Your Online Song Contest Firsts

[iseendale]

• First year I joined a contest:
August 2017

• First online song contest:
The New Eurovision Song Contest (YT/G+)

• First song I ever sent:
 Achshav - Lior Narkis

• First non-qualification:
The New Eurovision Song Contest #1

• First I gave:
Dangerous Affair - Zoë

• First contest I joined in this forum:
Europa Song Contest

• First song I sent in a SCF forum contest:
 Dojdi - Victoria Loba

• First win:
Earthvision Song Contest #4 //  Paper House - Helena

• Highest points you have ever received:
696 points // Red Cadillac - DJ Sava X Serena (One Country Song Contest #1) I think lol

[MG]

• First year I joined a contest:
2012

• First online song contest:
Velnakin World Song Contest

• First country:
Kazakhstan

• First song I ever sent:
Kesh You - Persona

• First non-qualification:
Kesh You - Persona (borderline NQ)

• First I gave:
SF: Grafa - Nevidim LOL
Final: Polina Gagarina - Spektakl okonchen

• First contest I joined in this forum:
Tubevision Contest

• First country I had in a SCF forum contest:
Pakistan

• First song I sent in a SCF forum contest:
Nadia Ali - Rapture

• First win:
Astounding Song Contest: Fefe Dobson - Stuttering + Ailee - I Will Show You (not my first win(s) being a double one)

• First contest I ever organized:
Own Eurovision Song Contest

• First AQ:
Own Eurovision Song Contest: Natalia Barbu - Suflet gol

• First SCF victory :
Festival of Miracles: Stine Bramsen - Karma Town

• First last place:
SF: Zaho - Allô (North Vision Song Contest) I still don't know why I sent this smh
Final: Sasha Lopez feat. Ale Blake & Broono - Everybody Feels Alright (Velnakin Song Contest)

• Best position with an European Country :
North Vision Song Contest: Lyra - Falling (#1 / 561 pts)

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Europa Festival: Olga Romanovskaya - Derzhi menya krepche (#1 / 237 pts)
Festival of Miracles: Stine Bramsen - Karma Town (#1 / 236 pts)
International Music Festival: Sandu Ciorba - Pe cimpoi (#1 / 225 pts)
Songs for Europe: ViaGra - Peremiriye (#1 / 195 pts)
Elegance Music Song Contest: Anabela feat. Boban Rajović - Preventiva (#1 / 194 pts)
Own Eurovision Song Contest: Maya Buskila - Hishtagati (#1 / 173 pts)
Own Eurovision Song Contest: Olia Tira feat. Sunstroke Project - Superman (#1 / 157 pts)
Diamond: Annalisa - Vincerò (#1 / 155 pts)
Elegance Music Song Contest: Byanka - Muzyka (#1 / 150 pts)
Paradise Music Festival: The Young Generation - Rescue the World (#1 / 149 pts)
Diamond: Anise K ft. Ivi Adamou & Shaya - Walking on Air (#1 / 132 pts)
Diamond: Nek - Fatti avanti amore (#1 / 128 pts)
Diamond: Elisa - No Hero (#1 / 127 pts)
Tube Song Contest: Tamara - Brod sto tone (#1 / 107)
Diamond: Giovanni Caccamo - Ritornerò da te (#1 / 106 pts)
Elegance Music Song Contest: Ira Losco - The Way It's Meant to Be (#1 / 105 pts)
Eurovision Memories (Special Edition): Rennata - This Christmas Night (#1 / 93 pts)

• Best position with an American Country:
Own Americavision Song Contest: Angie Rose - Fight Like a Man (#1 / 217 pts)

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Astounding Song Contest: Fefe Dobson - Stuttering (#1 / 158 pts)

• Best position with an African Country:
Elegance Music Song Contest: Fleur East - Sax (#1 / 191 pts)

• Best position with an Oceanian Country:
Music World Cup: Reigan - All of the Pieces (#1 / 395 pts)

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Velnakin World Song Contest: Ben Hazlewood feat. Mali Koa Hood - Paint Me Black (#1 / 230 pts)

• Best position with an Asian Country:
Music World Cup: Krewella - Alive (#1 / 208 pts)

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Astounding Song Contest: Ailee - I Will Show You (#1 / 181 pts)
Asia Pacific Vision: Arash feat. Helena - One Day (#1 / 103 pts)
Asia Pacific Vision: Moranbong Band - Let's Learn (#1 / 102 pts)
Asia Pacific Vision: Janet Leon - New Colours (#1 / 84 pts)

• Best position with my country:
Own Eurovision Song Contest: Olia Tira feat. Sunstroke Project - Superman (#1 / 157 pts)

[Gregory (inactive)]

• First year I joined a contest:
May 2016 (I didn't really even get into ESC itself until 2015)

• First online song contest:
Actually it was NNMC! At least it was the first I posted an entry for.

• First country:
Canada

• First song I ever sent:
"Push You" - Destineak - youtu.be/9VRV1E1oWMo

• First non-qualification:
I think The Forum Factor 11. I was 'assigned' and had to send a group act. I was still learning how to find songs and insisted on electro music so I sent this. :X Most of the other contests I participated up till then didn't have semifinals

• First I gave:
NNMC #4 - Dan Talevski, "Knock Me Off My Feet" (it got 2nd place)

• First win:
Own Asiavision Song Contest #12 // Clarita de Quinoz - "Addicted"
(it was a bit controversial because it was my first edition as well. It's been downhill ever since )

• First contest I ever organized:
50 States of Song 2016! (now United States of Song)

• First AQ:
I guess it would have been OAsiaSC #13

• First last place:
Africavision Song Contest #49 // Blick Bassy, "Likanda" www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSlmt2a7k6I

• Highest points ever received
285 points - NNMC #31 // Betta Lemme, "Give It"
(my highest score in NVSC thus far is 255)


I'll add more if I see any fun ones to look up

[Apostolis]

• First year I joined a contest: 2012 

• First online song contest: Classic Worldwide Song Contest

• First song I ever sent:  Gaitana - Diamond Ring

• First entry with my country: Classic Worldwide Song Contest #11 - Stan - Taksidepse Me

• First non-qualification: Own Eurovision Song Contest #13 -  Ott Lepland - Tunnen Elus End

• First qualification: International Music Festival #10 - Aram Mp3 - If I Tried

• First win: AfricaVision Song Contest #9 - Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong (I think)

• Highest points ever received: 360 points - Fantasia Contest #6 - Raye - Shhh

[Luiri]

• First year I joined a contest:
2015

• First contest I joined in this forum:
Lyrical Song Contest

• First country I had in a SCF forum contest:
well, Luir-Landodios (LySC)
then with real countries: Europa Festival

• First song I sent in a SCF forum contest:
"Ca ira mon amour" by Rod Janois and 1789 - les Amants de la Bastille musical play

• First non-qualification:
Probably my first IMF (Florian's IMF) entry

• First I gave:
honestly, well.

• First win:
NWSC #2

• First contest I ever organized:
(+      ) Europa Festival

• First last place:
Semi Final: "Oublier tes mains" Lili Poe & Slimane (FC #13)
Grand Final: "Es Sirum em Qez" - Narek Baveyan (FoM 15)

• Highest points you have ever received:
Honestly, there's a lot, but I'm fairly sure the top 3 is:
FC #05 - Léa Castel - Abîmée (307 Points // 2nd)
FC #21 - Blanche - Fences (302 Points // 5th)
NVSC #32 - Mika - Dear Jealously (290 Points // 9th)

• Lowest points you have ever received:
dunno, ik I never got a 0pt yet.

• Best position with an European Country :
NWSC #2 - Polia Gargarina - Shagaj
EoF #5 / #8 - two songs listed below
CSC #5 - LEJ - Hanging Tree
MSC (OSC now) #23 - Maraaya - Lovin' me
NNMC #23 - Tsar B - Rattlesnake
NMC #5 Eivor - I Tokuni
GVSC #4 - Francesca Michielin - L'amore esiste

These are all 1st places

• Best position with an Asian Country:
OASC #5, #9 & #17 // 3rd

• Best position with my countries:
France (EoF #05) •  Shy'm - L'effet de serre // (EoF #08) Cheraze ft. Tunisiano - Promets pas la lune
and if my fictionnal countries count:
Luir-Landodios (LySC) #25 • Marina Kaye - Homeless
Lakadamia (FC) #02 • Adele - Hello

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I'll probably go back to it bcs i definitely forgot a lot of stuff, but damn, 5 years I'm taking part on these, that's really a lot.

[Þórir]

• First year I joined a contest:
2019

• First online song contest:
Intercontinental Music Festival

• First country:
Slovakia

• First song I ever sent:
"Slav King" by DJ Blyatman & Life of Boris, or "Waiting" by King Shaolin if we mean first serious entry 

• First non-qualification:
"Slav King" by DJ Blyatman & Life of Boris

• First I gave:
The Wasabies - Ü-güi 

• First contest I joined in this forum:
Excluding IMF since its a DM-only contest, FemmeVision Song Contest

• First country I had in a SCF forum contest:
Iceland

• First song I sent in a SCF forum contest:
"Ekki Seena" by Áttan 

• First win:
"Klámstrákur" by Hatari (Homeland Song Contest) or "Beautiful (It Hurts)" by Project 46 (IMF) - can't remember which first

• First (and only) contest I ever organized:
  YSC SPAR GRAND PRIX 

• First AQ:
"Waiting" by King Shaolin

• First SCF victory :
"Wild Roses" by Of Monsters And Men (FemmeVision)

• First last place:
"Ü-güi" by The Wasabies (Festival of Miracles semi final)

• Best position with an European Country :
1st - (Steve Angello ft. The Presets - Remember)

• Best position with an American Country:
1st - (Project 46 - Beautiful (It Hurts))

• Best position with an African Country:
6th - (Roan Ash - If I Ever Saw Heaven)

• Best position with an Oceanian Country:
7th - (Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Killing Me To Love You) - For Brisbane in Citivsion

• Best position with an Asian Country:
3rd - (Coldrain - Gone)

• Best position with my country:
1st - (Hatari - Klamstákur, Of Monsters And Men - Wild Roses)

[тнєяσиттi95]

• First year I joined a contest:
Think it was back in 2013 or something before i even joined the forums actually 

• First online song contest:
Magical Music Contest (#19)

• First country:
Finland

• First song I ever sent:
Mikael Gabriel with "Älä Jätä Mua" for MMC, but my first song in any of the contests since i joined the forums i think was probably either Delain with "April Rain" for Your European Music Contest #1 or Girls' Generation with "Mr Mr" for Festival of Miracles #12 if i am not too mistaken

• First non-qualification:
With Mikael Gabriel in MMC

• First I gave:
Hmm... cannot remember my points for MMC, but i think looking at my PMs it was Russia for Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest #3

• First win:
Tiffany Desrosiers with "Fearless" for Power Song Festival #13

• First contest I ever organized:
Festival of International Music (FoIM)

• First AQ:
Olivier Dion "Si J'étais Son Soleil" for PSF #14 or something for Intercontinental Music Festival i cannot remember atm

• First last place:
Honestly cannot remember so i will skip this

• Best position with an European Country :
1st - Finland x7 (FoM #26, FoM #32, FoM #37, FoM #43, Retro WWWSC #44, Retro WWWSC #57 & FVSC #4), Greece x1 (TVSC #21), Germany x1 (IMF #89) and Sweden x1 (OSC #52)

• Best position with an American Country:
1st -  Canada x6 (PSF #13, PSF #15, PSF #17, FoIM #22, FoIM #28 & FoIM #34)

• Best position with an African Country:
7th - Kenya (Amani with "Heartbreaker" in AfricaVision Song Contest #42)

• Best position with an Oceanian Country:
Cannot remember, but it is probably something in IMF

• Best position with an Asian Country:
3rd - South Korea (Taeyeon ft. Verbal Jint "I" for Festival of Miracles #18)

• Best position with my country:
1st

[barovka (sometimes inactive)]

Oct 9, 2020 21:19:38 GMT 1 barovka (sometimes inactive) said:

Part 2:

Best result with an European country:
1st place On i Ona - Leti za mnoy (Your Love Song Contest #4)
(generally almost all my wins are with European countries, however this is the one who got the most points.)

Best result with an American country:
1st place Johnny Lau - Esta vez (Random Countries Contest)

Best result with an African country:
4th Place Dan Admasu - Gagano (unknown contest)
>> >> Joe Foster - In die reen vir jou (POM 81)

Best result with an Asian country:
1st place Sa DingDing - Upwards To The Moon (WMF 39)

Best result with an Oceanian Country:
3rd place Shayna - Miles Away (Rhythm of the world)

Best result with my country:
2nd place Elena Tsagkrinou - Pame ap'tin arhi (Poor Song Contest)

First AQ:
Antonia - Hurricane

Worst scored European entry:
0 points. EzOne - Lesz, ki hazavar (ANFG2008)

Worst scored American entry:
9 points. Juan Carlos Aviles - 5 Minutos (BSC)

Worst scored African entry:
4 points. Rene Bester - Boeie (Unknown contest)

Worst scored Asian entry:

1 point Alfadilla - Tersakiti (CHARTS)

Worst scored Oceanian entry:

10-20something points (I don't remember which song though since i sent 2 songs and both songs flopped hard.)

Update!
Best result with an American country:
1st Place Natalie Grant - Praise you in this storm (World Melody Contest)

Best result with an African country:
2nd Place  Christia Visser - Wildste Oomblik (POM)


Worst scored American entry:

4 points Isis (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Lemos - Por Meio da Fé (Giravision)

[Tommy]

First song contest entry (Instagram)

Who See - Igranka (May 2018, NQ, this contest died the edition after)



First win (Instagram)

Tarabarova - Tsunami (January 2019, Xurovision, which also died after 4 editions, each once a year)



First non-voting at a contest

Hoang Thuy Linh & Chi Pu - Don Xuan Tuyet Voi (May 2020, the deadline was 8 hours so I slept through the whole thing. This has only happened two more times, once last month as Binational, and once yesterday at crabrave's contest)



First minus points

GOLi - Yuddha (2021 sometime, Aforavision, then I doubled my score from -13 to -25 the next edition with El Salvador, then got -13 again yesterday at crabrave's contest where I didn't vote with Mozambique)







First forum contest entry

DJ Zak - Ribab (OAfSC #12, 11th place)



First forum win

Alok & Bhaskar ft Tom Enzy - Born To Kill (BVSC)



First BIG forum win (i.e: a contest with more than 9 people, sorry trojan)

Precious Pepala - Eve (OAfSC #15)

[ESCfavorite]

• First year I joined a contest:
2023

• First contest I joined in this forum:
Binational Music Fest

• First country I had in a SCF forum contest:
South Yugoslavia

• First song I sent in a SCF forum contest:
"Ljubav" by Bojana Vunturišević

• First qualification:
Binational Music Fest 15

• First non-qualification:
Fortuna Music Contest 16

• First I gave:
Semifinal - Severina - "Pravda za ljubav"
Final - Tea Tairović - "Izrael i Palestina".

• First win:
None

• First contest I ever organized:
None

• First last place:
Semi Final: "Marrento" - Ze Felipe (Fortuna Music Contest 16)
Grand Final: "Budi mi dobro ti" - Edita (Morning Song Contest 02)

• Highest points you have ever received (Updated 1st July 2024):
The top 5 is:
Binational Music Fest 19: (G)I-DLE - "Super Lady" (13th place, 79 points)
Yoshi's New Diva 2: HYO - "Picture" (6th place, 78 points)
Fortuna Music Contest 17: María José Quintanilla- "El Regalito" (15th place, 78 points)
Binational Music Fest 15: Bojana Vunturišević - "Ljubav" (16th place, 69 points)
Binational Music Fest 18: Marija Spasovska - "Temperament" (21st place, 62 points)

• Lowest points you have ever received:
Top 3 lowest scores:
Select Song Contest 20: NLO - Tantsy (17th place, 18 points)
Morning Song Contest 3: Andrei Ursu - Hai, Inimă! (31st (last) place, 4 points)
Morning Song Contest 2: Edita - Budi mi dobro ti (26th (last) place, 3 points)

• Best position with an European Country:
Select Song Contest 21: Lusya Chebotina - Tseluy menya (10th place)

• Best position with an Asian Country:
Yoshi's New Diva 2: HYO - "Picture" (6th place)

• Most successful contest:
Yoshi's New Diva: 6th place in Yoshi's New Diva is the best position in any SCF; never placing below 14th

• Worst contests:
Morning Song Contest: always placing in the bottom two
Fortuna Music Contest: failing to qualify three times in just four editions yet

• Most participated contest (Updated 7th August 2024):
Select Song Contest (7 times)

• First national selection:
Russian national selection (for Select Song Contest 20)