Solea in the Univision Song Contest

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The Socialist Autarky of Solea has participated in all editions of the Univision Song Contest since its inception. The country has recieved favorable results in the contest, winning the fourth edition with Owl City's song Gold. In the fourth edition, along with winning the song contest, Solea recieved its best national result, beating out Wyverncliff by 18 points. The country has most commonly sent songs composed by artist Wolfgun. Although, the most recent entrySundiskplaced 39th of 41 songs, a stark constrast to Solea's best result prior to winning the contest (Aurora placed second in Univision III).

Full Results

Solea has recieved a total of 676 points as of the first seven editions of the contest.

Edition No. Artist – Song Pos. Pts.
I 3 Coyote Kisses – Acid Wolfpack 11 19
14 BT – Antikythera Mechanism 22 0
17 Explosions in the Sky – Day Seven 15 9
National Result 7/11 28
II 2 Wolfgun – The Woods 7 54
21 Chevelle – Shameful Metaphors 13 36
25 Alllevelsatonce – Paragon 17 29
National Result 4/11 119
III 2 Wolfgun – Aurora 2 63
22 Chevelle – Arise 14 25
31 Enter Shikari – Stalemate 7 36
National Result 2/11 124
IV 4 Owl City – Gold 1 76
25 Tobu – Colors 3 60
40 Wolfgun – Sundisk 39 5
National Result 1/14 141
V 5 ponyphonic – Autumn 19 12
12 Of Monsters and Men – Dirty Paws 7 22
13 Andrew Huang – Vass Tunga 5 26
National Result 4/12 60
VI 17 Hadise – Prenses 10 34
26 Wolfgun – Myth 28 7
29 Emmelie De Forest – Rainmaker 11 32
National Result 5/12 73
VII 27 Sofi Mayen – Memoria 2 56
34 Cristina Vasiu – Nowhere 20 19
36 BIG DATA – Dangerous (Oliver Remix) 3 56
National Result 1/13 131
VIII 1 Avicii – Waiting For Love 3 53
17 3LAU – How You Love Me ft. Bright Lights 15 23
25 Oonagh – Eldamar 4 46
National Result 2/12 122

Voting results

Points given

Nation Pts
Aahrus 75
Dotruga 63
Bielosia 55
Aeridani 51
Wyverncliff 47
Auspikitan 43
Shmupland 29
Ethanthova 28
Aiyota 12
Bongatar 11
Blaland 5
Aegakwet 3
Darvincia 2

15s

These songs received top points from Solea, they are listed by edition.

Edition Country Song – Artist
I Tjedigar Tutono Warriyo – Penumbra
II Bielosia Bielosia Madeon – Technicolor
III Shmupland Shmupland Tobu – Natural High
IV Aahrus Aahrus Pendulum – Witchcraft
V Aahrus Aahrus LIGHTS – Up We Go
VI Auspikitan Auspikitan Elen Levon – Wild Child
VII Aeridani Aeridani MitiS – Movements

National Finals

Since the second edition, Solea has hosted some form of public song selection contest for Univision. But in the fourth edition, it was opened up for international juries to experiment with the points received versus result in contest. International juries (and the Solea jury) vote on the best 6 songs using a 6-1 point scale. The results in the national final are only used for guidance, so the top three songs are not guaranteed to be Univision entries. Any songs participating in the final round of the Soleani National Final are ineligible for being sent again to a future version, even if they are not sent to Univision.

Univision I

As this was the first edition of the contest, an entirely new concept to Universalis, Solea was unprepared and there was not enough time to host a selection contest. The songs sent this edition were internally selected.

Univision II

In the second edition, Solea hosted its first national final to select three entries for Univision. Besides the winners, results of the contest were not publicly released, and the voting was conducted by official juries from each of the major cities in the country.

ID Artist – Song Pos.
03 Wolfgun – The Woods 1
10 AllLevelsAtOnce – Paragon 2
14 Chevelle – Shameful Metaphors 3
01 Wolfgun – Ghost Catcher
13 Chevelle - Arise
15 Chevelle - Breach Birth
20 Fridge - Eyelids
21 Rise Against - Broken Mirrors
22 10 Years - 11:00 am (Daydreamer)
23 10 Years - Knives
24 metroponytan - Equestria Prevails
02 Wolfgun – Projections
04 Wolfgun - Fire
05 Wolfgun - The Binding of Andromeda
11 Pyramyth - Dolphin Talk
12 K-391 - This Is Felicitas

Univision III

In the third edition of Univision, Solea returned to an internal selection for only one edition.

Univision IV

Wyverncliff, Aahrus, Shmupland, and Tutono voted in this selection.

ID Artist – Song Pos. Pts.
6-1 Tobu – Colors 1 19
4-0 Owl City – Gold 2 14
6-0 JohnTheValient ft. ByeAlex – Te vagy 3 12
1-0 Wolfgun – Sundisk 4 12
2-0 Chevelle – Panic Prone 5 11
4-1 Aviators – Far From Me 6 11
2-1 Enter Shikari – Rat Race 7 8
6-2 myahri – Ayterek Gunterek 8 6
5-0 Approaching Nirvana – Redux 9 4
3-1 10 Years – ... And All The Other Colors 10 4
3-0 Rise Against – Historia Calamitatum 11 2
5-1 Vortex – The Border 11 2

Univision V

Wyverncliff, Tjedigar, Aahrus, and Auspikitan voted in this selection. Solea's national delegation had already selected its entries before the Auspik votes were received. The worst song was asked for from each country, and would receive a two point deduction. Tjedigar did not submit their -2 points.

ID Artist – Song Pos. Pts.
7-0 Of Monsters And Men – Dirty Paws 1 19
6-1 Nena – 99 Luftballons 2 15
6-2 Andrew Huang – Vass Tunga 3 13
3-1 Rise Against – The Great Die-Off 4 12
1-0 Wolfgun – Stranger 5 11
6-0 ponyphonic – Autumn 6 11
2-0 WoodenToaster & H8 Seed – Awoken 7 8
3-0 Course of Nature – The Window 8 5
4-1 Crystal Castles – Reckless 9 4
4-0 – Hooves Up High 10 2
1-1 Wolfgun – Fly Me To The Moon 11 0
2-1 Relient K – High of 75 12 -1
6-3 Noxious Emotion – Equilibrium: I've Lost My 13 -2

Univision VI

Aahrus, Aeridani, Tjedigar, and Darvincia voted in this selection. There were no particular peculiarities in the voting process for this edition. Although, the song which placed third, Pheeno - Open Up, is being replaced by a special song for Univision VI. Open Up will instead be given automatic consideration status with the winning three songs from the selection process for Univision VII.

This national final saw the most successful song in a Soleani national final, and also saw a single song recieve three -2 point votes.

ID Artist – Song Pos. Pts.
4-0 Hadise – Prenses 1 23
1-0 Wolfgun – Myth 2 19
5-0 Pheeno – Open Up 3 11
7-1 Rchetype – Supernova 4 10
4-1 twenty | one | pilots – Trees 5 8
6-0 Enter Shikari – The Bank of England 6 7
4-2 Kaay – Desequilibrio 7 7
8-0 Obsidiots – Choo Choo Go 8 6
6-1 Owl City – Up All Night 9 3
3-0 Smallpools – Dreaming 10 3
2-0 Incubus – Wish You Were Here 11 0
2-1 Three Days Grace – Animal I Have Become 12 -2

Univision VII

The Soleani National Broadcasting Network announced that national selections will be held in a different format in prospective editions of the contest. The final selection from the seventh edition on will be limited to 12 songs. 4 countries will be selected at random for invitation to vote in the Soleani National Final. If nations decline, replacements will be found based on a preselected draw. To arrive at the final results, the international votes will be summed and converted to a new point scheme (10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2). The international jury votes, in their entirety, will be given the same weight as the Soleani national vote, both jury and televote combined. Pheeno - Open Up was given consideration in a superfinal against the three selected national final songs and was not chosen to replace any of them.

Ethanthova, Auspikitan, Aeridani, and Kallisto were selected and voted in the national final. The international jury winner was Memoria. The national vote winner was Nowhere.

ID Artist – Song Pos. Pts.
3-0 Cristina Vasiu – Nowhere 1 17
6-0 BIG DATA – Dangerous (Oliver Remix) 2 14
5-0 Sofi Mayen – Memoria 3 12
2-1 Say Lou Lou – Everything We Touch 4 11
5-1 Eluveitie – The Call of the Mountains 5 9
7-0 GAIN – Paradise Lost 6 8
1-0 Wolfgun – As Stars Fall 7 6
2-0 Aynur Aydın – Yenildim Daima 8 5
5-2 Charlee – Boy Like You 9 5
3-2 Jon Henrik Fjällgren – Jag är fri 10 4
4-1 The Pretty Reckless – Follow Me Down 11 -2
4-0 10 Years – Dying Youth 12 -3

Univision VIII and the future

Aeridani, Dotruga, Aahrus, Ethanthova, and Bongatar voted in the international jury. The voting method was reverted to the old national final format after reviewing the results, noting that the results were very similar.

Road to Jupiter was replaced at the beginning of the event in favor of recent Soleani radio hit, How You Love Me. After poor results of the replacement, and as a national final winner, Wolfgun may be entered next edition. A national final next year was considered "not likely, although a smaller scale production may be viable for next edition." A national final is planned for the tenth edition of Univision.

ID Artist – Song Pos. Pts.
1-0 Wolfgun – Road to Jupiter 1 18
3-1 Oonagh – Eldamar 2 16
4-0 Avicii – Waiting For Love 3 14
2-0 Kendi – Oh Oh 4 14
3-0 Robyn Sherwell – Islander 5 12
3-2 Florrie – Little White Lies 6 10
4-1 Fox Stevenson – Trigger 7 9
5-1 TeddyLoid – ME!ME!ME! feat. daoko 8 7
5-0 Mihaela Marinova – Stapka napred 9 7
4-2 The Faint – The Geeks Were Right (... Remix) 10 5
5-2 Of Monsters and Men – Crystals 11 2
2-1 Gülşen – Bangır Bangır 12 0