View source for Plangainer in the WorldVision Song Contest

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 |  label3 = Participating broadcaster | data3 = [[AIM]]
 | header4 = Participation Summary
 |  label5 = Appearances | data5 = 9
 |  label6 = First Appearance |   data6 = [[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th Edition]]
 |  label7 = Best Result  | data7 = 2nd: [[WorldVision Song Contest 114|114th Edition]]
 |  label8 = Worst Result  | data8 = 15th: [[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th Edition]]
 |  label9 = Hostings | data9 = 1
| header10 = Participation history
 | data11 =
{{hlist
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th]]
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 99|99th]]
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 103|103rd]]
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 104|104th]]
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 106|106th]]
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 108|108th]]
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 111|111th]]
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 114|114th]]
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 115|115th]]
}}
| header12 = Hosting history
 | data13 =
{{hlist
| [[WorldVision Song Contest 117|117th]]
}}
}}

[[Plangainer]] has participated in the [[WorldVision Song Contest]] 8 times since its debut in the 98th edition of the contest, where Camille finished fifteenth, the country's worst placement in the contest. Plangainer's best result comes at the [[WorldVision Song Contest 114|114th edition]] of the contest, where Stefanie Feliciano earned second place by a margin of one point from the edition's reigning winner [[Gallicelèstia]], shared alongside Norma Savoie with her second placement in the [[WorldVision Song Contest 115|following edition]] with 207 points combined.

As of the country's last participation in the [[WorldVision Song Contest 115|115th edition]], Plangainer has yet to win the contest.

== History ==
Plangainer debuted in the [[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th edition]] of the WorldVision Song Contest after prolonged interest in participation prior to the debut dating all the way back to the 95th edition, with the national broadcaster having previously deliberated participation due to potential effort to boost engagement with the creation of the [[Melodine|Melodine Song Festival]] and viewership of entertainment programmes on the network, and with the admittance of [[AIM]] into the [[International Broadcasting Alliance]], the broadcaster pushed to begin participating in the contest. The contest and each broadcasted edition is archived and watchable on PORTAL, a video on demand service hosted by AIM.

Since the [[WorldVision Song Contest 104|104th edition]] of the contest, Plangainer had used various means to select their performer with various results, alternating between an internal method of selecting a performer to utilizing the [[Melodine|Melodine Song Festival]] to establish their representative, efforts were later concentrated to establish an independent show for the purpose of being the core selection process for selecting future acts, the broadcaster revealed that the plans were eventually canned and that the broadcaster would continue utilizing Melodine further as the format of selection.

=== Absences ===
Plangainer has withdrawn from the WorldVision Song Contest a number of times. The first withdrawal after their debut was two editions after their initial debut, during the [[WorldVision Song Contest 100|centennial edition]] of the WorldVision Song Contest when [[AIM]] had reported that the participant had incurred injuries in a vehicular collision during the preparation period of the contest in [[Monterra]], [[Kalosia]], and that the broadcaster had come to an agreement to put contest preparations on pause, later the next day it was announced that the conditions were deemed unfit for the delegation and the people involved to continue rehearsing without putting substantial risk to the recovery of the affected parties. 

The broadcaster later remained absent until the [[WorldVision Song Contest 103|103rd edition]] and then withdrawing from the [[WorldVision Song Contest 105|105th edition]] citing internal complications with delegation and broadcaster affairs that would impede the involvement and organization of the act to perform in the contest.

The country would then proceed to withdraw for the [[WorldVision Song Contest 107|107th]], [[WorldVision Song Contest 109|109th]], [[WorldVision Song Contest 109|110th]] and a period between [[WorldVision Song Contest 111|111th]] and [[WorldVision Song Contest 114|114th]] citing from internal discussion to be absent to conflicts of interest and scheduling. [[AIM]] would later clarify that while participation is always on the table every proceeding edition, appearance in the contest at a constant basis may not be possible for a multitude of factors, but will continue to broadcast the show to audiences in the country regardless of their status of participation.

=== Hostings ===
The country has successfully won the rights to host the [[WorldVision Song Contest 117|117th edition]] of the WorldVision Song Contest following an extensive selection process organized by AIM and the final broadcast delegation voting ticket held from 14 October to 21 of October. Orley and Concord were amongst the two shortlisted out of nine total cities who expressed interest in hosting the contest, with the broadcaster announcing the selection process a few days after the first round of cities were eliminated from the running. On the 21 October, it was announced by the WorldVision Committee that Concord would host the contest at the Phoenix Arena.

==Participation overview==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+Table key<!--
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;" | 1
| First Place-->
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" |2
|Second place
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" |3
|Third place
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDF;" |'''†'''
|Upcoming event
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Edition
! rowspan="2" |Artist
! rowspan="2" |Song
! rowspan="2" |Language
! rowspan="2" |Points
! rowspan="2" |Placement
! colspan="1" scope="col"|Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" |PLN<br /><ref>Peak chart positions for singles in Plangainer:</ref>
|-
![[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th]]
|Camille ||"Darling"||English||109|| 15th
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 23
|-
![[WorldVision Song Contest 99|99th]]
|Jason Blume and Carrie Mill||"Stars"||English||170||9th 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 31
|-
![[WorldVision Song Contest 103|103rd]]
|Melanii||"Give A Try"||English||175||6th
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
|- style="background-color:#C96"
![[WorldVision Song Contest 104|104th]]
|Aurelia Wei and Harrison Osborne||"Atbusti"||Lithuanian||204||3rd
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|-
![[WorldVision Song Contest 106|106th]]
|Sami Noble||"Make It"||English||196||4th
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
|-
![[WorldVision Song Contest 108|108th]]
|Oscar Sly||"Restricted"||English||161||10th
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14
|-
![[WorldVision Song Contest 111|111th]]
|Aurelia Wei || "Pameluos"||Lithuanian||207||4th 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
|- style="background-color:#CCC"
![[WorldVision Song Contest 114|114th]]
|Stefanie Feliciano||"Žydroje"||Lithuanian||216||2nd
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|- style="background-color:#CCC"
![[WorldVision Song Contest 115|115th]]
|Norma Savoie||"Say Hello"||English|||207||2nd
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
|}

==Songs by language==
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| thumb = right
| caption =
| other = 
| label1 = English
| value1 = 66.6 | color1 = #0099CC
| label2 = Lithuanian
| value2 = 33.3 | color2 = #FEBF35
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
!Songs
!Language
!Years
|-
|6
|English
|[[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th]], [[WorldVision Song Contest 99|99th]], [[WorldVision Song Contest 103|103rd]], [[WorldVision Song Contest 106|106th]], [[WorldVision Song Contest 108|108th]], [[WorldVision Song Contest 115|115th]]
|-
| 3
|Lithuanian
|[[WorldVision Song Contest 104|104th]], [[WorldVision Song Contest 111|111th]], [[WorldVision Song Contest 114|114th]]
|}

==Related involvement==

===Heads of delegation===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Edition
!Head of Delegation
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th]]–[[WorldVision Song Contest 108|108th]]
|Lincoln Watts 
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 111|111th]]–
|Jonas C. Nielsen
|}

===Heads of press===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Edition
!Head of Press
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th]]–[[WorldVision Song Contest 99|99th]]
|Ronald B. Innis
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 103|103rd]]–[[WorldVision Song Contest 108|108th]]
|Gemma Atkinson
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 111|111th]]–
|Keira Ruthven
|}

===Commentators and spokespersons ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Edition
!Commentator
! Spokesperson
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th]]
| rowspan="4" |Roan Hay
| rowspan="2" | Michele Lacombe
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 99|99th]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 100|100th]]
| rowspan="3" {{N/A|Did not participate}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 101|101st]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 102|102nd]]
| rowspan="2" |Erica Williams
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 103|103rd]]
| rowspan="2" |Michele Lacombe
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 104|104th]]
|Jeremy C. Navarrete
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 105|105th]]
|Roan Hay
| {{N/A|Did not participate}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 106|106th]]
| rowspan="11" |Jessica Ridley
|Roan Hay
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 107|107th]]
| {{N/A|Did not participate}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 108|108th]]
|Roan Hay
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 109|109th]]
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Did not participate}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 110|110th]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 111|111th]]
| Roan Hay
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 112|112th]]
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Did not participate}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 113|113th]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 114|114th]]
| rowspan="2" | Marinda Adams
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 115|115th]]
|-
|}

==Audience reception==
Reception of the WorldVision Song Contest in Plangainer is largely positive. While viewership is considered to be amongst the average when compared to more larger participating countries, audience numbers have steadily increased since the debut in the 98th edition and the show is considered to be the second most popular entertainment programme in the country, with peak viewership averaging at around 8 to 10 million people, behind only Melodine which consistently averages at around 11 to 13 million viewers per broadcast.

Reactions in the country to contest winners have varied depending on the year, however most contestants have been generally received positively by the general public and the national jury, with criticism often stemming from performances of certain songs that are considered controversial in Plangainer, however this has garnered little pushback from the general audience or any associated press.

Due to the funding model of the broadcaster, the show is broadcast without commercials and is limited to an age minimum of 10 for the public viewing of the show, the average audience has consisted predominantly of middle aged audiences between the ages of 25 and 34, though the show has also seen a large number of teenage and youth audiences that have deemed the show entertaining to watch, with the demographic of both female and male audiences in the country receiving the show evenly. Audience surveys conducted by AIM suggesting that viewership of the contest is considered an anticipated event in the year to watch, as the show has shown constantly to receive a high overall market share in viewership with editions that include the participation of Plangainer, but dropping significantly if the country is absent from the contest.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+Table key
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C1E1C1;" |'''✔'''
|Participated in the contest
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Viewership by edition
|-
!Edition
! class="unsortable" |Broadcast Channel
!{{abbr|Avg.|Average}} viewers<br />(millions)
!Share<br />(%)
|- 
! scope="row" style="background-color:#C1E1C1;" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 98|98th]]
| rowspan="18" |[[AIM]]
|8,60
|45.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="background-color:#C1E1C1;" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 99|99th]]
|7,59 
|47.1%
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 100|100th]]
|6,20 
|37%
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 101|101st]]
|6,69
|37.3%
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 102|102nd]]
|6,87
|33.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="background-color:#C1E1C1;" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 103|103rd]]
|9,10
|47,7%
|-
! scope="row" style="background-color:#C1E1C1;" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 104|104th]]
|10,35 
|48%
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 105|105th]]
|7,10
|37,3%
|-
! scope="row" style="background-color:#C1E1C1;" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 106|106th]]
|9,01
|53.5%
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 107|107th]]
|7,86 
|35.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="background-color:#C1E1C1;" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 108|108th]]
|10,66
|67%
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 109|109th]]
|9,12
|53.6%
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 110|110th]]
|7,79
|48.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="background-color:#C1E1C1;" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 111|111th]]
|9,35
|49.7%
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 112|112th]]
|6,40
|40%
|-
! scope="row" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 113|113th]]
|7,43
|45.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="background-color:#C1E1C1;" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 114|114th]]
|9,66
|60.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="background-color:#C1E1C1;" |[[WorldVision Song Contest 115|115th]]
|9,12
|47,9%
|}

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[[Category:WorldVision Song Contest]]

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