Song Contest

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**Norway** is a country in the north of Europe. Because of that, they can participate in NordicMusic Song Contest 1. This country debuted in the first edition.

## History

Norway was announced as participating country in the first edition, hosted in Denmark.
United Kingdom in My Eurovision Song Contest

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## United Kingdom and the "Big Five"

Since 1999, four particular countries have automatically qualified for the Eurovision final, regardless of their positions on the scoreboard in previous Contests. They earned this special status by being the four biggest financial contributors to the EBU. These countries are the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain. Due to their untouchable status in the Contest, these countries became known as the "Big Four". Italy returned to the contest in 2011, thus becoming part of a "Big Five". Despite everything, Spain with its overall success is the weakest participant of the Big-5.

## See also

* United Kingdom in My Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Moldova in My Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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**Moldova** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in My Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Moldova participated in the eight edition.

## History

Moldova participated in the eight edition with a Romanian and English song called *Ali Baba*. They finished fifth with 69 points. Serbia and the F.Y.R. Macedonia awarded Moldova with 10 points.

## Contestants

  2011 | *No, no* | Romanian, English
  2012 | *Toate vor fi* | Romanian, English
  2013 | *Cum să fim* | Romanian, English

## Given and received points

(J) = jury; (C) = childrenjury (as of 2016)
Sweden in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Sweden** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. Sweden was invited to participate in the first edition.

## History

Sweden debuted in the first edition. The national broadcaster, SVT, was invited. They announced that they would send a song in the Swedish language. Sweden finished in Amsterdam at the third place. However, Ukraine received 74 aswel, and the both received from all voting countries some points, Sweden was ranked higer because they received more 12 points. In Valletta, they finished at the seventh place.

Sweden hosted the third edition, in Stockholm. They finished at the fourth place. The next edition took place in Zagreb. Sweden won that edition and so Sweden took their first victory in this contest. The next edition, they finished at the third place. In Nicosia, Sweden finished at the tenth place.

In The Hague, Sweden finished at the last place. The next edition was better. Sweden finished at the third place. In Moscow, they finished at the fifth place. Sweden again hosted the contest at the tenth editon. Stockholm was chosen as host city. It was the first time in the history of the contest that a city was chosen twice to host the event. Sweden finished at the fifth place. The same happend in the next edition.

When the EBU publish the official list of participating countries for the twelfth edition, it was clear that Sweden would withdraw from the competition. The broadcaster didn't gave more information. The country returned in the 15th edition by finishing at the third place. The online voting however was won by the Swedish act. The country finished out of the top ten in Amsterdam where they finished at the 15th place out of 17 participating countries. In the next edition, Sweden finished at the sixth place. Sweden was on the official list of participants of the 18th edition, which would be organised in Belgium. A few days after the official list of participants was published, the EBU announced that it was canceling the 18th edition. Later on, the EBU announced that there were no plans to organise a new edition.

## See also

* Sweden in EuroMusic Dance Contest
* Sweden in EuroMusic Song Contest
United States in EuroMusic Song Contest 7

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The **United States** participated in the 7th edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. It was the third American participation, and their second consecutive.

## Previously

The best American result so far is the 6th place in the fourth edition. They participated with the song *Empire state of mind*.

In the previous edition the United States participated with the song *Can't stop the feeling!*. They finished as 11th with 39 points.

## Selection process

For this edition the American broadcaster, NBC, decided to select its particpant internally like they did in their previous participations in the contest.

The USA selected *Shut up and dance* as their participant for Ireland.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

The United States were drawn to perform seventh, following Denmark and preceding Netherlands.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to the United States and awarded by the United States in the final.

### Points awarded to the United States

* United Kingdom
* Israel
* Norway
* France
* Greece
* Turkey
* Malta
 * Belgium
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* Spain
Statistics of the EuroRegion Song Contest

In this page you can find some extra statistics and information about the EuroRegion Song Contest.

## Host cities

Over the years of the contest, there have been a lot of host cities. Leeuwarden was the city who had the honour of hosting the very first contest.

## Winners draw

3 times: 4
2 times: 2, 8, 9, 11
1 time: 1, 10, 13

never: 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 15

## Scoring no points

 09 |  Alsace | DelLlfyne
 10 |  Sápmi | Amoc
Sicily in EuroRegion Song Contest

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**Sicily** is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in EuroRegion Song Contest. This region, the largest and most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea, took part for the first time in the fourteenth edition.

## History

The region decided to take part in the 14th edition. Their entry finished at the ninth place.
Panjuk in Province Song Contest

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**Panjuk** is a province of Flarkanou. Because of that, they can participate in Province Song Contest. They have never won the contest, to date.

## History

Panjuk took part in the first edition, in Flarkanoustad. They finished at the sixth place. In the next edition, the province of Flarkanou finished at the 11th place with the song "*Vuur en vlam*".

## Contestants

  02 | *Vuur en vlam* | Dutch
  03 | *Smoorverliefd* | Dutch
Slovakia in EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Slovakia** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They confirmed their participation in the eleventh edition. RTVS is responsible for the Slovak participation. They won the contest once.

## History

The Slovak broadcaster, RTVS, decided to debuts in the contest for the eleventh edition. It came as a surpise, because they never showed any interest to participate. They decided to perform in the English language. They finished last in their semi final, so they didnot qualify. Also in the next edition, they failed to qualify. The broadcaster of Slovakia announced that they would no take part in the thirteenth edition. The lack of viewers was the main reason for their withdrawal.

RTVS, the Slovak broadcaster, announced that the country would return to the 24th edition. They said that they had intensive talks with the Polish broadcaster TVP, who hosted the contest in Krakow. Slovakia qualified for the final for the very first time. They were able to surprise by winning the grand final. Because of their victory they were able to host the 25th edition. They selected Bratislava as host city. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Slovakia finished at the 9th place. In Baku, they finished at the 18th edition. In Warsaw, they finished at the last place.

Because Slovakia finished at one of the lowest possitions in the 27th edition, they were not able to take part in the next edition. The country decided to return in the 40th edition, hosted in Hamburg. However the high expectations from the Slovak broadcaster, the country failed to qualify. The same happend in the 41st edition.
Spain in EuroMusic Song Contest 10

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**Spain** participated in the tenth edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Spanish broadcaster RTVE, was responsible for the act of this edition. They finished at the eighth place for the second time.

## Selection process

For their tenth participation the Spanish broadcaster, they decided to select their act with a intern selection for Amsterdam.

RTVE announced that they would perform a song in the Spanish language. They selected the song *Contigo hasta el final*.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Because Spain finished in the previous edition in the top 11, they were automatic qualified for the final in Amsterdam.

In the final they performed nineteenth, following Finland and preceding Estonia. They received 92 points, what was enough to become eighth.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Spain and awarded by Spain in the final.

### Points awarded to Spain (Final)

* Greece
* Portugal
* Turkey
* Morocco
 * Malta
* Croatia
* Romania
* Ireland
Switzerland in EuroMusic Song Contest 1

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**Switzerland** participated in the first edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The EBU invited the Swiss broadcaster, SRG SSR, to compete in this edition.

## Selection process

For their first participation the Swiss broadcaster, SRG SSR, decided to select their submission internally. For this edition, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. Because of this, Switzerland had four options: German, French, Italian and Romansh.

Later on, the SRG SSR presented the French language song: "*Comme avant*" to send to Madrid.

## At EuroMusic Song Contest

Switzerland was drawn to perform first and preceding Frence. Because the fact that Switzerland performed first in the final, they were the first song ever in the history of the contest.

The Swiss broadcaster chose to send a song in French because they thought that they had most chances. However, they received 48 points and became with this amount a 8th place.

### Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Switzerland and awarded by Switzrland in the final.

### Points awarded to Switzerland

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* Cyprus
* Germany
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* United Kingdom
Serbia in My Eurovision Song Contest

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## History

As Serbia was at one time part of Yugoslavia, it had the opportunity to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest after Yugoslavia's debut at the contest in 1961. It debuted the same year as Spain and Finland and became the first and, for three decades, only socialist country to participate in the competition. Yugoslavia participated regularly until its breakup in 1991/1992.

After a period of absence from 1993 until 2003, Serbia and Montenegro returned to the contest in 2004. By 2006, Serbia and Montenegro split, and with Serbia making its debut entry as an independent nation with the ballad "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović.

## Contestants

*For contestants prior to 2007, see Serbia and Montenegro in My Eurovision Song Contest and Yugoslavia in My Eurovision Song Contest.*

## See also

* Serbia in My Junior Eurovision Song Contest