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North Vision Song Contest
NVSC logo V4
Logo used since the fortieth edition.
Information
Genre Song contest
Created by James Davenport
Presented by Various
Country of origin Hungary
Original language(s) English and French
Production
Location(s) Various
Running time Various (about two months)
Production company(s) NBU
Broadcast
Original run 19 March 2013 – present
Chronology
Related shows North Vision in Concert
Junior North Vision Song Contest
External links
Official channel

The North Vision Song Contest, often shortened to NVSC, or Northvision, is a song contest on Youtube held among the members of the North Broadcasting Union since March 2013. The competition was based upon the existing Eurovision Song Contest held among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. The current and official executive supervisors are Kevin Kern and Julian Marc.

Each country's head of delegation gets to select an entry for each edition either by internal or national selection. Then the countries get to vote for each show (pre-qualification round, semi-final or final) to determine the qualifiers and the winner of the edition. The contest has also been broadcast outside Europe to several countries that do not compete, such as the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and China. An exception was made in the 20th, 30th and 40th edition, when associate members, Hong Kong, Australia and Argentina, respectively, were allowed to take part in the anniversary editions. For Hong Kong, this timespan was extended for one more edition, as they became part of the Big 6 after their 3rd place in the previous edition, while Australia became a permanent participant of the contest, starting with the 31st edition.

So far, 26 different countries have won the competition and therefore hosted the contest. Apart from Hungary, who hosted due to being the organizer of the contest, Iceland, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Lebanon, the United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway, Ukraine, Israel, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Italy, Albania, the Czech RepublicBulgaria, AustriaMorocco, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg, Georgia, Slovakia, Russia, Andorra, Greece and Portugal have all been winners and hosts of the contest. Sweden has won the contest 4 times, while Denmark, Norway and Switzerland have won the contest 3 times and Israel, Italy, Ukraine and the United Kingdom won the contest twice, with Norway being the first to win two times in a row and Denmark winning two times with the same band. The highest scoring winner, is Ireland's Lyra who won the 28th edition with her song "Falling" which got 561 points, a record 203 points ahead of the runner-up.

History

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Map showing the host cities of the 40 editions.

On 20 March 2013, James Davenport, former executive supervisor of the North Broadcasting Union decided to open an international music contest, in that every full member of the NBU can take part by sending artists representing their countries with songs. It was called North Vision Song Contest. The name was inspired by the Northern Hemisphere in that all the NBU countries were at that time. In the beginnings the contest was not fully developed so there were a lot of rule changes in that phase.

The first ever North Vision Song Contest started on 24 April 2013. It was held in the capital city of Hungary which also was the first ever country to host the North Vision Song Contest and also the first ever direct qualifier for the final. Forty-one nations took part in the first edition each submitting one entry to the contest. Each country awarded 12 points to their favorite, 10 points to their second favourite and then 8 points to 1 point for the rest. Each country is free to either hold a Televote only, a Jury Voting only or both at the same time which combined make up the voting they will submit. The voting procedure has not changed since then.

Iceland was the first ever country to win the contest. The winner is traditionally set to be the host of the following North Vision edition.

Currently, the NBU Council has the control over the contest, and its members work in different terms of the contest, like recaps, staging, results videos and websites.

Logo and theme

The general logo, which was created by a Swedish team, was introduced in the 4th edition. The logo featured the name of the contest and below of it, the name of the host city appeared along with the number of the edition. The word "Northvision" was formed in a calligraphic font while the letter "V" was replaced by a heart where the flag of the host appeared. During the 6th  edition, the Icelandic team sent a logo that was proposed to be used since that edition. The proposed logo did not have much difference from the originally created logo; the font of the word "Northvision" was written in different font while the other elements were the same. The logo was generally received positively by both the press and the fans. However, it was later revealed that the logo was rejected by the North Broadcasting Union for unpublished reasons.

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Logo used between the eleventh and seventeenth editions.

For the 11th edition, as the second decade of the contest started, it was decided that the logo would be revamped. The logo had a minor change: the heart that represented the letter "V" in "Northvision" was revamped. The logo was used for the first time in the 11th edition until the 17th edition.

During the seventeenth edition, a new revamped version of the logo was revealed in a press conference in Denmark. The new logo was created by a Danish design team with the fonts of the word "Northvision" as well as the fonts of "Song Contest" and the host city were changed. The logo was first used in the 18th edition.

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Logo used between the eighteenth and thirty-ninth editions.

Before the confirmations of fortieth edition begin, a press conference announced the new version of the logo in Glasgow. The text is right-aligned with a different font while the North Vision heart is located on the upper right hand corner.

Slogans

Since the first edition already, slogans were used for the contest. In each edition, the host broadcaster was in charge to decide the slogan of the edition and based on it, develope the contest's theme and visual design. The 26th edition was the first edition to include a sub-slogan along with the main slogan.

Edn. Host city Slogan
#01 Flag of Hungary Budapest "Music is in the Air"
#02 Flag of Iceland Reykjavik "Let the Summer Begin!"
#03 Flag of Switzerland Winterthur "Live Your Dream!"
#04 Flag of Sweden Gothenburg "Let the Music Win!"
#05 Flag of Denmark Aarhus "Rise to the Top"
#06 Flag of Lebanon Beirut "Keep On Dreaming"
#07 Flag of United Kingdom Liverpool "Be the Nature, Be Yourself!"
#08 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo "Build Your Universe!"
#09 Flag of Norway Oslo "Connecting People"
#10 Flag of Norway Bergen "Feel the Passion!"
#11 Flag of Ukraine Lviv "Tell Your Story!"
#12 Flag of Denmark Herning "#ShineBright!"
#13 Flag of Israel Tel Aviv "#MoveForward!"
#14 Flag of Kazakhstan Astana "#Unify!"
#15 Flag of Denmark Copenhagen "Painting Worlds"
#16 Flag of Israel Jerusalem "Crystallize!"
#17 Flag of Switzerland Zürich "Spread Love"
#18 Flag of Belgium Brussels "Break Out"
#19 Flag of Italy Italy[1] "Be Your Own Hero!"
#20 Flag of Albania Tirana "Dare to Dream!"
#21 Flag of Czech Republic Prague "Stronger Together"
#22 Flag of Bulgaria Sofia "Connected As One"
#23 Flag of Sweden Stockholm "Making Statements"
#24 Flag of Austria Vienna "#Arise"
#25 Flag of Morocco Casablanca "Find YOUR Path!"
#26 Flag of Netherlands Rotterdam "Inner Silence (Calm After The Storm)"
#27 Flag of Ukraine Odessa "Burst Out"
#28 Flag of Switzerland Bern "be human. defy through empathy."
#29 Flag of Ireland Dublin "Exploring New Horizons"
#30 Flag of Sweden Malmö "Chasing Lights"
#31 Flag of Norway Lillehammer "Honour Your Origin"
#32 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg City "Dive in Deep"
#33 Flag of Georgia Batumi "Ride of Your Life"
#34 Flag of Slovakia Bratislava "Take Flight"
#35 Flag of Russia Saint Petersburg "Eternity (Вечность)"
#36 Flag of Italy Bologna "Leaving Legacies"
#37 Flag of Sweden Stockholm "Breaking Bonds"
#38 Flag of United Kingdom Leeds "Forge Ahead"
#39 Flag of Andorra Andorra "Enlightenment ✧ Troba la llum!"
#40 Flag of Greece Athens "Against All Odds"
#41 Flag of Austria Graz "new beginnings"
#42 Flag of Portugal Lisbon "Mosaico"

Slogans (Pre-Qualification Round)

Since the eighth edition, a pre-qualification round was hosted to accommodate the growing number of nations that want to participate in the contest. In each edition, the host broadcaster was in charge to decide the slogan of the edition and based on it, develop the contest's theme and visual design. The first slogan to not be the same as the full edition's was the first one, but starting in the third one, slogans became the same as the full edition's. In the ninth edition, slogans reverted to being seperate from the full edition.

Edn. Host city Slogan
#01 Flag of Turkey Istanbul "The Inspiration of Music"
#02 Flag of Germany Hanover "Trust Your Feelings"
#03 Flag of Albania Tirana "Tell Your Story!"
#04 Flag of Morocco Rabat "#ShineBright!"
#05 Flag of Slovenia Ljubljana "#MoveForward!"
#06 Flag of Faroe Islands Tórshavn "#Unify!"
#07 Flag of North Macedonia Skopje "Crystallize!"
#08 Flag of Kazakhstan Astana "Spread Love"
#09 Flag of Lithuania Vilnius "Experience It"
#10 Flag of Moldova Chișinău "Endure"
#11 Flag of Morocco Fez "Fly to Infinity"
#12 Flag of Andorra Andorra la Vella "Inner Silence (Calm After The Storm)"
#13 Flag of Montenegro Budva "Inspire Innovation"
#14 Flag of Switzerland Winterthur "Fight to Unite"
#15 Flag of United Kingdom London "Parallelize"
#16 Flag of Lebanon Beirut "Mutually Connected"
#17 Flag of Montenegro Podgorica "See the Future"
#18 Flag of Finland Turku "Open Your Mind"
#19 Flag of Azerbaijan Baku "Celebrating Imperfections"
#20 Flag of Belgium Ostend "!llum!nate"
#21 Flag of Italy Palermo "Set Sail"
#22 Flag of Georgia Gori "Musical Is Eternal"
#23 Flag of Lithuania Klaipėda "Interstellar"
#24 Flag of Latvia Ventspils "bywaves"
#25 Flag of United Kingdom Cardiff "Notion"
#26 Flag of Morocco Oujda "A Sky Full of Stars"
#27 Flag of Iceland Reykjavík "-"

Participation

Any full member of the NBU is allowed to send a song for the North Vision Song Contest. Countries that are not full members can apply for becoming one. The North Broadcasting Union has already accepted some countries that were not full members of the NBU at the beginnings of the NVSC. However, the NBU has also already declined a lot of nations and states that wanted to become a full member - and to participate in the North Vision Song Contest.

Each full member has got a certain broadcaster that is responsible for the choice of the artists and songs the country is sending for each edition. Fifty-five countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the edition in which they made their debut:

Edn. Country making its debut
#02 Flag of Armenia Armenia, Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria, Flag of Israel Israel, Flag of Malta Malta, Flag of Moldova Moldova, Flag of Slovakia Slovakia, Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
#03 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
#05 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, Flag of Lebanon Lebanon
#08 Algeria Algeria, Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
#10 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
#18 Flag of Egypt Egypt
#20 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong[2]
#30 Flag of Australia Australia
#40 Flag of Argentina Argentina[3]
#41 Flag of Kosovo Kosovo

Format

The contest's format was the same during the first editions; two semi-finals and a final were held. The top ten scored countries from each semi-final advanced to the final. In the first edition, there was a big 3 that were the sponsors for the start of the contest and were automatic qualifiers; Austria, Hungary and Sweden. However, for the next editions, the big 3 would change to big 5 and the top 5 from each edition will be a part of the big 5.

As more countries joined the contest, the more changes the NBU made to the contest. In the 8th edition the pre-qualification round was introduced in order to minimize the number of the participants in the semi-finals and maximize the chances of qualification from the final. The pre-qualification round included the bottom 5 from each semi-final of the last edition, making it a total of ten countries competing. The countries had to submit a song for the round and the top countries would qualify to the contest with the selected song. The amount of qualifiers always depended on the number of participants in the respective edition.

Since the very first edition the winning country of each edition is automatically chosen to be the host of the next edition. As the host broadcaster, the heads of delegation can decide how and when they want to host the competition, present the logo, make a theme song and other things. However if a broadcaster cannot afford to host the competition, the runner-up or the NBU council will help out. The show would still be hosted in the winning country.

The "Big 3" / "Big 5" / "Big 6"

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Map showing the number of automatic qualifications of a country up to the fortieth edition.

In the first edition, it was already decided that certain countries would be members of the "group" called "Big 3". The Hungarian broadcaster, the organizers of the first edition, announced that Austria, Sweden and Hungary would be the members of the first Big 3 saying that the first two countries contributed in the organization of the contest. However, as with this statement most of the broadcasters complained, the organizers decided that the Big 3, later renamed to Big 5, would be chosen according the public which led them to change the Big 5 members to the top 5 placed countries of the previous edition indicating a different Big 5 in each edition. During the 13th edition, the "Big 5" was changed to a "Big 6" where an additional country, the 6th placed country of the previous edition, will join the other five countries. The NBU said that the decision was taken in order to ensure a semi-final spot for a PQR qualifier. The Big 6 was officially introduced in the 14th edition.

Members of the Big 6 through the editions have been several, including Denmark, France, Moldova, NorwaySweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom that have been in the Big 6 for five or more editions. Sweden currently holds the record of Big 6 participations, with a total 18 times. Meanwhile, Ukraine holds the record for being a member of the Big 6 for six editions in a row. The best place for a Big 6 member was first place, achieved by Norway in the 9th edition, Ukraine in the 10th edition, Sweden in the 22nd, 29th and 36th edition and Morocco in the 24th edition.

Rules

There are several rules of the contest in order to enter. Main rule of the contest is that the country has to officially join the NBU with a certain broadcaster before applying to enter the contest. Regarding the broadcaster, any broadcaster can be accepted by the NBU if it consists the qualifications of it. The head of delegation of the certain country must be at the position for at least three editions. If the head of delegation is not satisfied with the country, one can swap the countries with other users. There are also rules regarding the entries, such as that Eurovision Song Contest songs and cover songs are not allowed to compete in the contest or that the singer must be over the age of 16.

North Vision season

North Vision season is a term often used to refer to the days "around" the contest. It usually lasts one or two months and the most national selections are held that time. Also, various events are hosted during the season like parties or press conferences.

North Vision in Concert

The North Vision in Concert, the concert created by the ex-Head of Delegation of Spain, Lebanon and Latvia, Selvin Reyes, is an event held during the North Vision season. Every nation that is participating in the current has the right to take part unless their entry is not selected before the deadline which is decided by the host of the concert. The host was since the second concert selected through a poll. Since the introduction of the pre-qualification round, however, this concept has been retired (with the exception of the 9th edition).

Rehearsals and press conferences

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Malena Ernman (Sweden, #03, #07) during a rehearsal.

Each country has two rehearsals before the contest. The rehearsals start with the semi-final countries nine days before the first semi-final. During the first two days, the rehersals for the first semi-final countries take place while during the next two days the rehearsals for the second semi-final countries take place. The second rehearsals for each country take place on the fifth and sixth days. On the seventh day, the big 5 countries have their first rehearsal taken. On the ninth day, the big 5 have their second rehearsal taken. Apart from the regular rehearsals, there are also three dress rehearsals for each show where the full show is rehearsed. The dress rehearsals for the semi-finals and the final take place in two days: twice on the day before the show (one in the afternoon and the other in the evening) and once on the day of the show. The third dress rehearsal, the one before the contest, is the show that is taken place for the jury, which means that the 50% of the result is decided before the live contest. The table below shows the schedule that is used for every edition with some adjustments made for each edition.

 First rehearsal  Second rehearsal  Dress rehearsal  Show
Semi-final and final rehearsal schedule
Show Days
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Final
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Maja Keuc (Slovenia, #0506, #09) during a press conference.

After the rehearsals, the delegations of each country meets with the artistic director of the edition to preview the performance of the country. They watch the footage of the country's rehearsal, discussing about possible changes in stuff such as camera angles, lighting and choreography. Also, the Head of Delegation is able to know what special effects the performance would require and requests them from the host broadcaster. Right after this meeting, the delegation has a press conference held where members of the accredited press ask them question. The conferences are held at the same time with the rehearsals and while the first country is in the press room, the second country is already rehearsing. A printed summary of the questions and answers which emerge from the press conferences is produced by the host press office, and distributed to journalists' pigeon-holes.

Sneak peeks and betting odds

Aproximately two weeks before the semi-finals, the host broadcaster uploads six or seven sneak peeks. The countries used to be divided according their geographical place like the pots for the semi-final allocation draw. However, they are now divided by the order of announcing their entries. Most of the participating nations open a poll on the broadcaster's site and let people vote for their favorite in each sneak peek.

The betting odds are mostly based on the nations' average result for each sneak peek. The betting odds were introduced in the fourth edition and has predicted several winners right, including Denmark in the fourth and fourteenth editions as well as Ukraine in the tenth edition. Most of the betting odds' top 10–15 had similar result in the contest. However, there were several occasions where the favorites of the betting odds did not manage to do well, such as Turkey in the twelfth edition or where the non-favorites of the edition did better than expected, most notably Israel in the twelfth edition.

North Vision Music Awards

The North Vision Music Awards are music awards of the contest that honor songs or singers of the edition on certain categories. They were first introduced as the After-show awards and were unofficially held in the 4th edition and officially in the fifth edition. They were held in the 7th edition as the North Vision Awards with new and more categories. The awards took a break after the 18th edition and returned in the 23rd edition as the North Vision Music Awards. The awards were cancelled after their 12th ceremony in the 23rd edition.

Voting

The first voting system was in use between the first and third editions. Countries award a set of points from 1 to 8, then 10 and finally 12 to other songs in the competition — with the favourite song being awarded 12 points. Up to the third edition, only public votes were used to determine each country's top ten. In the fourth edition the broadcaster could pick between voting only with televoting or with a mixed public-jury voting. Since the fifth edition, it was mandatory for all the countries to use the mixed jury-public voting. In case of the country not being able to deliver a part of the voting, back-up juries were used to replace the missing part, which was usually the case with televoting for small countries such as Andorra or San Marino.

It was announced that since the nineteenth edition a new voting system would be used. Instead of combining the votes of the public and jury of each country, the countries would now send two separate sets of 1-8, 10 and 12; one from their professional juries and one from their public voting.

Edition Points Voting system
0103 One set of 12, 10 and 8-1 points All countries should use telephone voting to decide which songs would receive points. Wherever televoting was not possible at all, a jury was used.
04 Every broadcaster was free to make a choice between the full televoting system and the mixed 50–50 system to decide which songs would receive points.
0518 All countries used televoting and/or SMS-voting (50%) and juries (50%) which were then combined to get the country's top ten. In the event of a tie, the televote score takes precedence.
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Two sets of 12, 10 and 8-1 points All countries used televoting and/or SMS-voting and juries with each ranking representing a set of 12, 10 and 8-1 points.

Since the first edition the voting has been presided over by the NBU scrutineer, who is responsible for ensuring that all points are allocated correctly and in turn. The following are the scrutineers and Executive Supervisors of the North Vision Song Contest appointed by the NBU;

  • James Davenport (01–03)
  • Jan Simonis (04–38)
  • Dimitris Ioannou (05–38)
  • Vaios Kovarson (09–20)
  • Dion Joy Sinn (24)
  • Kevin Kern (39-present)
  • Alper Sametoğlu (39)
  • Adrià Puigdemont (40-present)

Presentation of votes

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Diana Snegina presenting the votes from Kazakhstan in the sixteenth edition.

Since the first edition, all the participating countries have been voting in the final, including the countries that failed to qualify from the semi-finals. Since the introduction of the pre-qualification round in the eighth edition, the countries that failed to make it to the semi-finals of the edition were not allowed to vote in the final. However, this changed in the eleventh edition; it was decided that since that edition all the participating countries would be allowed to vote in the final, including the countries that were eliminated in the pre-qualification round.

The order of the voting nations are often randomly. After the interval act is over, when all the points have been calculated, the presenter(s) of the show call upon each voting country in turn to invite them to announce the results of their vote. Often the opportunity is taken by each country to show their spokesperson standing in front of a backdrop which includes a famous place in that country. Traditionally, the results were made in a Scorewiz–themed scoreboard with the countries announcing one by one point. Since the fourth edition, the scoreboard has taken a different format. Firstly, the points 1–7 are shown together and the spokesperson continues with the high points, the top 3; 8, 10 and 12. The song which receives the 12 from the country is usually played along with a bar below showing the top 3 at that moment.

Due to the voting system change in the nineteenth edition, the presentation of votes also changed. The spokesperson of each country now announced only the twelve points of the jury voting while the televoting scores from all the countries were combined and presented by the presenters starting from the country that received the lowest score from the public and going up to the country that received the highest points. Starting with the twenty-eighth edition, the televoting points were revealed based on the results of the jury voting.

Nul points and ties

Although it is almost impossible for a country to receive nul points, there has so far been one entry that received no points from any country. The only entry so far to receive nul points is the Israeli entry in the eighth edition.

There have been several ties during the contest. In case of a tie between two or more countries, the country that received points from the most countries wins the tie. However, if the countries received points from the same number of countries, the number of 12 points is counted and if they are still tied it goes on until the tie breaks. The most notable and controversial tie in the contest was the tie for the first place between Israel and Finland in the twelfth edition; both countries had 158 points but due to tie-breaking rules, Israel won the edition. Other notable ties include the one between Slovenia and Cyprus in the fifth edition where Cyprus came 10th and Slovenia 11th making only the first to qualify, the tie between Denmark and Ireland in the first semi-final of the 30th edition where Denmark won the tie and qualified over Ireland and also the tie between Ukraine and Croatia in the eleventh edition where both countries had 159 points but Ukraine took the fifth place and Croatia took the sixth place leading Ukraine to their sixth big 5 entrance.

Winners

The contest has so far twenty-six different winning countries with four of them being Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). Most of the winners have so far been female artists except from the winner of the tenth edition that has been a female-male duet, the fifteenth edition which has been a male duo featuring a female singer, the winners of the second, fourth, eleventh, thirteenth, fourteenth and thirtieth editions  which were bands, as well as the winners of the twenty-fifth edition and fortieth edition being male duos, with the winner of the twenty-fifth edition being the first fully male act to win the contest. Furthermore the winner of the thirty-third edition was the first male band to win the contest. The winner of the thirty-fifth edition was the first solo male act to win the contest. One of the winners of the thirty-ninth edition, Die Arkitekt, was the first non-vocalist to win the contest.

France is the country with the most second places so far with the country ending up as the runner-up in the third, fourth, fifth and eleventh editions. In the ninth edition, Norway won the edition setting a new record for the host country's place, previously held by the United Kingdom with second place. Ireland's winning entry currently holds the record for the highest scoring winner, while simultaneously holding the record for the biggest margin between the winner and the runner-up as well. Denmark also became the first country to win three times while Amaranthe became the first artist to win the contest twice. Sweden became the first and to date only country to win the contest four times.

Edn. Country Performer Song Points
#01 Flag of Iceland Iceland Greta Salóme "In the Silence" 170
#02 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland TinkaBelle "The Man I Need" 200
#03 Flag of Sweden Sweden Malena Ernman "One Step from Paradise" 194
#04 Flag of Denmark Denmark Amaranthe "Amaranthine" 175
#05 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon Nicole Saba "Hafdal Ahlam" 173
#06 Flag of United Kingdom UK Chlöe Howl "Rumour" 175
#07 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina B&H Maja Nurkić "Carry On" 182
#08 Flag of Norway Norway Julie Bergan "Younger" 187
#09 Flag of Norway Norway Alida "Feathers" 198
#10 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Ani Lorak & Grigory Leps "Zerkala" 163
#11 Flag of Denmark Denmark Amaranthe "Drop Dead Cynical" 231
#12 Flag of Israel Israel Kokoro "Tasmanian Devil" 158
#13 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan A-Studio & Tomas "Falling For You" 236
#14 Flag of Denmark Denmark The Storm "My Crown" 249
#15 Flag of Israel Israel The Young Professionals feat. Anna F. "All of It But Me" 197
#16 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Rykka "Movies" 211
#17 Flag of Belgium Belgium Selah Sue "Fear Nothing" 202
#18 Flag of Italy Italy Elisa "No Hero" 186
#19 Flag of Albania Albania Ronela Hajati "A do si kjo" 355
#20 Flag of Czech Republic Czechia Lenny "Hell.o" 462
#21 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Dara "K'vo ne chu" 417
#22 Flag of Sweden Sweden Loreen "Statements" 422
#23 Austria Austria Mynth "Mirrors" 392
#24 Flag of Morocco Morocco Faouzia "My Heart's Grave" 339
#25 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands HAEVN "Fortitude" 347
#26 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Riya "Polyusy" 392
#27 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland CRIMER "Brotherlove" 410
#28 Flag of Ireland Ireland Lyra "Falling" 563
#29 Flag of Sweden Sweden Janice "Hearts Will Bleed" 470
#30 Flag of Norway Norway Gåte "Bannlyst" 389
#31 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Luka Kloser "Sweet Sixteen" 342
#32 Flag of Georgia Georgia Yaseniya "Lyubov-Karusel" 449
#33 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Papyllon "What About Tonight" 428
#34 Flag of Russia Russia Manro "Davay Poprobuyem" 414
#35 Flag of Italy Italy Fulminacci "Canguro" 367
#36 Flag of Sweden Sweden Agnes "24 Hours" 459
#37 Flag of United Kingdom UK Joy Crookes "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" 347
#38 Flag of Andorra Andorra Belén Aguilera "Vértigo" 329
#39 Flag of Greece Greece Die Arkitekt feat. Lena Platonos "Julian" 437
#40 Austria Austria Yukno "Böse Geister" 388
#41 Flag of Portugal Portugal Ana Moura "Arraial Triste" 327
#42 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro Zera "Alkohol i disko" 455

Spin-offs

A number of spin-offs and imitators of the North Vision Song Contest have been produced, some national and other international.

Similar competitions that are still held, include:

Similar competitions that are no longer held, include:

  • West Vision Song Contest (2013), for American countries.
  • Asia Vision Song Contest (2013), for Asian countries.
  • Africa Vision Song Contest (2013–2020), for African countries.
  • Arabic Vision Song Contest (2014), for Arabic countries.
  • Junior North Vision Song Contest (2013–2020), for European artists under the age of 16.

East Vision Song Contest

Below is a list of participants of the North Vision Song Contest who have participated at the Asian–Oceanian version of the contest either before or after their participation in the contest.

Country Participant NVSC EVSC Notes
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine[4] neAngely #07 #02 Competed along with Dana International with "I Need Your Love" which placed twenty-fourth in the final.
Flag of Monaco Monaco[5] Vincent Niclo #14 #08 Competed with "Pour une fois" featuring Anggun which did not qualify for the final of the contest.
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong[6] G.E.M. #20 #03 Competed with "Get Over You" which won the contest.
Flag of Egypt Egypt Lara Scandar #26 #01 Competed with "Taalou Ghannou Maaya" which placed nineteenth in the final.
Flag of Australia Australia Vera Blue #30 #11 Competed along with Kodie Shane with "Lady Powers" which placed second in the final.

Junior North Vision Song Contest

Below is a list of participants of the North Vision Song Contest who have participated at the Junior version of the contest before their participation in the contest.

Country Participant NVSC JNVSC Notes
Flag of North Macedonia North Macedonia Bobby Andonov #06, #12#26 #01 Competed with "Tell Me It's Not Over" which placed tenth in the final.
Flag of Georgia Georgia IRU #40 #01 Competed with "SummerDay" as part of Group Candy which placed last in the semi-final.
Flag of Portugal Portugal Kika #08, #11 #02 Competed with "Alive" which placed eighth in the final.
Flag of Monaco Monaco Alizée #08 #02 Competed with "L'alize" which placed tenth in the final.
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Ivi Adamou #19, #33 #02 Competed with "A-G-A-P-I" which placed eleventh in the final.
Flag of Czech Republic Czechia Ewa Farna #04, #21 #02 Competed with "Ticho (Fraction)" which placed fourteenth in the final.
Flag of North Macedonia North Macedonia Kanita #36 #03, #08 Competed with "No One Can Stop Me Now" which placed third and won the contest with "Young and Reckless". On both occasions she represented Albania.
Flag of Israel Israel Adi Bity #26 #03, #08 (as part of Kids.il), #09 Competed with "Sensing" which placed tenth, "Hallelujah" which placed eighteenth and "Gavoa" which placed sixth in the final, respectively.
Flag of North Macedonia North Macedonia Antonia Gigovska #29 #04 Competed with "Zosto Ne Mi Kaze" which placed tenth in the final.
Flag of Belgium Belgium Emma Bale #18 #05, #08 Competed with "All I Want" which placed fifth and "Run" which placed second, respectively.
Flag of Finland Finland pehmoaino #40 #06 Competed with "Päästä mut irti" under her real name Aino Morko, which placed eleventh in the final.
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Anna Trincher #37 #07 Won the contest with "Nebo znaye".
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Sophia Patsalides #28 #10 Competed with "I'm Not The Only One" which placed eleventh in the semi final.
Flag of Israel Israel Noa Kirel #30, #36 #10 Competed with "Killer" which placed second in the final.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The edition was held in three different cities, one for each one of the shows.
  2. ^ Hong Kong was selected through the Associate Broadcasters Final to compete in the twentieth edition.
  3. ^ Argentina was selected through the Associate Broadcasters Final to compete in the fortieth edition.
  4. ^ neAngely represented Yemen in East Vision.
  5. ^ Vincent Niclo represented Indonesia in East Vision.
  6. ^ G.E.M. represented China in East Vision.

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