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Corsican

**Corsican**  is a Romance language from the Italo-Dalmatian family that is spoken predominantly on the Mediterranean island of Corsica (France). Corsican is closely related to Tuscan and therefore to the Florentine-based Italian. Some languages, which originated from Corsican but are also heavily influenced by Sardinian and are nowadays considered to be languages on their own, are also spoken, and to some extent written, on the island of Sardinia (Italy).

Under the longstanding sway of Pisa and Genoa over Corsica, Corsican used to play the role of a vernacular in combination with Italian, which was the island's official language; in 1859, Italian was replaced by French, owing to the French acquisition from the Republic of Genoa in 1768. Over the next two centuries, the use of French in the place of Italian grew to the extent that, by the Liberation in 1945, all the islanders had a working knowledge of French. The 20th century saw a language shift, with the islanders changing their language practices to the extent that there were no monolingual Corsican speakers left by the 1960s. By 1995, an estimated 65 percent of islanders had some degree of proficiency in Corsican, and a minority, amounting to around 10 percent, used Corsican as a first language.
European Singing Competition 3

## European Singing Competition

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Next: 4

**European Singing Competition 3**, often referred to as ESC #03, is the third edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Milan, Italy. This is the first time that Italy hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Emma Marrone & Moda, The event was hosted in the Mediolanum Forum with a capacity of 12.700. The host broadcaster was RAI.

Forty-two countries participated in the third edition. The participating countries, except of the host Italy, Kosovo, Cyprus, Lithuania, Kazakhstan and United Kingdom (The latter one replaced France that withdrew), competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Albania with the song "Nentori" by Arilena which scored 167 points, winning by a margin of 18 points in front of the host country, Italy. The podium was completed by Greece, which finished on the third place. The guest nation for this edition was South Korea, that placed 11th. Croatia, Portugal and Turkey qualified for the first time after failing to do so in the previous editions.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in Italy.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Milan

## Returning Artists

The only returnee was, once again, Nadia Ali who has represented Libya in both their previous entries.

## 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  Cyprus,  Kosovo and the  United Kingdom.

### **Semi-final 2**

Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. The ten highlighted nations reached the final. All the participants voted, alongside the host country  Italy,  Lithuania and  Kazakhstan.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 42 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:
Bosnian

**Bosnian** is a standardized register of the Serbo-Croatian language, a South Slavic language, used by Bosniaks. Bosnian is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with Croatian and Serbian.

Standard Bosnian is based on the most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, Shtokavian, more specifically on Eastern Herzegovinian, which is also the basis of Standard Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin. Until the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, they were treated as a unitary Serbo-Croatian language, and that term is still used in English to subsume the common base (vocabulary, grammar and syntax) of what are today officially four national standards, although the term is no longer used by native speakers.
Mandarin

**Mandarin** is a group of related Sinitic languages spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of Standard Chinese or Standard Mandarin. Because Mandarin originated in North China and most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is sometimes referred to as the **Northern dialects** (北方话; *běifānghuà*). Many local Mandarin varieties are not mutually intelligible. Nevertheless, Mandarin is often placed first in lists of languages by number of native speakers (with nearly a billion).

Mandarin is by far the largest of the seven or ten Chinese dialect groups, spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area, stretching from Yunnan in the southwest to Xinjiang in the northwest and Heilongjiang in the northeast. This is generally attributed to the greater ease of travel and communication in the North China Plain compared to the more mountainous south, combined with the relatively recent spread of Mandarin to frontier areas.

Most Mandarin varieties have four tones. The final stops of Middle Chinese have disappeared in most of these varieties, but some have merged them as a final glottal stop. Many Mandarin varieties, including the Beijing dialect, retain retroflex initial consonants, which have been lost in southern varieties of Chinese.

The capital has been within the Mandarin area for most of the last millennium, making these dialects very influential. Some form of Mandarin has served as a national lingua franca since the 14th century. In the early 20th century, a standard form based on the Beijing dialect, with elements from other Mandarin dialects, was adopted as the national language. Standard Chinese is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan and one of the four official languages of Singapore. It is used as one of the working languages of the United Nations. It is also one of the most frequently used varieties of Chinese among Chinese diaspora communities internationally and the most commonly taught Chinese variety.
Moldova

**Moldova** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 17 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Moldova has only made it to the top 10 thrice, having achieved a 9th place with Aliona Moon, a 6th place gotten in the 19th edition by Sonya Kay and her song "Obnimi Menya" and their best result a 4th place achieved by Carla's Dreams and "Pana La Sange".

## 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*
Slovenia

**Slovenia** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 18 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 4.**

Slovenia debuted in the 4th edition, having two top 10 results. A 10th place by Nika Zorjan and an 8th place by BQL. The country took the longest break when they withdrew after the 10th edition (lasting 8 editions) and returned in the 19th. They had an 100% qualification streak until the 21st edition when Nino stayed in the semifinal.

## 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: 1, 4

 **Slovenia** **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*
Hungarian

**Hungarian** is a member of the Finno-Ugric group of the Uralic languages. Hungarian belongs to the Ugric branch of Finno-Ugric, and it is spoken by the Hungarians. It is the most widely spoken non-Indo-European language in Europe, based on the number of native speakers. Hungarian is the official language of Hungary, one of the 24 official languages of the European Union, and is also spoken by Hungarian communities in the seven neighboring countries of Hungary – especially in Romania, Slovakia and Serbia – and by diaspora communities worldwide.

The Hungarian name for the language is "magyar" [ˈmɒɟɒr], which is also occasionally used as an English word to refer to the Hungarian people as an ethnic group.
European Singing Competition 10

## European Singing Competition

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Next: 11

**European Singing Competition 10**, often referred to as ESC #10, is the tenth edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Berlin, Germany. This is the first time that Germany hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Barbara Schonenberger. The event was hosted in the Mercedes Benz Arena with a capacity of 14.800. The host broadcaster was NDR.

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 countries participated in the tenth edition. The participating countries, except of the host Germany, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Armenia and the United Kingdom (The latter one replaced Latvia that withdrew), competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Monaco with the song "Carry On" by Coeur De Pirate which scored 386 points, winning by a margin of 122 points in front of the France. The podium was completed by Italy, which finished on the third place. The host country, Germany ended 13th. The guest nation for this edition was Saudi Arabia, that ended 23rd.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in Germany.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Munich
 Dusseldorf
 Frankfurt
 Hamburg

## Returning Artists

This edition saw the return of Alda who had already represented Iceland in the past. Dua Lipa also returned for Kosovo. Valentina Monetta sang again for San Marino after already doing so in their debut. Nadia Ali sang again for Libya

## 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  Armenia, the host country  Germany and  Slovakia.

### **Semi-final 2**

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

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 43 participating countries eligible to vote.

## Scoreboard

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final
European Singing Competition 15

## European Singing Competition

Previous: 14
Next: 16

**European Singing Competition 15**, often referred to as ESC #15, is the fifteenth edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Zurich, Switzerland. This is the first time that Switzerland hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Roger Federer. The event was hosted in Hallenstadien with a capacity of 14.000. The host broadcaster was SRG SSR.

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 both the semifinals and the grand final.

Forty-five countries participated in the fifteenth edition. The participating countries, except of the host Switzerland, Greece, Ireland, Croatia, Italy and Austria (The latter one replaced the United States that withdrew), competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Greece with the song "Monologos Gia Dio" by Panos Mouzourakis & Mariza Rizou which scored 387 points, winning by a margin of 60 points in front of Italy. The podium was completed by Malta, which finished on the third place. The host country Switzerland ended 23rd.
It was the first time that Greenland got to a final.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in Switzerland.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Zurich
 Basel
 Geneva

## Returning Artists

This edition saw the return of Ferras who came back for Jordan. Thea who was the last artist to represent the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia before they withdrew. Lucy who was the first Armenian entrant to stay in the semifinal. Shane Filan returned after having previously gotten 10th for Ireland and having hosted the 14th edition, alongside his co-hostess Nadine Coyle. Funda also returned for Turkey.

## Participating countries

### **Semi-final 1**

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

### **Semi-final 2**

Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside  Austria,  Greece and the host country  Switzerland.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 45 participating countries eligible to vote.
Pitjantjatjara

**Pitjantjatjara** is a dialect of the Western Desert language traditionally spoken by the Pitjantjatjara people of Central Australia. It is mutually intelligible with other varieties of the Western Desert language, and is particularly closely related to the Yankunytjatjara dialect. The names for the two groups are based on their respective words for 'come/go.

Pitjantjatjara is a relatively healthy Aboriginal language, with children learning it. It is taught in some Aboriginal schools. The literacy rate for first language speakers is 50–70%; and is 10–15% for second-language learners. There is a Pitjantjatjara dictionary, and the New Testament of the Bible has been translated into the language, a project started at the Ernabella Mission in the early 1940s and completed in 2002. Work continues on the Old Testament.
List of host cities of the European Singing Competition 2nd Chance Contest

This page is a list of cities and venues that have hosted the ESC Second Chance Contest, one or more times. Future venues are shown in italics. Since the second edition, the host city has customarily been in the winner country of the previous year.

## European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest

The contest is considered to be a unique opportunity for promoting the host country as a tourist destination. Below is a list of cities that have hosted the European Singing Competition, one or more times.

 Germany | Hannover | TUI Arena
Catalan

**Catalan** is a Romance language named for its origins in the historical region of Catalonia in the northeastern part of Spain and adjoining parts of what is now France. It is the national and only official language of Andorra, a European microstate, and a co-official language of the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian. It also has semi-official status in the city of Alghero (where the Algherese dialect is spoken) on the Italian island of Sardinia. It is also spoken with no official recognition in the autonomous communities of Aragon (in La Franja) and Murcia (in Carche) in Spain, and in the historic Roussillon region of southern France, roughly equivalent to the current French department of Pyrénées-Orientales (Northern Catalonia).

Although recognized as a regional language of the Pyrénées-Orientales department since 2007, Catalan has no official recognition in France, as French is the only official language of that country, according to the French Constitution since 1992.
Finland

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

Finland was chosen to host the first edition, and therefore qualified directly in the first edition. They had to host again in the 6th edition after Emma's victory in the 5th edition with her song "Circle of Light". The country got another top 10 result in the 11th edition, when Ellinoora got 9th. Finland got its scond victory in the 22nd edition with Lxandra's "Dig Deep". Finland returned in the top 10 in the 29th edition when Dark Sarah & JP got 6th with the song "Dance with the Dragon".

## 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*

## Hostings

 #23 | Helsinki | Hartwall Arena | Mikael Saari & Saara Aalto

## Participation Summary

### Debut

European Singing Competition Second Chance Contest 1

### Worst Result

17th: 2

 **Finland** **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 | Anna Puu & Olavi
Belarusian

**Belarusian** (/bɛləˈruːsiən/; беларуская мова, Belarusian pronunciation: bʲelaˈruskaja ˈmova , BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova) is an official language of Belarus, along with Russian, and is spoken abroad, chiefly in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. Prior to Belarus gaining its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the language was known in English as Byelorussian or Belorussian, transliterating the Russian name, белорусский язык, or alternatively as White Ruthenian (/ruːˈθiːniən/) or White Russian. Following independence, it also became known as Belarusian.

Belarusian is one of the East Slavic languages and shares many grammatical and lexical features with other members of the group. To some extent, Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian are mutually intelligible. Its predecessor stage is known as Old Belarusian (14th to 17th centuries), in turn descended from Old East Slavic (10th to 13th centuries).

At the 1999 Belarus Census, the Belarusian language was declared as a "language spoken at home" by about 3,686,000 Belarusian citizens (36.7% of the population). About 6,984,000 (85.6%) of Belarusians declared it their "mother tongue". Other sources put the "population of the language" as 6,715,000 in Belarus and 9,081,102 in all countries. According to a study done by the Belarusian government in 2009, 72% of Belarusians speak Russian at home, while Belarusian is used by only 11.9% of Belarusians. 29.4% of Belarusians can write, speak, and read Belarusian, while 52.5% can only read and speak it. According to the research, one out of ten Belarusians does not understand Belarusian.
Turkey

**Turkey** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 19 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Turkey is not that successful. They have only one top 10 result, a 6th place by Mahmut Orhan and Sena Sener and their song "Feel".

## Contestants

**Table key**

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

Hindi , or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi , is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of Northern India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with the English language. It is an official language in 9 States and 3 Union Territories and an additional official language in 3 other States. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India.

Hindi is the lingua franca of the Hindi belt and to a lesser extent other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other dialects, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri. Such languages include Fiji Hindi, which is official in Fiji, and Caribbean Hindustani, which is spoken in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname. Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu, another recognised register of Hindustani as both share a common colloquial base.

As a linguistic variety, Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. Hindi alongside Urdu as Hindustani is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English.
Mongolian

The **Mongolian language** (in Mongolian script: ,*Mongɣol kele*; in Mongolian Cyrillic: Монгол хэл, *Mongol khel*) is the official language of Mongolia and best-known member of the Mongolic language family. The number of speakers across all its dialects may be 5.7 million, including the vast majority of the residents of Mongolia and many of the Mongolian residents of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In Mongolia, the Khalkha dialect, written in Cyrillic (and at times in Latin for social networking), is predominant, while in Inner Mongolia, the language is dialectally more diverse and is written in the traditional Mongolian script. In the discussion of grammar to follow, the variety of Mongolian treated is Standard Khalkha Mongolian (i.e., the standard written language as formalized in the writing conventions and in the school grammar), but much of what is to be said is also valid for vernacular (spoken) Khalkha and other Mongolian dialects, especially Chakhar.

Mongolian has vowel harmony and a complex syllabic structure for a Mongolic language that allows clusters of up to three consonants syllable-finally. It is a typical agglutinative language that relies on suffix chains in the verbal and nominal domains. While there is a basic word order, subject–object–predicate, ordering among noun phrases is relatively free, so grammatical roles are indicated by a system of about eight grammatical cases. There are five voices. Verbs are marked for voice, aspect, tense, and epistemic modality/evidentiality. In sentence linking, a special role is played by converbs.
European Singing Competition 7

## European Singing Competition

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Next: 8

**European Singing Competition 7**, often referred to as ESC #07, is the seventh edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Casablanca, Morocco, and was the first ESC to be held in Africa. This is the first time that Morocco hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Loreen & Najoua Belyzel. The event was hosted in the Salle Mohammed V with a capacity of 12.000. The host broadcaster was SNRT.

It was the first time when the participating countries were obliged to send alongside the song a detailed potential staging, in order to make the event more realistic. According to many this has helped some songs that despite not being favorites got high or qualified thanks to the amazing staging (ex. FYR Macedonia, Cyprus).

Forty-six countries participated in the seventh edition. The participating countries, except of the host Morocco, the United Kingdom, the United States, San Marino, Greece and Egypt, competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Italy with the song "Dancing" by Elisa which scored 227 points, winning by a margin of 0 points in front of the Palestine. The podium was completed by the Greece, which finished on the third place. The host country, Morocco ended 20th. The guest nation for this edition was the United States after being directly qualified, that ended last. It was the first time that a country won twice.

## Location

The contest took place for the second time in Morocco.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Casablanca

## Returning Artists

This edition saw the return of Andrew May who returned for Slovakia after getting 23rd in the 4th edition. Nadia Ali represented Libya once again. Mikael Saari who hosted the first edition alongside Krista Siegfrids represented his homeland Finland. Zhanar Dugalova returned after failing to bring Kazakhstan to the final in the 5th edition.

## Participating countries

### **Semi-final 1**

Twnety countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside  Egypt,  Greece and  San Marino.

### **Semi-final 2**

Twenty countries participated in the second semi-final. The ten highlighted nations reached the final. All the participants voted, alongside the host country  Morocco, the  United Kingdom and the  United States.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 46 participating countries eligible to vote.
Galatian

Galatian is an extinct Celtic language once spoken by the Galatians in Galatia mainly in north central lands of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) from the 3rd century BC up to at least the 4th century AD, although ancient sources suggest it was still spoken in the 6th century.[2] Galatian was likely contemporary with and closely related to the Gaulish language.
Galician

**Galician** is an Indo-European language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch. It is spoken by some 2.4 million people, mainly in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is official along with Spanish. The language is also spoken in some border zones of the neighboring Spanish regions of Asturias and Castile and León, as well as by Galician migrant communities in the rest of Spain, in Latin America including Puerto Rico, the United States, Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe.

Modern Galician is part of the West Iberian languages group, a family of Romance languages that includes the Portuguese language, which developed locally from Vulgar Latin and evolved into what modern scholars have called Galician-Portuguese. Dialectal divergences are observable between the northern and southern forms of Galician-Portuguese in 13th-century texts but the two dialects were similar enough to maintain a high level of cultural unity until the middle of the 14th century, producing the medieval Galician-Portuguese lyric. The divergence has continued to this day, producing the modern languages of Galician and Portuguese
Syria

**Syria** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 16 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Syria has one top 10 result, a 7th place in the 10th edition by "Pray" and Samia Tawil.

## Contestants

**Table key**

     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Withdrawn or disqualified*
European Singing Competition 6

## European Singing Competition

Previous: 5
Next: 7

**European Singing Competition 6**, often referred to as ESC #06, is the sixth edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Rovaniemi, Finland. This is the second time that Finland hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Krista Siegfrids & Saara Aalto. The event was hosted in the Lappi Arena with a capacity of 5.000. The host broadcaster was Yle.

Forty-three countries participated in the sixth edition. The participating countries, except of the host Finland, Greece, Morocco, the United States, Spain and Turkey, competed in two semi-finals.

After a big break of 3 months it was decided that the event should go back to how it started with only televoting used. Also this inactivity made the competition less popular than ever, so it was decided to use a small arena until the interest increases.

The winner was Morocco with the song "Yallah" by Bouchra which scored 302 points, winning by a margin of 120 points in front of the United Kingdom. The podium was completed by the United States, which finished on the third place. The host country, Finland ended 23rd. The guest nation for this edition was the United States after being directly qualified, that ended 3rd. Israel and Libya both qualified for the first time after failing to do so in the previous editions.

## Location

The contest took place for the second time in Finland.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Oulou

## Returning Artists

This edition saw the return of The Veronicas who already represented Australia in the 2nd edition, Kerli who returned for Estonia after first competing in the first edition, Nicoleta Nuca who came back to sing for Moldova after doing so in the first edition, Nadia Ali who has represented Libya in all their previous entries and Bouchra who after getting 5th in the first edition returned and won the event for Morocco.

## 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 the host country  Finland,  Greece and the  United States.

### **Semi-final 2**

Nineteen countries participated in the second semi-final. The ten highlighted nations reached the final. All the participants voted, alongside  Morocco,  Spain and  Turkey.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 43 participating countries eligible to vote.
Happy Interview

Happy Interview is the Tenth Episode of Season 2 of Wilson’s Important Job

Plot

Wilson takes the Gang for an Interview TV Show

Characters

* Wilson
* Hoot and Toot
* Tara
* Claire
* Tracy
* Frostini
* Thomas
* The Interview Trains (Debut)

Trivia

* This Episode Reveals that
* • Tara is LGBT
* • Hoot’s Favourite Desert is Ice Cream while Toot’s is Milkshake
* • Frostini once tried to make Milkshakes with an unsucessful result. he was also a victim of McDonalds’ Limited Edition Grimace Shake
* • Claire is now a Pre-Deliverer meaning that she slowly started with light goods
* • Tracy can pull to at least 5 trucks at a time
* • Thomas has More than Two Coaches having a total of five
Uzbek

Uzbek (oʻzbek tili or oʻzbekcha in Latin script; ўзбек тили or ўзбекча in Cyrillic script; اوزبیک تیلی or اوزبیکچه in Arabic script) is a Turkic language and the official language of Uzbekistan. It has anywhere between 20 and 26 million native speakers and is spoken by the Uzbeks in Uzbekistan and elsewhere in Central Asia. Uzbek belongs to the Eastern Turkic, or Karluk, language group of the Altaic language family. The Uzbek language gets its lexicon and grammar mostly from Turkic languages. Other influences rose from Persian, Arabic and Russian. One of the most distinguishing aspects of Uzbek from other Turkic languages is its rounding of the vowel /a/ to /ɒ/ or /ɔ/, a feature that was influenced by Persian.
Australia

**Australia** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 23 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Australia is the only country from Oceania to compete in the ESC thanks to their status as a guest. Their first top 3 result was achieved in the 1st edition with the song "Dear Life" by Delta Goodrem. They have five more top 10 results, a 9th place by Reigan, a 9th by The Veronicas, a 7th by Marlisa, a 9th by ZAYN and Sia and a 10th by Lastlings. In the 19th edition they failed for the first time getting 17th in the semifinal with the song "There for You" by Martin Garrixx & Troye Sivan. After two consecutive failures Washington brought her country back to the final, where she ended 6th. Finally, in the 31st edition Vancouver Sleep Clinic managed to bring the trophy to Australia, with his song "Someone to Stay", which remains the country's only victory.

## 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

20th: 4

 **Australia** **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*
European Singing Competition 22

## European Singing Competition

Previous: 21
Next: 23

**European Singing Competition 22**, often referred to as ESC #22, is the twenty-second edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in New York, United States. This is the first time that the United States hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Cher, Ellen DeGeneres & Andy Garcia. The event was hosted in the Madison Square Center with a capacity of 20.000 .The host broadcaster was ABC.

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-one countries participated in the twenty-second edition. The participating countries, except of the host the United States, Luxembourg, Sweden, Moldova, Romania and Liechtenstein, competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was the Finland with the song "Dig Deep" by Lxandra which scored 380 points, winning by a margin of 94 points in front of Palestine. The podium was completed by Sweden, which finished on the third place. The host country the United States ended 16th.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in the United States.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Washington
 New York
 Los Angeles
 New Orleans

## Returning Artists

This edition saw the return of Sindy who had previously represented Morocco but is now representing Algeria. The Palestinian runner up Roisin El Cheriff will also return. After a long time Kaliopi will sing again for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Rita Ora and Olga Lounova will mark their 2nd participations for their countries, Kosovo and Czech Republic respectively. Ferras will represent Jordan for the third time. Ginta Biku will return this time for her homeland, Lithuania while she had previously represented the country she's living, Switzerland. Ani Lorak returned for her homeland, Ukraine, as a solo artist after having previously represented Goergia alongside Giroriy Leps.

## 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  Romania,  Sweden and the host, the  United States.

### **Semi-final 2**

Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside  Liechtenstein,  Luxembourg and  Moldova.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 41 participating countries eligible to vote.

## Scoreboard

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final
Croatia

**Croatia** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 19 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 1.**

Croatia first qualified in their third attempt with VYAN and her son "Hard to Break". Nina Krajlic holds their best result, a 5th place achieved in the 15th edition. The country returned in the top 10 in the 20th edition with Lana and Luka and their song "Od Najgorih Najbolji" which ended 10th. In the 27th edition Vlaho brought Croatia back to the top 10 after getting 9th with his song "Home".

## 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: 2

 **Croatia** **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*
European Singing Competition 11

## European Singing Competition

Previous: 10
Next: 12

**European Singing Competition 11**, often referred to as ESC #11, is the eleventh edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Monte Carlo, Monaco. This is the first time that Monaco hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Coeur De Prate and Zaz. The event was hosted in Opera de Monte Carlo with a capacity of 10.000 after being enlarged. The host broadcaster was TMC alongside the French broadcaster F3.

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.

Thirty-nine countries participated in the eleventh edition. The participating countries, except of the host Monaco, France, Italy, Estonia, Syria and Hungary (The latter two replaced Spain and the United Kingdom that withdrew), competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was France with the song "Etendez-Vous" by Cecile Corbel which scored 314 points, winning by a margin of 73 points in front of the Algeria. The podium was completed by Germany, which finished on the third place. The host country, Monaco ended 6th.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in Monaco.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

Only Monte Carlo was interested in hosting.
**Key**:
     Host venue

## Returning Artists

This edition saw the return of Ramona Rotstich, Unnu Eggerts and Lenny who sang for their countries in the first edition. Sergey Lazarev returned as well for Russia. Serhat returned for San Marino, alongside Viktor Lazlo. Alice on the Roof became the first artist to represent two countries, she previously represented Luxembourg and now her homeland Belgium.

## 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  Hungary,  Italy and  Syria.

### **Semi-final 2**

Seventeen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside  Estonia,  France and the host country  Monaco.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 39 participating countries eligible to vote.

## Scoreboard

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final
Thailand

**Thailand** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 1 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 30.**

Thailand managed to win the very first Associate Final and therefore got the right to compete directly in the Grand Final of the 30th edition. Violette Wautier with her song "Drive" will be the first Thai representative after winning the Associate final with 160 points. Thailand will only remain in the event if they make it to the top 6. Violette ended 11th in the Grand Final and therefore Thailand will not be invited back in the 31st 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*
Georgian

**Georgian** is the native language of the Georgians and the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.

Georgian is the primary language of about 4 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad. It is the literary language for all regional subgroups of the Georgian ethnos, including those who speak other Kartvelian (South Caucasian) languages: Svans, Mingrelians, and the Lazs. Judaeo-Georgian is spoken by an additional 20,000 in Georgia and 65,000 elsewhere (primarily 60,000 in Israel).
European Singing Competition 1

## European Singing Competition

Next: 2

**European Singing Competition 1**, often referred to as ESC #01, is the first edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Helsinki, Finland. This is the first time that Finland hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Krista Siegfrids and Mikael Saari, The event was hosted in the Hartwall Arena with a capacity of 15.000. The host broadcaster was Yle.

Thirty-eight countries participated in the first edition.. The participating countries, except of the host Finland, competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Poland with the song "All for You" by Sylwia Grzescczak which scored 196 points, winning by a margin of 13 points in front of the United Kingdom. The podium was completed by Australia, which finished on the third place. Finland the host country placed twentieth. The guest nation for this edition was Iran, that placed 8th.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in Finland.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Montenegro | Pogdorica

## Participating countries

### **Semi-final 1**

Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. The thirteen highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside the host  Finland.

### **Semi-final 2**

Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. The twelve highlighted nations reached the final. All the participants voted, alongside the host country  Finland

### **Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 38 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:
Thessaloniki Festival 2

## Acts

The competing acts and songs were revealed on 26 February 2019 during a press conference at ERT studios. The line-up included songs in both English and Greek language. There were some familiar faces, such as Mariza Rizou the first Greek winner, who also took part in the first edition of the Festival, Yota Nega who ended 3rd for Greece in Casablanca, Pantelis Kiramaryios and Plegma who won the 1st edition of the festival and the 26th ESC overall, Demy who had gotten 4th for Greece in the past. Returning in the festival is Violeta Ikari, the 3rd place of the first edition, Peggy Zina, who got eliminated in the Elimination Round last time, and Sakis Rouvas who had ended 7th.

## Elimination Round

During the Elimination Round every song was performed inside a studio without impressive staging etc in order to judge it only by quality. The Greek delegation acted as Jury and decided 50% of the result, with the other 50% being judged by the televoters. 10 songs will make it to the Final.

## Final

In the Grand Final the songs will be presented just like in the real competition, the result is decided by televoting and an international jury.
European Singing Competition 13

## European Singing Competition

Previous: 12
Next: 14

**European Singing Competition 13**, often referred to as ESC #13, is the thirteenth edition of European Singing Competition. The contest took place in Tel Aviv, Israel. This is the first time that Israel hosted the contest. The event was hosted by Chen Aharoni and Mei Finegold. The event was hosted in the Mhora Mivtachim Arena with a capacity of 10.383. The host broadcaster was IPBC.

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 only in the grand final.

Forty-four countries participated in the thirteenth edition. The participating countries, except of the host Israel, France, Italy, Poland, the Faroe Islands and Montenegro (The latter one replaced Canada that withdrew), competed in two semi-finals.

The winner was Ireland with the song "Speeding Cars" by Walking on Cars which scored 388 points, winning by a margin of 36 points in front of Italy. The podium was completed by The Netherlands, which finished on the third place in their first qualification. The host country Israel ended last.

## Location

The contest took place for the first time in Israel.

### Bidding phase and host city selection

**Key**:
     Host venue

 Jerusalem
 Haifa

## Returning Artists

This edition saw the return of Myrath who represented again Tunisia. Yohanna who returned for Iceland this time alongside Rok. Reni Tolvai who represented again Hungary. Nathalie Saba who was asked to sing again for Egypt. Severina returned for Croatia after failing in the first edition. Markus Riva tried to bring Latvia in the final after failing in his first attempt. Slavko Kalezic returned for Montenegro.

## Participating countries

### **Semi-final 1**

Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside the  Faroe Islands,  Italy and  Poland.

### **Semi-final 2**

Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. The ten highlighted ones qualified for the final. Every country in this semifinal voted alongside  France, the host country  Israel and  Montenegro.

### **Grand Final**

Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all 44 participating countries eligible to vote.
Pre-Qualification Round 9

### Voting System

Each country awards one set of 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points to their 9 favorite songs.

### Other Editions

Previous: 8
Next: 10

**Pre-Qualification Round 9** (abbreviated **PQR 9**), is a pre-event held for the European Singing Competition 32. Ten 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 32nd edition.

## Format

Those who finished in the lowest 2 positions of each Semi Final of the European Singing Competition 31 will have to participate in the pre-qualification round, alongside the countries who failed to get promoted after being relegated in the past. Gibraltar, North Macedonia, The Netherlands and Tunisia escaped the PQR after deciding to withdraw, but will have to compete in the following one.
Greenland

**Greenland** **has participated in the European Singing Competition 14 times since its debut in European Singing Competition 9.**

Greenland was the 2nd of the dependent territories to join the competition. Their application to join was approved after the 8th edition. The nation has only qualified thrice. In their first final they got  11th with "Curtain Call", sang by Bryan Rice and Julie, got them in the 15th edition. Their second qualification resulted to a 22nd place. Julie qualified again in the 28th edition alongside Nina with their song "League of Light", which resulted in the first Greenlandic top 10 finish, and their best result, a 7th place.

## 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*