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| Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club Game | |
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| Also known as | ESCFCG |
| Genre | Song contest |
| Created by | ModernMoonlight (Jakov Starkas) |
| Country of origin |
 Poland |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Location(s) |
Hosted by previous winner List of host cities |
| Broadcast | |
| Original run | 26 January 2015 – present |
| Status | Edition 24 ended |
| History | |
| Editions | 23 (excluding 2 special editions and one tribute) |
| Number of countries | 87 |
| Number of songs | 1237 |
Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club Game (mostly known as "ESCFCG" or "That Indie Contest" by skeptics) is an online song contest started up on Facebook, that over time evolved into an all-web contest.
The first couple of editions were held within Eurovision Facebook community, directly as one of many games for fans. However, ever since 9th edition onward, seeing the contest potential - an independent community was formed. The ties to "Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club" are however still reflected through the name.
Rules[edit]
The song chosen can be original, found and selected by players themselves, as well as the ones, which previously had taken part in Eurovision Song Contest. After the third edition, due to certain managment reasons, the contest received a "hard reset" - allowing all the songs to take part once more (apart from the winners).
The artist must be born or live in a particular country to represent it, have certain documented connections to it, or have family members coming from there.
The countries are centred on European countries and music, however "the broadcaster zone" is allowed to expand freely by people's desire and demands. Additionally, there's also one Special Guest from outside the broadcaster zone allowed to participate. Also in the 13th edition, the contest's supervisor confirmed that if the special guest (who at the time, was Japan - on of victory contenders) were to win they would be automatically added to the zone.
In two first editions, a winning country from the previous edition, as well as the special guest, were placed automatically in the final. It changed since the 3rd edition; all the countries, despite their status in a certain edition of the contest, have to participate in Semi-finals first. The change was made to ensure everyone would participate in exactly the same fair level. There were attempts to incorporate certain auto-qualification benefits, but it was met with a negative response from the contest's followers every time.
The voting system is the same as the eurovision-like one; each country has a set of points from 1-8, 10 and 12 to give in the Semi-final it participates and in the Grand Final later on. With the 13th edition, the televote was added.
The amount of semifinals is determined by the total number of participants.
Since 4th edition, the host of the contest implemented the Second Chance. It's a survey, which takes place after all Semi-finals. It concerns only countries that finished 11th or 12th in their Semi-finals, failing to qualify. From six countries, the rest of players(their own votes don't count) chooses the songs they'd like to see in the Grand Final. Players can choose as many as they wish, all of 6, or just one. However, only two of them will qualify for the Grand Final and join the rest 30 countries. Only in 4th edition, all non-qualifiers participated in Second Chance and 4 of them qualified for the Final, where altogether 34 songs participated.
Participation[edit]
So far, 86 different countries participated in ESCFCG. The scope of participants in the contest over all of its editions is 38 as a minimum, and 62 as a maximum. The first edition without any debut was Edition 8.
| Participated at least once |
| Didn't participate but has the right to debut |
Editions[edit]
| Edition | Host | Countries | Winner | Artist | Song | Points | Winning Player |
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 North Macedonia
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Kaliopi | "Crno i Belo" | Darko Marić (@dare__m) | |||
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 Iceland
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Of Monsters and Men | "Little Talks" | Jakov Starkas (@Jakov) | |||
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 Georgia
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Katie Melua | "The Flood" | Gathran Ansari (@Gathran86) | |||
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 Croatia
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Silente | "Terca Na Tisinu" | Jakov Starkas (@Jakov) | |||
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 Czech Republic
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Gabriela Gunčíková | "Černý Anděl" | Gathran Ansari (@Gathran86) | |||
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 Italy
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Ancient Bards | "In My Arms" | Adamantios Katsis (@Adamantios) | |||
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 Denmark
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Eivør | "Í Tokuni" | Rareș Alexandru | |||
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 Morocco
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Hindi Zahra | "The Moon" | Jakov Starkas (@Jakov) | |||
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Croatia
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Nina Kraljić | "Zaljuljali Smo Svijet" | Gathran Ansari (@Gathran86) | |||
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 Serbia
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ZAA | "Irie & Kool" | Calli Abisognio (@Calli A) | |||
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 Switzerland
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Eluveitie | "Lvgvs" | Darko Marić (@dare__m) | |||
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 Ireland
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The Cranberries | "Zombie" | Žarko Stanić (@Kris Naglas) | |||
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Switzerland
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Kadebostany | "Castle In The Snow" | Michele Arconi (@Mik21) | |||
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 Sweden
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Mariam the Believer | "Soft Moon" | Calli Abisognio (@Calli A) | |||
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 Slovakia
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Fallgrapp | "Vlasy" | Michele Arconi (@Mik21) | |||
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 Albania
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ANDRRA | "Palinë" | Wojtek Nowak (@wojtek_noo) | |||
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 Slovenia
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zalagasper | "Valovi" | Adelwijn Van Severen | |||
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 San Marino
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HÅN | "The Children" | Michele Arconi (@Mik21) | |||
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Denmark
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Agnes Obel | "The Curse" | Laura Chuchla | |||
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 Turkey
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Simge Pınar | "Sangria" | Calli Abisognio (@Calli A) | |||
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 Latvia
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Austra | "Anywayz" | Gathran Ansari (@Gathran86) | |||
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Ireland
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Dan D'Lion | "Pull Me Under" | Michele Arconi (@Mik21) | |||
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 Canada
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Patrick Watson | "Je Te Laisserai Des Mots" | Khalid Ngadi (@lunayyur) | |||
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 Hungary
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Carson Coma | "Pók" | Adamantios Katsis (@Adamantios) | |||
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TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Special Editions[edit]
| Edition | Host | Countries | Winner | Artist | Song | Points | Winning Player |
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Poland
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Brodka | "Funeral" | Wojtek Nowak (@wojtek_noo) | |||
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Czech Republic
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Barbora Poláková | "Po Válce" | Jakov Starkas (@Jakov) |
Tribute Editions[edit]
| Edition | Host | Countries | Winner | Artist | Song | Points |
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| 2020 Tribute Edition |  |
Italy
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Diodato | "Fai Rumore" |
Most Successful Countries[edit]
| Place | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1. | Ireland
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| 2. | Switzerland
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| 3. | Czech Republic
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| 5. | Croatia
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| 7. | Iceland
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| 8. | Poland
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| 10. | Slovenia
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| 11. | Sweden
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| 12. | Latvia
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| 14. | Albania
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| 22. |  United Kingdom
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| 23. |  France
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 Ukraine
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| 25. |  Belgium
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 Egypt
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 Estonia
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 Netherlands
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 Portugal
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| 30. |  Belarus
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 Greece
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 South Africa
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 United States
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 Vatican City
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| 36. |  Australia
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 Azerbaijan
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 Germany
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 Iran
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 Israel
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 Lithuania
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 Moldova
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 New Zealand
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 Philippines
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 Venezuela
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List of languages[edit]
Main article: List of languages
The following is a list of languages used in the Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club Game since its inception in 2015, including songs as performed in the semi-finals and the finals.There is no restriction regarding the language which a song is sung - any language is allowed for any country. A lot of different languages have been heard throughout the history of the contest, summing up to an impressive number of 72 different languages until this moment. The most recently debuting languages were Tamasheq and Urdu.
Songs that received 100 points or more[edit]
Full list: Songs that received 100 points or more
The following list consists of songs participating in Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club Game, which managed to have achieved a score of 100 or more points in their respective Grand Final. From the edition 13 onwards, during which the televoting system made its debut and allowed the 100-points limit to be reached more easily – the same score is calculated by a simple division of the final score by 2.
Top 15[edit]
| Place | Country | Language | Artist | Song | Points |
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| 1. | Italy
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Italian | Diodato | "Fai Rumore" | 252 |
| 2. | Switzerland
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French | Gjon's Tears | "Répondez-moi" | 249 |
| 3. | Iceland
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English | Daði og Gagnamagnið | "Think About Things" | 237 |
| 4. | Italy
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English | Ancient Bards | "In My Arms" | 224 |
| 5. | United Kingdom
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English | Amy Winehouse | "Back To Black" | 213 |
| 6. |  Bulgaria
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English | Victoria | "Tears Getting Sober" | 207 |
| 7. | Czech Republic
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Czech | Gabriela Gunčíková | "Černý Anděl" | 195 |
| 8. | Ireland
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English | Dan D'Lion | "Pull Me Under" | 190 |
| 9. | Greece
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Greek | Pavlína Voulgaráki | "Kamía Psychí" | 187 |
| 10. | Switzerland
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English | Kadebostany | "Castle In The Snow" | 179 |
| 11. | Ireland
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English | The Cranberries | "Zombie" | 179 |
| 12. | France
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French | Cécile Corbel | "Entendez-Vouz" | 176 |
| 13. | Iran
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English | Sevdaliza | "Joanna" | 175 |
| 14. | Estonia
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Estonian | Metsatöll | "Vaid Vaprust" | 175 |
| 15. | Czech Republic
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English | The Silver Spoons | "Brain Issues" | 173 |
Songs that scored 20 points or less in Semi-final[edit]
Full list: Songs that scored 20 points or less in Semi-final
The following list consists of songs participating in Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club Game, which managed to have achieved a score of 20 or less points in their respective Semi-final. From the edition 13 onwards, during which the televoting system made its debut and allowed the 100-points limit to be reached more easily – the same score is calculated by a simple division of the final score by 2.
Top 5[edit]
| Place | Country | Language | Artist | Song | Points |
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| 1. | Egypt
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Arabic | Tamer Hosny | "Teaarafy" | 0 |
| 2. | San Marino
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Italian | Elisa | "Una Poesia Anche per te" | 3 |
| 3. | Turkey
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Turkish | Neco | "Hani" | 5 |
| 4. |  Kosovo
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Albanian | Nora Istrefi | "Baby Jem" | 6 |
| 5. |  Montenegro
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Montenegrin | Marijana Zonjic | "Naivna" | 6 |
Participating Countries[edit]
| Eurovision Song Contest - Fans Club Game - participating countries |
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