Eurovision Fan Contest
Eurovision Fan Contest is an online song contest, based on the hit TV show, Eurovision Song Contest. It was founded on June 8th, 2013 and the first edition was held on
July 2013 in Stockholm, 
Sweden. The executive producer
and the founder of the contest is ESCNickSweden. EFC -as usually stylized- has started to become one of the biggest contests on YouTube. The highest record of participants is 54, the number of
participants in Chania, Greece (August 2015)
Origins
In June 2013, ESCNickSweden decided to make a new project so as to get more into the spirit of Eurovision. So, in July 2013, the first edition of Eurovision Fan Contest went online. "Eurovision" is refered to the real song contest and "Fan" to all the Eurovision fans that want to participate. The goal of the contest is to get the YouTube fans into the Eurovision spirit a bit more.
Format
The format is the same with the Eurovision Song Contest, with some more adjustments. One player from YouTube chooses any country of the world, together with the song that he/she wants to
participate. The artist that he/she chooses must be born on or be living in the country the player participates with. All players must vote on the (semi)final, or else they will get disqualified,
a rule that will begin in January 2015. The voting system is: 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point(s). The voting procedure begins after the recap is uploaded on the official YouTube channel
of the contest. At the end of the month, the results video is uploaded and the winner is declared as the song with the most points. The programme is invariably opened by one or
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| Genre | Online Song Contest |
| Created by | ESCNickSweden |
| Country of origin |
Sweden
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| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
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| Location(s) | List of host cities |
| Running time | approx. 14 minutes |
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Production company |
ESCNickSweden |
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Distributor |
EFC |
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Broadcast |
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Picture format |
720i (July 2013-present) |
| Original run | 1 July 2013-present |
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more presenters, welcoming viewers to the show. (For further information about the presenters, visit the "List of presenters" page.) The contest is held every month, or in some occasions every two months or even in every second month, with the semi-finals and the
final being held in three consequtive Saturdays.
Participation
Eligible participants include Active Members (as opposed to Associate Members), and independent countries which are recognized by their goverment as independent. Some autonomous members, such
as Åland Islands, Faroe Islands, Hawaii, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands etc. are eligible to participate since
they entered in the first 8 editions.
In the first edition, 28 countries participated and since then, more and more countries participate in each edition. Below you can see the chronicle of the debuts in the contest.
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July 2013
August 2013
September 2013
Autumn 2013
Christmas 2013
January 2014
Spring 2014
April 2014
July 2014
August 2014
September 2014
Autumn 2014
Winter 2015
Spring 2015
August 2015
September 2015 |
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Countries making their debut |
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Azerbaijan, 
Belgium, 
Bulgaria, 
Canada, 
Estonia, 
Finland, 
Hungary, 
Italy, 
Jamaica, 
Japan, 
Liechtenstein, 
Montenegro, 
Norway, 
San Marino, 
Serbia, 
Thailand, 
The Netherlands, 
Turkey, 
United Kingdom, 
United States
Åland Islands, 
China, 
Iceland, 
Kazakhstan, 
Luxembourg, 
Moldova, 
Monaco, 
Romania, 
Russia, 
Slovenia, 
South Korea, 
Trinidad and Tobago,
Turkmenistan, 
Ukraine
Albania, 
Armenia, 
Andorra, 
Barbados, 
Bosnia &
Herzegovina, 
Egypt, 
Faroe Islands,
Hong Kong, 
Gibraltar, 
Kosovo, 
Lebanon, 
Lithuania, 
Portugal
Algeria, 
Catalonia, 
Ghana, 
Haiti,
Iran, 
North Korea, 
Poland, 
Taiwan, 
Switzerland
Belarus, 
Georgia, 
Israel, 
Malta
F.Y.R. Macedonia,
Greenland, 
Hawaii, 
Latvia, 
US Virgin Islands
Aruba,
Cuba, 
Curaçao, 
DR Congo, 
Fiji,
Scotland, 
Slovakia, 
Puerto Rico, 
Venezuela
British Virgin Islands, 
Kuwait, 
South Africa
Tunisia
Afghanistan, 
Brazil,
Czech Republic
Mexico,
Colombia, 
Costa Rica, 
Honduras
Jordan,
Vatican City
Northern Ireland
Pakistan, 
Syria
Ethiopia
Namibia
Hosting
Host country
According to the rules, the country that wins one edition gets to host the next edition of the contest. In case the broadcaster or the winning country has major problems, such as non-funding
because of lack of money, another country gets the right to host the edition the winning country would do.
Eurovision Fan Contest logo
The first logo that was used in the contest is the top picture. It was a simple "Gotham" logo, that later looked unattractive. So it changed on Spring 2014. The second logo, pictured in the centre, was made by the official EBU Eurovision logo and the "FAN CONTEST" was written with Gotham. But in October 2014, after the new official Eurovision vignette logo was released, the logo changed permanently into the one pictured in the bottom. It is made with the vignette Euovision logo and "FAN CONTEST" is written again in capital Gotham.
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Logo used in July 2013 to January 2014. |
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Logo used in Spring 2014 to September 2014. |
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Logo used in Autumn 2014 to present. |
Slogans
As from the beginning of the contest, slogans have been used. The slogan is decided by the executive supervisor, Nick, and is based on the theme and the visual design which are developed.
| Edition | Host city | Slogan |
| July 2013 |
Stockholm
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Share The Moment! |
| August 2013 |
Malmö
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Summer Flowers |
| September 2013 |
 Dublin
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We Got The Fire |
| Autumn 2013 |
 Madrid
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Feel This Moment! |
| January 2014 |
Nicosia
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Aligned Planets |
| Spring 2014 |
 Auckland
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Let The Feelings Go! |
| April 2014 |
Gothenburg
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All Over The World |
| July 2014 |
Paris
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Reaching The Top! |
| August 2014 |
Stockholm
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Crystal Diamonds |
| September 2014 |
 Vienna
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#Unbreakable |
| Autumn 2014 |
 Athens
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#Connected |
| January 2015 |
 Sassenberg
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United Souls |
| Spring 2015 |
 Zagreb
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Be Amazing. |
| July 2015 |
 England
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You Are Unstoppable |
| August 2015 |
Chania
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Brothers |
| September 2015 |
 Sydney
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Rhythm Inside |
| Autumn 2015 |
Melbourne
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Be Positive+ |
Winners
| Edition | Host city | Winner | Song | Points | Margin | Runner-up |
| July 2013 |
Stockholm
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Sweden
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"Crying Out Your Name" | 146 | 22 |
 Denmark
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| August 2013 |
Malmö
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