Escotia

Escotia is one of the founding countries of the Nation Song Contest. Its main broadcaster is Escotia Tele (ET)

Escotia's history in the contest is largely one of success, with three top 2 finishes in the first three editions.

Escotia's national final firstly consisted of three songs, but since the second edition 4 songs have been selected for the Escovision Sardeth Kar Teuner (the Escovision Song Contest). The scoring for the contest has gone through many changes, but in general there are several votes all of which add up to 100 (to represent a percentage). Until the 4th Escovision, a jury was used awarding 40, 30, 20 and 10 points.

NSC1 - Rob Thomas - Lonely No More - 2nd= - 39 points NSC2 - Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten - 1ST - 108 points NSC3 - Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend - 2nd - 77 points NSC4 - Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down The Days - 11th - 63 points NSC5 - Tina Karol - Vyshe Oblakov - PLACING AND SCORE TO BE CERTIFIED

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Escotia's debut was held in the capital, Kerkavo, and featured three artists - The Gossip, Rob Thomas (who won the contest and went on to finish joint second at the Nation Song Contest) and Natasha Bedingfield (who came back in the next edition, won, and went on to win the 2nd NSC). A nationwide televote, a jury and an internet vote decided the winner.

1st - Rob Thomas - Lonely No More 2nd - The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control 3rd - Natasha Bedingfield - I Bruise Easily

Escotia's votes were not received by the host country Arjastan due to technical difficulties, and due to rules 75% of Escotia's score was reduced. However, upon realising the problem, the NBU reinstated Escotia's points and their placing, although Escotia's votes were not included.

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The second edition of the ESKT saw one main change - 4 songs were chosen for the national final instead of three, a switch which has remained ever since. Natasha Bedingfield came back for another try after finishing in last place the year before with her self-penned song "Unwritten", which went on to win the contest and the NSC itself. The other competitors were Kelly Clarkson, Mika and The Feeling.

Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You - 4th - 54 points Mika - Grace Kelly - 2nd - 69 points The Feeling - Love It When You Call - 3rd - 67 points Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten - 1st - 110 points

Escotians were overjoyed when Natasha Bedingfield brought Escotia victory on only its second attempt, with a comfortable 27 point lead over the second placed song from Xorientia.

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The 3rd edition of Escovision ended up with the closest ever result, with three songs finishing withing 2 points of each other. In the end, Avril Lavigne won with the song "Girlfriend". After a tense voting at the NSC, ET breathed a sigh of relief when Escotia handed over victory from Avril's grasp to the neighbouring Arjastan.

Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend - 1st - 90 points Paolo Nutini - New Shoes - 4th - 33 points Elena Paparizou - Antithesis - 2nd - 89 points Fallout Boy - This Ain't A Scene - 3rd - 88 points

It was Escotia's turn to host and this small country used fundraising to cover the cost of quickening the building of the NB Arena, where the NSC was held. After a tense and exciting vote, Escotia and neighbouring Arjastan were just two countries in the running to win. The host nation was the final country to vote, and up to the 8 points had not awarded anything to any of the potential winners. When Escotian votes announcer Rob Thomas announced that Escotia had awarded 10 points to Arjastan, everyone realised Escotia could not win. Three countries were still eligible to win - Arjastan, Venera and Giggshood. A 12 for either of the latter two would provide them with a victory, but a 12 to anyone else would mean a win for Arjastan. In the end, Escotia gave their maximum 12 points to neighbours Gabriel, thus ensuring a second victory for Arjastan.

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The 4th edition of ESKT was surrounded by scandals and stories from the press, mainly about contestant Amy Winehouse, who was considered to be an inaproppriate role model and an unsuitable impression of Escotian people. After a scandalous vote which saw the jury award maximum points to Winehouse and the public to award less than 2% in almost every case, Natalie Imbruglia pulled through to emerge victorious. She went on to finish 11th at the NSC, Escotia's worst result to date.

Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down The Days - 1st - 228 points Maroon 5 - Harder To Breathe - 3rd - 125 points Amy Winehouse - Rehab - 4th - 55 points Girls Aloud - See The Day - 2nd - 192 points

Natalie Imbruglia was the first to perform at the NSC and went on to be the first Escotian representative to finish outside the top 2, but still maintains a succesful career in Escotia.