Amerivision Song Contest
edit| Organising body | ABU |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 8 1956 |
| Region | International |
| Number of teams | Variable |
| Current champions |  Mexico |
| Most successful team(s) |  Canada(7 wins) |
The Amerivision IRL Song Contest is a constest created by me as an attempt to recreate the Eurovision formula in the american continent, while using the correct timestamps for each edition, which means the competition begins in 1956 and goes all the way through the present day, all while listening to songs from each respective year.
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Participating countries
editAll countries located in the american continent can participate of the event, however, the event started to happen in an era that most american nations didn't have access to television, so they gradually joined in as television arrived in the nations. Below we have a list of debuts per edition.
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The only american countries and territories that are left to debut in the competition are Anguilla, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Martin, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten.
Much like Australia in Eurovision, Japan was also invited to participate of Amerivision in its 60th anniversary, due to high viewership of the contest in the country, this was supposed to be a one time only event, but Japan eventually stayed in the contest.
Winners
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Note to self: Remember to check this list before starting a new edition.
Winners by country
edit| Wins | Country | Edition |
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| 7 | Canada
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1957, 1959, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1986, 2000 |
| 5 |  Brazil
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1956, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1985 |
| 4 |  Uruguay
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1958, 1960, 1963, 1982 |
 Netherlands Antilles
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1968, 1969, 1979, 1993 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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1974, 1980, 1996, 2002 | |
| Mexico
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1973, 1987, 1989, 2005 | |
| 3 |  Bahamas
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1988, 1991, 1992 |
 Chile
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1962, 1977, 1998 | |
 United States
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1970, 1981, 2003 | |
| 2 |  Puerto Rico
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1961, 1967 |
 Colombia
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1972, 1983 | |
 Jamaica
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1994, 1995 | |
| 1 |  Argentina
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1964 |
 Panama
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1965 | |
 Haiti
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1990 | |
 Suriname
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1997 | |
 Guadeloupe
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1999 | |
 Martinique
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2001 | |
 Nicaragua
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2004 |
Winners by language
edit| Wins | Language | Edition |
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| 24 | English | 1957, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003 |
| 17 | Spanish | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2004, 2005 |
| 5 | Portuguese | 1956, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1985 |
| 3 | French | 1978, 1999, 2001 |
| 1 | Haitian Creole | 1990 |
Highest scores
editTop five winners by percentage of all votes
editThis table shows top five winning songs, by the percentage of all votes cast.
| Year | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Percentage of all points cast | Percentage of maximum possible points |
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| 1960 | Uruguay
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Los TNT | "Eso, eso, eso" | 31 | 31.00% | 34.44% |
| 1959 | Canada
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Ronnie Hawkins | "Fourty Days" | 27 | 27.00% | 30.00% |
| 1958 | Uruguay
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Amalia de la Vega | "Mi poncho" | 22 | 24.44% | 27.50% |
| 1962 | Chile
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Los Ramblers | "Twist del estudiante" | 36 | 24.00% | 80.00% |
| 1957 | Canada
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The Crew-Cuts | "Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)" | 21 | 23.33% | 26.25% |
Top five winners by percentage of the maximum possible score
edit| Contest | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Percentage of all points cast | Percentage of maximum possible points |
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| 1962 | Chile
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Los Ramblers | "Twist del estudiante" | 36 | 24.00% | 80.00% |
| 1981 | United States
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Kim Carnes | "Bette Davis Eyes" | 145 | 14.71% | 75.52% |
| 1986 | Canada
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Lee Aaron | "Powerline" | 153 | 14.65% | 75.00% |
| 1975 | Canada
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April Wine | "Oowatanite" | 127 | 14.67% | 70.55% |
| 1973 | Mexico
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Sola | "Soy rebelde" | 79 | 16.59% | 70.53% |
Top ten participants by number of points
edit| Contest | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Percentage of all points cast | Percentage of maximum possible points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Nicaragua
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David Bisbal | "Bulería" | 258 | 13.48% | 67.19% |
| 2004 | Brazil
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Vanessa da Mata | "Eu sou neguinha?" | 232 | 12.12% | 60.42% |
| 2003 | United States
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Michelle Branch | "Are You Happy Now?" | 222 | 11.96% | 59.68% |
| 2003 | Argentina
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Chenoa | "Soy lo que me das" | 205 | 11.05% | 55.11% |
| 2005 | Mexico
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María Daniela y su Sonido Lasser | "Chicle de menta" | 199 | 11.07% | 55.28% |
| 2001 | Martinique
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Kelly Joyce | "Vivre la vie" | 188 | 12.97% | 65.28% |
| 1995 | Jamaica
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Diana King | "Shy Guy" | 185 | 13.29% | 67.02% |
| 2005 |  Barbados
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Rihanna | "Pon de Replay" | 177 | 9.84% | 49.17% |
| 1995 | Colombia
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Shakira | "Estoy aquí" | 175 | 12.57% | 63.40% |
| 1996 | Trinidad and Tobago
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Ardis | "Woman to Woman" | 173 | 12.42% | 62.68% |
| 2000 | Canada
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Damhnait Doyle | "Tattooed" | 172 | 12.36% | 62.32% |
Participants that scored no points
edit| Contest | Country | Artist | Song |
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| 1959 | Puerto Rico
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Ramito | "Sabor boricua" |
| 1960 | Puerto Rico
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Odilio González | "Saludo a lares (Mapeyé)" |
| 1966 | Colombia
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Andrés Landero | "Cumbia en la India" |
| 1983 | Argentina
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Los Twist | "Pense que se trataba de cieguitos" |
| 1992 |  Dominican Republic
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Antony Santos | "Voy pa 'lla" |
| 1999 |  Bermuda
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Mishka | "One True" |
Gallery
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Maysa, winner of the inaugural 1956 contest for Brazil. -
The Crew-Cuts, winners of the 1957 contest for Canada. -
Ronnie Hawkins, winner of the 1959 contest for Canada. -
Los TNT, winners of the 1960 contest for Uruguay. -
Julio Sosa, winner of the 1963 contest for Uruguay. -
Violeta Rivas, winner of the 1964 contest for Argentina. -
Raphael, winner of the 1965 contest for Panama. -
Elis Regina, winner of the 1966 contest for Brazil. -
Minnie Riperton, winner of the 1970 contest for the United States. -
Evinha, winner of the 1971 contest for Brazil. -
Billy Ocean, lead singer of the winning band Scorched Earth for Trinidad and Tobago in 1974. -
April Wine, winners of the 1975 contest for Canada. -
Elza Soares, winner of the 1976 contest for Brazil. -
Los Jaivas, winners of the 1977 contest for Chile. -
La Bottine Souriante, winners of the 1978 contest for Canada. -
Katie Kissoon, one of the winners of the 1980 contest for Trinidad and Tobago. -
Kim Carnes, winner of the 1981 contest for the United States. -
Jaime Roos, winner of the 1982 contest for Uruguay. -
Ilan Chester, winner of the 1983 contest for Colombia. -
Bruce Cockburn, winner of the 1984 contest for Canada. -
Tetê Espíndola, winner of the 1985 contest for Brazil. -
Lee Aaron, winner of the 1986 contest for Canada. -
Luis Miguel, winner of the 1987 contest for Mexico. -
Gloria Trevi, winner of the 1989 contest for Mexico. -
Errol Brown, winner of the 1991 contest for the Bahamas. -
Baha Men, winners of the 1992 contest for the Bahamas. -
CB Milton, winner of the 1993 contest for the Netherlands Antilles. -
Ini Kamoze, winner of the 1994 contest for Jamaica. -
Trijntje Oosterhuis, lead singer of the group Total Touch, winners of the 1997 contest for Suriname. -
La Ley, winners of the 1998 contest for Chile. -
Damhnait Doyle, winner of the 2000 contest for Canada. -
Kelly Joyce, winner of the 2001 contest for Martinique. -
Heather Headley, winner of the 2002 contest for Trinidad and Tobago. -
Michelle Branch, winner of the 2003 contest for the United States. -
David Bisbal, winner of the 2004 contest for Nicaragua. -
María Daniela, lead singer of the winning band María Daniela y su Sonido Lasser for Mexico in 2005.
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