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.

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.

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.

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)

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