AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1959

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1959
Dates
Final	16th of May 1959
Host
Venue	Krakovisech Theatre, City of Pyalivostok
Presenter(s)	Ekaterina Liliyaneva
Musical director	Arifin Husaynaruddin
Directed by	Aqqadaruddin Hadid
Executive supervisor	Muhammad Afiqqa
Executive producer	Harlei Makalyesovich
Host broadcaster	Radio Pyaliva
Participants
Number of entries	12
Vote
Voting system	Each region sends in 30 juries combined from the professional and the public, where each gives a vote for the song they like best
Winning song	"Make Me Believe in You" by Nathaniel Swayne

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1959 is the second edition of the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs. It was held in 16th of May 1959 at the Krakosevich Theatre, City of Pyalivostok after the victory of Aziz Goridagyev Novogrody the previous year. This was the first competition to be held in Pyalivostok. The second edition was won by Nathaniel Swayne representing Bristol with the song "Make Me Believe in You"

Incidents

Santa Liliace debate

Representatives from Bristol and Tel Hadiv protested the fact that Santa Liliace got to sing on the stage once again, where Makada Shenish'arev from Tel Hadiv protested that her participation would bring an unfair advantage for the Aramnans to win, and William Hardington from Bristol protested that the competition has lost it's point on creating new Alezian talent if a great singer who already placed second is allowed to sing again. Both regions wanted Liliace to be disqualified and for Aramna to find another artist or to be disqualified as a whole. A ruling by the committee resulted in the creation of the rule that Liliace is allowed to compete, as she has rightfully won the regional selection in her own region. Reacting to the accusation, Liliace said the famous "Ik haise Ik zais bellais..." (I guess I'm that beautiful), and the two representatives apologized shortly after.

Pyalivostokian Venue

It was found out years later that no one in the Pyalivostokian Radio Authority predicted that anyone from their region would win the previous year. When Aziz Goridagyev Novogrody won, it caught the Pyalivostokians off guard and it was rumoured that when Aziz got home, Belsekov Nakarevich shouted at Aziz, "Why would you do this to us?! Now we have to host this competition! We can't refuse because we want to keep our face!" Pyalivostok was known for its infrastructural problems and finding a suitable venue is hard. And thus, the city of Pyalivostok loaned its best theatre at that time which is the Krakosevich Theatre, which even then has substandard build quality.

Competing Entries and Results

The running order was established from the rankings of the previous year. As Aziz Goridagyev Novogrody won representing Pyalivostok, then it was decided that Pyalivostok (especially as hosts) shall go first, and closed by the region who got last, which is Aramna.

No.	Region	Singer	Song	Translation	Language	Place	Points
01	Pyalivostok	Edi Kachinev	Возможно, однажды	Maybe One Day	Russian	7	14
02	Aramna	Santa Liliace	Arrea	Stop	Aramnan	6	15
03	Zafizamarrah	Ishaq Matta	أرض الإنسانية	Land of Humanity	Arabic	9	12
04	Bristol	Nathaniel Swayne	Make Me Believe in You	-none-	English	1	23
05	Zafizamarrah	Muhammad Dawrayuddin	العيش في الطابق الثاني	Living on the Second Floor	Arabic	3	20
06	Bristol	Hector Sal	Leaving You Behind is Hard	-none-	English	4	16
07	Tel Hadiv	Nakol Sav	אחד	One	Hebrew	12	9
08	Tel Hadiv	Meriyev Asloan	גְדוּלָה	Greatness	Hebrew	9	12
09	Basna	Nazar Ismaradayn	Ketika Kau Ada Disisiku	When You're On My Side	Indonesian	2	21
10	Basna	Italiana Rusmaruddin	Dansa	Dance	Indonesian	4	16
11	Pyalivostok	Elia Rokanyeva	правда, которую нужно сказать	Truth To Be Told	Russian	9	12
12	Aramna	Nevena Aleainais	Santaeis Bellais	Saint Belle	Aramnan	8	13

Voting by region

		Results by region
		Basna	Tel Hadiv	Pyalivostok	Bristol	Aramna	Zafizamarrah	Total
	Возможно, однажды	4	3	0	3	3	1	14
	Arrea	2	1	4	3	2	3	15
	أرض الإنسانية	0	2	2	5	1	2	12
	Make Me Believe in You	2	1	4	5	7	4	23
	العيش في الطابق الثاني	3	7	2	3	2	3	20
	Leaving You Behind is Hard	1	3	3	3	3	3	16
	אחד	2	3	0	1	1	2	9
	גְדוּלָה	2	2	4	2	0	2	12
	Ketika Kau Ada di Sisiku	5	2	4	1	7	2	21
	Dansa	4	2	4	1	4	1	16
	правда, которую нужно сказать	2	1	2	2	1	4	12
	Santaeis Bellais	3	3	1	1	2	3	13

Impact

The victory of Nathaniel Swayne elevated his career in the Alezian Isles (even going to South Alezia, who was closed away from the North), making his winning song like the previous year, the best selling song of the year.

While the majority reaction was positive, there was concern due to the fact that the voting system was too boring, added with the fact that the way that each region may vote for their own entries brings concern of cheating and fraud. To counter this, AleziRadio tried a new voting system that was tested the next year.