Ugaly in the Nation Song Contest



Ugaly has participated in the contest eleven times, the first participation was in NSC IV. The national broadcaster to handle contest related affairs is Lurkovision. Initially they failed to impress in most editions, often finishing in the bottom five or failing qualification. Luck turned in the ninth edition, where Ugaly finally managed a top 10 position in the final, but all participations since then have ended up in low positions.

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The very first national final featured three entries. Before the final, an internal selection was held to select the musical style of all participants, which became metal. Then the final was held as a public selection, with the decision being made 100% of internet votes. Rammstein had a clear victory and was sent to Arjastan as the very first entry for Ugaly, where they finished at the very bottom, only recieving points from 3 nations.

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Ugaly returned for a second attempt, this time without a specific decision in musical style. The final was in the same format as previously, but confusion arose when one of the participants, the Kong Family, had not been selected by LV, but instead had wrote themselves into it. Despite this, they were approved to compete. In the final result, two songs had finished on the same amount of votes, and the decision of the winner was decided by the back-up jury. Soundgarden emerged victorious and was sent to Hibernia. They finished very low, 21:st out of 24, but it was admitted by the Ugly people as a good improvement, seeing as they recieved points from a lot more nations, including 10 points from the host nation and even 12 points from Reym-L-Dneurb. Interestingly, Ugaly also gave 12 points to Reym-L-Dneurb in this edition.

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With the introduction of a semifinal, Ugaly had to qualify because of Soundgarden's disappointing result in NSC5. Three entries were chosen for the national final, but one of the participants was disqualified early when it was revealed that he was planning a rude coup during the live broadcast. Mono won the selection and was sent to the semifinal in Bokia, where they unfortunately failed to qualify, being 18 points away from the 12:th nation. This has been noted as Ugaly's first, out of few, entries that wasn't within any genre of rock.

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Once again, Ugaly had to compete in the semifinal. This time, a band was chosen beforehand to sing all three songs in the national final, who returned from the previous edition after finishing second after Mono. The winning song, The Wicker Man, was performed by Iron Maiden in Spila. They too failed to qualify, ending at 25:th place with 47 points.

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This time, Ugaly didn't have a national selection process. This was due to a reconstruction of the nation's broadcasting system, meaning limited access to television for the whole population. The band Guano Apes was chosen internally to compete with the song Big in Japan in the semifinal in Gabriel. They ended up two places below qualification, with a 12 point difference from place 13.

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Once again, there was no national final. After the third consecutive elimination, the head of the Ugly delegation took it upon himself to try and establish the nation's honor in the contest, this time being held in Astoria. Donning a costume, complete with a top hat and a cane, he danced and mimed to Taco's disco cover of Puttin' on the Ritz. He became the first participant from Ugaly to ever qualify from the semifinal. In the final, he even managed a top 10 position, making Ugaly a direct qualifier in the first double-digit edition.

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Having no need to fear about getting in the final, Ugaly decided to go wild with their entry, aiming to send something entertaining rather than high scoring. They decided to enter with a video game song, namely the most iconic such. The overworld theme from Super Mario Bros., released 1985 on the Nintendo Entertainment System. As predicted, the song didn't do very well, ending at second last position.

Score statistics
Spinoff contests not included.

Total

 * 1) Reym-L-Dneurb: 24
 * 2) Hibernia: 12
 * 3) Sunland: 10
 * 4) Escotia: 10
 * 5) Alinta: 9
 * 6) Galataland: 8
 * 6) Lolee: 8
 * 6) Xorentia: 8
 * 9) Cicvara: 6
 * 10) Spila: 5
 * 11) Noizeland: 4
 * 12) Adamsburg: 3
 * 13) Lost Isle: 2
 * 14) Bokia: 2
 * 15) Arjastan: 1
 * 15) Medina: 1
 * 15) Belvist: 1

Ugaly has yet to recieve points from the following nations: Altharia, Andromeda, Astoria, Begonia, Gabriel, Giggshood, Instir, Manotto, Mountbatten Island, Phinechendza, Romeria, Rotterdamus, Saksjaowie, Salona, Tomstria, United States of Carmen, Venera and Yaponesia.

Ugaly never recieved points from Brugia or Maccha-Bently, they never participated along with Eurora, Isaria, Magna Grecia or Reignland.

Total

 * If a nation was given points in both the semifinal and the final of the same edition, only the highest score is counted


 * 1) Reym-L-Dneurb: 22
 * 2) Maccha-Brugia: 17
 * 3) Bokia: 15
 * 4) Maccha-Bently: 14
 * 5) Adamsburg: 13
 * 6) Galataland: 12
 * 7) Begonia: 12
 * 8) Phinechendza: 10
 * 8) Sunland: 10
 * 10) Gabriel: 10
 * 11) Escotia: 10
 * 12) Alinta: 9
 * 13) Giggshood: 8
 * 13) Arjastan: 8
 * 15) Spila: 8
 * 16) Xorentia: 8
 * 17) Tomstria: 7
 * 17) Manotto: 7
 * 19) Romeria: 7
 * 20) Venera: 6
 * 21) Altharia: 4
 * 22) Astoria: 3
 * 23) United States of Carmen: 3
 * 24) Lost Isle: 3
 * 25) Saksjaowie: 2
 * 26) Instir: 1
 * 26) Hibernia: 1

Ugaly has yet to give points to the following nations: Andromeda, Belvist, Lolee, Medina, Mountbatten Island, Noizeland, Rotterdamus, Salona and Yaponesia.

Ugaly never voted for Cicvara.