Plangainer in the WorldVision Song Contest

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Plangainer in the WorldVision Song Contest
WorldVision logo of Plangainer.svg
Participating broadcasterAIM
Participation Summary
Appearances8
First Appearance98th Edition
Best Result2nd: 114th Edition
Worst Result15th: 98th Edition
Participation history

Plangainer has participated in the WorldVision Song Contest 8 times since its debut in the 98th edition of the contest, where Camille finished fifteenth, the country's worst placement in the contest. Plangainer's best result comes in the 114th edition of the contest, where Stefanie Feliciano earned second place by a margin of one point from the edition's reigning winner Gallicelèstia.

As of the country's last participation in the 114th edition, Plangainer has yet to win the contest.

History

Plangainer debuted in the 98th edition of the WorldVision Song Contest after prolonged interest in participation prior to the debut dating all the way back to the 95th edition, with the national broadcaster having previously deliberated participation due to potential effort to boost engagement with the creation of the Melodine Song Festival and viewership of entertainment programmes on the network, and with the admittance of AIM into the International Broadcasting Alliance, the broadcaster pushed to begin participating in the contest. The contest and each broadcasted edition is archived and watchable on PORTAL, a video on demand service hosted by AIM.

Since the 104th edition of the contest, Plangainer had used various means to select their performer with various results, alternating between an internal method of selecting a performer to utilizing the Melodine Song Festival to establish their representative, efforts were later concentrated to establish an independent show for the purpose of being the core selection process for selecting future acts, the broadcaster revealed that the plans were eventually canned and that the broadcaster would continue utilizing Melodine further as the format of selection.

Absences

Plangainer has withdrawn from the WorldVision Song Contest a number of times. The first withdrawal after their debut was two editions after their initial debut, during the centennial edition of the WorldVision Song Contest when AIM had reported that the participant had incurred injuries in a vehicular collision during the preparation period of the contest in Monterra, Kalosia, and that the broadcaster had come to an agreement to put contest preparations on pause, later the next day it was announced that the conditions were deemed unfit for the delegation and the people involved to continue rehearsing without putting substantial risk to the recovery of the affected parties.

The broadcaster later remained absent until the 103rd edition and then withdrawing from the 105th edition citing internal complications with delegation and broadcaster affairs that would impede the involvement and organization of the act to perform in the contest.

The country would then proceed to withdraw for the 107th, 109th, 110th and a period between 111th and 114th citing from internal discussion to be absent to conflicts of interest and scheduling. AIM would later clarify that while participation is always on the table every proceeding edition, appearance in the contest at a constant basis may not be possible for a multitude of factors, but will continue to broadcast the show to audiences in the country regardless of their status of participation.

Participation overview

Table key
2 Second place
3 Third place
Upcoming event
Edition Artist Song Language Points Placement
98th Camille "Darling" English 109 15th
99th Jason Blume and Carrie Mill "Stars" English 170 9th
103rd Melanii "Give A Try" English 175 6th
104th Aurelia Wei and Harrison Osborne "Atbusti" Lithuanian 204 3rd
106th Sami Noble "Make It" English 196 4th
108th Oscar Sly "Restricted" English 161 10th
111th Aurelia Wei "Pameluos" Lithuanian 207 4th
114th Stefanie Feliciano "Žydroje" Lithuanian 216 2nd
115th Norma Savoie "Say Hello" English Confirmed intention to participate

Songs by language

  English (66.6%)
  Lithuanian (33.3%)
Songs Language Years
6 English 98th, 99th, 103rd, 106th, 108th, 115th
3 Lithuanian 104th, 111th, 114th

Related involvement

Heads of delegation

Edition Head of Delegation
98th108th Lincoln Watts
111th Jonas C. Nielsen

Heads of press

Edition Head of Press
98th99th Ronald B. Innis
103rd108th Gemma Atkinson
111th Keira Ruthven

Commentators and spokespersons

Edition Commentator Spokesperson
98th Roan Hay Michele Lacombe
99th
100th Did not participate
101st
102nd Erica Williams
103rd Michele Lacombe
104th Jeremy C. Navarrete
105th Roan Hay Did not participate
106th Jessica Ridley Roan Hay
107th Did not participate
108th Roan Hay
109th Did not participate
110th
111th Roan Hay
112th Did not participate
113th
114th Marinda Adams

Audience reception

Reception of the WorldVision Song Contest in Plangainer is largely positive. While viewership is considered to be amongst the average when compared to more larger participating countries, audience numbers have steadily increased since the debut in the 98th edition and the show is considered to be the second most popular entertainment programme in the country, with peak viewership averaging at around 8 to 10 million people, behind only Melodine which consistently averages at around 11 to 13 million viewers per broadcast.

Reactions in the country to contest winners have varied depending on the year, however most contestants have been generally received positively by the general public and the national jury, with criticism often stemming from performances of certain songs that are considered controversial in Plangainer, however this has garnered little pushback from the general audience or any associated press.

Due to the funding model of the broadcaster, the show is broadcast without commercials and is limited to an age minimum of 10 for the public viewing of the show, the average audience has consisted predominantly of middle aged audiences between the ages of 25 and 34, though the show has also seen a large number of teenage and youth audiences that have deemed the show entertaining to watch, with the demographic of both female and male audiences in the country receiving the show evenly. Audience surveys conducted by AIM suggesting that viewership of the contest is considered an anticipated event in the year to watch, as the show has shown constantly to receive a high overall market share in viewership with editions that include the participation of Plangainer, but dropping significantly if the country is absent from the contest.

Table key
Participated in the contest
Viewership by edition
Edition Broadcast Channel Avg. viewers
(millions)
Share
(%)
98th AIM 8,60 45.2%
99th 7,59 47.1%
100th 6,20 37%
101st 6,69 37.3%
102nd 6,87 33.1%
103rd 9,10 47,7%
104th 10,35 48%
105th 7,10 37,3%
106th 9,01 53.5%
107th 7,86 35.2%
108th 10,66 67%
109th 9,12 53.6%
110th 7,79 48.9%
111th 9,35 49.7%
112th 6,40 40%
113th 7,43 45.7%
114th 9,66 60.7%