Easatloa in the Mearthvision Song Contest

Easatloa has participated in the Mearthvision Song Contest 18 times since its inaugural edition in 200 in Poler, and has only been absent from the contest once, in 205. The contest is broadcast in Easatloa by Alle Easatloan-Sendugen (AES), which has used either an internal selection process or a national final to select their entrant.

Easatloa won the contest in 212, when Joy performed "What Good is Love", and hosted the 213 contest in Elecna. It has a total of 8 top ten placements, also finishing fourth with Kurt Weiss (207) and SayO (211), sixth with Philipp Lochte (214), seventh with Amuse (203) and One Two Four and The Nationals (206), eighth with Monika Landsberger (217) and tenth with ÜberÜber (208). Easatloa has finished last once, in 204, also receiving *nul points*.

## History

### Early years with *Die Musik von Easatloa*

Easatloa's national broadcaster, Alle Easatloan-Sendugen (AES), was one of the fifteen broadcasters that showed preliminary interest in taking part in 200, having been a member of the IBU since 196. They were also one of the seven countries interested in hosting the contest, and were entered into the contest's only bid, along with Dania, Jolivan, Lincon, Noda, Russanplon and Yelsiva. Easatloa did not win the bid, coming fifth. It was later confirmed as one of the sixteen countries that would participate in Poler on 15 October 199.

For Easatloa's first performance, AES organised a national final, *Die Musik von Easatloa*. It was won by Daniel Bolt, who sang "I Am Annoyed". The song was unusual in that it was sung in Linclian and Linconian, and contained no Easatloan lyrics. Nonetheless, the song was expected to do well. It was drawn to perform 12th on the night out of 16 countries and finished in 11th place with 49 points, lower than expected. *Die Musik von Easatloa* continued in 201, though it was met with diminishing returns when Alex Bane finished in 13th place in Sydinie with the Yelsivan-sung "Anoche", only scoring 43 points.

The first Easatloan song actually sung in Easatloan was "Gewinnen oder beenden", performed by Brøs, which represented the country at the 202 contest. Finishing 15th (second-to-last) with 40 points, it was Easatloa's worst-performing song at the time. However, it was immediately followed up with Amuse's "Laugh It Off", which gave Easatloa its best performance yet, finishing in 7th place with 63 points at the 203 contest. In 204, Sicher sang "Keinen Sinn", which became the second entry in the history of the contest to finish with *nul points*, finishing last in an 18-country final.

### Withdrawal, return and *Unser Lied für...*

Easatloa withdrew from the contest in 205, with AES citing internal issues and Easatloa's poor placement in 204. They still broadcasted the contest, where it was one of the most-watched events of the year. Due to the positive reception, AES confirmed that Easatloa would participate at the 206 contest early on. A new national final, separate from *Die Musik von Easatloa*, was held, which was won by One Two Four and The Nationals, singing "No More, Again". Easatloa's return proved to be a success when it finished in 7th place with 62 points.

AES internally selected Kurt Weiss and "Singen" in 207, which scored the country's best performance ever at the time: 4th place with 69 points. In 208, ÜberÜber represented Easatloa with "Während ich warte", finishing in 10th place with 48 points, and were succeeded in 209 by Micona and "Aus". The group finished in 12th with 53 points.

A brand new national final, *Unser Lied für Monctapec*, was held to select Easatloa's entry for the 210 contest. It was a ratings success but proved not to be a success for the country at the contest, when its winner, Hans Rosin singing "Kennt", finished in 17th with 37 points, the second lowest amount Easatloa had ever received. Regardless, the national final was used again for 211, this time called *Unser Lied für Gali*. This time around, it was a much bigger success; SayO finished in 4th place with "Me and You", scoring a record 77 points.

### Victory and following years

Joy won *Unser Lied für Burgund* in 212 with "What Good is Love", which quickly became a favourite to win. It was the first Easatloan song since "Laugh It Off" to be entirely in Linclian. Before the final, it won Easatloa its first Mearthvision Award in the Artistic category and finished second in the OGAM poll. Performing seventeenth on the evening, the band won the contest with 111 points, 6 points ahead of runner-up Bisini.

At the 213 contest, held in Elecna, Easatloa were represented by Timo Mittagem and "Surrender". The country was modestly successful as hosts, finishing 11th in a 20-country final with 48 points. In 214, Philipp Lochte sang "Shake My Hand" and scored Easatloa 62 points, finishing in 6th place. Lochte was succeeded in 215 by Äh and "Was zählt (What Counts)", which finished in 12th with 95 points, which was the second-highest amount of points the country had received at the time, due to the implementation of the televote. In the jury vote, Canadina finished 15th with 43 points while they received a higher 10th place finish in the televote with 52 points.

In 216, Leni Camer-Luft finished in 17th place with 91 points, singing "Es ist süß das". Easatloa tied with Lincon points-wise; Lincon finished in 16th as it received more points from the televote. In 217, Monika Landsberger and "Stones" finished in 8th place and scored 129 points, a record amount. At the 218 contest, Aayden Seeliger sang "Make It Work". As one of the 21 countries that had participated in 217, Canadina automatically qualified for the final but voted in the pre-qualifying round. Performing third in a 26-country final, Seeliger finished in 25th place, the country's lowest position overall, with 39 points, just three points ahead of last-place finisher Fernit.

AES will use *Unser Lied für Poler* to select Easatloa's artist and song for the 219 contest. Due to the large intake in countries, only the "Big Six" consisting of the top six placed countries of the previous edition will automatically qualify for the final; as it did not finish in the top 6, Easatloa will have to take part in the second semi-final.

## Participation overview

Table key
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## Awards

### Mearthvision Awards

*Further information: Mearthvision Awards*

lyrics (l) / music (m)
result

## Related involvement

The public broadcaster of each participating country in the Mearthvision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the IBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers and backing vocalists, among others.

## Notes and references

### Notes

1. ↑ As one of the 21 countries that participated in the 217 contest, Easatloa automatically qualified for the final.

### References

1. ↑ "Dania will host Mearthvision 200!". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 14 May 199. Retrieved 28 May 215.
2. ↑ "212 OGAM Poll". *OGAM International*. 4 May 212. Retrieved 14 January 219.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 ""Easatloan MSC-Vorentscheidung: „Unser Song für Poler“ am 3. März" [Easatloan MSC preliminary decision: "Our song for Poler" on March 3rd]. *mearthvision.ea* (in Easatloan). AES. 12 January 219. Retrieved 12 January 219.
4. ↑ Nolan, Kaylie. "The IBU confirms two semi-finals for 218". *mearthvoice.com*. 7 October 218. Retrieved 7 October 218.
5. ↑ "Mearthvision 219: Here are the 36 countries competing in Poler". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 20 October 218. Retrieved 20 October 218.
6. ↑ "Mearthvision 219: Allocation Draw results". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 31 January 219. Retrieved 31 January 219.
7. ↑ "Winners of the Mearthvision Awards 212". *mearthvision.tv*. 15 May 212. Retrieved 20 November 218.
8. ↑ "Heads of Delegation". International Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 October 218.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Escovedo, Ronaldo (5 December 214). "Mearthvision 215: Natalie Geschwind is Easatloa's new HoD". *MSCextra*. Retrieved 21 February 219.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "MSC 208: Ronald Ahrendt über Easatloa". *mearthvision.ea* (in Easatloan). AES. 12 April 208. Retrieved 21 February 219.
11. ↑ "AES announces Richard Schwarzmann as head of delegation for Easatloa in 209". *mearthvoice.com*. 18 September 208. Retrieved 21 February 219.
12. ↑ "Important news: Natalie Geschwind will replace Lukas Priesner as Easatloa's HoD!". *mscfun.org*. 5 December 214. Retrieved 21 February 219.