Balearica Island

Balearica Island is an island nation in the NSC, and debuted in NSC 42.

About Balearica Island
The capital city is San Antonio, which is the second largest city on the island. San Antonio has a big harbour area, which is where most of the Balearica Island business takes place. Niavara is the biggest city, but most of the people from Niavara work in the San Antonio area. The biggest hall is the Sun Lounge, located at the San Antonio Harbour, and can handle up to 17,000 people.

Balearica Island is a republic, with Roger-Pierre Shah as the current president, after he beat his own brother Pedro Del Mar in the last elections.

It's a relatively small island, 130,284 people living on 5200 km². English is the official language, due to a high number of foreign immigrants, but a lot of languages are spoken among the people on the island. However, everyone agrees that the true language of Balearica Island is the language of music.

The flag is a modified version of the Magic Island logo. Magic Island is Roger Shah's record label on Armada Music, and also the name of his weekly radio show on DI.fm, where he plays 2 hours of trance and balearic every Friday.

Balearica Island in the Nation Song Contest
Balearica Island debuted in NSC 42, and reached their first final in the 43rd edition, after being voted thru as the Rest Jury Qualifier. The 2nd final was reached in the 50th edition, again as the Rest Jury Qualifier, but the island still managed to not only beat the 26th place personal best from NSC 42, but actually reach a top 12 finish. The first top 10 finish in a semi final came in NSC 54, which saw Balearica Island qualify to the final equal on points with the 11th placer Alinta, but with 2 more voters. The next 9 entries didn't qualify, but in NSC 66 Balearica Island became the shock of the edition. After being put dead last in the odds, Balearica Island ended 9th, and was even on 6th at one point during the voting. It ended on 4th in the semi final, also a new personal best. And only 4 editions later, in NSC 70, Balearica Island won the semi final, 31 points ahead of Greenfroze in 2nd, and ended 2nd in the final, only beaten by Greenfroze with 8 points. This also turned out not to be a one time only occurance, because NSC 80 was very similar. Balearica Island won the semi with a 25 points margin over Canedonia, and was beaten by 8 points in the final, however, the winner this time was Waloria, who ended 2nd in the other semi. Balearica Island has now entered in 36 editions of the NSC, and reached 9 finals (as of NSC 81).

There was some internal controversy regarding the entry in NSC 53, where a different style of electronic music was chosen to represent the island. Balearica Island is a bit like Cyprus in the real world, it's a divided island. The part of Balearica Island that doesn't show up on the postcards is a much darker side, with a very different type of sound. It's called Defqonia, and there had been rumours about Defqonian plans to invade the NSC, but they were never taken seriously. Balearica Island authorities did an investigation, and it turned out that the NSC minister was in fact born in Defqonia, and had been working on the "invasion" plans. And despite the chosen song not doing too good in NSC, the relationship between Defqonia and Mellonia-Salinas (the "postcard" side of the island) has improved, and previous conflicts seems to have been buried. Defqonia was also responsible for the first podium finish for Balearica Island, while the second one was a collaboration between Defqonia and Mellonia-Salinas.

Balearica Island has also entered in 7 Spinoff contests, and the best result is 9th in the Halloween Spinoff.

NSC Entries
NSC 42: The Blizzard - Kalopsia -15th Semi Final 2, 49 points

NSC 43: Ayla - Ayla Part II - 26th Final, 71 points (18th Semi Final 2, 33 points, Rest Jury Qualifier)

NSC 44: Puretone - Addicted To Bass - 21st Semi Final 2, 38 points

NSC 45: Sylver - Confused (CJ Stone Remix Edit) - 23rd Semi Final 1, 25 points

NSC 46: Yahel & Eyal Barkan - Voyage - 18th Semi Final 1, 55 points

NSC 47: Armin van Buuren - Blue Fear - 12th Semi Final 1, 67 points

NSC 48: Kay D. Smith & Marc Tall - Hoipolloi (Mark Sherry's Trance Energy Remix) - 23rd Semi Final 2, 29 points

NSC 50: Winter Kills - Deep Down - 12th Final, 88 points (12th Semi Final 1, 60 points, Rest Jury Qualifier)

NSC 51: VNV Nation - Beloved - 16th Semi Final 1, 39 points

NSC 52: Energy 52 - Café Del Mar - 14th Semi Final 1, 58 points

NSC 53: DJ Activator & Francesco Zeta - Fear And Dark - 17th Semi Final 1, 37 points

NSC 54: 2 Unlimited - No Limit - 20th Final, 84 points (10th Semi Final 1, 68 points)

NSC 55: Shove vs Barak - Super Marihuano Bross - 16th Semi Final 1, 51 points

NSC 56: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6EvtlcHPnw Residence Deejays feat. Frissco - Sexy Love] - 20th Semi Final 1, 26 points

NSC 57: Beattraax - Project Well - 19th Semi Final 2, 33 points

NSC 58: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkklExEndHI Sunlounger feat. Inger Hansen - Breaking Waves] - 25th Semi Final 1, 17 points

NSC 60: Ørjan Nilsen - So Long Radio - 12th Semi Final 1, 63 points

NSC 61: DJ's United - Remember Love - 20th Semi Final 2, 24 points

NSC 62: Da Tweekaz - DNA - 15th Semi Final 1, 59 points

NSC 63: Matisse & Sadko - Hi Scandinavia! - 18th Semi Final 2, 45 points

NSC 65: Eiffel 65 - Move Your Body - 19th Semi Final 2, 38 points

NSC 66: Engine-Earz Experiment - Kaliyuga - 9th Final, 130 points (4th Semi Final 2, 89 points)

NSC 67: Ewan Dobson - Time 2 - 12th Semi Final 1, 66 points

NSC 68: Roland & Sherman - Somewhere Down The Lane - 22nd Semi Final 2, 37 points

NSC 69: Katy B - Easy Please Me - 23rd Semi Final 1, 45 points

NSC 70: Technoboy - Catfight - 2nd Final, 187 points (1st Semi Final 1, 132 points)

NSC 71: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHu8948sDJA BT feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw - A Million Stars] - 24th Final, 85 points (Pre-Qualified)

NSC 72: Mums Of Death - Golden Axe - 18th Semi Final 1, 49 points

NSC 73: Starchild - Starchild - 26th Semi Final 2, 15 points

NSC 74: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReqPNqp8v14 Paul Van Dyk feat. Hemstock & Jennings - Nothing But You] - 21st Semi Final 2, 37 points

NSC 75: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Albuquerque - 25th Semi Final 2, 19 points

NSC 76: Hollywood Undead - Levitate (Digital Dog Club Mix) - 21st Semi Final 2, 39 points

NSC 77: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrcCkvnywjE Evil Activities & Endymion feat. E-Life - Broken] - 23rd Final, 86 points (9th Semi Final 2, 73 points)

NSC 78: Your Favorite Martian - Epileptic Techno - N/A

All the entries can also be found in this playlist.

Spinoff Entries
AATW Hungary: Mÿon - Albion - 24th, 32 points

Halloween: Rockstar - Du Hast - 9th, 68 points

Congratulations 5: The Blizzard - Kalopsia - 30th, 57 points

AATW Pacific Islands: Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby - 12th, 47 points

Covers / Remixes Spinoff 2: Zornik - Scared Of Yourself (Peter Luts Remix) - 30th, 17 points

AATW Denmark: Blå Øjne - Dig Og Mig - 28th, 25 points

Congratulations 7: Katy B - Easy Please Me - 35th, 140 points

NSC voting history
Since the debut in NSC 42, Balearica Island has qualified for 7 finals, and voted in 33 finals (as of NSC 77). Here is the list of the nations that has recieved points from Balearica Island in those 33 finals (number of 12's in brackets):

143: Zaprya (4)

83: Fervorosia (4)

59: Bacchus (1)

57: Noizeland

53: Cydoni-Gibberia (3)

47: Zombira

46: Calypso

45: Adamsburg (1)

44: Kostanovia

43: Greenfroze

41: Orangualia (2) and Ugaly

40: Akkåville (2), Pigeon Island and Yaponesia (1)

38: Zechonia (1)

37: Lukeland

36: Horehronieland and Zoidiac

33: Genext (1), Kingdom of Erås (1) and Reignland (1)

32: Comino and Nightwishia (1)

31: 10 Regions of Mobius

29: Belvist (1) and Vedatistan (1)

28: Arjastan (1), Celinas, Halito (1) and QuiénDQ

27: Berceniland

26: Rumia

25: Scorpionia

24: Viola Per Sempre

23: Bokia (1) and Kamandé

22: Dalisska and Sunland

21: Gozitania (1)

20: Serenate & Clair

19: Saksjaowie and Tohru

18: Eterland (1)

17: Somborian Republic

16: Angelic

15: Cleoreantia

14: Canedonia (1) and Virgohronie

13: Swelatie and Waloria

12: Kuki-Q (1), Nukuland and United Islands (1)

11: Spila

10: Effiland, Lyapunovia, Roseland and Tír an Abhainn

8: Qele, Vegetaria, Vorhota and Zoran's Island

7: Aleksandrija, Neajlovia, Perryfornia, Xhanostania and Xorientia

6: New Acadia

5: Blondania and Mooseland

4: Anselmsmumonia, Daffodillia and Mysticland

3: Disqualified and Reym-L-Dneurb

1: Ametan and Ecclestonia

And here's the list of the nations that have given points to Balearica Island in the 7 finals (number of 12's in brackets):

65: Arjastan (4)

49: Prasia (2)

41: Cydoni-Gibberia

40: Ugaly

35: Halito (1)

31: Noizeland

29: Virgohronie (1)

25: Zechonia (1) and Zoidiac

22: Tír an Abhainn

21: Zombira

20: Yaponesia

19: Rumia (1)

18: Blondania

17: QuiénDQ (1)

15: Angelic (1), Kingdom of Erås and Vedatistan (1)

13: Canedonia, New Acadia and Orangualia

12: Bacchus (1), Fervorosia (1) and Zaprya

11: Kamandé and Sunland

10: Greenfroze

8: Alinta, Bokia, Horehronieland, Kostanovia, Kuki-Q and Xorientia

7: Dalisska

6: 10 Regions of Mobius and Daffodillia

5: Carpatina, Celinas, Scorpionia and Vegetaria

4: Berceniland, Genext and Qele

3: Adamsburg, Akkåville, Disqualified, Reym-L-Dneurb, Viola Per Sempre and Waloria

2: Spila and Tohru

1: Reignland