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Sakuralia
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Member station Sakuralia1 SHK
Appearances
Appearances 30 (WLSC)
72 (NSC)
Debut WLSC 57 (WLSC)
NSC 122 (NSC)
Best result WLSC: 1st (63,81,82)
NSC: 2nd (144)
Worst result WLSC: 18th (57)
NSC: Last in semi (131,142,146,170,187,191)

Sakuralia is a nation in the Nation Song Contest. After 505 days on the Waiting List, it was officially recognized as a nation of Natia on May 5, 2015. It made its NSC debut at NSC 122 in Dalisska.

The country is located in Chiara province, bordered by Adamsburg to the west and Arirang to the south. The nations of Yaponesia and Calypso lie to the east across the Mahou Channel from Hanashima Bay.

About Sakuralia

  • Founded: December 16, 2013
  • Population: 25,000,000
  • Capital City: Hanashima
  • Country Code: SAK
  • Internet Code: .saku
  • Government: Constitutional Monarchy
  • Head of State: Empress Naoko Takeuchi
  • Prime Minister: Terri Hawkes
  • National Anthem: Moonlight Densetsu
  • Official Languages: Japanese and English
  • Flower: Cherry blossom
  • Motto: Bunka to sōzō-sei ga saku basho (Where culture and creativity bloom)
  • Currency: Nami (100 hanako = 1 nami)

Geography

  • Regions and capitals: Fuyubara (capital city: Snowpoint), Harumiko (capital city: Hanashima), Natsuyume (capital city: Taiyouhoshi), Akihana (capital city: Shimaya)
  • Highest Mountain: Pikayama (13,125 ft.)

International Relations

Sakuralia has forged friendships with countries across Natia and around the world. The country's strongest ties in Natia are with that of the nation of Moisantia.

Media

SHK (Sakuralia Hoso Kyokai) is the national public broadcaster of Sakuralia, with its headquarters located in the Kinozu district of Hanashima.  It runs 3 primary television channels, 2 secondary channels and 2 radio stations (Radio 1 and Radio 2), private and regional stations are also available throughout the country as well as international channels carried by satellite.

All SHK programming is also available through its on-demand service.

  • SHK 1: The main channel, featuring news, anime, game shows, major sporting events, entertainment and more, along with its popular annual New Year's Eve event, the Kohaku Uta Gassen.  Broadcasts the Nation Song Contest
  • SHK 2: Educational channel offering language and general interest courses as well as travel documentaries and information
  • SHK 3: Also known as SHK International, offering the best shows from around the world.  Broadcasts the Eurovision Song Contest annually with BBC feed and commentary
  • SHK News: Newly established in 2020, a 24/7 news service covering both domestic and international stories with broadcasts in both English and Japanese
  • SHK Kids: Newly established in 2020, featuring children's programming and cartoons. As of 2020, broadcasts the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
  • SHK Radio 1: News and information in both English and Japanese
  • SHK Radio 2: Offering the best music from Sakuralia and around the world

The main national daily newspaper is the Sakura Shimbun, offering both an English edition and a Japanese edition.  Local and regional newspapers and magazines are also widely distributed

Important Holidays and Festivals in Sakuralia

  • January 1: New Year's Day
  • March 15: Empress Naoko's Birthday
  • April 29-May 5: Golden Week
  • May 5: Natia Matsuri
  • July 1: True North Festival (Canada Day)
  • December 16: Sakuralia Day
  • December 25: Christmas Day
  • December 31: New Year's Eve (Omisoka)

Sakuralia in NSC

Sakuralia officially joined the main roster on May 5, 2015 after nearly 17 months on the Waiting List. It has made 22 finals thus far in its contest history, with 2 top-5 finishes (5th in its debut in NSC 122, and 2nd in NSC 144) and 2 top 10s (9th in NSC 166, and 7th in NSC 181). It has hosted once (NSC 145) and pre-qualified 3 times (NSC 123 and NSC 145 via top-6 finish, and NSC 182 by promotion).

(*)For NSC 148, Sakuralia worked in conjunction with the nation of Tourmalet in Alternatia for their first song contest

Legend: Pink = DNQ, Aqua = PQ, Peach = REJU Qualifier

Edition Artist Song Semi Placing Semi Points Final Placing Final Points
122 Kadebostany Castle in the Snow 4 100 5 150
123 Enigma Sadeness: Part 1 PQ PQ 26 63
124 Rin' Sakura Sakura 18 53 DNQ DNQ
125 Little Mix Wings 14 61 DNQ DNQ
126 Paradise Fears You To Believe In 23 33 DNQ DNQ
127 Ekat Bork The World Is Dancing 4 81 24 95
128 Two Steps From Hell Protectors Of The Earth 19 53 DNQ DNQ
129 Kiesza Stronger 16 59 DNQ DNQ
130 Hatsune Miku World Is Mine 18 44 DNQ DNQ
131 Celine Dion Misled 27 23 DNQ DNQ
132 KARA Mr. 23 37 DNQ DNQ
133 Daft Punk The Game Has Changed 24 26 DNQ DNQ
134 Savage Garden Affirmation 25 29 DNQ DNQ
135 Diamá La Mossa 23 28 DNQ DNQ
136 Amir Oasis 17 66 DNQ DNQ
137 Ayumi Hamazaki progress 15 60 DNQ DNQ
138 Rosin Murphy Ramalama 6 80 12 129
139 Nelly Furtado Powerless 8 69 20 93
140 Amir On dirait 10 79 21 91
141 The Cranberries Linger 13 67 DNQ DNQ
142 Paula Abdul Rush, Rush 26 14 DNQ DNQ
143 Perfume Laser Beam 13 66 DNQ DNQ
144 Latifa Soyuoz Hedef 2 106 2 176
145 AKB48 Kaze wa Fuiteiru PQ PQ 25 77
146 Meghan Trainor Good To Be Alive 25 15 DNQ DNQ
147 Matt Mays Take It On Faith 8 75 21 83
148* OneRepublic No Vacancy (ft. Amir) 21 36 DNQ DNQ
149 Koop ft. Ane Brun Koop Island Blues 22 21 29 39
150 John Williams Becoming a Geisha 3 89 14 128
151 Dami Im Fighting For Love 9 77 16 115
152 Maldita Nerea Bailarina 24 44 DNQ DNQ
153 George Michael Freedom '90 24 19 DNQ DNQ
154 Katy Perry Rise 14 57 DNQ DNQ
155 Hans Zimmer Show Me Your Firetruck 22 48 DNQ DNQ
156 Kongos Take It From Me 8 67 26 65
157 Aimer One 19 56 DNQ DNQ
158 Underworld Caliban's Dream 14 58 DNQ DNQ
159 Howard Shore The Fellowship 13 61 13 115
160 Madame Monsieur Comme une reine 22 30 DNQ DNQ
161 Zibbz Undun 20 32 DNQ DNQ
162 did not participate (entry submission error)
163 Hidden Citizens (I Just) Died In Your Arms 19 39 DNQ DNQ
164 Nuria Fergó La vida son sólo dos días 24 30 DNQ DNQ
165 Lindsey Stirling Roundtable Rival 14 64 DNQ DNQ
166 Enya Caribbean Blue 9 78 9 136
167 Adele Hometown Glory 19 56 DNQ DNQ
168 Cassiøpeia Better 13 60 DNQ DNQ
169 Greatest Showman Cast The Greatest Show 16 44 28 59
170 Cirque du Soleil Cerceaux 24 22 DNQ DNQ
171 Duncan Laurence The Greatest 23 36 DNQ DNQ
172 John Williams The Chairman's Waltz 21 49 DNQ DNQ
173 Taking a break
174 Carole & Tuesday ft. Crystal After the Fire 22 41 DNQ DNQ
175 Duncan Laurence Love Don't Hate It 14 67 DNQ DNQ
176 Kate Bush Cloudbusting 4 80 16 109
177 Voices from Mars Mother 21 45 DNQ DNQ
178 Halsey Castle 23 25 DNQ DNQ
179 Elina Wild Enough 17 55 DNQ DNQ
180 Wagakki Band Ignite 14 65 DNQ DNQ
181 Queen The Show Must Go On 4 90 7 144
182 Madonna This Used To Be My Playground PQ PQ 28 46
183 Amir La fête 13 60 DNQ DNQ
184 Serena Ryder Together We Are One 26 24 DNQ DNQ
185 Christina Aguilera Loyal Brave True 7 87 22 88
186 Ruth B. If By Chance 21 39 DNQ DNQ
187 Mary J. Blige Work That 26 29 DNQ DNQ
188 Art Demur Chas 25 27 DNQ DNQ
189 Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It 19 48 DNQ DNQ
190 Armin van Buuren ft. Duncan Laurence Feel Something 13 57 DNQ DNQ
191 Momoiro Clover Z Moon Color Chainon 27 23 DNQ DNQ
192 P!nk Glitter in the Air 18 61 DNQ DNQ
193 Spice Girls 2 Become 1 13 62 16 120
194 CLANN I Hold You 10 70 11 133
195 Katy Perry Electric 24 34 DNQ DNQ
196 Woodkid Prologue (Paris 2024) 18 50 DNQ DNQ
197 Alice on the Roof Mystery Light

Sakuralia in WLSC

Sakuralia joined WLSC on December 16, 2013 and debuted in edition 57. Since then, it has won three times (WLSC 63 in Vylkuzeme, WLSC 81 in Meilutya and WLSC 82 on home ground). It has also hosted 4 times: WLSC 64, WLSC 77 (by deferral), WLSC 82 and WLSC 83.

Edition Artist Song Placing Points
WLSC 57 AKB48 Kaze wa Fuiteiru 18 18
WLSC 58 Dami Im Alive 12 54
WLSC 59 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Orchestra Fire On The Mountain 11 57
WLSC 60 John Barrowman What About Us 13 37
WLSC 61 Snap The Power 14 53
WLSC 62 Rudenko & t.A.T.u. Nas Ne Dogonyat (Sochi 2014 Remix) 8 71
WLSC 63 Robert Miles Children 1 112
WLSC 64 Savage Garden Affirmation 3 88
WLSC 65 Aqua Turn Back Time 11 51
WLSC 66 Lisa Lougheed Run With Us 8 57
WLSC 67 Utada Hikaru Simple and Clean 10 40
WLSC 68 Matthew Morrison Still Got Tonight 8 45
WLSC 69 Sarah McLachlan Possession 8 35
WLSC 70 Sam Bailey Skyscraper 4 48
WLSC 71 Sebalter Saturday 5 71
WLSC 72 The Corrs Dreams 9 39
WLSC 73 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Don't Come Around Here No More 11 29
WLSC 74 Daft Punk The Game Has Changed 5 72
WLSC 75 Queen These Are The Days Of Our Lives 7 70
WLSC 76 Ronan Hardiman Celtic Dream 3 90
WLSC 77 Moranbong Band Without A Break 6 63
WLSC 78 Alannah Myles Black Velvet 8 61
WLSC 79 Jade Villalon 1000 Words 8 50
WLSC 80 Koop ft. Ane Brun Koop Island Blues 3 59
WLSC 81 Yuna Rescue 1 56
WLSC 82 ABBA Take A Chance On Me 1 56
WLSC 83 John Parr St. Elmo's Fire 4 28
WLSC 84 Take That Rule The World 2 45
WLSC 85 The Tribe Abe Messiah 3 36
WLSC 86 Lee Mead Paint It Black 4 58

Special Editions

All the NSC/WLSC events Sakuralia has participated in

Edition Artist Song Placing Points
WLSC Congratulations 3 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Orchestra Fire On The Mountain 18 31
ESC 2014 Karaoke Molly (esc87fan cover) Children Of The Universe 6 65
WLSC Congratulations 4 Ronan Hardiman Celtic Dream 8 50
ESC 2015 Karaoke Mélanie René (esc87fan cover) Time To Shine 4 83
ESC 2015 Special Mélanie René Time To Shine 17 43
WLSC Congratulations 5 Take That Rule The World 6 49
NSC Congratulations 13 Kadebostany Castle in the Snow 7 179
ESC 2016 Special Rykka The Last of Our Kind 28 28
ESC 2016 Karaoke Rykka (esc87fan cover) The Last of Our Kind 4 79
NSC Congratulations 14 Roisin Murphy Ramalama 21 129
ESC 2017 Special Alma Requiem 4 84
ESC 2017 Karaoke Timebelle (esc87fan cover) Apollo 2 85
NSC Congratulations 15 Latifa Soyuoz Hedef 24 109
ESC 2018 Special Madame Monsieur Mercy 10 59
Year of Birth Sister Sledge We Are Family 6 56
NSC Congratulations 16 Dami Im Fighting For Love 11 125
ESC 2018-2019 Karaoke Duncan Laurence (esc87fan cover) Arcade 6 60
NSC Congratulations 17 Enya Caribbean Blue 13 160
NSC Congratulations 18 Duncan Laurence Love Don't Hate It 27 90
ESC 2020 Special Gjon's Tears Répondez-moi 12 57
NSC Congratulations 19 Queen The Show Must Go On 12 169
ESC 2021 Special Gjon's Tears Tout l'univers 4 91
ESC 2020-2021 Karaoke Gjon's Tears (esc87fan cover) Répondez-moi 7 69


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