AleziRadio Festival of Songs 2002

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 2002
Dates
Final	16th of May 2002
Host
Venue	Lenteloup GrandTheater, Bucinnois, PI, ZF
Presenter(s)	Millie Na'ukase'i Dadon
Musical director	Ida Longourie Salem
Directed by	Eshlainn Rouwendal
Executive supervisor	Ishaq Nurqifli
Executive producer	Selena Ka'ura'ni Makarina
Host broadcaster	Radio Zafizamarrah / Pa'ana'taba'angi
Participants
Number of entries	18
Vote
Voting system	Each region sends five-member juries where each votes 1,3,5,7, and 10 for the best 5 songs, added with online vote using Propotional Vote.
Winning song	"Kiitos" by Wazinou

AleziRadio Festival of Songs 2002 is the fourty-fifth edition of the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs. The competition was held as usual in 16th of May 2002 by the authorities of Radio Zafizamarrah / Pa'ana'taba'angi (RZ-PI). This is first time that the Pantabang Islands hosted the competition after the victory of Ozhlana with the song "Mijn hart is gemaakt van diamanten". The Pantabang Islands is also the second territory of North Alezia to host the festival.

The festival was won by the Group Wazinou consisting of Mika Naasulainen, Ezlan Helvez, and Emilio Kaersinta with the song "Kiitos" representing Daya Island. It's Daya Island's third win and twelveth top three finish. It is also the second consecutive time that a territory won the competition. The song also broke the previous record of most points earned with Kiitos earning 331 points.

Pantabang Islands and Bristol finished the top three with it being Pantabang Islands' fourth runner-up finish and Bristol's fifth third place finish. Ozhlana is the first returning performer in the AleziRadio Festival of Songs' history to finish in the top three back-to-back.

As it's head broadcaster, Radio Zafizamarrah gave RZ-PI the right to pick the host for themselves, giving them the chance of either picking the host through a bidding process or immediate selection. After thorough studies and acknowledgement of announcements of refusal to host by various cities, RZ-PI immediately picked the territory's capital, Bucinnois, to hold the festival.

Bucinnois is located on the northern coast of the entire Pantabang Islands. It is one of a few prime spots for fisheries and petroleum industries. In Petroleum segment alone, Bucinnois produces 15% of North Alezia's export quality refined petroleum products. The town (according to the 2000 census) has a population of 882,388 around the time of the festival. The town itself doesn't belong to any specific big tribes of the Pantabang Islands (Dadon, Salem, Makarina, Ancic), becoming a conurbation of all tribes with each tribe not holding a big majority. Bucinnois' population mostly speak French and Alezian (with English and a minority of Arabic and Dutch). This language influence was influenced from the colonization of the islands by the French when the Alezian Divide of the 19th Century happened. The French also influenced many of the islands' infrastructure. While the South Alezian part of the islands lost its' French culture, the Northern side fully embraced their French culture.

For the festival itself, the festival is hosted in the Lenteloup GrandTheater, five kilometers away from the gate of the city's port. The theater is the oldest in Pantabang Islands, yet it has been refurbished and expanded three times in its past, being able to seat 15,000 people on time for the festival.

Ozhlana who won the festival last year for her home ground represented the Pantabang Islands again for the second time. Initially, Ozhlana was contacted to be asked to host the festival just like the Harrisons last year or with Mika'il in 1996. However, Ozhlana refused the gig and instead took part and won the Pantabang Islander preselection for the 2002 AleziRadio Festival of Songs.

The festival recorded a record for the most songs sung in French, where all entries from Pantabang Islands and Bristol (where there's a considerable French-speaking population) was sung in French. This is the first time since 1967 that the festival did not feature a song in English. It's also the first time that Pantabang Islands sends its entries in French, which is notable considering that French was more widely spoken than Dutch (a language much more visible in the history of the festival)

Incidents

Ability to Host

After Ozhlana won the festival, doubts were raised about the territory's ability to host the festival. Even though the Pantabang Islands were rich in natural resources, it remains one of the poorest areas in North Alezia, especially being so separated from the Alezian mainland. Governor of Pantabang Islands at the time, Zoulaiman A'ina'we'i Dadon reassured the press that everything would be held normally without challenges that might hinder the territory's hosting of the festival. The governor's words were backed by the authorities from other territories of North Alezia (Mosin-Nagan and Daya Island) and from it's head region, Zafizamarrah, with the latter promising to back their territory the best they can.

Even though the territory was optimistic, they still asked Zafizamarrah to host in their place should the Pantabang Islands failed to host on time. And thus, a backup scenario was made where Zafizamarrah would host the festival in the New Independence Hall in the Metropolitan City, with them reusing the stage from the 2000 festival with minor changes. Fortunately, the event stayed in Pantabang Islands without any notable issues and was deemed as a successful event.

South Alezian Threat

Other than hosting ability, safety was deemed as a critical issue. at that time, North and South Alezia's diplomatic relations could be considered "cold" with close calls of war between the two. It was hypotesized that should a war happen between the two, the South Alezians would use the Pantabang Islands (especially Bucinnois) as a jumpstart into North Alezia. This makes the Pantabang Islands as the most fortified and militarized area in North Alezia.

For the festival, an unusual increase in security was installed to protect spectators and participants with their staffs in order to prevent incidents. The North Alezian Premier Dariq Authoriq contacted the King of South Alezia General Hoojvinken asking for assurance from South Alezia not to do anything dangerous on festival night else they would face consequences. The General (in an unusual manner) guaranteed the safety of the festival, for amnesty on 10% of their debts to North Alezia. The King also demanded that North Alezia allows the festival to be broadcasted into South Alezia. ABA Director of Programming Muhammad Lismazauri responded by saying, "South Alezia is always welcome to broadcast the festival any time they want anyways".

Conductors

The list of conductors can be seen below.

Region	Conductor
Basna	Ali Hisauradin
Zafizamarrah	Andi Mizannur Ahzanaruddin
Pyalivostok	Maria Nairadiva
Tel Hadiv	Hayel Sharonov
Mosin-Nagan	Isa Nagavishan
Bristol	Dawn Rickison
Aramna	Chicherina Mariabella
Pantabang Islands	Cherea Alisaunitaian
Daya Island	Amilea Samidana

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: Mafzali Amiruddin (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)
South Alezia	Televisie Alezie-Suid	no commentary

Spokepersons

Region	Domicile	Spokespersons
Basna	Basna Kota	Fitri Kurniawanti Almariah Hazar Alwadi
Pyalivostok	Pyalivostokgrad	Danijel Kalovich Ibel Souzielyova
Zafizamarrah	Metropolitan Zafizamarrah	Andi Hazul Azulaini Islan Hafizzi
Bristol	Victoria	Jane Ruth Elliot Macquerel
Pantabang Islands	Bucinnois	Kalinda Da'udanda Salem Irolene Davelijk Dadon
Tel Hadiv	Tel Hadiv	Meshrina Aveshner Abi-Razak Mahlarzaynuddin
Daya Island	Aaren	Arina Kaasulainen Amelia Smedlund
Mosin-Nagan	Trishi	Sinnadi Rabanshvili Helga Abishkenaidze
Aramna	Las Araminhaes	Irline Ablavinais Madina Kellie

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 "The Gift to Me" sung by Amran Hausira in 1943

No.	Region	Singer	Song	Translation	Language	Place	Points
01	Pantabang Islands	Allea	La petite Joséphine	The Little Josephine	French	6	171
02	Zafizamarrah	LONERS	المزيد من الحرارة	One More Heat	Arabic	4	246
03	Bristol	Blue and Alleine Liviera	Le faire moi-même	Doing It on my own	French	3	270
04	Basna	Azani	Air	Water	Indonesian	18	0
05	Zafizamarrah	Merinika	اختراعات	Inventions	Arabic	13	49
06	Pantabang Islands	Ozhlana	Rien n'ira jamais	Nothing Will Ever Go	French	2	317
07	Mosin-Nagan	Danary-Canary	ველური მატყუარა	Wild Liar	Georgian	5	200
08	Pyalivostok	Eneliya Kalesovich	Так что если я скажу нет?	So What if I Say No?	Russian	14	44
09	Pyalivostok	Niviera Danaliyeva	Мрачное будущее	A Bleak Future	Russian	11	86
10	Bristol	Annelise*	Mon dernier appel	My Last Call	French	10	109
11	Daya Island	Wazinou	Kiitos	Thank You	Finnish	1	331
12	Tel Hadiv	KNOCKOUT	Aħna L-Aħjar!	We're The Best!	Maltese	16	4
13	Aramna	Cannie Aleniasvarais	Cour-az	Heart	Aramnan	8	140
14	Tel Hadiv	Benni Bensairi	עם בעיטה סופית	With A Final Kick	Hebrew	7	162
15	Basna	Eni Razari binti Perlis	Sepanjang Malam	All Night Long	Indonesian	17	2
16	Aramna	Walley Bonniza	Dam-Dam-Dou-Rhie	-none-	Aramnan	12	81
17	Daya Island	Sonnia	Sieluni	My Soul	Finnish	15	17
18	Mosin-Nagan	Hatoshi Katsunagyan	今すべて	Everything Right Now	Japanese	9	111

	PI1	PI2	PI3	PI4	PI5	ZF1	ZF2	ZF3	ZF4	ZF5	BR1	BR2	BR3	BR4	BR5	BN1	BN2	BN3	BN4	BN5	MN1	MN2	MN3	MN4	MN5	PY1	PY2	PY3	PY4	PY5	DI1	DI2	DI3	DI4	DI5	TH1	TH2	TH3	TH4	TH5	AR1	AR2	AR3	AR4	AR5	JURY TOTAL	PUBLIC TOTAL	GRAND TOTAL
La petite Joséphine	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX			1		1	1		3		3			5	1					3			5				5	3		10		7		5				7			5	65	106	171
المزيد من الحرارة	7	10		10		XX	XX	XX	XX	XX			10	3	5		3		7	5		10			5		10					7	10	7		3	1		10	3	5		7			138	108	246
Le faire moi-même					3	3	7	10			XX	XX	XX	XX	XX			7		10		5	5	7		7	7	3			3				10				7			5	3			102	168	270
Air																XX	XX	XX	XX	XX																										0	0	0
اختراعات						XX	XX	XX	XX	XX																																			10	10	39	49
Rien n'ira Jamais	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	10	3			10	10	5			7	3	7		3		7	1	10	5	7	10				7	10	10	7		7			7	3		7			10		166	151	317
ველური მატყუარა			3		5	7	1		10		7				10						XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	1		1												10				7		62	138	200
Так что, если я скажу нет?				1						3		1	5							1						XX	XX	XX	XX	XX		5		3							3		5			27	17	44
Мрачное будущее				7					3	5		7					1		5		1					XX	XX	XX	XX	XX							10	1	1	7					1	49	37	86
Mon Dernier Appel			10	5	7				7	7	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX								1				1				1			1	1	10	5			5				1		62	47	109
Kiitos	10		7		1	5	5				5	3	7	10	1	5	10	10		7	5	3		10	10				5	10	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX					1	10	1			7	148	183	331
Aħna L-Aħjar!																		1																		XX	XX	XX	XX	XX			1			2	2	4
Cour-az	3	1	5		10		10	3						7		7				3							3	5	7	5			3		3		7	10	5		XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	97	43	140
עם בעיטה סופית		7						7			3	10		5		10					10	7	7		1	5		10	10	3	7				5	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	1	10		3		121	41	162
Sepanjang Malam																XX	XX	XX	XX	XX																										0	2	2
Dam-Dam-Dou-Rhie			1	3		1							1	1		1					3		3		3				1	1		1	5	5		1		3			XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	34	47	81
Sieluni	1	3							1															1							XX	XX	XX	XX	XX									5		11	6	17
今すべて	5	5						5	5								5	3	10		XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	3		7	3				1			5	3					3	10		3	76	35	111

Online Voting Results

According to the AleziRadio Festival of Songs 2001 Public Vote Collection Committee, Exactly 564,246,828 votes combined from online and televoting (including those who voted more than once) were valid which were sent over ARFOS Week.

No.	Song	Percentage	Votes
01	La petite Joséphine	9,06%	106
02	المزيد من الحرارة	9,27%	108
03	Le faire moi-même	14,40%	168
04	Air	0,03%	0
05	اختراعات	3,34%	39
06	Rien n'ira Jamais	12,89%	151
07	ველური მატყუარა	11,83%	138
08	Так что, если я скажу нет?	1,47%	17
09	Мрачное будущее	3,15%	37
10	Mon Dernier Appel	4,05%	47
11	Kiitos	15,64%	183
12	Aħna L-Aħjar!	0,14%	2
13	Cour-Az	3,65%	43
14	עם בעיטה סופית	3,47%	41
15	Sepanjang Malam	0,18%	2
16	Dam-Dam-Dou-Rhie	3,98%	47
17	Sieluni	0,51%	6
18	今すべて	2,95%	35