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The '''Microvision Song Contest''', previously officially titled and still normally referred to solely as '''Microvision''', is a musical competition among [[micronation]]s. Nations submit songs, which can either be preexisting or composed purely for the contest, primarily in video format, to which the other competing nations award incremental points based on popularity, with the highest scoring nation winning and gaining the right to host the following edition. Contests are often given overall themes to which nations' submitted songs should adhere.
The '''Microvision Song Contest''', previously officially titled and still normally referred to solely as '''Microvision''', is a musical competition among [[micronation]]s. Nations submit songs, which can either be preexisting or composed purely for the contest, primarily in video format, to which the other competing nations award incremental points based on popularity, with the highest scoring nation winning and gaining the right to host the following edition. Contests are often given overall themes to which nations' submitted songs should adhere.


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==History==
==History==
Microvision was started in 2006 by micronationalists [[Hieu]] and [[Dr-Spangle]]. The competition's traditional format saw multiple editions hosted per calendar year, averaging a competition approximately every three months in a period of just under three years between mid-2006 and mid-2009. Following the abandoned [[Microvision July 2009|July 2009 contest]], the competition took a hiatus until 2013, when the citizens of [[Flanders]] organised a new competition with a minor re-branding; forming the current official Microvision Song Contest name. Following this rebirth of the contest, editions have been held on an annual basis since [[Microvision Song Contest 2013|2013's]].
Microvision was started in 2006 by micronationalists [[Hieu]] and [[Dr-Spangle]]. The competition's traditional format saw multiple editions hosted per calendar year, averaging a competition approximately every three months in a period of just under three years between mid-2006 and mid-2009. Following the abandoned [[Microvision July 2009|July 2009 contest]], the competition took a hiatus until 2013, when the citizens of [[Flanders]] organised a new competition with a minor re-branding; forming the current official Microvision Song Contest name. Following this rebirth of the contest, editions have been held on an annual basis since [[Microvision Song Contest 2013|2013's]], barring missing 2017.


==List of competitions==
==List of competitions==
Due to a loss of records, some identities of winning songs are unknown.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
! scope="col" class="autorowspan"| Contest
! scope="col" class="autorowspan"| Contest
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! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision August 2006|August 2006]]
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision August 2006|August 2006]]
| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[Jupiter]]
| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[Jupiter]]
| [[File:New brittania flag old.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[New Brittania]]
| [[File:New brittania flag old 2.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[New Brittania]]
| [[wikipedia:The Boys of Summer (song)|The Boys of Summer]]
| "[[wikipedia:The Boys of Summer (song)|The Boys of Summer]]"
| [[wikipedia:Don Henley|Don Henley]]
| [[wikipedia:Don Henley|Don Henley]]
| 20
| 20
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| [[File:New brittania flag old.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[Willow]]
| [[File:New brittania flag old.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[Willow]]
| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[New-Empire]]
| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[New-Empire]]
|  
| –
|  
| –
| 21
| 21
|-
|-
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| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[Jupiter]]
| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[Jupiter]]
| [[File:New brittania flag old.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[New Brittania]]
| [[File:New brittania flag old.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[New Brittania]]
|  
| –
|  
| –
| 20
| 20
|-
|-
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| [[File:Númenor flag.png|25px|border|Númenor]] [[Willow]]
| [[File:Númenor flag.png|25px|border|Númenor]] [[Willow]]
| [[File:Houland flag.png|25px|border|Houland]] [[Houland]]
| [[File:Houland flag.png|25px|border|Houland]] [[Houland]]
| [[wikipedia:Don't Stop Me Now|Don't Stop Me Now]]
| "[[wikipedia:Don't Stop Me Now|Don't Stop Me Now]]"
| [[wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]]
| [[wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]]
| 27
| 27
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| [[File:Houland flag.png|25px|border|Houland]] [[Modbury]]
| [[File:Houland flag.png|25px|border|Houland]] [[Modbury]]
| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[New-Empire]]
| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[New-Empire]]
|  
| –
|  
| –
| 21
| 21
|-
|-
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| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[Jupiter]]
| [[File:New-empire flag.png|25px|border|New-Empire]] [[Jupiter]]
| [[File:New brittania flag.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[New Brittania]]
| [[File:New brittania flag.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[New Brittania]]
| [[wikipedia:Acceptable in the 80s|Acceptable in the 80s]]
| "[[wikipedia:Acceptable in the 80s|Acceptable in the 80s]]"
| [[wikipedia:Calvin Harris|Calvin Harris]]
| [[wikipedia:Calvin Harris|Calvin Harris]]
| 28
| 28
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| [[File:New brittania flag.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[Willow]]
| [[File:New brittania flag.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[Willow]]
| [[File:New brittania flag.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[New Brittania]]
| [[File:New brittania flag.png|25px|border|New Brittania]] [[New Brittania]]
| [[wikipedia:Fluorescent Adolescent|Fluorescent Adolescent]]
| "[[wikipedia:Fluorescent Adolescent|Fluorescent Adolescent]]"
| [[wikipedia:Arctic Monkeys|Arctic Monkeys]]
| [[wikipedia:Arctic Monkeys|Arctic Monkeys]]
| 27
| 27
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision October 2007|October 2007]]
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision October 2007|October 2007]]
| [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Cherry Trees]]
| [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Cherry Trees]]{{Cref2|A}}
| [[File:Bobalania flag.png|25px|border|Bobalania]] [[Bobalania]]
| [[File:Bobalania flag.png|25px|border|Bobalania]] [[Bobalania]]
| [[wikipedia:Worried About Ray|Worried About Ray]]
| "[[wikipedia:Worried About Ray|Worried About Ray]]"
| [[wikipedia:The Hoosiers|The Hoosiers]]
| [[wikipedia:The Hoosiers|The Hoosiers]]
| 21
| 21
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| [[File:Bobalania flag.png|25px|border|Bobalania]] [[City of Bobalania]]
| [[File:Bobalania flag.png|25px|border|Bobalania]] [[City of Bobalania]]
| [[File:Interland flag old.png|25px|border|Interland]] [[Interland]]
| [[File:Interland flag old.png|25px|border|Interland]] [[Interland]]
| [[wikipedia:Nemo (song)|Nemo]]
| "[[wikipedia:Nemo (song)|Nemo]]"
| [[wikipedia:Nightwish|Nightwish]]
| [[wikipedia:Nightwish|Nightwish]]
| 23
| 23
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| [[File:Interland flag old.png|25px|border|Interland]] [[Novograd]]
| [[File:Interland flag old.png|25px|border|Interland]] [[Novograd]]
| [[File:Bobalania flag.png|25px|border|Bobalania]] [[Bobalania]]
| [[File:Bobalania flag.png|25px|border|Bobalania]] [[Bobalania]]
| [[wikipedia:The Battle of Evermore|The Battle of Evermore]]
| "[[wikipedia:The Battle of Evermore|The Battle of Evermore]]"
| [[wikipedia:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]]
| [[wikipedia:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]]
|  
| 25
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision June 2008|June 2008]]
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision June 2008|June 2008]]
| [[File:Bobalania flag.png|25px|border|Bobalania]] [[City of Bobalania]]
| [[File:Bobalania flag.png|25px|border|Bobalania]] [[City of Bobalania]]
| [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Craitland]]
| [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Craitland]]
| [[wikipedia:All Along the Watchtower|All Along the Watchtower]]
| "[[wikipedia:All Along the Watchtower#The Jimi Hendrix Experience|All Along the Watchtower]]"
| [[wikipedia:The Jimi Hendrix Experience|The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]
| [[wikipedia:The Jimi Hendrix Experience|The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]
| 26
| 26
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| [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Cherry Trees]]
| [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Cherry Trees]]
| [[File:Britannia flag.png|25px|border|Britannia]] [[Britannic Empire]]
| [[File:Britannia flag.png|25px|border|Britannia]] [[Britannic Empire]]
| [[wikipedia:Ordinary World|Ordinary World]]
| "[[wikipedia:Ordinary World|Ordinary World]]"
| [[wikipedia:Duran Duran|Duran Duran]]
| [[wikipedia:Duran Duran|Duran Duran]]
| 23
| 23
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision January 2009|January 2009]]
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision January 2009|January 2009]]
| [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Cherry Trees]]
| [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Cherry Trees]]{{Cref2|B}}
| [[File:Antica flag old.png|25px|border|Antica]] [[Antica]]
| [[File:Antica flag old.png|25px|border|Antica]] [[Antica]]
| [[wikipedia:Jai Ho (song)|Jai Ho]]
| "[[wikipedia:Jai Ho (song)|Jai Ho]]"
| [[wikipedia:A. R. Rahman|A. R. Rahman]]
| [[wikipedia:A. R. Rahman|A. R. Rahman]]
| 27
| 27
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| [[File:Antica flag old.png|25px|border|Antica]] [[Nafticon]]
| [[File:Antica flag old.png|25px|border|Antica]] [[Nafticon]]
| [[File:Interland flag old.png|25px|border|Interland]] [[Interland]]
| [[File:Interland flag old.png|25px|border|Interland]] [[Interland]]
| [[wikipedia:I'll Be There for You (The Rembrandts song)|I'll Be There for You]]
| "[[wikipedia:I'll Be There for You (The Rembrandts song)|I'll Be There for You]]"
| [[wikipedia:The Rembrandts|The Rembrandts]]
| [[wikipedia:The Rembrandts|The Rembrandts]]
| 23
| 23
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision July 2009|July 2009]]
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | ''[[Microvision July 2009|July 2009]]''
| [[File:Interland flag old.png|25px|border|Interland]] [[Novograd]]
| [[File:Interland flag old.png|25px|border|Interland]] ''[[Novograd]]''
|colspan="4"|''Contest abandoned''
|colspan="4"|''Contest abandoned''{{Cref2|C}}
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision Song Contest 2013|2013]]
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision Song Contest 2013|2013]]
| [[File:Flanders flag.png|25px|border|Flanders]] [[Bruswerpen]]
| [[File:Flanders flag.png|25px|border|Flanders]] [[Bruswerpen]]{{Cref2|D}}
| [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] [[Mercury]]
| [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] [[Mercury]]
| [[wikipedia:The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|The Show Must Go On]]
| "[[wikipedia:The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|The Show Must Go On]]"
| [[wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]]
| [[wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]]
| 35
| 35
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision Song Contest 2014|2014]]
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision Song Contest 2014|2014]]
| [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] [[Tow Law]]
| [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] [[Tow Law (city)|Tow Law]]
| [[File:Senya flag.png|25px|border|Senya]] [[Senya]]
| [[File:Senya flag.png|25px|border|Senya]] [[Senya]]
| [[wikipedia:Valkyrja (album)|Fánar Burtur Brandaljóð]]
| "[[wikipedia:Valkyrja (album)|Fánar Burtur Brandaljóð]]"
| [[wikipedia:Týr (band)|Týr]]
| [[wikipedia:Týr (band)|Týr]]
| 37
| 37
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| [[File:Senya flag.png|25px|border|Senya]] [[Svorgas]]
| [[File:Senya flag.png|25px|border|Senya]] [[Svorgas]]
| [[File:Natopia flag.png|25px|border|Natopia]] [[Natopia]]
| [[File:Natopia flag.png|25px|border|Natopia]] [[Natopia]]
| [[wikipedia:Is the World Strange or Am I Strange?|Gay Pirates]]
| "[[wikipedia:Is the World Strange or Am I Strange?|Gay Pirates]]"
| [[wikipedia:Cosmo Jarvis|Cosmo Jarvis]]
| [[wikipedia:Cosmo Jarvis|Cosmo Jarvis]]
| 76
| 76
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| [[File:Natopia flag.png|25px|border|Natopia]] [[Lindström]]
| [[File:Natopia flag.png|25px|border|Natopia]] [[Lindström]]
| [[File:Greater walstadt flag.png|25px|border|Greater Walstadt]] [[Greater Walstadt]]
| [[File:Greater walstadt flag.png|25px|border|Greater Walstadt]] [[Greater Walstadt]]
| [[wikipedia:Normaal|Vulgaris Magistralis]]
| "[[wikipedia:Normaal|Vulgaris Magistralis]]"
| [[wikipedia:Normaal|Normaal]]
| [[wikipedia:Normaal|Normaal]]
| 52
| 52
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision Song Contest 2017|2017]]
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision Song Contest 2018|2018]]
| [[File:Two martyrs flag.png|25px|border|Two Martyrs]] [[Asara Eliana]]
| [[File:Craitland flag.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Cherry Trees]]{{Cref2|E}}
|
| [[File:Senya flag.png|25px|border|Senya]] [[Senya]]
|
| "[[wikipedia:Fools and Worthless Liars|Fifty Four]]"
|
| [[wikipedia:Deaf Havana|Deaf Havana]]
|  
| 73
|-
! style="text-align:left" scope="row" | [[Microvision Song Contest 2019|2019]]
| [[File:Senya flag.png|25px|border|Senya]] [[Svorgas]]
| [[File:Shireroth flag.png|25px|border|Shireroth]] [[Shireroth]]
| "[[wikipedia:Viva la Vida|Viva la Vida]]"
| [[wikipedia:Coldplay|Coldplay]]
| 100
|}
|}


;Notes
{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=disc}}
{{Cnote2|A|Having hosted three editions in the previous year, New Brittania forwent hosting again and Craitland was handed hosting rights.}}
{{Cnote2|B|Following the disbandment of the previous winning nation, the Britannic Empire, runner-up Craitland was handed hosting rights.}}
{{Cnote2|C|The contest was abandoned following a prolonged period with insufficient point allocations received.}}
{{Cnote2|D|With no previous winning nation, Flanders was handed hosting rights after reorganising the contest as a whole.}}
{{Cnote2|E|Having failed to organise a contest in 2017, previous winning nation Greater Walstadt was stripped of hosting rights and runner-up Craitland was handed hosting rights for 2018.}}
{{Cnote2 End}}




{{Microvision Song Contest}}
{{Microvision Song Contest}}
[[Category:Microvision]]
[[Category:Microvision]]

Revision as of 23:10, 30 March 2020

The Microvision Song Contest, previously officially titled and still normally referred to solely as Microvision, is a musical competition among micronations. Nations submit songs, which can either be preexisting or composed purely for the contest, primarily in video format, to which the other competing nations award incremental points based on popularity, with the highest scoring nation winning and gaining the right to host the following edition. Contests are often given overall themes to which nations' submitted songs should adhere.

The competition's inspiration is the Eurovision Song Contest, from which it mirrors a number of format and procedural aspects.

History

Microvision was started in 2006 by micronationalists Hieu and Dr-Spangle. The competition's traditional format saw multiple editions hosted per calendar year, averaging a competition approximately every three months in a period of just under three years between mid-2006 and mid-2009. Following the abandoned July 2009 contest, the competition took a hiatus until 2013, when the citizens of Flanders organised a new competition with a minor re-branding; forming the current official Microvision Song Contest name. Following this rebirth of the contest, editions have been held on an annual basis since 2013's, barring missing 2017.

List of competitions

Due to a loss of records, some identities of winning songs are unknown.

Contest Host city Winner Song Performer Points
August 2006 New-Empire Jupiter New Brittania New Brittania "The Boys of Summer" Don Henley 20
October 2006 New Brittania Willow New-Empire New-Empire 21
December 2006 New-Empire Jupiter New Brittania New Brittania 20
February 2007 Númenor Willow Houland Houland "Don't Stop Me Now" Queen 27
April 2007 Houland Modbury New-Empire New-Empire 21
June 2007 New-Empire Jupiter New Brittania New Brittania "Acceptable in the 80s" Calvin Harris 28
August 2007 New Brittania Willow New Brittania New Brittania "Fluorescent Adolescent" Arctic Monkeys 27
October 2007 Craitland Cherry Trees[A] Bobalania Bobalania "Worried About Ray" The Hoosiers 21
December 2007 Bobalania City of Bobalania Interland Interland "Nemo" Nightwish 23
March 2008 Interland Novograd Bobalania Bobalania "The Battle of Evermore" Led Zeppelin 25
June 2008 Bobalania City of Bobalania Craitland Craitland "All Along the Watchtower" The Jimi Hendrix Experience 26
September 2008 Craitland Cherry Trees Britannia Britannic Empire "Ordinary World" Duran Duran 23
January 2009 Craitland Cherry Trees[B] Antica Antica "Jai Ho" A. R. Rahman 27
April 2009 Antica Nafticon Interland Interland "I'll Be There for You" The Rembrandts 23
July 2009 Interland Novograd Contest abandoned[C]
2013 Flanders Bruswerpen[D] Mercury Mercury "The Show Must Go On" Queen 35
2014 Mercury Tow Law Senya Senya "Fánar Burtur Brandaljóð" Týr 37
2015 Senya Svorgas Natopia Natopia "Gay Pirates" Cosmo Jarvis 76
2016 Natopia Lindström Greater Walstadt Greater Walstadt "Vulgaris Magistralis" Normaal 52
2018 Craitland Cherry Trees[E] Senya Senya "Fifty Four" Deaf Havana 73
2019 Senya Svorgas Shireroth Shireroth "Viva la Vida" Coldplay 100
Notes
  1. ^ A Having hosted three editions in the previous year, New Brittania forwent hosting again and Craitland was handed hosting rights.
  2. ^ B Following the disbandment of the previous winning nation, the Britannic Empire, runner-up Craitland was handed hosting rights.
  3. ^ C The contest was abandoned following a prolonged period with insufficient point allocations received.
  4. ^ D With no previous winning nation, Flanders was handed hosting rights after reorganising the contest as a whole.
  5. ^ E Having failed to organise a contest in 2017, previous winning nation Greater Walstadt was stripped of hosting rights and runner-up Craitland was handed hosting rights for 2018.