Avino in the Mearthvision Song Contest

National final
* ***Le Talent d'Avino***
* 207–213
* 216–219

Internal selection
* 203–206

Avino has participated in the Mearthvision Song Contest 16 times since making its debut at the 203 contest in Linconia, after ANT became an active member of the International Broadcasting Union (IBU). ANT had broadcast the Mearthvision Song Contest in 201 and 202, purchasing broadcasting rights from the IBU. ANT has traditionally used either internal selection or *Le Talent d'Avino* to select their entry each year.

Avino won the contest in 207, with Cerise and the song "Flood", becoming the first country to win that did not debut at the first contest in 200, hosting the 208 contest in Barlincea. Avino's win was the first time the country finished in the top ten and since then, it has finished in the top ten three other times: as hosts in 208, when Cerise and "Bin Ban Boom" finished in eighth; in 210, when Away finished in tenth with "Make Some Noise!"; and in 216, when Owel finished in fifth with "Je m'en fiche du tout".

## History

### Early years

Representatives at ANT saw potential in the country debuting at the inaugural contest in 200, but the contest was perceived by then Director General Cyril Soyer as a "risky experiment". When the contest proved to be a success, discussions to join the IBU and debut at the contest began. ANT purchased broadcasting rights from the IBU for the 201 contest after attempts to debut fell through, and later bought them for 202.

On 7 August 202, ANT became a full IBU member and immediately confirmed participation in 203. Avino was announced as one of the eighteen participating countries at the contest on 15 December.

ANT internally selected Riviera as their debuting representative, later announcing that the band would perform "Tell Me Nonsense" in Linconia. Performing 11th on the night, the song finished in 13th with 53 points. Hawwa Shafique represented Avino in 204, singing "Juste à propos de". Interestingly, it came 13th with 53 points again.

At the 205 contest, Avino were represented by Away with the song "Yay!". Receiving 50 points, the band placed 11th in a field of 17 participants, marking Avino's best placement at the time. In 206, Samar Sabet, singing "We'll Decide" gave the country their third 13th place score, receiving 49 points.

### *Le Talent d'Avino*, victory and following years

After their relative failure at the contest, ANT looked for new ways to select Avino's entrant. It was eventually decided that a national final would be used to decide their entrant for 207: *Le Talent d'Avino*. The event consisted of a semi-final on 29 December 206 and a final on 1 January 207. 20 entrants took part in the semi-final, which was narrowed down to 10 in the final. Cerise Willette (known mononymously as Cerise) and her song "Flood" won the event. A frontrunner to win the contest, Cerise performed 5th on the evening and eventually won the contest, earning 87 points, 4 ahead of runner up Rinasine. Avino was the first country to win not to have initially debuted in 200, and this also marked the country's first top-ten finish.

The 208 contest was held in Barlincea. Reigning champion Cerise returned to *Le Talent d'Avino* with "Bin Ban Boom", which ended up winning the event. Originally performed in Linclian, a new Danian-language version of the song was released in March 208 which went to Mearthvision, where it finished 8th with 51 points.

In 209, Avino was represented by Roxane Blaise, who sang "Last Night Again". She finished in 13th place out of 18 participants and received 52 points. Away returned to the contest in 210, performing "Make Some Noise!". The group finished in 10th place with 55 points, giving Avino their third top-ten performance.

Avino competed in the 211 contest in Maro and were represented again by Samar Sabet who sang "For You". Finishing in 11th place with 50 points, it marked a slight improvement of his previous position and Avino's second 11th place finish. He was succeeded in 212 by Moosa Kilito with "Vole-moi", who performed directly before winning country Easatloa and finished 12th with 49 points.

In 213, Avino was represented by Martial Dupuy and "Universe". Despite positive critical and fan reception, the song finished in 19th place out of 20 participants with only 39 points — just one point ahead of last place finisher Noda. This marked Avino's worst performance to date.

### Return to internal selection

When ANT confirmed participation for the 214 contest, it was announced that, due to their low placements, *Le Talent d'Avino* would not be held and the broadcaster would instead confirm their entrant and song internally for the first time since 206. Javee was selected to represent Avino with "Ten Thousand Years". Performing second on the night, the song placed 13th place with 45 points.

In 215, Abel Carrell represented Avino with "Real". He performed third in the running order, finishing 11th with 96 points, a then-record amount, thanks to the implementation of the televote; Avino received 52 points from the juries and 44 points from the televote.

### Return of *Le Talent d'Avino* and success

ANT announced that *Le Talent d'Avino* would return to select Avino's 216 participant. The semi-final was held on 25 December 215 and the final was held on 27 December. It was won by Owel with "Je m'en fiche du tout". In the final, Owel finished in 5th with 142 points, giving Avino their second best result ever and by far their most amount of points, as well as winning Avino their first Mearthvision Award in the Composer Award category. Their performance proved that Avino could do well and that *Le Talent d'Avino* was good for the country, and it was later confirmed for 217.

In 217, Avino was represented by Jean-Yves Gounelle with "Mon cœur brisé". Finishing 16th in a pool of 21 countries with 56 points, the country was not as successful as in 216 but *Le Talent d'Avino* continued in 218, where it was won by Zoé Poulin and "Werewolf", which was sung in both Linclian and Danian, making it the first Avinon Mearthvision song to be performed in more than one language. As one of the 21 countries that had participated in 217, Avino automatically qualified for the final but voted in the pre-qualifying round. Performing 8th in the 26-country final, Avino finished in on the left of the scoreboard, achieving 95 points and finishing in 12th place.

*Le Talent d'Avino* was used again in 219 to select Avino's artist. It was won by sisters Josie and Caroline Quinault, who sang "Give Me Strength". 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, Avino will have to take part in the second semi-final.

## Participation overview

Table key
 **†** | Upcoming

### *Oh Yes: A Mearthvision Song Contest Celebration*

*Further information: Oh Yes: A Mearthvision Song Contest Celebration*

As Avino had won the contest in 207, they were entered into the winner's semi-final of the 10th anniversary event *Oh Yes: A Mearthvision Song Contest Celebration* with their winning song "Flood" performed by Cerise. It failed to qualify for the final, finishing 7th with 197 points.

 Cerise | Linclian

## Awards

### Mearthvision Awards

*Further information: Mearthvision Awards*

lyrics (l) / music (m)
result

## Related involvement

### Heads of delegation

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, Avino automatically qualified for the final.

### References

1. ↑ "Avino – ANT confirms participation in 219, with Talent d'Avino to remain as national selection". *Vision*. 19 June 218. Retrieved 23 June 218.
2. ↑ "Avino: Josie and Caroline Quinault win Le Talent d'Avino with 'Give Me Strength'". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 7 January 219. Retrieved 11 January 219.
3. ↑ Nolan, Kaylie. "The IBU confirms two semi-finals for 218". *mearthvoice.com*. 7 October 218. Retrieved 7 October 218.
4. ↑ "Mearthvision 219: Here are the 36 countries competing in Poler". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 20 October 218. Retrieved 20 October 218.
5. ↑ "Mearthvision 219: Allocation Draw results". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 31 January 219. Retrieved 31 January 219.
6. ↑ "Mearthvision Awards 216". *Mearthvision.tv*. IBU. 16 May 216. Retrieved 15 November 218.
7. ↑ "Heads of Delegation". International Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 October 218.
8. ↑ "ANT announces Samira Lahlou as head of delegation for Avino in 210". *mearthvoice.com*. 1 December 209. Retrieved 15 November 218.
9. ↑ "Mearthvision 218 sur ANT". *ant.av*. Retrieved 1 June 218.
10. ↑ "Avino – Zoé Poulin wins Talent d'Avino 218 with "Werewolf"". *Vision*. 1 January 218. Retrieved 1 June 218.
11. ↑ "Mearthwizja 218: kto będzie prezentował wyniki głosowania?". Mearthwizja.org (in Rinasinean). OGAM Rinasinzce. 12 May 218. Retrieved 18 May 218.
12. ↑ "208 co-host Slyviane Ange to present Avino's votes for Mearthvision 218". *nulpoints.net*. 2 May 218. Retrieved 3 May 218.
13. ↑ "Mearthvision 219 sur ANT". *ant.av* (in Danian). Retrieved 17 March 219.
14. ↑ "Avino - Camille Pélissier, Ingrid Anouilh and Bruno Dupuy confirmed as commentators for 219". *Vision*. 16 March 219. Retrieved 17 March 219.

## External links

* ANT's site for *Le Talent d'Avino*
* ANT's secondary site for *Le Talent d'Avino*