AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1988

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1988
Dates
Final	16th of May 1988
Host
Venue	Sankt-Auvonskovsky Ice Rink, Saint Auron, PY
Presenter(s)	Belyka Navalonava
Musical director	Isharin Maki
Directed by	Pyotr Aukonsky
Executive supervisor	Yekaterina Marianova
Executive producer	Marie Roslanavich
Host broadcaster	Radio Pyalivostok
Participants
Number of entries	18
Vote
Voting system	Each region sends two juries and a public vote where each votes 1-5 for the best 5 songs

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1988 is the thirty-first edition of the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs. The competition was held as usual in 16th of May 1988 by the authorities of Radio Pyalivostok. This is the third time that Basna hosted the competition after doing so previously in 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, and 1985.

Around that time, the Iliyan Government had been succesfully overthrown by the National Revolution led by Mukhlis Krasnaya Novogrody (who was the son of Aziz Goridagyev Novogrody, who won three times himself representing Pyalivostok). And thus, this competition can be called "The first ARFOS to be held in the Democracy Era"

The successful Revolution resulted in a continuation of last year where many songs that competed contained lyrics celebrating freedom, revolution, peace, and Alezia as a whole. There's also a common theme of Reunification (which won't happen until 2021) even though it's not the main theme, only being mentioned in the lyrics of some entries.

The themes mentioned are also supported due to the fact that 1988 is the year where North Alezia celebrated 30 years of its independence, and also when ARFOS celebrated it's 30 years running in North Alezia. And due to this, there were plans to invite another country to ARFOS to "spice the competition".

At the time, Japan, Indonesia, and Carrelie were put to consideration to be invited to ARFOS. However, the higherups at AleziRadio suggested holding an "Independence Award" instead, where every year, other than an original song, all of them would sing one same Alezian song which would only be graded out of presentation and voice, and where only nine singers would compete instead of the usual 18. The running order itself was decided by AleziRadio in a draw instead of based from last year's ranking. Carrelie would participate next year.

The competition was held in the town of Saint Auron or Sankt-Auvonskovsky in Russian. 20 kilometers away from Pyalivostokgrad, it has a population of 248,389 as of 1989. It was decided to be held in Saint Auron after the city authority of Pyalivostokgrad refused to take the responsibility due to budgetary issues that was happening in the internal of the city council.

Saint Auron did not have any theaters or indoor places, and thus it was decided that the competition was to be held in the Sankt-Auvonskovsky Ice Rink, where a stage would be put on the center with a carpet running from the center to the backstage of the ice rink. The Ice Rink did not have seating, and thus temporary seating of 1,500 people and temporary orchestra pit was made. This is the first time that the competition was held outdoors and the second time that the competition was held in a roofless building after 1961. Even with the initial problems, audience said that the entries were perfectly audible even outdoors.

The interval act for the competition were the Shangri-La Ice Dancers who made headlines at the time after the competition due to the quality of the act surprising viewers. Until this day, the Shangri-La Ice Dancers has been deemed as one of the best interval acts in the AleziRadio Festival of Songs' history.

Conductors

The list of conductors can be seen below.

Region	Conductor
Basna	Soeradi
Zafizamarrah	Abran Nurahman
Pyalivostok	Isanova Yeltsin
Tel Hadiv	Neshaletz Tzuriel
Mosin-Nagan	Bella Ursula
Bristol	Immanuel Hart
Aramna	Misha Roubennais
Pantabang Islands	Fraua Yeslinais
Daya Island	Yalta Naaminen

Commentators

Region	Radio Broadcaster	Commentators
NATIONWIDE	AleziRadio	English: Azlain Hamisyan (AR-P1), Hasden Dawran (AR-TV1) Arabic : Mukhlis Hasdar (AR-P2), Nur Hasan Yusril (AR-TV1, broadcasted a day after the live competition)
Zafizamarrah	Radio Zafizamarrah	Arabic: Samaruddin Hatta (RZ-P1) Buginese: Andi Muhammad Yuzhari (RZ-PB)
Pantabang Islands	Radio Zafizamarrah / Pa'ana'taba'angi	Alezian : Ya'en Rama'i Dadon (RZ/P A) Dutch : Aalsterijk Sa'i'ue'i Salem (RZ/P Nederlandse)
Tel Hadiv	Radio Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu	Hebrew : Sheila Rayeshmaim (RTH-Y-P1)
Bristol	Royal Radio of Bristol	English : Dorothy Oxford-Anne (RRB) French : Alfonso Roubin (RFrB)
Pyalivostok	Radio Pyalivostok	Russian : Hasan Stalenovich (RP)
Basna	Radio Basna Raya	Indonesian : Indah Dayawati (RBR)
Mosin-Nagan	Radio Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu / Mosinannaganyan	Georgian : Berlyan Madanoshvili (RTH-Y / MN)
Daya Island	Radio Pyalivostok / Dayain Saari	Finnish : Isabella Laulani (RP / DS) Swedish : Malko Yanselund (RP / DS / Svensk)
Aramna	Araminhaes Radioues	Aramnan : Ennie Loulavais (ARR)

Participating Entries and Results

• "*" = the singer won the Independence Award which was held the day before the competition
• The song for the Independence Award for the year was "My Dear, My Beloved", which was originally sung and composed by Muhammad Iswar in 1940.

No.	Region	Singer	Song	Translation	Language	Place	Points
01	Pyalivostok	Erin Yalyeni	Мой секрет	My Secret	Russian	17	5
02	Mosin-Nagan	Arin Mamadashvili	მზე ანათებს ჩემზე	The Sun Shines Upon Me	Georgian	11	34
03	Bristol	Elene Rallings	My Star of the Truth	-none-	English	8	55
04	Zafizamarrah	Isa Nur Rahim*	هذا أنا	It's Me	Arabic	6	71
05	Mosin-Nagan	Farah Agnayan and the Teacups	ვის შეუძლია მოატყუოს?	Who Can Lie?	Georgian	10	35
06	Zafizamarrah	Intanurza Aiman	تأمل في الحب	Hoping For Love	Arabic	5	77
07	Aramna	Isabella Malhourais	Sweet	-none-	Aramnan	4	91
08	Tel Hadiv	Marin Hekelyon	לא מחכה יותר	No More Waiting	Hebrew	9	48
09	Daya Island	Aalta Raina	Minä voin olla se	I Can Be The One	Finnish	18	3
10	Tel Hadiv	ESHELSHEVET	בִּלבּוּל	Confusion	Hebrew	12	30
11	Pantabang Islands	Eurie Ma'olani Salem	Home	-none-	Alezian	2	125
12	Pantabang Islands	Gheri Ma'uka'wa'i Dadon	The Wild West	-none-	Alezian	15	10
13	Daya Island	Mark Albertsen	Var jag hör Hemma	Where I Belong	Swedish	3	108
14	Bristol	James Ferry	Train Station	-none-	English	7	57
15	Basna	Muhawarrin Saud	Bebas	Free	Indonesian	1	143
16	Pyalivostok	Elyon Saveli	Это кто я	It's Who I Am	Russian	14	12
17	Aramna	FRESH	Fresh	-none-	Aramnan	13	26
18	Basna	Isma'il Sulaiman-Sari	Tempatku Berpikir	The Place Where I Think	Indonesian	16	6

Voting by Region

	PY-1	PY-2	MN-1	MN-2	BR-1	BR-2	ZF-1	ZF-2	AR-1	AR-2	TH-1	TH-2	DI-1	DI-2	PI-1	PI-2	BN-1	BN-2		PY-1	PY-2	MN-1	MN-2	BR-1	BR-2	ZF-1	ZF-2	AR-1	AR-2	TH-1	TH-2	DI-1	DI-2	PI-1	PI-2	BN-1	BN-2		TOTAL
Мой секрет	XX	XX						3												XX	XX	1									1								5
მზე ანათებს ჩემზე			XX	XX	5		1						5					5		5		XX	XX		7	5						1							34
My Star of the Truth	1	3	3		XX	XX			7		1		3	1			3	3				3	7	XX	XX			10		5			5						55
هذا أنا		5				10	XX	XX	1	3		3			7	5		7				7		5		XX	XX		10			3				5			71
ვის შეუძლია მოატყუოს?			XX	XX		3	10	10		1	5											XX	XX							1		5							35
تأمل في الحب		7	10				XX	XX		7		5	1	7							10		3		10	XX	XX					7				7	3		77
Sweet		10				5			XX	XX	10	7												7			1	XX	XX	7		10	10	7	7		10		91
לא מחכה יותר			5		3				3		XX	XX					7	1		1		5		1		7	7			XX	XX				5	3			48
Minä voin olla se													XX	XX																3		XX	XX						3
בִּלבּוּל	3			3	7	1		7			XX	XX		3							3					3				XX	XX								30
Home	5		7	10			3		10			10		5	XX	XX		10			7	10	10	10	5			3	3		3		7	XX	XX		7		125
The Wild West	7							1							XX	XX									1			1						XX	XX				10
Var jag hör Hemma						7	7				7		XX	XX	10	1	10			7						10	5		7	10	7	XX	XX	5		10	5		108
Train Station		1			XX	XX		5	5	10			7			7				3	1			XX	XX		3	5	1		5			3			1		57
Bebas	10		1	7	10					5			10	10	5	10	XX	XX		10	5		5	3			10	7	5		10			10	10	XX	XX		143
Это кто я	XX	XX		1								1			3		1			XX	XX												3	1	1	1			12
Fresh				5	1		5		XX	XX					1	3	5								3			XX	XX						3				26
Tempatku Berpikir											3						XX	XX					1			1							1			XX	XX		6