Dania in the Mearthvision Song Contest

National final
* 204
* ***Nous Décidons***
* 205–207
* 217–219

Internal selection
* 200–203

Dania has participated in every Mearthvision Song Contest since its inaugural edition in 200, which it hosted in Poler, being one of 10 countries to have been ever present at the contest, the others being Bisini, Canadina, Lincly, Lincon, Noda, Rinasine, South Yelsiva, Tontin and Yelsiva. The contest is broadcast in Dania by Télévision de Danie (TDD), which has used either an internal selection process or a national final, usually Nous Décidons, to select their entrant. Dania will host the contest for the second time in 219, again in Poler.

Dania was the only country to host the contest without winning it until 218, when Lucille Delcroix and the song "Un chœur du cœur" brought Dania their first win after 19 years. The country has finished in the top five 4 other times: third with Rare (210) and OuiAO (217), fourth with Lucy Luce (201) and fifth with Oui (208). Dania has finished last once, in 202.

## History

### 200s

Dania's national broadcaster, Télévision de Danie (TDD), was one of the fifteen broadcasters that showed preliminary interest in taking part in 200, having been a member of the IBU since its creation in 193. It was also one of the seven countries interested in hosting the contest, and was entered into the contest's only bid, along with Easatloa, Jolivan, Lincon, Noda, Russanplon and Yelsiva. After an extensive bidding process, Dania was selected as the host country of the inaugural Mearthvision Song Contest. It was later confirmed as one of the sixteen countries that would participate in Poler on 15 October 199.

TDD internally selected Nicene, who represented Dania in 200 with the song "Hole in My Head", which was sung in three languages: Linclian, Linconian and Danian. As host country, Dania performed last on the evening and finished in 10th with 50 points. Lucy Luce represented Dania in 201 with the country's first song completely in Danian: "J'aimerais être seul". She performed 9th in the final and finished 4th with 69 points, scoring Dania its best performance until 210.

In 202, TDD selected Le Voyage and "Lève ta main". Despite finishing fifth in the OGAM poll, the song was not well received by the juries, only receiving 39 points and finishing in 16th and last place, Dania's worse performance to date. At the 203 contest, DiaManatee was able to bring the country back when "Pas le temps de dormir" finished in 6th place with 65 points.

TDD held Dania's first national selection in 204, which was won by Alphonse et Aloïs and "Oui mais non". In Traicana, the duo finished in 10th place with 61 points. The first edition of Nous Décidons was held in 205, which was won by Aloïs Goulart of Alphonse et Aloïs, singing "Copains". He was less successful than he had been in the duo, finishing in 13th with 47 points, though TDD continued with Nous Décidons for the following few years.

In 206, Dania was represented by the band Parents, who sang "Désolé". It won the country their first Mearthvision Award in the Artistic Award category, but finished 10th in a pool of 19 countries with 51 points. The group was succeeded in 207 by L'équipe and "Ils sont basiques", which finished 15th with 32 points, the lowest amount of points Dania has received as of 218.

TDD returned to internally selecting their songs and artists in 208, which proved to be beneficial when Oui scored the country their second top-five position; 5th with 60 points. The song, "Là et puis", also won Dania their second Mearthvision Award in the Composer category. Jérôme Soyer and Laurent Cousteau's "No Less" in 209 was the first song from the country not to contain any Danian lyrics, which was highly controversial and netted Dania just 37 points, finishing in 16th.

### 210s

When Rare sang in Linclian in 210 with "Over Before It's Began", Dania fared much better, finishing in 3rd with 87 points and giving the country its highest score ever at the time. It also finished second in the year's OGAM poll. Unfortunately, Yewi were not able to repeat Rare's success when the group finished in 15th in 211 with 41 points for "I Sort of Lost My Mind".

In 212, Daydino represented Dania with "Another Kind of Day". It was the first multilanguage song from the country since 200 and finished in 13th place with 48 points. Denner represented Dania in 213 with "Leur nuit", finishing 15th with 45 points, and were succeeded in 214 by Live and "Sœur", finishing 14th with 45 points.

Rare returned for Dania at the 215 contest with "Live Forever". They were less successful than they had been in 210, finishing in 10th with 97 points, although they finished on the left side of the scoreboard and also achieved a point record for the country due to the implementation of the televote; Dania received 60 points from the juries and 37 points from the televote. In 216, Nathanaël Pomeroy's "Tears" gave Dania its lowest position ever, finishing 20th in a bout of 22 countries with 75 points, though this was the third highest amounts of points the country had ever received, once again because of the addition of the televote.

TDD decided to organise a new edition of Nous Décidons for 217. It was won by OuiAO and "Nous pouvons", which quickly became a fan favourite and was widely praised by critics, with praise for it being in the Danian pop genre rather than "a pale imitation of other country's styles." It performed 16th on the evening and finished in 3rd place, scoring 199 points, which was by far the highest amount of points the country had ever received.

Noting the success of OuiAO, TDD organised Nous Décidons again for 218. It was won by Lucille Delcroix, who sang "Un chœur du cœur". The song was very positively received, as the first Danian song in the *chanson* genre since 201, and Dania rose quickly in the odds. Soon enough, it became the favourite to win, alongside Warelern's "Spirit". Before the final, Dania won two Mearthvision Awards in the Artistic and Composer categories and finished second in the OGAM poll behind Warelern. As one of the 21 countries that had participated in 217, Dania automatically qualified for the final but voted in the pre-qualifying round. Performing 10th in a 26-country final, Delcroix won the contest with 446 points, 61 points over second place finisher Warelern, finally ending Dania's 19-year winless drought, the longest any country had to wait for a victory – this record had previously been achieved by Lincly in 214 – leaving South Yelsiva as the only country to have taken part in every contest without winning. Dania acheived the most points for a winning song, compared to the previous record of 372 achieved by Bisini in 217, though these are not comparable due to the increase in participants from 21 to 31 between these additions and the addition of the pre-qualifying round. This was the first time since the introduction of the televote in 215 that the winner placed first in jury voting but not televoting; Warelern was the televote winner. Dania broke the record for the most amount of points given by the juries with 236 points, beating Bisini's record of 166 in 216, and also received points from every country in both the jury vote and televote.

The 219 contest will be held in Poler for a second time, with the Poler Arena becoming the first venue to host the contest twice. Nous Décidons was used again to select Dania's artist. It was won by Rémy Deschanel, who sang "Hors du temps". Due to the large intake in countries, only the "Big Six" consisting of the top six placed countries of the previous edition will automatically qualify for the final; as the winner of the previous edition, Dania will automatically qualify for the final but is required to vote in the first semi-final.

## Participation overview

Table key
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## Hostings

### Mearthvision Awards

*Further information: Mearthvision Awards*

## Related involvement

### Heads of delegation

The public broadcaster of each participating country in the Mearthvision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the IBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers and backing vocalists, among others.

 215–216 | Roger Cousteau

## Notes and references

### Notes

1. ↑ As one of the 21 countries that participated in the 217 contest, Dania automatically qualified for the final.

### References

1. ↑ "Dania will host Mearthvision 200!". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 14 May 199. Retrieved 28 May 215.
2. ↑ Escovedo, Ronaldo (10 April 213). "Mearthvision 213: Who will top the OGAM poll?". *MSCextra*. Retrieved 20 November 218.
3. ↑ "210 OGAM Poll". *OGAM International*. 28 April 210. Retrieved 20 November 218.
4. ↑ McDonald, Amy (29 March 206). "Every Mearthvision 217 Song Ranked, From Worst to Best". *NJ Life*. Retrieved 13 February 219.
5. ↑ "218 OGAM Poll". *OGAM International*. 22 March 218. Retrieved 10 May 218.
6. ↑ "« Nous décidons » continuera en 219 pour choisir le successeur de Lucille Delcroix". *Mearthvision Danie* (in Danian). 17 May 217. Retrieved 24 June 217.
7. ↑ "Mearthvision Aujourd'hui : Dania confirme Nous Décidons pour 219, OuiAO tease un nouveau single avec Rare". *Mearthvision Aujourd'hui* (in Danian). 17 May 217. Retrieved 24 June 217.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Nolan, Kaylie. "The IBU confirms two semi-finals for 218". *mearthvoice.com*. 7 October 218. Retrieved 7 October 218.
9. ↑ "Mearthvision 219: Here are the 36 countries competing in Poler". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 20 October 218. Retrieved 20 October 218.
10. ↑ "Mearthvision 219: Allocation Draw results". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 31 January 219. Retrieved 31 January 219.
11. ↑ "The 206 Mearthvision Awards". *mearthvision.tv*. 31 May 206. Retrieved 15 February 219.
12. ↑ "Winners of the Meathvision Awards 208". *mearthvision.tv*. 27 May 208. Retrieved 14 January 219.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "218 Mearthvision Award Winners". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 14 May 218. Retrieved 26 May 218.
14. ↑ "Heads of Delegation". International Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 October 218.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Roger Cousteau est le chef de délégation de Dania pour Mearthvision 215". *Mearthvision Danie* (in Danian). 5 January 215. Retrieved 15 February 219.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Dania – Séverine Saint-Yves revealed as head of delegation". *Vision*. 6 December 217. Retrieved 15 February 219.
17. ↑ "Dania - Marc Auch to serve as sole commentator for the 218 pre-qualifying round on Danie2". *Vision*. 21 October 217. Retrieved 29 May 218.
18. ↑ "Raphaël Monteil et Marc Auch reviennent commenter pour le Danie pour le Mearthvision 218". *Mearthvision Danie* (in Danian). 26 July 217. Retrieved 29 May 218.
19. ↑ "Mearthwizja 218: kto będzie prezentował wyniki głosowania?". Mearthwizja.org (in Rinasinean). OGAM Rinasinzce. 12 May 218. Retrieved 18 May 218.
20. ↑ "OuiAO's Alex Pascal to present Dania's votes for Mearthvision 218". *nulpoints.net*. 13 April 218. Retrieved 30 April 218.
21. ↑ "Mearthvision 219 : Rencontrez les présentateurs et les commentateurs". *TDD Info* (in Danian). 22 February 219. Retrieved 22 February 219.