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Georgia in The Origin Song Contest 07

Georgia took part in the seventh edition of The Origin Song Contest. GPB, the Georgian broadcaster, organized the internal selection process.

## The Entry

On the 18th of August 2019, the Georgian entry ''SunKiss'' by duo SvanSikh was published on the official youtube channel. The song was released on the 13th of March 2019 and was written and produced by the artists, SvanSikh.

## At TOSC

The Origin Song Contest 07 will take place in Minsk, Belarus and will consist of two semi-finals and a Grand Final. According to TOSC rules, all nations with the exceptions of the "Big 6" (The host country and the top 5 placed countries of the previous edition) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

On 2019, the allocation draw for the semi-finalists took place, where the semi-finalists were drawn into the two semi-finals. Georgia was drawn to the 15th slot in the 2nd semi-final, where it did not advance to the Grand Final reaching a TBA place..

## Voting

### **Points awarded to Georgia**

Points Awarded to Georgia (Semi-final)
 -5 points

Points Awarded to Georgia (Final)
 -5 points
Günay İbrahimli

**Günay İbrahimli** is an Azerbaijani singer. She will represent Azerbaijan at The Origin Song Contest 07 in Belarus.

## Early life

Born in Füzuli, İbrahimli left the city at the age of two which was occupied by the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh war. She later settled in Baku with her family and grew up in the capital.

## Career

İbrahimli first participated in the song contest *Yeni ulduz (New Star)* in 2007 and received the title of Laureate, achieving local fame. She held her first solo concert 2013 and has also performed with famous singer Aygün Kazımova at other concerts.

Graduating from Secondary School #70 in Baku, she also completed her seventeenth-grade of music school while studying in the second grade. In 2006 she entered the Asaph Zeynalli College of Music and graduated in 2010 with a degree of photography and piano. In the same year she entered the faculty of pop singer in the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts and graduated in 2014.

### The Origin Song Contest

On 30 July 2019,İbrahimli was announced as one of the contestants of AzeMelodiya Grand Prix, the Azerbaijani national final for The Origin Song Contest 07 with the song "Can Atma", composed by Ismail Asadov and Aydan Khandan. She managed to win the whole competition after two rounds of voting, receiving 62.5% of the votes in the second round.

## Discography

### Singles

* “Yadına Sal”
* “Səndən öncə, səndən sonra”
* “Mən də sənə inanırdım”
* “Dəlisiyəm gecənin”
* “Əmanət”
* “Ola bilərdin”
* “Sənə bağlanıram”
* “Biri var orda”
* “Təşəkkürlər Bakı”
* “Yada salma”
* “Əmanət”
* “Özümdə sənsən”
* “Söz olar”
* "Can Atma"
* "Birini taparsan"
* "Vallah"

## See also

* Azerbaijan
* The Origin Song Contest 07
Le Belge Voix D'Origin

**Le Belge Voix D'Origin** is the national final for Belgium in the fourth edition of The Origin Song Contest.

## Before the show

### Song Submissions

A total of 628 songs were submitted for this edition. A selection of these songs included 247 in English, 114 in French, 6 in Dutch, 2 in Belarusian (these artists soon realised they submitted their song to the wrong bee country) and 1 in Kazakh. It was rumoured that popular and overused artist Emma Bale submitted a song, but was rejected simply for the fact that the Head of Delegation doesn't like her music.

### Rehearsals

Only Nicola Testa and Delv!s turned up on time for rehearsals the day before the live show, causing a concern as to whether the national selection should actually go on. It was later revealed that the reason for everyone else’s late arrivals were due to traffic. The Belgian Head of Delegation later suggested that a late night rehearsal session would cause less problems, after being inspired from a recent trip to Scotland.

## Final

The final was hosted by Belgium's representative in the third edition, Mustii, who welcomed the audience and viewers, calling them snakes and bees. He also added that he does not believe any of the acts will be as good as he was. Sonnfjord, the runners up from last edition's national final, returned in order to seek revenge.

The winner was Sonnfjord, achieving 196 points to runner up Charlotte's 192 points.

## Results Show

VRT were unable to broadcast a full results show due to technical difficulties, meaning that the public missed out on a talking cat advert, Mustii performing and dancing badly to "Feed me" and a dog singing to Whitney Houston.

It was reported that Mustii was unhappy with the winner, telling Sonnfjord to "break a leg, literally". As a result of Mustii's bad behaviour, The Belgian Bee Company announced that they would not be sponsoring Le Belge Voix D'Origin in the near future.

## Trivia

* The show is sponsored by the Belgian Bee Company
* The live show kicked off 4 minutes later than planned due to Mustii getting a sugar rush and dancing uncontrollably to his own songs. The broadcaster used this time to play lullabies as it was the only thing they could find to keep viewers engaged
* Despite Nicola Testa's third place result, he invaded the stage towards the end of Sonnfjord's performance, wearing an LGBTQ+ flag as a cape and congratulating Sonnfjord on their win￼. He also forgot to wear shoes even though the backstage crew warned him that the floor was slippy. He fell
* Someone released a large cage of bees during the after party, causing chaos and leading to everyone being evacuated out of the nightclub. Sources say that this "someone" was Mustii, however, it is not certain as the CCTV footage was a bit shit
Czech Republic in The Origin Song Contest 08

The **Czech Republic** participated in the eighth edition of The Origin Song Contest, held in Brussels, Belgium. The country was represented by ILÆY and her self-written song "Giderayak". The entry was selected through the national selection Song for the Origin 03, organised by ČT, the Czech broadcaster.

## Before TOSC

The Czech Republic's presence in the eighth edition was confirmed on 24th December 2019. It was announced that, for the third consecutive edition, the country's entry will be chosen via the show Song for the Origin. It was also stated that the format of the show will be heavily modified, and changes in various aspects will be introduced, ranging from increased amount of songs to a more consistent voting system.

### Song for the Origin 03

*Main article: Song for the Origin 03*
**Song for the Origin 03** was the third edition of the Czech music competition Song for the Origin, held in order to select the country's entry for The Origin Song Contest since the sixth edition. The final took place on 28th March 2020 in the O2 Arena in Prague, hosted by German-Czech blogger and singer Katja Krasavice. The show featured 11 songs, with the winner being determined through a combination of international juries and the nation's televote. After placing third with the juries and winning the televote, ILÆY was declared the winner of the selection with 134 points.

## Voting

### Points awarded to the Czech Republic

Points Awarded to the Czech Republic (Semi-final 2)
 -3 points

Points Awarded to the Czech Republic (Final)
 -5 points

### Points awarded by the Czech Republic

#### Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Czech jury.

* Patricie Fuxová - chairperson - singer-songwriter, represented the Czech Republic as part of Vesna
* Barbora Mochowa - singer-songwriter
* Mariana Prachařová - singer, actress, participated in Song for the Origin 01 and OGAO 06
* Gabriela Gunčíková - singer
* Jitka Martiriggiano (aka GIUDI) - singer-songwriter, participated in Song for the Origin 03
Bridgette

**Bridgette** debuted as a contestant during season one, Total Drama Island. She was placed on the Killer Bass and made it to the top ten. She returned for season two, Total Drama Action. Placed on the Screaming Gaffers, she made it to the top three. She returned for season three, Total Drama World. Placed on Team Victory, she made it to the top thirteen.
OGAO Second Chance Contest 04

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**The OGAO Second Chance Contest 04**, commonly shortened to **OGAO 04**, is the third OGAO Second Chance Contest. Here, OGAO clubs select the best song which did not make it to The Origin Song Contest 04, having failed to win its respective national selection. It is hosted by Belgium's OGAO club after Sonnfjord won the OGAO Second Chance Contest 03 with "Dust and Shapes".

## Participating OGAO clubs

14 countries will take part in this edition, increasing the number of participants by one compared to the previous edition.

Norway, Andorra and Spain are debuting having held their first national selections. After regularly holding national selections, this edition will also see Denmark debut.

Czech Republic and Iceland were forced to withdraw due to withdrawing from the main contest. Although Estonia had a national selection, their OGAO club failed to confirm participation in time and therefore was forced to also withdraw.
Hair Down

* Brian Higgins
* Carla Marie Williams
* Florrie Arnold
* Georgia Morgan
* Keir MacCulloch
* Kris Ryeland
* Kyle Mackenzie
* Lauren Morgan
* Mollie King
* Sarah Thompson

"**Hair Down**" is a song by British singer Mollie King. It was chosen to represent the United Kingdom in The Origin Song Contest 03 in Bern, Switzerland.
Ingen Anna Of The North 02

**Ingen Anna Of The North** **02** (English: **No Anna Of The North 02**) is the national selection of Norway, used to select the Norwegian act for the fifth edition of The Origin Song Contest.

## Before TOSC

NRK had confirmed via Twitter that a national selection will be held once again due to its success last edition, keeping the same format. The submissions were opened on 16th May and on the 1st of June, the seven selected entries had been announced. The American chef and cooking show television host Paula Deen was the host, Deen herself being a TOSC fan.
Cyprus

**Cyprus** debuted in the third edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Cypriot broadcaster, CyBC, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Nie polubisz mnie

* Małgorzata Uściłowska

"**Nie polubisz mnie**" (English: You won't like me) is a Polish language song by Polish singer Daria Reczek, written by Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Małgorzata Uściłowska and Patryk Kumór. It was chosen as the winner of Piosenka dla #09 and was going to represent Poland in The Origin Song Contest 09 in Minsk, Belarus, before the contest was cancelled.

## Lyrics

Nie stało się nic

Daj mi chwilę bym mogła sobą być

Wiem, czasami się gubię w szeptach dni

Szukam najlepszych słów

Nim trafisz w czuły punkt

Minie mój strach, minie mój bunt

Czytam z twoich ust

Widzę następny ruch

Mówię ci: "Stój"

Nie polubisz mnie, nie

Gdzieś pod skórą budzę się

I nie myśl sobie że

Dziś będę taką jaką wymyśliłeś mnie

Nie polubisz mnie

Gdyby było tak,

Że twój scenariusz to nietrafiony plan

I rozpadniemy się tak jak domek z kart

Sypiesz mi w oczy piach

Odbierasz mi moje "ja"

Mija mi czas, schemat ten sam

Wyprzedzam każdy ruch

I już bez zbędnych słów

Mówię ci: "Stój"

Nie polubisz mnie

Nie polubisz mnie, nie

Gdzieś pod skórą budzę się

I nie myśl sobie że

Dziś będę taką jaką wymyśliłeś mnie

Zanim wszystko Ci zapomnę

Chodź opowiem Ci o sobie

Nie polubisz mnie

Gdzieś pod skórą budzę się

I nie myśl sobie, że

Będę taką

Jaką wymyśliłeś mnie

Wymyśliłeś mnie

Nie polubisz mnie, nie

Gdzieś pod skórą budzę się

I nie myśl sobie, że

Dziś będę taką jaką wymyśliłeś mnie

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Ireland in The Origin Song Contest 09

Ireland will take part in the ninth edition of The Origin Song Contest. The representative Irish broadcaster RTÉ, organised the forth edition of their national final *Spéir agus bláth*. The chosen song is the song "Diamond Eyes" by an American-Japanese-Irish singer Marié Digby.

## Before TOSC

### ***Spéir agus bláth***

*Spéir agus bláth* is an Irish music festival which has been continued since January 2019. It has been used for selecting the Irish entry for The Origin Song Contest since sixth edition. The broadcaster RTÉ revealed that the delegations had been received around 478 submissions from Irish musicians and artirts. The list was shortened internally and the twelve finalists are selected to compete in the show. The winner will get a chance to represent Ireland in The Origin Song Contest 09. This edition was introduced as "*Spéir agus bláth: Taispeáin san Astráil" (Showcase in Australia)* as the festival will take place in Australia.

#### Format

The competition featured twenty-eight songs chosen from the total of 623 sent song by the delegations. The composers will be responsible for choosing the performer for their entry. In the final, the winner is determined by the votes from a combination of an international jury panel and alongside with public voting via Twitter trending.

The international jury panel will account for 100% of the scores. The televoting system is going to be applied in the semi-final rounds after being absent since the second edition.

#### **Leathcheannais**

##### **Leath Deiridh 1**

The first semi-final was taken place in 8 June 2020 in Perth, West Australia. The show is hosted by the famous American singer with Irish descents, Taylor Swift.

##### **Leath Deiridh 2**

The second semi-final was taken place in 18 June 2020 in Brisbane, Queensland. The show will be hosted by the augmented Japanese idol Akiyama Hayato.

#### **Ceannais**

The grand final was taken place in 5 July 2020 in Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales. The show will be hosted by Akiyama Hayato and Taylor Swift. Ten European delegations accepted the invitation and were a part of the international juries together with the Australian broadcaster. On July 5, 2020, Marié Digby from New York was announced as the forth winner of Spéir agus bláth with the amount of 75 points. Her song Diamond Eyes scored 3 points ahead from the runner-up.

## At TOSC

The Origin Song Contest 09 will place in TBA and consist of two semi-finals and the final on 2020. According to TOSC rules, all nations with the exceptions of the "Big 6" (The host country and the top 5 placed countries of the previous edition) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

On 2020, the allocation draw for the semi-finalists took place, where the semi-finalists were drawn into the two semi-finals. Ireland was drawn to perform TBA in the grand final.

## Voting

### **Points awarded to Ireland**

Points Awarded to Ireland (Semi-final)
 -5 points

Points Awarded to Ireland (Final)
 -5 points
Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous! 08

Téle Monté-Carlo, also known as TMC, is Monaco's broadcaster responsible for the Monégasque participation in The Origin Song Contest. It was the first time, that the national final consisted of semi-finals.

The event takes place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco and is presented by Izïa Higelin.

## Voting

In the eighth edition, every juror country awarded each participant a number of points between 1 and 100.

Furthermore, from the seventh edition on, the total points of each jury are added together and then distributed in percentages to the individual participant. This ensures, that the votes from every jury are equally weighted.

## Participants

The Monégasque representatives of the previous edition and the third edition, Pi Ja Ma and Pomme, participated again in the national final for the eight edition of TOSC in Belgium. Therefore, Pomme is the artist with the most attempts of representing Monaco, with five different acts. It was the first time, that songs in Arabic and in Spanish participated.
Estonia

**Estonia** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Estonian broadcaster, ERR, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Of Blood and Stone

**Of Blood and Stone** is the 20th episode in the series and the 10th and final episode of Season Two.

## Plot Overview

The affair of the poisons continues. Could it even reach deep into Louis's own court?

## Recurring Appearances

* George Blagden as Louis XIV of France
* Alexander Vlahos as Philippe of France
* Tygh Runyan as Fabien Marchal
* Stuart Bowman as Alexandre Bontemps
* Evan Williams as Chevalier de Lorraine
* Anna Brewster as Madame de Montespan
* Suzanne Clément as Madame Agathe
* Catherine Walker as Madame de Maintenon
* Elisa Lasowski as Marie-Thérèse of Spain
* Maddison Jaizani as Sophie de Clermont
* Jessica Clark as Princess Palatine
* Pip Torrens as Duke of Cassel
* Harry Hadden-Paton as Gaston de Foix
* Mark Rendall as Thomas Beaumont
* Geoffrey Bateman as Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
* Steve Cumyn as Jean-Baptiste Colbert
* Joe Sheridan as François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois
* Nathan Willcocks as Luxembourg
* James Clack as Louis, The Dauphin
* Camille Rutherford as Odile

## Deaths

* Duke of Cassel
* Thomas Beaumont
* Madame Agathe

### To Be Determined Next Season (Unconfirmed)

* Gaston
* Luxembourg
Russia

**Russia** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Russian broadcaster, VGTRK, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
OGAO Second Chance Contest 05

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The **OGAO Second Chance Contest 05**, commonly shortened to **OGAO 05**, was the fourth OGAO Second Chance Contest, whereby OGAO clubs select the best song which did not make it to The Origin Song Contest 05, having failed to win its respective national selection. The web contest was due to be hosted by Sweden's OGAO club after Maja Francis won the previous contest with the song "Last Days of Dancing", however Belarus took over hosting responsibilities for unspecified reasons.

The winning OGAO club was the Latvian club, who sent the song "Flashbacks" by Kristiāna - the fourth place in their national selection. Denmark placed second, while Poland were third. Hosts Belarus finished in the fourth place, while Monaco were last with 22 points.

## Participating OGAO clubs

Eleven OGAO clubs submitted a song for the contest, all of which participated in the previous contest. Spain withdrew due to not holding a national final this edition. Although Albania and United Kingdom had national selections, their OGAO clubs failed to confirm participation in time which led to their withdrawal.

## Notes

1. ↑ Finland received a points deduction for non-voting, and would have scored 52 points.
2. ↑ Sweden received a points deduction for non-voting, and would have scored 82 points.
Portugal

**Portugal** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Portuguese broadcaster, RTP, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Sabina Askerova

**Sabina Askerova** is an Azerbaijani singer. She represented Azerbaijan at The Origin Song Contest 06 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

## Career

### The Origin Song Contest

Askerova represented Azerbaijan in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest with the song "#EQO", after winning *Milli Seçim Turu*, the Azerbaijani national selection for The Origin Song Contest 06 with 34% of the whole votes. However, she failed to qualify for the final, placing 12th in the semi-final with 28 points, despite receiving the highest 12 points from North Macedonia.

## Personal life

Askerova currently resides in Los Angeles, United States.

## Discography

### Singles

* “Qurduğum Xəyallar” (2017)
* “Mən Qorudum” (2017)
* “De Bilim” (2017)
* "At Gəl" (2017)
* "Son Defa" (2017)
* "Yalançı Şahid" (2017)
* "Səndən Sonra" (2017)
* "O mənimdir" (2017)
* "Sevgilənmişəm" (2017)
* "Günün aydın" (2017)
* "Yağ yağışım" (2017)
* "Sev" (2018)
* "#EQO" (2018)
* "#SezonFinali" (2019)

## See also

* Azerbaijan
* The Origin Song Contest 06
Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous! 05

Téle Monté-Carlo, also known as TMC, is Monaco's broadcaster responsible for the Monégasque participation in The Origin Song Contest.

The event took place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco and was presented by Izïa Higelin, who also tried to represent Monaco in the fifth edition, but was rejected by the song council of the OBU.

## Voting

Between the fourth and sixth edition, each juror had to distribute an amount of points between 1 and 1000 to every participating act.

The voting jurors were:  Albania,  Andorra,  Belarus,  Belgium,  Denmark,  Faroe Islands,  Latvia,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Poland,  Slovenia,  Spain,  Sweden,  Switzerland and  Ukraine.

## Participants

It was the third time, that previous TOSC participant Pomme competed in the Monégasque national final.
Sounds Lithuanian! 4

**"Sounds Lithuanian! 4"** is the fourth edition of the Lithuanian National Selection for **The Origin Song Contest 09**.

## Format

At the beginning of May 2019, **LRT** revealed that the selection would once again consist of **2 semi-finals**, however, the number of entries would decrease from 18 to 16. A semi-final would contain 8 acts of which 4 would qualify to the grand final, making 8 finalists. It was also announced that for the first time since the national selection was introduced, both juries and televoters will have a chance to vote for their favourite acts.

## Participants

**LRT** organized an interesting method of revealing the artists. Every second day there was a poll posted where delegations all across Europe were able to select songs which would be revealed.

## Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final was held in the Siemens Arena, Vilnius and was hosted by a Lithuanian singer and now an event host Ieva Zasimauskaitė. The show was opened by Evgenya Redko who won Sounds Lithuanian! 3 last edition. After all the songs were performed, the sponsor of the national selection which is an international pizza chain Dodo Pizza demonstrated few of the custom pizzas that fans of Sounds Lithuanian! made. Right after that the 4 lucky qualifiers were announced.

## Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final was held in the Siemens Arena, Vilnius and was hosted by a Lithuanian singer and now an event host Ieva Zasimauskaitė. The show was opened by Evgenya Redko who won Sounds Lithuanian! 3 last edition. After all the songs were performed, the sponsor of the national selection Swedbank proved that Lithuania in The Origin Song Contest is Illuminati. Right after that the 4 lucky qualifiers were announced.
Song for the Origin 01

**Song for the Origin 01** was the first edition of the show Song for the Origin, the Czech selection method for The Origin Song Contest. It was used to choose the Czech representatives for the sixth edition of the contest. The show took place on 11th February 2019 and consisted of a single final with 5 entries.

The selection was won by Viah with her song Gloria. She represented the Czech Republic at The Origin Song Contest 06 in Gothenburg, Sweden, reaching the fourth place in the Grand Final.

## Background

The Czech Republic was one of the first nations to confirm their participation at The Origin Song Contest 06. It was initially announced that the entry will be chosen via internal selection, similarly to the previous edition. However, it was later announced that a new music show called "Song for the Origin" will be introduced as the selection method for The Origin Song Contest.

## Format

Song for the Origin 01 was the inaugural edition of the contest. It was a single-night event and was held in the country's capital, Prague. Five songs participated in the final, with the international juries and the national televote voting for their favourite. The entry that obtained the highest score from both the jury and the public was declared the winner and was given the rights to represent the Czech Republic at The Origin Song Contest 06.

### Presenters

The show was presented by Česko Slovenská SuperStar winner Tereza Mašková.

## Competing entries

The Czech broadcaster announced that six songs have been chosen after the song submission period, but only five will participate in the final round. However, it was discovered that one of the five chosen entries broke a fundamental TOSC rule and had to be replaced with the originally sixth choice, Viah and her song Gloria.

### Selected entries

The selected entries were revealed on 14th January 2019.

     *Winner*

 Lenka Konvičková
 Mariana Prachařová
 Viah | "Gloria"
 Zaelbeth

## Final

The final was held on 11th February 2019 in the O2 Arena in Prague.

### Results

The results' outcome was decided via combination of an eight-member international jury panel's vote and the country's televote. Viah dominated in the jury vote, receiving 7 out of 8 sets of top marks. Although she placed only third in the public vote, she still managed to win the selection with 142 points, 50 more than second-placed Zaelbeth. The top 3 was completed by Lenka Konvičková, who was the winner of the televote with 54 points.

### International jury vote

The international juries were chosen by the broadcaster on a number of different criteria. The selected juries were as follows:

* Faroe Islands
* Ireland
* Latvia
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland

## Incidents

### Norwegian spokesperson

Prior to the live show, it was announced by the Norwegian broadcaster NRK that their votes will be announced by Norwegian singer-songwriter Dagny Sandvik. However, during the show Anna of the North, who has a life-time ban to take part in any TOSC-related events, was present. Neither NRK nor ČT commented on the matter.
The Origin Song Contest Pre Party 01

**The Origin Song Contest Pre Party 01**was the official pre party for The Origin Song Contest 01. The event was held at the Palladium Riga in Riga, Latvia, on 9th February 2016, organised by the Latvian broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) in association with the Latvian fan club for The Origin Song Contest.

The singers performed either their entries for the contest or one of their other songs. Seven countries participated at the event.
Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous! 04

Téle Monté-Carlo, also known as TMC, is Monaco's broadcaster responsible for the Monégasque participation in The Origin Song Contest.

The event took place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco and was presented by Izïa Higelin.

## Voting

Between the fourth and sixth edition, every juror had to distribute points between 1 and 1000 to every act. The voting jurors were from:  Belarus,  Belgium,  Denmark,  Faroe Islands,  Ireland,  Latvia,  Liechtenstein,  North Macedonia,  Norway,  Poland,  San Marino,  Spain and  Sweden.
Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous! 06

Téle Monté-Carlo, also known as TMC, is Monaco's broadcaster responsible for the Monégasque participation in The Origin Song Contest.

The event took place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco and was presented by Izïa Higelin.

## Voting

Between the fourth and sixth edition, every juror country awarded each participant a number of points between 1 and 1000.

The voting jurors were:  Belarus,  Czech Republic,  Denmark,  Faroe Islands,  Ireland,  Latvia,  Poland and  Spain.

## Participants

In the sixth edition, artists with a Monégasque connection tried to represent their country for the first time. However, none of them (Carmen Geiss, Alex Miller & Josh Stanley) managed to win. In previous selections, only French artists took part.

HollySiz returned to the national selection after participating in the previous edition and won this time.

It was the second time (after Pomme in the third edition), that an artist participated in the national selection with two songs in the same edition.
Supernova 3

**"Supernova 3"** is the second edition of the Latvian music festival, Supernova, to selected Latvia's entry to The Origin Song Contest.

The format of the competition will consist of one final. An initial 12 entries will be selected for the competition through one method : an open call for song submissions. The show will be hosted by Viktoria Modesta and Toms Grēviņš.

The winning song will compete for Latvia at the The Origin Song Contest to be held in Bern, Switzerland.

## Format

Supernova 3, organised by Latvijas Televīzija (LTV), will be 2nd edition of the contest in which the competition will take place in the capital of Latvia - Riga in the Arēna Rīga. 12 entries will compete in final.

### Entry selection

Entries for the competition will be selected through two methods:

* 9 entries will be chosen by a selection panel from submissions received by LTV through an open call for songs.
* 3 entries will be chosen by a selection panel from submissions received by Latvijas Radio 5 through an open call for songs.

LTV opened two submission contests that accepted entries between 1 and 10 August 2017 for interested artists and songwriters to submit their proposals for the competition. Entries submitted for the competition were required to be realesed after 2013 and with singer/band that holds Latvian citizenship. The choice of language was free.

Following the conclusion of the submission periods, LTV received 89 entries while Latvijas Radio 5 received 23 entries. LTV and Latvijas Radio 5 will create a shortlist of entries from the received submissions and will form a selection panel that will be tasked to select 12 entries for the competition.

### Presenters

At a press conference on 15 August 2017, Viktoria Modesta and Toms Grēviņš were announced as the hosts for Supernova 3.

## Competing entries

Information regarding the selected artists were publicised by LTV on 16 August 2017. Songs were announced at the day of the Final.

## Final

Final was held on 15 September 2017 in Arena Riga.
Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous! 03

Téle Monté-Carlo, also known as TMC, is Monaco's broadcaster responsible for the Monégasque participation in The Origin Song Contest. It was the first time TMC hold a national final to find Monaco's representative for TOSC.

The event took place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco and was presented by Izïa Higelin.

## Voting

In the third edition, every juror country awarded each participant a number of points between 1 and 100.
Latvia in The Origin Song Contest 05

Latvia took part in the fifth edition of The Origin Song Contest, which was hosted in Gdańsk-Sopot, Poland, with the song "Man tas netiek klāt" by Zane Dombrovska. The entry was selected through the national selection, Supernova 5.

## At The Origin

Points Awarded to Latvia (Final)
 * Germany
* Austria
* Hungary
* Belgium
 5 points
 * Belarus
* Portugal
* Netherlands
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Ukraine
* Iceland
 -5 points
* Turkey
* Luxembourg
* Sweden
Parade of Planets

**Parade of Planets**, sometimes referred to as **PoP** for short,is a pop band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2016. They describe their music with the keywords "sex", "beats" and "vocal". They perform songs in the Russian and French languages.

## History

The band is currently based in Minsk, which is the birth city of frontwoman Yulia who is the band's vocalist, main lyric writer and melody writer. Alexey Goloveshko, the band's guitarist comes from Biešankovičy, in the Viciebsk region in northern Belarus is also credited as a songwriter.

## Members

* **Yulia Bogoslavskaya** - vocalist, songwriter
* **Alexey Goloveshko** - guitarist, songwriter
* **Mikhail Kanash** - production
* **Aleksey Petrov** - drums

## Discography

### Singles

* *Ты знаешь* - Ty znayesh - ("You know") - 2017
* *1962* - 2017
* *Toi et moi* - ("You and I") - 2017
* *Подруга* - Podruga - ("Friend") - 2018
* *Oú est ton amour?* - ("Where is your love?") - 2018
* *Pour lui* ("For him") feat. Platon - 2019

## Naš Puĺs Bjecca and The Origin Song Contest

### Auditions

Parade of Planets auditioned for the fourth edition of Naš Puĺs Bjecca, the national selection of Belarus for The Origin Song Contest 06, with their song "Toi et moi" in late 2018. They were among the twelve chosen finalists, and the first act to compete with an entry in French in Naš Puĺs Bjecca, and were drawn to perform sixth in the running order.

### Naš Puĺs Bjecca victory

They received nine sets of bonus points (90 points total), being the most popular act in the Internet voting, and placed first in the televote with a score of 1377 points, making their combined total 1467 and placing them at an overall first place, thus winning the right to represent Belarus in Sweden in The Origin Song Contest.

### At The Origin Song Contest

Parade of Planets finished 1st in the second semi-final of The Origin Song Contest 06, with 178 points - 79 points ahead of runner-up Faroe Islands, qualifying for the final. They performed 17th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding the Netherlands, and received 244 points, being the only Origin Song Contest performer to score over 200 points, and finished 1st, 103 points ahead of runner-up Ukraine. Belarus' victory lead to The Origin Song Contest 07 taking place in Belarus.
Spain

**Spain** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Spanish broadcaster, RTVE, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Tosc Melodifestivalen

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**Tosc Melodifestivalen** is the national selection of  **Sweden** in The Origin Song Contest . Each year, *SVT* selects 28 competing entries with the main objective of choosing the perfect entry to represent all swedish people at Tosc. Artists like Esther Vallee, Awa , Klara and Jag and Moment have won it in past editions.
Slovenia in The Origin Song Contest 08

Slovenia will take part in the eighth edition of The Origin Song Contest. The representative Slovenian broadcaster RTV SLO, organised the first edition of their national final *IMA*.

## Before TOSC

### ***Izvorna Melodija***

#### Format

The competition featured ten songs in the final. The top 2 entries selected by the international jurors advanced to superfinal where the winner is chosen entirely by the public.

#### Final

The final is expected to be taken place in late February 2020, at the Gospodarsko raztavišče in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The show will be hosted by Daniela.

## At TOSC

The Origin Song Contest 08 will take place in Belgium and will consist of two semi-finals and the final on 2020. According to TOSC rules, all nations with the exceptions of the "Big 6" (The host country and the top 5 placed countries of the previous edition) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

On 2020, the allocation draw for the semi-finalists took place, where the semi-finalists were drawn into the two semi-finals. Ireland was drawn to perform TBA in the TBA semi-final.

## Voting

### **Points awarded to Slovenia**

Points Awarded to Slovenia (Semi-final)

Points Awarded to Slovenia (Final)
 -5 points
Romania

**Romania** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Romanian broadcaster, TVR, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
OGAO Second Chance Contest 02

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 Winner

The **OGAO Second Chance Contest 02**, often shortened to **OGAO 02**, is the first OGAO Second Chance Contest, organised by the Czech branch of the The Origin Song Contest fan club, OGAO, to select the best song which did not make it to The Origin Song Contest 02 having failed to win a national selection.

The host club, the Czech Republic, was the winner with the song "I'm Feeling Down" performed by Veronika Stýblová and Manene, scoring 78 points. Latvia placed second and Poland third, both with 77 points.

## Participating OGAO clubs

As the first Second Chance Contest, all 11 participants debuted. These include TOSC 01 hosts Poland and OGAO founders the Czech Republic. Although Croatia held a national final for the edition, they did not confirm for OGAO.
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## Participants

Twelve songs competed in the selection. Kasia Popowska, who represented Poland at The Origin Song Contest 01 in Kraków, participated in the selection with her song "Plaster", while Lanberry, who participated in the second edition of the contest, co-wrote Daria Reczek's winning entry "Nie polubisz mnie". Canadian-British singer-songwriter Laurell, who co-wrote "Strangled Love" by Jannine Weigel, the winning entry of the third edition, competed in the selection alongside MELO.KIDS with the song "Something That U Missed".
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 01

**Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 01** is the first edition of the Finnish music contest Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu , which selects Finland's entry for The Origin Song Contest. The competition is organised by Yleisradio Oy (YLE) and will take place in February 2017.

The venue for the festival is the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland

The winner of the contest was Ellinoora who will sing her song "Elefantin Paino" at The Origin Song Contest 01 in Kraków, Poland. Ellinoora won by a very slim margin of just three votes over second placed Haloo Helsinki!

## Competing Entries

The six competing artists along with their songs were revealed to the public on the 26th of January 2017. The songs were previewed all together.

 Haloo Helsinki!
 Kiara Nelson
 Krista Siegfrids
 Mariska
 SAARA
Serbia

**Serbia** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Serbian broadcaster, RTS, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Cyprus in The Origin Song Contest 08

**The Song Origin Project 08** was the first edition of the show The Song Origin Project, the Cypriot selection method for The Origin Song Contest. It was used to choose the Cypriot representatives for the eighth edition of the contest. The show took place on February 2020 and consisted of a single final with 7 entries.

The selection was won by Iro Kleitou with her song What Do We Live For. She represented the Cyprus at The Origin Song Contest 08, not making it to the Grand Final.

## Format

The Origin Song Project 08 was the inaugural edition of the contest. It was a single-night event and was held in the country's capital, Nicosia. Seven songs participated in the final, with the international juries voting for their favourite. The entry that obtained the highest score from the jury was declared the winner and was given the rights to represent the Cyprus at The Origin Song Contest 08.

### Presenters

The show was presented by a Cypriot singer and presenter, Despoina Olympiou.
Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous!

Téle Monté-Carlo, also known as TMC, is Monaco's broadcaster responsible for the Monégasque participation in The Origin Song Contest. TMC has selected the entry internally for the first and the second edition. From the third edition on, TMC has held the national final "Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous!" (often shortened to OMÉN) to find Monaco's representative.

The event takes place at "Salle du Canton" in Monaco and is presented by Izïa Higelin, who also tried to represent Monaco in the fifth edition, but was rejected by the song council of the OBU.

## Voting

In the third and seventh edition, every juror country awarded each participant a number of points between 1 and 100. Between the fourth and sixth edition, the number of points was between 1 and 1000. Additionally, in every edition, there was a different number of jurors, which makes the results of the different editions not comparable.

Furthermore, from the seventh edition on, the total points of each jury are added together and then distributed in percentages to the individual participant. This ensures, that the votes from every jury are equally weighted.

In the ninth edition, a jury vote was added: Every voting country awards 10, 8, 6-1 points to the eight songs of which they thought, could do the best in The Origin Song Contest. The traditional votes from the previous editions are now called "televote", and are still counted.

## Languages

In the first two editions of "Origine Monégasque...Écoute-Nous!", almost only French songs participated. From the following editions on, many English songs participated as well. Naya represented Monaco in the fifth edition of TOSC with the first partly English song after four editions of full French songs. In the sixth edition, HollySiz even participated with a full English song.

Carmen Geiss was so far the only one who tried to represent Monaco with a song in the German language.

In the eighth edition a song in Spanish and a song in Arabic participated for the first time. The Arabic song "Afrita" placed third and went on to represent Monaco in the OGAO Second Chance Contest, which then won. The ninth edition was the first edition to take place with no songs in English language participating. Instead, there were a song in an imaginary language and a song with no vocals for the first time.

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Raquel Tavares

**Raquel Tavares** (born 11th January 1985 in Portugal) is a Portuguese Fado singer. In her childhood, she had a fairly normal education route, but in the end decided she wanted to pursue music more than anything else.

## Career

Raquel won one of the biggest Portuguese fado competitions, "Grande Noite de Fado". She also regularly performs at "Bacalhau de Molho", one of the most popular fado houses in Lisbon, and has performed in cities across Europe.

In 2004, she played a minor role as a fado singer in the Portuguese film "The Miracle According to Salomé".

Her first album was released in 2006, the same year she won the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize.

Her second album, *Bairro*, was released in 2008. In this same year, she participated in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 with João Tiago, placing 8th.

## The Origin Song Contest

Raquel represented Portugal at The Origin Song Contest 01 in Kraków, Poland, with her song "Meu Amor de Longe". She failed to qualify for the final, placing 16th (last) with 2 points.

## Discography

* 1999: *Porque Canto Fado*
* 2006: *Raquel Tavares*
* 2008: *Bairro*
* 2016: *Raquel*
Unser Lied für Origin

**Unser Lied für Origin** is the selection method used by Germany for the Origin Song Contest, which has been running since the ninth edition of The Origin Song Contest.

## Background

The national selection was initially launched with the goal of making Germany one of The Origin Song Contest's powerhouses after their returning to the contest in the ninth edition. In order to ensure that the German entry would be received better in the contest, international juries from many competing countries were invited to vote for a winner - along with the country's televote.

## Winners

*(Points between the first place and the runner-up)*

## Language statistics

TBA languages have been heard in Unser Lied für Origin to date.

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Savage

"**Savage**" is a song by Polish singer MANNEI, written by Ashley Hicklin and Marcel Závodi. It was chosen as the winner of Piosenka dla MANNEI and represented Poland in The Origin Song Contest 06 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The song is featured as part of MANNEI's 2018 debut album *LoVe On Your Own*.

The song was pre-qualified to the grand final, where it placed twenty-fifth (pre-last) with zero points - sixteen from the positive vote and minus sixteen from the negatives - and became the first song in the contest's history to do so.

## Lyrics

You could have a blonde day

You could have a three-way

But I will make you see in nothing, only me, babe

Boy this is the real hit

That feeling that I'm keep hid

Yeah this is the real hit

No you don't want miss this

When you, when you get home

You know I'll love you like nobody loved you

When you, when you get home

So I'm gonna love you like nobody loved you

Savage

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you

Savage

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you

You could paint the town red, every night a new bed

But you know when I'm- you be coming back to my sheets

Boy this is the real hit

That feeling that I'm keep hid

Yeah this is the real hit

That poison your blood hit

When you, when you get home

You know I'll love you like nobody loved you

When you, when you get home

So I'm gonna love you like nobody loved you

Savage

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you

Savage

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you

(Savage x2)

When you, when you get home

You know I'll love you like nobody loved you

When you, when you get home

So I'm gonna love you like nobody loved you

Savage

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you

Savage

(Savage x2)

Let nobody love you like nobody loved you
San Marino

**San Marino** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Sammarinese broadcaster, SMRTV, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Ukraine

**Ukraine** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Ukrainian broadcaster, UA:PBC, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*
Sweden

**Sweden** debuted in the first edition of The Origin Song Contest. The Swedish broadcaster, SVT, is in charge of the country's participation at the contest.

## Contestants and Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Contest cancelled*