AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1998
| AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1998 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 16th of May 1998 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Nekeshvet-Biscotti Hall, Yezateinu, TH |
| Presenter(s) | Eshmael Navandov and Khaniya Sinai |
| Musical director | Benny Davidson |
| Directed by | Emilia Suidmeiyer |
| Executive supervisor | Anarinna Minnie |
| Executive producer | Lasvarzan Hamsyarin |
| Host broadcaster | Royal Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 18 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each region sends two juries and two public votes where each votes 1,3,5,7, and 10 for the best 5 songs |
| Winning song | "Bayangan Seindah Dunia" by Niyaura Andarinda |
AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1998 is the fourty-first edition of the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs. The competition was held as usual in 16th of May 1998 by the authorities of Radio Tel Hadiv-Yezateinu. This is the fourth time that Tel Hadiv hosted the competition after previously hosting in 1961, 1977, and 1983 after the victory of Lalo Interdimensional with the song "עקבים גבוהים"
The competition was won by Niyaura Andarinda with the song "Bayangan Seindah Dunia" representing Basna. It's the seventh time that Basna won the competition after previously doing so in 1963, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1991. This win cemented Basna's reputation as one of the most successful regions in the AleziRadio Festival of Songs, behind Zafizamarrah and Pyalivostok. The winning singer Niyaura Andarinda is also the first participant to win the Independence Award twice after previously earning it in 1993.
Daya Island and Mosin-Nagan earned second and third place respectively (nearly making the contest as a rare occasion where the top 3 are dominated by territories instead of regions). This is Daya Island's fifth second place and Mosin-Nagan's third third place. Although fan-favorite and usual-dominator Zafizamarrah failed to enter the top 3, both of its' entries successfully entered the top 5, earning 4th and 5th place respectively.
The competition was held in Yezateinu, which was, and still is, the second biggest city in the region of Tel-Hadiv and was also known to be it's twin due to similiar positions where the two cities are located next to each other around the Ameshmai Bay, similiar economic power, similiar size, and similiar population count (in 1998, Tel Hadiv has 772,873 ; and Yezateinu has 772,381.) However, while Tel Hadiv is the capital, Yezateinu is the maritime center for the region of Tel Hadiv, known for its' seafood and jewelry industry.
The festival was held in the Nekeshvet-Biscotti Hall, which is 50 kilometers away from the Tel Hadiv Nadeshayan International Airport (which was Tel Hadiv's International Airport before being demolished in 2005 where it got moved to Tel Hadiv Aleshi'ar International Airport). The hall has previously hosted the 1983 festival under the name of Biscotti Hall. "Nekeshvet" was added after the Nekeshvet Pharmaceuticals Company bought 50% of the building's ownership. The hall remains as Yezateinu's biggest hall, with capacity of 6,724 people (previously it has a capacity of 1,736 people when it hosted the 1983 Festival).
This is the last edition of the AleziRadio Festival of Songs to be sponsored by Coca-Cola as the contract between the international company and the Alezian government where they're required to sponsor the event from 1993 to 1998 as 20% of the contract payment in order to operate in North Alezia. A few days after the festival was over, it was announced that the event would be sponsored by either the national government or State-Owned Enterprised from 1999 onwards unless situations requires change.
This is also the last edition of the AleziRadio Festival of Songs to be independently directed by AleziRadio. This year saw changes to its' standards and hirearchy which means that the newly created Alezian Broadcasting Authority got to direct AleziRadio as a subsidiary of ABA which automatically assumes control of their programmes, including AleziRadio Festival of Songs.
Niyaura Andarinda returned for her region of Basna after earning second in 1993. Sigmund Gneigas returned for Mosin-Nagan after earning 8th place last year. Pyalivostok sent an entry in Ukrainian for the first time. It's also the first time that Tel Hadiv sent a song in Maltese. Both entries are also the first songs ever to be sung in their respective languages.
Incidents
AleziRadio Corruption Scandal
On 15th of February 1998, the Anti-Corruption Board of Alezia (ACBA) revealed to the "DAILY ALEZIAN" newspaper that the entire executive board of AleziRadio has been found committing acts of corruption against the state that costs the North Alezian Government AZ$ 75.2 billion (US$ 4.42 billion in 1998) from its' 1998 budget. This makes it the worst corruption case to ever be unveiled and to be trialled in Alezian history.
The scandal struck the nation badly which invited ire from the Premier of North Alezia at the time which was Mukhlis Krasnaya Novogrody. It was said that Mukhlis was very angry that he fired the entire executive board at AleziRadio and threatened to suspend the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs for that year. However, he and the State Council acted quickly to restructure North Alezian broadcasting structure, changing it with the Alezian Broadcasting Authority, which remains as Alezia's State Broadcaster until now.
Later, Mukhlis announced that AleziRadio programming would continue as usual, which also confirmed that the AleziRadio Festival of Songs won't be cancelled. However, every programme made by AleziRadio (including ARFOS) are to be supervised by the newly-made Alezian Broadcasting Authority.
There has been rumours that the festival was to change its' name to an unknown name. However, the Director of Alezian Broadcasting Authority announced that the name "AleziRadio Festival of Songs" would stay as the name remains as a very important cultural identity even with problems surrounding it, to quote him, it's "Too important for Alezians from Basna to Bucinnois".
Conductors
The list of conductors can be seen below.
| Region | Conductor |
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| Basna | Soeradi |
| Zafizamarrah | Andi Mizannur Ahzanaruddin |
| Pyalivostok | Benzema Lakashivich |
| Tel Hadiv | Hayel Sharonov |
| Mosin-Nagan | Isa Nagavishan |
| Bristol | Daniel Rickerson |
| Aramna | Ellayna Carvisleis |
| Pantabang Islands | Lillea Aurie Dadon |
| Daya Island | Yalta Naaminen |
Commentators
| Region | Radio Broadcaster | Commentators |
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| NATIONWIDE | ABA |
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| Zafizamarrah | Radio Zafizamarrah |
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| Pantabang Islands | Radio Zafizamarrah / Pa'ana'taba'angi |
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| Tel Hadiv | Radio Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu |
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| Bristol | Royal Radio of Bristol |
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| Pyalivostok | Radio Pyalivostok |
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| Basna | Radio Basna Raya |
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| Mosin-Nagan | Radio Tel Hadiv - Yezateinu / Mosinannaganyan |
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| Daya Island | Radio Pyalivostok / Dayain Saari |
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| Aramna | Araminhaes Radioues |
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Spokepersons
Islan Hafizzi who commentates the event for the Zafizamarranian Arabic broadcast also reads the results of the second Zafizamarranian jury.
| Region | Domicile | Spokespersons |
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| Basna | Basna Kota |
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| Pyalivostok | Pyalivostokgrad |
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| Zafizamarrah | Metropolitan Zafizamarrah |
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| Bristol | Victoria |
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| Pantabang Islands | Bucinnois |
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| Tel Hadiv | Tel Hadiv |
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| Daya Island | Aaren |
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| Mosin-Nagan | Trishi |
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| Aramna | Las Araminhaes |
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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 "Zones of Loving You" by Emikaura Navalainen on 1942
| No. | Region | Singer | Song | Translation | Language | Place | Points |
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| 01 | Tel Hadiv | Mayani Maria | שראדה | Charade | Hebrew | 7 | 63 |
| 02 | Bristol | Darrel Hart | Miserable Love | -none- | English | 12 | 25 |
| 03 | Zafizamarrah | Andi Yasawfi Hamarin | انتقالات الضوء | Transitions of Light | Arabic | 4 | 90 |
| 04 | Zafizamarrah | Haliskaniyyah | الريح | The Wind | Arabic | 5 | 76 |
| 05 | Basna | Niyaura Andarinda* | Bayangan Seindah Dunia | The Shadow as Beautiful as the World | Indonesian | 1 | 163 |
| 06 | Aramna | Lelania Melanavais | Joval | (a dance technique) | Aramnan | 6 | 71 |
| 07 | Pyalivostok | Deni-Daurov Kasiliyevich | Покаяние | Repentance | Ukrainian | 10 | 38 |
| 08 | Mosin-Nagan | Sigmund Gneigas | არასოდეს ჩემი ბოლო | Never My Last | Georgian | 3 | 103 |
| 09 | Mosin-Nagan | Aurov and Kani | ტრაქტატი | Treatise | Georgian | 11 | 33 |
| 10 | Tel Hadiv | Michael Cornelius | Il-Verità, u L-Verità Biss | The Truth, and only the Truth | Maltese | 15 | 13 |
| 11 | Bristol | Devon, Ricky, and Michaelo | Universe | -none- | English | 9 | 44 |
| 12 | Daya Island | Emruz Nakasulainen | Todellakin | Indeed | Finnish | 16 | 8 |
| 13 | Pantabang Islands | INTERNET | www.Alezia.com | -none- | Alezian | 14 | 17 |
| 14 | Pantabang Islands | Majorie Lilie Salem | Alto | -none- | Alezian | 8 | 45 |
| 15 | Aramna | The Realistics | Fantastic! | -none- | Aramnan | 17 | 0 |
| 16 | Basna | Irivinda Aurinia | Damai | Peace | Indonesian | 13 | 19 |
| 17 | Pyalivostok | Samuel Kaldaniyev | Тротуар | The Sidewalk | Russian | 18 | 0 |
| 18 | Daya Island | Maja Lavin | Alla, överallt, varje dag | Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday | Swedish | 2 | 129 |
Voting by Region
| TH-1 | TH-2 | BR-1 | BR-2 | ZF-1 | ZF-2 | BN-1 | BN-2 | AR-1 | AR-2 | PY-1 | PY-2 | MN-1 | MN-2 | DI-1 | DI-2 | PI-1 | PI-2 | TH-1 | TH-2 | BR-1 | BR-2 | ZF-1 | ZF-2 | BN-1 | BN-2 | AR-1 | AR-2 | PY-1 | PY-2 | MN-1 | MN-2 | DI-1 | DI-2 | PI-1 | PI-2 | TOTAL | ||
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| שראדה | XX | XX | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | XX | XX | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Miserable Love | XX | XX | 7 | 1 | XX | XX | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| انتقالات الضوء | 5 | 1 | XX | XX | 5 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | XX | XX | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 90 | |||||||||||||||
| الريح | XX | XX | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | XX | XX | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bayangan Seindah Dunia | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | XX | XX | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | XX | XX | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Joval | 7 | 10 | XX | XX | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | XX | XX | 1 | 7 | 5 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Покаяння | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | XX | XX | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | XX | XX | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| არასოდეს ჩემი ბოლო | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | XX | XX | 10 | 3 | 10 | 7 | XX | XX | 10 | 10 | 10 | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ტრაქტატი | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | XX | XX | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | XX | XX | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Il-Verità, u L-Verità Biss | XX | XX | XX | XX | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | XX | XX | 10 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | XX | XX | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Todellakin | 1 | 1 | XX | XX | 3 | 3 | XX | XX | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| www.Alezia.com | 1 | 1 | 7 | XX | XX | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | XX | XX | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alto | 3 | 7 | 7 | XX | XX | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | XX | XX | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fantastic | XX | XX | XX | XX | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Damai | 1 | XX | XX | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | XX | XX | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Тротуар | XX | XX | XX | XX | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alla, överallt, varje dag | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | XX | XX | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | XX | XX | 3 | 7 | 129 |