| Nova Grand Prix Wikia | |
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| Genre | Song contest |
| Based on | Eurovision Song Contest |
| Country of origin | Ukraine |
| Creator | Nazar Novak |
| Executive supervisor | Denis Gribin |
| Country(-ies) | List of countries |
| Original language(s) | Russian, English |
| No. of episodes | 4 contests |
| Production | |
| Running time | 240 minutes |
| First run | 2014 |
| Last aired | present |
| Social network(s) | VKontakte |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Junior Nova Grand Prix (2014–) |
External links
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| Links title | Official website |
The Nova Grand Prix, often shortened to NGP, or Nova, is an annual song competition inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest, which was created by Nazar Novak, an ordinary student from Ukraine, on February 10, 2014 and open to countries all over the world. The inaugural competition took place on July 2014, in Ottawa, Canada. One hundred and six countries have taken part since the inauguration of the contest.
Format[]
The competition involves one representative from each of the participating countries. The festival is held in an online format. From each country can participate only one representative (soloist, duet etc, or musical band), performing a song. The most popular song is determined by voting of participaning countries
The contest is held annually, in the last full week in July, and is one of the most unusual simulators in the social network "VKontakte". For all time in the competition curators from different countries of the world participated (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan).
Further more: Rules
Participation[]
Any independent country of the world, developed in the musical industry, may take part in the competition. Usually, those countries that passed into the final are able to take part next year and some returning and debuting contries are willing.
Further more: List of countries in the Nova Grand Prix
Listed are all the countries that have ever taken part in the competition alongside the year in which they made their debut:
| Year | Country making its debut entry |
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| 2014 |
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| 2015 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2017 |  Albania -  Belgium -  Jordan -  Lithuania
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| 2018 |  Bulgaria -  Czech Republic -  Mali -  Slovenia -  Tajikistan
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Map of participating countries[]
- – Countries that participate this year.
- – Countries that did not participated earlier, but participate this year.
- – Countries that participated earlier, but do not participate this year.
Hosting[]
Most of the expense of the contest is covered by commercial sponsors and contributions from the other participating nations. The contest is considered to be a unique opportunity for promoting the host country as a tourist destination. The table below shows a list of cities and venues that have hosted the NGP, one or more times. Future venues are shown in italics.
| Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years |
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| 1 |  Canada
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Ottawa | Canadian Tire Center | 2014 |
| 1 |  Russia
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Novosibirsk | Siberian Crown Arena | 2015 |
| 1 |  France
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Lille | Stade Pierre-Mauroy | 2016 |
| 1 |  United States
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New York | Barclays Center | 2017 |
| 1 |  Iceland
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Fellabær and Egilsstaðir | Nest of Swan Arena | 2018 |
Winning entries[]
| Year | Date | Host city | Par-ts | Winner | Performer | Song | Runner-up | Third place |
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| 2014 | 22/24/26 July | Ottawa | 58 | Russia
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Polina Gagarina | "Net" |  Sweden
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 Australia
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| 2015 | 21/23/25 July | Novosibirsk | 57 | France
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Kenji Girac | "Andalouse" |  Greece
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 Iran
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| 2016 | 17/19/21/23 July | Lille | 60 | United States
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Justin Timberlake | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" |  Armenia
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 Italy
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| 2017 | 25/27/29 July | New York | 53 | Iceland
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Eivør | "Í Tokuni" | France
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Belgium
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| 2018 | 24/26/28 July | Fellabær and Egilsstaðir | 55 |
Slogans[]
| Year | Place | Slogan |
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| 2014 | Canada (Ottawa)
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"My paper life" |
| 2015 | Russia (Novosibirsk)
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"Give life a second" |
| 2016 | France (Lille)
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"Never too late" |
| 2017 | United States (New York)
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"Express yourself" |
| 2018 | Iceland (Fellabær and Egilsstaðir)
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TBD |