International Song Contest

Logo of International Song Contest Edition 10

Denmark

Australia

Japan

Spain

The International Song Contest is a song contest held in Instagram and Discord. It is founded by cousins Ayumi and Flipline. They have since completed 10 successful editions, with the eleventh currently ongoing.

They can be found on Discord or Instagram.

## Format

### Confirmations

* Confirmations often start within a week after the end of the last edition.
* By edition 10, confirmations are opened early for previous edition’s participants.
	+ However, participants that did not vote in the Grand Final aren’t allowed to do so.
* As of edition 10, there have been 5 auto-qualifiers, which are the two owners and the previous edition’s top 3.

#### Song Confirmation

* There are strict criteria regarding the confirmation of a song.
	+ The song **must not be from ESC or JESC**.
		- Other songs from the representing singers, however, can be sent.
	+ The artist has to be **related to your chosen country**.
	+ The artist has to be **alive**.
		- If the said artist is a band, they are allowed as long as at least one member is alive.
	+ The artist has to be at least **7 years old**.
	+ The song must not exceed **300 million views**.
		- If the song is around 299 million views, it would be rejected.
* When confirming a song, the participant has to provide the name of the singer and song (if said song is in a foreign language), a link and a timeslot within 30 seconds.

### Semi-finals

* Semi-finals were introduced in edition 9.
* There are two semi-finals per edition, and participants are divided evenly into each.
	+ The host country will have to vote in both semi-finals, whereas the other 4 AQs will be divided evenly to vote in either semi-final.
* There will be 10 songs that will qualify for the Grand Final from each semi-final.
	+ There is also one wildcard.

### Grand Final

* A total of 26 countries will qualify for the Grand Final.
* All participants, qualified or not, have to vote.
* The winner is then determined after the voting period ends.

## Participation

### Countries

* All UN member states and specific territories are allowed to participate.
* Some territories and countries are allowed to borrow from other countries.

### Voting

* Using standard Eurovision voting scheme (12, 10, 8 to 1).
* Tele-voting is determined by spectators for the Semi-finals, and non-qualifiers for the Grand Final.
	+ Non-qualifiers that do not vote in the Grand Final are considered spectators in the next edition.
* Voting may be randomised for participants under request.
* Participation or voting with an alternate account is strictly forbidden, and will permanently disqualify you from participating in any new editions.

## Editions

**A green background** represents **current edition**.

## Fun Facts

* **Singapore** has won the most editions, which is four.
	+ **Singapore** is also an AQ, which is represented by founder Ayumi.
* **Eurovision Fan From France (EFFF, now escfanfrance)** has competed in all editions, despite never being an AQ.
	+ They mostly represented **China**.

* **VaporwaveNights (Australia)** has won Edition 8 on the day of his birthday.

* **Bob Dylan** has represented ISC the most times, which is thrice.
* **Thailand** and **Australia** both won first place in one edition, and immediately got last place in the next.
	+ **Denmark,** **Australia** and **Spain** are the only countries to win outside of Asia.
* Only **Spain** wins Jury and Televote in the same edition (#10)
* **Thailand** and **Japan** are the only countries to have non-English slogans.
	+ They are both represented by **Kit** (WuvvFi).