| Power Song Festival (PSF) | |
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Genre |
Song contest |
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Founded |
29 April 2014 |
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Origin |
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No. of episodes |
21 contests |
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Created by |
linux620 |
The Power Song Festival, often shortened to PSF, is an online song competition. The competition was based upon the existing Eurovision Song Contest.
Each participating country submits an original song to be performed online and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition. The festival has been hold many times since 2014. It is also one of the most watched events in many online song contest, via the PSF website.
Canada and United Kingdom hold the record for the highest number of wins, having won the festival three times. The highest scoring winner is Slovak singer Lina Mayer who won the 19th edition with a record-breaking 172 points.
Contents
Origins
Further information: History of the Power Song Festival
Naming
The programme was named "Power Song Festival" since first edition till now.
Format
Participation
Fifty-six countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their début:
Hosting
The winning country would host the festival the next edition but the host city is chosen by the executive supervisor of the Power Song Festival, linux620.
Host country
Since first edition, all festivals have been held in the country which won the previous year.
Logo and theme
Slogans
Rules
- You can choose any country you want (except countries like Kosovo, Sealand etc.)
- You must have to keep THE COUNTRY AT LEAST 3 EDITIONS.
- (J)ESC songs are not allowed! NF songs are allowed.
- If there will be more than 26, there will be semi-finals.
- Artist/band must be in that country what they're going to represent or their parents must to be in that country.
Borrowing rules
Andorra from Spain- Liechtenstein from Germany
- Luxembourg from Belgium, France and Netherlands
- Monaco from France
- San Marino from Italy
Expansion of the contest
National selections
Some countries have already hold many national selections. e.g.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy: Canzone per PSF #15
- Liechtenstein: Liechtenstein’s Song für PSF
- Luxembourg: A Song For Luxembourg
- Monaco: The Monaco Music Festival
- Serbia
- Sweden: MiniMelfest!
- Taiwan: The Song of Taiwan
- Ukraine
Qualification and semi-finals
Winners
List
| Edn | Country | Artist | Song | Points |
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| #01 |  United Kingdom
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Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne | "Rather Be" | 91 |
| #02 |  Australia
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Jessica Mauboy | "Sea of Flags" | 94 |
| #03 |  Hungary
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Gigi Radics | "Over You" | 96 |
| #04 |  Sweden
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Avicii | "Wake Me Up" | 109 |
| #05 |  Greece
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Nicolas Costa feat. Freaky Fortune | "In A World Without You" | 93 |
| #06 |  Netherlands
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Dotan | "Home" | 105 |
| #07 |  Germany
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Oonagh | "Eldamar" | 131 |
| #08 |  Austria
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Conchita Wurst | "Heroes" | 124 |
| #09 |  Croatia
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Luminize | "Kill It With Love" | 127 |
| #10 | United Kingdom
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Ellie Goulding | "Love Me Like You Do" | 139 |
| #11 |  Ireland
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HomeTown | "Cry for Help" | 104 |
| #12 |  France
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Indila | "Ego" | 105 |
| #13 |  Canada
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Tiffany Desrosiers | "Fearless" | 161 |
| #14 |  United States
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Lindsey Stirling feat. Lzzy Hale | "Shatter Me" | 132 |
| #15 | Canada
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Walk Off The Earth | "Rule the World" | 134 |
| #16 | France
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Chéraze feat. Tunisiano | "Promets Pas La Lune" | 141 |
| #17 | Canada
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Autumn Hill | "Can't Keep Waiting" | 146 |
| #18 | United Kingdom
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Adele | "Hello" | 146 |
| #19 |  Slovakia
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Lina Mayer | "Personal Sky" | 172 |
| #20 |  Singapore
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The Sam Willows | "Take Heart" | 118 |
| #21 |
By country
| Wins | Country | Editions |
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| 3 | Canada
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#13, #15, #17 |
| United Kingdom
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#01, #10, #18 | |
| 2 | France
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#12, #16 |
| 1 | Australia
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#02 |
| Hungary
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#03 | |
| Sweden
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#04 | |
| Greece
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#05 | |
| Netherlands
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#06 | |
| Germany
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#07 | |
| Austria
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#08 | |
| Croatia
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#09 | |
| Ireland
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#11 | |
| United States
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#14 | |
| Slovakia
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#19 | |
| Singapore
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#20 |
By language
| Wins | Language | Editions |
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| 16 | English | #01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #06, #08, #09, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #17, #18, #19 |
| 2 | French | #12, #16 |
| 1 | German | #07 |
Anniversaries
Power Song Festival 20: Special Edition
See also
| Power Song Festival |
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| Countries Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela Contests #01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21 |
