Saint Monkey in the WorldVision Song Contest

Saint Monkey in the WorldVision Song Contest

Saint Monkey in the WorldVision Song Contest
Appearances	3 (As of WorldVision Song Contest 113)
Member Station	SMBS (Saint Monkey Broadcasting Service)
National Selection Events	The Music for Saint Monkey
Participation Summary
First Appearance	WorldVision Song Contest 111, Akjefuldin, Aenglide
Appearances	3 WorldVision Song Contest 111, Akjefuldin, Aenglide WorldVision Song Contest 112, Puerto Ámbar, Achaean Republic WorldVision Song Contest 113 Light City, Saint Monkey
Best Result	10th (121pts)
Worst Result	21st (80pts)
Hostings
Hosted:	1
Locations	Light City, Light City and the Lightning Lake
External Links

Saint Monkey has participated in the WorldVision Song Contest 3 times as of the 113th WorldVision Song Contest. SMBS announced they would be representing Saint Monkey for the first time in the WorldVision Song Contest. Immortal accepted and SMBS and Immortal agreed that they will do something out of their comfort zone; Doo-Wop. Saint Monkey finished 21st out of 29 nations. This was a bit disappointing but the SMBS knew that they were taking a risk with the song they were choosing. SMBS said after the contest that they were "Extremely pleased with the quality of the contest and viewing figures." They also stated that "We don't want to do anything too cliche. Instead, we need to focus on how to make a variety of unique songs with different genres."

SM1 (Saint Monkey 1), another broadcaster in Saint Monkey, was the first to broadcasting it, doing it via the Malta Comino Gozo Broadcasting Corporation, in WV100, celebrating the 100th edition, Saint Monkey were allowed to have a special broadcast of it, and 2.1 million people watched the Grand Final. This made SMBS gain interest in the International Broadcasting Alliance and be open to participate in future contests. SMBS applied for a full membership for the IBA in 2023, wanting to improve broadcaster relationships and get known more.

Broadcasts

Edition	Channel(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson
100	SM1A	None	Did not participate
111	SMBS 1, SMBS NV & WV, SMBS+	Harry Chanda, Aurora Kucera (All Channels)	Alex Helios
112	SMBS 1, SMBS NV & WV, SMBS+	Harry Chanda, Alejandra Chiguez (All Channels)	Aurora Kucera
113	SMBS 1, SMBS NV & WV, SMBS+	Alejandra Chiguez, Harrison George (All Channels)	Pepe Gutierrez

History

Saint Monkey had shown interest in participation in the WorldVision Song Contest in its' early history. However due to the start of the MEGIRBA Song Contest, Saint Monkey decided to opt out of the contest and focus on the more cheaper and closer to home option. When the MEGIRBA Song Contest got Cancelled and after the 2nd Teriiblean War, SMBS gave WorldVision a letter of interest. However, they needed to rebuild their functionality of being a broadcaster and needed a comfortable profit margin, and especially after the war this was hard, due to the 1997 Saint Monkey Economic Crisis. In the early 2000s, SMBS managed to get enough money to participate in the contest. At this time however, the government sold a large share in SMBS. As reforms were made, SMBS never managed to enter the song contest. Another major reason was the 69th WorldVision, which was Boycotted by members of the public and major Broadcasters and was given the title as an "Adult Strip Club Contest" by Shareholders in SMBS. This stopped SMBS for participating in the near future.

Other broadcasters showed interest in broadcasting the contest and even participating in it, however once again, many broadcasters such as the STVU and SM1 suffered from financial trouble and then the boycott of the 69th edition caused several broadcasters to pull out.

As the centinery of the contest was upcoming, many broadcasters considered to broadcast it, with people saying it was time to "move on" from the 69th Contest. SM1 were quick to be given broadcast rights, but SMBS were close however had problems entering into the IBA, which could've seen them broadcast and possibly participate in the contest. SM1 broadcasted the contest through MCGBC, Malta Comino Gozo's WorldVision Broadcaster.

By WorldVision 106, SMBS got admitted into the IBA, and considered joining WV107, however were blocked by the NationVision Song Contest, a contest it'd been participating in since it's fifth edition, and did not want to risk being banned from the contest.

Until 110, SMBS hadn't tryed entering, however when SMBS got a call from RTVC, stating it would be able to participate in WorldVision if they would like to, after a loosening of rules after Vonum's broadcaster leaving the contest, only to return a couple of contests later. SMBS then applied for the 111th WorldVision in Aenglide, and got accepted. They entered their first song, using an internal selection, but purely for "trying the contest."

WorldVision 111
Immortal is the most prominent band in the Saint Monkey music scene, known for their Pop-Rock Music. They are known for achieving the most number 1s in the Saint Monkey charts, most Number 1s in Anastasia, most Streams for an album in Anastasia and the most countries visited on a single tour. SMBS announced they would be representing Saint Monkey for the first time in the WorldVision Song Contest. Immortal accepted and SMBS and Immortal agreed that they will do something out of their comfort zone; Doo-Wop. They all have had practice in vocal training, so that's not the problem. However, with the band being so famous for it's rock and pop, it's a strange move that some fans will disagree with. However the band said this song is a true meaning of Friendship.

Saint Monkey finished 21st out of 29 nations. This was a bit disappointing but the SMBS knew that they were taking a risk with the song they were choosing. SMBS said after the contest that they were "Extremely pleased with the quality of the contest and viewing figures." They also stated that "We don't want to do anything too cliche. Instead, we need to focus on how to make a variety of unique songs with different genres. As long as the public are happy and choose who they want, we are sure this will be a massive success." They also mentioned a target for Saint Monkey in the coming years. If they do not finish in the top 5 by WV120, they will begin to do the contest a bit less often. However at the moment they hope for more successful efforts and have a lot to go on forward.

WorldVision 112
Jonathan Lewis was the artist who won the first Music for Saint Monkey selection for WV (Not NV) and he is known for his collabs and influence in Crownex. SMBS announced that he would participate for Saint Monkey in WV112 in Puerto Ámbar, Achaean Republic. The song Graduation, about his backstory with his and his sisters bullying problem in school, along with much much more problems.

Saint Monkey finished 10th out of 25, improving from the previous edition. Jonathan Lewis has now made up with his sister, and might finally be able to have a relationship with her after all of those years away from her. This suggests improvement for Saint Monkey and hope that they can rise and fight for wins soon.

WorldVision 113
After plans to host the contest, SMBS released an official Host Bid for Saint Monkey. The bid was for the contest to be hosted in Light City, and saw the theme being "The Power Of Music" celebrating the cities and the whole regions EDM and Lightning Culture. SMBS collaborated with Label Monsterdog Saint Monkey to produce the host bid, and to provide the arena, the Monsterdog Unleahed Arena. It faced against a Host Bid by Beepee, which would've saw the contest been hosted in Chiton, Beepee. The vote was won by Saint Monkey, winning by just 2 points. The contest was taking place at 21:00 UTC-10, meaning WorldVision Committee nations such as Malta Comino Gozo and Waisnor would have to watch the contest in the following morning.

The national final selected Maria Camia and Roberta Carma to participate in the first hosting by Saint Monkey itself, with the Indie Dance/Nu Disco song "On Our Planet". This was a Monsterdog Saint Monkey song, as the label wanted to enter a song for the contest it was helping organise. They asked Maria to bring back a song that wasn't going to be released after the production broke up, which was 5 years ago. W.A.V.E, who produced the song alongside Maria, and Maria herself agreed and Monsterdog helped them produce the song, by offering them their equipment, and eventually they were able to complete the song. It was about all of life's stories. "Whether it be love, death or life, there's always a story happening on this planet," explained Roberta Carma in an interview for Channel Monkey (a Saint Monkeyian broadcaster), "We want to share that using music, and hopefully get people to reach a deep connection with this song." It clocked up nearly 10M views on the WorldVision YouTube Channel and clocked up 1.3M on the Monsterdog Saint Monkey channel, making it the 5th most viewed video on this channel, as of 16th April 2024.

The song finished 12th with 119 points, making it Saint Monkey's 2nd best result, out of 3. Although there was a lot of effort put into the staging of the performance, the niche genre made it finish where it did. SMBS however, have stated that they're looking to bring songs that the Saint Monkeyian public wants, rather than the mainstream songs many others do.

Results History

Here's the history of Saint Monkeys results in WorldVision:

Edition	Song Name	Artist	Position	Points
WorldVision Song Contest 111, Akjefuldin, Aenglide	Going for A Dream	Immortal	21st	80
WorldVision Song Contest 112 Puerto Ámbar, Achaean Republic	Graduation	Jonathan Lewis	10th	121
WorldVision Song Contest 113 Light City, Saint Monkey	On Our Planet	Maria Camia & Roberta Carma	12th	119

Voting History

111th Edition

Number of Points Given	Country	Finishing Place
12	Furballand	24th
10	Malta Comino Gozo	2nd
8	Northern Beepee	8th
7	Brodhavan	14th
6	StrayaRoos	16th
5	Pemecutan	9th
4	Saviera	22nd
3	Illdonya	18th
2	Samudera Darussalam	3rd
1	Terra-Zealandia	20th

112th Edition

Number of Points Given	Country	Finishing Place
12	Malta Comino Gozo	2nd
10	Aenglide	5th
8	Britonisea	1st
7	Gallicelestia	4th
6	Metras	18th
5	Achaean Republic	3rd
4	Beepee	12th
3	Ugunnustan	6th
2	Axuva	11th
1	Hakushiya	16th

113th Edition

Viewing Figures

All figures in Millions

Number of Points Given	Country	Finishing Place
12	Kalosia	3rd
10	Malta Comino Gozo	1st
8	Alezian Union	8th
7	Beepee	5th
6	Aenglide	9th
5	Mother CupcakKe	4th
4	Achaean Republic	10th
3	Elejamie	2nd
2	Placely Placington	21st
1	Ugunnustan	6th

Edition	Peak	Average
100	3.9	2
111	8.7	4.6
112	9.1	6.8
113	10.5	7.9