Yourovision Song Contest

Yourovision Song Contest
Ran	2nd September 2013 - 30th September 2017
Origin	Concept Serbia Management United Kingdom Production Australia Spain United Kingdom
Founder	TessHex
Editions	33
Participants	87 (as of edition 32)
Official channel	[1]
Status	Thirty-third edition: complete

Welcome to your Eurovision Song Contest.

"If you like Eurovision, this is the best place for you! This is a song contest on YouTube, and it's been going for a full three years, now. If you are interested in this and want to take part, just send me a personal message with the song you want to participate with and country that you want it to represent. Good luck to all!"
—Adapted from the founder's original description of the contest, with alterations to keep its information accurate.

The contest originally had its own channel on YouTube, founding the contest originally in July. However, it was updated on September 2nd, 2013 to state that the contest would not take place. As a result of this, TessHex, who had chosen to participate for Finland, decided to take control of the contest instead. TessHex is still, as of the 33rd edition, the manager/host of the Yourovision Song Contest, with the production team for the contest consisting of: Europezgal08 ( United Kingdom), EscAlfon ( Spain) and Jarickben38 ( Australia).The contest takes place once a month, for ten months every year, with May and December being the two months off, due to the Eurovision and Junior Eurovision Song Contests taking place in or near to those times.

Rules

• Participating songs must not have taken part in the Eurovision or Junior Eurovision Song Contests. National finalists are permissible, however.

• Türkvizyon and ABU TV and Radio Song Festival entries are currently permitted, but this is subject to change based on said contests' popularity over time.

• There are no firm restrictions regarding which artists can represent which countries, though it is preferred that there be some connection between the artist and the country they have been chosen to represent. If an artist does not have such a connection to their chosen country, the entry may be declared invalid or otherwise be obliged to change.

• Voting is done in the Eurovision style: 1-7 points, then 8, 10, and 12 points, awarded in order of preference to a top-ten list of countries.

• At present, only participating countries may vote; non-participant votes do not count towards the final result.

• Participants must vote before the deadline, or their song will be disqualified, unless in exceptional circumstances, in which a grace period of 'voting overtime' will be permitted.

• Participants may only send one song per contest, unless stated otherwise.

• One artist cannot represent more than one country in the same contest. For example, Kelly Clarkson cannot represent both the United States and Greece in a single edition.

• The winner of a contest will automatically qualify for the Grand Final of the subsequent contest in the event that Semi-Finals become necessary, and will be eligible to send two songs in the next edition.

• Participants cannot vote for their own country.

• In the event of Semi-Finals, qualifiers will be decided based on which countries receive the most points from their fellow semi-finalists. As of the eighth edition, which saw the first use of semi-finals, the standard number of qualifying countries was seven per semi-final, which has since been raised to eight, or, in the event of an exceptionally large edition of the contest, ten. Additionally, there must be at least 26 participating countries before a semi-final round is even considered.

• Once a song has represented a country, it cannot be used again in a subsequent edition of the contest, unless that edition is a special edition, or other exceptions are applied at the discretion of the organising body.

• If a song is disqualified, it is permanently ineligible to participate at the contest in all editions thereafter.

• Countries are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, which is reset each month, meaning that it is difficult to guarantee a player the same country in each edition unless they reserve it early in the process.
• As of the twelfth edition, some songs (particularly those used prominently in other contests) may be refused entry to the contest, in the interests of fairness to the other participants. This is done at the discretion of the host, and the decision is moderated by an anonymous third-party group. As such, any decisions taken on whether or not a song is eligible are considered final and non-negotiable.
• Any edits to any pages pertinent to the contest on this wiki made without prior notification to the host, without consent, or without authorisation, will be considered vandalism, regardless of said edits' content or other modifications to the page in question. As such, any changes fitting these criteria will be reverted at the earliest convenience.

Eligible participants

Any sovereign state is eligible to participate in the contest, alongside the exceptions listed below.

• Antarctica¹
• Faroe Islands
• Gibraltar
• Greenland
• Kosovo
•  Åland Islands
• Puerto Rico

¹ Antarctica is permitted to take part, because of the following countries owning stakes of the continent, in the form of the territories listed here:

•  Argentina (Argentine Antarctica)
• Australia (Australian Antarctic Territory)
•  Chile (Antártica)
• France (Adélie Land)
• New Zealand (Ross Dependency)
• Norway (Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land)
• United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

Participants to date

See: Countries in the Yourovision Song Contest

National finals

To date, nine users have used national finals as a means of selecting their entry for the Yourovision countries. They are as follows:

Name	Country	Host	Editions	Status
Voice for Yourovision	Various	europezgal08	9	Inactive
La Scelta per Yourovision	Italy	Vinxtokio	2	Inactive
Yourovision Battle Royale (#2)	Multiple	TessHex	2	Inactive
Yourosong	Various	Queen of the Clouds	2	Inactive
Belgian Selection	Belgium	eetucalling	1	Inactive
Yourovision: You Decide	Australia	Jarickben38	3	Inactive
Your Mini-Selection	Spain	EscAlfon	2	Inactive
Yourovision Grand Prix	Denmark	Anton Schüsler	1	Inactive
And For Yourovision We Send...	Poland	KingDriverFC	1	Inactive

The Bezençon-Craig Yourovision Awards

See also: The Bezençon-Craig Yourovision Awards

These are awards given out every quarter, to the best songs in four categories: best video, most original song, most underrated song, and best overall song. Songs for the latter two categories are nominated automatically, through finished in the lowest-scoring two places, and highest-scoring two places in an edition, respectively. The winning nominees are announced in December, March, and August of each year, although there is no actual prize beyond the recognition of the award itself. As of the 24th edition, the Bezençon-Craig Yourovision Awards have been shelved, with the possibility of its return in the future.

Editions

Edition	Slogan	Entries	Winner	Entry	Points	2nd	3rd
#1 Helsinki	Flawless	12	Greece	Kelly Clarkson "People Like Us"	96	Norway	Serbia
#2 Athens	Cosmic	13	United States	Lana Del Rey "Young And Beautiful"	68	Saudi Arabia	Portugal
#3 New York	True Art	13	Denmark	Emmelie De Forest "Let It Fall"	85	Australia	Norway
#4 Herning	Generations of Sound	21	Ireland	Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball"	57	United States	China
#5 Ennis	Let's go!	13	United Kingdom	Ellie Goulding "Explosions"	77	Germany	United States
#6 London	United We Stand	14	Netherlands	Miss Montreal "Say Heaven, Say Hell"	97	Australia	Spain
#7 Hilversum	To The Sky	19	Denmark	Ida "Maybe I Like It"	81	Albania	Spain
#8 Copenhagen	Every Second Counts	28	Luxembourg	Sandra Van Nieuwland "Hunter"	90	Malaysia	Netherlands
#9 Luxembourg	Sweet Harmony	18	San Marino	Christina Perri "Human"	101	Romania	New Zealand
#10 San Marino	Pure Imagination	19	Italy	Annalisa "Alice E Il Blu"	102	Australia	New Zealand
#11 Rome	Unbreakable	17	United Kingdom	Molly Smitten-Downes "Beneath The Lights"	89	New Zealand	Australia
#12 Newcastle	Endless Possibilities	19	Luxembourg	Lisa Lois "Silhouette"	101	Poland	France
#13 Luxembourg	Ignite!	16	New Zealand	Lorde "Yellow Flicker Beat"	108	Hungary	Japan
#14 Dunedin	Free Your Mind	27	Finland	Jannika B "Jääkausi"	80	Luxembourg	Sweden
#15 Tampere	Dreams Come True	13	United Kingdom	Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato "Up"	78	Czechia	Netherlands
#16 London	Rebirth	16	United Kingdom	Ellie Goulding "Love Me Like You Do"	115	Canada	Australia
#17 Hereford	Aim High	16	Ireland	Hozier "Take Me To Church"	91	Israel	France
#18 Dublin	Fortune Favours The Brave	30	Estonia	Elina Born & Stig Rästa "Kõnõtraat"	77	Lithuania	Italy
#19 Tallinn	Interconnected	17	Albania	Bebe Rexha "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy"	124	Norway	Denmark
#20 Tirana	Burning Passion	24	Italy	Francesca Michielin "L'Amore Esiste"	126	Lithuania	Åland Islands
#21 Milan	Falling Free	15	Germany	Glasperlenspiel "Nie Vergessen"	83	France	Poland
#22 Düsseldorf	Mystify	22	Norway	Alida "Feathers"	113	Hungary	Denmark
#23 Oslo	Weightless	17	Belgium	Barbara Opsomer "Je Sors Ce Soir"	92	Georgia	Philippines
#24 Antwerp	Rhythm In Motion	39	Åland Islands	Sophia Somajo "Klein Blue"	100	Romania	United Kingdom
#25 Mariehamn	Persevere	17	Canada	Allie X "Old Habits Die Hard"	73	France	Netherlands
#26 Toronto	Believe	16	Canada	Cœur De Pirate "Crier Tout Bas"	96	Kosovo	Malta
#27 Montreal	Wild At Heart	22	Poland	Margaret "Cool Me Down"	129	Norway	Spain
#28 Warsaw	Harmonise	50	United States	Elle King "Ex's And Oh's"	95	Slovakia	Australia
#29 Los Angeles	Carefree	32	Norway	Alan Walker "Faded"	143	Netherlands	New Zealand
#30 Lillehammer	Be A Star	27	Norway	Ina Wroldsen & Broiler "Lay It On Me"	130	Canada	Spain
#31 Tromsø	Serenity	29	Ukraine	Mika Newton "Come Out And Play"	146	Antarctica	Greenland
#32 Dnipro	Live In Hope	27	Antarctica	The Naked And Famous "Higher"	150	Åland Islands	Russia
#33 Auckland	Prosperity	49	Czechia	Lenny "Hell.o"	93	Mexico	Belgium

• Special editions, in which each user is allowed to send songs for two countries, are marked in blue.