| Lebanon | |
|---|---|
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| Broadcaster | LBC Europe |
| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 29 (12 finals) |
| Debut | NVSC #05 |
| Best result | 1st: #05 |
| Worst result |
Last SF: #19, #30 7th PQR: #11 |
| North Vision Ranking of Nations | |
| Rank (#33) | 25th |
| Highest ranking | 9th |
| Lowest ranking | 51st |
The country's best result was achieved on its debut in the fifth edition, when Nicole Saba won the contest with her song "Hafdal Ahlam". To date, the country has participated in twelve finals.
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.
| 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| Second place | Automatically qualified to the final | Withdrawn or disqualified | |||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 | |||||
| #07 |  Liverpool
| Aline Lahoud | "Quand Tout S'enfuit" | 21 | 89 | 9 | 65 | |||
| #08 |  Sarajevo
| Therése Neaimé | "Sold to Perfection" | 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" | 15 | 56 | |||||
| #14 |  Astana
| Myriam Fares | "Nifsi Aoulhalak" | 2 | 189 | 4 | 105 | |||
| #15 | Copenhagen
| Carole Samaha | "Sahranine" | 20 | 79 | |||||
| #16 | Jerusalem
| Myriam Fares | "Aman" | 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" | 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" | 15 | 90 | |||||
| #26 |  Rotterdam
| Nina Abdel Malak | "Eza hajarta" | 14 | 220 | 9 | 159 | |||
| #27 |  Odessa
| Nelly Makdessy | "Hala Hala" | 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" | 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" | 11 | 104 | |||||
| #34 |  Bratislava
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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" | NQ | 09 | |||
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Lebanon in the North Vision Song Contest
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