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Bosnia and Herzegovina

**Bosnia and Herzegovina** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 26 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 2.**

Bosnia and Herzegovina started as a very unsuccessful nation. Their first qualification came with their third participation in the 4th edition when "Un Poco Loca" got 18th in the final. The country featured in 6 more finals with their best result being 4th, achieved by Nikolina Kovac and her song "Nisam Dobro" in the 18th edition. Lakiko's 10th place with the song "Sreca" in the 29th edition was the 2nd Bosnian top 10 result. The nation got another top 10 result in the 31st edition, when the Croatian band Ischariotzcky alongside Bosnian singer Anja Rikalo ended 10th with their song "Perfect Sky".

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

## Participation Summary

### Debut

European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 1

### Worst Result

Last: 1

 **Bosnia and Herzegovina** **has participated in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 4 times since its debut in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 1**

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Wales

**Wales** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 1 time since its debut in the 28th edition.**

Wales got accepted in EMBU after the first semifinal of the 25th edition. The representative of the United Kingdom, and final winner of the 25th edition, Eurielle expressed her will to let Wales participate as an independent state, since BBC would hardly ever send another song in Welsh (the first was "Ar Lan y Mor" by Elin Fflur) and that their distinct culture would be mised. BBC accepted the participation of Wales as an independent state. It was later decided that the country would only be able to compete when the United Kingdom doesn't send a representative, that's why they hadn't joined until the 28th edition, when they finally debuted. SYML succesfully qualified in the 28th edition helping Wales qualify in their debut.

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Maltese

**Maltese** is the national language of Malta, and a co-official language of the country alongside English, while also serving as an official language of the European Union, the only Semitic language so distinguished. Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic (the Arabic dialect that developed in Sicily, and later in Malta, between the end of the ninth century and the end of the thirteenth century).

About half of the vocabulary is borrowed from standard Italian and Sicilian; English words make up between 6% and 20% of the Maltese vocabulary, according to different estimates. It is the only Semitic language written in the Latin script in its standard form.
United States

**United States** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 19 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 14.**

The United States debuted as official participants in the 14th edition, they had competed as guests in the 5th, 6th and 7th editions. They won the 21st edition with Imagine Dragons and "Next to Me". Their second victory came in the 30th edition when Wrabel won with his song "The Village". They also entered the top 3 with Ciara in the 6th edition (3rd), Mandy Harvey in the 14th edition (2nd) and Landon Pigg in the 27th edition (2nd).

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

## Hostings

 #31 | Washington D.C. | Capital One Arena | Chris Pratt, Emma Stone & Nick Jonas
European Singing Competition 2

## European Singing Competition

Previous: 1
Next: 3

**European Singing Competition 2**, often referred to as ESC #02, is the second edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Sopot, Poland. This is the first time that Poland hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Margaret, The event was hosted in the Ergo Arena with a capacity of 15.000. The host broadcaster was TVP.

Fourty countries participated in the second edition. The participating countries, except of the host Poland, United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Belgium and Austria (The latter one replaced Morocco that withdrew), competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Italy with the song "Fermi Noi" by Fanya which scored 181 points, winning by a margin of 4 points in front of Kosovo. The podium was completed by France, which finished on the third place. Finland the host country placed nineteenth. The guest nation for this edition was Uzbekistan, that placed 11th. Luxembourg, Lebanon and Malta qualified for the first time after failing to do so in the first edition.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in Poland.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Krakow

## Participating countries

### **Semi-final 1**

Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside  Australia,  Austria and the  United Kingdom.

### **Semi-final 2**

Seventeen countries participated in the second semi-final. The ten highlighted nations reached the final. All the participants voted, alongside  Belgium,  Italy and the host country  Poland.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 40 participating countries eligible to vote.

## Scoreboard

### Semi-final 1

##### 12 Points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the first semi-final:

### Semi-final 2

##### 12 Points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the second semi-final:

### Grand Final

##### 12 Points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's televote in the grand final:
Pre-Qualification Round 11

### Voting System

Each country awards one set of 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 points to their 8 favorite songs.

### Other Editions

Previous: 10
Next: 12

**Pre-Qualification Round 11** (abbreviated **PQR 11**), is a pre-event held for the European Singing Competition 34. Nine countries were participating and four of them qualified to the semi finals of the edition. The event was hosted online, so no staging proposals were required, the countries that failed to qualify were considered non participants and didn't have the right to vote in the 34th edition.

## Format

Those who finished in the lowest 2 positions of each Semi Final of the European Singing Competition 33 will have to participate in the pre-qualification round, alongside the countries who failed to get promoted after being relegated in the past. Bulgaria, Croatia, Greenland and North Macedonia escaped the PQR after deciding to withdraw, but will have to compete in the following one.
Sweden

**Sweden** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 26 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Sweden started successfully with four out of their seven entries getting in the top 10 (10th in the 1st, 9th in the 4th and 5th, and 6th in the 8th). Then they started failing to qualify. After two failures they decided to use a big national selection open in both Swedish and foreign acts. The first winner of the selection failed to qualify but thy decided to keep it and it paid of. They got their best result in the 19th edition when Jon Henrik got 3rd with "Jag ar Fri". They got third again when Paul Rey sang "What Good Is Love" in the 21st edition. Isa continued the 3rd place streak in the 22nd edition with "I Will Wait". The national selection took a break in the 23rd edition in order to let songwriters produce more songs, the country opted for an internal selection, which resulted to a 6th place. They continued using internal selection for the following edition which proved to be successful resulting to a 10th place and in the following one to a 6th place. The selection method was brought back for the 27th edition and was confirmed to continue for every future Swedish entry. The nation got 2nd for the first time in the 32nd edition when Privat sang his song "Kropp Och Liv".

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

## Participation Summary

### Debut

European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 1

### Worst Result

7th: 3

 **Sweden** **has participated in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 4 times since its debut in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 1**

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Pre-Qualification Round 6

### Voting System

Each country awards one set of 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 points to their 6 favorite songs.

### Other Editions

Previous: 5
Next: 7

**Pre-Qualification Round 6** (abbreviated **PQR 6**), is a pre-event held for the European Singing Competition 29. Eleven countries were participating and six of them qualified to the semi finals of the edition. The event was hosted online, so no staging proposals were required, the countries that failed to qualify were considered non participants and didn't have the right to vote in the 29th edition.

## Format

Those who finished in the lowest 3 positions of each Semi Final of the European Singing Competition 28 will have to participate in the pre-qualification round, alongside the countries who failed to get promoted after being relegated in the past. Five countries will qualify from the pre-qualification round and can join the Semi Finals of this edition. Azerbaijan and the Czech Republic escaped the PQR after deciding to withdraw, but will have to compete in the following one.
Sandra

* Anime
* Manga

**Sandra** (サンドラ, *Sandora*?) is a planet located in the Aoi Cosmos and is known as the **"Planet of Sand"** (砂の惑星, *Suna no Wakusei*?). It is the tenth planet visited by Shiki and the Crew of Edens.

## Description

Sandra is a planet where nine-tenths of the planet's surface is covered in deserts and cities surrounded by hills of sand. Because of the arid environment, the inhabitants wear loose, arid clothing, normally consisting of large robes and hoods. The architecture of the planet tends to have many small windows or large openings with wide streets with numerous stands selling an assortment of goods. A stream of space water flows near it, much like the other planets of the Aoi Cosmos.

According to Laguna, Sandra is a special planet.

## History

### Sandra arc

The Crew of Edens visit the planet to explore the city and are lead by Laguna to find help.. Shiki and his friends find the base of Oasis, a rebel army that opposes Poseidon Nero's tyrannical rule.

## Location

The planet is located in an unspecified part of the Aoi Cosmos.

## Inhabitants

* Goodwin
* Ibaraki
* Members of Oasis
	+ Dylan (Deceased)
	+ Furena (Deceased)
	+ Russo
	+ Lizarre (Deceased)
	+ Gomakichi
	+ Zoy
* Machines of Sandra
* Camelish

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 135, Page 2
2. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 135, Pages 2 - 3
3. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 135, Page 3
4. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 135, Pages 3 - 4
5. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 135, Pages 10 - 11
Pre-Qualification Round 4

### Voting System

Each country awards one set of 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 points to their 6 favorite songs.

### Other Editions

Previous: 3
Next: 5

**Pre-Qualification Round 4** (abbreviated **PQR 4**), is a pre-event held for the European Singing Competition 27. Eight countries were participating and five of them qualified to the semi finals of the edition. The event was hosted online, so no staging proposals were required, the countries that failed to qualify were considered non participants and didn't have the right to vote in the 27th edition.

## Format

Those who finished in the lowest 3 positions of each Semi Final of the European Singing Competition 26 will have to participate in the pre-qualification round, alongside the countries who failed to get promoted after being relegated in the past. Five countries will qualify from the pre-qualification round and can join the Semi Finals of this edition. Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova and Romania escaped the PQR after deciding to withdraw, but will have to compete in the following one.
Pre-Qualification Round 10

### Voting System

Each country awards one set of 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 points to their 8 favorite songs.

### Other Editions

Previous: 9
Next: 11

**Pre-Qualification Round 10** (abbreviated **PQR 10**), is a pre-event held for the European Singing Competition 33. Nine countries were participating and four of them qualified to the semi finals of the edition. The event was hosted online, so no staging proposals were required, the countries that failed to qualify were considered non participants and didn't have the right to vote in the 33rd edition.

## Format

Those who finished in the lowest 2 positions of each Semi Final of the European Singing Competition 32 will have to participate in the pre-qualification round, alongside the countries who failed to get promoted after being relegated in the past. Bulgaria, Greenland, Kazakhstan and Montenegro escaped the PQR after deciding to withdraw, but will have to compete in the following one.
Ukrainian

**Ukrainian** is a member of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine and the principal language of the Ukrainians. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic script.

The Ukrainian language traces its origins to the Old East Slavic of the early medieval state of Kievan Rus'. From 1804 until the Russian Revolution Ukrainian was banned from schools in the Russian Empire of which Ukraine was a part at the time. It has always maintained a sufficient base in Western Ukraine where the language was never banned in its folklore songs, itinerant musicians, and prominent authors
Jordan

**Jordan** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 14 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Jordan's best result is a 5th place achieved by Ayah Marar in the 8th edition. The country last featured in a final in the 9th edition, 11 editions ago. Since then they're either 11th or 12th in the semifinal barely staying out. This stopped when Ferras qualified and ended 8th with "Coming Back Around" in the 22nd edition.

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

## PQR Contestants

Jordan got relegated to the PQR after their 18th place in the semifinal of the 23rd edition. The country failed to get promoted in their first attemt and will therefore stay in another PQR.

**Table key**
**Bold letter means that the country got promoted.**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Swiss German

Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Alemannic German: Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart, and others) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy bordering Switzerland. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries are grouped together with Swiss German as well, especially the dialects of Liechtenstein and Austrian Vorarlberg, which are closely associated to Switzerland's.

Linguistically, Alemannic is divided into Low, High and Highest Alemannic, varieties all of which are spoken both inside and outside Switzerland. The only exception within German-speaking Switzerland is the municipality of Samnaun where a Bavarian dialect is spoken. The reason "Swiss German" dialects constitute a special group is their almost unrestricted use as a spoken language in practically all situations of daily life, whereas the use of the Alemannic dialects in other countries is restricted or even endangered.

The dialects of Swiss German must not be confused with Swiss Standard German, the variety of Standard German used in Switzerland. Most people in Germany do not understand Swiss German. Therefore, when an interview with a Swiss German speaker is shown on German television, subtitles are required. Although Swiss German is the native language, from age 6, Swiss school students additionally learn Swiss Standard German at school and are thus capable of understanding, writing and speaking Standard German with varying abilities mainly based on the level of education.
Slovakia

**Slovakia** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 22 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Slovakia's best result is the 5th place of Lina Mayer in the 9th edition. The country managed to reach the top 10 for the second time in the 11th edition when Dominika Mirgova got 10th.

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Monaco

**Monaco** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 19 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 2.**

Monaco is the smallest country to participate in ESC. Their best result is a victory achieved by the Canadian singer Coeur De Pirate and her song "Carry On". In home soil the country got a permition to send the world famous American singer Beyoncé who gave it it's fouth best result, a 6th place. In the 23rd edition Namika and Black M brought the city-state back to the top 10, giving it a 5th place. In the 28th edition the Tahitian singer Liva Blanc brought Monaco its second top 3 result, a 3rd place with her song "Mr Hyde". In the 33rd edition the London based, Monegasque-Italian-Slovak-Czech-Greek band Pace ended 2nd for the city-state with their song "Fallen", giving the country their third top 3 result.

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Czech

**Czech** is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century. Czech is similar to and mutually intelligible with Slovak, the Sorbian languages and, to a lesser extent, with other Slavic languages.

Czech is widely spoken by most inhabitants of the Czech Republic. As given by appropriate laws, courts and authorities can enact and write out documents and judgements in the Czech language (also, financial authorities in the Slovak language). Czech can also be used in all official proceedings in Slovakia as granted by Article 6 of Slovak Minority Language Act 184/1999 Zb.
Elhaida Dani

**Elhaida Dani** (born 17 February 1993) is an Albanian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after winning Star Academy Albania in 2009, and Top Fest in 2012. Later that year, she auditioned for The Voice of Italy, and won the show with over 70% of the public vote. She released her first single "Baciami e Basta" through Universal Music in Italy.

In December 2014 she won the 53rd edition of Festivali i Këngës with the song "Diell" ("Sun"), and was going to represent Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria with this song. However, on 23 February 2015 Dani announced that the song's songwriters had withdrawn the song from the competition and she'd be performing a different song at Eurovision.The next day it was revealed that the song will be called "I'm Alive".

She represented Albania in the 15th edition with her song "Amazing", she managed to qualify and got 26th (last) in the Grand Final.
Greenlandic

**Greenlandic** is an Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by about 56,000 Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland. It is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada such as Inuktitut. The main variety, Kalaallisut or West Greenlandic, has been the official language of the Greenlandic autonomous territory since June 2009; this is a move by the Naalakkersuisut (government of Greenland) to strengthen the language in its competition with the colonial language, Danish. The second variety is Tunumiit oraasiat or East Greenlandic. The Thule Inuit of Greenland, Inuktun or Polar Eskimo, is a recent arrival and a dialect of Inuktitut.

Greenlandic is a polysynthetic language that allows the creation of long words by stringing together roots and suffixes. Its morphosyntactic alignment is ergative, meaning that it treats (i.e. case-marks) the argument ("subject") of an intransitive verb like the object of a transitive verb, but distinctly from the agent ("subject") of a transitive verb.
Qatar

**Qatar** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 1 time since its debut in European Singing Competition 30.**

Qatar ended 2nd in the first Associate Final after Thailand, this meant that Dana would have to perform "Brave New World" again in the PQR to make it to the semifinals of the 30th edition. Qatar managed to qualify from the PQR and will debut in the 30th edition. Qatar will only remain in the event if they make it to the top 6. Dana successfully qualified for the final, but only ended 24th.

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Estonian

**Estonian** is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various migrant communities. It belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family.

One distinctive feature that has caused a great amount of interest among linguists is what is traditionally seen as three degrees of phonemic length: short, long, and "overlong", such that /toto/, /toˑto/ and /toːto/ are distinct. In actuality, the distinction is not purely in the phonemic length, and the underlying phonological mechanism is still disputed.
Czech Republic

**The**  **Czech Republic** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 23 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

The Czech Republic was one of the few countries without a top 10 placement. That ended in the 15th edition when Never Sol got 7th  with the song "Lay Down". The country got a second top 10 result in the 18th edition when Melis got 8th with "Holding Hands". In he 25th edition Lenny returned for the 3rd time and gave the country a new best result, a 4th place with her song "Bones".

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

## Participation Summary

### Debut

European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 2

### Worst Result

19th: 3

 **The** **Czech Republic** **has participated in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 2 times since its debut in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 2**

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

 #03 | Fiordmoss
Danish

**Danish** is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it holds minority language status. There are also significant Danish-speaking communities in USA, Canada and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas around 15-20% of the population of Greenland speaks Danish as their home language.

Danish is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Swedish. Proficient speakers of any of the three languages can understand the others, though studies have shown that speakers of Norwegian generally understand both Danish and Swedish far better than Swedes or Danes understand each other. Both Swedes and Danes also understand Norwegian better than they understand each other's languages.
Season 2

É a segunda temporada da competição virtual ***"Ink Models"**.* No final de janeiro as fotos promocionais das juradas foram divulgadas para criar expectativa até a abertura das inscrições no dia 30. Com a saída de Shannon Sequoia, a vencedora da temporada passada, Gomorra, juntou-se a bancada fixa.

Foram anunciados dois spin-offs, ***Chá de Alice*** e ***Inkouture***, ambos portanto não vingaram e acabaram sendo cancelados enquanto a competição ainda acontecia por problemas nos bastidores.

No início de março o cast foi anunciado e a temporada teve finalmente sua estreia dia 30, um mês desde que as inscrições foram abertas.

A final aconteceu 13 de julho, sendo até então a temporada mais longa da franquia durando mais de três meses, além das premiações já estabelecidas anteriormente houve a adição da categoria Miss Vadiazinka.

## Desafios de Eliminação

█ A competidora foi eliminada no seu primeiro desafio de eliminação.
 █ A competidora foi eliminada no seu segundo desafio de eliminação.
 █ A competidora foi eliminada no seu terceiro desafio de eliminação.
 █ A competidora desistiu, anulando o desafio de eliminação da semana.

* [1] No quarto episódio, mesmo com a desistência de Grace Sephia houve desafio de eliminação, porém Yonmi não apresentou o seu, sendo eliminada automaticamente.
* [2] Ella Cypher e Lily Jones desistiram da competição, logo não houve desafio de eliminação nem eliminada.
* [3] Fae Von Stoker desistiu da competição logo após do sexto episódio, sendo assim o tema do desafio de eliminação da semana seguinte não chegou a ser anunciado.
Slovak

**Slovak** is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages (together with Czech, Polish, Silesian, Kashubian, and Sorbian).

Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people. There are also Slovak speakers in the United States, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Ireland, Romania, Poland, Canada, Hungary, Croatia, the United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, and Ukraine.
Latvia

**Latvia** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 20 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Latvia is normally qualifying, but has only made it to he top 10 three times. They have a 9th place with Olly Murs, a 4th place with Madara and their best result a 2nd place with Masha. Austra brought Latvia back to the top 10, getting 6th in the 32nd edition with "Anywayz".

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

## Participation Summary

### Debut

European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 4

### Worst Result

19th: 4

 **Latvia** **has participated in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 1 time since its debut in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 4**

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Greek

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, Western Asia Minor, Greece and the Aegean, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history; other systems, such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary, were previously used. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script, and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Coptic, and many other writing systems.

The Greek language holds an important place in the histories of Europe, the more loosely defined Western world, and Christianity; the canon of ancient Greek literature includes works of monumental importance and influence for the future Western canon, such as the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey. Greek was also the language in which many of the foundational texts of Western philosophy, such as the Platonic dialogues and the works of Aristotle, were composed; the New Testament of the Christian Bible was written in Koiné Greek. Together with the Latin texts and traditions of the Roman world, the study of the Greek texts and society of antiquity constitutes the discipline of classics.
Canada

**Canada** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 12 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 12.**

Canada's participation is a result of the expansion project of the competition. After the victory of the Canadian singer Coeur De Pirate, who represented Monaco, in the 10th edition it was discussed whether or not other big non-European countries should be allowed to join. It was decided shortly after the 11th edition that three more countries would be allowed to join: Canada, Japan and the United States. Their best result being 2nd achieved by Celine Dion's "Encore un Soir" in the 20th edition. They got again second with the Strumbellas' song "Spirits" four editions later. The country has reached the top 3 in two other occasions. Both Shawn Mendes and Loreena McKennit got 3rd. The 31st edition marked the first Canadian non qualification, after KROY and her song "River" failed to enter the top 10 of the 2nd semifinal, ending 11th, just 12 points away from the qualification. The Canadian-born Japanese singer milet brought the country back to the final in the 33rd edition.

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

## Participation Summary

### Debut

European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 1

### Worst Result

19th: 1

 **Canada** **has participated in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 3 times since its debut in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 1**

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

 #02 | Carly Rae Jepsen
Japan

**Japan** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 7 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 12.**

Japan's participation is a result of the expansion project of the competition. After the victory of the Canadian singer Coeur De Pirate, who represented Monaco, in the 10th edition it was discussed whether or not other big non-European countries should be allowed to join. It was decided shortly after the 11th edition that three more countries would be allowed to join: Canada, Japan and the United States. Their best result is 5th achieved by Ayako Isikawa's "Kimi No Shirinai Monogatari", which was the first entirely instrumental song to compete, in the 15th edition. The country has never got in the top 10 since then, and is known for scoring considerable less points with the televote than with the juries. It was announced shortly after the 24th edition's semifinal that it was Japan's last participation, the country would be replaced with New Zealand due to not having a big connection to Europe

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Andorra

**Andorra** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 21 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Andorra is one of the least successful nations in the competition. They qualified for the first time in the 16th edition, when Rocio Rivas got 5th in the Grand Final with her song "Males Experiencies". Then in the 23rd edition Reyko got to the final with "Spinning Over You", where she ended up 7th, giving Andorra it's second top 10 result. Karla Grunewaldt from Chile brought Andorra back to the top 10 in the 28th edition, getting 6th with her song "Desatar".

Contestants
**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Spanish

**Spanish** , also called **Castilian** , is a Romance language that originated in Castile, a region in Spain. Approximately 406 million people speak Spanish as a native language, making it the second-most-spoken language by number of native speakers after Mandarin. It also has 60 million speakers as a second language, and 20 million students as a foreign language. Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and is used as an official language by the European Union and Mercosur.

Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages that evolved from several dialects of common Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century. It was first documented in central-northern Iberia in the ninth century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia. From its beginnings, Spanish vocabulary was influenced by its contact with Basque and by other related Ibero-Romance languages and later absorbed many Arabic words during the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula. It also adopted many words from non Iberian languages, particularly the Romance languages Occitan, French and Italian and increasingly from English in modern times, as well as adding its own new words. Spanish was taken to the colonies of the Spanish Empire in the sixteenth century, most notably to the Americas as well as territories in Africa, Oceania and the Philippines.

Spanish is the most popular second language learned by native speakers of American English. From the last decades of the 20th century, the study of Spanish as a foreign language has grown significantly, facilitated in part because of the growing population demographics and economies of many Spanish-speaking countries, and the growing international tourism in these countries
Опал

Опал- лидерша Стаи Искристых Снежинок.

## Краткая биография

Лира родиласЬ домашней кошкой, её хозяйкой была девушка лет 12-13. Лира любила свою хозяйку, но после взрыва хозяйки у неё не стало, да и вообще осталось мало выживших. Тогда она создала Клан Огненных Звёзд, который позже переименовала в Стаю Искристых Снежинок и назвала себя Опал, т.к после взрыва её окрас стал похожим на этот камень. В ее стае пока что 5-7 кошек. Она Воительница Радиации, но никак не КВ. На данный момент ей 34 Луны. Она лидерша СИС.

## Семья

Поскольку Лира (Опал) была домашней кошкой, то у неё есть только хозяйка, о которой почти ничего неизвестно.

## Дружба

Она крепко дружит с Кристалл, Рубинкой и Солнечной Лапкой. Остальные для нее обычные друзья.

## Внешность

Сама кошка темно-серая, у неё есть блестящие полосы которые переливаются на солнце и делают её шерсть немного радужной.
Pre-Qualification Round 3

### Voting System

Each country awards one set of 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 points to their 10 favorite songs.

### Other Editions

Previous: 2
Next: 4

**Pre-Qualification Round 3** (abbreviated **PQR 3**), is a pre-event held for the European Singing Competition 26. Ten countries were participating and six of them qualified to the semi finals of the edition. The event was hosted online, so no staging proposals were required, the countries that failed to qualify were considered non participants and didn't have the right to vote in the 26th edition.

## Format

Those who finished in the lowest 3 positions of each Semi Final of the European Singing Competition 25 will have to participate in the pre-qualification round, alongside the countries who failed to get promoted after being relegated in the past. Six countries will qualify from the pre-qualification round and can join the Semi Finals of this edition. Moldova, Palestine and Tunisia escaped the PQR after deciding to withdraw, but will have to compete in the following one.
Sami

The Sami languages (/ˈsɑːmi/[5]) is a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia). There are, depending on the nature and terms of division, ten or more Sami languages. Several names are used for the Sami languages: *Saami*, *Sámi*, *Saame*, *Samic*, *Saamic*, as well as the exonyms *Lappish* and *Lappic*. The last two, along with the term *Lapp*, are now often considered pejorative.
North Macedonia

**North Macedonia** (known as F.Y.R. Macedonia until the 26th edition) **has participated in the European Singing Competition 16 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 3.**

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, now North Macedonia, debuted in the 3rd edition. Their best result is a 5th place achieved by Rennata and "Queendom" in the 7th edition. Their other four top 10 results are an eighth placy by Bobi Andonov, a ninth place by Magdalena Ena and two tenth places by Kaliopi and Eye Cue. Bobi Andonov's "Apartment" will be the country's last entry under their old name.

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
European Singing Competition 19

## European Singing Competition

Previous: 18
Next: 20

**European Singing Competition 19**, often referred to as ESC #19, is the nineteenth edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Minsk, Belarus. This is the first time that Belarus hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Alyona Lanskaya & Teo. The event was hosted in Minsk Arena with a capacity of 15.000. The host broadcaster was BTRC.

As in the previous editions every nation was obliged to send a staging proposal alongside the song. It was announced that juries and televoters would give two separate scores in the semifinals as well.

Forty-two countries participated in the nineteenth edition. The participating countries, except of the host Belarus, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Greece and Italy (The latter one replaced the United Kingdom that withdrew), competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Portugal with the song "Cancao do Fim" by Diogo Picarra which scored 350 points, winning by a margin of 25 points in front of Italy. The podium was completed by the Sweden, which finished on the third place. The host country Belarus ended 24th.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in Luxembourg.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Chizhovka Arena

## Returning Artists

This edition saw the return of Diogo Picarra for Portugal, who also won the competition. Kristel Lisberg competed for the third time for the Faroe Islands. Glowie returned for Iceland. Nadia Ali returned for Libya. Celeste Buckingham returned for Slovakia. Nathalie competed for the second time for Tunisia. Sara de Blue returned this time for San Marino, after having previously represented Austria alongside Sunrise16. Maya Berovic returned for B&H, while Emma Bale competed again for Belgium.

## Participating countries

### **Semi-final 1**

Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside  France,  Greece and  Italy.

### **Semi-final 2**

Eighteen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside the host country  Belarus,  Belgium and  Bosnia and Herzegovina.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 42 participating countries eligible to vote.

## Scoreboard

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final
Languages

The following is a list of **languages** used in the **European Singing Competition** since its inception in 2016, including songs as performed in the semi-finals and the finals.

There is no restriction regarding the language which a song is sung. Any language is allowed for any country. A lot of different languages have been heard throughout the history of the contest. However, most of the songs were performed in English. Also, the winning songs of the contest are mostly in English with songs being performed in other language: "Fermi Noi", "Nentori", "Barco Negro", "Etendez-Vous", "Lvgvs", "Monologos Gia Dio", "Come In Un Film", "Biazy", "Cancao do Fim", "Hol Voltal?", "Areti", "Elegantiskai Sninga" and "En Livredd Mann".

## List of languages

### By first appearance

The table below lists all the languages that appeared in the contest in order of their first appearance.
Belgium

**Belgium** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 24 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Belgium is among the most successful nations in the event. They have only failed four times. The country got its first and only victory in the 24th edition with Selah Sue and her song "Fear Nothing". Their second best result is 2nd achieved by Loic Nottet and his song "Mud Blood". Belgium has reached the top 5 in two other occasions, "Make Me Yours Tonight" by Lara Fabian and Mustafa Ceceli and "Badaboom" by Hooverphonic both placed 5th. Also Belgium got in the top 10 with Loic Nottet in the 1st edition, Emma Bale in the 4th edition, Lara Fabian in the 20th edition and Sam Renascent in the 22nd edition.

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Faroe Islands

**The**  **Faroe Islands** **have participated in the European Singing Competition 21 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 3.**

The Faroe Islands joined the event in the 3rd edition and are one of the three dependent territories that are competing (alongside Greenland and Gibraltar). The country's second best result is the 6th place achieved twice by Kristel Lisberg, once with "Who Needs a Heart" and once with "Without You".  It was broken in the 26th edition when Heidrik got 5th with his song "Maria's Donkey". The nation has one more top 10 result, an eighth place in the 5th edition with Eivør's "I Tokuni".

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*

## Participation Summary

### Debut

European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 2

### Worst Result

8th: 2

 **Faroe Islands** **has participated in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 1 time since its debut in the European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 2**

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
Igbo

**Igbo**, is the principal native language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria. The language has approximately 24 million speakers, who live mostly in Nigeria and are primarily of Igbodescent. Igbo is written in the Latin script, which was introduced by British colonialists. Igbo has over 20 dialects, though dialect levelling appears to be occurring. A standard literary language was developed in 1972 based on the Owerri (Isuama) and Umuahia(such as Ohuhu) dialects, though it omits the nasalization and aspiration of those varieties. Related Igboid languages such as Ika, Ikwerre and Ogba are sometimes considered dialects of Igbo; the most divergent of these is Ekpeye. Igbo is also a recognised minority language of Equatorial Guinea.
European Singing Competition 8

## Vote

### Voting system

Each country awards 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favorite songs. One set in the semifinal and two sets in the final.

### Winning Song

 Portugal
 "Barco Negro"

## European Singing Competition

Previous: 7
Next: 9

**European Singing Competition 8**, often referred to as ESC #08, is the eighth edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Milan, Italy, and was the first ESC to be held in the same city twice. This is the second time that Italy hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Emma & Moda. The event was hosted in the Mdiolanum Forum with a capacity of 12.700. The host broadcaster was RAI.

As in the previous edition every nation was obliged to send a staging proposal alongside the song. After last edition's voting thriller with Italy and Palestine getting a tie in he first place it was announced that every country voting in the final would give two sets of points, one from the juries and one from the televote, in order to prevent similar situations.

Thirty-eight countries participated in the eighth edition. The participating countries, except of the host Italy, Greece, FYR Macedonia, Azerbaijan, the United Kingdom and Austria (The latter two replaced Palestine and Serbia that withdrew), competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Portugal with the song "Barco Negro" by Mariza which scored 344 points, winning by a margin of 57 points in front of the Belgium. The podium was completed by the Greece, which finished on the third place. The host country, Italy ended 7th. The guest nation for this edition was Mongolias, that failed to qualify.

## Location

The contest took place for the second time in Italy.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Naples
 Palermo
 Rome
 Turin
 Venice

## Returning Artists

This edition saw the return of Laam who previously represented Tunisia in the 6th edition. Zoe, who sang for Austria in the first edition, also returned, so did Loic Nottet for Belgium. Nadia Ali represented once again Libya. The band HomeTown represented Ireland for the second time.

## Participating countries

### **Semi-final 1**

Sixteen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside  FYR Macedonia, the host country  Italy and the  United Kingdom.

### **Semi-final 2**

Sixteen countries participated in the second semi-final. The ten highlighted nations reached the final. All the participants voted  Austria,  Azerbaijan and  Greece.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 38 participating countries eligible to vote.