AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1998

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1998
Dates
Final	16th of May 1998
Host
Venue	Nekeshvet-Biscotti Hall, Yezateinu, TH
Presenter(s)	Eshmael Navandov and Khaniya Sinai
Musical director	Benny Davidson
Directed by	Emilia Suidmeiyer
Executive supervisor	Anarinna Minnie
Executive producer	Lasvarzan Hamsyarin
Host broadcaster	Royal Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu
Participants
Number of entries	18
Vote
Voting system	Each region sends two juries and two public votes where each votes 1,3,5,7, and 10 for the best 5 songs
Winning song	"Bayangan Seindah Dunia" by Niyaura Andarinda

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1998 is the fourty-first edition of the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs. The competition was held as usual in 16th of May 1998 by the authorities of Radio Tel Hadiv-Yezateinu. This is the fourth time that Tel Hadiv hosted the competition after previously hosting in 1961, 1977, and 1983 after the victory of Lalo Interdimensional with the song "עקבים גבוהים"

The competition was won by Niyaura Andarinda with the song "Bayangan Seindah Dunia" representing Basna. It's the seventh time that Basna won the competition after previously doing so in 1963, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1991. This win cemented Basna's reputation as one of the most successful regions in the AleziRadio Festival of Songs, behind Zafizamarrah and Pyalivostok. The winning singer Niyaura Andarinda is also the first participant to win the Independence Award twice after previously earning it in 1993.

Daya Island and Mosin-Nagan earned second and third place respectively (nearly making the contest as a rare occasion where the top 3 are dominated by territories instead of regions). This is Daya Island's fifth second place and Mosin-Nagan's third third place. Although fan-favorite and usual-dominator Zafizamarrah failed to enter the top 3, both of its' entries successfully entered the top 5, earning 4th and 5th place respectively.

The competition was held in Yezateinu, which was, and still is, the second biggest city in the region of Tel-Hadiv and was also known to be it's twin due to similiar positions where the two cities are located next to each other around the Ameshmai Bay, similiar economic power, similiar size, and similiar population count (in 1998, Tel Hadiv has 772,873 ; and Yezateinu has 772,381.) However, while Tel Hadiv is the capital, Yezateinu is the maritime center for the region of Tel Hadiv, known for its' seafood and jewelry industry.

The festival was held in the Nekeshvet-Biscotti Hall, which is 50 kilometers away from the Tel Hadiv Nadeshayan International Airport (which was Tel Hadiv's International Airport before being demolished in 2005 where it got moved to Tel Hadiv Aleshi'ar International Airport). The hall has previously hosted the 1983 festival under the name of Biscotti Hall. "Nekeshvet" was added after the Nekeshvet Pharmaceuticals Company bought 50% of the building's ownership. The hall remains as Yezateinu's biggest hall, with capacity of 6,724 people (previously it has a capacity of 1,736 people when it hosted the 1983 Festival).

This is the last edition of the AleziRadio Festival of Songs to be sponsored by Coca-Cola as the contract between the international company and the Alezian government where they're required to sponsor the event from 1993 to 1998 as 20% of the contract payment in order to operate in North Alezia. A few days after the festival was over, it was announced that the event would be sponsored by either the national government or State-Owned Enterprised from 1999 onwards unless situations requires change.

This is also the last edition of the AleziRadio Festival of Songs to be independently directed by AleziRadio. This year saw changes to its' standards and hirearchy which means that the newly created Alezian Broadcasting Authority got to direct AleziRadio as a subsidiary of ABA which automatically assumes control of their programmes, including AleziRadio Festival of Songs.

Niyaura Andarinda returned for her region of Basna after earning second in 1993. Sigmund Gneigas returned for Mosin-Nagan after earning 8th place last year. Pyalivostok sent an entry in Ukrainian for the first time. It's also the first time that Tel Hadiv sent a song in Maltese. Both entries are also the first songs ever to be sung in their respective languages.

Incidents

AleziRadio Corruption Scandal

On 15th of February 1998, the Anti-Corruption Board of Alezia (ACBA) revealed to the "DAILY ALEZIAN" newspaper that the entire executive board of AleziRadio has been found committing acts of corruption against the state that costs the North Alezian Government AZ$ 75.2 billion (US$ 4.42 billion in 1998) from its' 1998 budget. This makes it the worst corruption case to ever be unveiled and to be trialled in Alezian history.

The scandal struck the nation badly which invited ire from the Premier of North Alezia at the time which was Mukhlis Krasnaya Novogrody. It was said that Mukhlis was very angry that he fired the entire executive board at AleziRadio and threatened to suspend the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs for that year. However, he and the State Council acted quickly to restructure North Alezian broadcasting structure, changing it with the Alezian Broadcasting Authority, which remains as Alezia's State Broadcaster until now.

Later, Mukhlis announced that AleziRadio programming would continue as usual, which also confirmed that the AleziRadio Festival of Songs won't be cancelled. However, every programme made by AleziRadio (including ARFOS) are to be supervised by the newly-made Alezian Broadcasting Authority.

There has been rumours that the festival was to change its' name to an unknown name. However, the Director of Alezian Broadcasting Authority announced that the name "AleziRadio Festival of Songs" would stay as the name remains as a very important cultural identity even with problems surrounding it, to quote him, it's "Too important for Alezians from Basna to Bucinnois".

Conductors

The list of conductors can be seen below.

Region	Conductor
Basna	Soeradi
Zafizamarrah	Andi Mizannur Ahzanaruddin
Pyalivostok	Benzema Lakashivich
Tel Hadiv	Hayel Sharonov
Mosin-Nagan	Isa Nagavishan
Bristol	Daniel Rickerson
Aramna	Ellayna Carvisleis
Pantabang Islands	Lillea Aurie Dadon
Daya Island	Yalta Naaminen

Commentators

Region	Radio Broadcaster	Commentators
NATIONWIDE	ABA	English: Azza Ruzindari (AR-P1), Anria Marindaruddin (ABA Channel One) Arabic : Farah Al Fattaharin (AR-P2), Nur Hasan Yusril (ABA Channel One, broadcasted a day after the live competition)
Zafizamarrah	Radio Zafizamarrah	Arabic: Islan Haffizi (RZ-P1) Buginese: Andi Zahranita Narinda (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 : Michael Carl (RRB) French : Alfonso Roubin (RFrB)
Pyalivostok	Radio Pyalivostok	Russian : Yovleyin Dabarnova (RP)
Basna	Radio Basna Raya	Indonesian : Nissa Roukindayan (RBR)
Mosin-Nagan	Radio Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu / Mosinannaganyan	Georgian : Berlyan Madanoshvili (RTH-Y / MN)
Daya Island	Radio Pyalivostok / Dayain Saari	Finnish : Lisa Koorvinen (RP / DS) Swedish : Endive (RP / DS / Svensk)
Aramna	Araminhaes Radioues	Aramnan : Ennie Loulavais (ARR)

Spokepersons

Islan Hafizzi who commentates the event for the Zafizamarranian Arabic broadcast also reads the results of the second Zafizamarranian jury.

Region	Domicile	Spokespersons
Basna	Basna Kota	Isma'iluddin Hazar Alwadi
Pyalivostok	Pyalivostokgrad	Danijel Kalovich Ibel Souzielyova
Zafizamarrah	Metropolitan Zafizamarrah	Andi Hazul Azulaini Islan Hafizzi
Bristol	Victoria	Eddie Hayne Elliot Macquerel
Pantabang Islands	Bucinnois	Kalinda Da'udanda Salem Irlene A'uka'we'i Dadon
Tel Hadiv	Tel Hadiv	Meshrina Aveshner Albert Goldweissman
Daya Island	Aaren	Miisa Kulvalainen Bonni Kalvin
Mosin-Nagan	Trishi	Sinnadi Rabanshvili Danika Kalvinayan
Aramna	Las Araminhaes	Bourlie Darlainais Marielle Houren

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 "Zones of Loving You" by Emikaura Navalainen on 1942

No.	Region	Singer	Song	Translation	Language	Place	Points
01	Tel Hadiv	Mayani Maria	שראדה	Charade	Hebrew	7	63
02	Bristol	Darrel Hart	Miserable Love	-none-	English	12	25
03	Zafizamarrah	Andi Yasawfi Hamarin	انتقالات الضوء	Transitions of Light	Arabic	4	90
04	Zafizamarrah	Haliskaniyyah	الريح	The Wind	Arabic	5	76
05	Basna	Niyaura Andarinda*	Bayangan Seindah Dunia	The Shadow as Beautiful as the World	Indonesian	1	163
06	Aramna	Lelania Melanavais	Joval	(a dance technique)	Aramnan	6	71
07	Pyalivostok	Deni-Daurov Kasiliyevich	Покаяние	Repentance	Ukrainian	10	38
08	Mosin-Nagan	Sigmund Gneigas	არასოდეს ჩემი ბოლო	Never My Last	Georgian	3	103
09	Mosin-Nagan	Aurov and Kani	ტრაქტატი	Treatise	Georgian	11	33
10	Tel Hadiv	Michael Cornelius	Il-Verità, u L-Verità Biss	The Truth, and only the Truth	Maltese	15	13
11	Bristol	Devon, Ricky, and Michaelo	Universe	-none-	English	9	44
12	Daya Island	Emruz Nakasulainen	Todellakin	Indeed	Finnish	16	8
13	Pantabang Islands	INTERNET	www.Alezia.com	-none-	Alezian	14	17
14	Pantabang Islands	Majorie Lilie Salem	Alto	-none-	Alezian	8	45
15	Aramna	The Realistics	Fantastic!	-none-	Aramnan	17	0
16	Basna	Irivinda Aurinia	Damai	Peace	Indonesian	13	19
17	Pyalivostok	Samuel Kaldaniyev	Тротуар	The Sidewalk	Russian	18	0
18	Daya Island	Maja Lavin	Alla, överallt, varje dag	Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday	Swedish	2	129

Voting by Region

	TH-1	TH-2	BR-1	BR-2	ZF-1	ZF-2	BN-1	BN-2	AR-1	AR-2	PY-1	PY-2	MN-1	MN-2	DI-1	DI-2	PI-1	PI-2		TH-1	TH-2	BR-1	BR-2	ZF-1	ZF-2	BN-1	BN-2	AR-1	AR-2	PY-1	PY-2	MN-1	MN-2	DI-1	DI-2	PI-1	PI-2	TOTAL
שראדה	XX	XX			3		1			3	3	7					5			XX	XX	5									5		10	1	10	7	3	63
Miserable Love			XX	XX				7								1						XX	XX	7		10												25
انتقالات الضوء			5	1	XX	XX		5	10		1			10	3	5		5				7	7	XX	XX		5		5	7	3			3	7		1	90
الريح					XX	XX		3		7		10		3			3	7		7		3		XX	XX			10	10	5		3					5	76
Bayangan Seindah Dunia	5	10	7	10	7	7	XX	XX	5	5	5			5	7	10	10	10		10			3	10		XX	XX		7	10		10		5	5			163
Joval		7	10						XX	XX	7		7	7			7				7		5			1		XX	XX	1		7				5		71
Покаяння	7				1	3	3	10			XX	XX	1								3				7	3				XX	XX							38
არასოდეს ჩემი ბოლო		5	3	5	10	10					10		XX	XX	10									3	10						7	XX	XX	10		10	10	103
ტრაქტატი	1						5		7	1		3	XX	XX				1							3		7	5				XX	XX					33
Il-Verità, u L-Verità Biss	XX	XX																		XX	XX				5	7					1							13
Universe			XX	XX			10		1	10			5		5	3						XX	XX					1				1	5		3			44
Todellakin		1						1							XX	XX											3			3				XX	XX			8
www.Alezia.com												1		1		7	XX	XX					1		1			3	3							XX	XX	17
Alto	3			7			7										XX	XX		3	5	1					10				1		1	7		XX	XX	45
Fantastic									XX	XX																		XX	XX									0
Damai						1	XX	XX				5	3		1		1			1	1			1		XX	XX						3		1	1		19
Тротуар											XX	XX																		XX	XX							0
Alla, överallt, varje dag	10	3	1	3	5	5			3				10		XX	XX		3		5	10	10	10	5		5	1	7	1		10	5	7	XX	XX	3	7	129