Plangainer in the WorldVision Song Contest
| Plangainer in the WorldVision Song Contest | |
|---|---|
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| Participating broadcaster | AIM |
| Participation Summary | |
| Appearances | 8 |
| First Appearance | 98th Edition |
| Best Result | 2nd: 114th Edition |
| Worst Result | 15th: 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Plangainer has withdrawn from the WorldVision Song Contest a number of times.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
| 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 & 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 | † Confirmed intention to participate | ||||
Songs by language
| Songs | Language | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | English | 98th, 99th, 103rd, 106th, 108th |
| 3 | Lithuanian | 104th, 111th, 114th |
Related involvement
Heads of delegation
| Edition | Head of Delegation |
|---|---|
| 98th–108th | Lincoln Watts |
| 111th– | Jonas C. Nielsen |
Heads of press
| Edition | Head of Press |
|---|---|
| 98th–99th | Ronald B. Innis |
| 103rd–108th | 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.
| ✔ | Participated in the contest |
| 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% |