New Acadia

New Acadia
Member station	[Radio-Acadia (French), NABC (New Acadian Broadcasting Corporation) (English)]
Appearances
Appearances	26
Debut	NSC 52
Best result	3rd, NSC 74, NSC 97
Worst result	Last, SF (23rd), NSC 70

NOTE: To see entries and voting history, please scroll towards the bottom of the page.

New Acadia (French: Nouvelle Acadie, Long Form: La République de la Nouvelle Acadie) is an island nation that participates in the Nation Song Contest, debuting in version 52.

At A Glance

Country Names	New Acadia (English) Nouvelle Acadie (French) La République de la Nouvelle Acadie (Official Long Name) Nova Acadia (often called, but incorrect)
Capital	Port-Royal (pop. 224 831)
Largest City	Nouvelle-Annapolis (pop. 304 553)
Official Languages	French and English
Demonym	New Acadians, Acadians
Population	996 231
Government Style	Westminster-Style Parliamentary Democracy
Currency	New Acadian Dollar
Animal	Narwhal
Flower	Lily
Bird	Snowy Owl

Etymology

The name "New Acadia" comes from the historical region of Acadia, the English name for the former French colonial region in northeastern North America, which is today typically referred to as The Maritimes, the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, along with the American state of Maine.

History

The story of the Acadians is unique, in that they are a historically peaceful and tolerant people who share a rich culture and a special bond.

The settlement of Port-Royal (present day Annapolis Royal) in 1607 was originally founded by the Acadians, and is the oldest continuous European settlement to ever have been founded in North America. Their early history was that of subsistence and harmony, developing bonds with the local aboriginal tribe, the Mi'kmaqs and learned their hunting and fishing techniques. Their location, though, was on the frontier of a power struggle between French and British territories. Their land was repeatedly ceded between nations, and the Acadians learned to live productively through neutrality and refused to choose sides. This led to their nickname 'the French neutrals.'

After the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, the Acadian territory (minus Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia) was permanently ceded to the British. Thus, the Acadians were forced to sign an oath of allegiance to the Crown. In a trade for their loyalty, they stipulated that they would remain neutral in conflict against the French and Aboriginals. In the mid 18th century, with the British and French conflicting again, the Crown demanded the Acadians take an absolute oath of allegiance to the British, meaning they would have to take arms against their French neighbours and family. Not wanting to turn against their family in French territory, along with believing their allegiance would compromise their religious beliefs, they refused.

In response to their insistence on neutrality, the British Colonel Charles Lawrence ordered the mass deportation of the Acadians. In what was known as "Le Grand Dérangement" (The Great Expulsion), over 14 000 Acadians were removed from their territory, with their homes burned and lands confiscated

In the Nation Song Contest

Radio-Acadia, the French broadcaster, is in charge of choosing entries for odd-numbered editions, while NABC, the English broadcaster, is in charge of even-numbered editions, though both broadcasters tend to lean towards English entries, as can be seen through their choice of entries.

Edition	Artist	Song	Language	Link to Video	SF Draw	SF Rank	SF Score	Final Draw	Final Rank	Final Score
NSC 52	Robyn	Fembots	English	YT Link	23	18 (out of 25)	49	xx	xx	xx
NSC 53	Les Trois Accords	Ton Avion	French	YT Link	14	04 (out of 18)	82	08	17	87
NSC 54	LoveHateHero	America Underwater	English	YT Link	19	04 (out of 23)	90	07	18	99
NSC 55	Breathe Carolina	Velvet	English	YT Link	17	06 (out of 24)	85	05	11	119
NSC 56	Breathe Electric	Stay With Me	English	YT Link	16	06 (out of 21)	76	23	20	85
NSC 57	Stephen Jerzak (ft. Leighton Meester )	She Said	English	YT Link	16	11 (out of 26)	78	xx	xx	xx
NSC 58	Hawksley Workman	Chemical	English	YT Link	16	07 (out of 24)	84	01	04	143
NSC 59	Rebecca Stella	Swag in a Bag	English	YT Link	xx	xx	xx	02	09	125
NSC 60	Hadouken!	Mecha Love	English	YT Link	11	T-13 (out of 23)	62	xx	xx	xx
NSC 61	Hot Hot Heat	Island of the Honest Man	English	Vimeo Link	03	22 (out of 24)	21	xx	xx	xx
NSC 62	White Lies	Bigger Than Us	English	YT Link	10	10 (out of 26)	63	06	T-14	109
NSC 63	The Jezabels	A Little Piece	English	Vimeo Link	11	06 (out of 25)	86	10	10	124
NSC 64	Jónsi	Animal Arithmetic	English/ Icelandic	YT Link	08	06 (out of 24)	83	15	08* (see below)	142
NSC 65	The Subs	Face of the Planet	English	YT Link	21	T-04 (out of 25)	89	17	T-12	125
NSC 66	You Say Party	Lonely's Lunch	English	YT Link	02	21 (out of 25)	46	xx	xx	xx
NSC 67	WaxDolls	Spoiled Rich Bitches	English	YT Link	08	21 (out of 26)	40	xx	xx	xx
NSC 68	The Belle Brigade	Losers	English	YT Link	16	10 (out of 26)	66	05	22	76
NSC 69	Modestep	Feel Good	English	YT Link	18	26 (out of 27)	20	xx	xx	xx
NSC 70	The Joy Formidable	I Don't Want To See You Like This	English	YT Link	19	23 (out of 23)	38	xx	xx	xx
NSC 71	The Strokes	Machu Picchu	English	YT Link	10	16 (out of 25)	62	xx	xx	xx
NSC 72	Vulgaires Machins	Compter Les Corps	French	YT Link	01	16 (out of 23)	55	xx	xx	xx
NSC 73	Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows	Sex Life	English	YT Link	20	06 (out of 26)	84	04	10	136
NSC 74	Young the Giant	Cough Syrup	English	YT Link	16	07 (out of 26)	77	26	17	111
NSC 75	SWING	La Goutte	French	YT Link	19	12 (out of 26) ^ (see below)	67	06	03	187
NSC 76	The Strokes	Under Cover of Darkness	English	YT Link	xx	xx	xx	08	25	67
NSC 77	The Deer Tracks	Ram Ram	English (including 1 line in Swedish)	YT Link	23	16 (out of 26) ^	51	23	20	89
NSC 78	GROUPLOVE	Tongue Tied	English	YT Link	15	07 (out of 27)	77	02	12	125
NSC 79	Huun Huur-Tu & Carmen Rizzo	Ancestor's Call	Tuvan	YT Link	11	20 (out of 25)	47	xx	xx	xx
NSC 80	Bruce Peninsula	Pull Me Under	English	YT Link	18	14 (out of 25)	47	xx	xx	xx
NSC 81	3 Gars Su'l Sofa	Ourse et Ciel	French	YT Link	24	21 (out of 26)	37	xx	xx	xx
NSC 82	Sparkadia	Mary	English	YT Link	16	07 (out of 24)	92	08	05	155
NSC 83	Knife Party	Internet Friends	English	YT Link	PQ	PQ	PQ	12	19	107
NSC 84	Hot Chip	Night & Day	English	YT Link	16	14	60	xx	xx	xx
NSC 85	Mother Mother	The Stand	English	YT Link	25	11	73	xx	xx	xx
NSC 86	Atlas Genius	Symptoms	English	YT Link	08	19	46	xx	xx	xx
NSC 87	Loch Lomond	Wax & Wire	English	YT Link	24	15	60	xx	xx	xx
NSC 88	Great Big Sea	Long Life	English	YT Link	14	22	41	xx	xx	xx
NSC 89	R.U.T.A.	Prawo Pierwszej Nocy	Polish	YT Link	03	09	68	27	T-09	118
NSC 90	Foals	Inhaler	English	YT Link	06	13	58	xx	xx	xx
NSC 91	Ahlan	Am Bemshi	Instrumental	YT Link	19	21	07	xx	xx	xx
NSC 92	Dog is Dead	Teenage Daughter	English	YT Link	20	23	37	xx	xx	xx
NSC 93	Jinja Safari	Toothless Grin	English	YT Link	25	11	73	xx	xx	xx
NSC 94	Lisa LeBlanc	Aujourd'hui, Ma Vie C'est d'la Marde	French	YT Link	16	16	64	xx	xx	xx
NSC 95	Frightened Rabbit	Backyard Skulls	English	YT Link	04	13	64	xx	xx	xx
NSC 96	M83 feat. Susanne Sundfør	Oblivion	English	YT Link	10	01	91	01	09	125
NSC 97	Vance Joy	Riptide	English	YT Link	10	07	80	10	03	140
NSC 98	The Cat Empire	Brighter Than Gold	English	YT Link	PQ	PQ	PQ	05	18	102
NSC 99	Sofi Mkheyan	Hayastani Erge	Armenian	YT Link	08	08	66	22	21	93
NSC 100	Zorigoo	Tsast Tsagaan Harhiraa	Mongolian	YT Link	18	09	78	27	05	162
NSC 101	Borgore  & Dudu Tassa	Wayak	Arabic	YT Link	PQ	PQ	PQ	03	11	127
NSC 102	Sir Sly	Gold	English	YT Link	15	01	140	04	04	171
NSC 103	Turan	Er Turan	Nogai	YT Link	PQ	PQ	PQ	02	24	89
NSC 104	The Kite String Tangle	Given the Chance	English	YT Link	06	12	63	xx	xx	xx
NSC 105	The Colourist	Little Games	English	YT Link	18	09	70	03	10	125
NSC 106	Disclosure	You and Me (Flume Remix) feat. Eliza Doolittle	English	YT Link	20	??	??	24	??	??
NSC 107	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

• New Acadia and Kostanovia both tied for 7th place in NSC 64. However, as Genext (3rd place) withdrew, the 7th placed song prequalified for NSC 65; the tiebreak went to Kostanovia as they had more voters.
• Note: All Final editions have 28 (and rarely 29) entrants, while semi-final entrants differ between editions.
• ^ Note: Qualified from rest-jury.
• SWING set an NSC record for the highest position and points attainted from a rest jury qualifier (at the time). As well, they are the highest position and score ever attained by a New Acadian artist.

New Acadia has given 1624 points in 28 final events. They have awarded the most points to: (TOP 10):

Nation	Points
Zoidiac	145
Calypso	112
Zombira	90
Waloria	65
Adamsburg	59
Gozitania	52
Kostanovia	52
Cydoni-Gibberia	51
Dalisska	44
Angelic	43

New Acadia has received 1,952 points in 17 final events, for an average of 114.82 points per final. The nation has received the most points from: (TOP 10)

Nation	Points
Zombira	122
Zoidiac	96
Cydoni-Gibberia	93
Waloria	87
Calypso	79
Noizeland	76
Tír an Abhainn	76
Kingdom of Erås	73
Comino	66
Kostanovia	65

In Spinoffs

Spinoff Name	Artist	Song	Language	Link to Video	Draw	Place	Points
Acoustic/Unplugged	William Deslauriers	C'est Comme Ça	French	YT Link	07	14 (out of 20)	41
ESC Covers & Remixes	Casablanca	La Voix (Sweden 2009)	English/French	YT Link	21	02 (out of 24)	89
Oldies (1900-1959)	Paul Anka	Lonely Boy	English	YT Link	10	12 (out of 12)	42
Halloween 2010	Stars	The Five Ghosts	English	YT Link	02	11 (out of 21)	57
NSC NF 10	Georgi Varbanov	Europe Is My Home!	English	YT Link	22	21 (out of 32)	31
Congrats 5.0	Hawksley Workman	Chemical	English	YT Link	27	10 (out of 47)	179
Christmas 4.0	Muriel Millard	Dans Nos Vieilles Maisons (Les Vieilles Maisons)	French	YT Link	12	14 (out of 28)	51
AATW Lithuania	Happyendless	Hello Come On	English	YT Link	23	10 (out of 28)	67
Best Video Spinoff	Rymdreglage	8-Bit Trip	English	YT Link	01	T-4	108
NSC Covers & Remixes	The Ataris	Boys of Summer	English	YT Link	05	29 (out of 31)	26
NSC: ESC 11	Amaury Vassili	Sognu (France)	Corsican	YT Link	02	04 (out of 38)	105

To date, New Acadia has hosted three spinoffs. They are, Oldies (1900-1959), Christmas 4.0, and NSC Covers & Remixes

Annual Awards

User Awards

Year	Award Name	Status
2010	Best Flag (New Acadian Flag)	Nominated
2010	Best National Finals & Promotions	Nominated
2010	Best New Nation	Nominated
2010	Best Host	Nominated
2010	Funniest Person	Nominated

Music Awards

Year	Award Name	Artist &Song	Status
2011	Best Last-Placed Song	NSC 70 - The Joy Formidable - I Don't Want To See You Like This	Nominated
2011	Best Non-English Song	NSC 75 - SWING - La Goutte	WON
2011	Best Electronic Song	NSC 65 - The Subs - Face of the Planet	Nominated
2011	Best Rock Song	NSC 71 - The Strokes - Machu Picchu	Nominated
2011	Best Unclassified Song	NSC 75 - SWING - La Goutte	WON