Plangainer in the WorldVision Song Contest

Plangainer in the WorldVision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	AIM
Participation Summary
Appearances	10
First Appearance	98th Edition
Best Result	1st: 117th Edition (246 points)
Worst Result	15th: 98th Edition (109 points)
Hostings	1
Participation history
98th 99th 103rd 104th 106th 108th 111th 114th 115th
Hosting history
117th

Plangainer has participated in the WorldVision Song Contest 10 times since its debut in the 98th edition of the contest. The current participating broadcaster is Alternative International Media (AIM), which selects their representative through the Melodine Song Festival.

The country debuted with Camille as their representative who finished fifteenth, which remains their worst placement in the contest. The nation has only hosted one contest in Concord for the 117th WorldVision Song Contest, with their best result coming from their hosting with Mercey Sofi winning the edition with 246 points.

History

Plangainer made its debut in the 98th edition of the WorldVision Song Contest after indicating a sustained interest in being a participant. The national broadcaster had contemplated their participation in order to increase engagement with the Melodine Song Festival and viewership of music entertainment programs already available on the network. The broadcaster's participation was facilitated by the admission of AIM to the International Broadcasting Alliance, leading to debuting at the 98th WorldVision Song Contest with "Darling" by Camille, earning 15th place.

Plangainer has employed a variety of methods to select their performer since the 104th edition of the contest with varying outcomes. They have alternated between an internal method of selecting a performer and utilizing the Melodine Song Festival to determine their representative. Efforts were subsequently concentrated on establishing an independent show to serve as the core selection process for future acts. However, the broadcaster revealed that the plans were ultimately abandoned and that they would continue to use the Melodine Song Festival as their primary selection format.

Absences

Plangainer has withdrawn from the WorldVision Song Contest on numerous occasions. Their first withdrawal since their debut occurred during the centennial edition of the WorldVision Song Contest, two editions after their initial debut. AIM reported that the participant had sustained injuries in a vehicular collision during the preparation phase of the contest in Monterra, Kalosia, and that the broadcaster had reached an agreement to cease preparations with their participation later put to question. The following day, it was announced that the circumstances were deemed unsuitable for the delegation and the individuals involved to continue rehearsing without putting a substantial risk to the recovery of the affected parties and confirmed their withdrawal.

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 would continue to broadcast the show to audiences in the country regardless of their participation status.

Hostings

The country has successfully won the rights to host the 117th edition of the WorldVision Song Contest following an extensive selection process organized by AIM and the final broadcast delegation voting ticket held from 14 October to 21 of October. Orley and Concord were amongst the two shortlisted out of nine total cities who expressed interest in hosting the contest, with the broadcaster announcing the selection process a few days after the first round of cities were eliminated from the running. On the 21 October, it was announced by the WorldVision Committee that Concord would host the contest at the Phoenix Arena.

Participation overview

Table key

1	First Place
2	Second place
3	Third place
†	Upcoming event

Edition	Artist	Song	Language	Points	Placement	Peak chart positions
						PLN
98th	Camille	"Darling"	English	109	15th	23
99th	Jason Blume and Carrie Mill	"Stars"	English	170	9th	31
103rd	Melanii	"Give A Try"	English	175	6th	12
104th	Aurelia Wei and Harrison Osborne	"Atbusti"	Lithuanian	204	3rd	1
106th	Sami Noble	"Make It"	English	196	4th	4
108th	Oscar Sly	"Restricted"	English	161	10th	14
111th	Aurelia Wei	"Pameluos"	Lithuanian	207	4th	5
114th	Stefanie Feliciano	"Žydroje"	Lithuanian	216	2nd	1
115th	Norma Savoie	"Say Hello"	English	207	2nd	1
117th	Mercey Sofi	"Under the Starlight"	English	246	1st	1

Songs by language

  English (70%)

  Lithuanian (30%)

Songs	Language	Years
7	English	98th, 99th, 103rd, 106th, 108th, 115th, 117th
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
115th
116th		Did not participate
117th		Marinda Adams