Mearthvision Song Contest 200

Participation map

The **Mearthvision Song Contest 200** was the first edition of the annual Mearthvision Song Contest. It took place in Poler, Dania. Organised by the International Broadcasting Union (IBU) and host broadcaster Télévision de Danie (TDD) the contest was held at the Poler Arena, with the final on 15 May 200. The live show was hosted by Constantin Allais and Rodolphe Le Tonnelier.

It was the first time Dania had hosted the contest. It was also the only time until the 203 contest that the contest was held in a capital city.

Sixteen countries participated (all of which also competed at the 200 Summer Olympics later that year). It was Russanplon's only participation until 203. Jolivan intended to take part but could not because of the 199–201 Jolivan political troubles.

The winner was Bisini with the song "Animals", performed and written by Izzy and Dig. This was Bisini's first victory in the contest. Following the contest, Izzy and Dig would go on to receive major international success. Noda, Canadina, Lincly and Lincon rounded out the top five; Canadina and Lincon would later consecutively win the contest in 201 and 202.

## Location

The contest was held in Poler following Dania's win of the only bid ever for the contest. Poler is the capital and largest city of Dania. The Poler Arena is an arena in Eastern Poler. It is located close to the Arena Station and the East Poler International Airport.

Out of the three bidding venues, Poler Arena is the only venue still standing. L Stade was demolished in 201 to make way for the larger Stade Lisiore in preparation for the 206 Winter Olympics. Estaux Stade was demolished in 212 after a fire destroyed it.

### Host city selection

After it was announced on 14 May 199 that Dania had won the bid to host the first Mearthvision Song Contest, three cities submitted their interest in hosing the contest, with each submitting one venue. The Poler Arena was a favourite to win. Lisoire was noted to have a small capacity which the delegation noted may have had to be changed in case of its choosing. On 27 June, it was announced that Poler, the capital city, would host it.

 Estaux | Estaux Stade | 14,000
 Lisiore | L Stade | 9,000

## Format

### Visual design

The slogan for the contest was revealed on 30 September 199. "My Friends Are Your Friends". It communicated unity and friendship and Dania's importance as an international hub. The logo is a crochet slowly fading away.

### Votes

The voting structure used in the contest mirrored that of the Eurovision Song Contest between 1975 (171) and 1997 (193), in that a professional jury from each participating country voted for their 10 favourite songs, giving 12 points to their favourite song, 10 to their second favourite, 8 to their third favourite, and so on from 7 to 1 points for their fourth to tenth favourite songs. No tie-breaking rule was implemented, unless there was a tie for first.

All of the jury's votes were presented, from 1 to 12. Votes from 8 to 12 were also announced in Danian after the spokesperson spoke them in Linclian (or, if the spokesperson did not speak Linclian or Danian, they would be announced in Linclian then Danian).

### Opening act

This edition was the only one not to implement an interval act. However, an opening act was implemented, a short mini-movie welcoming the world to the Mearthvision Song Contest. It was also the only time until 209 that an opening or interval act was not just a song.

## Participating countries

Fifteen countries showed interest in participating at the contest early on: Bisini, Canadina, Dania, Easatloa, Jolivan, Lincly, Lincon, Maro, Noda, the NSC, Rinasine, Russanplon, Tontin, United Republic and Yelsiva. However, Jolivan withdrew on 17 August due to the 199-201 Jolivan political troubles that started the day before, narrowing the total down to sixteen. Halsivon and South Yelsiva later announced their intent to take part.

On 10 November, the IBU officially announced that sixteen countries would participate at the contest.

## Results

The final was held on 16 May 200 at 21:00 DST. All 16 countries voted in the final, in alphabetical order for the only time, and the host performed last, a tradition that would be practised until 209.

For the voting process see here.

## Other awards

### Vision Awards

The Vision Awards are awards handed out by Mearthvision fansite Vision, based on the "Vision jury's" opinion of all the songs.

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### OGAM Awards

*Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Mearthvision*, often shortened to OGAM, is the official Mearthvision fan organisation. For 200, OGAM members decided their favourite songs.

## Official album

***Mearthvision Song Contest: Poler 200*** was the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the International Broadcasting Union (IBU) and released by Candy Music Group on 12 April 200. The album features all 16 entries.

### Charts

 Linclian Album Charts (LCC)
 Linclian Compilation Album Charts (LCC)

## Incidents

### Vomiting

Before going on stage, people noticed that South Yelsivan representative Fiva was looking quite pale. While she sang her song as well as possible, she often staggered and, as soon as she finished singing, she vomited on stage. This was met with murmurs from the audience. Host Constantin Allais prematurely started talking to people in the green room as janitors went onto the stage to clean the vomit.

Whenever votes were given to South Yelsiva, Fiva was unable to cheer as she was unwell. No votes were taken off as the jury had already cast their votes at the jury show earlier that week.

Fiva announced via her Twitter account later that month that the reason she had fallen ill was due to a foodborne illness from an undercooked bean burrito she had eaten the day before.

### Comments from Zygfryd Borkowski

Rinasine's commentator Zygfryd Borkowski made many negative comments towards performances, most notably the winner Izzy and Dig's performance. He did not like how it received the award for best performance as well, stating that 'there are much better songs that could have won the award'.

Due to this, he received very negative reactions. He was replaced with Sylwia Szweda the next year.

## References

1. ↑ "Dania will host Mearthvision 200!" Mearthvision.tv. 16 September 199. Retrieved 28 May 215.