Own Eurovision Song Contest

The Own Eurovision Song Contest, often shortened to OESC is a song contest on Youtube held, primarily, among the member countries of the Own European Broadcasting Union since April 2012. The competition is based upon the existing Eurovision Song Contest held among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. The current and official executive supervisor is Mihai Ghetiu.

Each country's head of delegation gets to select an entry for each edition either by internal or national selection. Then the countries get to vote for each show (quarter-final, semi-final or final) to determine the qualifiers and the winner of the edition.

Poland holds the record for the highest number of wins, having won the contest four times in twelfth, twenty-sixth, fourtieth and fourty-fourth editions. The highest scoring winner is Indila of Algeria who won the twenty-seventh edition with her song "Dernière danse" which got 321 points, 84 points ahead the runner-up.

Origins
The first ever Own Eurovision Song Contest started on 28th April 2012. It was held in the capital city of Moldova which also was the first ever country to host the Own Eurovision Song Contest and also the first ever direct qualifier for the final. Twenty-nine nations took part in the first edition each submitting one entry to the contest. Each country awarded 12 points to their favorite, 10 points to their second favourite and then 8 points to 1 point for the rest.

The first contest was won by Sweden.

Participation
Any full member of the Own Eurovision Broadcasting Union is allowed to send a song for the Own Eurovision Song Contest. Each full member has got a certain broadcaster that is responsible for the choice of the artists and songs the country is sending for each edition.