Our Eurovision Song Contest 1

#together

The first edition of Our Eurovision Song Contest, also called OESC 1 or OESC 2019, was held on Dublin, Ireland and was confirmed on June 16, 2019. It consisted of two Semi-Finals and a Grand Final. This and the following edition were the only editions where the contest was shown directly on YouTube, whereas the official Discord server was created in the third edition.

50 countries made their first appearance in the first show, while Peru, Romania and Turkey withdrew from the contest eventually. Because there were not many applicable rules in the first editions, the selected artists did not necessarily have to represent their own country or their roots. This was also the only time where the host country competed in the Semi-Finals.

The winner was the United Kingdom with the song "Don't Call Me Up" by Mabel, receiving 169 points. The Head of Delegation was ESC Adrix. The semi-final results for the edition were never published.

## Location

OEBU has yet to release a statement regarding the reasonings of the host country, however it might be that the contest's supervisor is from Ireland, originating the contest in Ireland aswell. The host city, Dublin, was chosen directly by OEBU.

## Applied Rules

In the first edition there were little to no rules - compared to the current editions. Anyone was able to apply throughout the comment section of the participation video. The first rules reason that the delegations are able to claim only one country and one song. There were no rules regarding the song selection, however it would be refused if the same song was already selected. Songs that were blocked due to copyright were either covered or muted to prevent the recap being taken down from YouTube.

There were not juries in the semi-finals. To televote, you needed to submit your top 10 in each semi final's respective recap, using the Eurovision contest's system; 1-8, 10 and 12, with 1 being the lowest and 12 being the highest. The juries were introduced in the Grand Final and to become one, you needed to go through the creator's Instagram page, and submit your top 10 using the same format.

This was the only edition when the televoting results were announced differently. The edition used the European contest's early televoting system; the results were announced from lower amount of votes to highest. This was withdrawn in later editions due to a change in the EBU system.

## About the artwork

The artwork was revealed along with the contest announcement, on July 16, 2019. It consists of a green layout of the Irish country, with green being represented by the country's green land and grass, one of the main colors of the Irish flag and its association of the green color. The map is covered by a big text with the acronyms of the contest's name, "Our Eurovision Song Contest", to **OESC**, aswell as the host coutry and year which states the current edition.

The edition uses the slogan "#together", as it resonates with people because they emphasize the importance of working together towards a common goal.

## Results

### First Semi-Final

The entries for the first semi-final were revealed on June 17, 2019 in a short recap, where people were eligible to vote throughout the comment section of the video.

The results of places 1-13 were never published, however it was revealed that the 13th place received 193 points.

### Grand Final

TBA

1. ↑ OESC 2019: Our Eurovision Song Contest 2019 (PARTICIPATE NOW) | https://youtu.be/4FMQM9uxrtlvbU
2. ↑ OESC 2019: Semi Final 1 (Voting Closed) Our Eurovision Song Contest | https://youtu.be/4FMQke18xW8
3. ↑ This song was featured on "How To Train Your Dragon 2"