North Vision Song Contest 1

North Vision Song Contest 1; Music Is In The Air
Dates
Semi-final 1 date	24 April 2013
Semi-final 2 date	29 April 2013
Final date	3 May 2013
Host
Venue	Budapest Sportcsarnok; Budapest, Hungary
Presenter(s)	Kati Wolf
Broadcaster	MTV
Participants
Entries	41
Debuting	All the participants
Returning	None
Withdrawing	None
	Participation map Participating countries Did not qualify from the semi final or the PQR ;
Voting
System	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favorite songs
Null points	None
Winner	Iceland; "In the Silence"
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North Vision Song Contest 1, often referred as NVSC 1, was the debut edition of the North Vision Song Contest. The edition was held in Budapest, Hungary as it was the host's country. Magyar Televízió (MTV) chose the Budapest Sportcsarnok located in the capital city of the country. Kati Wolf was selected as the presenter of the event.

Forty-one countries participated in the first edition, all of them being debutants as it was the first edition. In order to participate, the countries had to be firstly approved to be members of the North Broadcasting Union.

The winner of the edition was Iceland with the song "In the Silence" performed by Greta Salome, which scored 170 points, eleven points over the runner-up, Denmark. The top 5 also included the big 3 members, Hungary and Sweden with the third and fourth places respectively. Estonia finished on the fifth place. Norway was the only Nordic country that wasn't in the top 5, apart from Finland which failed to qualify.

Location

For further information see Budapest

Budapest is the capital and the largest city of Hungary, the largest in East-Central Europe and the seventh largest in the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre, sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. In 2011, according to the census, Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2.1 million due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter Area is home to 3.3 million people. The city covers an area of within the city limits. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification on 17 November 1873 of west-bank Buda and Óbuda with east-bank Pest.

The history of Budapest began with Aquincum, originally a Celtic settlement that became the Roman capital of Lower Pannonia. Hungarians arrived in the territory in the 9th century. Their first settlement was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241-42. The re-established town became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture in the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács and nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule, the region entered a new age of prosperity in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Budapest became a global city after the 1873 unification. It also became the second capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great power that dissolved in 1918, following World War I. Budapest was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Republic of Councils of 1919, Operation Panzerfaust in 1944, the Battle of Budapest in 1945, and the Revolution of 1956.

Participating countries

     Countries in the first semi-final
     Countries voting in the first semi-final
     Countries in the second semi-final
     Countries voting in the second semi-final
     Country voting only in the final (Armenia)

Forty-one countries participated in the first edition of the contest. The submissions for the first edition opened on 19 March 2013. Every country should choose their broadcaster for the contest. Kosovo wasn't allowed to enter the first edition. The contest started in April. As the rules say, if the country will select internally their entry, they should announced the artist at least one week before they reveal the song.

Results

Semi-final 1

Nineteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Hungary and Sweden also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Belarus	Dmitry Koldun	"Nastroysa Na Menya"	5	92
02	Norway	Tone Damli	"Smash"	2	109
03	San Marino	Sonohra	"Seguimi O Uccidimi"	10	58
04	France	Leslie & Ivyrise	"Je te donne"	7	77
05	Latvia	Anmary	"Your Voice Again"	12	55
06	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Anabella	"Igra Istine"	11	55
07	Russia	Vintazh	"Derev'ya"	15	38
08	Croatia	Dino Dvornik	"Milina"	16	26
09	Greece	Eleni Hatzidou	"Xeirotera"	9	71
10	Morocco	Hakim	"Alahabibi"	18	18
11	Denmark	Kato & Electric Lady Lab	"Alive"	1	132
12	Poland	Gosia Andrzejewicz	"Film"	3	108
13	Monaco	Alex Beaupain	"Après Moi Le Déluge"	13	43
14	Ireland	Alexandra Burke	"The Silence"	8	77
15	Cyprus	Eleftheria Eleftheriou	"Tables are Turning"	6	86
16	Spain	Xiu Xiu Plastic	"Supernova"	14	41
17	Netherlands	Beppie Kraft	"Laot de zon in dien hart"	19	7
18	Romania	Andreea Balan	"Ma Doare Fara Tine"	4	106
19	Serbia	Nemanja Nikolic	"Ko Čeka Taj Dočeka"	17	19

Semi-final 2

Nineteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Austria also voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Estonia	Ott Lepland	"Süte peal sulanud jää"	1	126
02	Georgia	Meladze & VIA Gra	"Prityazhenʹya bolʹshe net"	19	26
03	Lithuania	Gerai Gerai & Miss Sheep	"War In The Wardrobe"	9	58
04	Czech Republic	Verona	"Up To The Stars"	15	38
05	Iceland	Greta Salome	"In The Silence"	4	91
06	Albania	Kejsi Tola	"Qiellin Do Ta Prek Me Ty"	14	39
07	Switzerland	Zazou	"Tornado"	11	50
08	United Kingdom	Nina Nesbitt	"Stay Out"	6	74
09	Montenegro	Savo Perović	"Iznenađenje"	10	52
10	Belgium	Lara Fabian	"Deux ils, deux elles"	16	37
11	Turkey	Demet Akalın	"Rota"	18	31
12	Finland	Haloo Helsinki!	"Vapaus käteen jää"	12	47
13	Germany	Staubkind	"Kannst du mich seh'n"	8	65
14	Ukraine	Vika	"The Rain"	13	41
15	Portugal	Diego Faria	"Elas Ficam Loucas"	2	107
16	Andorra	El Sueño De Morfeo	"Depende De Ti"	3	102
17	Luxembourg	Roberto Bellarosa	"Apprends-moi"	7	66
18	North Macedonia	Martin Vučić	"Ništa Mi Nije Važno"	5	76
19	Italy	Malika Ayani	"E Se Poi"	17	34

Final

Twenty-three countries participated in the final, with all forty-one participating countries eligible to vote. Armenia, who was set to debut in the second edition, was allowed to vote in the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	Ireland	Alexandra Burke	"The Silence"	17	82
02	Poland	Gosia Andrzejewicz	"Film"	10	100
03	North Macedonia	Martin Vučić	"Ništa Mi Nije Važno"	18	70
04	United Kingdom	Nina Nesbitt	"Stay Out"	9	101
05	Greece	Eleni Hatzidou	"Xeirotera"	23	43
06	Sweden	Timoteij	"Puls"	3	154
07	Luxembourg	Roberto Bellarosa	"Apprends-moi"	16	82
08	Lithuania	Gerai & Miss Sheep	"War In The Wardrobe"	22	50
09	France	Leslie & Ivyrise	"Je te donne"	8	109
10	Iceland	Greta Salome	"In the Silence"	1	170
11	Portugal	Diego Faria	"Elas Ficam Loucas"	6	125
12	Hungary	Gigi Radics	"Over you"	4	136
13	Cyprus	Eleftheria Eleftheriou	"Tables are Turning"	21	61
14	Denmark	Kato & Electric Lady Lab	"Alive"	2	159
15	Belarus	Dmitry Koldun	"Nastroysa Na Menya"	11	94
16	Andorra	El Sueño De Morfeo	"Depende De Ti"	14	88
17	San Marino	Sonohra	"Seguimi O Uccidimi"	15	83
18	Germany	Staubkind	"Kannst du mich seh'n"	19	66
19	Norway	Tone Damli	"Smash"	7	113
20	Austria	Falco Luneau	"Rise Above The Night"	13	89
21	Estonia	Ott Lepland	"Süte peal sulanud jää"	5	133
22	Romania	Andreea Balan	"Ma Doare Fara Tine"	12	92
23	Montenegro	Savo Perović	"Iznenađenje"	20	62

Non-qualifier results

Place	Country	Semi-final Place	Points	Percentage
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11	55	4.52%
25	Latvia	12	55	4.52%
26	Switzerland	11	50	4.31%
27	Finland	12	47	4.05%
28	Ukraine	13	41	3.53%
29	Monaco	13	43	3.53%
30	Spain	14	41	3.37%
31	Albania	14	39	3.36%
32	Czech Republic	15	38	3.28%
33	Belgium	16	37	3.19%
34	Russia	15	38	3.12%
35	Italy	17	34	2.93%
36	Turkey	18	31	2.67%
37	Georgia	19	26	2.24%
38	Croatia	16	26	2.14%
39	Serbia	17	19	1.56%
40	Morocco	18	18	1.48%
41	Netherlands	19	7	0.58%