Lebanon

Lebanon
Broadcaster	(LBC Europe) Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation Europe
Appearances
Appearances	27 (12 finals)
Debut	NVSC #05
Best result	1st (#05)
Worst result	Last SF #19, #30 7th PQR #11
North Vision Ranking of Nations
Rank (#32)	22nd
Highest ranking	9th
Lowest ranking	51st

Lebanon debuted in the 5th edition of North Vision Song Contest and has participated a total of 27 times, taking a break on the 23rd edition due to the change of Head of Delegation. The Lebanese broadcaster, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation Europe (LBC Europe), has been the organizer of the Lebanese entry since the country's debut.

History of Lebanon in Northvision

LBC Europe showed interest on participating in the contest. They confirmed their debut a day after the submissions of the contest had opened. They hosted a national selection called Lebanese Song Festival and ended winning the whole edition in their debut. The Arab nation received mixed fortune in the contest, with being in final 12 times on their 27 attempts, and even failed to qualify in the PQR once, in the 11th edition. To this day (after the 29th edition) Lebanon reached the top 10 five times, on the 5th, 14th, 28th, 29th and 32nd edition. The country went through a total of 5 Pre-Qualifications Rounds, qualifying from 3 of these (on the 20th, 26th & 28th editions).

Contestants

To this day, Lebanon has participated a total of 27 Times, having been represented by Female Soloists 26 out of 27 times. 23 different singers have represented the country, Nicole Saba, Carole Samaha, Myriam Fares & Nelly Makdessy have represented Lebanon twice while Lebanese-born singer MIKA became the first male singer to represent Lebanon in the contest.

Table key

	Winner		Last place		Did not qualify to the semi-finals
	Second place		Automatically qualified to the final		Withdrawn or disqualified
	Third place		Did not qualify to the final		Did not compete

Edn.	Host city	Artist	Song	Final	Points	Semi	Points
#05	Aarhus	Nicole Saba	"Hafdal Ahlam"	1	173	1	133
#06	Beirut	Brigitte Yaghi	"Alby W Omry"	24	51	Reigning Champion
#07	Liverpool	Aline Lahoud	"Quand Tout S'enfuit"	21	89	9	65
#08	Sarajevo	Therése Neaimé	"Sold to Perfection"	Failed to qualify		11	66
#09	Oslo	Haifa Wehbe	"MJK (Heartbeats Remix)"			11	57
#10	Bergen	Carole Samaha	"Wahshani Baladi"			19	27
#11	Lviv	Diana Haddad	"La Fiesta"	Failed to qualify (7th, 55pts)
#12	Herning	Helly Luv	"Risk It All"	13	116	9	75
#13	Tel Aviv	Amar	"Ma3 Nafsi"	Failed to qualify		15	56
#14	Astana	Myriam Fares	"Nifsi Aoulhalak"	2	189	4	105
#15	Copenhagen	Carole Samaha	"Sahranine"	20	79	'Big 6' member
#16	Jerusalem	Myriam Fares	"Aman"	Failed to qualify		12	53
#17	Zürich	Lea Makhoul	"Give Me Sunlight"			15	35
#18	Brussels	Hiba Tawaji	"Comme un symbole"			15	32
#19	Italy	Yara	"Khallouni Maou"			21	15
#20	Tirana	Rawanne	"Leh"	24	123	10	130
#21	Prague	Nicole Saba	"Mesh Wa't El Kalam"	Failed to qualify		13	119
#22	Sofia	Carolina K	"Goza La Vida"			18	61
#23	Stockholm	Did not compete
#24	Vienna	Nelly Makdessy	"Kunt Atmanna"	17	184	5	175
#25	Casablanca	Xriss	"Black Dress"	Failed to qualify		15	90
#26	Rotterdam	Nina Abdel Malak	"Eza hajarta"	14	220	9	159
#27	Odessa	Nelly Makdessy	"Hala Hala"	Failed to qualify		19	58
#28	Bern	Mayssa Karaa	"Call Me a Stranger"	8	264	2	222
#29	Dublin	Shirin	"22"	9	262	9	156
#30	Malmö	Blu Fiefer	"Jukebox"	Failed to qualify		20	32
#31	Lillehammer	Hanine	"Salma"	Failed to qualify (6th, 93pts)
#32	Luxembourg City	Mika	"Dear Jealousy"	9	290	5	169
#33	Batumi	Pascale Machaalani	"Bkhaf i3sha2ak"

Draw history

Lebanon has so far competed in a total of fourty three shows ‒ twenty two semi-finals, eleven finals and five pre-qualification rounds.

Edn.	Entry	Final	SF1	SF2	PQR
#05	"Hafdal Ahlam"	11	—	13	N/A
#06	"Alby W Omry"	20	Big 5
#07	"Quand Tout S'enfuit"	01	17	—
#08	"Sold to Perfection"	NQ	—	11	—
#09	"MJK (Heartbeats Remix)"	NQ	16	—	N/A
#10	"Wahshani Baladi"	NQ	—	06	—
#11	"La Fiesta"	Failed to qualify			06
#12	"Risk It All"	21	—	07	—
#13	"Ma3 Nafsi"	NQ	09	—	—
#14	"Nifsi Aoulhalak"	22	05	—	—
#15	"Sahranine"	15	Big 5		N/A
#16	"Aman"	NQ	—	02	—
#17	"Give Me Sunlight"	NQ	16	—	—
#18	"Comme un symbole"	NQ	14	—	—
#19	"Khallouni Maou"	NQ	15	—	—
#20	"Leh"	24	—	15	08
#21	"Mesh Wa't El Kalam"	NQ	18	—	—
#22	"Goza La Vida"	NQ	—	19	N/A
#23	Did not compete
#24	"Kunt Atmanna"	05	03	—	—
#25	"Black Dress"	NQ	16	—	N/A
#26	"Eza hajarta"	16	—	13	09
#27	"Hala Hala"	NQ	—	16	—
#28	"Call Me a Stranger"	10	04	—	07
#29	"22"	09	—	12	—
#30	"Jukebox"	NQ	—	19	—
#31	"Salma"	Failed to qualify			02
#32	"Dear Jealousy"	11	11	—	—
#33	"Bkhaf i3sha2ak"		09

Spokespersons for the Grand Final

Edition(s)	Spokesperson	Comment about the Spokesperson
#05	Kristina Maria
#06	Nicole Saba	Lebanese representative in the 5th & 21st edition, NVSC winner
#07	Elissa
#08	Aline Lahoud	Lebanese representative in the 7th edition
#09	Nancy Ajram
#10	Diana Haddad	Lebanese representative in the 11th edition
#11	Nicole Saba	Lebanese representative in the 5th & 21st edition, NVSC winner
#12	Mory Hatem
#13	Haifa Wehbe	Lebanese representative in the 8th edition
#14	Amar	Lebanese representative in the 13th edition
#15	Nicole Saba	Lebanese representative in the 5th & 21st edition, NVSC winner
#16	Brigitte Yaghi	Lebanese representative in the 6th edition
#17, #18, #19	Yasmine Al Massri
#20	Elie Freifer
#21	Malek Maktabi	Host of NVSC #6