Mercedini in the WVSC & the WHF

Mercedini has participated in the WorldVision Song Contest since WorldVision 48 and debuted in Phoda, Talvezout where Samuel Borlaviac represented the nation with the song, "The Beat" which ultimately placed 19th with 41 points. Since then, Mercedini has entered once more via an internal selection before switching to a national selection in WV50, this was discontinued in WorldVision 55 due to a series of falling ranks. Mercedini has chosen their artist via an internal selection ever since.

Ever since Mercedini's first participation, ENM has been the member station which owns the rights to broadcast and participate in the contest. Originally, ENM chose the performing artist via an internal selection with a goal to "promote new talent and give promising young musicians a chance to shine on the world stage". However, ENM introduced a national selection for the 50th anniversary of the WorldVision Song Contest called 'SongSearch: Mercedini's Choice, the show is broadcast from the Forcini Auditorium in Mercedini's second largest city; Langtree. The show features 8 artists who have applied to an open application. The large list of songs is whittled down to eight artists, who perform live. The show's results are split 50/50 between international jury and a public vote, where the song with the most points will perform for Mercedini at the WorldVision Song Contest.

Mercedini achieved their first ever Top-10 performance thanks to Rachel Nollov's feel good song 'Unbreakable' which achieved a total 67 points and landed in 9th place in Kyvivre, Britonisea. Following that, Mercedini submitted it's first hosting bid for the WorldVision Song Contest for the 52nd edition, three nation bid and Mercedini came out on top, with it's second largest city in Langtree being chosen to host the contest. This meant a large influx of songs were submitted for the second edition of the national selection with many artists hoping to be given the opportunity to sing in front of their home fans for the first time. M'folo Asante was given the nod after a very tight voting sequence and travelled to Langtree in good spirits. He put in a tremendous performance on stage and managed to claim Mercedini's best performance at the time with a 3rd place finish in front of the home crowd.

After their first podium finish in a WorldVision competition. SongSearch continued onto the 53rd WorldVision Song Contest where Marcus Polton-Mishek was chosen as the participant to be sent to Cherbourg, Normandy & Picardy. He initially came second but ultimately got he ticket after winners Timinder Twins declined to be the Mercedinian representative, which meant Polton-Mishek and his song 'Knew All Along' was sung in their place. He achieved a third successive top ten with a 9th place finish with 59 points which was disappointing following their podium finish but it kept Mercedini near the top for now. Then, Rhythm DMZ became the first act to represent Mercedini more than once after they were part of Mercedini's debut in the WHF. This time, they combined with female vocalist Dimetrix to enter 'My House Is Not A Home' which came through SongSearch after a tight voting sequence with four acts having a chance of winning going into the last set of votes. In Konikstaat, Ekoz, Rhythm DMZ and Dimetrix could match their predecessors and could only conjure up a lowly 14th position which could have been worse, save from 12 points that came from the hosts near the end of the voting sequence.

Following that series of floundering results, ENM decided to discontinue SongSearch for the time being and went with returning to internally selecting up and coming artists with contemporary songs. For the 55th edition, Alicia Mocha was chosen as the representative to head to Dreiichibu-u-Mousiki, Izmedu with her song 'Higher'. There were high hopes for Mocha and she delivered with Mercedini's best result to date, a second place finish and only two points behind the eventual winner Nightom. A late surge of points took her from 9th at half-time to second after the end of voting, only a couple more points would have seen her take home Mercedini's first title.

Being the next pariticpant after a prior 2nd place finish is always a tough job to do, but ENM put that job in safe hands as they selected Leanne Cantrelli and the Santo Davide Gospel Choir to head to Besini for the 56th World Vision Song Contest. They were selected after the very same song came second in the World Hit Festival just months earlier, thus they were given the chance to go one step higher at WorldVision. Unfortunately, that didn't happen but Cantrelli and co. still earned a respectable sixth place with 78 points, their third highest placement and points haul at the time.

WorldVision Song Contest is a hot-topic in Mercedini as approximately 68% of the viewers watch the contest annually where it could even peak to 90% of the public. When Mercedini debuted in the 48th edition, it was the third most viewed TV programme of the year (after The Voice of Mercedini Final and WC Qualification: Mercedini vs. USI). It is not unusual to see artists who feature on WorldVision or SongSearch to have at least some commercial success with their song. It is common that the Mercedinian representative and the winning song at WorldVision hits #1 on the Mercedinian Hot 100 for at least several weeks if not months.

Edition	Host	Artist	Lang	Title	Pos.	Pts.
Phoda '48	Talvezout	Samuel Borlaviac		The Beat	19th	41 pts
Prescott '49	Electrum	5CARLET		Movin' On	18th	39 pts
Kasin '50	Kalosia	7Seas		Countdown	13th	56 pts
Kyvivre '51	Britonisea	Rachel Nollov		Unbreakable	9th	67 pts
.Langtree '52	Mercedini	M'folo Asante		My Time	3rd	87 pts
Cherbourg '53	Normandy and Picardy	Marcus Polton-Mishek		Knew All Along	9th	59 pts
Konikstaat '54	Ekoz	Rhythm DMZ ft. Dimetrix		My House Is Not A Home	14th	55 pts
DUM '55	Izmedu	Alicia Mocha		Higher	2nd	93 pts
P. Besini '56	Besini	Leanne Cantrelli ft. SDGC		Flying Through The Air	6th	78 pts
Kaminkoboy '58	Polkopia	Abigail Westford		Memory	3rd	90 pts
Thatcher City '59	Mister X	Alexa Anglidu		Lighthouse	11th	57 pts
Hejenired '60	Norjihan	Helena Malakhina		Groncha	6th	77 pts
Beizandmizu '63	Todlichebujoku	Leanne Cantrelli		Forever In Love	8th	69 pts
Varea '64	Nekoni	Sebastian Sabatino		Temptation	4th	87 pts
Rouen '65	Normandy and Picardy	Nuttarack		Chemicals	7th	81 pts
Telm City '66	Britonisea	Rapidly Descending Barrier		Loved Ones	10th	74 pts
Orkendrem '67	Darkmania	Daniel Alishkaerni & Alienna		Heart's Desire	8th	72 pts
Tampon Bay '69	Lactatia	Gimme D		G.I.M.M.E. D.	4th	103 pts
MNM '71	Main nation ministry	Arna Venogrum		Ammonimentum	5th	81 pts
Lipa '72	Besen	Ylinqar		Occhi	1st	108 pts
Majorium '77	Mister X	Milo Sibernic & Mia Rina		Lenzuoli (Bedsheets)	-	-
Oreo City '86	Antahbrantahstan	Evangeline Venrahma		The Places We Missed	16th	124 pts

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Edition	Host	Artist	Lang	Title	Pos.	Pts.
Monterra '26	Kalosia	Syren & R. DMZ ft. Charlie Donliffe		2	6th	16 pts
Kyvivre '27	Britonisea	Gloria Anglidu		Final Tear	3rd	21 pts
Telgrad '28	Arioslavia	Cody Goršek		Goodbye, My Love	5th	14 pts
Vodiznad '29	Izmedu	Imarla		Mine Tonight	8th	12 pts
Vodiznad '30	Izmedu	Daniel Alishkaerni		The Way You Make Me Feel	6th	19 pts
Mousiki '31	Izmedu	Leanne Cantrell ft. SDGC		Flying Through The Air	2nd	34 pts
Harrikes '32	Euskirribakondara	Samuel Borlaviac		Stay Right Here	7th	20 pts
Avranches '33	Normandy and Picardy	Anja Tella		Sun's Coming Up	7th	14 pts
Vodiznad '34	Izmedu	Daniel Alishkaerni		Don't Tempt Me	1st	32 pts
Junterapten '35	Britonisea	Alicia Mocha		Higher	2nd	25 pts
Gralicna '36	Izmedu	M'folo Asantè		Someone	1st	32 pts
Palmane '37	Kalosia	Niklas Vostina		Waiting	7th	14 pts
Orkendrem '39	Darkmania	CONGRUENCE		Home	4th	30 pts
Mousiki '40	Izmedu	Rachel Nollov		Unbreakable II (Champions' Edit)	4th (Q) 6th	22 pts (SF2) 34 pts (Final)
Polumisec '41	Izmedu	Helena Malakhina		Hole In My Head	5th	22 pts
Altan '42	Kalosia	Tre Cuori		Truth Or Dare	12th	12 pts
Burgendore '43	Britonisea	Meia Dobrani		We Can	13th	9 pts
Jefferton '44	Anollasia	Eliqzir		Envy	9th	9 pts
Kyvivre '47	Britonisea	NiiNa		Open Air	11th	17 pts
St. Christopher '48	Llalta	Vitra & Stephanie Kalinovsky		Melody	10th	9 pts
Sinnlichsukai '51	Todlichebujoku	Alicia Mocha		Nothing Left To Fight For	17th	5 pts
Monterra '52	Kalosia	Andersi		Cuore D'Oro	10th	17 pts
Orongumila '59	Achaean Republic	IO		Between Borders	6th	21 pts
Zavanje '80	Hafamarimyht	Ylinqar		Scala Scivoloso	TBA	TBA

Following Mercedini's success at the adult's World Hit Festival, ENM tried their hand at the Junior WHF to give young stars the opportunity they need to launch a successful career in the future. They debuted in the third edition which was hosted in Fauligekaikobu, Todlichebujoku where Meia Dobrani carried the Mercedinian flag with her song #ComeTogether. Despite being a first timer, Mercedini claimed a well earned bronze medal with 20 points. Including, top marks from Ekoz in the process. It could set up something big in the future if Mercedini can claim a podium finish at the first attempt.

Edition	Host	Artist	Lang	Title	Pos.	Pts.
Fauligekaikobu '03	Todlichebujoku	Meia Dobrani		#ComeTogether	3rd	20 pts
.Zoloroni '04	Mercedini	Elia Vinci		Lullaby	3rd	22 pts
Tushlark '05	Togonistan	APXES		Won't Ever Get Better	3rd	26 pts
Mera '06	Besen	Whiskers		Gold Hearts	5th	41 pts
Juana Diaz/Urbania '07	Achaean Republic	IO		Reflection	2nd	51 pts
Nightton '08	Natanya	Eliza Ristretto		Out Of Place	13th	23 pts
Melaleuca '09	Northern beepee	Maryam Faez		Can We Try?	5th	40 pts